Wednesday, July 1, 2009

polenta



My camera is charging right now so i do not have dinner and dessert pics
Dinner was mom made polenta and sauerkraut, polenta is sooo yummy 

Dessert was a sundae kind of thing-
  • spoon of choco ice cream
  • spoon of vanilla ice cream 
  • 1/2 TBSP DCD peanut butter
  • 1/2 TBSP WCW peanut butter
  • tsp of choco chip dough peanut butter
  • 4 roasted marsh mellow
Just what i wanted! i wish i could of taken a pic but i know i will be eating this again!

This morning i did yoga 30 min of a core/balance yoga it was for yogi level def not my level so i stopped half way though but i did all of it until i couldn't do anymore, I feel good about doing 30min and i got really stretched out and energized. Then i did the day one of summer glow i am so excited to see if i get all toned by the end of the month or just see if i feel any different.

Brekkie

I could not decide if i wanted PBU,peanut butter,bread, oatmeal but then i felt like eating something savory so i had 
  • 1/2 cup of polenta
  • about 1/4 cup of some veggies in a sauce my mom made
Very yummy, and just what i wanted. I thought i was still hungry but i had a cup of coffee and was satisfied.
QUESTION: does anyone else feel like they are still hungry when they actually had enough food? i guess i wasn't full like i am when i have oatmeal or oat bran.

Well I'm off to go do some crafts with magazines while the boy has band practice
Have a great day!!

Monday, June 29, 2009

time to stop being lazy!

GIVEAWAY: zesty

 So this is the first summer in about four years that i have not had a summer life guarding job! last summer i was a making a cool 12 bucks an hour! This summer i make 20 bucks a week for watching my lil sister in the morning. Yea i'd say its a downgrade. but since this summer has started i have been doing nada ZIP ZERO ZILCH. this is so not like me so i am going to come up with a list and try to do at least on thing every day for the rest of the summer.
  1. clean up room
  2. redo math placement test
  3. bake veggie girl Blondie's
  4. sell all clothes i have never worn
  5. Do yoga every day
  6. Find all roommates
  7. crafts
  8. get a tan
  9. Find out what i need to bring down to FIU
  10. have a spa day
  11. email a health place if they need volunteers
  12. get my dad to ask about babysitting to his employees (he is their boss.mwahahaha)
  13. Buy an ipod touch???? 
  14. Buy for dorm
  15. Re do my blog and make it pretty
  16. Sign up for SGBB over at oh she glows 
  17. Operation beautiful
  18. Make bread
  19. make seitan
  20. Make my roommates a gift or baking good
  21. do yoga with zoey
  22. learn to skim or at least get on a wave
  23. make an easy college cookbook to bring with me
  24. Play more poker with the boy
  25. Get dressed up for a night out with the boy
  26. Find out what classes i want to take
  27. make hummus
  28. go kyaking
  29. make an article of clothing
  30. Write a list of jobs i would love to do (not looking at wages)
  31. Fix my bike and ride down town
  32. Pick up trash on the beach
  33. find a free yoga class
  34. exercise on the beach .... but a fun way
What else should i do? i want to be more productive and not sitting on my comp for hours or watching tv for hours.

Alright on to the food...
 Last night i wanted pasta but there was no pasta in sight but there was
  • 2 Bruschetta Tomato Basil Parmesan boca patties 
  • marinara sauce
  • ricotta chesse 

and for some reason i got the munchies  so i munched on
  • an ice bar
  • spoonful of zoey's pb chocolate milkshake
  • spoon of ice cream
  • half a piece of toast with toasted marsh mellow
  • ice tea
  • a bite of pizza crust 
haha yea this is what happens when i cant make up my mind, i find humor in it.

YOGA
This morning i woke up and did another INTENSE yoga class from YOGATODAY.COM. it was the "transforming fear into courage and self confidence" lots of chaturangas, downward dogs, lots of arm strength. They also introduced hand and headstands( i can not do these yet but its something to work on) it was an hour long i really enjoyed this one a lot and cant wait to master it!  
this class like all their classes (all about an hour long) was $3.99. Compare that to DVD's you buy for $15 for 30min sessions

Brekkie 
was overnight oat bran

  • 1/3 cup oat bran
  • 1/3cup water
  • 2/3 cup almond milk
  • spoonful of okios Greek vanilla yogurt
  • Tsp of vanilla
  • sprinkle of sweetener
  • 1/3 smooshed banana
All of those soaked overnight in the morning i added
  • chopped up dried cherries
  • 1 TBSP of melted WCW peanut butter
  • colorful sprinkles for a nice touch and a lil crunch
At first i wasn't sure if i liked it but after adding he pb i fell in love. This is the perfect brekkie for a hot morning.

glorious 1/2 day

GOOD AFTERNOON!
This morning i did an INTENSE 25 min yoga class with yoga amazing podcast call sun salutations. My arms were shaking after 25min. doing this class i think i get really deep into downward dog and my shoulder pop like no ones busyness, i dealt with it though and I also downloaded 3 classes from yoga today!
  1. transforming fear into courage and self-confidence- novice - 60:13
  2. strengthening and toning- yogi - 62:32
  3. balancing for core stability and will- yogi - 60:28
I can wait to try these classes they are downloading now!
i want to use HEAB a coupon but i do not know which classes i should download? help!
 For brekkie i made

squash pancakes
  • 2 table spoon pre mix pancake mix
  • 1 1/2 cups of spaghetti squash
  • 2 egg whites
  • dash of milk
  • make it on a griddle like you would a regular pancake
that made these two large yummy pancakes. half had jam and half had cheese 
almost 4 hours later i got hungry so I just snacked on a banana choco PBU smoothie with...
(no pic looks like a smoothie you have seen on my blog)
  • 5 ice cubes
  • Jay Robb choco protein powder
  •  banana
  • 1/3 cup of pbu bc i wanted it really peanut buttery
I did not want to finish this smoothie it rocked my socks! seriously it was soo creamy and delicious. make it!!!


i just found out that Kailey at Peanut butter swirl  gave me this award!

i do not know if i pass it on or what but i will give this award to Jenny

Sunday, June 28, 2009

squash pancakes?!?!

*this was supposed to be published  yesterday*
last night was a lot of fun me and the boy went to a party with his friends! i may or may not of already been pre-gaming with the boy before this ;) but at the party was a Foosball or (however you spell it) and we started betting if he won i would pay for a meal ....long story short i owe this boy 3 meals. But let me tell you they were pretty close games. 

This morning i woke up(it was 12:30) and wanted to make something up but what?! i looked in the fridge and i saw hamburger (no), lettuce(no) squash!!!!! so i grabbed the spaghetti squash and made a "pancake"  it was pretty awesome i might make on tomorrow if i feel vegtablely. On the side was a lil potato with a lil cheese and a slight dab of butter.
It was pretty awesome.

Today the boy and i hit up some stores with unbeatable deals.
  1. Goodwill. the boy and i love thrifting( i do not like buying expensive clothing but i have no problem buying expensive food...hmmm odd?) I got a white tube dress($16...but wait it has a green tag so it dropped to $8!), and this white knee length hollister skirt($6)
  2. Dollar store- everything in the store was 1/2 off haha so i got 2 candies, 2 "leather" string for jewelry making and 2 packs of yummy mints, and my sister one of those slap bracelets (5 cents)
I didn't get hungry for about 5hours!?!? very odd. But when i got hungry we were at the mall so we went to toojays! The boy and i love tojays very much. Bring me to a deli with soup and salad and i am a happy camper. There we got a bread appetizer. I had a slice of rye bread and dipped it in deli mustard. I ordered The vegetable pita that came with a side of fresh veggies.(no pic nervous about taking pics at restaurants)
  • cucumber
  • black olives
  • onion
  • tomato
  • random salad veggies
  • HUMMUS
  • TABLEAU
and of course some of the boys fries :)
Then the boy and i got  white and black cookies.I normally am not a fan of caky cookies but these were amazing i had 3/4 of it.(this thing was a large cookie) and made the boy finish mine bc too much sugar/junkie food makes me feel ill.

I did not do yoga :( since we have been running around the town doing random things.

Giveaway: wing it vegan
curly top


Saturday, June 27, 2009

camera cord is back in business


 I found my camera cord!
This is what i have been eating(not all of it just the highlights) since last time you saw the pics.

ICED COFFEE
All blended in a magic bullet
  • coffee
  • caramel sugar free syrup
  • handful ice
  • lil almond milk
  • Cinnamon 
  • whipped cream
I love this! since it is sooo hot over here this drink is very refreshing when i want a cold yummy drink without a heavy smoothie.

This is the apricot/coconut/pb oatmeal cookie.
Also very good will be making more oatmeal cookies in the future


I have been having a lot of salads. This one was AMAZING
LEFTOVER SALAD:
  • romaine lettuce(no spinach left )
  • tofu that was marinated in my dads home grown hot sauce (very spicy but sweet)
  • lil steamed broccoli 
  • yellow bell pepper
  • roasted tomatoes
  • grilled red peppers/onion
  • raw corn (I'm in love with raw corn now)
  • Hummus as dressing
I think that's all, i basically just looked in my fridge and added everything i could find that was a veggie. so i would call it leftover salad

sweet potato, and English muffin with toaster oven toasted marshmellows 
I love this sweet snack/dessert.


Oat bran with banana, WCW PB, Choco chip PB


Sweet/savory sweet potato fries:
  • Half with mozzarella cheese, hummus
  • Half with Cinnamon,lil sugar, WCW peanut butter
I love sweet potato fries/anything sweet potato. I think they are my fav veggie or tied with broccoli.


Some kind of smoothie with whipped cream ( yummmmmm)


This is a Pancake pizza
  • pancake
  • WCW peanut butter
  • lil strawberry jelly
  • coconut
This was fun to make i love bready goodness

Speaking of bready goodness...

These are the banana baked doughnuts i made yesterday. 
Banana doughnuts
The recipe can be found here
Review: these are DELICIOUS. But they are more bready and dense then regular airy,fluffy doughnuts. But for approx 160 cals these are great as a snack or brekkie paired with fruit.

Zoe liked it too as you can see he likes to ham it up to the camera.

I had one yesterday as a snack,today with brekkie,and later prob a snack with smoothie. I love it!

Thats all for right now
 have a great day!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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:
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.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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
i Run beacause i can