Green Smoothie Power

The weekend is here everyone!  I'm posting late night...


Eats

Brekkie

I attempted a real green drink this morning -- no almond milk, bananas or yogurt. Missed the protein though.  Maybe I should add nuts next time?

Ingredients: 2 cups organic mixed greens, 1/2 cucumber, 2 stalks organic celery, slice of fresh ginger, 1 chopped organic gala apple, 1-2 cups alkaline water, and a splash of OJ.

My blender filled the entire jug.  My tummy could only handle 1/2 of it!  Saved the rest for later.


Lunch

Teresa brought us some fresh hummus and crackers to snack on.  Thanks T!

I heated up a bit of last night's leftovers.

And made 1/2 cucumber feta sandwich.

Then I enjoyed 3 of these little chocolates for dessert...

Snack

When I got home from work I made 2 of these cheddar and turkey roll ups. Yum!

Dinner

Wild Sockeye Salmon, Brown Rice and Organic Zucchini, and a glass of pinot noir.

That's Roxy's food on the left.  She gets a watered down version of what I eat.

And I had 2 squares of this chocolate... none for Rox.

Several hours later Marcel had a craving for pizza, so we went to Westshore Pizza and picked up a few slices.  I ate about 1/2 of one... it was so good!

Healthy Habits

Nourishment
Fruits: 1 serving
Veggies: 6 servings
Water: 1.5 liters
 
Body Care
Body Brushing & Magnesium Oil: check! 
Oil Pulling: skipped... need more oil. 
Exercise: Tempo 2!  Had a great workout tonight and have a feeling I'm going to experience "muscle awareness" tomorrow.

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 8 sprays


On the agenda this weekend:

• SHADOWSELF @ Market on 7th in Ybor Saturday night.
• Farmer's market either Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon... and make some fresh recipes from my goodies!
• Enjoy the weather and a spa day at home.
• Wash and dry the Rox.
• Lots of stuff to do around the apartment.
• And I still have to return some stuff... been putting it off for a while.

Starting to get really sleepy...

Au revoir!

P.S. I made it all week without coffee or lattes! Plus, I didn't eat breakfast out once... and lunch only once! Well, twice if you count my Greek salad on Sunday.  Next on my agenda... reducing sugar once again.

Boots with a Sundress

I ♥ this Stained Glass at Green Springs!

Well, last night was a LATE night.  Yet again I'm recapping the day before.

I did manage to squeeze in a few healthy habits, including a full workout.  SHADOWSELF (my boyfriend's band) played a show at Gasoline Alley last night.  Even though it was a work night, I decided to go show my support and ended up having some fun too.  They rocked it!


Eats

Brekkie

Green Monster with the little bit of produce left in my fridge: 2 cups fresh organic spinach, 1/2 cup frozen wild blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen pineapple, 1 cup original Almond Breeze.  Not too filling, but it almost lasted me until lunch.  (Sorry no photo! Just imagine a very, very green frothy drink.)

I also had a glass of hot organic green tea.

Lunch

My lovely mother picked me up and took me out to lunch at the local Green Springs restaurant in Safety Harbor.

This was my first time actually eating in the restaurant since they moved to this location.  BTW, this is an old house turned eatery and it is absolutely adorable inside!  Check out that stained glass image above. Beautiful!

I ordered the Grilled Mahi-Mahi Sandwich. Yum!

And we finished off our meal with some handmade Berry Cobbler. OMG to die for!

I barely tasted any added sugar.  Mostly just berries and the crumble on top with a bit of the ice cream.  (Would be a vegan dish, minus the ice cream.)  I'd like to try making this at home!

Thanks for the wonderful lunch Mom! I love you!

Dinner

Again, dinner was rushed.  We stopped by Subway and Marcel ordered the Italian BMT.  I ate about a 1/4 of this sandwich (since I really didn't even want a sandwich).  Seems like sandwiches are an easy solution when time crunched... need to think of something else (healthier) for those type of situations.

At the venue I sipped on a Yuengling, but didn't even drink a whole one (maybe 1/2?).  We played some pool and I knocked a few balls in.  Over the course of the evening I drank 2 bottles of water... and the bartender gave me a free Jägerbomb shot.  THAT woke me up!!!  It has been months (maybe years?) since I drank one of those shots.

SHADOWSELF rockin' on stage!

Thanks to all my Facebook friends who commented on whether or not I should wear boots with a sundress in the Florida summer heat.  

I took the plunge and wore them anyway.  Got a few compliments on my outfit, so I think it turned out to be pretty stylish!  Surprisingly several girls were wearing boots (with skirts or shorts) too.

Dress: Target
Boots: Slouchy Blue Suede, purchased online years ago
Cross-body Bag: Candies
Hair: By Kristy!

Healthy Habits

Nourishment

Fruits: 2 servings

Veggies: 3.5 servings

Water: 1 liter

 

Body Care

Body Brushing & Oil Pulling: check!

Sauna: I skipped the sauna and opted for a workout instead.  Maybe next week I'll get back to this healthy habit!

Exercise: Tempo 2.  Customized this and did a shorter version for the lower body since I was crunched on time.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps

B-12 Plus: 8 sprays

Au revoir!

P.S. Tonight we're having another (free) movie date night in Tampa, so I will try my best to get my blog on before bed.

Juicy Thursday

Well, here's another post of yesterday's eats...
need to get in the habit of posting the SAME day.

Healthy Habits

Body Care

Body Brushing & Oil Pulling - check!
Workout/Exercise - Tempo Intermediate.

Literally as soon as I got home from work yesterday I put on my workout gear and pushed play on the DVD player.  The workout that came up was Tempo Intermediate (on the Tempo 2 DVD).  I was in the mood for something a bit different, so I went with it.  Man, that workout is tough!  I did (mostly) all the reps and finished the entire workout.

Nourishment

Fruits: 1.5 servings today.
Veggies: 6 servings today.
Water: Drank about 2 liters.

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps

Need to restock my supplements!  I'm out of just about everything but my precious Alfalfa.


Eats

Brekkie

Pineapple Green Monster.

Looks neon green!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup frozen organic pineapple
• 1/2 frozen banana
• 2 cups fresh organic spinach
• 1 cup original Almond Breeze
• 1/4 cup Chobani 0% Plain yogurt

Um... well... at first this smoothie tasted yummy, but I think after the pineapple and  yogurt got to sit in the same cup together it sort of tasted spoiled??? I was not impressed.

And I drank about 1/4 of this iced coffee.  Guess it wasn't that appealing to me.

Lunch

Leftover tuna steak (didn't eat that much the night before), quinoa tabbouleh and organic sweet potato.

Dinner

Asian Lettuce Wraps!

I bought a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken, a bunch of veggies (organic red and green cabbage, green onions, carrots, garlic) and some organic chunky PB, plus a little organic soy sauce and this is what I created.  It was delish!

Snack

4 Organic Strawberries.

These were THE prettiest strawberries I've seen in a long time... and so juicy.

Au revoir!

Goodbye June...

{ clouds over Tampa Bay on June 18 ~ photo by me }

I'm baaaack! This month has been the lowest number of blog posts I've had in a looong time. Today was a good day! I got a massage with Margie first thing this morning. Picked up some of my healthy habits again. Ate pretty much all whole foods and I feel like I'm on the way back up. I did a few Basic Workouts, many a sets of Hoe Downs and applied some T-Tapp techniques throughout the day (shoulder rolls, curling my core, sitting and walking in alignment, etc, etc). I've been really needing more consistency with exercise this past month, but have been so busy. Anyway, I decided to do a 4-day boot camp using Tempo 2 (8 Reps). Today is day 2! A bit sore, but the massage helped a bunch.


Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check! (Oil pulled while brushing this morning... multitasking!)
Salt Bath and Sauna - I miss you! We'll meet again soon.
Workout/Exercise - Tempo 2 (8 Reps)... Boot Camp Day 2!

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 2 servings today.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
Emergen-C: 1 packet
Natural Calm - Raspberry Lemon: 2 tsp
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays


Eats

Brekkie

Yummy Purple Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 cups fresh spinach
  
• 1 1/4 cup original Almond Breeze
• 1/4 cup Chobani 0% plain Greek yogurt

Boiled Egg with sea salt.

Lunch

Crispers Spinach Salad.

A bit too much cheese and bacon for me, plus I'm not really down with the crispy Ramen topper. The Light Ranch dressing was delish! I ate about 1 Tbsp.


Dinner

Black Beans and Brown Rice with fresh spinach, onion and garlic.

Yesterday...

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check!
Workout/Exercise - Tempo 2 (8 Reps)... Boot Camp Day 1!

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 1.5 servings today.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
Emergen-C: 1 packet


Eats

Brekkie

Yummy Purple Monster. (Same recipe as today's with less banana and milk.)

Hot organic green tea... and a Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte.

Lunch

Boiled Eggs and Salad... plus a few bites of that Ezekiel wrap.

Post-workout "snack"???

(Let's just call it that!)

I just had to try these... Chocolate Lucky Charms with original Almond Breeze.

They were good, but not enough marshmallows and I prefer the regular ones anyway.

And this one too... gosh, guess I was hungry!

Can you tell that cheap-o cereals were BOGO @ the store?

Dinner

1/2 of this Stuffed Pepper with Cabot 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar.

Au revoir!

Strong and Flexible

Trying this wine tonight! Pretty bottle, huh?

Love my little lunch bag too. It was stuffed with bills and insurance paperwork, but I finally cleaned up my desk and now have a lunch bag again. Yay!

Exercise

Tempo 2 - 8 Reps.

Great workout tonight! I really pushed my form. I feel SO much stronger and more flexible that last week. Dripping sweat, almost like I was in the sauna. I feel smaller too... measuring in the AM.


Eats

Snack

The last of the Chocolate Delight Granola.

Dinner

Chickpea with Veggies and Brown & Wild Rice.

So pretty!

Organic Chickpea and Veggies with Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 can organic chickpeas
• chopped purple cabbage, carrots, green onions, tomato
  
• a little broth (chicken, veggie or beef)
• a little red wine (optional)
  
• desired seasonings
  
• baked sweet potato
• cooked brown and wild rice
  

I cooked the chickpeas and veggies in chicken broth (you could use veggie) with a splash of red wine and seasonings (garlic powder, pepper, a little sea salt). Baked the sweet potato at 350-degrees for about 50 minutes while the rice was cooking... and that's it!

It turned out to be pretty yummy!


Plus, a glass of wine...

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 1 cap
Pyruvyl Glycine: 10 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water intake today: 2 liters

Veggies today: 5
Fruits today: 1.5

Au revoir!

Resetting My Body Clock

I was sleeping before 10pm last night AND my body clock woke me up at 6am. Amazing how that works! I feel very rested today.

Exercise

Tempo 2 (8 reps) + Diva Derriere and Body Brushing.


Eats

Brekkie

Blueberry Banana Green Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen organic blueberries
• 1 whole fresh banana
  
• 2 cups fresh spinach
  
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze
• 1 Tbsp organic flax
• 1/2 tsp bee pollen

Lunch

Salad with Feta.

Boy, someone's bacon lunch smell good!!!


Supplements

Alfalfa: 4 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water intake today: 0.5 liters

Au revoir!