Metabolic Efficiency - Day 12 - CAKE!!!

the kid in the green was talking to himself all morning "i want cake, cake, cake" hilarious. That could have been me as a kid (and adult!) 

Hope I got your attention with the title! Today was my nephew's third birthday party, so there was, you guessed it....cake. I have a saying..."where there is cake, there is Nicole." Yeah, I like cake. A lot. I'm the one who will take the big corner piece because it has more frosting. I don't think any cake is too sweet for me. You know those huge pieces of chocolate cake you get at a restaurant that should probably be shared with 6 people? I could down one of those solo if presented the challenge. Although now since I don't eat as many sweets it my be a little more challenging than in the past.

Here's how my day unfolded. I got up and did a short core workout (that I feel now, thank you very much). I had one of my delicious breakfast smoothies then headed to walmart to get Joey's birthday present. OK I spoiled him with this one.

can you say Buzz Lightyear?! 

I arrived at the birthday party location, a place called My Gym - a fabulous idea for a birthday party for 3 year olds! They had a blast and we had fun watching them play on all the kiddie gym equipment.
Here's what was set out for the not-so-young kids:

Did I eat any? Nope! Passed the first test. The kids played for about an hour and then it was cake time. Buzz Lightyear/Toy Story cake time. Look at all the happy kids!

mmmmm....cake!

I am happy to announce that I only had one bite of cake. My mom shared with me and it was good. But that's it! One bite! Phew! After the party I headed over to their house to watch Joey open all his presents (and get the car). The 1-2-3 assembly that was stated on the box was really 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9...but my dad and brother got it figured out in not too much time. But on my way there, I realized I was pretty hungry. So I stopped at Albertson's and found some survival mix. What else do you need if you didn't eat cake?

dried fruit and mixed nuts

At their house I had a little snack of some ham and turkey lunch meat and a slice of cheese. This actually tided me over for quite a while!

On my way to meet a friend, I swung by Whole Foods and picked up a salad for later. Ate this after I got home later that afternoon. And I got some coffee. I don't mention it much here, but I do drink about a cup (a big cup) of coffee most days. Usually I mix half decaf and half regular, today it was all regular. Watching 3 year olds run around can really wear you out!

Feta cheese, pecan, cranberry on spring mix greens with creamy balsamic dressing

After this snack I headed to the grocery store to stock up for the week. I found this in the produce section. I think it's a new kind, but most people wouldn't have trouble getting in 5-9 servings of this each day.

why didn't I learn about this vegetable sooner?!

OK now I'm home and a little hungry, so I snack on some more of the survival mix and then start cooking dinner. I'm making two dinners, one for me and one for my husband. In the past I would have just been lazy and had what he wanted (hot wings, potato skins and beer) but since that's what he was craving for tonight, I heated that stuff up for him and made myself this:

That's pork tenderloin (oh so moist!) with the leftover avocado salsa from yesterday and some cheesy cauliflower. Childhood favorite way to eat cauliflower...delicious!

So...there you go! I made it through several temptations to eat not so well and came out successful! And I did really, really enjoy that bite of cake!