Happiness and Success
Body:
Thursday volleyball was SO much fun! I don’t know what I was thinking but I was certainly not prepared for how different coed pairs for beach volleyball was than the kind of volleyball I played in college ( on gym floors with a big ol team)! It took me awhile to warm up but I am really HAPPY that I joined. Despite that we were not successfull in winning any of our 6 games, the games took about 2 hours and each game we played we gave the other team more and more! I think our last game we only lost by a couple of points. Improvement = Success
My forearms and biceps are SORE! I decided that for Friday I wanted to shake out any of the soreness with a moderately intense workout. I just did what I felt up for on Friday so that I could take Saturday as the essential “rest” day! Friday’s workout was a 4 mile run at the gym at a moderate pace ( finished in 32 minutes) and then some light upper body I focused on push ups, abs, shoulder raises and some ham curls.
Mind:
I am studying this weekend for my exam on monday and luckily have a few extra days for my book review!
Potential new job opportunity, but I want to wait and see how the second interview goes before I discuss it on here.
Soul:
To best climb the ladder of success, step on the rungs of opportunity.
Still trying to mix it up with the eats this week…
Breakfast:
Half of a grapefruit, which was perfectly juicy, sweet, slightly bitter and very refreshing paired with some whole grain (non wheat) cereal, almond milk, and half of a banana.
Yes, there is almost always peanut butter in my breakfast. Old habits die hard.
Lunch:
I decided to take a trip to whole foods for lunch again because I just loved my lunch there earlier this week. I was very eager for more Kale because the quality in the bulk bins has been local but less than stellar- I was secretly wishing for some great Kale on the whole foods bar and my wish was granted!
They had Kale with Olive Oil, Tomatoes and Cranberries which was delicious! This took up the top left of my plate. I stuffed the bottom left of my plate with another Kale “salad”, Kale with Avacado and Red Onion ( kind of like a kale guacamole salad). I added a few fresh and colorful veggies like yellow bell pepper and some deep purple cabbage to the left side.
On the right side, I was so pleased to find pad thai made with rice noodles, lemongrass, zuchinni, carrots and cashews so I put a little scoop of that topped with a small (2 oz) section of Vietnamese Chicken. I also added a little Red Quinoa salad (made with red quinoa, amaranth, roasted garbanzo beans and cilantro) and there is a secret piece of grilled tofu as well ( near the middle left).
Talk about variety! I just love getting everything but the kitchen sink into these Whole Foods lunches. The cost of this was only $6.90 and I munched on my leftovers late in the afternoon with this guy for snack
Chocolate Yogurt! Oikos has had these out for a little while now and I was not too eager to try them to be honest. I am a huge fan of chocolate, but I think it needs to be done the right way. Yogurt and chocolate to me do not make a good match but I thought “What the heck, I’ll give it a try”.
It was really quite tasty, and I like that it is made from organic milk, about 100 kcal and 9g of protein!
For dinner, I had a few slices of this guy
Ahh, I haven’t had pizza in ages it seems.
I feel like this was an ideal example of eating exactly what you want but pairing what you want with what is healthy. I had my fruits and veggies but I had my treats as well. 
If getting what you want is “success”, then happiness is wanting what you get.
How do you make yourself happy ?
