It’s a Wonderful Life

Finally, it’s time for a recap!  It’s about time, right?  Sorry about that ladies; I’ve just been so busy!  Graduate school and work combined is a bit more than I bargained for, but I believe after some adjusting, I’ll manage.  It will be a long road these next 2 years, but a girl’s gotta do what she’s gotta do to get that Master’s degree, ya know?? I do apologize in advance for the lack of posts that I’m positive will happen within the next few months.  I barely have time to hit up the gym combined with school/work/studying, let alone blog, that sadly posts will only be about once a week But I love blogging too much to give it up completely (as I realized on my prior hiatus), and I read/comment daily, so I’ll be around, never fear!  As always you can contact me at balancemycake@gmail.com if you need me in between posts!  Okay enough chit chat, more food pics!

Blueberry Chobani, Kashi waffle with PB and mashed banana

California Club Pizza on Honey Wheat Dough at California Pizza Kitch with the boyfriend!

Greek Pizza, minus the chicken, at CPK

Creamy hummus appetizer with pizza pita wedges at CPK

Lots of green monsters

Lots of Lunas

Mmmm fresh melon!

Oatmeal mess with oat bran, wheat bran, PB, jam, banana, cinn...

Spinach salad with Sabra hummus and a Morningstar Farms Black Bean burger

Obviously these aren’t all my meals for the past week or two haha.  I’ve also consumed lots of fro yo, Adora calcium disks, Quiznos/Subway, etc.  I’ve had a bit of trouble keeping up with working out as consistently since school started.  I have tried VERY hard to maintain my 5-day a week workouts, but with school I”ve been getting about 4 a week.  Which I’m okay with, if I tweak my eating habits a bit to improve them.  I’ve just been craving sleep lately (no surprise there) so that’s been winning out more times than not with 5 am jaunts to the gym.  It’s all about balance though, so I’ll figure it out!  If it’s four days, it’s four days, something’s better than nothing! My classes have been going well, although one or two are going to be particularly challenging.  One is the traditional challenging…it’s statistics so it’s just hard, but the other challenges me because it takes me out of my social comfort zone, so we’ll see how that goes.

How have you all been?  I’ve been reading your blogs, so I mostly know, but anything else going on?  How has everyone that has recently started school (of any kind) faring?  How do you manage school, work (whether it’s a part-time/full-time job, athletics, activities etc.) working out, and spending time with your family and friends? Do you find it difficult to manage?

I took a cue from the lovely Janetha B. and will most likely be having her cottage cheese/chickpea/ranch seasoning mix tonight!  I’m intrigued!

Have a great rest of your (hopefully long!) weekend, and I’ll talk to you soon

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