A man awakes from his daily afternoon nap. Only today, something does not feel right.

He sprints to his bathroom and takes a look in the mirror, his gag reflex triggered by the ghastly sight.

HIS BEARD HAS GONE MAD.

He runs toward his bedroom’s phone to dial 911.

“911, what is your emergency?”

The man slams down the receiver, eyes wide with understanding.

He can not ask for help. He can not call for salvation. Those fools down at the emergency room would think he is the mad one. No… they would not rescue him from his beard. They’d only treat him with a 24 hour lock down and a thorazine drip. He’d have to save himself.

Left to his own devices, he scrambles down the stairs to his computer.

Google search: crazy beard.

Yes… Google would inform him on how to properly deal with his menacing facial hair.

Ah yes, the search is complete.

Full of hope, he clicks on the first site that looks promising: Like Some Cat from Japan, only to break down in tears of disappointment. This site wouldn’t give him advice on how to deal with his loopy beard, it would just give him tips on how to make his oatmeal more yummy.

Oh, doodleberries. :/

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Hmmm… are these the series of events that occur every day when at least 5 people reach my site by google searching the term “crazy beards”?

Has the latest world wide epidemic become beards gone mad?

Oh, what an interesting world we live in

This bowl of oats was inspired by Neela:

1 packet instant oats cooked in a 1/2 c. unsweetened coconut milk

1 packet of Stevia

2 egg whites (cooked into oats)

1 tbsp. vegan carob chips (mixed into oats)

1 chocolate mint Jocolat bar (crumbled & mixed into oats)

1/2 spooky s’mores ZBar

2 tbsp. soy nuts

1/2 tbsp. strawberry jelly

I caught up on a few favorite blogs after I ate my creamy, chocolatey breakfast and sipped on a strong cup of coffee. My ED related hypoglycemia kicked in so hard about 2 hours after breakfast that I couldn’t even move. I had to muster up enough energy just to cry for my mother to bring me some medjool dates.

I am convinced that medjool dates and other dried fruits are the perfect cure for low blood sugar.

Soon after my blood sugar dilemma, I enjoyed my mother’s Moussaka, with carrots and Athenos roasted red pepper hummus for lunch. My mother should write her own cookbook. I’m so thrilled that I trust her enough to eat her cooking again.

I remember there was a period of time.. a period time when ED clouded my entire brain, where I wouldn’t let my mom bake a simple piece of chicken in the oven for me without my harsh supervision. She couldn’t even be trusted to microwave something for me. It is amazing how much I have progressed… I suppose I don’t give myself enough credit these days. Its just at times I feel so lost. When I think back on how mentally sick I was in December/January though, I realize how much better I am now.

The health team I see (physician, nutritionist, psychologist) has helped me a tremendous amount, both mentally and physically. I feel so fortunate. Their suggestions, although ED sometimes scoffs at them, are so wise and necessary.

One of their suggestions was a life size body drawing, which I did today.

Instructions:

-On a very large sheet of paper, have the eating disorder patient draw a life-size illustration of the body they see in the mirror.

-On another very large sheet of paper, have the patient lie down and then outline their body.

-Compare the two separate drawings to see how distorted, or not, the reflection they see in the mirror is.

My body drawings:

I didn’t believe my mother when I got up from the floor and stared at the “actual” drawing. I had her outline me again…. My legs are so much smaller than how I see them. I don’t actually have the curves I see in the mirror. In fact, I have no curves.

She also took a photograph of my back when I was crouched over, naked on the kitchen floor.

After staring at the skeletal image on my camera’s screen, I deleted the picture and had a snack.Whole Soy & Co. plain yogurt topped with Nature’s Path PB granola

My ED continues to tell me that the second drawing is a mistake but I know that he is the one that is mistaken. Karina is smart enough to know that there is no way that her mother outlined her wrong twice. Her mother isn’t an idiot.

I highly recommend this exercise to anyone who struggles with distorted body image. This exercise is a reality check. This exercise reveals the truth.

And that is something distorted thinkers are no longer familiar with.

But anyway, before I take a shower, I’d like to answer a few questions that I’ve been asked through comments:

1. “Where did you get your dress? Its stunning!”

Thank you, love! I got my dress on sale at Betsey Johnson, who is my favorite designer. Her dresses are so fun, colorful, and girly!

2. “i have to ask, how do you add an egg white to your oats? do you leave it out to get to room temperature and then slowly add it after the oats are done cooking? i don’t want scrambled egg in my oats, i just want the protein factor! ;p”

Actually, I don’t just add an egg white… I add a WHOLE egg! Don’t worry, you won’t get scrambled eggs in your oats, hehe. OK so here is what I do:

I microwave a packet of INSTANT oats (must be instant!) for 25 seconds in whatever amount of milk/water/etc. I’d like. Then, I crack the egg over the oats and mix it in really well.

I microwave it for 30 seconds and stir. Then I keep microwaving it at intervals until the oats get to the consistency I’d like. You shouldn’t get any bits of egg if you mix the egg in well.

Let me know how it works out for you It makes my oats extra creamy.

3. “hemp bagel?? how does one come across one of those?”

I found mine in the frozen bread section at my local grocery store. Check your section out first, if not… order online. So worth it, they are yummy beyond belief. The brand is called: French Meadow Bakery. If you go to their site, you’ll find other fantastic products. Good luck!

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Alright, I’m off. Everyone have a delightful Thursday evening!

P.S. I apologize for the illustration of pubic hairs on “The Lie” drawing. My humor tends to be a bit crude at times. Embarassing! >.<

hey there bloggarionos! i am going to make this one snappier than snap from the famous rice krispie trio of snap, crackle and pop himself!

why you ask? i have got loads to do before my early morning flight to seattle!  i am, of course, the biggest procrastination station on the planet and so i still have to pack.

speaking of packing, big ups on all the methods you guys mentioned! sounds like a lot of you are like me.. last minute packers.. but i do think i got some good tips on how to cram it all in (TWSS)!

i am just going to cut right to the chase…

meal 1: waffles for waffle wednesday! yayer! @ 8:30 AM

it was my typical protein waffle that i cooked up.. but something made this dude a little more special than all the last…

dessert hummus!!

remember when the radtastic emily gave me 6 different flavas of crazy camel dessert hummus? well what better way to try out the sweet beany creation than on a waffle??  and this goes right along with sarah’s smilie plan of trying something new on wednesdays.. check!

i sampled three of the six varieties..

maple walnut:

pumpkin:

toasted almond:

while i definitely enjoyed all 3 flavors to the fullest extent of hummus loving capabilities, i gotta say the one that paired best with the waffles was the maple walnut.  maybe that is why maple syrup is so popular with the breakfast breads? i think they are onto something here people!  i enjoyed the rest of my waffles with the maple walnut hummus.

i will be testing out the other 3 flavors in the near future.  that stuff is seriously amaaazing! thanks em!

meal 2: chicken+dijon+cottage cheese & green beans & 1 mini pita @ 12:30 PM

yeah, same as yesterday, it was delicious and nutritious and i am using up the supplies since i am out the door tomorrow!

insert MASS amounts of work here, it is hard to prepare to go out of town and it is usually a disaster upon returning.. lots of things to factor into this whole out of town business.  oh well, it will SO be worth it

after work i was STILL full from my lunch, which was weird.. but i went to the gym to work out before meal 3.

it was lower body workout today!

• 3 minute treadmill warmup

hamstrings: single leg dead lifts with dumbbells

• 12 each leg @ 16#
• 50 ball crunches
• 10 each leg @ 20#
• 50 ball crunches
• 8 each leg @ 24#
• 50 ball crunches
• 6 each leg @ 30#
• 50 ball crunches
• 12 each leg @ 20#

barbell dead lifts

• 15 @ 30#

abs:

• 2 sets of 50 lower ab crunches on decline bench
• 2 sets of 50 oblique twists on decline bench w/ 10# weight
• 2 sets of 30 crunch and twists on decline bench 2/ 10# weight

calves: standing weighted calf raises

• 12 @ 20#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 10 @ 40#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 8 @ 60#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 6 @ 80#
• 20 walking lunges w/ leg raise holding 10# weight and twisting when in lunge position
• 12 @ 20#

single leg calf raises:

• 12 each leg @ body weight

ran 1 mile on treadmill: 8 minutes 17 seconds

quads: dumbbell squats

• 12 @ 35#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 10 @ 40#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 8 @ 45#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 6 @ 50#
• 25 ball crunches
• 15 hip raises w/ feet on bench
• 12 @ 40#

squats against ball against wall holding 5# weight

• 20 reps

lower back: back extensions w/ body weight

• 30 reps

the end!

i bounced out to whole foods to get some post workout nutrish!

meal 3: oikos + z bar @ 6:00 PM

yes, while driving. i fixed it up in the parking lot of whole foods…

and devoured..

had you been driving on i-215 west today around 6:07 PM you would for sure have seen my licking the oikos container.. true story. no shame.

the check out line at whole foods also got the best of me and i was suckered into buying this gem of a beverage:

the straw was made of paper or cardboard or something though, i am sure it is eco-friendly.. but it kept me from chewing on the straw. bad habit.

i then hit up forever 21 again, FOUND A DRESS! and found two shirts, a plaid dress like thing, a sweater vesty thing and a tank top. blast. i shake my fist at forever 21.

i bolted home as fast as possible because janetha b’s bladder was fuuuuuull. just sayin. i was dying.

marshall made me dinner

meal 4: whole wheat rotini with meat sauce & veggies @ 9:00 PM

it was deliciouso! the best part about this meal is that when we were at the grocery store getting the goods for the pasta.. marshall randomly would burst out with italian words with a silly italian accent.. but the words were limited to noodle varieties.. “farfale!”…”rigatoni!”…”spaghetti!”… oh i think he did squeeze in a “mozzerella!”  ok, maybe  you had to be there. i was giggling.

whew. it is 11:15 and i have to pack, shower, get some quality time in with randy and penny (who i am going to miss SO DANG MUCH!!) and somehow fit some sleep in before my 5:15 wake up call. ugh. that is officially in six hours. i better jet.

i am going to be computerless until monday! i was going to take my laptop along with me but then decided it would be too much effort and i probably won’t have much time to be on it anyway.

i am going to miss you guys!! serrrriously. it will be weird to be out of the bloggie loop for 4 days. feel free to email me if anything uber exciting happens, i do have email on my phone

i have some stellar guest posts lined up for while i am gone so make sure to check back here for those!

ok ok, enough stalling.. i am really leaving now. penny is going to miss us..

but randy does not seem to care..

you can’t win them all!

Qs

1. have any bad habits? in addition to chewing on my straws.. i also pop every joint in my body. i don’t think is necessarily a bad habit but a lot of other people do!

2. favorite noodle shape? i cannot pick. i love them all. i know, total cop out!

xo. janetha b.

Hi guys!! Sorry this post is so late tonight!  I had a very long day between work, errands, and the gym. I went to leave for work this morning and found that one of my tires was extremely low. Turns out I have a slow leak.   This called for an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts

Medium Vanilla Iced Coffee with Skim Milk and Splenda

My breakfast was fun! I mixed 1/2 cup of Vanilla Almond Special K with 1/4 cup of Kashi Oat Flakes with Blueberry Clusters and topped it with almonds, blueberries, and skim milk

Kashi sent me a coupon to try a product for free. I can’t wait to pick something out! I love Kashi!

Work was very busy. I barely had time to stop and have a snack. I  finally managed at around 10:00.

I scarfed down a  hard boiled egg which kept me going till lunchtime. Lunch was amazing after spending 30 minutes trying to un-jam the copier. I finally sat down at about 12:30 to eat leftover Veggie Quesadillas from last night

Let me tell you, Quesadillas do not reheat well. These were mushy and greasy and not even half as good as last night. Oh well!

After lunch, I ran around the office for another 3 hours and  then ate some fruit at 4:00

Cherries & Blueberries

I also had a cup of Green Tea somewhere in there

After work, I did some errands for my mom and then headed to the gym. I snacked on half of a Chocolate Brownie Z Bar before my workout.

I did 60 minutes on the crossramp elliptical (6 miles) and 2 sets of bicep curls (20 reps) . Then I stretched, ate the other half of my Z Bar, and drove to my parent’s house. I watched Friends and Seinfeld on the elliptical. I love being able to workout and watch TV at the same time!

Dinner was an Egg & Zucchini Sandwich

What I used:

• 2 eggs
• Zucchini
• Small amount of Pepper Jack Cheese
• Basil
• Black Pepper
• Hot Sauce

I scrambled the eggs with all the ingredients and put it all on an Toasted Arnold Select Multi Grain Sandwich Thin. I had Blue Corn Tortilla Chips with Mango Peach Salsa on the side.

This sandwich was just what I needed after a long day. It was so good! Try it!

Dessert was a couple blocks of 85% Dark Chocolate

I love the bitterness of this chocolate.

Now I am just relaxing and waiting for my Aunt and Uncle to get here. They flew in from California tonight and they are staying at my parent’s house for the remainder of the week. Every time I see them I want to move to California.

If you could move anywhere, where would it be?

Well I’m off! Have a great night!

Anyone ever been?!

Thats where I ventured off too this weekend, very LAST MINUTE by the way. Tim’s fraternity goes on a camping/canoeing/drinking trip right before school lets out, which in turn creates CABREWING. Basically we camp out for a night, and during the day we go on a long canoeing trip that consists of floating down the hocking river and drinking. Sounds fun right? I had a blast! 

The FF couldn’t make it down for the weekend, so I went with my best friend Steve who is also in the fraternity – he is a riot – here is a repeat picture of Steve and Tim:

What hotties!

And heres a solo shot of Steve hanging out on my couch:

Hes the best! – But dont worry Tim, you are still #1 in my book.

Needless to say, Steve’s date ditched him so I came in as the best friend backup, but despite all that I knew we were going to have a good time. Our day started out helping my friend Ricky put up his house of a tent, check this thing out:

(And yes, the girl scratching her butt its one of my best friends Danielle, Ricky’s girlfriend! (no, not the dietician))

It was huge. The funniest part of this story was that literally minutes after we put this thing up, we were told we were at the WRONG campsite and had to travel a few MILES down the road. We absolutely refused to disassemble the tent, so we tried to just hold it up in the back of Ricky’s trunk and have two other friends hold the tent up – it was a RIOT:

We decided that we had to pull over before we got on the highway and disassemble the tent – it would have been too dangerous, but we weren’t aware of where we were going! Hilarity was definitely the buzz in the morning.    On to food!

Friday dinner was quick and easy. The dietician and I both had plans that night, and I had friends coming in town so we had to hurry and get ready fast. We made a Bertolli dinner with some side salads. This one was the Garlic Shrimp and Penne (don’t quote me on that, but it comes in an orangeish color bag):

DLISH. And the salad:

Friday we were all over the place, with soo many visitors in town for our last fest, and my friends in town – we made it a late night! Hers a shot of the boys:

The far right is Mike, then Kenny, and in the back is Tommy (we call him Jamo). Kenny is actually the only one that doesn’t go here, but I NEVER get to hang out with these guys, and it was a blast! Aren’t they cute?!

Saturday morning I was woken up SUPER EARLY to get on the road with Steve – and it is unbearable to think of all the crap I ate that day, despite the fraternity cooking out on Saturday night.  

Sunday I came home bright and early and RAN into the shower, then made a little bowl of fields, and went back to bed. I was home by 7:00 am…. 

When I got up I made a CPK: Just for One Mediterranean Pizza – yum!!

Sunday afternoon started grind session for me – basically doing work form here until I walk across that stage! I had to meet my debate partner at the library, attend my LAST sorority chapter meeting EVER (tears…) and then take some time to hang out with my girlfriends for the VMA’s! (which we ALL THOUGHT WERE SO TERRIBLE THIS YEAR). So a Chipotle trip was definitely in place for us:

Monday I woke up wayyy too late to have a real breakfast, and I was eating on the go all day – so no real pictures. During the middle of the day I was so hungry, and realized I really need to start cleaning out the cupboards, so I grabbed a Z and a Smart Food popcorn:

I really love the Honey Graham Zbar’s, and it went perfectly with my honey popcorn! Maybe it is something about the summer/nice weather that makes me enjoy the honey flavor so much more! Chocolate might have to take a back seat for a bit!  

After my scramble eating yesterday, I was determined to have some sort of breakfast, so I decided some FiberOne was in order!

Ohh I missed this.

I came home for lunch realllly hungry and a wave of creativity came over me and I deicded I was going to experiment with any ingredient that I thought MIGHT taste good in a sandwich here is what I came up with:

• Arnold’s thin
• Laughing Cow
• Turkey meat
• Pepperoni
• Lettuce
• Mustard
• Pickles

VERDICT?!?! 

THIS.WAS.AWESOME. I cannot even tell you how delicious this was. I was nervous I wouldn’t like it because of the laugh cow and mustard, but the laughing cow was on the bread and I put the mustard in the middle. OH MY GOSH it was great! I will be making this again (if I can manage to “borrow” some of my roommates food again!)

Time for a quick nap before Yoga and then the library foreverrr. 

I hope the weather is gorgeous where you are!  

(Socolari, 2005)

Uneori sunt uimit câtă preocupare poate exista pentru iubirea adevărată.  Peronul unde sosesc trenurile încărcate cu iubire  mi se pare tare aglomerat.  Such a sorrowfull sight ! Grupurile de thirties, cuprinse de neliniște și speranță,  îşi aşteaptă, cu privirea aţintită spre ferestrele aburinde,  jumătățile potrivite.

Mi-a povestit odată un bătrân cum a așteptat el 40 de ani ca să-și reîntâlnească iubirea pierdută în tinerețe.  A cunoscut-o în satul vecin, la un bal. După o scurtă perioadă de dragoste fulgurantă, într-un deceniu tulburat  de război și sărăcie, a venit la Arad ca slugă. S-a întors cîțiva ani mai târziu, fără avere, cu gândul la Ea. A aflat cu amărăciune că iubitei i se pierduse urma. A cutreierat satele din jur, lăsând vorbă prin cârciumi și biserici, poate-poate știe cineva ceva. Treizeci de ani mai târziu a primit o veste îmbucurătoare. Iubita locuia la patru sate distanță, sub un alt nume și  în cu totul altă direcție decât căutase el.

Sunt surprins de fiecare dată când un bătrân mă întreaba direct: “Iubita ta unde este ?” I-U-B-I-T-A. Pe deplin și-n toate sensurile. Pentru mulți de pe peron, sună cam arhaic să-i întrebi despre iubită. Sunt așteptați acasă de  prietene, fete, muieri, concubine, amante și – teribil de utile -” friends with benefits“.  Nu-i așa că una dintre dilemele care persistă e cine dă primul papucii? Primul care se îndrăgostește, of course…

I-a mai trebuit bătrânului încă zece ani până să ajungă în al patrulea sat. Soția lui murise, iar copiii se mutaseră la oraș. În al patrulea sat, la adresa unde trebuia să fie Ea,  a găsit doar o casă din chirpici. Părăsită, căci se prăpădise și ea.

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(Pui de urs,  2008)

(later edit de o mică paranteză: sunt sătul de fotografia masculină.  Atît de multe proiecte coerente, bine structurate, linii  și developări perfecte am văzut în ultima lună, încât mi se pare că toate sunt la fel. Admirabile și plictisitoare.  I guess that makes me un feminist  fotografic. )

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I woke up yesterday morning and decided it was finally time to do something about my sore throat. I generally do not get sick, but when I do, I get strep throat. Since I have no primary care physician out in SF, my only choice was going to the adult urgent care area at SF General Hospital. I wasn’t really hungry, but had a feeling I would be soon, so I made myself a simple breakfast/lunch ( I woke up around 11:30).

Blueberry Zbar and a pb&j on a tortilla with some sprinkled flaxseed! I loved the sweetness/nuttiness that the flaxseed added to the sandwich. I’m definitely adding it so my sandwiches from now on.

I packed myself a little “sitting-in-the-ER-all-day bag”

It included:

tea with honey

smartwater for hydration. I normally don’t buy water bottles, but when I’m sick I like using something that wont harbor my germs.

2 books ( Intuitive Eating and Pillars of the Earth)

a roll of TP (just in case for my stuffy nose!)

and my camera.

The ipod is in there somewhere, but I was too afraid to listen to music and miss my name being called.

I waited for 6.5 hours just so they could tell me what I already knew: I had strep. By the time they told me, every place to get my prescription filled was CLOSED.  So I had to wait til this morning. Talk about frustrating. By the time I left the ER I was starving. Colette and I stopped by whole foods to pick up some lemons to make a throat coat drink, and I picked up one of these to hold over my hunger:

For dinner I made a whole wheat pasta with homemade soy meat tomato sauce.  I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture! You’ll be seeing it again though, there is still TONS left. We also shared some fresh honeydew. It was nice and refreshing. I’m finally getting taste back!

I had my roommate wake me up before she went to work this morning so that I would get up and go get my medicine. I made myself the same thing for breakfast today: another pb&j with flaxseed. Seriously, you have to try it. SO GOOD.

I think the plan for the rest of the day is yoga, sauna and some cardio at the gym! I’m so sad I can’t go to work today because I’m still contagious. My boss is a MASTER margarita maker, and always makes them on cinco de mayo. Guess I’ll just have to have him make me one some other day!

My little brother just turned 9 Friday!!! UGH…it is making me sad. I guess they don’t stay small forever though.  

Anyhoooo. MIA reasoning: this weekend was MOM’S WEEKEND down here at school. Always the best 2/3 days of my life! So fun, the cougars go crazy and lines at bars and restaurants are OUT THE DOOR. I dropped my camera the first night, and since then it has been acting funny, so sorry no pictures of the “fine dining”   but I still have a nice recap from the week:

Tuesday: went to house of dieticians for dinner and HOLY CRAP, amazing potatoes, asparagus and veggie burger on Arnold’s:

Wednesday: oats, some bars to get me though more tests and zumba, and Fiber One combo

Andddd of course slice night:

I had more tests to study for Wednesday night, so I remembered that I had bought a box of smartfood popcorn. I was too excited to try these out:

These were great! They are just like CrackerJack’s (minus the free toy haha). But it was the perfect serving and very light and satisfying. I don’t know if I will buy them again immediately, but they are definitely on the snack shopping list! I bought the honey multi-grain, so maybe next time I will try a different flavor! 

Thursday morning, you know:

I have had a Bertolli dinner sitting in my freezer, and finally after my LONG MUCH NEEDED NAP, the dietician decided to try it out. Freakin awesome!! So easy to make and it only took 9 minutes and DELICIOUS:

Somehow the dietician convinced me to drive to DQ and try out some mint oreo blizzards after eating this delicious meal :

I could barely eat half!

After this long weekend, hopefully there is some nice weather ahead of us midwesterners! 

Finally I wanted to show all of you all of these neat free samples I got from Sephora when I ordered my face lotion (I am soo picky about products!) Most of it is perfume (men’s perfume which FF will be sampling) but it’s always nice to get free goodies!

Happy Monday kiddo’s! 

After breakfast/lunch I settled onto the couch with my roommate to watch a movie. I ended up  asleep and missing the whole movie! When I woke up 3.5 hours later I was hungry again. I made myself a little snack of golean and a honey graham zbar with some unsweetened soymilk. My spoon slipped into the peanut butter jar for a taste as well. I realized upon taking a bite that after my last jar of almond butter, I like it so much more than peanut butter! Something about the strong flavor of the almond butter just tastes to yummy!

UGH! I had a whole plan about the gym today and now it’s spoiled! I was planning on babysitting at 5:30, then heading to the gym after for the sauna, and if I was feeling up to it maybe a little  mcardio. BUT I just found out the gym is closing early at 8 tonight, which means I won’t get the chance to go. I’m kinda bummed, because I was really looking forward to it. I thought the sauna would be good for sweating out some sickness, and doing a little on the bike would have been good for me. oh well, guess I’ll whip out the yoga mat and do some of that instead!

What have YOU done for the Earth today?

Since I haven’t been spicing up my posts lately, lets GO GREEN today! I am sooo cheesy!! 

Anyhooooo, I woke up today so soreeeee from working out THEN going to Yoga, but Yoga was awesome last night! My family has a history of back problems, so that has been my focus in yoga and I could definitely feel the stretch in my back this morning from class! Right before Yoga I needed some extra energy so I decided to try one of my new Cliff Bars: Cool Mint Chocolate

THIS.WAS.AMAZING. I love cliff bars, and when I bought this I was hoping it would remind me of mint chocolate chip ice cream – YES IT SUREE DID!! I DEFINITELY recommend this bar. It tastes a lot like the chocolate cliff, but the hint of mint made it soo much better and definitely added some more flavor. I can’t wait to buy more! 

When I came back I was readyyy for dinner, so they dietician and i decided to make an Herb Chicken dinner, because we had the rice and herb seasoning from a box. It turned out perfect, she also made a salad, and because I had just got home from Yoga, all I managed to add was some sweet potato fries   

Great dinner. 

This morning I had a canceled class, so I decided to work out EARLYY. Like 10am! I love morning workouts I just never have the opportunity to do them because I have class. So I packed up a “workout loot” for me to munch on during class:

I had some Yogi green tea energy in my mini coffee mug, Zbar and Luna bar, and tucked under there is a Cliff Kid Twisted Fruit Bar in Strawberry – awesome! I saw these a couple of weeks ago and Kroger and thought, why not! Perfect before workouts. This was awesome!! It reminded me of a Twizzler or Red Vine, except with many more nutrients!! It definitely gave me a kick of energy at the end of class. I can’t wait to try my others – I bought kiwi and pineapple flavors! I had had a bowl of Kashi Strawberry fields, but was in a hurry and didn’t have time for the pic.   

After workout I went with my besties to our sorority house for lunch and had the MOST DELICIOUS Philly Cheese CHICKEN sandwich with some homemade hummus and pita. Our cook Ruth is soo amazing! I drenched this sub in Chipotle Mayo and WENT.TO.TOWN:

AHHH HEAVEN. Definitely not the healthiest, but still wonderful. And somehow I was still hungry! So I resorted to my safe place and made some oatmeal with Kashi Heart:

I came home and nappppppped forever, and the dietician and I were supposed to make my Bertolli dinner, but we slept too long and she was supposed to have a tennis match, but thanks to wonderful midwest weather, the courts were too wet. So we zoomed over to slice night (shocker) and grabbed some slices of pizza – I had no patience to wait for pepperoni today:

Yes I did take a bit before the pic! OOPS!

Since the cside workers were slacking and “ran out of salads” whatever that means, I decided to come home and make my own. I forgot that I bought a bag of salad finishers from Kroger, which made it much more exciting to make my salad! I put in hearts of romaine, green peppers, and my salad finishers that had mozzarella cheese, dried cranberries and nuts, smothering it all in poppyseed:

Turned out great! I was proud!  

Time to relaxx bloggies. I have had some good/bad family news flying around these past couple of days, with two deaths of family friends, two days of interviews for a committee I am on starting tomorrow to interview TOO MANY candidates (I know thats harsh but the weather is supposed to be nice!!) and I am getting SOO ANXIOUS about FF Tim’s live house burn starting on Friday – it’s his first real fire!

No worries though, my weekend starts tomorrow, so that means grocery shopping and taco night with the dietician!  

Happy Earth Day!  

because apparently thats what I just took!

Between being sick and losing my appetite for a few days, and then a full Easter weekend FAR FAR AWAY from my computer – not really but I was just never on it – I have so many goodies to share!! 

Wednesday I had my appetite back, even though through the entire weekend I still had a sore throat. I started with my Kashi honey heart waffles that I bought. Since I love the cereal I decided to try the waffles: 

I dont know if they weren’t toasted enough or they got dried out but I was not the biggest fan. They were very bland and not exciting, and in the morning, I need a kick! I will definitely eat the rest of them though since I have an entire box. Maybe I will try adding some ‘fun’ toppings! 

Lunch was homestyle sammywich with another fun fruit salad of raspberries and blueberries:

Fruit, picture taken mid-snacking because I couldn’t resist:

And my beloved YO:

I even mustered up energy to do a light workout and go to slice night!!

Wednesday night I went to a sorority show with one of my friends, to support another friend whose sorority had a “line” coming out . Probably one of the most INTENSE things I have ever seen, and for all of my fellow Greek life members, if you haven’t been to a show for any of the NPHC or Latino Greek organizations, GO. It is AWESOME. 

Thursday I was frantic packing up and running around in between classes getting Tim’s Easter basket togheter – which im happy to say he LOVED – (but I loved mine more ) and getting ready to head home!!

I had some YO with a Choco Chip Zbar andd some oatmeal

I was NOT happy with this bowl of oatmeal. I didn’t let the water boil enough because I was in a hurry and I added too much water and it was mushyyyyyy and yuck, so mad:

The dietician also made a Kashi pizza Mediterranean style. As much as I HATE AND DESPITE AND CRINGE at the sight of tomatoes, this pizza was AWESOME, even though I picked the tomatoes off:

Definitely held me over until I got to Tim’s around 7pm. We were going to go to Five Guys (anyone familiar?!) We decided to go to this new B-dubs (BW3’s) that opened up in the same complex. We have one down here, but I haven’t been there since the fall during football season! They had a limited menu with some appetizers on it, so we decided to try the pepperoni kickers and they were TDF:

The outside was a fried breding just like mozzarella sticks, and the inside was filled with mozzarella cheese and pieces of pepperoni. OH MY GOSH, BEST DELICIOUS/BAD FOOD I have had in a while!! This appetizer was followed by some 60 cent boneless wings and some loaded potato wedges:

And finally a $3 23oz Coors Light to relax from my drive home:

We went home and watched some great NBC Thursday night TV – did everyone catch the new shows and episodes?!!

Friday I was gone all day between my Dad’s birthday, grocery shopping with my mom and the Indians home opener with one of my best friends I have known since grade school – boo to the rain delay!! I stayed at FF Tim’s that night for some drinks and late night comedy shows, and we both were soo tired we passed out on the couch. 

Saturday morning we went to breakfast at one of my favorite places – Bruggers’!! I always just get a bagel but was veryyy tempted to try one of their new sandwiches. Tim got a bagel with the jalapeno cream cheese and it was SOO GOOD. Very spicy but it went well with the Asiago bagel he got. I DEFINITELY recommend it!

I had a hair appointment that day and took a nap before we went to go see FAST AND FURIOUS later that night. Any fans?! I have a LARGE obsession with Vin Diesel and those movies, and I think I could watch it over and over and over again. I can’t wait for the DVD!! 

We exchanged Easter baskets that night and look what the FF Easter Bunny Brought!!

Yummyy!! And here’s a zoomed in pic of the mug that came in my basket – how perfect!

This morning I was soo eager to drive back into a routine breakfast after INDULGING all day yesterday with brunch and TWO dinners!

I started with my oatmeal and a fresh box of fields sprinkled with TONS of extra dried strawberries from Trader’s!! Oh how I missed my extra dried strawberries!

In all their goodness:

For dinner I don’t know what I was thinking, except eat, eat, eat! I started off with a simple salad: lettuce, SEVERAL sliced carrots, green peppers and egg all covered with light poppy-seed:

Delicious!

Still hungry I made some homemade garlic bread, and my whole wheat three cheese tortellini and Prego Heart pasta sauce:

SO FILLING. 

I cant believe I ate all of that!! I was so full – and still am! ANDDDDDD Happy to announce:

THE CAVS HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE NBA AND HAVE CLINCHED HOME COURT ADVATANGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS!!! WOOOOOO HOOOOO!!

I love my Cavs! GO CLEVELAND! 

Ok, done bragging. 

Happy Monday kiddos!  

No I didn’t do a shuffle – I wish!

When I woke up yesterday morning I felt like CRAPOLA. And Zbars and cereal bars are pretty much the only thing I have been able to eat, slowly giving me little servings of protein. 

So yesterday morning looked like this:

Then I RACED home with only an hour break to eat something because I felt sick and I was soo hungry and didn’t understand why. I made two of my mini whole grain bagels:

REAL. haha - shoutout to Housewives!!

STILL HUNGRY and I continued to not feel well. WHY? OHH probably because I think I am an idiot. 

I bought these delicious new Snapple drinks that I saw at Kroger, 3 for $5 and they looked so good I had to try them! I gave one to the FF for his drive home, and grabbed one to drink for the morning. I must have been pretty delerious to grab the one that clearly says METABOLISM on it. So no wonder I felt sick and my heart was racing. I was burning the few caloires I was barely able to take in. YIKES! 

The drink was Noni Berry and it was soo good. No wonder I kept drinking! They are very light with plenty of flavor and although I had plently of energy for my classes, but I do not recommended it when you are feeling under the weather, haha:

We are all human, right?! Yup. 

After class I came home and napped FOREVER, just in time for the NCAA Championship Game (WOO TAR HEELS!)

I felt a little crative, and decided to cook some chicken and make pasta as a side. I used the rest of my BBQ marinade, and let it sit while my best came over to visit me! She always asks me “whats on the blog today” and hung around for a bit while I manned the Foreman! Here is an action pic:

I used TONS of BBQ marinade and glad I did, because it came out PERFECT! I used some of my organic whole grain pasta to make my side, and added some EVOO (first time shout out to the EVOO!!), light butter, garlic and basil leaves! 

For someone who doesn’t cook, I was proud! Even sent pics to the FF and the rest of the family! It was the perfect meal for me to cuddle up with on the couch and watch the game.

This morning I think I felt worse, and had NO desire to go to class. I tried to eat some YO and oatmeal, but I couldn’t stomach the whole thing:

I didn’t eat anything between that and about 7:00, and ate another Zbar, SHOCKER. 

Finally I managed to eat some fruit for diner, and made myself a mini fruit salad with raspberries, oranges and apples. ALMOST forgot to take a picture because me and the dietician were eager to dig in!

All new Real Housewives!! What could be better when you are sick in bed because of this HORRENDOUS midwest weather?!

HERE I COME!!  

Right now I am frantically packing and getting my things together, because in 3 hours I will be in the car with my best friends going hereeeee:SO EXCITED! But here is a quick update on today’s last minute eats. All of the roomies are gone so I am literally cleaning up the rest!

Leftover subway sandwich from the dietcian with bacon (definitely forgetting it was Friday)

PURE bar - first try and LOVE IT!

oats and Kashi

After that I got my toes painted and ran some FINAL earrands, worked out and started cleaning out my fridge snacking:

Sabra hummus - DELICIOUS!

Oikos Vanilla Greek Yogurt - again a first time for this too but it was great! I added some Kashi to it.

Anddd finally my personal stash of snacks that will probably barely keep me going for the week, lets hope!

Ok bloggies, I am going to miss everyone, but I will also be enjoying my time on the beach with my friends!

See you in a week!  

I’M DONE WITH FINALS!! YAYY!! It felt soo amazingly awesome to finish my last final yesterday, and after my test I got a little side-tracked, but let me give you a quick update.

Yesterday I woke up sooo frantic, I barely had an appetite. 

So I managed to force myself to eat some YO:

Followed by some ABSOLUTELY delicious Yogi Chamomile tea. 

And since I had 4 straight hours of finals, I decided to eat some fields to hold me over.

Yummmmmmmmm!!

I also had a Zbar while I was studying in between tests – please take note of the CONSTITUTIONAL LAW STUDY GUIDE that I was racking my brain over!

ANDD some chocolates that helped me study the night before, compliments of the dietician:

Dark Chocolate!

After my finals I ran into the dietician walking home! We decided to try and make some money selling back our textbooks. Unfortuntely her’s are much more expensive than mine (all of those medical books!) andd they are updated regularly and well, old case law doesnt change, EVER haha so we had kinda a tough time getting a good deal! Something is better than nothing though! 

We deicded to run home, change and head out to slice night for some pizza and mental unwinding after finals. Usual set-up for me, pizza and a salad:

Andddd some Blue Moon’s to celebrate. We got the last of the keg, and the bartender brought us an entire pitcher on the house because it was so foamy! How nice!  Here was my glass:

I really do love this beer. It is so refreshing and perfect for casual “dinner” drinking as I call it. We ended up staying out for a bit and seeing other friends who were done with finals. And I was OUT by 10:00!

This morning I had several earrands to run, although I wasn’t able to get into the salon in time to get my pedicure for Florida!  That’s ok, I am going first thing in the morning!

I was still full this morning so I just had some Yo, but shortly after made the homemade sandwich, eggs, bacon, lettuce and Laugh Cow, and my friend Emily came over to chat and hang out before heading home for break.

Emily was impressed with my sandwich and minimal cooking skills!!

After that I really ran my earrands, and went to workout and by that time, it was already 7:00! WHERE DID MY DAY GO?!

After my pathetic workout, and feeling very unmotivated after having been working out everday to try and feel confident in my bathing suittttt, I came home and the dietician and I decided to throw in my Kashi Mediterranian Pizza and I cut up some oranges:

I KNOW this picture looks funky, but the orange was stacked up and the one piece of pizza tore off from the whole, I promise I didn’t eat it and then put it back down! 

Just to show you how small these pizza’s are, I took a picture of one piece that fits in the PALM OF MY HAND. And I surely do not have big hands because the FF calls my pinky finger a carrot finger – strange, but true.

Ok bloggies, CAVS ARE IN OVERTIME, and I haven’t started packing and I leave tomorrow night! I will have a quick post tomorrow on where I am going and my plans! GO CAVS! 

It’s FINALS week here on my campus and ever since Friday my arm hair has been standing straight up….

UGH. 

I had a great weekend at home dedicated to studying, and the FF, with shorts trips of gathering spring break essentials in between (and woo I managed to stay UNDER my budget! I am so proud! )

Friday night I went out to the FF’s house and after major debating, and a sad realization that there was NO Quiznos nearby (I reallllllly wanted one of their monster salads) his parents asked us to go with them to dinner at a place called Stonehouse Grill – they have Friday Fish Fry’s during Lent, how perfect!!   And I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIS PARENTS so there was no way we could have passed it up! 

Tim’s parents and I all got the fish fry, which was just mega fish (cod I think) with sweet potato fries and a salad. No picture – I blacked out and we were wrapped up in conversation since I haven’t seen them in so long! I ended up giving the rest of my gigantic fish to Tim, who ate my dish AND his! 

Saturday I studied ALL DAY and FF was busy too with well, FF stuff and a family dinner – so I went on a quick run to Trader’s right before I went to go see him. I went a litttttle crazy. 

But while I was studying made a homestyle sandwich – from home!! I was going to put “the works” on, meaning eggs, bacon, turkey, but I got a little too excited, and burned the butter that hardened my eggs and ewwww it just got runied. So here it is minus eggs:

And check out what’s in season – I love plums!

Not quite ripe but I like to eat them when there is still a little crunch to them!

Anywayyy….here are some snacks that I bought and ate while driving on my way to Tim’s:

Trader's Organic Strawberry Yogurt

Followed by first round of these for the weekend:

Strawberry Dried Fruit Bar

I knew FF wouldn’t be hungry since he just came from a family dinner eating Ruebens…but I still was! I picked up a frozen pizza (SHOCKER) and some hummus that I ended up leaving over there. We picked up a movie and just vegged out on the couch since we won’t see each for a whillleeeeee.         

But eventually we got hungry and made that pizza!! I forgot what it was called, but it had a billion veggies, mainly peppers on it and some pepperoni. SOO GOOD!

Sunday I still had errands to run, so I had a scrambled breakfast (no picture) and packed up the car and headed back to campus. One the way I had another one of these:

repeat picture

Followed by the beginning of eating millions of these deadly things:

RED VINES! JUMBO!

Andddd a bottle of died Iced Tea Snapple – all very out of character for me but it kept me very awake on my drive back and I actually enjoyed it! (which I never do!) 

When I got back I went to the store and Chipotle (I am SO MAD I DIDNT TAKE A PICTURE OF MY TACOS) with one of my friends to get some more yogurt and food for the rest of the week until FLORIDA….and then I headed to the library until 2:00am. 

I had my first final this morning at 8:00am and was running on 3-hours of sleep until I took my 4-hour nap! 

Breakfast was quick fuel, consisting of, what else but some Zbar and yo-Crunch!

Oreo and Chocolate Brownie

When I came home from my ethics test I immediately dove into my new boxes of Trader’s oatmeal (wooo its back!!) with Kashi Heart and some new Trader’s Pomegranate Tea!

So nice to have you back!!

Pom tea:

DELICIOUS.

 This is honestly one of the best tea’s that I have ever had HANDS DOWN. It has just enough of its natural sweetened flavor that you don’t need to add any sweetners (which I never do) and it is just extremely refreshing!! I wish I had bought another box, and the one that I bought I shared with Tim who loves it too! 

After my nap, workout, and trip to Petland with Sunny I came back and the dietcian made me dinner – how nice!!

We had Kashi Roasted Vegatable Thin Crust pizza (yes, I know I am on overload and should change my blog name to pizza eater) and a HUGE salad!

Gigantic, but delicious. And my half of the pizza that I ate the rest of:

I am so fullllll and off to relax and watch some Dancing with the Stars!! (and studyyy maybe  ) with my Yogi and late night fields.

Sorry about the super-long post and I will be commenting on your blogs like a mad-woman all week before Florida! Happy Monday!