I’m glad you enjoyed my “wine history” post. Tomorrow I will being our five day “Wine 101″ class with a “lecture” on white wine. Hehe In all honesty though, what are some things you would like me to address during the next five days? I’m down for whatever–this should be fun!

This morning I had an AWESOME run. Short, sweet and to the point, I ran two miles at an 8:40 pace on the treadmill and it felt awesome. I had so much energy I could have cranked the speed up even more (must have been the extra sleep) but I didn’t want to re-injure myself so I kept it easy.

Afterwards I stretched and refueled with a half serving of EAS Myoplex.

I was sent this sample to review for the blog and even though its not something I normally drink, I agreed because I like to try new things! EAS Myoplex contains 25 grams of protein and is naturally and artificially flavored. Ingredients include a lot of things I can’t pronounce. Did it taste good? Yes! It tasted like liquid marshmallows—my sweet tooth was happy!

Would I buy it again? No. While this might work for some people, it tasted a bit too artificial for my tastes.

When I was in college I drank a TON of these protein drinks but I just feel like I’ve come pretty far in my understanding of nutrition and food in the past few years and I really just don’t like to put things in my body that are artificial and, err, fake. They taste good going down but they leave a bad aftertaste in my mouth that could only come from fake sugar. I’m VERY sensitive to sucralose (the third ingredient listed) and while this didn’t give me a migraine, I actually do have a dull headache right now that I can’t shake. However, Ryan LOVED this stuff so who am I to say!

Not very long after I made lunch because I was starving!

This is a Morningstar farms black bean burger on Ezekiel bread with red onion, spinach, aged cheddar cheese and all natural ketchup. Aaaaamazing! On the side, I had sugar-free raspberry acai applesauce!

We laid out all afternoon by the pool and I skimmed through my “California Wine For Dummies” book (lol) in the sunshine. Snack was a half cup of whipped cottage cheese with organic canned pears and 2 tbsp MixMyGranola!