{ weekend } Relaxing + Hair Do

Pretty much slacked off all weekend and didn't get many of my healthy habits accomplished.  Not good!  This week the astrologers are saying that right now it's really easy to slip back into old habits.  That's what I did this weekend... sweets, carbs and alcohol, oh my.  I drank more beer on Saturday that I have in the past month (only 4 bottles).  I also ate breakfast and then proceeded to take a nap from 10am to 1pm. Wow!  At least I did a mag oil foot soak and body brushing.

On Sunday I had another hair style photo shoot with Kristy for the KMS challenge.  We had fun doing an up do and makeup!  We did a few outfit and accessory changes too.

See the braid on the right side of my head.

More pictures coming once Kristy emails them to me!


Friday's Eats


Brekkie

Strawberry, Banana, Cucumber, Almond Butter Smoothie.

Lunch

Crispers Small Salad with leftover Wild Sockeye Salmon and a little Ranch dressing.

Dinner

Whole Wheat Pasta with Scallops and Parmesan Cheese, plus Steamed Broccoli (not shown).

Dessert

Guess that wine and chocolate should have made it on the blog too.


Saturday's Eats


Brekkie

Organic Batter Blaster Pancakes (not better than my own recipe) with 100% Organic Maple Syrup, Maple Bacon, Scrambled Eggs with Organic Romaine and Tomato Salad with Cheddar.

 

Lunch

Einstein's Bagel Thin Turkey Sandwich on WW.

Plus I shared these Sweet Potato Fries with leftover icing.

Can't believe I ate these with icing!  It was too good.

Snack

While dinner was cooking I shared these Organic Blue Corn Nachos with Organic Medium Salsa and Sour Cream.

Dinner

Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles.

Dessert

The rest of the chocolate bar.


Sunday's Eats

Brekkie

Repeat of Saturday's breakfast without cheese and tomatoes, plus Organic Spinach.

Lunch

Yes, I literally ate a Zucchini Nut Muffin with real organic Butter for lunch.

Then I stopped my Starbucks (*gasp!*) on my way to the salon. I met Kristy on her day off to do my hair for the KMS challenge. 

Dinner

Beef Stroganoff on Toast.  Sorry no photo!

Dessert

Also had a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles with Original Almond Breeze.

Au revoir!

Seeing Red Violet

Have I mentioned that my laptop is on it's way out?? It's like running Photoshop on a 32 gig flash drive!  In need of a serious technology upgrade.  This laptop is starting to hinder my blogging abilities (ah-hem... web habit)... and now you're experiencing a blog time warp...warp...warp...

Can you see the red violet?

Thursday, August 5th

After work I had a hair appointment with Kristy @ Shear Wonders Salon.  It was fun to catch up and try something a little different with my hair.  We added red violet to the mix for more dimension and it turned out great! Oh, and she tried a keratin treatment... my hair feels super soft. ♥

For some reason I didn't take photos of any eats except for this sad slice of pizza I ate for dinner.  I know I made an organic blackberry and mixed greens smoothie with a little OJ for breakfast, so I at least got in some veggies.  Lunch escapes me at this point... maybe a salad???

It was a loooong day.  I got home around 10pm and ended up crashing shortly after.

Friday, August 6th

This tea matches my new hair.

Starbucks was calling to me for breakfast... and I caved.  It's on my direct route too.  Stopping for breakfast tends to make me late.  Another reason why I need to eat more from home.

Venti Iced Passion Tea (Unsweet)

Banana Loaf

I ventured out of the office for my lunch break.  Ran a few errands and picked up this salad from Jason's Deli.

Nutty Mixed-Up Salad
Marinated chicken breast, organic field greens, grapes, feta, walnuts, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, raisins and organic apples.

I ate about 1/2 of what you see there.  Very filling!  I ♥ Jason's Deli because they use real ingredients.  No HFCS in anything and you can find a lot of organic ingredients on the menu too.

Teresa gave me a bag of Tanka Bites before leaving the office.  I've never had buffalo before.  They're really good!  No preservatives or anything bad, and super tasty.

I snacked on about 4 bites. Yum!

Roxy was flipping out to get a nibble, but none-for-you!


I needed an easy dinner.  A class go-to dish is organic black beans and brown rice.  Simple, fast and filling...plus tasty. I always add greens and a little cheddar cheese.

For dessert I blended 1/2 cup of coconut ice cream with frozen blackberries and organic milk.  This milk shake came out super creamy and rich!

I'm finding that my body can't handle cow's milk anymore.  It's like I built up a resistance to it over the past year or so since I switched to drinking Almond Milk.

This smoothie really needed almond milk, not cow's milk.  The ice cream was vegan!

Well that's the end for last week... on to the { weekend } post!

Au revoir!

Refreshed Purple

After work last night I got my hair done! I love new hair. It feels so nice, light and silky. This time Kristy refreshed my purple highlights, but used the purple color all over my head. It turned out to be beautiful!!! Sadly, I haven't taken photos yet, but will this weekend for sure.

Had a lovely evening with my honey... we talked, a lot. I was told that on Thursday you were supposed to say and talk about exactly what you wanted in life, according to the astrologers and the universe. So I did just that... we talked for hours and I didn't get in bed until after midnight. Oh well, at least I feel a million times better mentally. Love talking things out!


Exercise

3 sets of Hoe Downs after lunch.


Eats

Dinner

I ate part of this little Mediterranean salad and 1 bite of Marcel's pepperoni pizza while still at the hair salon.

It really wasn't good - at all.


And then much later after getting home I snacked on a sliced Organic Golden Delicious Apple with Organic Almond Butter.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water intake today: 2 liters

Veggies today: 4
Fruits today: 2

Au revoir!

More Purple!!!

This afternoon I got my purple highlights refreshed. They needed a 2nd coat of color this time around. It turned out to be beautiful!

Workout

I did the entire Maxi Max #1 workout this morning. It was challenging! Love a challenge. I did every move. Floor work is great!


Food Log

Brekkie

Mixed Berry Green Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Cascadian Farms Harvest Berries + the last of my frozen organic cherries (also Cascadian Farms)
• 1 cup Original Almond Breeze
• 1 Tbsp organic flax seeds
• 2 cups of fresh organic spinach
• 1/3 cup Chobani plain nonfat yogurt

SUPER YUMMY!!!


Lunch

Dun dun dun... Chick-fil-a Spicy Chicken Sandwich with 1/2 the bread. Sorry no photo, I had such a late lunch that I literally inhaled 1/2 the sandwich before slowing down.

But it looks something like this...

Recycled Photo from 09.22.09

I also ordered a side salad, but saved it for dinner.


Dinner

California Pizza Kitchen Sicilian Pizza with fresh spinach.

We're off to go to a rock show... SHADOWSELF @ Neptunes Lounge. Fun!



Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin Bone & Joint Formula: 2 caps
nutraMetrix® Isotonix Calcium Complete: 1 serving
nutraMetrix® Isotonix OPC-3: 1 serving
Pyruvyl Glycine: 12 sprays

Water intake: 1 liter

Au revoir!

T-Tapp MORE for Rehabing Whiplash

This afternoon I dyed Marcel's hair wild red... and he put it into a mohawk! Fun. Then I researched and blogged for a bit and then I worked out!!!

Today's Workout:

T-Tapp MORE - The Workout



Since I got cleared on Monday to do 2 T-Tapp MORE workouts I haven't managed to fit one in. I was planning on doing a workout in the morning during the week, but that didn't happen.

My back was aching and I really felt the need to move. I still had to modify some of the exercises. I'm not raising my arms above shoulder level, so I did extra Plies and some shoulder level lat pulls with my arms instead. My body does feel weak and stiff in spots where I need to stretch. Taking time off since the accident has really affected my body. T-Tapp MORE did make me feel better and I know it will strengthen and rehabilitate me, but I'm still sore in some spots. It's a great little workout for being less than 20 minutes!

The T-Tapp MORE Rehab Program was designed for those with various physical issues or limitations who need to focus on rehabilitation. For me, it's all about starting slowly and working my way back up to the fitness level and intensity that I was at prior to this accident. I plan on sticking with the T-Tapp MORE DVD for about a month or two. It has 5 different workout sections so I will have variety. When I get clearance to exercise more often I can do a different MORE workout every day or every other day.

I also body brushed today. Feels good!


Late Lunch

Around 5pm I heated up Potato and Asparagus Soup and made some Asiago toast for dipping.

It was mighty tasty! I did almost the same recipe as last time, but used EVOO to cook the onions, garlic and asparagus together and skipped the bacon and cheese topping. I also used 1/2 cup cream instead of a full cup and added the chopped up asparagus in with the potatoes.


And then I had some organic candied ginger for dessert...

Yum!

We're off to see SHADOWSELF (Marcel's show) at the Brass Mug near USF. Should be a fun night. Expect a recap in the morning.

Au revoir!

Blogging Backwards

It's late on Sunday afternoon. I skipped out on posting and I'm blogging backwards again...


Friday, November 20th

Skipped my morning routine completely. Just not feeling up to it, but SO happy it's Friday.


7:45am: 2 scrambled eggs

1.5 servings of veggies!

Morning Supplements:
Alfalfa: 3 caps
Priority Women's Complete Multi: 2 caps


12:00pm: slice of pumpkin loaf

12:50pm: Panera - chicken caesar sandwich, broccoli cheddar soup with french bread

0.5 servings of veggies.

1:15pm: Starbucks grande nonfat caramel macchiato

I did 2 sets of Hoe Downs with Jen after lunch... and I still feel full!


Afternoon Supplements:
Alfalfa: 3 caps
Cellfood: 8 drops
Gentle Transition: 2 caps
Priority Women's Complete Multi: 3 caps
Wobenzym: 10 tablets

We picked up a chicken philly cheese steak from Philly Phlava after I got home from work. Not much in the mood for cooking tonight...

7:00pm: 1/2 chicken philly cheese steak, 2 pizza popper thingys and a huge salad

1 serving of veggies.

3 servings of veggies!

9:30pm: 2 pieces of Dove milk chocolate and pumpkin seeds (sorry, no photo)


I drank 2 Miller High Life beers over the course of the evening...

Took the puppy on a long walk this evening too.

I have a feeling that my results may not be that great this week. Don't feel like a big Diva or Goddess right now... Today was full of carbs, non-homemade foods, and lacked physical activity. It feels like I have to be spot on every day with veggies, water, vitamins, good healthy foods and activity to maintain my progress. It's a lot of work! Can't let this slip away from me though... it would only get worse and I don't want to go backwards.

Stayed home tonight and chilled out. Skipped my workout and thankfully got in my body brushing this morning.

Saturday, November 21st

Good morning!


Roxy loves basking in the sunlight.

I'm feeling mighty groggy from last night. Maybe I stayed up too late or my body is trying to tell me not to drink beer and eat sweets/junk late at night?


11:10am: 2 cups of coffee with vanilla Almond Breeze/sugar, 1 boiled egg

The caffeine did my body good this morning. We're in desperate need of going to the grocery store and are short on time to boot. What a sad breakfast.

Marcel has a hair appointment with Kristy today. He has been toying around with getting a mohawk. Crazy change from his naturally curly and super thick head of hair. But he chose the mohawk today!

Before products...

After products...

I ♥ it!
However, this hair is more high maintenance than mine.

2:30pm: bite of Marcel's pizza

2:50pm: 1/2 teriyaki chicken wrap, a little miso soup, some chips, Mt. Dew

After we were done with our day at the salon, literally, we met up with some friends for a bit (who HAD to see Marcel's hair in person) and then headed home to get ready for our evening out.


6:50pm: ate the other half of my teriyaki chicken wrap and a small salad


Alyssa and Bryan, our friends, recently moved to Hyde Park (South Tampa) and we made plans to hang out at their place and hoof it to a local pub. Their favorite place in the neighborhood (so far) is Four Green Fields Irish Pub. This place is seriously Irish!

This is their roof, which they are quite proud of.

America's only authentic thatched roof Irish pub offers a full kitchen, your favorite Irish drinks, and traditional Irish music.

8:30pm-11:30am: 3 Blue Moons over the course of the evening

And they keep bringing them without even asking if ya want another...

Cheers!

Me & Alyssa

Bryan & Marcel

After leaving the pub, and paying a ridiculously expensive amount of cash for Blue Moons on draft, we walked back to their apartment... and pigged out on combos, chips and Ramen noodles. (Sorry, no photo for that fantastic feast.)

I had so much fun hanging out tonight!!! (Just wish that beer didn't break my bank.)

Sunday, November 22nd

Ugh. Hangover headache.

12:00pm: 2 cups of coffee with vanilla Almond Breeze/sugar, Dunkin Donuts egg and cheese english muffin loaded with romaine, 1/2 smoothie (banana, frozen blueberries, 1 cup spinach, vanilla Almond Breeze, organic flax)

2 servings veggies!

2 servings veggies!

4:00pm: slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter

I did Maxi Max #1 this afternoon and body brushed. Just what I needed!


7:40pm: stuffed pepper and mashed new potatoes with lite sour cream

2 servings veggies!

Off to enjoy the rest of my evening...