WOW WEEK

hello beautiful girls last couple days have been busy/fun....

COLLEGE.

This week is W.O.W week (week of welcome) and so many things are happening including, laser tag,comedian. hypnotist, movie,comedian, etc so much fun so much excitement around the school. 

Today and yesterday i had my 1st day of classes which were chemistry 1 and public speaking,pre calc, English. I had a lot of fun,even though we were just going over the syllabus.lol but it made me feel all grown up. Im pretty pumped to see how this year plays out. I am meeting a lot of people, and so far i really like my roommates. 

I have been walking around the campus looking into many clubs, they have over 300 once i find the ones i am going to stick with i'll be sure to tell you pretty girls. 

YOGA/work out

Yes i am still doing yoga, im trying every day but it is at least every other day so far. I am walking around A LOT. Yesterday i did 45mins of Yogatoday.com campus "turning fear into courage" this class is very hard i was sweating. They also do hand/headstands but since i have not even done these in a class i do back bends/bridges instead. My arms felt like jelly for a couple of hours later! 

I also did 20 min bike (reading my textbook killing two birds in one stone) and i did 12 min on the elliptical. It was good after this little cardio seash. i do not do much cardio any more so i just had fun with it and went at my pace instead of killing myself like i used to. 

today i wasn't able to go to the gym soooo much stuff to do but tomorrow for sure + some yoga hopefully.

 

FOOD.

EZPZ snack:

• Banana
• Peanut butter ( i used WcW)
• roasted pecans

1. cut banana in half
2. spread WCW peanut butter on, i put prob a lil more then a tbsp
3. lay pecan halves on top of banana
4. cut banana in pieces according to each nut to make little bits

This was such an awesome simple/fast snackum before my next class. the flavors melded so well, this would be awesome between some whole wheat potato bread!lol

EZPZ 

getting A's.

This is just my study routine and i seem to do very well with it if not a's, b's. 

• write notes as simple as you can. instead of writing a HUGE sentence try to cut it in half and take the main idea. this way it will be easier to remember and understand.
• Do NOT cram at all. Study each night/day for about 10-20 min and each night re-read the notes you read before, and soon you will know everything.
• make your own quizzes, this is a lot of fun, or at least to me and then you can help others around you 
• Teach other people the material. going over the material to your friend will glue all the info to your head, since when you are teaching others you are using simpler speech that you understand instead of book language.
• if you are reading your text book write main ideas/equations/vocab words on a post it and stick it on the page so you do not have to keep re-reading the WHOLE chapter over and over.
• if you do not understand something ask the teacher and it will be simplier or google the question it will be on the Internet.
• keep learning fun, find a way to will have fun learning, since i am a geek i love the feeling that i am becoming smarter with each class. GEEK ALERT haha
• and again DO NOT CRAM! The point of going to college/school is to learn cramming is only retained for a couple hours, trust me i crammed to much in 9th/10th grade.

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

long but good

Hey guys I feel so far from the blog community since i d not post as much as i want to let me explain/vent ...

Everyday i get on blogger to do a post but then

a band members GF/ (friend-plant) comes over and i HAVE to of course be nice and accommodate her. I just feel so awkward because i know she just talks about me when it is over and she does not talk to me unless it is gossip. I really don't know why i am posting my vent it just irritates me, because i love my "me" time where i can read blogs, write a blog, do yoga. I have learned to enjoy my company since all the girls in my city are drama fanatics, and have become more independent. 

These interruptions have shown me that i have changed since last year for the better. All you girls are the sweetest nicest girls i have ever "met" before. I love all the support you give each other so sorry for not commenting or such recently but i have been lurking your blogs and when i get the chance i plan on getting to know you all better. 

Thanks for letting me vent! haha now on the food....

Yoga

I have still been doing yoga almost everyday for at least 30min , mostly hour videos. I have a funny yoga story for your enjoyment

• I do yoga at Zoe's now while he has band practice, and one day I was doing a yogatoday.com video and he decides to set the mood for yoga and lights up a couple birthday candled on a Styrofoam plate. it was a cute/sweet idea but while i am in downward dog i smell the candles More powerfully and i look up and see a small fire on the plate! i blew it out but it was defiantly growing. After it was out i started laughing and cleaned up the little mess on the table. here is a pic of the poor Styrofoam plate

• Man o man if you have not tried yoga yet go to yogatoday.com and try their free yoga class now! they begging seems slow, but it is just to get you into a breathing pattern then it will move faster into poses and give you enough time to stretch and get stronger.
• Saturday i am going with my friend to a HOT yoga class which is exciting for me since i have never been.

FOOD:

 I have just been munching on fruit and whole wheat bread and smoothies recently since I do not want to buy my own groceries anymore since i do not have a job. But my eats have been very yummy to me, but not great to show everything in a food blog. 

But i have found a very yummy bread/bagel i like

Nutritional info: calories 240, fat 20. Fiber-7g! Protein 10g! sugar 7g. calcium/iron 10%. Thiamin/niacin 15%.

My review: def more bready then bagley if that makes since. But it it very yummy and made from all ingredients i know! I do not think these were fried at all since it does not have that harder/carby outside that regular bagels have. Overall you are prob better off buying whole wheat bread. But def worth it if buying on sale. I liked it and prob will buy it again if i get a bagel feeling.

This morning was a brekkie cookie made last night and heated for 30 sec this morn.

WOW heating it up a little makes  a HUGE difference! I thought they were already yummy but after microwaving it gets a gooey cookie texture bc if the peanut butter and oatmeal. FANTASTIC! 

• 1/3 cup Oats
• lil over 1/3 cup of a milk water mix
• sprinkle of splenda...sue me ;)
• less then a 1/4 of chopped dried fruit mix
• scoop of naturally more pb (sooo good in the cookie)
• 1/2 scoop of protein mix( i didn't want it too protein powder tasting)
• In the morn topped it with a sprinkle of granola
• side of jam

some melon on the side :)

Lunch will be a green monster since i just finished an hour of yoga. yumm got to get spinach now though. Dinner will be a bagel with tuna/egg/or something

Life:

Since zoe's friend is off tour for 2months we have been hanging with him a lot which is always fun. Last night we went to see G force in 3-D! (yes you read that correctly) It would of sucked if not in 3-D but it was awesome s=because of it. It actually looked like things were flying toward us. Pretty awesome and there was also car crashes and car stunts in a kid movie with gerbils talking? odd but funny.

But also since we are hanging out and out all the time now(not complaining about having things to do) I have to plan my meals more and that is why I already know what i am eating through out the day basically since i pack everything before i head over to zoes.  As long as i get my hour of yoga in i am a happy camper.

I hope all you girls are having a great summer! 

Question:

In th morning and during the day when i stand up i get dizzy/light headed and sometime it goes black for like ten seconds. it is not not ALL the time but def enough to notice.does this happen to you? why does this happen, how can i stop it?

hey monday!

Hey guys ooops it is 4 days later! but i have just been very very busy.

• The minor photo shoot: the band my boy is in had their photo shoot Saturday, and it started POURING so he had to do it at one of the band members house which i happened to be at. all the pictures are AWESOME quality when they edit them I'll send you a link of their myspace. Then me and the boy got a couple pictures together because the photos were excellent quality. Plus they got it all done for FREE! The photographer is building up her book to go to warp tour next year.
• Sat the boys also did a little acoustic set at Dillard's (my dad is the manager) so now every Saturday they are going to do a little set, and this way they can make more fans,and will have a place to preform
• Sat,Sun nights have been partying which means staying up late and waking up late! sad news is i haven't had time to do yoga in 3 days,  i miss it super much(did it this morning) My friend's 21 bday happened so we had to celebrate! haha
• Do you guys know the band HEY MONDAY? the rhythm guitarist is Zoey's best friend since elementary school. They had a show last night in ft lauderdale so we went to go see them. They did such an AWESOME job! It was so cool to watch them bc this has been all their dreams to be in a famous band, everyone was singing their songs, wanting their autographs, wanting to touch their arm! I could feel the energy so i just started dancing, haha the rest of my group didn't dance, but i LOVE dancing so me and zoe dance.

Alex is all the way on the left.

WHERES THE FOOD???

I haven't taken much photos so i will just start with my brekkie:

i have been eating green monsters every morning which i love love. but i am all out of protein AND spinach! So this morning i had a shmorishborg

• broccoli
• 2 egg whites,1 egg
• 2 slices of tofu
• teryiaki sauce

WORKOUT:

20 min of yoga journal sun salutations

Kim Kardashian 30 min ab workout

10 min of cadiokie(not fun very odd so stopped early)

Hopefully ill be back for spa day, i am babysitting all day today. mulah

GIVEAWAY:

funniest thing i just remembered:

MY last night i dreamed i found PB and J larabars! hahaha i seriously thought i did but nope still have yet to find new larabars :(

this may be done on the 5th or not....

Hey everyone

happy 4th, didn't post for the 4th bc i woke up at 6 AM ! yes 6am i have not woken up that early since ummmm..... school.Of course i barley got any sleep but its all good we went to peanut island with zoes friend on his boat! and we just partied till 2, play "water" pong on WATER. and drinking,chillaxing on floats and just having a fun time. then we went home where i passed out from the sun for a couple hours then headed over to my casa for a bbq my dad was grilling and he grilled me a veggie burger. that's love

I didn't over eat that much i may of had one to many cookies but only 3 (they were all generous sizes) and a veggie burger, corn, guac with chips. pretty good for a dinner but i felt over stuffed.

anyway(no pictures sorry i was delirious half the day)

Sunday eats

Brekkie 

oat bran

• 1/3 cup oat bran
• 2/3 almond milk
• 1/3 water
• 3diced dates
• coconut sprinkle
• tbsp of choco chip cookie dough Peanut butter yummmmmmm

Then went to whole foods to get dinner. and of course a sample of granola and a fig

Lunch

fruit salad, water melon,mango, dried chilled cherries, coconut

Warm English muffin 1/2 ricotta with Cinnamon and splenda, half smart balance butter Cinnamon, splenda.

This was a very good sweet dessert lunch. a mock Cinnamon roll if you will.

Went to see Ice Age 3 with the boy! we went in to the theaters and no one was at the ticket buying booth! so we went inside and only saw the concession stand people, so we just walked into the movie! no one stopped us, it was weird but fun! there i snacked on a trio strawberry bar and green tea, plus 2 cookie dough bites zoe had.

at the end i was still hungry(9pm) so went back to my house to eat dinner

Dinner-

I didnt end up eating my whole foods for dinner bc i want to be really hungry to enjoy it all so it will be lunch today! but dinner was a bowl that was a shmorishborg of...

• Cottage cheese
• Homemade guacamole
• The other veggie burger my dad grilled
• 1 egg/1 egg white "fried"egg (used pam to cook it on stove)

Dessert

A lil hand of m&m's and 2 squares of dark chocolate.

YOGA

tried doing stress reduce yoga from yogatoday.com (it was their free class of the week) but i got to say i love challenging myself so i didn't particularly enjoy this class so i stopped 11min in. This would be GREAT for first timers and people who just want to reduce stress but i wanted a yoga workout flow. SO i went to my podcast and did the balance flow and guess what

1. i can do all the vinyasas without a problem
2. I went from tree poses to toe balance back to tree pose(all on only one leg!!)
3. I did the crow for two breaths this time! doubled my record.
4. I feel sooooo much better and energized, i love yoga and i love how i feel about my body after. I am so proud of my body for being able to adapt and get stronger to hold these poses.

Simple and yummy

Hey everyone its FRIDAY!!!

I woke up at 11:30 today!! haha it miight be because we were out hanging with friends till early morn last night and i may of had some beverages ;) but it was a lot of fun!

Even though my morning started late i still am getting stuff done!

• Cleaned the kitchen spotless
• did 35min of yoga- this was a yogaamazing podcast + some extra stuff i did. But the podcast is called summer flow. It was awesome! a lot of vinyasas which i did all the way through! i was finally able to do chaturanga to updog to down dog and i did a crow...for one breathe but i still was able to hold myself up! i was elated. especially since the boys were having band practice it was harder to stay focused 
• did a jumping routine,triceps,plank workout (for the SGBC)

Brunch 

Avacado/mango/raw corn salad

I was all raw! haha it was very yummy and made me feel very good and gave me a lot of energy.  I always forget that the simple, whole foods always make me feel amazing! And my house is now over loaded with produce and yummy healthy foods. I didnt know what i wanted it took a while to decided

Snackum in the boy's room

Protein smoothie

• Dark chocolate dreams PBU
• 7 ice cubes
• Scoop of vanilla protien powder
• banana

This is pretty fantastic it was the pefect choco pb banana smoothie. I LOVE all protien smoothies.

Giveaway:

Danica's daily

apple a day

Taste as you go

pac man...doughnut?

Hello Fabulous!

yesterday i had this yummy smoothie full of

• protein powder 
• cherries 
• cranberries 
• banana
  

On the side a banana doughnut w DCD...yummmmm i am now in love with dark chocolate dreams. today i made PBU using Dark chocolate dreams and almond milk. i can not wait till i thickens!!

Dinner:

(pic of zoe comp)

English muffin pizza with ricotta cheese and marinara sauce

side was blueberry applesauce no sugar added

Dessert- just munched on a spoon of DCD and 2marsh mellows and a couple pieces of Green and Black chocolate.( yes mother nature gave me a present today so that explains the whole munching on choco at night)

This morning:

I snacked on a couple pecans and date before i did yoga- yoga amazing podcast balance flow. i did soo well! i even was able to go down in a toad balance and stand back up directly to a tree pose! i was pumped. after this 30min class i did my OWN flow to kanye west and lil Wayne haha  it was there more mellow raps, worked well i was focused i did warriors,chaturangas,down dog, wheel and such. i will for prob 15min. it was a lot of fun i think i will try to add my own lil flows after practicing with a teacher. 

Brekkie:

PBU banana smoothie, with 5/6 ice cubes and 3 egg whites on the side

This was not a pretty looking brekkie do i didn't bother snapping a pic but the smoothie was AMAZING! i will be doing this with DCD PBU.

Lunch 

almost five hours later

 a humongous salad!

this all went with about 5 cups of spinach! 

• half an avocado i eventually mushed with a spoon of ricotta
• grilled bell pepper and onion
• grilled portabello mushroom
• tomato 
• 2 egg whites
• 1/3 slice of a natural pizza with out the cheese, i love the marinara soggy bread part of pizza.lol

which turned to this

this was so good i love grilled portabello mushrooms. my dad is making more tonight on the grill and they marinate it with a lil EVOO for healthy fat and balsamic vinegar! needless to say i am PUMPED.

GOALS FOR JULY:

1. start trying green smoothies
2. stop mindless snacking
3. no more diet cola, try for water and green tea(which i am sipping on right now)
4. No grocery shopping, the reason is i want to be able to splurge when i go to college so i can have plenty snacks and food options to stay healthy.
5. Summer glow bikini camp
6. of course at least 30min of yoga a day, i really like this goal! :)
7. HAVE FUN

Giveaways:

snackface

nutritious is delicious

Man o Man

This morning i did the Yogatoday.com free class of the week for hamstrings and such . I was going to have an off day but my legs were really tight so i wanted to stretch them out. This class was good lots and lost of leg stretches(obv) which i did need today so that was good

Observation: I really enjoy doing flows the best, not just concentrating on one muscle. it is a lot of fun, kinda reminds me of a weird dance.

Brekkie:

PB choco banana smoothie

• Advantage choco protein milk(like half the carton)
• A frozen banana
• Lil extra coco,and ice
• scoop of naturally more PB

I also enjoyed a small blueberry pancake with strawberry jam.

Today is a busy boring day but i really need get ahead of the game and get as much of this college stuff out of the way so when the time comes i can be done with it all.

To do list:

Make doughnuts 

Make flax and oat breakkie muffins

Finish math placement test

Housing note

finish thank you notes

Figure out meal plan for FIU

Do Loan Note for FIU

Send in that i finished loan counseling

buy camera cord

Another yoga class probably some where in there so i can d-stress from all this college stuff.

Heat warning

Man it is hot over here yesterday was a down poor of rain and today we have a heat warning. You know this girly is staying inside...until it is pool time

FOOD:

I made a Oatmeal cookie for brekkie yummmm

• 1/3cup oats
• 1/2 scoop whey vanilla protein powder
• 1 nice scoop of naturally more pb
• scoop of coconut
• 2 dried apricots diced
• 1/8 cup milk

Lunch stirfry:

• Broccoli
• sauteed tofu with honey teriyaki sauce
• lil cheese
• roasted red peppers and onion
• half English muffin with a dab of butter

It was very good i cant believe i haven't made one before, since it is so hot here i cant have a really hot brekkie or i get even hotter, no go for me.

YOGA

This morning i did 2 yoga amazing podcast.

1. Yoga for creativity- approx 25min. The teacher just did whatever moves he felt like doing, he was being creative and letting his body move. It was fun he even did the crow which i cant do YET.
2. Yoga for weight loss- this one was a lot of fun, it was Vinyasa flow,fast and sweaty. It was approx 25min ( this was a lot of fun)

After i was done i felt so good, and refreshed and calm. I started doing my to do list for collage and what needs to be done before i go to orientation in a couple of weeks. ekkk I'm starting to get nervous.

Question: When you can not do a pose do you just practice the pose over and over again or do you just keep doing classes and soon enough are able to do diff poses?

I am very sorry about no pictures, i have been tearing my room apart, but no worries whenever i make something really yummy i snap a pic so there will be pics up once i find the darn thing.

Giveaway: missy maintain

N her Shoes

i Run beacause i can

run to the finish

no cord but did some serious baking

Cant find my camera cord!!!! ekk its somewhere. today was real boring eats so far i have just been munching since i have been super super stressed today. But its all good I'm just planning on going out and having a good time tonight with the boy and friends. 

RECAP:

• so i did take my boy out to eat to one of our favorite restaurants To Jays!(located in the mall) I got the hummus platter and Zo got the turkey burger. You better believe i took one of his fries. sooo good
  
• After that we went to whole foods(across the street) and got cookies! haha. I actually have always eyed their baked goods but never bought them since they are "bad" for you. it was totally delicious meant to only have half(don't we all) but ate it all (don't we all) 
• yesterday was a whole mess of me trying to figure out how i am going to make money before college starts,thank you notes, cleaning house,and random other errands.had no time for pictures 
• But yesterday i did go to this KILLER cardio/body strength class, took another day off today but did serious cleaning and baking (more of that in a min) today, so i got my workout ;)

whew! bullets are a godsend when there is a lot of info to say.

today i made Zoe boxed fudgey brownies (ok ok i cant lie i took a bite..2 bites) 

it was 12pm...needless to say i needed something to bust this craving and let me tell you extra gum was not going to squash my urge to eat a huge piece. 

SO I made these...

“Raw Vegan Coconut Brownie Bites“.

these were awesome!!! so so so good and at approx 120calories a pop made from all good for you foods how can you resist?

then i made Cherry Scones! i have been in the mood for some healthy scones i took pictures of all my baking goods but now i do not have my cord! grrrrr. oh well life goes on. 

Now we are basically just waiting for the night to get later and go out! I'm excited. 

first post!!!

SO this is not my first blog but my last one didn't go so well, but after stalking so many of your awesome blogs i have decided to make a new one. I'm not exactly sure what this blog will have but it will mainly be about food and showing you that's its easy peasy to be healthy.  

so today was the first time i took pictures of all my eats!! this is very exciting for me because i always forget to. 

This morning i went to a body works plus abs class but before i went i had this yum yum snack plate of WF yogurt pretzels, dates and a Lil spoon of PB. All on a graduation plate because yes i have finally finished high school!!!!!

It took a while for me to get hungry again so i putsyed around my boys house and did the dishes and made us some brekkie. 

   i am in love with fruit and i absolutely love having a big plate/bowl of an assortment of them. today's was a red delicious apple,small banana, 1/2 a mango, and half a orange.

     I had a very long reading time while my boy was jamming ( he plays the drums) with his buddies. I finished the book "French Women Don't Get Fat" my review will be in another post i am running short on time since i have to get ready for a BBQ at my family's house.

anyway i  had a diet coke...i know this is basically  frowned upon in healthy blog world but this is defiantly my vice,as well as chocolate with being super super healthy. But hey no one is perfect.

I did just snack on a slice of bread with 1/2 an avocado and chipolte sauce! super yummy and the drink was a much needed tall, skinny, hazelnut latte with an extra shot...what can i say i like my coffee like i like my men...strong. haha i kid.

My dad has company coming over so he is grilling( my dad wants to be a pit master when he retires) and the husband is vegetarian like me!! So this means he is grilling portobello mushrooms which are awesome grilled ill come back with pictures but for now ill leave you a picture of me and my boy.

 We just celebrated a year and i made sticky rice,wasabi, ahi tuna, miso soup,and all the fixings for sushi and we rolled up sushi together. That is the picture with the whole set up. 

Fun fact. he was the one to push me to make this blog.

by the way all gliding calm is having a giveaway!!!!