While some of y’all got a day off yesterday, I got things done. Just when you thought I couldn’t get any more productive than last week…I got more productive. You know, as far as me and productivity goes. I set a low bar for myself.
(And I also accomplished forgetting that I have a guest post for Emily today, so make sure to go check that–and Emily’s lovely, intelligent and creative blog–out!)
1. I found my quads.
I was scratching my leg yesterday and realized…I could feel my quads. Through my jeans. I’ve always had skinny legs with lumpy knees, but now I have skinny legs with lumpy knees and baby quads! My hard work at the gym is paying off, and I’m beginning to actually see/feel results!
2. I made a key lime pie.
…smoothie, that is.
Laura continues to be amazing and may have created the most delicious recipe ever. And to think I thought it couldn’t get any better than her oatmeal cookie dough shake.
3. I made bacon. Two kinds of bacon.
And served it up with some herbed wild rice.
Heather’s MMAZ from last week gave me the idea for what I should do with the massive amounts of eggplant in my garden, but I couldn’t give up on regular tempeh bacon either. So it was eggplant-and-tempeh bacon-palooza for lunch this weekend.
4. I shopped for furniture.
And bought something.
I may have had a goal to buy a sofa this weekend…but a funky serving bowl is sort of the same thing, right? It was $600 cheaper, if nothing else…
6. I stayed right on my grocery budget.
Budget: $40. Amount spent: $40.02.
7. I ate a sponge.
I give up, I cannot bake with protein powder. I made another attempt at a protein powder cupcake/muffin thing, and it went in the exact opposite direction from last time. It tasted, looked like, and felt like eating a sponge. *sigh* I’ll just go make another key lime pie…
What are you accomplishing this week?
ForgottenBeast 
Hooray for quads! As a fellow skinny legged girl, I know how exciting that is!
I am SO happy you like the key lime pie! Do you have any limes left? Haha. I’m ready for my next challenge!
Double bacon = genius. Have you ever done it with portobellos? Really good too. I’m thinking a triple bacon lasagna may be in order… Can I make requests of you? Lol!
Not even going to lie, I picked up a ridiculous amount of portobello mushrooms from Kroger yesterday because they were on manager’s special…now this lasagna idea needs to happen.
And after this morning’s smoothie? (YUP, still delicious.) I have three limes left–PERFECT, because I’m leaving Friday for a long weekend. Means I get one a day until then 🙂
Isn’t it awesome when you start seeing new muscles? I CANNOT WAIT to get back to the yoga studio and claim my abs back!
Good luck on the sofa hunt. It’s a tough one!
Ooh nice job on the quads! Back when I danced I had lovely toned legs with proper muscle definition – I’m only just starting to get it back 😛
That key lime pie smoothie looks delicious, I love fresh smoothies with heaps of flavour 🙂 Love your bowl, it’s clearly better than a sofa haha
Well done on the budget! I’m going to have to be really careful with money over the next few months as I’m back at uni…
You will love this smoothie then, you really have to try it! Tastes so good, fresh and clean.
I remember when I had a muscle in my arm I got SO EXCITED. That was a few years ago, and I don’t have it anymore, but I still think fondly of that memory. And by “it” I mean a single visible muscle in each arm. So I understand your excitement at seeing your quad.
Hah, that’s how I feel about my legs. I have A muscle! At least all my upper body ones are clearly defined if small, so I’m just waiting on the gams to catch up.
I swear cute dishes are my downfall. I especially love bowls, yours is really cute.
It’s an awkward size so I have no idea what I’m going to do with it–but I couldn’t resist!
Yay for quads 🙂 Key Lime Pie Smoothie..YUM! I have not had a taste for key lime pie until this post and it used to be a fav of mine! Love and Shine CourtStar
I had (real) Key Lime Pie for the first time EVER like a month ago and it was so amazingly good! Now I need to try it in smoothie form 😉
The smoothie is even better! I honestly don’t like the texture of real key lime pie, but I love lime-y tang, so this is all the goodness of that flavor–plus it’s pretty darn good for you!
The bowl is cute! Good luck with the couch .. .they are expensive! I lived without furniture for a while. I just used blankets on the floor to sit on! haha I need to try to stay on my grocery budget … I am terrible with that!
Haha, I am definitely guilty of sitting on the floor–I have a coffee table (yes, but no couch) for some reason, so I’ll sometimes flop down next to that in my living room 🙂
Productive day indeed! I am so excited for your newfound quads- awesome! After a long time, I had a GREAT upper body workout this morning …12 hours later and I’m still on a high! Something clicked and everything seemed to have fallen into place!
YES! I love workouts like that, way to go!
Yay yay yay about the quads! How exciting 🙂 I’m also lovin the looks of that key pime pie in a cup mmm
And can I just say I’m insanely jealous of your grocery budget skills?! You must have an iron will– I always go over budget when I find new stuff…I turn into an add psycho in the store haha 😉
I have to admit that it’s not often I actually manage to stay on budget–that’s why I was so impressed with myself this week! We’ll see how next week goes ;D
Yes! Two kinds of bacon!
You’ve got some awesome accomplishments going on here. I am especially loving that serving bowl!
I love these goals and nice job on accomplishing them! Love the two kinds of bacon, drool.
I love being able to see and feel my leg muscles too. Squats and lunges baby!
That keylime smoothie recipe looks delicious. Keylime pie is my favorite dessert!
I’ll share some of my muscle definition in my legs for some of your arm muscles!
Staying on budget is a great accomplishment… I need help with this desperately! It really is fantastic to see the results of all of your hard work 🙂
good to hear that key lime pie is awesome – as if I had any doubts… 😉
LOVE your guest post! I left a comment… but… you know… went to moderation and or spam. #StoryOfMyLife
Hah, you and your spammy ways 🙂 I’ll keep an eye out for it as soon as Emily catches it.
Way to go with the grocery budget. That’s a tough on for me!
That key lime pie smoothie looks so amazing! I always have smoothies on the weekends, maybe next weekend I will try making that! Yay for staying on budget that is always a great accomplishment. That is too bad that you haven’t been able to bake anything with protein powder, it is such a fantastic way to add in some protein! 🙂
Ohh, you really should try it, SO good. And I need to try a few of your protein powder recipes! I haven’t given up on figuring out how to cook with it….quite yet.
Woo hoo! My girl’s getting mus-kulls! 😉 Thanks for the shout out! And thanks for reminding me to pick up some tempeh the next time I’m out! I’ve been having some mean cravings for chili lately and tempeh makes the best chili “meat”!
I’ve never been a big fan of key lime pie, but I have to admit when I saw Laura’s recipe the other day, I was intrigued….and heck, it wins my vote on appearance alone…that is ONE beautiful smoothie!
Love the serving bowl…AND the fact that it was so cheap! I mean, c’mon $600 dollars less than what you intended! But the question remains…can you sit on it? 😉
Not a prob, thanks for the bacon-spiration ;D I WAS actually tempted to try sitting on the bowl. But I’m not sure how sturdy decorative pottery dishes are, and I’ve already broken two regular bowls and a plate (not by sitting on them, just by…butter-fingers-ing them), so my history with dishes isn’t such a good one, haha.
Good job, staying on budget, Allie! I try and do pretty well. Being veggie helps with grocery bills,doesn’t it?! Love eggplant!
It definitely does! As does having my own garden–once it’s winter, my veggie bill will unfortunately have to go up some 😦
Our TJ’s just got those split red lentils and I love them!!
I’m a huge red lentil fan, but they are usually $$, so yup, snagged those from TJs. And make some amazing Indian-spiced lentil-and-hemp-protein patties. Which is my lunchbox in the work fridge…so ready for lunch ;D
I tried to stick to $35 this week. It ended up being $40 like yours and that’s okay.
I love that bowl by the way.