{ weekend } The Great Outdoors & Halloween Shopping

Día de los Muertos

Bonjour!  The great outdoors is calling me with this phenomenal weather.  Nature has many health benefits of its own and all you have to do to reap them is get outside and enjoy the green nature around you.

I enjoyed my first day off in since October 3rd.  Ah, Saturday... has to be my favorite day of the week.  I slept in for the first time in a while.  After trying to get rid of my caffeine withdraw with homemade brew, we headed to Einstein's for a bite to eat and took a short drive to Philippe Park to enjoy the scenery and fresh air. The park is peaceful until screaming kids go by, but I like the Indian Mound, water views and basking in the sunshine.

After breakfast we took Roxy home and ventured out to do some Halloween shopping... starting with Goodwill and Salvation Army, then to the House of Make Believe (my favorite costume store ever) and a few other random stops.  So far I have makeup, one accessory and a head brimming with ideas for a costume gone wild with imagination.  Stay tuned...


Saturday's Eats 

Brekkie

Organic Coffee with Vanilla Almond Breeze.

A picnic at Philippe Park by the little beach on a blanket in the beautiful sun...

Einsteins Good Grain Bagel with Lite Cream Cheese.

Lunch

Organic Apple and Raw Almonds Shared with Marcel.

Dinner

Outback Steakhouse Deluxe shared with Marcel...

Bloomin' Onion!

Steak with Grilled Lobster Tail, Sweet Potato and Veggies.

Pumpernickel Bread with Honey Butter.

 

Blue Moon.

There was also a 100 calorie Klondike Bar in there, but my camera and computer no longer wish to function properly...


Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing: check!
Magnesium Oil: topically
Exercise: walking in the park, upstairs

Nourishment
Fruits: 1 serving
Veggies: 2.5 serving
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Cellfood: 8 drops
Immune Boost: 1 dropper
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Sunday's Eats

Brekkie

2 Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes, Organic Coffee with Vanilla Almond Breeze.

After breakfast we took Roxy to the Enterprise Dog Park.  I love this place because of the walking trail... reminds me of Rocky Point.  And there are ponies!

 The pony didn't want to play today, but did come out to say hello.

Lunch

Rotisserie Chicken Organic Salad.

Some leftover Bloomin' Onion.

1/2 Sweet Potato.

My sweet tooth got the best of me this afternoon...

European Chocolate is my weakness, especially with almonds!

100 Calorie Klondike Bar.

Post-lunch we all took an afternoon nap together... Roxy was done...

Dinner

Magic Hat and a Blue Moon later...

Shrimp Scampi with Whole Wheat Pasta and Broccoli.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing: check!
Magnesium Oil: topically
Exercise: dog park walking

Nourishment
Veggies: 5 servings
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Immune Boost: 1 dropper
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays


Blogging is taking so much longer than it should due to technical difficulties.  On my blog to-do list:

• My Amazing Inch Loss Results!!!
• 2010 T-Tapp Retreat: Day 2
• 2010 T-Tapp Retreat: Day 3
• 2010 T-Tapp Retreat: Day 4 / 2010 T-Tapp Trainer Certs: Day 1
• 2010 T-Tapp Trainer Certs: Day 2
• 2010 T-Tapp Trainer Certs: Day 3
• Thursday, October 14th

Note to self: Research new computers that can keep up with my speed.

Off to bed...

Au revoir!
 

{ weekend } Sister Time

Bonjour!  I'm a bit late on my weekend blog entry.  My sister is here!  Was too busy on Sunday hanging with Abbie to get it done.  After I scooped her from the airport, we went food shopping with my Groupon at the Village Health Market in South Tampa.  I'd never heard of the place, but figured why not when I saw their Groupon since it was a health food store.   The place was really larger than I expected with a huge vitamin/supplement/herb department, hot and cold prepared foods, salad bar, and all the regular natural food store supplies.  Great place, wish I found when I was actually living in Tampa.


Saturday's Eats

Brekkie

Green Smoothie:

• 1 cup frozen mango, blueberries and raspberries
• 1 cup almond milk
• 2 cups fresh organic herb greens mix

Plus Organic Applesauce and a Toasted WW English Muffin with Peanut Butter.

Lunch

Jason's Deli Garden Veggie Wrap with Steamed Veggies.

 Found my new favorite!

And a few sips of this Chick-fil-a Lemonade.

Dinner

Ranch Turkey Burger on WW English Muffin with Laughing Cow Garlic & Herb and Organic Tomatoes.

And a Beach Bum Beer.

Dessert

Roasted Almond Chocolate... so yum!

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing: check!
Exercise: nada

Nourishment
Fruits: 1.5 servings
Veggies: 4 servings
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Fibertox: 1 cap
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Sunday's Eats

Brekkie

Green Smoothie:

• 1 cup frozen blueberries and raspberries
• 1/2 frozen banana
• 1 cup almond milk
• 2 cups fresh organic herb mixed greens

Snacks

Ginger Snap Larabar.

Lunch

Ezekiel Egg and Veggie Wrap with Laughing Cow Cheese, Broccoli Sprouts, Green Onion, Boiled and Sliced Egg, Romaine and BVI Seasoning.

Plus this Coconut Water.

Tea

Starbucks Iced Grande Passion Tea (unsweet).

Dinner

Crustless Spinach Quiche.  Recipe Review coming soon!

It was so light I had seconds.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Exercise: After lunch Abbie and I went to Enterprise Dog Park with Dog to get some exercise.  We warmed up with Primary Back Stretch first, and used T-Tapp walking techniques on the trails in the park.  It sprinkled a little on us and was still pretty hot, so we only made a few laps. Oh, and we did 10 Triceps Dips on the bench twice.

Nourishment
Fruits: 2 servings
Veggies: 6 servings
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Fibertox: 2 caps
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays


My sister is here all week, but traveling north to see my mom for a few days.   We have plans for a dinner and drinks out with my dad on Thursday in Dunedin... Cafe Al Fresco and Dunedin Brewery!  And Marcel is playing acoustic songs on Friday at O'Houston's in Largo and I plan to get everyone together for Abbie's last night here. Should be a fun week with Abbie in town. ♥

Au revoir!

{ weekend } Rainbows & Puppies

It was a glorious weekend!  I was productive and got a lot done, plus a visit with my mom in Bradenton.


Saturday's Eats

Brekkie


I started off my weekend with another green smoothie!

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup wild frozen blueberries
• 1/2 banana
• 1/4 of that monster organic cucumber
• 2 cups organic baby romaine
• Mint leaves
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze

And a little later ate some Hemp Flax Granola and FAGE 2%.

Lunch

We drove down to Bradenton to spend the afternoon with my mom and friends.

Veggie Feast!

Munched on a little more veggies and toast than you see here.

And for dessert Rasgulla, a recipe from India.

X two!

It was made with ricotta cheese, sugar, cardamom and milk.  Delicious!

My mom's friend has a Papillon puppy named Rumi.  He's 1 year old and only about 4 pounds.  SO full of energy and a little sweetheart.  Roxy loved him.  They chased each other around the house and really had fun.

Here's a video of them chasing each other!

Unfortunately, I was having some car trouble on this trip -- as in check engine light on and it popping OUT of 5th gear (I drive stick).  Considering that the trip to see my mom was about an hour drive, it was kinda scary but ended up being okay.  It drives fine otherwise.  I'm taking my car in to the shop this week.

Rainbow on the drive home.

Got a Grande Iced Passion Tea for the road.

Dinner

Ranch Turkey Burger with Cucumber and Tomatoes.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing: check!

Nourishment
Fruits: 1 servings
Veggies: 5 servings
Water: 2 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

Sunday's Eats

Brekkie

No green smoothie today... Ezekiel Wrap with Bacon, Eggs, Cheddar and Veggies.

Egg yolks in a star shape!

Tea & Donut

I went to get my car detailed and walked over to Dunkin Donuts for an Iced Green Tea and Chocolate Frosted Donut.

Snack

A box of Goldfish crackers.

And another iced tea...

Lunch

Ranch Turkey Burger and Tator Tots with Spicy Mustard.

Dinner

Over the course of the evening I drank few Honey Moon beers.

Turkey Parmesan Meatballs with WW pasta, ricotta and spinach.

Dessert

Cocoa Pebbles with Original Almond Breeze... thank goodness these are OUT of my kitchen!!!

I inhaled these!

Healthy Habits

Body Care

Body Brushing: check!

Exercise: 2 sets of Hoe Downs

Nourishment

Fruits: 3 servings

Veggies: 5 servings

Water: 2 liter

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps

B-12 Plus: 8 sprays

Cellfood: 8 drops

Vitamin D3: 8 sprays

I finally got to paint on Sunday!  Started mixing up my own colors and painting a few of my 10x10 canvases.  It was fun!  Now I have an almost finished piece of art.  Photos coming soon at AdoringLife.com.

Looking forward to getting in 3 full workouts this week (M, W, F) and the Tears For Fears concert on Wednesday!

Au revoir!