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Margaritas and Lite Choice Meetup (Giveaway!)

Mar 15th, 2010 by Missy

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I did not let the rain and wind get in my way of margaritas at 5 Burros! I ran there on Saturday to meet my fellow Queens blog friends, Mari and Mo! Mo already had a head start on her raspberry margarita so I immediately ordered one for myself but with apricot.

It was delicious as always but I got jipped out of an animal toy! Boo. I went with the Vegetable Mexican salad since it was amazing last time I was there.

I love how high they pile those veggies!!

Mo was very excited about her Steak Tacos!

Mari got the Shrimp Mexican salad which also looked delicious!

Mari and I shared a side of guacamole. It was creamy heaven.

We all decided to get a 2nd drink even though one was probably enough! This time I got a froggie!

We got very crazy and loud by the end of the meal! Those drinks always do the trick!

It was still pretty early when we were done so we stumbled over to Barnes N’ Noble!

I think everyone got really annoyed by us. Probably not the smartest idea to wander around a book store after drinking 2 margaritas.

We decided to continue our adventures at The Lite Choice!! The weather will never stop us from eating their soft serve! We were very happy to see our girl Stephanie working behind the counter. She was so helpful and friendly the last time all of us blog girls stumbled in!

I got Oreo’s N’ Cream of course! So good!

Mari got caramel with crumbled cone topping. Yum!

Very fun day!

Yes, time for another Lite Choice Giveaway!

If you would like to be entered, just write, “ENTER ME!” at the end of your comment. 3 readers will win a coupon for a free cup or cone this Thursday, March 18th.

If you are not entering, let me know what your favorite part of the weekend was! Have a good day!

Tags: Contest, margaritas, Mexican, salad, soft serve, The Lite Choice

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Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk Winners!

Mar 15th, 2010 by Missy

Morning! Time to choose 2 winners for my Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk giveaway!. As a reminder, each winner will receive 4 coupons each (2 coupons for a free half gallon of the Horizon Organic lowfat Chocolate Milk with DHA Omega-3 and 2 coupons for $1 off a half gallon of the same milk).

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Here are your random numbers:

12- Sarah Levy, “I LOVE chocolate milk. It is the best recovery drink. I usually buy Horizon chocolate milk, but after a long run, I’ll drink whatever they have at the gas station. This is making me crave some now, I might have to stop at Whole Foods at lunch… yum!”

8- Cassandra, “I usually don’t drink chocolate milk, the calories and chemicals just don’t appeal to me. I am excited to give this one a try especially after hearing many times how good it is for post workout recovery. I adore chocolate so this is something to get next time!!”

Timestamp: 2010-03-15 13:44:43 UTC

Congrats! Please e-mail me your addresses so I can mail out your coupons!

Stay tuned for a weekend recap and giveaway!

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Attune Foods Review!

Mar 14th, 2010 by Missy

Hey! Hope everyone is surviving this rain! I had a great weekend so far! I might post about that later today but wanted to do a little review first! I received 3 chocolate bars from Attune Foods to try out.

Dark Chocolate
Chocolate Crisp
Raspberry Dark Chocolate

About Attune Foods (from the website):

Attune probiotic wellness bars are a delicious way to enjoy the health benefits probiotics can provide. Each Attune wellness bar is packed with probiotics that help rebalance your digestive system, so your whole body can work better.

Attune probiotics are proven to survive in the digestive tract, where they can provide optimal health benefits.
The probiotics in Attune have been clinically tested to support a healthy digestive system and a strong immune system.*
Attune wellness bars also include prebiotics, which support healthy digestive function and work in harmony with probiotics.

Attune uses a blend of three different Kosher and GRAS certified probiotic strains selected specifically for their superior clinical efficacy and safety as well as demonstrated stability. These include Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Lactobacillus casei Lc-11 and Bifidobacterium lactis HN019.

I am always looking for more ways to get probiotics into my diet so I was very excited to try probiotic CHOCOLATE!!

About the Chocolate Bars!

Most clinically tested probiotic strains

3-8 grams of sugar

Excellent source of calcium

Only 80-90 calories
3 grams of fiber
Take it on the go

I tried the Chocolate Crisp first.

It tasted just like a Nestle Crunch! Yum!! It only contains 90 calories and is made with gluten-free ingredients:

Milk Chocolate Coating (evaporated cane juice, chocolate, cocoa butter, inulin, non fat milk, calcium carbonate, anhydrous milk fat, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla), Organic Brown Rice Crisps (organic brown rice flour, organic molasses, calcium carbonate), *6.1B Probiotic Cultures (Bifidobacterium lactis HN019, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM™, Lactobacillus casei LC-11).

Next I tried the Raspberry Dark Chocolate.

I really liked this one too. It had a rich dark chocolate flavor with a hint of raspberry. This one was also just 90 calories and perfect for my chocolate cravings!

I tried the Dark Chocolate after lunch with an apple. Great combo!

The Dark Chocolate has just 80 calories and contains 68% cocoa! It is also vegan and gluten-free!

Attune Foods makes other great-sounding chocolate flavors such as Blueberry Vanilla, Coffee Bean Dark Chocolate, Mint Chocolate, and Almond Milk Chocolate!! I must try those in the future!

Attune Foods Bars can be purchased online here. I give them an A+!

What is your favorite way to get your probiotic intake?

Tags: probiotics, Product Review

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Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk Giveaway!

Mar 11th, 2010 by Missy

Good Morning! Giveaway time again! Last week Horizon sent me a coupon to try a free half gallon of their Organic lowfat Chocolate Milk with DHA Omega-3.

About Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk (from the website):

Mmm chocolate! Horizon Organic lowfat Chocolate Milk with DHA Omega-3 provides a great tasting and easy way to add calcium and DHA to your family’s diet. DHA Omega-3 is an important nutrient that helps support heart, brain and eye health,and it’s available in lowfat half gallons.

DHA belongs to a category of healthy fatty acids known as Omega-3’s. Found in high concentrations in the tissues of the brain and eye, DHA Omega-3 is thought to help support healthy function in these areas. DHA has also been shown to help support heart health.

DHA provides a nutritional boost for children’s growing minds and bodies. Children’s brains grow incredibly fast. In fact, the brain nearly quadruples in the first five years of life.
DHA is a key structural component of the brain, yet many young children don’t get their recommended daily amount of DHA as it is found in a limited number of food sources.
Horizon Organic Milk Plus DHA Omega-3 is fortified with a natural, 100 percent vegetarian and sustainable source of DHA – a safe, wholesome, delicious way to bring more of this important nutrient into your family’s diet.

Visit http://www.horizonorganicdha.com/ to learn more!

Flavored Milk is a Nutrient-Rich Beverage

Flavored milk provides the same nine essential nutrients as unflavored milk (calcium, potassium, phosphorous, protein, vitamins A, D, B12, Riboflavin and niacin), and can help kids meet their calcium requirements.
Flavored milk consumers did not have higher total fat or calorie intakes than non milk consumers
Kids Love the Taste of Flavored Milk
· According to 2005 USDA data, 66% of the milk chosen by children in schools is flavored

Chocolate Milk is an Effective Post-Exercise Recovery Beverage

A 2006 study showed that low fat milk was as effective at post-exercise rehydration as sports drinks
Because of the natural carb:pro ratio in flavored milks, low fat chocolate milk is an effective post-exercise recovery beverage.
o The appropriate carb:pro ratio for improving endurance performance is about 4:1 However, effective ranges can vary from 2:1 and up to 5:1.
Consuming carbohydrate and protein post workout has been shown to:
o Enhance muscle glycogen formation
o Promote a hormonal environment that encourages muscle growth
o Promote muscle protein production
o May lessen immune-suppressive effects due of intense exercise

I was very excited to try this chocolate milk after reading all of the wonderful health benefits. I grew up drinking Yoo-Hoo and Nesquick (chemicals galore!) Yuck! I was unable to find the half gallon Horizon chocolate milk around here but bought a little single serve box so that I could try it out!

Ingredients: Organic Grade A Lowfat Milk, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Cocoa, Organic Vanilla Flavor, DHA Algal Oil, Carrageenan, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3.

I like that they use Organic Evaporated Cane Juice instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners. The chocolate milk was delicious! It was thick, creamy, and very chocolaty. I think I inhaled the box in about 1 minute. I don’t think I would buy this on a regular basis just because I don’t really need almost 200 extra calories with breakfast but it is definitely a great option for when I am craving chocolate milk!

Giveaway!

There will be two winners!!

Each winner will get 4 total coupons (2 coupons would be for a free half gallon of the Horizon Organic lowfat Chocolate Milk with DHA Omega-3 and 2 coupons for $1 off a half gallon of the same milk).

*This contest is open to US entrants only.

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How To Enter:

1) Leave me a comment telling me if you drink chocolate milk and what kind?

2) Link back to this giveaway on your blog and let me know in a separate comment.

3) Become a fan of Missy Maintains on Facebook! Please also suggest to at least 5 friends. You may suggest it to as many people as you like. Let me know below.

4) Tweet about this giveaway. Write, “@MissyMaintains is giving away FREE Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk!! Enter here: http://ow.ly/1q9XV3

I will choose the winners this Monday, March 15th at 10:00 am.

Good Luck!

Disclaimer: Horizon contacted me directly to review their chocolate milk using coupons for a free half gallon. They will be sending 2 winners 4 coupons. I was not paid to promote Horizon.

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The Lite Choice Winners!

Mar 11th, 2010 by Missy

I will randomly choose 3 more winners to win a free cup/cone coupon to The Lite Choice!

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This week’s winners are……

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Here are your random numbers:

40- Nicole R. “My favorite candy is candy hearts!”
42- Melissa- “One exciting thing I did this weekend was take advantage of the first really nice weekend day in NY by walking the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday!”
50-Ashley Terranova- “”I went to SideWalk Cafe for dinner last night and there was a great drink special which was a great surprise. 2 for 1 drinks. Needless to say it was a great way to wrap up the weekend!”
Timestamp: 2010-03-11 14:33:52 UTC

Congrats to the winners! Please e-mail me your addresses so I can send out your coupons!

If you did not win this week, don’t worry! I will be giving out 3 more coupons next week! Stay tuned!!!

A new giveaway starts in an hour!

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Digestion and Happy Hour!

Mar 10th, 2010 by Missy

Hello! I’m glad you all enjoyed my little nutritional lessons from school over the weekend! I am going to try to cover a short topic in each post. Today I will talk a little about digestion since I got a lot of requests for that yesterday.

Common Digestive Disorders

Reflux: Acid from the stomach that re-enters the stomach. It can be related to obesity.

Dietary Components: chocolate, caffeine, coffee, tea, peppermint, spearmint, alcohol, spices, large portions, tomato products, fatty foods, and citrus. Avoid eating to close to bedtime and eating too fast. High stress also plays a role.

Constipation

Usually caused by lack of fiber/fluids
Lack of exercise
Iron and calcium supplements
Increase fiber, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, flaxseeds
Add magnesium
Increase fluid in the diet with non sugar/caffeinated fluids
Add exercise
Probiotics

IBS

Can cause constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas, and abdominal pain
Can be triggered by stress, food intolerances, high fat, hormone imbalances, fructose, environmental sensitivities
Exercise is a great way to help with IBS

Diarrhea

Caused by bacteria, virus, food intolerances
Avoid high fiber
Add banana and white rice
Remove intolerant food
Add probiotics

Gas

Caused by high fiber diet, eating gassy foods (broccoli, cauliflower), constipation
Try to reduce foods that are not tolerated (i.e dairy)
Improve constipation
Reduce gassy foods (cruciferous vegetables, legumes, etc)

Hopefully this was a little helpful since so many of us suffer from digestive issues. It is important to just listen to your body and experiment with different foods to find what works for you. Everyone is different.

On a less serious note….

Happy Hour!

Last night after work, I decided to skip my workout and have a drink! I met Dori and a wonderful blog reader named Ashley at Merchants. Merchants is a nice bar on the Upper East Side that has the best Lychee Martinis ever!

I had 2 lychee martinis plus a vodka soda with a splash of cranberry.

We had a really good time! This was our first time meeting Ashley and we had so much to talk about. We ended up going to a 2nd bar called Baker Street for another drink. By the time we were ready to go, it was 9:30 and we were starving for dinner! Probably not too smart drinking all of that without eating for so long! Dori and I stopped at a cute little hummus plase that just opened near her apartment. We both got hummus pitas. They also had the most amazing pita chips there that we munched on while waiting for our food.

This was seriously the perfect drunk meal! Much healthier than getting the usual late night pizza! The hummus was creamy and delicious!

Fun night! I woke up this morning not feeling too hot so I got my favorite breakfast to cure a hangover.

A mushroom and spinach egg white omelet on whole wheat bread. It did the trick! Tonight I will be back at Core Fusion ready to get my workout on!

I am off to go do some work! Stay tuned for a new giveaway tomorrow!

Tags: Cocktails, digestion, hummus, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, omelet

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More Fun at School and Skinny Margaritas!

Mar 9th, 2010 by Missy

Good Morning! This weather makes me happy. I like being able to walk outside for an hour during lunch! Today I am going to do a continuation of my weekend at school. I made a big breakfast before I left the house to make sure I could last all morning.

1 egg and 2 egg whites with mushrooms, vegan mozzarella cheese, and ketchup on an Ezekiel wrap. It was delicious and did the trick at keeping me full for a while!

I got to school at 9 and immediatly knew it was going to be a good day when we were told a celebrity personal trainer would be working with us first. The trainer was Joel Harper, creator of the Fit Pack Workout DVD.

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We were told to get up out of our chairs for a 15 minute workout! We started doing all kinds of moves like neck rolls, hip rolls, jumping up and down, etc. Imagine 1100 people in a huge theatre doing hip rolls. It was a lot of fun! He also showed us some stretches we could do while sitting which felt very nice. It was a great way to start the morning.

Next our teacher spoke to us about vegetarian diets and how to reduce animal foods. He spoke about some of the reasons people go on these diets- Mad Cow disease, genetic engineering, animal rights, and/or to live longer. He also mentioned that some people end up going on the “junk food vegetarian diet.” There are plenty of foods that do not contain meat but are also artificial junk. I liked this line that he said,”You do not want to be cruel to animals but you do not want to be cruel to your own body either.”

He said most A or B blood types are less dependant on animal foods. Quinoa and beans are great sources of protein for vegetarians. Beans can be “challenging” for some people so he recommends using smaller beans, cooking them well done, adding no salt, soaking the beans, adding spices, or eating refried beans.

Cravings

Next we talked about some reasons people get cravings. I found these pretty helpful and could relate to a lot of them:

Not enough water
Primary food (missing love, exercise, meaningful career, relationship).
Balance between yin & yang (inside coming out). For example, if I craved ice cream as a child, I will want it more now because it will give me comfort because of my relationship with that food. Very true by the way!
If you don’t have food for a while and then have it, you will crave it more now.
Cravings by season (summer-ice cream, winter-animal food)
Lack of nutrients (crave salt because of lack of minerals)
Crave non-nutritional forms of energy (alcohol, coffee)
Hormonal (chocolate before menstruation)

Next Arthur Agatson, author of the South Beach Diet spoke to us. I was pretty excited about this one! If you’ve read my “About Me” section before, you would know that I originally lost a lot of weight after reading this book. I never knew about whole grains, refined sugars, and the glycemic index before reading it. This was not just a diet for me. It really changed my entire way of eating right before I entered college. I kind of wanted to give him a giant hug! His talk was a lot of graphs and science so I won’t get into it too much but it was fun to hear him speak.

Lunch!

I walked over to Lenny’s Sub Shop and got the best wrap EVER.

Look how pretty! I got the Vegetarian Delight: Avocado, romaine, tomato, carrot, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, red cabbage, sweet peppers & honey mustard

With some soy crisps on the side. This was seriously the perfect wrap. I loved all the pretty layers and the delicious honey mustard! I might be back every time I have school!

Later in the afternoon, Lynn Goldstein spoke to us. She is a registered dietitian and also went to Integrative Nutrition. She went through each of her sessions and what she spoke about with clients. She showed us how to calculate body weight, calories, body fat, etc. She spoke a lot about digestive issues as well. If you guys want me to get into more detail let me know. That could be a whole separate post in itself! I know everyone wants to learn more about constipation, IBS, and gas! It was cool to see how she incorporates what she learned at IIN with her nutrition practice. She focuses more on primary foods when with her clients (mood, energy, relationships, energy, and stress etc).

The highlight of Sunday was when our teacher told us to get up and stretch. We do this several times throughout the day along with deep breathing. This time he told us to start jumping up and down. All of the sudden the lights go off, strobe lights start flashing, and he starts blasting, “The World is Mine!” (Techno song that I love). Everyone just starts dancing and going crazy! There was so much energy in the room. I’ve never had so much fun at school.

After class, I went to Core Fusion and then Applebees for dinner! The first thing I saw on the table was this:

The Skinny “Bee” Margarita! Love it!

It tasted great! Hard to believe it was just 100 calories! I started with a house salad.

I got something from a new section on the menu “under 500 calories.” I got
Seasoned, grilled shrimp skewers on citrus island rice served with seasonal vegetables. This was 330 calories I think? Kind of hard to believe when I saw how big it was!

The shrimp was delicious! The sauce was a little spicy but nothing I could not handle. The broccoli was good but a little buttery. I ate 2 rows of shrimp and saved one for dinner yesterday! Yum!

I have some homework so I am off!

1) Do you like reading about what I learned in school? Do you want more/less detail from my notes?

2) What is your favorite thing to get at Applebee’s?

Tags: avocado, broccoli, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, margarita, omelet, Restaurant Review, rice, salad, Shrimp, wrap

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Nutrition School and Blossom Dinner!

Mar 8th, 2010 by Missy

Hello! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I was super busy and did not get online even once! I am not complaining because school was amazing this weekend. I never thought I’d say school was fun! I am going to do a recap of my day Saturday and save Sunday for tomorrow’s post. I had lots of yummy meals and also wanted to share some of what I learned! It will be a nice refresher for me and I’m sure most of you are interested in the topics we covered.

On Saturday I woke up and had to grab something fast for breakfast and run out the door. There is no snacking allowed in the theatre so I downed a cottage cheese mess on my way to the subway.

I added cinnamon, Stevia, banana, and Kashi cereal. I loved it with the cinnamon and Stevia but don’t think I can eat it anymore! Missy and cottage cheese do not agree. I haven’t been eating much dairy lately so I don’t think it was the smartest breakfast. Oh well; at least I know now.

In the morning we covered high carb and low carb diets. I like the fact that the school believes in bio-individuality. This means that people’s food choices depend on their gender, age, DNA, climate, and lifestyle. While one person may feel great with a vegetarian diet, another person could need meat to feel good. We are learning about all of the dietary theories and are able to choose which one works best with our body. Our teacher makes everything very neutral so no one feels bad about eating meat or feels weird for eating raw. We are learning the pros and cons of each of the theories.

High Carb: Pros

Fiber
Nutrients
Energy

High Carb: Cons

Won’t work for everyone
Some gain
Some lose
Blood sugar levels
Indigestion
Gluten
Phytic Acid

I had no idea what phytic acid was before class but learned that brown rice contains phytic acid. My teacher was eating a ton of brown rice and had perfect health except for extremely low zinc levels. He learned that the phytic acid was binding with the minerals and leaching them out. To prevent this from happening, soak your brown rice or cook it with wakame or seaweed.

We also spoke about macrobiotics. It is a way of living with respect for physical, biological, emotional, mental, ecological, and spiritual order of our daily lives. We learned about yin/yang and that everything has its polar opposites.

We spoke about lifestyle suggestions:

Give generosity of yourself
View everything and everyone you meet with gratitude
Live happily
Sing a happy song every day (we all had to sing “Row Your Boat” after!)
Treat yourself to quiet time
Exercise
Scrub your skin
Less jewelry
Reduce chemicals in soap, shampoo, perfume
Keep home in order
Plants for oxygen
Chew food well
Less TV
Give thanks before and after each meal
Be on good terms with people
Learn to make an enemy into a friend

I really liked all of these suggestions. Singing “Row Your Boat” with 1100 people in a theatre definitely made everyone much happier!

Next Andrea Beaman, author of The Whole Truth spoke. She teaches the art of cooking in a fun, easy, and simple way and was featured on Top Chef. She showed us how easy a brown rice vegetable stir fry was to make. She suggested making a lot on a Sunday night and then turning it into a wrap, porridge, or rice pudding later in the week!

Lunch

I met up with about 20 other women at a restaurant called Gabriel’s. It was basically a brainstorming lunch to come up with business ideas and to simply share our stories about why we were there. I have no pictures since I did not feel comfortable pulling out the camera in front of 20 people I just met! We all got the pre-fixed menu. I had:

Appetizer: Toscana Soup. Italian Sausage, Beans and Kale in a light Tomato Base.
Entree: Seared Tuna Salad, Horseradish Cream sauce, Watercress, marinated Cucumbers
Dessert: Strawberry sorbet

Everything was delicious and it was great hearing what everyone had to say!

The afternoon was all about marketing and building our business so I won’t bore you with that!

After class there was a meetup for drinks at the Dream Hotel. We all met in the Ava Lounge which is a beautiful penthouse suite bar. I started with a Lychee Martini (3 by the time I left!)

It was really nice inside!

We had a beautiful view of the city.

Some lovely girls I met…

It felt like a blogger meetup! Who else would pull out Kale Krisps and Edamame at a bar??

Around 8:00 at night, I finally left. 3 martinis was enough! I met a few other girls from California and New York so we decided to go to dinner at Blossom! There were 6 of us so we almost got one of everything!

Appetizers:

Quinoa Salad:
Red quinoa, red and yellow peppers, cannellini beans, mango guacomole, lemon vinaggrette.

Autumn Sweet Potato Rolls (Raw) ~
Serve Coconut noodles, jicama, carrot, red and yellow pepper, scallion and avocado with an almond ginger dipping sauce

My first plate:

Both appetizers were delicious! I loved the sweet potato rolls! I also split Butternut Squash soup with another girl. It was thick and perfect!

Entrees

Moroccan Glazed Tempeh ~
Glazed tempeh in an eggplant-chickpea stew with red bell peppers and sweet potato topped with a creamy fennel-black olive relish

Zucchini Linguini (Raw) ~ Almond pesto, cherry tomatoes, portobello mushrooms, kalamata olives, v-parmesan cheese
*Gluten Free

Plate of spinach, sweet potato fries, mushrooms, and brussels sprouts!

Four Onion Risotto ~
Roasted acorn squash, swiss chard, sweet potato crisps

My first plate!

I loved everything we got! I’d say my favorite was the zucchini linguini and the vegetable plate! I never knew if I liked tempeh either but this dish was extremely flavorful! Everything was heaven!

Dessert was soy cookie dough ice cream!

I had 2 of the bowls. Another girl got the Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake. I was slightly jealous.

2 other girls got a green juice and blueberry shake! So pretty!

We also tried a raw cinnamon raisin oatmeal cookie! So good! Oh..we also tried the chocolate cake which surprisingly was not good. It tasted like a fake Hostess cake so we sent it back. Everything else was amazing and I will be back there soon!

I got home at midnight and woke back up at 7 on Sunday for more school! Long day! I will save Sunday for tomorrow but it was another great day! All 1100 people in the room are so happy and passionate about their health so it is just a great environment to be in.

I am off! Have a great day!

P.S. I found out 5 minutes ago that I am going to FitBloggin!!

Tags: Cocktails, cottage cheese, ice cream, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Restaurant Review, soup

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$50 Safeway Winner and Lite Choice Giveaway!

Mar 8th, 2010 by Missy

Good Morning! First things first…the $50.00 Safeway giftcard winner! Thank you to everyone who entered!

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

161
Timestamp: 2010-03-08 14:12:22 UTC

The winner is….

Ellie W! She said, “I snack on Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal every day. I also eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.”

Congrats Ellie!

Please e-mail me your address so I can mail out your gift card!

Giveaway Time!

It is Monday and time for another another Lite Choice giveaway!

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3 readers will win a coupon that is good for one free cup or cone! They do not expire until December of 2010 so you have a whole year to stop by a TLC location! I am going to count all the entries I received from the previous weeks. Here are some more ways to win!

How to Enter:

1) Leave me a comment telling me one exciting thing you did this weekend!

2) Become a fan of TLC on Facebook and on the left, click on “suggest to friends”. Please send to at least 5 friends and let me know below. You will get 1 entry per friend. Be honest please!

3) Become a fan of Missy Maintains on Facebook! Please also suggest to at least 5 friends. You may suggest it to as many people as you like.

4) Tweet about this giveaway. Write, “@MissyMaintains is giving away 3 @thelitechoice coupons! Check it out!”

I will choose 3 winners this Thursday, March 11th!

Good luck!

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Sicky Eats!

Mar 5th, 2010 by Missy

Happy Friday! I’ve been sick all week so I am looking forward to the weekend. Actually I won’t have much of a weekend since I have school both days from 9 to 4 but oh well! I don’t have a fever anymore today but just can’t breathe or talk! It’s killing me that I haven’t worked out all week but I know I needed the rest. I am hoping for some Core Fusion tonight and one day after school? We’ll see!

I will do a little recap of some of my eats over the past couple of days. I’ll just show you my favorites to prevent this from becoming a novel!

I got my favorite breakfast wrap from Energy Kitchen Tuesday morning after yoga!

5 egg whites on a whole wheat wrap with mushrooms and broccoli. The breakfast wraps are only $3.00 there! Love it! Every other day this week I had oatmeal since it is always the best breakfast when sick.

Lunch on Monday was a spicy salmon roll and salmon sashimi. Excuse my horrible picture taking skills.

Lunch on Tuesday was organic frozen vegetables with hummus and lettuce on an Eziekal wrap! Thanks Dori for the new lunch obsession.

I had some Pirate’s Booty on the side.

I was feeling my worst on Wednesday and just wanted to lay in bed with chicken noodle soup. I couldn’t lay in bed since I was at work but I was able to get my hands on some soup!

I got the Chicken Vegetable Couscous soup from Hale and Hearty. Just what I needed!

Lunch yesterday was a falafel wrap! I saw these at the grocery store the night before and had to get them!

I liked that 4 balls was just 180 calories with 6 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein.

The balls were a nice size too! I had 4 on a wrap with hummus, sprouts, and lettuce.

I just heated the wrap up in the microwave for 40 seconds before I was about to eat it. It was delicious!

As for dinner, you already probably know that I had homeade pizza 2 nights of the week! Last night I made a delicious Mexican salad! I almost went to 5 Burro Cafe for Mexican and found out an hour later that I would have ran into Mari! I decided at the last minute to just make my own Mexican instead. Margaritas probably would not be smart when trying to get over being sick. I also made dinner every night this week so I wanted to be good and keep saving money! Maybe next time Mari!

My salad contained steamed broccoli, mushrooms, corn, red peppers, and Lightlife Smart Ground Crumbles. Yum! Maybe not quite as good as 5 Burro but probably much healthier!

One more picture….of Daisy of course!

She is such a cuddly stuffed animal. She really does not leave my side when I get home. One more week of her cone head!

I am off to go do some homework! Have a great weekend!

1) What are you looking forward to this weekend?

2) What is your favorite thing to eat when sick?

Don’t forget to enter my Safeway Gift Card Giveaway!

Tags: broccoli, Daisy, hummus, Mexican, mushrooms, omelet, salad, wrap

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