Veggie Wraps and Apple Pie a la Mode

After running 8 miles on Sunday, all day Monday I was starving. Literally. And I didn’t pack that much for lunch and I was hungry all day. I need to re-think my eating habits after long runs like that, because I’m so used to cutting back calories, I don’t think about the calories I need to eat in order to run long distances. I had to make up for the estimated 900+ (woah) calories that I burned. Needless to say…I was hungry yesterday.

I quickly made up for that when I went out to dinner at Swifty’s Pub. I was meeting a friend for dinner in Delmar and we decided a pub would be kind of fun, and there aren’t very many dining options in Delmar. Two of the places we wanted to go were closed. I started with a house glass of Pinot Grigio while I waited for my friend to arrive. I sipped my wine out on their tent-covered patio, which was perfect, since the weather was kind of iffy. Have I mentioned I love eating outside?

Swifty’s isn’t known for their health food (they have mostly pub fare) but when I saw the grilled veggie wrap with goat cheese on the menu and quickly made up my mind about what to order. Sadly, they don’t have much of a vegetarian selection. I think the veggie wrap and the eggplant parm were about all they had that were veggie-friendly, not incuding the salad selection. I ordered it on a sun-dried tomato wrap and Irish chips! These chips are my favorite!

The wrap was delicious. I love veggies. Someone at work today told me that I make a great vegetarian. Ha! Anyway, I cleaned my plate, and even ate all my chips!

I wanted cheesecake dessert, so when I asked the waitress for a dessert menu she told me they only had apple pie! Which was okay, since I love apple pie too. I ordered it a la mode. The slice was huge!!! The pie was cold (sad) but still tasted yummy. Not the best pie I’ve ever tasted, but I’m not too picky when it comes to dessert. And yes, I ate the whole thing.

That was probably not the healthiest decision. But what’s done is done.

Anyway, I needed to run off that pie today so I went for a short 3.25 mile run around Washington Park after work. It was gorgeous outside! It was a bit hot though!! I was supposed to run 5 tonight but wasn’t feeling it, so I think I’ll run 5 tomorrow since I don’t think I’ll be able to run on Thursday night. So far I haven’t really followed my schedule exactly…just kind of re-arranged it to fit my life and so far it’s worked pretty well!

Okay kids, I’m off! Have a nice night!