Yesterday, I bought both breakfast and lunch. Since I was away all weekend, I didn’t get a chance to grocery shop yet. (Sometimes I get groceries delivered, but usually I like to see what’s on sale and what produce looks the best.)

I easily could have stopped somewhere for breakfast, but I have a giant thing of oatmeal in my pantry, so I poured out a portion and put some frozen fruit in with it to bring to work.

Microwaving the frozen fruit with the oatmeal melted it—mostly. I then added a big spoonful of sunflower butter.

If you a regular reader, you know that I am most definitely NOT a morning person. But, I’m hosting the first meeting of my new book club tonight at my apartment, so I had to work out in the morning. I ran on the treadmill in my building for 4 miles, per my training plan for the two halfs I’m running this spring and then cleaned up my apartment.

Now I’m a little sleepy. I think Starbucks forgot to caffeinate my coffee this morning…

Or my body’s just mad at me for trying to change it from its morning sloth-like ways.

Otherwise, I’d be going to sleep a hungry girl tonight. (Or, um, ordering takeout.) 

While, sure, I’d love to make most of my meals at home, I’m a single, busy New Yorker, and it’s just not possible sometimes.

Luckily, I had leftovers I could nip into for dinner after getting home late from a Junior League meeting tonight.

But my lunch was WAY more exciting. The work cafeteria had a pasta station today, and it had the shortest line. With little time between meetings, I went for whole wheat penne with marinara, broccoli rabe, zucchini, chicken and a bit of mozzarella.

At that station, you fill a bowl with veggies and then they sautee it with your protein + carb. I always try to load up on the veggies. This portion was so huge (and I was still so full from breakfast) that I left half of it for tomorrow. It was surprisingly good.