Pamper me monday!

TODAY IS PAMPER ME MONDAY

SO i used to everyweek have a pamper me day. this is where i pamper myself and relax. I used to do all natural treatments and every week i plan on doing a new DIY spa treatment. today i am sticking with the basics using grocery store finds

• Yoga for an hour- i did one of the classs i bought from yogatoday.com it is the strength and tone class, which runs for abou 62min. this class was awesome, a lot of different back bend and hopping to switch legs,planks and such. I was a lot of fun and challanging but at the same time flowing with your breath.
• Hair mask using john freda hair shine
• exfoliate skin in a hot shower- this mimicks a steam when standing away from water
• Mask on my face- nothing special just one i found in my bathroom
• painted my fingers and toes a shiny pink
• moisturize my whole body with a lotion for dry skin so my body can become softer.

I havent pampered myself in such a long time this day is a selfish day, usally i feel bad about being selfish (i am all about making around me come first) but i def needed this. Next week i will be useing natural ingredient like coconut butter, or oils or something all natural not useing these chemical products. 

For the rest of the day i am going to watch girly movies, im thinking confessions of a shopaholic and devil wears prada. I love girly movies they really make me in a much better mood.

Food this morning brekkie i had blueberry oat bran, there is no picture, it was really yucky looking but yummy. 

What do you do to pamper yourself?

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

polenta

Giveaway: the healthy lawyer 

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!!

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 

So i mixed them all up and munched down with a piece of rye bread from the too jays bakery 

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