While my mom and I waited for the boys to get home, we sat on the back porch playing Scrabble and relaxing. It was a nice afternoon to just SIT. I go, go, go, go all the time. Every weekend is booked and planned with workouts, bike rides, hiking, stuff with friends. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice having a busy social life. But it wasn’t until I sat outside for an extended period of time on Saturday doing NOTHING that I realized how busy I really am.
We’d had a great time at the Markets. I did a lot of walking all day and my feet were tired. I wasn’t feeling any after-effects from Saturday morning’s Brick workout beyond my feet being tired, so that was a good sign!
Around dinner time, I prepped the food for the BBQ on Saturday night. When Michael and my dad got home, everything was ready to make!
Dinner Prep
Michael made Turkey Burgers and I grilled the asparagus. It was the first time I’d ever used the grill on my own and at first it was a tad scary but I think the asparagus turned out great.
My mom made the mushrooms. I did not pay attention to what she did with them because I HATE mushrooms! I think she used butter and lemon pepper seasoning.
Dinner turned out great. The turkey burgers are always a hit when we make them for guests.
Dinner
I had a slice of Havarti cheese on my burger. So tasty! We did not need fries or chips with dinner at all. The raw carrots and BBQ’ed asparagus were crunchy enough as a side.
Dessert was some organic, fresh cantaloupe that was the sweetest fruit I’ve tasted in a long time.
It was a really fun evening and my parents enjoyed the food, so that’s great. I showed them how to use the Foam Roller and explained what it does. I think my mom wants to get one now. 😉 I crawled into bed at 10pm and I don’t remember falling asleep!
I somehow also ended the night with over 700 calories left! I had had a great day food-wise and with all the snacking I did at the Farmer’s Market, I didn’t feel like I was hungry at all during the day!
Kellie
What do you do when you have extra calories? Do you try to eat them the next day or do you call it a loss?
hundredtenpounds
If I have “extra” calories after something intense like a long bike ride, I try to eat what I can to replace them. But usually I just listen to my body. I didn’t feel extra hungry today so I ate how I’d normally eat and didn’t care too much about the extra calories. I may splurge tonight and have some ice cream though. 😉
Lisa @bakebikeblog
Love that grilled asparagus! Such a tasty side dish 🙂
Kellie
definately have the icecream! I had some yesterday and it was wondeful. So much more satiftying to have the real thing. I also had some chocolate chip cookies yesterday. I am calling it “carb loading” for the run I did today 🙂
Angela
Ah the foam roller – I just got one finally and your post reminded me that I needed to do that tonight. It’s crazy how dense foam can seem to really dig in at times – wow.
Those turkey burgers with havarti sound awesome – in fact, I’m having that for lunch tomorrow! Mmm.. havarti..
hundredtenpounds
My foam roller is great but some days it’s brutal. Especially on the IT band. It almost feels like a bruise afterward! But it always helps.