{ 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!
 

Drink Your Greens

Green is LIFE!

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Workout/Exercise: Hoe Downs after lunch.

Nourishment
No fruits today.
Veggies: 2 servings today. (My smoothie killed the produce this morning.)
Water: 1.5 liters

Supplements
Alfalfa: 4 caps


Eats

Brekkie

I attempted a green monster with the ingredients in my fridge, but the overall final drink was not edible. Yuck! So much for trying to save frozen foods (or dishes apparently) during moves.

I did get to use my new beautiful green drink container from The Raw Divas though! Isn't it cute? ♥

So... I got Starbucks instead. (( sigh ))

Lunch

About 2/3 of this chicken burrito bowl from Chipotle.

Dinner

More Mexican food for dinner...

Our classic chicken tacos. Yum!

Dessert

Edy's Creamy Coconut Popsicle and 3 Iced Oatmeal Cookies with a little milk.

{ sorry no photo }

NOTE TO SELF
Drop your Starbucks habit like it's hot... and let the dessert go with it. Drink your greens!

Au revoir!

P.S. One more post and then it's time for bed...

{ weekend } New Hair + Pampered Chef Party

I'm got a new hair style today! Much overdo, my friends. It's been a busy hair salon time-warp for the majority of my Saturday.

I ♥ purple hair!

{ Note to self: Bring laptop to salon next time. }

Let's start with this morning...


Workout

Tempo 2 + body brushing.

I worked out first thing this morning. Man, what a big difference from yesterday afternoon. I feel weaker today, like my body doesn't want to cooperate as much. And I thought Day 3 was hard! Now I'm in the routine and will continue with daily exercise.

My Boot Camp was successful! I will be taking tomorrow off to rest, relax and try that meditation CD I got for Christmas.

Here's the Get Healthy & Fit Game Plan for this week:

• Starting an Every Other Day Schedule: Complete 3 full workouts (30+ minutes each) per week with days off in between. I will start to mix up my routine a bit by using different T-Tapp workouts during the week (see notes below). Starting Monday, February 22nd I will be on an every other day schedule; full workout days being M, W, F, if possible. 3-4 full workouts per week schedule will continue until I reach my goals.
  
• Off Day Routine: AKA Rest Days can be taken completely off OR do 20 minutes or less of T-Tapp movement OR walk outside using T-Tapp techniques. Either Basic Plus Tempo, T-Tapp MORE OR Primary Back Stretch + Organs in Place/Half Frogs, 30 Crunches, 15 Oblique Sit-ups (each side), Awesome Legs, Pretzel Twist and Diva Derriere. Mix it up and start to add more standard core building and stretching moves like yoga, planks, wall-sits and push-ups.
  

Notes for this week:

1. Get Maxi Max #1 back into the workout rotation again. It's an hour long with all Total Workout standing exercises and Hit the Floor exercises + OIP/HF, AL, PT, DD and all the crunches. I really like the pace of this workout, but apply more of the newer muscle activation techniques Teresa Tapp created.
2. Celebrate success. Next time I achieve a goal I will treat myself by investing in a new piece of fitness gear from my wish list. A calorie-free way to enjoy success!
3. Try some of those new moves this week for more core and stretching.
4. Relax: Listen to the meditation CD, take a salt bath
   

This Boot Camp has been a bit different. Instead of the 2nd or 3rd day being the hardest, the 3rd was the most enlightening and tuned in I've been in a while.


Food Log

Snack

Organic Baby Gala Apple and Babybel Cheese.

Brekkie

Scrambled Eggs, Slice of Bacon, Spinach, Avocado, Tomato.

Latte

Starbucks Iced Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte.

Sorry, I drink iced coffee very quickly!

That photo on the left is an inspiration photo of what how I wanted my hair colored. Not sure how I would look with a cut like that. My hair is super thick!

Late Lunch

Reheated Organic Turkey Chili.

Pampered Chef Party: Dinner & Dessert

Then I headed over to Valerie & Matt's house. The food was amazing!!!

I enjoyed a glass of red in this beautiful glass...

Had some of the chicken lasagna and a slice of toast with cheesy bacon dip.

And for dessert...

Iced pound cake with sorbet and fruit.

That's a winning ticket! I won a little cookbook.

Then snacked on some green M&Ms and roasted salted peanuts.

I ended up ordering one of these pretty babies...

Large Round Stone with Handles — $29.50 $23.60 sale
Bake large frozen pizzas, appetizers for a get-together, and gooey chocolate chip cookies. Contoured handles are molded directly onto the baking stone, making it easy to move recipes into and out of the oven and carry them to the table. 15".

My cookie sheet died last week. It's too scratched to continue to use. I want to switch to stone, glass and iron cookware this year.

About Stoneware:

• Evenly distributes heat and draws moisture away from the surface
• Retains heat, so your just-out-of-the-oven foods stay hot longer
• No presoaking needed before use
• Virtually nonporous, so it doesn't retain oils, odors or flavors
• Microwave-, freezer-, and conventional and convection oven-safe

I canNOT wait to use this stone!


To end the evening, we played Scattergories and had a few laughs. It was a good night!


Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Cellfood: 8 drops
Jus: 1 ounce
nutraMetrix® Isotonix® Calcium Complete: 2 servings
nutraMetrix® Glucosatrin® Bone & Joint Formula: 3 caps

Water intake: 2.5 liters

Au revoir!