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Progresso Panko Gift Pack Giveaway!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Hello! Yesterday I mentioned that I was going to save my Sunday night dinner for today’s post since it involves a giveaway! I received a few things from MyBlogSpark and ProgressoFoods a few days ago that were perfect tools and ingredients for a delicious dinner!

The sample pack included:

Sample Pack of Progresso panko
Carton of Progresso broth
Measuring cup
Slotted spoon
Soup ladle
Sheet pan for baking.

I was very excited about the panko since my sister cooked panko breaded tilapia for me a few months ago and I’ve been meaning to buy it ever since!

About Progresso’s panko and broths:

Progresso´s panko is a flaky bread crumb which adds a light crispiness to your food and is available in two flavors, plain and Italian.

Progresso broths are 100% natural and use high quality ingredients to achieve a great homemade taste. They are fat free, gluten free, contain no preservatives, no added MSG and no artificial flavors. Progresso broth is available in chicken and reduced sodium chicken and beef flavors

On Sunday I decided to make panko breaded chicken. Main ingredients:

I dipped the chicken in Egg Beaters, coated it with panko, and then put it on the baking pan.

Missy in action!

I had extra eggs left so I decided to do the same thing with mushrooms and squash. I added garlic powder, pepper, and chili to give the chicken and vegetables some flavor.

I set the oven to 400 degrees and cooked everything for 20 minutes. I topped the chicken with red sauce and lots of veggies.

The chicken came out great! It was crispy and very flavorful.

My Plate:

I topped a piece of the chicken over salad with veggies, red cause, and a little bit of whole wheat pasta.

Great dinner! It was like fried chicken but without all the greese and fat!

Last night I had leftovers! Delicious the next night too!

I will definitely be cooking with the panko again very soon! I want to make panko breaded fish and maybe some chicken fingers too!

In case any of you are interested, there is a coupon on ProgressoFoods.com for $1.00*off any two Progresso products. At ProgressoBroth.com, you´ll find a coupon for $.50 off a package of broth.

Giveaway!

One reader will win a Progresso panko and broth prize pack which includes a sample of Progresso panko, a carton of Progresso broth, a measuring cup, slotted spoon, soup ladle and a sheet pan for baking!!

How to Enter:

1) Leave me a comment telling me how to use my Progresso broth!

2) Link back to this giveaway on your blog and let me know below.

3) Tweet this giveaway. “RT @Missy Maintains is giving away a Progresso Prize Pack! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/1XPPCK”

**Bonus Entry if you head to SingleEdition.com and answer the following questions:

Are there any suggestions/tips that can improve the website? Anything we should add in terms of content, resources or offline that will help you out? What do you enjoy the most about the site? And the least? Please let us know and don’t be shy!!

I will choose the winner this Friday, October 30th! Good luck!!

Are You a Blog Addict?

MissyMaintains — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:54:00 +0000

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!

Monday Night Bar Hoppin!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:08:00 +0000

Before I get started about my Monday night football drunk adventures, I wanted to thank Amanda over at RuntotheFinish for this nice award!

Amanda is an amazing runner and always writes very inspirational posts about her goals, motives, and life in general. She also has about 50 giveaways going on at once right now so be sure to check out her blog!

In order to accept this award I have to answer the following questions with only 1 word answers…

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2.Your hair? Straight
3. Your mother? Exercise
4. Your father? Handy
5. Your favorite food? Sushi
6. Your dream last night? Forget!
7. Your favorite drink? Beer!
8. Your dream/goal? Nutrition
9. What room are you in? Office
10. Your hobby? Blogging
11. Your fear? Rats!
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Caribbean
13. Where were you last night? Bars
14. Something you aren’t? Loud
15. Muffins? Yes!
16. Wish list item? Wii
17. Where did you grow up? Philadelphia
18. Last thing you did? Chat
19. What are you wearing? Dress
20. Your TV? Nice
21. Your pets? Daisy!!!!
22. Your friends? Fun!
23. Your life? Crazy
24. Your mood? Happy
25. Missing someone? Daisy!
26. Vehicle? Mazda
27. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
28. Your favorite store? Whole (You can guess the 2nd word)
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Saturday
32. Your best friend? Katie
33. One place that I go over and over? Work
34. One person who emails me regularly? Boss
35. Favorite place to eat? Whole…

Now I am supposed to pass the torch on to 6 more bloggers! I love you all so I will just give it to the first 6 I think of!

1) Dori at Dori’s Shiny Blog
2) Jaclyn at New York Noms
3) Lora at Honey Nut Lo
4) Megan at Megzz Wins at Life
5) Jen at PriorFatGirl
6) Diana at Soap and Chocolate

Monday Night Football

I got some great recommendations yesterday for places to watch the game in the city. I researched places with good food and drink specials for a few hours at work. Kept me nice and busy Finally I went with Julie’s suggestion to go to Joshua Tree Bar! I checked it out online and the menu looked delicious and it got great reviews.

The boy met me at work at 6:00 and we decided to walk to the bar since the game did not start until 8:30. The bar was about 35 blocks away so we got some nice exercise in! We made it all the way to Penn Station (had 14 more blocks to go) and decided to stop in a different bar for a drink.

We both got 2 Bud Lights. He also ordered a buffalo chicken finger appetizer.

I tried to eat one since I was starving but the sauce was way too spicy and salty. I ended up wiping it all off but decided to wait until the next bar to eat something better!

We walked a little more and stopped in a 2nd bar called Playwright Celtic Pub. We both got a Blue Moon.

The boy tried to order mozzarella sticks or chili cheese fries but I made him wait till Joshua Tree to order more!

We finally got there around 7:30. It is on restaurant row and we decided we must come back and try all of the cute places!

The bar was not too packed which was nice. We sat upstairs in comfortable booths and had a great view of the big screen down below!

Very nice atmosphere! Thanks Julie!

We started off with a Bud Light Lime bucket. It was 5 full size beers for $18.00. Not bad.

The boy started to order nachos but I convinced him that edamame would be a better choice! I can’t resist nachos and would have felt gross after so I am glad he changed it!

It was so good that he got us a 2nd order of edamame!

I was so full by this point from all of the beer and edamame so I decided not to order an actual entree. I agreed to eat all of his fries if he ordered a burger!

The fries were delicious! Nice and crunchy! He said the burger was the best burger he’s ever had! I had to try a few bites!

Yes, it really was the best burger ever! It was thick and juicy and melted in my mouth! He already wants to come back just to order it again! They have a lobster special which I am dying to come back for too!

By the time half time hit, we were very drunk and tired. We could barely finish our beer bucket! Tragedy! We decided to head home and watch the rest of the game in my apartment. Karaoke night was also starting which was not too fun to listen to while trying to watch the game!

I made a friend!

We went down to the subway and stood there for 20 minutes. Finally we realized the train we needed was not running. We had to walk 2 more blocks to a different station. I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home so we missed the 2nd half of the game! All I remember from the subway ride home is blasting my iPod and dancing! People probably thought we were nuts!

We got home and the boy made ice cream. Yeah..he has a never ending appetite. I had one spoonful and passed out!

Morning Workout

I really did not think I was waking up for the gym today! The alarm went off at 6:00. I stayed in bed till 6:20 and decided I made a promise not only to myself but to all of you so I got up! I ended up doing another 50 minutes on the elliptical. I went through 3 bottles of water so I must have been super dehydrated! It definitely helped the hangover!

I’m glad I went because I have another exciting night planned for later! I am going to the 2nd Live the Life You Love event at Saks! Tonight’s theme is health, mind, and body so I am very excited. If any of you would like to go last minute, let me know!

Giveaways!

In case you missed it this morning, be sure to enter to win Silk Heart Health Milk and other surprise goodies! There will be 3 winners!

Other Awesome Giveaways!

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Applesauce Giveaway!

Nut Clusters Giveaway!

Amazing Grass Giveaway!

Nut Butter Giveaway!

Shoe Giveaway!

Nugo Giveaway!

Have a good day!

Cake, Ice Cream, Brownies=Sickness Cure!

MissyMaintains — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Good Morning! I am finally back at work. I am feeling a lot better today. Friday I had to leave work at 12 because the bright lights and computer screen were making me so dizzy and nauseous. I really could not sit here. Saturday I felt good and went out but Sunday I had fevers all day. Today I am just tired and slightly dizzy but much better than last week! Vertigo was probably one of the worst illnesses I’ve ever had! I am going to do a recap of Friday and Saturday but save Sunday for my next post to save you guys from reading a novel first thing in the morning!

Friday

I got to work and decided to treat myself to my favorite breakfast ever since I felt so awful. I ordered from Energy Kitchen-5 egg whites with mushrooms, tomatoes, and low-fat mozzarella cheese in a whole wheat wrap.

Check out the inside.

I will never ever get sick of this wrap! Definitely made me feel better for about 5 minutes!

I sat at my desk suffering till noon and finally decided I needed to leave. I left at 1:00 which was my lunch time anyway. I decided to pick up some lunch on my way home so I stopped at Cafe Metro and I got a build-your-own salad.

It contained chicken, edamame, carrots, avocado, and low-fat honey Dijon dressing. It was delicious

I was craving ice cream (always great when sick) so I stopped at Tasti-D-Lite of course. I got half Cookies n’ Cream and half Chocolate Marshmallow with crunchies.

I went home and passed out for about 5 hours. I woke up and this was in front of my face.

Yes, the boy came over and brought me a beautiful chocolate mousse! YUM.

We decided to go see a movie later at night. We wanted to see Time Traveler’s Wife which was playing near us the week before but it was gone on Friday! We saw 9 instead. It was a cute little animated movie.

I think it was 10 or 11 by the time the movie was over so we were a little hungry for dinner even after all of the ice cream and cake. We took the subway to Applebee’s for a late night meal. We were the only ones on the subway! I was jumping around a little bit!

I got a Blue Moon but could only drink half since I was all dizzy.

The boy ordered mozzarella sticks as an appetizer. We did not realize it came with 9 of them!

I think I had 3 and let him have the rest.

I got the California Shrimp salad.

It came with eggs, grape tomatoes, bacon, shrimp, and olives. No olives for me though. The shrimps were very good! We went home and passed out right after eating.

Saturday

We woke up at 1:00 in the afternoon both craving cereal so I ran to the store and got Kashi for myself and Trix for him.

I added banana and raisins. Yummy.

We found out last week that Armin Van Buuren would be playing on Governor’s Island from 1:00 to 5:00 for a Dutch festival going on. Even though we just saw him last week, we were both dying to go. I didn’t think it would happen since I felt so sick but I was feeling okay on Saturday. Finally at 2:00 we decided to try to make it. We got to the Pier at 3:00 and took the Water Taxi over to the island.

I am so happy we went! It was amazing! We made our way to the very front. This was my 5th time seeing Armin and was the closest I’ve ever been. I’m very in love.

I was very close to getting his autograph I got knocked out in the process.

This was my first time at Governor’s Island. It was very cute there! I want to go back when the weather is nicer.
He walked by me again!
Bye bye Armin…
The festival going on was called the New Island Festival. We checked it out for a few minutes and got some Gelato on the way!

Chocolate chip…very good!

Since we were downtown, the boy suggested going to Chevy’s for dinner. We both loved it last time so I agreed! Delicious chips!

I got a Corona Light x2.
I got the Sante Fe Chicken Salad: Grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, roasted red peppers with salsa vinaigrette.

It was delicious!! The boy got 3 tacos.

I stole his black beans. Amazing salad.

As if we did not have enough dessert already on Friday, he had to order another crazy dessert! Oreo brownie ice cream sundae!! Omg it was heaven. I tried to ignore the little 1370 calorie reminder on the menu! We downed it in 5 minutes.

We got home and got ready for my friend Kaity’s birthday. I was so exhausted and dizzy and probably should have stayed home but I did not want to miss her party. It was at a bar in the city called Slate. While waiting for the subway, a rat ran out at me. I started screaming and crying and had a panic attack. It almost ran over the boy’s foot. It was HUGE. Ugh so scary.

At the bar…

I did good and only had a few beers since I was so out of it. I went outside and played with the horsies!

We went home pretty early because the bar was kind of annoying and my friend was falling over right away anyway!

That’s it for Friday and Saturday. I stayed in bed all day Sunday feeling sick but I did do some cooking so I will post about that tomorrow. I had to miss the 5K but I plan to sign up for another one soon. Hopefully I can get back to the gym sometime this week!

Event Reminder:

Tomorrow is the first Live the Life You Love event at Saks Fifth Avenue. There will be money and career experts along with free makeovers and after hours personal shopping. Let me know if you are interested!

Giveaway!

HealthyFitRunner’s 100th Post Giveaway!

Have a good day!

Sunday Outdoor Run!

MissyMaintains — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Good Morning! Normally I’d be all blah since it is Monday but this week is a going to be a good one! I get to take off an entire day this Wednesday to go on a retreat with my boss! I think we are getting manicures and maybe some spa treatments. We are deciding at lunch today. Friday I get off at 1:00 too so it will be a nice short week! Saturday and Sunday I am going to a 2-day music festival on Randall’s Island (Electric Zoo) so I am extremely excited.

The rest of my weekend was pretty good. I will start from where I left off on Saturday! Around 6 I heated up more Chinese food leftovers.

Steamed chicken with mixed veggies, brown rice, and salad with ginger dressing. I had a Coors Light with lemon too

Dessert was grapes, a Cranbran Vitatop (so good), and a piece of a frozen Hershey’s bar. I needed my chocolate!

After dinner I took the subway to Central Park. Paul Van Dyke, one of my favorite house DJ’s was putting on an outdoor concert. I skipped paying the $45.00 to get in and just listened from outside. He was really good!

I got back around 11 and was hungry again! I made an open faced turkey and cheese sandwich on Dave’s Killer bread. I had some pita chips and hummus on the side.

I also had a delicious nectarine.

You know you like my cutting skills!

Sunday

I woke up around 10 starving again! I got out some ingredients to make a nice omelet.

I made a mushroom and goat cheese omelet!

I had a slice of Dave’s Killer bread with Crofter’s Organic Superfruit spread. I also had some POMx so I could wake up a little for a workout!

I waited 2 hours for my food to digest and decided to attempt an outdoor run. I have a 5K in 2 weeks so I needed some practice! I also just got the Nike+iPod so I wanted to calibrate it and see how far I ran during my previous 35 minute run. I did some research on MapMyRun.com and found that 1 time around the path at Flushing-Corona park is 2.18 miles. Last time I ran around it 1 1/2 times so I most likely did over 3 miles.

This is what the park looks like! Very pretty scenery!

I ran around the path once so that I could calibrate the Nike+iPod. It told me I ran 2.7 miles but it was more like 2.2. I knew it was not completely accurate because I had to do a lot of zig- zagging since the lake tends to overflow on the path. It was very muddy!

I waited a few minutes and decided to run around the path again! I wanted to see how accurate it was. The 2nd time around was a lot harder than the first. I wanted to stop but was so determined to calibrate the Nike+iPod so I kept going. I got this pain at the very top of my left leg too. The pain is still there so I need to figure out how to stretch it.

I finally reached the end and it said I ran 2 miles so I changed it to 2.18 to make it more accurate.

Stats

Run: 2.18 Miles
Duration: 23 minutes and 23 seconds
Pace: 10’43″
Calories:190

My heart rate monitor said I burned 250 I think so I believe that more. I thought I ran much slower so I was very happy with my stats! Now I am just very worried about the hills for the 5K since this track is completely flat. I will do my best though!

I walked around the track one more time to cool down. The sun was out so I wanted to get some color too! I ended up doing 6.6 miles total for the day.

Total Stats:

Calories Burned: 725
Maximum Heart Rate: 191
Average Heart Rate: 157

It’s funny, when I don’t run for a week or two I really dread going again. Today I woke up and really wanted to go for a run! Unfortunately I would have to wake up at 5 am if I wanted to run on that track before work since it is a 20 minute walk just to get there. I don’t feel comfortable running around my neighborhood (I get lost and there are weird men) so I will just stick with it on weekends!

I made a protein drink after my long workout.

I was craving watermelon too so I picked up a nice big tub on my way home and topped it over Chobani.

I sat around and read for a while and got hungry for some dinner! I made a turkey and cheese panini.

So much better when it is grilled! I had salad and tortilla chips on the side. Oh and hummus of course.

My roommate came home so we watched I Love You Man. It was a cute movie.

We snacked on some Cape Cod popcorn (x2).

Along with some Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream! (x2).

Both bowls of my ice cream were huge. I always feel so snacky on Sunday nights. I guess because I am bored and only think about food! I had cookies too but am saving those for a product review this week! Oh well!

Ow, ever since I hit my head on the freezer, I’ve been having bad headaches! Could this be a concussion? I’ve never had one before. Who knows??

I have no work to do as usual so I guess I am off to go read blogs!

Today is the last day to enter my Dave’s Killer Bread Giveaway! I will be choosing a winner tomorrow and a new amazing giveaway will begin!!

My Sister’s Wedding!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:58:00 +0000

Hey! I am back from a wonderful wedding weekend. Thank you for all of your nice comments about my dress. They made me feel a lot better! I went to the tailor on Saturday morning by my sister’s apartment. They were able to fix the bottom of the dress which was completely uneven. They were not able to make my dress any looser but I managed. They charged me another $60.00 to fix the bottom so I plan on going back to the first tailor today with the receipt to try to get some money back. If not, I will dispute the charge on my credit card since I did not get the services I paid for. We’ll see! The wedding was perfect and beautiful so I was not too worried about the dress.

Saturday during the day we got very nice manicures and pedicures in Long Island. My sister’s rehearsal dinner was at night at an Italian restaurant called Sergio’s. There were 65 people there!

My sister and I:

Unlimited wine..I was happy!

My table..apparently there was a big smudge on my camera lens!

There was a 4 course menu. I got salad, minestrone soup, and my sister and I split the Chicken with Mushrooms Marcela and the Filet of Sole. They had all kinds of cookies for dessert. It was delicious!

After dinner, most of the bridal party went out to a bar. I was already pretty tipsy from all of the wine but I do not turn down more drinks!

My cousin and I:

Bridesmaids…

Shots!

Fun night!

Sunday we woke up at 7:30 bright and early. A makeup artist and 2 hair stylists came to our hotel room to make us pretty!

So fun getting all of this done in a hotel room!

We ate breakfast at the same time! I am holding a mushroom and tomato egg white omelet with whole wheat toast.

My sister’s hair! It came out so pretty!

We got to the synagogue around noon and did photo shoots and a rehearsal. They decorated everything so nicely. There were pictures of my sister and Mike with candles and rose peddles all over.

Place cards…

Her dress!

Seriously the prettiest wedding dress I’ve ever seen.

They put out lots of snacks for us while getting ready! Fruit, vegetables, chicken nuggets, pigs in a blanket, mini turkey wraps, and this chicken that looked like sushi! It had veggies in the center of it.

I had lots of fruit, 2 pieces of the chicken nuggets, a chicken sushi, and a mini wrap. I was starving!

I don’t have any pictures of the ceremony yet since I was in it! It was beautiful. My shoe broke right before so I was freaking out about walking down the aisle and falling! I put a safety pin on my heel so I was okay.

The cocktail hour was amazing. There was SO much food. They had a station with hummus, pitas, and falafel. They had a sushi station and there were actually sushi chefs making the sushi in front of you! They had a station with Brandi-infused duck and Brandi shots next to it. They also had one with tequila lime chicken and tequila shots next to it! There was a huge grilled veggie and fruit display, pasta, and basically everything and anything you could ever imagine.

Daddy and I!

My cousin and I…

The huge veggie table!

My first plate: asparagus, squash, falafel, hummus, and eggplant dip.

Sushi!

1/2 of the bridesmaids!

We did some drinking and dancing and started dinner. Luckily my cousin sat next to me and knows about the blog so I was able to get pictures!

Pretty salad!

The roll was stuffed with roasted squash, eggplant, and sweet potato! Amazing!

Speech time! I was so nervous but everyone loved my speech. I did okay since I had a few drinks in me!

Me, my cousin, my aunt, and my mom. My mom and aunt are twins if you didn’t notice! (Not sure who the woman on the left is haha).

Dad, Sister, Me, Mom!

Dancing!

Bridal party with hubby and wifey!

There were trays and trays of shots on the dance floor. I probably took 6 in a row!

The rings!

My main course was miso-glazed halibut with couscous, spinach and bok choy!

Delicious!!!

My cousin wanted me to take a picture of his meal, steak with fried onions on top!

The groom crowd surfing!

Cutting the cake!

Shot time again!

I enjoyed my shot but I don’t think my cousin did….

Coffee shots to go with dessert!

Chocolate molten lava cake, chocolate covered strawberry, ice cream in a chocolate shell, and peaches. Can we say heaven?? By this point, my dress broke and the zipper busted! My back was all open but I did not care since it was the end of the night and I was slightly drunk!

I was not kidding about taking shot after shot! It was crazy!

They left for their hotel in a Rolls Royce!

The entire night was amazing! The food was great, the band was the best I’ve ever heard at a wedding, and everything was beautiful!

Sunday night I got to stay in the hotel suite my by myself! It was fun! On Monday my parents and I picked up my sister and her husband (so weird to say) and went to the Mets/Phillies game!

We met her husband’s parents there along with the Rabbi that married them! It was so nice that we all got to sit together!

The Phillies won which made it even better! Great weekend!! I will leave you with some giveaways if you are still reading this!

Priorfatgirl’s Cookbook Giveaway!

FitnessNYC’s Physique 57 DVD Giveaway!

Core Fusion Day 1

MissyMaintains — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Hello hello. It sucks to be in the office right now when it is actually sunny for once! Hopefully it stays this way for the weekend! I realized yesterday that I get off at 1:00 on Thursday and have no work Friday so I am very excited! I am trying to figure out something to do that involves the beach. The sun makes me happy. Well on to yesterday’s food since I am stuck behind a computer for the next 6 hours!

Breakfast was a Chobani and Honest Foods Maple Almond Crunch Granola Plank.

I always try to just eat half the plank since a whole one is 380 calories but I always end up reaching in my desk for the 2nd half later in the morning. Oh welll.

I also had Yogi Detox Tea.

I found it in the office kitchen so I figured I’d try it. It does not taste so great.

For lunch, my company provided everyone with a buffet to celebrate the new fiscal year. I managed to get a quick shot with my camera phone!

It was very good! I had salad, an amazing raisin bread roll, chicken, asparagus, peppers, squash and zucchini. They should feed us more often!

I also treated myself to a Diet Coke.

It was so good after not having soda for a really long time!

Later in the afternoon, I snacked on an apple and some Newman’s Own dark chocolate.

After work, Dori and I went to a free Core Fusion class at the Gansevoort Hotel. Yesterday was the grand opening of the Exhale Spa so they offered some complimentary classes. I was very excited when Dori told me that our instructors would be the husband and wife from the Body Sculpt and Pilates DVD that we own! Fred and Elizabeth are the Exhale founders and Core Fusion creators so I knew the class would be a good one.

The spa was very fancy and beautiful. It had a tea bar and small gym upon walking in. My only complaint would be the small locker room. There was not much room for us to change and not enough lockers for everyone since the classes are back to back. They also did not seem completely prepared yet for everyone. The bathrooms had no toilet paper and there was mouthwash but no cups to pour it in. I’m sure this will improve over time.

The Core Fusion studio was much bigger than the one at Physique 57. It surprisingly had no mirrors but did not seem that necessary since the instructors were helpful and payed close attention to every one’s form.

The class was great. We started with hand weights and did several arm exercises. We did thigh exercises with an exercise ball that burned! I had to get up a few times from the position because my legs hurt so bad. We also did push ups and several butt exercises. The ab portion of the class was very similar to the DVD where you hold yourself in a V-position. It was very challenging but felt great after.

Fred and Elizabeth were extremely helpful the entire class. They came around and fixed my form a few times. They did it in a way that was not embarrassing like previous classes I’ve been too where instructors yell out my name. They were so friendly and nice too. I really wish I could take the class more but unfortunately I do not have that kind of money! The new location is right next to my work too! It is so tempting to join! Luckily we are going to another free class tonight! My legs are going to be veryyy sore tomorrow but in a good way!

After Core Fusion, I got home around 9 starving for dinner. I made my favorite quick and easy dinner…a turkey, ham and cheese wrap.

With popchips on the side!

Delicious as always!

I had my last Synergy on the side ! Time to head back to Whole Foods!

I had sugar-free vanilla pudding and a few chocolate chips for dessert :

It is almost time for lunch so I better run. Be back tomorrow with another Core Fusion recap! Have a good one!

Green Tea Mints and Weekend Recap

MissyMaintains — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:08:00 +0000

On Saturday, I received a nice assortment of green tea mints from
Sencha Naturals.

The flavors included:

Original
Delicate Pear
Lively Lemongrass
Morning Lychee

About the mints:Our masterful blends combine the art and science of blending teas, botanicals, and mint oils to produce truly original flavors unfound in any other mint. Each loose leaf mint not only freshens the palate, but enlivens your senses.

3 mints=1 cup of tea
Naturally freshens breath
Sugar/Caffeine Free/Vegan

I have been trying to increase my green tea intake lately so mints sounded like a great idea to help with that. I was most excited to try the Morning Lychee mints since I am obsessed with lychees.

I looked at the back label and was very disappointed to see that the mints contain sorbitol…my enemy.

I already have issues with sorbitol from all the gum I chew so I wished they would have used a natural sweetener. The flavor on the other hand was very good. They had a minty and slightly fruity taste. They were very refreshing.

Next I tried the Lively Lemongrass mints.

This flavor had a slight grassy taste to it but was still enjoyable. It reminded me of a green monster.

I tried the Delicate Pear next.

This was my favorite one. It had a delicious pear taste to it. It was not too sweet and was very flavorful.

The final flavor I tried was the Original.

This was probably my least favorite. It had a pretty bitter green tea flavor. I guess it would take some getting used to.

I love the idea of the mints but would not buy them due to the sorbitol. If I am going to consume sorbitol at all, it would be from gum that lasts much longer than the little mints.

Sencha Naturals also makes Green Tea bars that sound very good. 1 of the bars equals 3 cups of tea. The bars are all vegan, gluten, and dairy free. They also contain no artificial sweeteners to I would definitely be interested in trying them in the near future.

Saturday night the boy and I stayed in because I was so tired from going out the night before.

I made us some wonderful ham, turkey, and cheese wraps for dinner!

The wrap included:

Mustard
Alpine Lace White American Cheese
Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Boar’s Head Low Salt Turkey
Boar’s Head Low Salt Ham
Lettuce
Cucumbers

I had BBQ popchips and Sonny & Joe’s Babaganoush on the side for dipping.

I had a Grape Synergy Kombucha to drink!

We watched the first Transformers because he really wants me to go with him to see the 2nd one! I actually liked it more than I thought I would.

We snacked on Sugar-Free Vanilla pudding during the movie.

We also split a Cinnamon Bun Holey Donut a little later.

So so good! It’s funny that I had 4 boxes of Holey Donuts in my freezer for a month without touching them, but now that I had one the other night, I have been craving them every single day! They are the besttt!

Sunday morning I woke up and it was sunny! I decided to make use of my patio for the first time and lay out. It was so nice to get some sun!

I was a little hungry so I made myself a Green Monster. I use Amazing Grass Pomegranate Mango Infusion Amazing Meal.

I added a banana, ice, and skim milk. I did not have anything else in the house to add in at the time.

It turned out delicious and very refreshing for a hot day.

I stayed outside for about an hour until the sun went down. I came in and made a similar breakfast as the day before.

I spread Laughing Cow on a French Meadow Hemp bagel.

I also made a ham and cheese egg white omelet to put on top of the bagel.

It came out delicious!

I met my sister after and went home to Philly to see grandmom. She was doing okay but was in so much pain. She has tons of bruises and is healing from a broken rib and broken back bone. She just can’t wait to get out of the hospital though. My mom said she improved so much from a week ago at least.

My mom grilled us some food on the BBQ for dinner. She made chicken, Boca Burgers, and Lightlife Smart Dogs. We also had salad, FoodShouldTasteGood chips, and baked beans. It was all delicious!

For dessert had fruit salad, soy ice cream sandwiches and some type of vegan chocolate dip for dessert. I wish I had pictures!

I got back to New York around 11 and had a Holey Donut again. So addicting!

I did not go to the gym this morning because I will be trying my first Core Fusion class tonight with Dori. I only tried the DVDs once so I am excited to try a real class! I will let you know how it is tomorrow!

I will leave you with a giveaway!

Jackson’s World’s Gracies Gear Giveaway!

Outdoor Run Attempt, Rooftop Party, Italian Dinner!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I did! I don’t want it to be Monday! I have not started packing yet and I move on Thursday! Aaah! Looks like it will be a busy week! I will recap back to Saturday for now!

I decided to go to the gym before my rooftop party at night. I walked all the way there and realized I forgot my iPod! I get extremely bored without music so I decided to turn around and get it. By the time I walked 10 minutes back to my apartment, I felt too lazy to go back to the gym. It was really nice out so I decided to attempt a run outside.

I started jogging to the park and made it almost 10 minutes without walking. Of course I got a horrible cramp once I got to the park so I had to stop. I ended up walking for 5, jogging for 5, walking for 5, etc for about 40 minutes. I really could not run more than 5 minutes without getting a cramp. So frustrating!

I also have this issue where my nose runs realllly bad when I work out so it was dripping the whole time! Very distracting! I will have to keep tissues down my sports bra from now on or something!

I burned around 400 calories by the time I was done so it was a good workout! I will keep attempting it every weekend until I can run for a little longer!

At night, the boy and I went to Melissa’s rooftop party! My roommate was going to the city too so we snapped some pics on the subway!

Melissa’s apartment was AMAZING! It had an amazing rooftop with cabanas, a pool and bocce ball. There were tons of parties and bbq’s going on!

It overlooked the whole city. So pretty!

Gettin my drink on

The good thing about going to a blogger BBQ is healthy food options! I had a Boca burger with fat free American Cheese, Guiltless Gourmet Chips, and some delicious pasta salad.

There were some other bloggers there too!

Melissa, Gena, Me, and Ashley!

Ashley and her fiance.

The boy and I!

The rooftop got so pretty at night! I want to live there!!

We had a great time. Thanks Melissa!

Someone handed us a frozen Snickers on the way out!

They might be the best thing ever!

We got home around midnight with the drunk munchies! We ended up eating a bag of edamame each! Blah!

Sunday

The boy and I had to wake up early to go to Jersey for his nephew’s communion dinner. It was very hard to wake up after having one too many drinks!

We went to Penn Station and had about 9 minutes to pick up breakfast. I started to order an egg white omelet on whole wheat toast but the guy took forever to start making it! I had to grab something pre-made and run to the train!

I saw a turkey sandwich and grabbed it without even seeing what it was!

It was not the healthiest option but I tried not to eat too much of the white bread. The turkey and cheese were still good

The dinner was at a nice Italian restaurant. We started with amazing garlic bread.

I had that plus one. Yum!

I got Minestrone soup too.

Along with a salad with Italian dressing.

For our main course, we had the option of Veal Parmesan, Ravioli, or Chicken Carbonara. I got the chicken.

It was so good! It had ham, mushrooms, and cheese with pasta on the side.

I tried to take off some of the ham and cheese to make it somewhat healthy. Luckily the 2 people next to me did not like mushrooms so my plate turned into this!

Delicious!! Nothing better than a big pile of mushrooms!!

3 of us also finished off 2 bottles of wine

Then came dessert…

I started off being good with some fruit!

Until this was placed in front of me..

TONS of cookies and waffles with chocolate in the middle (forget the name!)

And an amazing piece of chocolate chip cake!!

Yeah, not possible to resist! Everything was amazing! It was a rough train ride back to NYC! Too much wine and dessert! Back to eating healthy and working out this week hopefully! Moving will be plenty of exercise too!!

Don’t forget to enter my Click Espresso Protein Drink Giveaway!

5K and Chevy’s Fiesta!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:07:00 +0000

Good Morning. It is finally sunny out I will recap back to yesterday’s eats and 5K!

I made some wonderful oats when I got to work!

Archer Farms Blueberry Almond Oats with Barney Butter, skim milk, and a banana!

I went to the gym at lunch and did 38 minutes on the elliptical.

Stats:

Calories Burned: 293
Maximum Heart Rate: 179
Minimum Heart Rate: 154

I got back to my desk and had a nice simple lunch.

A plain Chobani and a Fullbar!

I am still not a huge fan of the texture of the Fullbars but it kept me satisfied for about 2 hours.

I was craving some chocolate later in the afternoon so I pulled out my fav…Chocolate Chip Z-Bar!

That was not quite enough, or I just wanted something to much on so I brought out some Sonoma Crisps!

These were sooo good! I will do a proper review once I try all 4 bags, but they were the perfect sweet snack to munch on! Yum!

After work, I met the boy at the American Heart Association Wall Street 5K Walk/Run. Originally I was going to try to run the 5K with Dori but she was not able to go because of her knee injury. The boy came instead but he can’t run either because of knee problems so we just walked it.

There were tons of people there!

It was so pretty walking by the river. We passed by the Statue of Liberty

We finished the walk in 57 minutes. They said my name and where I was from on the loudspeaker! It was exciting haha.

I honestly don’t know if I could have run for that long! It was cold and windy and I have issues breathing outside when it is cold! I hope to train for a 5K in the near future but I definitely was not prepared to run last night. A few people ran the whole thing in 15 minutes!! How is that possible?!!

The best part was the free stuff after we finished!

Looks like I will be eating lots of wraps for the next few weeks!!

We decided to eat dinner at Chevy’s after!

They brought out the evil chip basket first!

I definitely went overboard. They were too good to stop! The chips were thin and crispy and the salsa was chunky and so fresh! Yumm! We finished the whole basket in a matter of minutes!

I got a Corona to drink of course!

Corona #2 before my meal came out

I got the Shrimp Ceviche Salad: Grilled Shrimp and Avocado over a tortilla shell and bed of lettuce with Apple-Chipotle Vinaigrette.

I asked for the Salsa Vinaigrette dressing instead because it was a lot lower in calories and I already did enough damage with the chips! The server looked at me funny when I asked for the substitution which really pissed me off. The salad came out with the Apple-Chiptole still on it and the salsa on the side! I did not send it back because I did not want to be annoying but I thought I made myself clear!! Oh well, it was still good! I just hate when my salad is smothered in dressing!

The boy got the Chicken Fajitas!

I stole his grilled onions and some refried beans and added them to my salad.

Check out the huge tortilla shell that was hiding under my salad!

At first I put the shell to the side so I would not eat it. Of course I ate the whole thing at the end of my salad to scoop every last bit up! It was delicious! I was would definitely order it again!

We decided to order a few shots before we went home!

The girly Kamikaze on the right was mine!

We split a Blue Moon too! Yes, slight alcoholics!

It was one long subway ride home after all of that! Very fun night!

Apartment News

We had a mouse this morning…that is not really news though! My roommate looked at another apartment in Forest Hills and said it was nice! It is less than we pay now too I am going to look at it tomorrow after work so I will keep you updated!

Don’t forget to enter my Rudy’s Bakery Giveaway!

PrettyGreenGirl’s WholeSoy&Co Giveaway!

Strawberry Shortstuff’s Women’s Health Giveaway!