Yesterday morning – when my alarm went off at 5:10 – I woke up and thought a whole slew of negative things (and possibly “swears” as well, although it was far too early to vocalize any of them) – I thought the following:
- Bootcamp is stupid
- Why do I sign up for stupid things
- I hate waking up early, “I’m a night person”
- Waking up early is stupid
- I’m tired
- 5am is stupid
- Bootcamp is the worst
My life is so terrible, right? 
After Bootcamp, here’s what I was thinking:
- Whew! I feel GREAT!
- Holy cow, I got in an awesome workout and it’s not even 7am
- Bootcamp is awesome!
- I am so glad I signed up for bootcamp
- I’m really smart for doing bootcamp
Talk about attitude adjustment! 
Don’t you love my early morning dramatics?
Since I was able to get my act together Sunday night – I was able to have all of my spicy oats supplies ready – so that Monday morning I could take on the week, full force 
Another shot (Kath-esque even?) of this beautiful oatmeal:
Spicy deliciousness! 
We got A HUGE tub of popcorn at work, from one of the sales reps, as a “thank you” – and I just couldn’t help but test it out to make sure it was safe for my colleagues to eat! 
It passed inspection!
Lunch – boring (sans spinach – it still looked nasty this week at the store) salad:
My liquid crack, and carrots to go along side:
Have any of you had bagged baby carrots that had “the funk”? I just opened this bag yesterday – and when I put one in my mouth, it was like I was eating nail polish/cleaning fluid soaked garbage! I mean – IT’S A CARROT?! It shouldn’t taste like that. Any thoughts on to why that would happen? Barf – I ended up throwing them all away! 
For a snack, I was happy to be eating this, sad to finally polish off the jar:
I heart you Dark Chocolate Dreams – I heart you!
Spread on some apple slice and an orange. Can you tell who’s hiding under the plate?
Give up?
Elmo!
Ahh, the fun of working at American Greetings!
For dinner, Mike started “milkin’” his birthday – and requested we go to Cici’s. I’m a sucker for a hot boy, so I couldn’t turn him down!
Jumbo salad (my fav part of Cici’s):
Some of their cold pasta salad – I swear they put crack-like additives in there, I’m obsessed with this stuff!
and even though I was “full” after those two plates, I decided I should at least try to eat 1 piece of pizza, since it IS a pizza buffett:
Except 4 pieces “acccidentally” came back with me. I didn’t even want to eat all of them, but somehow they all magically disappeared. Oops! 
Hope you are having a great week! I can’t believe it’s JUNE already!!!
I’ve never seen the sides of that bowl before – I like it!! My bag of carrots that I have right now have the funk BIG TIME – the centers are all hard and crunchy in a not good way
I’m thinking it’s a good thing there isn’t a Cici’s by me! Glad you made those slices disappear
Oh man, I know what you mean about an attitude change! I’m always SO pissed when my alarm goes off in the morning but then I feel so good later on
And that pizza looks grrrreat!
Cicis was a staple for us in college
I totally agree with carrots – sometimes they blow your mind and other times it’s like eating toenails.
haha i am loving your cici’s food fest, YUM! so nice of you to tag along
Glad you enjoyed Bootcamp! What a great way to start the day!
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We used to eat those baby carrots all the time & then I heard the bigger, unpeeled carrots were so much better. You know what, they are! They are a PITA, but SO worth it. We only eat those now.
Love Dark Chocolate Dreams. I always have some on hand & love to eat it on bananas.
Do you work at American Greetings in Cleveland? My Aunt works there. Not sure if it is the same location or not. Feel free to email me if you want.
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I’ve been doing boot camp for a little over a month and have the exact same thoughts every time!
i’m a newbie here!
I love the bootcamp attitude adjustment!!!I wish I signed up for bootcamp after reading your thoughts on it!
yes I had that carrot problem which is why I hardly ever eat carrots anymore!! seriously- i hate them.
Do you like dark chocolate pb better than white chocolate dreams pb? Are you racist? just kidding- but I tried out the white chocolate for the first time recently and wasn’t the hugest fan but saw the dark chocolate and contemplated whether or not I would like it. Wondering if you have tried both ?
My nickname is L-Mo aka “Elmo”
I heart pizza.
I often have trouble getting up in the morning…especially to exercise. But I know that I feel happier afterward. But my snooze button does see a lot of action!
Haha I was so like that when I skated the 6am session and had to wake up at 5:15. Especially cause it was during the Michigan winter, and SO COLD. I was like, why am I getting my butt out of this warm bed and into the freezing weather, just to step into a place filled with more ICE?? Haha, but I was happy when I got there, and after I practiced. I felt so accomplished by 8 am!
Great job for getting over to boot camp, and I’m glad it went so well. Getting there is always the hardest part.
OH I hate the carrot funk! When they get all slimy and slippery and gross?? Eew. I always try to feel the carrots through the bag (haha that sounds dirty…) before I buy them, to check for slipperyness.
Lovin the dark chocolate PB! That’s one of my favorites
I’m so over baby carrots- i only buy the bigguns now! It’s kind of a biznatch to peel/cut them, but they taste way better! I LOVE early morning workouts- when i actually wake up for them, AND those trifecta tins of popcorn haha the best!!
Happy Bday Mike!!
I love the after morning workout feeling! It is the best- good job pushing through. Happy Birthday to Mike!
I love this whole post! And I can definitely relate ont he attitude adjustment before/after a workout. Too funny
About your comment on my blog: I’m glad you’re a puppy lover, too! The boxer in the pic at the end of the post is actually Sabrina. Sabrina is still alive and kicking.. it was her “sister” Sandy who died a few months ago. =)