Insanely Genius on a Mission!: It's Aloha Friday, No Work Til' Monday...unless Hurricane Felicia hits, that is. :o

Clouds!

A little morning rainbow!

Hurricane Felicia is headed our way! Seems like it has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but you never know what Mother Nature has in store for us. When Hurricane Iniki hit us, I was really excited! Yeah, I know, that's just messed up! But I was a lot younger then, mind you. Nowadays I can't stand rain!

Fridays as usual is open market downtown, a.k.a. fruits and veggies priced a pretty penny more for those who are too lazy/busy to walk a 3 more blocks down to Chinatown. I wasn't lazy, but I did want to try to cook something new - choy sum!

I also picked up some organic baby carrots and some apple bananas. Before I knew it, my backpack (with my lunch/breakfast/jeans Friday jeans and blouse, among other things) weighed...12 lbs (I weighed it when I got to the office). It was harder to walk, and my back started to hurt. I can't imagine that I weighed that much more almost month ago. :o I don't want that weight to come back!!!! Shoooo!!!

I felt a little panicky doing my 20x around the office today. Not sure why, but it might have been because I was a little tired and pushed myself. I wore my pedometer today, and it turns out the 20x is NOT a mile as we once thought it was; it is actually nearly TWO miles! :o Yow! And all this time I kept thinking to myself, I don't understand why it takes me longer to walk one mile indoors (30-40 mins) than it does outside (15-20 mins). I sent an email to the other challengers asking if anyone knew if my pedometer measurement was accurate and our VP came over and handed me a wheel measuring thingy the engineers use. After work I walked around pushing the wheel to measure one lap of the perimeter, and sure enough the pedometer was correct. 2 miles! That means, i walk an average of 4 miles if I walk to/from downtown to work and the laps around the office on M/W/F! Cool! But....AAAAAH tiring.

I walked back downtown this afternoon but stopped into Ross to see if they have any pedometers - I announced a giveaway of a free pedometer for 2 volunteer hamsters (not guinea pigs, cause those things move slower than hamsters) who would like to walk the mile around the office. No pedometers, but I did pick up a dress that I'd like to fit in eventually (it fits, but a little too snug yet), some bra-strap criss cross thingy (helps hide your straps when wearing tank tops), a toy for Maui, and these things which were recommended by my brother's friend:

A treat for my tired tootsies

She says they work wonders for your feet, so I'll try them out tonight. OH! And for the first time in over a month, I used the escalator BUT only because I couldn't find the stairs at Ross (which is a two-story store). Hahahaha! Went to Marukai 99c store on Ward, only to find out they were no longer there. Waaaaaah! We were bummed. Ended up at Savers and I bought some books. I know, I promise to also read the OTHER books I've bought!

I was craving chicken...Bob's BBQ hibachi chicken! I had the money for it, it was nearby...but then I remembered it would come with a ridiculous amount of rice and mac salad that would just go to waste. I don't care for tossed salads that come w/ plate lunches, because they end up getting wilted and soggy from the heat/oils of the meats of the plate lunches. So we drove over to Foodland next door and picked up some fresh tofu and chicken strips. I found a nice lite bulgogi sauce too, so I chopped up some onions, sauteed them w/ the tofu and chicken and added the choy sum (which I boiled separately). MMMMMMMMMMM!!! I totally forgot that I wanted hibachi chicken after cooking it.

Breakfast
1.0 Cup KASHI Honey Puffed Cereal
Peach
1.0 Cup WESTSOY Lite Plain Soymilk

AM Snack
9.0 Grams Bear Naked Triple Berry Crunch Granola
6.0 Ounces YOPLAIT 99% Fat Free Original Yogurt Fruit Flavors

Lunch
4.0 Ounces Beef Short Loin T-Bone Steak Choice Separable Lean
1.0 Cup Broccoli
1.0 Cup Cauliflower Boiled Drained
0.5 Cup Quinoa Cooked

PM Snack
0.1 Cup Almonds Dry Roasted without Salt Added
1.0 Item Banana
10.0 Servings Bing Cherry
1.0 Slice Bread Oat
1.0 Cup Lettuce Romaine Shredded
1.0 Serving Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

Dinner
3.0 Ounces Chicken Breast Meat Only Roasted
1.0 Serving Choy Sum
0.75 Cup Quinoa Cooked
1.0 Piece Tofu Firm Prepared witih Calcium Sulfate Raw

Total for all meals 1710.1 Cal