its so healthy i feel... guilty?

Hey girls!

just got done with 40 min of a yogatoday.com video (Balancing posture yoga) legs tingling

 I got to make this short but sweet , I am going to whole foods with my best friend so we can buy yummy foods for din din! But i am writing this post because the AMAZING people at amazing grass sent me a huge package!!!!

Take a look...

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

You cant see it but in the corner is their on to go cup for shakes! i have been wanting one of these! They generously gave me two of everything....SCORE. 

of course i had to dive into a packet right away, i got off of a 7 hour work day with only a borba water and choco chip cookie dough balance bar to eat! (it was only supposed to be 5 hour work day but i had lots of projects to do) So i picked up the chocolate super greens! 

"Our Chocolate Green SuperFood is a delicious chocolate drink powder to help you achieve your 5 to 9 daily servings of fruits and vegetables. 

A full spectrum of alkalizing green superfoods, antioxidant rich fruits, and support herbs unite with organic Acai, Maca and Cacao to provide a powerful dose of whole food nutrition with a delicious dark chocolate taste. Complete with pre & probiotics and digestive enzymes to ensure rapid nutrient absorption and healthy digestion. 
Chocolate Green SuperFood: All natural and organic ingredients include organic wheat grass, organic barley grass, organic alfalfa, organic spirulina, organic spinach, organic chlorella (cracked cell-wall), organic broccoli, organic dutch cocoa, organic redwood cocoa, organic cacao, natural chocolate flavoring, organic acai from Sambazon, organic maca, organic carrot, organic beet, raspberry, organic rose hips, pineapple, green tea, acerola cherry, organic flax seed powder, organic oat fiber, apple pectin fiber, F.O.S. (from chicory root), L. acidophilus, alpha and beta amylase, protease, lipase, lactase, cellulase, siberian eleuthero root, peppermint and organic sea salt.
100% Vegan."

my AMAZING smoothie/shake

( i know I'm not tan and i live in south fl...its too hot to go out for longer then 20min, cant blame me.lol)

• choco super green packet
• scoop of protein powder
• cup of peaches
• tbsp of coco, 1 splenda packet (hey don't judge ;) )
• 1 tbsp of dark chocolate peanut butter(almost out!?!)
• 2 dates for chew
• 5 cubes of ice

OMG!!! best smoothie yet! i didn't even taste earthiness at all! i was prepared for some earthiness (which i am fine with) but none just chocolatly goodness with some sweet hint of fruit. Buy this stuff! its so healthy i feel guilty, because it taste like dessert!

tomorrow i plan on packing one of those chocolate covered bars for snack at work.

*excuse all the capital words and exclamation points. but i seriously stoked to have received my first blogger review package*

eat for fresh skin!

Pamper me Monday:

This week i decided to show you girls a list of food that are good for you skin,hair,nails and etc.

• For moisturize, avocados,wild salmon,eggs,walnuts,canola oil,soybeans. this is because of the omega-3, and omega-6 fatty acids
  
• prevent wrinkles,minimize radical damage: oranges, red peppers, broccoli
  
• keep skin smooth,fresh looking:red/green fruits and veggies(sweet potato,cantaloupe,carrot,squash,tomatoes. and believe it or not Dark chocolate!
  
• sun protection: sunflower seeds, almonds.because of all the Vitamin E
  
• anti inflammatory:green tea

Work:10-3

Work today went super super fast! Today's task was making the Levi's department in the children area beautiful and sorted. Took the WHOLE time but it felt like i worked for only an hour.beautiful!

Eats:

BREKKIE

oatmeal cookie

• 1/3 oats
• 1/2 protein scoop
• 1 scoop WCW peanut butter
• sprinkle of dried fruit and dried nuts
• some almond milk
• smooshed and heated banana

BEST brekkie cookie yet bc of the icing!

snack:

kids chocolate brownie bar,pineapple ring

linner:(5:00)

Green Monster

• 1/2 peach
• 1/2 plum
• scoop vanilla protein 
• lots of spinach
• 2 dates
• less then 1/4 of granola

on the side of grapes, yes I'm watching Icarly.lol

Work out:

went to the gym  today. this was my first cardio in more then a month. I did 20 min of the StairMaster on level 8. Later i am going to do some yoga once my linner digests.

whole foods:

went and got some awesome yummy food

• dates (sooooo good, im addicted)
• CASHEW BUTTER!, and it was about $5 a pound, at the "grind yourself" station. I have been wanting this for a while, super excited i have it now.
• got 75 cents off two larabars! got the pecan pie and PB&J! cant wait to munch on them
• 2 for $1 balance bars got choco chip cookie dough and peanut butter, i know they have some weird ingredients but for 50cents a pop had to grab two.

GIVEAWAYS:

iowa girl

Jacksons world

classes,yoga,fruit

Almost the weekend!!

29 days before I move to Miami! ekkk seriously i am very nervous but kindda excited to see what life has in store for me. I got my classes and schedule skip down if you want to food.

Monday
chemistry 9:30-10:45am

Tuesday
Pre calc 8:00-9:40 am
English 11:00- 12:15am

Wednesday
Chemistry 9:30-10:45am

Thursday
Pre calc 8:00-9:40am
english 11:00-12:15
freshmen class (required, easy) 2:00-3:15 pm

Friday (chem day)
Chemistry 9:30-10:45am
Chemistry lab 11:00-1:50pm
Chemistry lecture 4:00-6:00pm

Although Friday is NOT going to be fun at least i have the weekend to look forward to and it is just one day, every other day will be fine. so i am happy with it we will see how it all goes. I just have ALOT of chemistry to do if i want to do nutrition. Which i really think i am majoring in and them minor in public relations so i can event plan!

On to brekkie

Green monster!!

• spinach
  
• cantaloupe
  
• lil cherries
  
• 1/3 peach
  
• some almond milk
  
• less then a tbsp of Jiff natural PB
• scoop of vanilla protein powder

This smoothie was delicious! the cantaloupe gave it a creamier texture, if you like cantaloupe put in your smoothie asap!

on the side i had one of my muffins with a lil smart balance butter

Later i enjoyed a huge Fruit Salad!

• pluot
• 1/2 banana
• peach
• cherries

I also did an hour of yogatoday.com podcast called "primary series part one" it was challenging but so much fun, you held alot o poses for 5 deep breaths, and lots of folding over legs. I loved this podcast because i love stretching and feeling like i am becoming more flexible. It is a great feeling. It is their free class for the week go and try it!

Giveaway:

say what you need to say
I run because i can

fruits veggies life

actual food pictures

MONDAY

look at this ginormus smoothie i made Monday

• young thai coconut meat and some of the water
• 1/3banana
• cup pineapple
• lil tsp of WCW
• my last 2 dates
• a packet called ultimate meal

BEST smoothie! soooooooooo creamy i am def going to buy more of these!

Dinner was a gross publix smoothie and a yummy caramel cadbury egg from the freezer!

Tuesday

I was babysitting my sister and o boy she is a handful, so we went to see harry potter which was pretty good. I do not read the books anymore bc they make the movies so different.

Brekkie:

green smoothie

• 1/2 peach
• 1/4 cup pineapple
• almond milk
• spinkle of go lean cereal
• lots and lots of spinach
• lil WCW peanut butter

I also made a flat out wrap with pb and jelly but i toasted the wrap and i did not like the crispy feel so i threw out 3/4+ of it.

Movie snack:

Trio bar blueberry. This was awesome! i love trio bars, if you are in a nutty craving these are the best and it filled me through out the whole movie. plus 3 whole wheat cheez-it's

Lunch? (4pm)

Flat out wrap

• spinach
• lots of buffolo tofu (1/2 block)
• 1/2 tomato
• bbq sauce on side for dipping

very messy at first but i think i got it. I realized i love salads way more with a side of carb. The reason being because i like taking my time eating and like more volumous looking meals.

dinner:

veggie stir fry 

• vegtable bag full of diffrent stir fry
• terriaky sauce
• baby corn
• a small potato 

Tuesday was the boy and I 14 month anniversary <3>

Today!

brekkie

Cornmeal mush

• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup water
• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp of choco chip cookie dough pb

It was ok, a little different. I just missed my oat bran so it was a decent subsitute.

Later i BAKED Blueberry/cherry muffins!

I used eat live run's recipe

adaptations:

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup wheat all purpose flour
• 1 cup was cherries ( had soooo many extra cherries in the fridge)

I came out with 11 muffins. they are very good, and FILLING. Which suprised me but seriously make these asap!

giveaway

amazing giveaway

meals and moves

Louis Vuitton Laptop bag for sale

Thank you guys for all your comments on sororities, i def have the stereotype in my head that they all are prissy so i will defiantly do rush and then go from there.

This morning i downloaded some yoga journal podcast and did two of them, one was a balance flow and one was a back opener, both very good and i am getting way more flexible. I love love love it!

Brekkie was another green monster! 

these things are good, as you can tell i ate it right after yoga.ha ha sweat and makeup less= awesome yoga sesh

 i didn't mean to look up so much.

• lot of spinach
• 1/3 banana
• 1 2/3 apricot 
• 3 dates
• coconut
• 1/3 cup almond breeze
• scoop of vanilla protein powder
• scoop of naturally more PB

YUmmmm SO good, i love green monsters now..addicted ADDICTED  I tell ya! ha ha

RANDOM:

So i recently got this laptop/messenger bag:

I am gong to sell it on ebay or craigslist if none of you girls are interested, honestly no pressure because i know it is expensive. The reason why i am selling it is because for college so i am not hounding my parents for money,also i know a lot of girls LOVE Louis Vuitton so if you want it

 i am selling it for $830, i have not used this bag the only thing with it is that the gold plate has a scratch(the person that gave it to me got it for sale bc of this) The price of the bag is usually priced at $1330! so i am cutting it $500.

The website says: abbesses (the name if the bag)

"Abbesses features three interior pockets. This large city bag can be used as a discreet attaché case and slips easily onto the Pégase suitcase.

Size: 14.1" x 10.6" x 3.9"

- Monogram canvas, leather trim, adjustable textile strap, brown canvas lining

- Flap with elastic button closure

- Zipped pocket, cell phone pocket, patch pocket, interior D-ring (to attach pouch or key holder) 

- Carried on the shoulder

PRODUCT ID: M45257"

email me at dear_nichole@yahoo.com, i would like to keep it in the USA since i have never shipped anything across seas, thanks!

Off to buy and make a large salad and watch more of the office (seriously this show, big bang theory and friends are my absolute fav shows, and food network obv)

rambles and cramming

so i am just going to jump in to what you missed...

Sat

Zoey and his band "the minor" played at this bar call ( brace yourself for the name) swamp grass willy's. There was 4 bands playing and they went up first bc one band ran out of gas coming up to the show. I brought my camera and i seriously looked like a proud mom. i could not stop smiling bc they were doing so good, and he looked so happy to be up there. It was awesome. After the show we went over to one of the band member's house and partied till 3! i am never up that ate haha I'm usually a grandma, but i was having so much fun that i didnt listen to my tiredness.

My boy is on the drums.

Dont mind the people who rudly walked and stood in front of me. haha

Sunday was just getting ready for Mon and Tues orientation down in Miami. I had to wake up at 5AM i ate brekkie before i went

Green monster

• banana
• myoplex chocolate milk protein drink
• lots of spinach
• coconut
• couple dates
• lil whole food vanilla protein powder
• scoop of DCD pb

Once there i munched on a maple cliff bar.

REVIEW: it was ehhh got some sugared pecans but not much and the maple didn't really stick out for me, plus i was still grumbling after his...o well

Lunch was included in the orientation, i had an Einstein wrap, roasted veggie. It had mayo in it! I hate mayo, i really wish they would of told me what was in it o well i ate it bc dinner wasn't going to be for a long time

after a while i went into my stash and took out my next bar... macadamia and apricot fruit and nut bar. this is very good but expensive usually i bought one on sale.

Dinner was in the campus cafeteria, i was excited to see it bc that is what i will be eating while im on my stay. and thank goodness they are vegan/vegetarian options, they do not cook with trans oil, they have the nutritional info for food they make, a huge salad bar with veggies like baby corn! they have soups, and fro yo!!!!!! yummmm

I decided on a huge salad and a fruit cup.

Tues

picking out classes sucked! i spent a good 2-3 hours finding a good schedule. Man to have a nutrition degree it is A LOT of hard classes i was told that the hardest science classes i have to take to get the degree. If i find it too hard i also have a plan B which is personal relations to be an event planner. I think that would be a lot of fun to plan weddings and parties.

Brekkie

at the school was fruit,biscuit w honey and coffee.

QUESTION : What do you think about sororities? I hate ALL drama and i make sure i am not in any ever, but is that in sororities a lot? i didn't want to join one before orientation but after orientation they made it seem totally diff then i thought. were any of you girls in one? did you like it?

Also i may be doing a scholarship pageant called Ms.fiu. I'm am not sure but i would love to win a scholarship to get out of having this loan. yuck Talent i am not sure yet i have a few tricks up my sleeve. it is not until February but i want to do it for the heck of it! you know what i mean? this was i can make oodles of friends and get involved.

Today:

this morning i enjoyed a egg in the hole with a scoop of polenta my mom made last night. I loved the toast but the polenta was too heavy in my tummy. i have to remember that for next time.

Then i made lemonade magic bullet slushy. This was also not a good idea all that acid or what not in the lemon made my tummy feel bad. Does lemonade do that to you?

Lunch couldn't be something heavy since the lemonade was still with me.so i made a

green monster

• ice
• vanilla protein powder
• 3 dates
• lots of spinach
• Cinnamon (sooo good)
• peach
• 3/4 banana
• coconut for chew
• almond milk

along side i had myself a huge scoop of fluff, i needed something sweet and it def squished the craving.

Other food pics i found that i must have eaten recently...

I will get back to my regular tomorrow, cramming a lot in to one post does not do justice. I miss blogging

T-Rex was supposed to be extinct for a reason

Hello everyone!

Sorry i did not post yesterday, i went up to Orlando at 12 and did not get back till almost 2 in the morning! ekkk needless to say i went straight to bed. I went up to orlando with my dad and two sisters(both younger)

(this is grace)

 to see my dads brothers (who look like sets of twins). It was funny they all are very loud, its a gene i guess that runs in the family, and they all talk to random bartenders,waitresses, random people on the Disney shuttle train. Again something i found that runs in the hoskens gene.

brekkie that morning + 35min of yoga with the little one you in above

i had this amazing bowl of oatmeal/oat bran(ran out of oat bran!!!!)

• 1/3 cup of what i had left of oat bran and oatmeal to top it off
• 2/3 almond milk, 1/3 water
• 5 m&m for the fun of it
• 3 chopped dates
• 5 dried cherries 
• spoonful of choco chip cookie dough PB
• lil bit of DCD PB 

Right before we left i made an 

Anti oxidant drink

• Borba Pink clarifying packet(met this guy once at my dads store and he hooked me up) 
• handful of blueberries
• Sprinkle of coconut
• handful of ice
• cup and 1/2 of water

Along the way i had a cup of kashi 7grain cereal,peach,handful of blueberries

Lunchish: crab cake and some Asian noodles- it was a n appetizer for a snack before we went to eat (this was at 4)

 

 We went to TREX restaurant at downtown Disney. 

facts about this place

• Very cool decor dinos that move all around you, it looks like you are in Jurassic park (this may be the only plus side i had for them)
• 
  
• Everything has at least one of the following; a pound of meat, fried, load of butter
• VERY expensive at least 20 dollars if you are getting a salad(no meat) and drink 
• not that great of food unless you like fried and butter
• VERY crowded- got there at 6:30 didn't eat till 9:30! haha o man 

Now what did i eat?

I devoured the french onion soup and i did ask for a side of steamed veggies but got over cooked veggies IN a cup of butter. The waitress told me they couldn't make them special??? I was def a grumpy girl, when i am hungry and there is no options for me i will get emotional.

OK no fast forward.........bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzIP (fast forward noise obviously) 

TODAY

Woke up late so i had this veggie pocket with a piece of RAW cheddar cheese and a spoon of cottage cheese , I Also 2 dates with a lil of PB for the heck of it.

Review: This was pretty good it had bell pepper,broccoli, beans, marinara sauce and some other veggies. I enjoyed this a lot the inside was like a micro cal zone but the bread was amazing! i love gooey, doughy, soggyish pizza dough so i took ALL the inside out and ate the veggies then the bread as my dessert.haha

I went over to zoes to hang out but got a call from FIU saying i didn't accept my scholarships!!! what the heck, so after a couple hours of my heart at my stomach and freakishly typing emails i got it all fixed!! yayay. My hunger was gone after that,I found out when i stress out i just do not eat because i am not hungry when I'm stressed. I had to go to the mall(near whole foods of course) and so i picked up an energy bar for my orientation on mon and tues, and got some "tasters" at whole foods

• a fig
• taste of this tonic stuff(blarggg)
• Tofu honey sesame stick

Once i got back o zoeys i made this....dun dun da dun da( some tune for an excited suspense)

GREEN MONSTER!!!!

• 2 HUGE handful of spinach
• 1 kiwi
• 1/2 peach
• 2 blocks of honey dew
• 1/3 of banana
• 1 scoop of protein powder(whole foods vanilla brand)
• 2  chopped dates for chew
• lil spoon of naturally more pb

This was amazing i decided i ADORE my fruit smoothies, so i do not need to get rid of them i just need to add spinach and that is what i did. I could not taste any spinach at all!

Now off to hang with the boy, ta ta for now

Giveaway: nikes and ponytails

AN apple a day