Hello! Still trying to get used to WordPress. It took me an hour to upload andinsert pictures today. I also don’t like that the space to type the post is so small. I know I can make it into full screen mode but then it does not let me type around the huge pictures. On Blogger, you can type around the pictures when it is not in HTML mode. On WordPress, I have to switch back and forth between Visual and Html to see what I’m doing. I’m probably missing something but right now this is frustrating! I don’t like computers!

Okay, I’ll stop complaining. I promised you the rest of my weekend recap!

Saturday I started out with this:

I used tons of oranges to make 2 full glasses of juice.

I also had a bowl of Cheerios with bananas and raisins.

I was in a hurry because I had to take Daisy May to her 2nd vet appointment!

Now I am poor. The price for each visit is seriously insane. She has to go again this Saturday too. I don’t know what to do. It’s basically my entire week’s paycheck! Ahh.

Saturday night I had my friend’s birthday dinner. It was at Olive Garden. There were 15 of us. We got to wait an hour and a half to eat since there was a party of 45 right before us! That gave me plenty of time to get a little buzzed!

I got a Strawberry Limoncello Martini- Smirnoff Citrus Vodka, Caravella Limoncello and strawberries.

It was the best drink ever. I got 2 of them.

Eventually we finally sat down and got a bunch of wine for the table.

I had a breadstick to start. YUM.

Best part about Olive Garden-unlimited salad.

I probably finished off an entire bowl myself. The dressing  there is my favorite.

For my main course, I got the Venetian Apricot Chicken-Grilled chicken breasts in an apricot citrus sauce. Served with broccoli, asparagus and diced tomatoes.

Delicious! I loved the apricot citrus sauce on the chicken.

Ready for some food porn??

We pretty much got every dessert on the menu to pass around the table.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Raspberry-swirled white chocolate cheesecake topped with slivers of white chocolate.

Black Tie Mousse Cake

Rich layers of chocolate cake, dark chocolate cheesecake and creamy custard mousse.

Tiramisu

The classic Italian dessert. A layer of creamy custard set atop espresso-soaked ladyfingers.

Zeppoli
Soft, traditional Italian doughnuts dusted with powdered sugar, served with chocolate sauce for dipping.

I had a bite of every dessert but the Zeppoli was definitely my favorite. It was like dipping a funnel cake in warm chocolate fudge!!

Delicious dinner!

I slept over my friend’s house that night since I was pretty intoxicated! On Sunday she woke up and made everyone pancakes!

It is nice having traditional buttermilk pancakes every now and then!

She also made pumpkin pie. She actually carved a real pumpkin to make it. She said it took her hours but it was worth it!

We watched football all day and stopped at WaWa for some lunch.

My favorite turkey hoagie comes from WaWa. I got it with cheese, mustard, sweet peppers, lettuce, tomato, and pickles.

I got back to my apartment around 8:00 at night and made a nice salad for dinner.

I added corn, rice, mushrooms, squash, peppers, avocado, and Pepper Dog salsa. A big salad was definitely necessary after all the junk I ate all weekend! I am getting back to the gym this week!

I am off to go play with the blog some more! Stay tuned for a giveaway tomorrow!!

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Hello! Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was really fun. Lots of drinking..lots of yummy eats…all very necessary after the week I had.

Friday Night Party Time…

Friday after work, my friend Kaity invited me to an end of the season Mets party since she works for them. I met her at the Pines bar by the stadium. She told me to come hungry since there would be a lot of food!

They had a free Italian style buffet for everyone. I tried a little bit of everything.

Salad, chicken marsala, eggplant parmesan, and some ziti. It was all very good, especially the eggplant parm!

We had a great time at the party. The Coors Light promo girls were there so we got a bucket, t-shirt, photo of us, and light up key chain for $15.00 bucks. Pretty good deal.

People were getting bucket after bucket so I can’t even tell you how many beers I had. The Patron girls were there too so I may have had a few free shots too!

Kaity and I were both wasted by the end of the night but luckily her friend drove us home so we didn’t have to get back on the subway at 2 am!

Saturday

I had plans to go to the Reebok Sports Club with my sister Saturday morning since we had free guest passes but I could not move! I canceled and ended up sleeping till 1:00 in the afternoon. Definitely needed it.

I had a bowl of Cheerios with bananas and raisins for brunch.

Bowl #2…necessary when hungover.

Later in the day, my friend and I went to the mall to buy an outfit for our friend Melanie’s birthday at night.

We had a quick dinner in the food court since we took 3 hours to shop and had no time for anything else. They seriously do not have one salad or deli place in the Queens Mall so I ended up getting Japanese.

Nice and oily shrimp teryaki with vegetables.

It was pretty good for being a food court meal!

We went to Melanie’s birthday later which was at Banc in Murray Hill. It was a really cute bar and great place to have a party.

I found Dori right away!

We all had a lot of fun. It’s been forever since we all went out! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE!!

Sunday Family Day

My parents decided to come visit to have breakfast and see the kitty. I met them in the city at my sister’s apartment. I decided to bring Daisy along since my sister never met her! Once my parents arrived, we had brunch at a place called Eatery. I got an egg white omelet with mushrooms and tomatoes.

We brought Daisy to brunch and she sat under the table in her little carrier. She was so good all day. We then carried her over to Tasti D Lite so she could have a lick of ice cream! My parents left and my sister and I decided to take a little walk in Central Park. We did not want to leave Daisy in my sister’s apartment because there were way too many computer cords in there. I carried her in my arms for our entire 2 mile walk! She is seriously a dog. She ended up falling asleep in my arms while walking. Everyone that walked by had to do a double-take because they really could not believe I was walking with a kitten. She is a little freaked out today but it was very fun.

My sister and I went to dinner after our walk at a sushi place called Bamboo 52. I got miso soup, seaweed salad, edamame, and a Dinosaur Roll: salmon, tuna, white fish, mock crab, avocado, cucumber, and flying fish roe.

It was really good! The best part was that it happened to be happy hour on a Sunday night so all of the drinks were half off. I got a Peartini for $4.00! Wahoo!

It was a great weekend but now I am back to reality. I have a few goals for the week.

1. Get back in gym mode. I only made it 2 out of 7 days last week which made me extra miserable each day.
2. Juice each morning. I did it every morning the 1st week I had my juicer but did not wake up once last week in time to juice.
3. No Overeating. Stress last week led me to over eat one too many times.
4. Possibly move my blog to WordPress. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now but need to find someone to help me since I get very frustrated when dealing with technical issues. Any recommendations?

This morning I already went to the gym and made juice so I am off on a good start. What are some of your goals for this week?

Have a lovely day!

Giveaway!

AnApppleaDay is having a Blogiversary Giveaway!

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Hello! I am watching the Phillies and we are winning 6 to 1! Wahoo! I also just got back from Kickboxing and my teacher that I am in love with asked me where I’ve been the past few weeks! Oh yeah. He noticed Anyway, I will do a little recap of yesterday and today plus a review of a new product I love!

On Sunday, I had a bowl of cereal around 4:00 in the afternoon! I slept very late after being out till 6:00 in the morning the night before. I had Kashi Go Lean Crunch with bananas and raisins (also my dinner tonight because I was too lazy to make anything!)

I pretty much did nothing all day since I was so sleepy from Halloween! I got some Subway for dinner to eat while watching the game.

Turkey, ham, cheese, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, sweet peppers, mustard, and popchips on the side!

Watching the game with Daisy May!

Nice lazy Sunday for everyone!

This morning I woke up and made a yummy juice.

I was a little nervous to try carrots because I know a lot of people that hate carrots in their juice. I followed a recipe from the juicer instruction manual and was pleasantly surprised.

I think the key was using 2 big apples so that I could not taste the celery and carrots too much. I will definitely be making that one again. I must say people really like to stare on the subway when drinking an orange or green drink. Guess there is nothing better to look at.

I got to work and made the usual oats.

I took a walk to Hale and Hearty Soups for lunch to get my favorite salad ever.

Mixed greens with edamame, carrots, cues, broccoli, avocado, and carrot-ginger dressing. I really think I need to try carrot-ginger juice since I like the dressing so much. Slightly nervous though. Maybe tomorrow I will be a brave one.

I was not satisfied after the salad and really wanted some chocolate. I took a walk around the Chelsea Market and spotted gelato! I had every intention of just asking for a sample and leaving but the lady was super nice. I felt terrible just walking away so I ended up with a small cup. I forget the flavor name but it was vanilla with hard chocolate pieces. YUM!

Right before I left work, the munchies hit again. I was probably just bored since I had no Internet but I still felt the need to have a snack. I pulled out this baby.

About a week or two ago, I received 2 cookies from the folks at Nutridel.

There were 2 flavors, Flaxseed and Pecan.

About Nutridel (from the Nutridel Website)

NUTRIDEL is an artisan, gourmet cookie, made by hand in small batches with all-natural, earth-loving high quality ingredients. Our cookies contain no animal or dairy products. They are baked to perfection, and the result is a crispy, crunchy snack you can enjoy any time with guilt-free pleasure!

The brand is a concoction of the words “NUTRItious” and “DELicious”, exactly what our cookies represent. Our products are 100% natural, contain no additives, preservatives, artificial colorings, flavorings or sweeteners of any kind. They are loaded with seeds, grains, nuts, fiber and sweetened with a touch of molasses.

I tried the Pecan as soon as I received the package. You know I can’t resist cookies in my desk! Check out the awesome nutrition facts:

59 calories for one cookie? Yes! I can’t eat just one but knowing that 2 cookies was still close to 100 calories made me happy. The short ingredient list was nice to see too: whole wheat flour, wheat bran, amaranth, pecans, molasses, sunflower oil, and natural pecan essence. A+!

The Flaxseed cookie had very similar nutrition facts to the Pecan.

I loved the thin, crunchy texture of the cookies. They were also pretty big in size for only 57 calories. I guess I would compare them to crackers but with a delicious taste. The Pecan and Flaxseed tasted pretty similar to me but I really enjoyed both. Perfect snack for my mid-day munchies! I would definitely purchase these cookies again! They also come in Almond and Oatmeal so I am very curious to try both in the future!

Well I am off to go finish watching the game! Stay tuned for a giveaway tomorrow! For now I will leave you with some other bloggy giveaways!

Andherlittledogtoo’s Yoplait Light Giveaway

Danica’s Nature’s Path Giveaway!

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Happy Hump Day! Well I am starting this on Tuesday night since I have a lot of work to do tomorrow but I am pretty sure I will be passing out soon! So happy Pre-Hump Day! I like it.

I just got back from a blogger meetup with Mari from Namaste and we are texting each other about how we both jumped right on our computers and plugged our camera cords in. I called us computer nerds. She called as blog addicts. Both? I’d say so!

Anyway, since I forgot my camera cord yesterday, I will recap back to Monday! I’ll make it short and sweet since there are lots of yummy food pics to show you!

I had the usual bowl of oats for breakfast and a coffee from the health food store. Only $1.50 for a medium. So long Starbucks!

1 1/2 packets of 365 instant, 1 banana, cinnamon, skim milk, and Artisana Raw Cashew butter! One of these days it will change.

I’m pretty sure I had a Z-Bar before lunch because oatmeal doesn’t fill me up till 1:00 sometimes! Definitely need to mix it up!

Lunch was yummy. I had leftover Japanese food from Sunday night!

I used soy sauce as dressing. Had nothing else!

This was my dad’s leftovers. It was sweet potato and mushroom tempura, 3 California rolls, and teryaki bean sprouts. Remind me never to put tempura in the microwave the next day. It got all mushy and gross! I pealed most of the fried stuff off. No fun when it is not crunchy!

I snacked on a Tropical Tart Larabar later in the afternoon just because it was there. I have to be honest and say that it was the worst Larabar I’ve ever tried! I don’t even know why I finished the whole thing. Pretty much because I suck at throwing out food. The weird pineapple flavor really made me nauseous. Won’t be buying that one again!

After work I did 45 minutes on the elliptical because I knew it was going to be another long night of drinking!

The roommate and I went to Tap House on Austin Street-the same bar we went to the night before. The bartender was so nice and put on the Phillies game right where we were sitting. We had a few Bud Light Limes and then ordered some dinner. Everything on the menu looked like typical bar food…burgers, chicken fingers, wings…..

Eventually I spotted something that sounded delicious!

A grilled chicken sandwich with avocado, goat cheese, lettuce, tomato, honey mustard, and a side of mesculin greens!! Yum!!

I gave Jackie my bread because I decided I would rather have some of her fries! Trying to practice that balance thing! I turned my meal into a grilled chicken, avocado, goat cheese salad. Perfect!

The bartender let us have the 4th beer for free! Wahoo!

The Phillies were losing the whole game but they scored a home run in the very last inning with 2 outs! Yay!!

We got home around 12:30. We were both pretty hungry again…..or just had those drunk munchies!

I had one of those little sample boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios with a piece of banana and some raisins.

What is your favorite drunk munchy food??

Mine is anything fried but I try to be good! I love going to the diner and getting omelets and toast! Yum!

I got in bed by 1 am, missed my 6 am wake up call for the gym today, and got out of bed at 7:20! Lots of coffee was necessary this morning! I think that is why I am so awake right now. Melatonin time!

Hmm…okay I was going to do one big post but I’ll save the blogger meetup for tomorrow! Good Night!!!

Don’t go to bed without entering my Michael Season’s Giveaway!

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Good Morning! I’m a little hungover right now but that’s nothing new! I had a fun weekend that involved some pampering, drinking, and quality family time. Let’s go back to Friday night.

After work I thought about going to the gym but it was rainy, cold, and miserable. No thanks. Some Twitter friends (hi Dori and Caitlin! ) also made it very tempting to go home and relax with a glass of wine by the computer! That is exactly what I did.

Eventually the boy came over and we decided to grab some dinner. We ended up at Cheeburger Cheeburger for a quick yummy meal. He got an Oreo Cheesecake milkshake.

He is weird and didn’t like it. I loveeeed it. He said there were too many oreo chunks in there and a milkshake should not be that way. Personally I love huge oreo chunks no matter what it is!

I got a Portabello Mushroom salad.

I took advantage of the unlimited toppings and got carrots, cucumbers, guacamole, feta cheese, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, artichokes, and roasted red peppers.

Delicious! The boy got a burger of course!

We went to the pet store after and got Daisy a new toy!

We watched The Proposal and then the boy went to work and I went to sleep.

Saturday

Spa day! I got my sister a 1 hour massage and 1 hour facial at Exhale Spa for her wedding. Of course I got myself the package too so we could go together!

I woke up and had a small bowl of cereal since we were also taking a Core Fusion class before the massages!

Kashi Honey Sunshine with raisins.

We took Core Fusion with my favorite teacher. This was the first time my sister took the class and she loved it! She works out all of the time but loved that it targeted muscles in a whole new way. Our teacher gave her a pass too try Core Fusion Sport so we will be going back soon! She now understands why I am so addicted to it. We are both super sore today!

We had an hour to kill before our massages so we went to Hale and Hearty Soups and got salads.

I got the usual….edamame, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, avocado with carrot ginger dressing.

We went back into the spa and put our feet in the whirlpools. The spa is so pretty and relaxing inside. There was a steam room, 3 whirl pools, and a long padded seating area. Everything is coed. Good to know haha. The massage was wonderful. It felt so good after such an intense Core Fusion class! The facial was great too. It was only my 2nd facial and so much better than my first one. Head massages are the best thing ever! Such a relaxing day!

I went home and got some Subway for dinner.

The bread was stale. Yuck. I brought popchips to munch on too. Not going back to Subway for a while after that.

I came home craving some chocolate so I heated up a cranberry Vitatop with chocolate chips and whipped cream. Fun dessert!

 My roommate and I decided to go to a bar to watch the Yankees game after dinner. We decided to check out this bar we always walk by called Anna’s Place. It was the typical neighborhood bar where everyone knows everyone.

I think I had around 6 beers? As if that wasn’t enough…we ordered shots before we left. I got a Kamikaze and she got Sambuca.

Can you tell which one is which? The one on the right looks like a Kamikaze to me! I realized after taking half the shot that it was Sambuca! EWWW! Puke in my mouth? Yes!

We got a little hungry since we had Subway pretty early so we ordered a Turkey Club.

I had the fries and a few bites of the sandwich. Yummy!

She suggested cereal when we got home and my drunk self agreed. At least it was Kashi Go Lean right? I should have just passed out! Drunk munchies…

Sunday

I woke up at 2:00 in the afternoon! Yeah 8 million drinks will do that…

My parents told me they were coming around 4:30 to visit Daisy (and me) to have dinner. I had a Z-bar and banana to hold me over till they got there.

We went to the usual delicious Japanese place by my apartment. Here are some recycled pics since I can’t take pictures when I am with them!

We started with edamame and this fried tofu appetizer. I didn’t like the tofu because it was slimy and did not have any flavor.

I also got miso soup.

Salad with ginger dressing.

Alaskan and vegetable rolls with brown rice. Yummy.

The parents left around 6:30 and then I watched the Phillies game for the rest of the night.

I am off to go catch up on blogs and maybe do work. Have a good day!

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Happy Thursday! I was not in the best of moods this morning. Let’s just say I ate way too much cereal last night! More on that later. I do feel happier now that my mom sent this to me!

Such a little stuffed animal!!! My mom is already trying to keep her and make me get a different kitten! Not happening!! She is too cute!

Anyway, onto food! I am going to start off with a little product review before I get into yesterday’s eats! I received 3 types of Kathy’s Krackers last week and have been munching on them here and there!

About Kathy’s Krackers:

Kathy’s healthy, raw, gluten-free, flaxseed crackers come in three delicious flavors made from the freshest ingredients available. If you like a very full flavored taste with a hint of bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, you’ll love her Savory cracker. If you are in the mood for something spicy, her Salsa cracker is what you need. Or, if you need to satisfy your sweet tooth, the Apple Cinnamon are lightly sweetened with a touch of Stevia.

I tried the Salsa crackers first.

First off, impressive nutrition facts!

I loved the huge size of 1 cracker. The cracker in the picture above is just 1/3 of a whole cracker. They were very thick and crunchy as well. I loved that you could see the pumpkin, flax, and sunflower seeds in the crackers. They had a tomato-like flavor that had a very nice kick to it. Definitely delicious for anyone who likes spicy foods.

Next I tried the Savory.

Nutrition Facts:

The best thing about these is the short ingredient list. I like being able to recognize every single one. The crackers tasted like a mix of vegetables; I’d say mostly peppers and tomatoes. Very flavorful and delicious! I would enjoy this flavor dipped in hummus!

I was most excited to try the Apple Cinnamon since I am slightly in love with anything apple cinnamon flavored.

I enjoyed the first couple bites of this flavor but then decided it had a slightly weird aftertaste. I think next time I will spread jelly or peanut butter on them. They smelled delicious at least!

Overall, I think Kathy’s Krackers are the perfect snack to munch on. If you are interested, they are sold online here!.

Stay tuned for a few more reviews next week since I received a few exciting packages yesterday!

The first was from Pirate’s Booty!

The second one was from Dr. Kracker.

Looks like I will be eating crackers every single day from now on! Don’t ask me how I got all of this home yesterday.

I received one more amazing package yesterday too from a giveaway on Steph Chows!

I won a customized plate made by Janet at Custom Sepia!

Isn’t it so pretty?? I am so excited to eat on it! Thank you Steph and Janet!

Wednesday Eats

As you can see, my Wednesday started off well…until 11:00 at night. I had a nice bowl of oats. They were half plain and half maple spice with a banana and Artisana Sunflower Butter. Loved the maple spice flavor!! Thanks again Hallie!

I decided to go to the gym at lunch. I never ever feel like working out after dinner so I knew it was necessary to at least do something during the day. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical. That might be it for my workouts this week. Kind of sad but hopefully I will be better next week. It seems as though I need to attempt morning workouts again since I had dinner plans every day this week!

I got back to work and had a repeat lunch. Barney Butter and Crofter’s jelly on Nature’s Pride bread.

I snacked on a Z-Bar and Zevia later in the afternoon. Going to the gym at lunch makes me very hungry later!

I decided on Whole Foods for dinner! There are so many other places I want to try but I always forget at the time. I need to make a list or something. I ended up meeting the roommate there.

We walked in and spotted pumpkin pie samples!!

YUM!

Next I found vegetable dumpling samples!

I made one of my nice huge salads.

Everything was good except for the grilled vegetables and eggplant. They were extremely oily!! My favorite part of the salad was the roasted sweet potatoes. Yum Yum.

She got pizza.

 She does not like too much cheese on her pizza so she ended up ripping it off.

I stole it as a topping for my salad. I know..so healthy right? Can’t resist warm melted cheese!

We decided we like the Columbus Circle location much better than Union Square. There are more salad bar options and it is a lot less crowded! The food seems to be less oily too!

We stopped at Lite Choice after!

1/2 Banana and 1/2 Brownie. Great combo!

Did I need more food after that? I think not. I got home and started playing with my laptop because my sister’s husband fixed everything and installed a new hard drive on it. I have the new Windows 7 now which is very cool. Anyway, my iTunes is all gone so I was trying to figure out how to get every song from my iPod back onto iTunes. They really don’t let you do it because of copyright laws but I know there is a way! I could not figure it out and got pretty frustrated. I know, I should have just asked her husband from the start! Instead I checked a million websites and made myself very stressed out.

Stress leads to eating. I could not stop thinking about the Peanut Butter Puffins in the kitchen. Deep down I knew one bowl would lead to more but I went and made a bowl anyway.

I did not take more pictures but I had 2 more bowls after that plus a bowl of Raisin Bran! After the 2nd bowl I figured, why not finish off the box? Yeah, gross. Oh well, I will get back on track today. I am trying to stay positive. Everyone has there days.

Tonight, I have a fun little blog dinner date which I am looking forward to! More on that tomorrow! I will leave you with a few more cute pictures

The chair she is laying on is the actual chair owned by Jerry Garcia. My dad sells his art work for a living so they have a bunch of Jerry’s things. I bet Daisy gets so much attention in his office!

Aw! My little Daisy likes the Grateful Dead. Haha, okay I am done. I have a lot of work today again so I should stop procrastinating! Have a good one!

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Morning! I thought I’d start off with some pictures to brighten every one’s day!

Aww I miss her. My dad may bring her back to me this weekend if she can drink out of a bowl instead of a bottle!

Weekend Recap!

Just a warning before I even start…I ate a turkey sub for almost every meal! I will go back to Friday!

I got my hair highlighted and blown out after work. It was late so I picked up some Subway for dinner. I was in a hurry because I had Melanie’s engagement party to get to!

 I ate it on the train so I couldn’t get a great picture. It was a 6 inch whole wheat with turkey, cheese, lettuce, pickles, sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and mustard. Yummy. I picked up some Reese’s on the way home too!

Delicious!
 On the way to the party!

The party was a lot of fun. Unfortunately I missed seeing Dori by 10 minutes! My friend and I left around 2:00 in the morning pretty drunk. We were both hungry by then since Subway was not too filling. The drunk munchies also came into play of course! We walked through Times Square looking for this amazing pizza place we went to a while ago. We could not find it so we ended up in some random one. I got a slice of mushroom, spinach, and cheese!

It was good to me since I rarely have real pizza but it was not as good as typical New York pizza. It seemed like it was sitting out for too long or something.  It was 3:00 in the morning by this point. I should have went home but we ended up in a 2nd pizza place! I got another slice of mushroom!

This pizza was 10 times better! Best thing ever when drunk!

Saturday 
 
I woke up bright and early to go pick up Daisy! There were 3 kitties to choose from but Daisy let me hold her the longest. She was purring right away!

I had plans to go to Towson, Maryland at night to visit my friend Katie from college. I decided to bring Daisy to my house in Philly so my parents could babysit while I was away. My other college friend Kaity came over and we took the train to Philadelphia.

I had my first Peanut Butter & Jelly Larabar!

Yes, it was just as delicious as all of the bloggers say!

We dropped off Daisy and drove my car the rest of the way to Maryland. We stopped at Wawa on the way for the best sub ever. For some reason it is sooo much better than Subway.

It contained turkey, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, mustard, and sweet peppers.

We got to Maryland around 7:00 and went to a bar later at night.

New York Kaity, Me, Maryland Katie. We were all roommates in college by the way.

After the bar, we were all starving since we ate Wawa at 5:00. We stopped at Royal Farms which is similar to Philly’s Wawa. They were out of whole wheat rolls so I asked for whole wheat bread. Instead they gave me white bread but oh well. It was probably a good thing to soak up the alcohol!

Sunday

We woke up and went to Subway for brunch. I was not kidding when I said I ate turkey for every meal. Better than going to McDonald’s though since we were always on the go!

Sunday we all just watched football and helped Katie clean out her old apartment. Kaity and I drove back home around 6:00 at night. At 8:00, we stopped for dinner! Wawa again!

I will not be eating turkey for another month now! I am craving lots of fruits and vegetables!

I got back to New York around midnight. I was a little hungry so I made a small bowl of Peanut Butter Puffins before heading to bed.

You know you love my new place mats!

Where did I get the Puffins and PB&J Larabar? I won a giveaway from Hallie of Healthy Twists!

It included all of her favorite things which happen to be my favorite things too! Thanks Hallie!!

I also came home to some other great packages! Quinn from Daily Moderation hosted a giveaway with awesome running gear!

Really nice Nike shorts, pepper spray which I love because it supports breast cancer, and Luna Moons! Thanks Quinn!

I received two cool items from Navitas Naturals as well.

I plan to cook something fun with the Coconut Oil later this week or next week!

I also received another giveaway prize pack from Leianna at HealthyFitRunner!

Z-Bars, Larabars, oatmeal, popcorn, tea, green tea mints, seasoning, gummi bears…does it get any better?

Okay, I’ve been on some kind of winning streak lately because I was notified yesterday that I won a Core Rhythms workout video from GirlGetStrong.com. I sent them my address yesterday and it arrived today! Very impressive!

I can’t wait to try it out!! I might actually have fun with this one since it involves dancing and making a fool of myself! Maybe I’ll do it tonight because I haven’t worked out since last Thursday!

I hope my winning streak continues because Dori is giving away some of the best workout DVD’s ever!! Enter here!

I had a great dinner last night but I will save that for tomorrow since this is getting too long! I am going to go do some work now! Have a great day! More Daisy pictures to come!

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2. Weekend Recap
3. Weekend in Towson!

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SUNDAY RECAP

I did not eat breakfast till about 2:00 in the afternoon since I had a long night of drinking the night before! I did have 2 Z-bars when I got up a few times. Finally I made a bowl of cereal!

I added bananas and raisins.

I drank a Vitamin Water too. Slightly addicted to those things.

The cereal was too good not to have a 2nd bowl! I stole some of the boy’s Cocoa Krispies too

We pretty much watched football and did laundry all day. It was one of those lazy Sundays. We did walk to the mall and back so I got maybe an hour of activity in. We saw this girl holding little turtles the day before and she said she got them outside the mall. They were so cute but of course we could not find them on Sunday! They were selling little frogs but apparently the boy has a huge fear of frogs! He said he would not sleep over anymore if I got one! Oh well. Now I am working on a kitten…

We decided to cook dinner since we went out to eat way too much the past week. The theme was Mexican! We started off by making a ton of squash, peppers, and zucchini!

We added Lightlife Smart Ground to the veggies.

We also made some mushrooms and peppers on the side for me since he won’t eat mushrooms.

I also made steamed broccoli.

Along with brown rice.

And corn.
I made one ginormous Mexican salad!

I had a Blue Moon as well which I could not finish because the salad was so big!

Delicious and of course we had tons of leftovers!

We both wanted ice cream a little later. We only had a tiny bit left so we both had an ice cream sandwich with a scoop of ice cream made a sundae!

With whipped cream

MONDAY

I made oats and used the other half of my Justin’s maple almond butter.

I need to buy more. It makes my oats so much better.

I did not bring lunch so I went inside the Chelsea Market and decided on Hale and Hearty Soup.

I made a wonderful chopped salad!

Mesclun greens with carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, avocado, and goat cheese. The best part about the salad was the dressing!! It was low-fat carrot ginger. It tasted just like the stuff they give you in Japanese restaurants!

I got some overpriced popchips to munch on too. Remind me to buy my popchips before I walk into that store next time! I need to go back there again because they had all of these amazing looking wraps. There was a roasted red pepper goat cheese wrap and a new hummus wrap. Today I was good and brought lunch or else I would go there again!

I went right home from work instead of the gym because I had an hour left with the boy before he had to head back to work for the week. Check out the leftovers we had!

I made a fresh salad with mushrooms, peppers, mozzarella cheese, and cucumbers.

The boy made a fresh bag of rice and we topped everything over our salads again!

Sorry about the smoke! That is definitely the best dinner ever.

He left and I was too lazy to go to the gym so I decided to do a workout video. I rented Jillian Michaels “No More Trouble Zones” from Netflix last week so I decided to give it a whirl. It brought back major Shred memories. I only lasted 20 of the 40 minutes but my legs are sore today! The entire 20 minutes was squats and lunges so it is no surprise that I can barely walk. I was tired and probably did not let my food digest long enough so I just stopped the video in the middle. I am sending it back and getting another workout video to try next. Gotta love Netflix.

I spent the rest of the night trying to fix my laptop. I found the problem on Google. It is a fake virus program that claims you have 40 viruses just to get you to pay the $60.00. There was step by step directions on how to get rid of it. I did them but was unsuccessful so I will try again tonight! I was angry so I went in the kitchen and got dessert.

1 frozen banana with carob chips and whipped cream. There might be an ice cream sammy hiding under the whipped cream too!

I was stuffed after that and should have went to bed. Instead I grabbed another snack.

A Z-Bar and Blueberry Oikos with a ZEVIA Root Beer. Also when the Z-bar was gone and there was still more yogurt left, I went in the kitchen and added more Kashi Honey Sunshine into the cup. Blah. I know they are all healthy snacks but I was beyond full after the salad so they were just part of my mindless eating habits.

This morning I decided to pull out my food journal from last year. Maybe it will help more if I have to write these snacks down with a pen and paper. I will try it for a few days and see because I am tired of eating everything in sight after dinner. Obviously taking pictures is not enough for me. There is also a little comments section so I can write how I feel the next day which may help.

Have you ever kept a food journal? Did it help you?

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Happy Friday! Don’t worry, there were no police encounters or drug arrests this morning! Just a typical boring subway ride into the city. It was all worth it yesterday for our yummy breakfast!

We went to a deli called Chelsea Gourmet. I got an egg white and American cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread with a Vitamin water.

Simple but delicious sandwich!

Now for boy’s breakfast:

Bacon, egg and cheese on a bagel, watermelon, pudding, and orange juice (plus pasta an hour later). I split the watermelon and pudding with him though so it wasn’t that much! All of that was under $15.00 so it was a nice deal! Definitely a lot less expensive than it would have been at Energy Kitchen!

I brought a lovely sandwich for lunch.

I used:

Yesterday was my first time trying crunchy Barney Butter and I highly enjoyed it. It’s been in my cabinet for over 6 months now but I lost my taste for Barney Butter for a while. I bought a jar of the creamy plus 50 of the packets a while ago so I got kind of sick of them. Plus the packets would harden and all of the oil would pour into my oats so I got grossed out. Anyway the crunchy is delicious but I dought I’d spend the money on it again.

I could eat this sandwich for ever meal. Yum. I had some Soy Crisps on the side.

I was not completely satisfied after lunch so I stopped at Westside Market and picked up coffee, fruit, and a piece of chocolate. Best combo!!

After work the boy and I went to Whole Foods! We hadn’t been there for 2 months so we were both extremely excited! I pretty much got one of everything from the salad bar.

Baked tofu

• Garlic string beans
• Sesame broccoli
• Edamame
• Carrots
• Chickpeas
• Soba noodles
• Roasted Veggies (best part of the salad)

The boy got salad plus a giant slice of pizza.

I had a piece of it. So delicious!

After we ate, I organized all of my coupons to get ready for some bargain shopping!

I left with lots of goodies!!

The popchips were Buy 1 Get 1 Free. The Z-Bars were 2 for $6.00! I guess the only thing I payed full price for was the Justin’s Maple Almond Butter packet for $1.00. I see it on all the blogs so I needed to try it! Everything else you see below was FREE!

Let’s just say the cashier hated me. Actually he said he wanted to start his own blog! Lol. Very exciting when the bill goes from $30.00 to $9.00.

We got home and brought out our new Turtle Mountain Mint Marble Fudge ice cream… and a few other toppings for a banana split!

I opened the ice cream and was very excited to see huge chunks of fudge!!

I heated up the Z-Bar for 10 seconds, added some banana and whipped cream, and made the best banana split ever!

Very nice way to end the night!

Juicer News!

The other day I went to Barnes N’ Noble because I had a gift card to use. I never buy books there because why not get them on Amazon for 1/4 of the price? I decided to pick book that I would read more than once. That usually means a food book! Since I’ve been debating with myself about whether or not to get a juicer, I decided on this book:

I figured I should educate myself a little more about juicing before making such a big purchase. I am only on chapter 4 but it already convinced me to go ahead and get one! I decided to buy the juicer that Gena recommends on her “kitchen tools” section.

I am very excited about it now! I will just have to get used to buying all organic produce and waking up a little early but it will be a change for the better. There are some good juice recipes in the book but if you guys have any recommendations, let me know! I will make a nice list.

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3. Late Late!

I just had one eventful morning!!! The boy came to New York to visit me today. His train got here at 8:00 am so we decided to have breakfast together. I woke up an hour early so I could meet him at Penn Station as soon as his train arrived. I really wanted to take him to Energy Kitchen near my work but I was not sure if we would have time. We met at 8:15 and rushed to the subway. And the excitement starts now…

I have an Unlimited Metro card so I can use it as many times as I want in a month for a certain price. The only little issue is that you are not allowed to use the card twice in a row. Every now and then, the boy and I go through the gate together using my card because we are too lazy to add money to his. Yeah, it is pure laziness.   Those subway machines also tend to steal my money so I really hate using them.

Anyway, since we were in such a rush today to have breakfast before work, we went through the gate together using my card. Usually no one sees and if one of the employees does see, they tell him to pay his fare but let him keep walking. They don’t care too much about $2.25. Today we both saw 2 cops standing there after we went through together. I kept walking like I was clueless. I heard the female cop say, “Ma’am!” I turned back and the boy was stopped so I turned around and went back over to them. They asked us both where we were from. He told them he is from Pennsylvania. I told them I am from PA but live in New York now. They asked to see our Id’s. Both of us have Pennsylvania Id’s so the cop was a little confused. She asked me how long I’ve lived in New York and I said 2 years. She said, “You should know by now that each one of you has to pay the fare.” The boy told her it was his fault and that we were in a hurry. She told him to go back and pay his fare.

We thought that was it but then the 2 cops went to the side and started talking. The female cop came back over to me again and asked where I am from. I told her a 2nd time I am from Pennsylvania but live in New York. She told me I was not clear with her and that I never told her I lived in New York. She said that when a cop asks me something, I better be as clear as possible. She asked me why I had a Pennsylvania licence. I told her I never got it changed. She asked again how long I’ve been in New York. I said 2 years! Then she asked my address! She really did not believe me or she was just confused. I told her my address and she said that I am supposed to get a new Id after living in New York for 30 days. I told her I’ve never heard that before. I looked away from her for a minute and she told me that she could have given me a citation so I better look her in the eye!! Then the boy asked the 2nd cop a question and she said, “It was very rude of you to ask him a question while I am talking.” I tried not to laugh ha ha. Finally she let us go and yelled at the boy because his bag was open (the zipper was broken).

She was really rude and thought she was so great. I guess she has nothing better to do with her time on a Thursday morning. I think the male cop did not care at all. He just stood there and listened. Whatever, it gave us something to laugh about after!

Once she was done with us, it was 8:25. We ran onto a train and realized we got on the wrong one! It was going uptown and we had to go downtown. We ran off and finally got to my work area at 8:30! No time for Energy Kitchen so we went to a deli called Chelsea Gourmet instead. Breakfast ended up being delicious but you will have to wait till tomorrow to see pictures!

Back to yesterday….No arrests or anything but there was yummy food!

I woke up at 5:30 (ugh) and could not fall back asleep. I don’t need to wake up till 7:00 usually so it makes me so mad when I wake up just an hour or two early! Back in the day I would wake up and work out but I was too sleepy yesterday. I decided to just have an early breakfast and then try to go back to sleep after since food always seems to be the solution.

I made Kashi Heart to Heart with bananas and raisins.

Bowl # 2 obviously.

Luckily I ran out of milk after the second bowl because a third bowl is usually made in the middle of the night.

The cereal worked and I fell right back asleep till 7:20. I knew I was not going to want oatmeal when I got to work after eating all of that cereal so I made an omelet to bring to work with me. I stuck it inside an Arnold’s Sammy with Laughing Cow.

I was hoping I would not need it till around lunch time since I had all of that cereal already. I was good until about 11:00 and then ate the sammy.

I brought a Perfect Foods bar with me to eat later in the afternoon as well.

I’ve had a box of these bars for months now but I never touched them! Also I prefer to eat bars as snacks but this can be considered a meal replacement bar. It contains 283 calories and 18 grams of protein. I have a hard time just eating half of something so I guess I just avoided bringing them to work. They are definitely great for eating on-the-go if there are no other healthy options.

The carob chip flavor was delicious! The bar tasted like peanut butter but had little carob chips in it. It was huge and really filled me up. It actually filled me up so much that I was at an uncomfortable fullness level during the afternoon. I probably only needed half but it was too good to save!

I love the ingredient list:

Peanut Butter*, Raw Unheated Buddy Bee Honey*, Milk Protein, Egg Protein, Raisins, Walnuts, Rice Protein, Dried Whole Food Powders (Sunflower Seed*, Sesame Seed*, Flax Seed*, Rice Bran*, Rose-Hip*, Orange*, Lemon*, Grapefruit*, Tomato*, Apple*, Bell Pepper, Papaya*, Mango*, Black Cherry, Cranberry, Fig, Alfalfa*, Celery*, Spinach*, Parsley*, Mint, Kelp*, Dulse*), Olive Oil*, Sunflower Seed Oil, Sesame Seed Oil*, Flax Seed Oil*, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Almond Oil, and Rice Bran Oil.

*denotes organic ingredients

I ate the bar around 1:00 and did not get hungry again till 8:30 so yes, it did it’s job!

GYM!

I finally made it to the gym last night for the first time in 2 weeks! I was exhausted but decided that even if I only did a half hour of cardio it would be better than nothing. I need to get that mentality back in my head instead of the all or nothing approach. I know even just 20 minutes is better than nothing. Hopefully I am out of the gym rut now! (Except I can’t go today of course).

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and then found out that Cardio Kickboxing was going on. Usually on Wednesdays it is step class which I attempted twice but decided I am way to uncoordinated to ever try again. The class was great last night! I burned 230 calories on the elliptical and then another 400 in class! He had us do more cardio than usual I think. Lots of jump roping and jumping jacks. I probably would have left the gym after my elliptical session so I am happy the class motivated me to stay!

I was a hungry girl when I got home. There was more pasta but no way was I eating it for the 4th night in a row! I am glad I didn’t because the boy just called me and said he is eating it now. We did just eat breakfast an hour ago but you know him! Instead I had this!

I knew I wanted to cook it with salsa but which one??

This is why I’ve been tyring to eat salsa with dinner so much! Finally I chose this one:

I poured it all over the crumbles with red peppers and mushrooms.

At the last minute I decided to add a Laughing Cow wedge. Can’t have Mexican without some sort of cheese!

I brought out my last bag of Miguel’s chips!

I topped everything over a salad. It was wonderful!

Mexican is never complete with beer!

I got so full from the salad that I barely even drank the beer! I did have room for dessert a little later though

Same as the night before…Oikos with grapes and carob chips. Yesterday was the first day I looked at the serving size for the carobs. 2 tablespoons…hmm yeah not happening! They are so addicting.

Hi my name is Missy and I don’t know how to have just 1 serving of dessert:

At least the dessert was a healthy one

Speaking of Oikos…look what came in the mail yesterday!

I won a giveaway from Healthy Twists last week! I am very excited about all of the free Oikos coupons. Just in time for my trip to Whole Foods tonight The best part is that the Oikos was only 1/4 of the giveaway! There are so many more amazing prizes on the way! I will post about them when they arrive! Thanks Hallie!!!

Here are some other giveaways for you to enter!

NiccisNiftyEats Dr. Kracker Giveaway!

Priorfatgirl’s Favorite Things Giveaway!

New York Blogger Meetup:

My friend Ellen from Inside I’m Still Dancing will be visiting New York all the way from Scotland! There will be a meetup on October 9th in NYC. Let me know if you are interested and I will e-mail you the details!

Come back tomorrow for Whole Foods adventures and juicer news!

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