stress city.

When I had a full-time job, I always used to say "stress level 50" (or whatever number popped into my head) to express just how stressed I was feeling.

Yesterday was stress level 2000.

I had tons of homework, two 3 hour classes in the evening, no time for a good workout and some bad news! It was horrible.

Signing up for six classes this semester certainly didn't help matters. Six classes means TONS of homework and lesson planning! Part of me just wanted to throw in the towel yesterday.



Saturday was a heavy eating day for me, so on Sunday we headed straight to Souplantation (Sweet Tomatoes everywhere but CA)



I loaded my salad with cheese, butternut squash, carrots, zucchini, chickpeas, pasta noodles, spinach, romaine, baby tomatoes, corn, broccoli and a few croutons. It was so intense and I totally inhaled it.

We went to Souplantation right after running a little over 2 miles. I did Week 4 of the Couch to 5k plan. Let me tell you slowly increasing how long I run and decreasing how long I "recover" by walking briskly is really working for me.



It's Potato month at Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes and they finally had SWEET POTATOES along side the regular potatoes. I grabbed one and ate it with butter. MMM. They actually had some pineapple whip stuff you could put on it but I don't need more sweet.

Dinner Sunday night was leftover burgers which you've seen already, so I spared you. You're welcome! :)



Breakfast on Monday was an egg sandwich on a whole wheat english muffin. It was about 400 calories and kept me full through 5 hours of lesson planning and paper writing. I loaded that thing with one scrambled egg, turkey bacon and a slice of muenster cheese. At first I worried about the calories but like I said, that thing lasted 5 hours! I drank a glass of V8 on the side. (80 cals)



Lunch was eaten on the couch while I finished typing up a paper. I had a chicken sandwich on a wheat bun, carrots, broccoli, hummus and a banana. This meal was closer to 500 calories but held me over through my first class (from 4-6:30)

I ate a caesar salad while walking from class 1 to class 2. Classy.



This morning my coffee freaked me out. Why did the milk do this? SICK.



I am officially grossed out.

Now I'm off to finish a lesson plan that's due tomorrow and run day 2 of couch to 5k. I'll be texting you after Mari (She's my Couch to 5k buddy)

Questions for you:

1. How do you handle stress?
2. Are you good at multi-tasking?

I don't handle stress well. I usually end up crying until I feel better or yelling.

I'm great at multi-tasking! :)