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Weekend Party Time and Monday Goals

MissyMaintains — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:37:00 +0000

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.

Get back in gym mode. I only made it 2 out of 7 days last week which made me extra miserable each day.
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.
No Overeating. Stress last week led me to over eat one too many times.
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!

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Lunch and Dinner Blog Meet Ups!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Hello! First off…Go Phillies! Second, sorry for being M.I.A! My computer at work has a virus or something and the Internet is all messed up. It does not let be stay connected for more than one minute! Very frustrating.

Yesterday was a fun day with a few blogger meet ups!! I started my day off at 6:00 in the morning with some juice!

I loved this juice even more than the day before! Unfortunately it only made 1/2 of a juice. I really need to stock up on more vegetables already!

I went to the gym and did a half hour on the elliptical. I got really bored so I did another 25 minutes on the treadmill. I ran for 15 minutes and walked for 10. Nice workout! I am liking the morning workout routine lately. It is nice to come right home, eat some dinner, and watch the Phillies!

Breakfast was a bowl of McCann’s brown sugar oatmeal with a banana and Artisana Raw Cocoa Butter.

I may have finished off the entire jar of cocoa butter later in the afternoon. It is really fun to eat off of a spoon!

Lunch Meet Up!

Marina came by my work since she was unable to make it to last week’s meet up at Sea Thai Bistro. We decided to have lunch there again since it is right next door to my work and is very delicious!

I really loved the tofu salad and steamed veggies that I ordered last week but I promised myself I would try two new things on the menu.

For my free appetizer (best part), I got the Duck Lettuce Wraps.

They were very good! The duck was so moist and flavorful. It was a tiny bit too salty but definitely enjoyable.

For my main course I got the Shrimp Cashew Nuts: onion, bell pepper, tamarind chili.

I loved this one! The shrimp and cashews were a great combination. The sauce was delicious too. Marina and I had a great time chatting about boys, jobs, everything!

Dinner Meetup!

After work, I met Dori and Gena at Peacefood Cafe. Unfortunately Melissa could not make it. Melissa-you were missed!

Peacefood Cafe is a vegan restaurant with a really cute and serene atmosphere. There were books, pretty tropical plants, and a delicious looking dessert display! Everything on the menu looked amazing!

I decided to go with the Roasted Japanese Pumpkin Sandwich: mashed and seasoned with a little sea salt, ground black pepper and extra virgin olive oil, topped with caramelized onions, ground walnuts, vegan goat cheese and seasonal greens.

This was seriously one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had. The onions were so sweet and flavorful. The pumpkin was amazing of course too! I would order this again anytime if the restaurant was a little more convenient for me!

Gena’s meal:

How good does that look! I was jealous of her huge salad as soon as it came out! Her squash and kabocha was great too!

Dori’s dinner was HEAVEN!

She got the Mushroom Duxelle Pizza with roasted sweet peppers, onions & zucchini.

I had a piece and it was so good! Dori is lucky enough to be close enough to have it delivered to her apartment anytime! I am very jealous! I am ready to go back there asap! It was great catching up with Dori and Gena and the food was amazing!

Dori picked up a brownie on her way out which I regret not getting now! Instead, I went home and made some of Gena’s banana soft serve! My blender did not work too well so I brought out a mixer that Sherri from SingleEdition.com sent me!

The mixer is called the Kalorik Sunny Morning Mixer.

It did a much better job than my blender! It is very nice to have until I splurge and get myself a food processor. I know one of these days I am going to order one without even thinking about it. So bad but I won’t be satisfied until I have one!

What kitchen appliance would you get if you could choose anything??

Delicious and perfect way to end the night!

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I am off to go finish watching the Phillies game! Hopefully I will be back tomorrow if they fix my computer at work!! Have a good night!

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Retreat with my Boss!

MissyMaintains — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Hello!

Yesterday was such a fun day with my boss! In case you missed my last past, we got to go on a team building retreat together. We got to skip work and pick whatever activities we wanted!

I woke up at 7:00 and went to the gym since I had a feeling I would not want to go after our retreat! I did 50 minutes on the elliptical. I got back and made myself some breakfast. I made an egg white omelet with mushrooms and American cheese. I also had a slice of Dave’s Killer Bread with Crofter’s Superfruit spread. I made the omelet small since I knew I would be eating a big lunch at noon!

At 10:30, I met my boss in the city at a nail salon. We both got manicures and pedicures!

It was so much better getting a pedicure during work hours! I was just imagining everyone else sitting at their desks while I was getting pampered. So nice!

We then walked over to a nice seafood restaurant called Pearl Oyster Bar in the West Village. It was very cute inside! We sat at the bar.

We both got beers to start..also awesome during work hours! I got shrimp cocktail as an appetizer. The shrimps were huge and there were 6 of them!! My boss got raw oysters but I did not try any because they scare me. My boss brought out her camera and said we should have taken pictures of our delicious food! I got so excited! I think she read my mind!!

For my main course, I got the Prince Edward Mussels with wine, mustard and cream.

They were some of the best mussels I’ve ever had. I’m sure the cream sauce helped give them their delicious flavor. There were so many too! I could barely finish them!

My boss got the Pearl Lobster Roll with Shoestring Fries. The restaurant is supposed to be famous for it’s lobster roll.

She shared half of her fries with me. They were the best fries ever. So thin and crispy! She also gave me a bite of her lobster roll. It was full of mayo but very good. There was huge chunks of lobster in there. The restaurant was pretty pricey but had amazing seafood!

After lunch we headed downtown to the World Trade Center and found our sail boat! We took the ShearWater sail boat cruise!

My boss and I…

We were very surprised when we got on the boat and they said it was open bar! On the website it says that just the first drink is free! I had 2 Stellas.

That is Johnny Depp’s yacht! Our captain saw him that morning! I wanted to sit outside and wait for him to come out but I resisted haha.

It was perfect outside

I had a very big issue happen while sliding myself across the boat! My pants got caught on some metal thing!! I can’t believe I am showing you this but it was bad!!

I was wearing cute blue undies…not sure why they look like that! Yes, so embarrassing. Luckily I had a zipper down with me to wrap around my butt!!!

The boat ride was 2 hours long. It was so relaxing!

My boss left me with a dark chocolate bar from Trader Joe’s! Perfect!!

I got home around 6 and took a walk with my roommate to run some errands. Around 9 I finally got hungry for dinner so I made an Amy’s burrito.

I melted American cheese on top and had salad, salsa, hummus, and sweet potato chips on the side.

I also made some broccoli (with lots of hummus).

Dessert was a Yoplait Delights cup with grapes.

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I am off to go read blogs!

Jackpot!!!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:40:00 +0000

I finally have Internet! I forgot how boring work was without blogs! I can finally talk about my exciting weekend now.

Saturday we had plans to go to Coney Island since it was nice out and I’ve never been there. We woke up and had a quick cereal breakfast.

I had a bowl of Meghann’s MyWayCereal Mix. I stole some of the boy’s Honey Combs too!

Oh man, sometimes I just forget how great kid’s cereal really is. Bowl #2 had even more!

We got to Coney Island after an extremely long subway ride…hour and half at least! It was sooo windy but I was very happy to see a beach!

I was even more thrilled to see a boy wearing a popchips shirt in a rollerskating rink!!!

I really wanted to go rollerblading! So fun!

We walked out to the end of the pier and almost got blown over the edge!

We were both starving for some lunch when we got there. I walked up and down the boardwalk trying to find something other than pizza, sausage, and hot dogs! The boy was trying to convince me that I would not find anything healthy. Finally I spotted a grilled chicken salad from this little Mexican place!

The boy got sausage so I stole all of his onions and peppers. Not bad!

We also both had a corn on the cob!

He is terrified of heights but I forced him on the Wonder Wheel.

(My fake having fun face). I was more scared than he was! I did not realize we got on the carts that rock back and forth so I gripped onto him and hid! I am so scared of rides sometimes. He could not get me on the roller coaster!

We played a few games. I won cherry candy and a stuffed tiger..oh yeah. We saw the freak show which was kind of sad because there was a cow on display. It was deformed and had an extra eye and nose but I felt so bad for him! There was also a giant rat so I ran far far away!

We left after a few hours and decided to go to the Empire Casino for the rest of the night. We stopped in the city for a quick dinner before getting on another hour long train ride.

We went to a cute little place called Cafe Metro.

They had pizza, wraps, make your own salad and pasta, and tons of desserts!

I was going to make my own salad until I saw this:

It had grilled vegetables, hummus, eggplant, salad, and toasted pita points.

It was delicious! It was better than any salad I would have created! I love spreading globs of hummus all over my lettuce.

Of course boyfriend had to get dessert! He brought over a piece of Oreo cheesecake!

We split it and it was totally worth it. Yummmm!

We took a train and a quick bus ride to Yonkers to get to the casino.

We went outside to the race track before gambling so I could see the horses!

We decided to bet on 2 of the horsies.

We lost

We went back inside and started the gambling!

We started out on regular slots but we kept losing so we moved to Video Poker. All of the sudden I got 4 Aces and won $200.00!!!!!! It was so exciting!

The boy kept losing and losing but we kept playing. He was down to $30.00. I think he started with $100 or so. He starts screaming out of nowhere and I look over. He got a royal flush! How much did he win????…………

Yes, $1,250.00!! It was amazing! If he would have played with 20 credits instead of 10, he would have won $5,000!! Everyone surrounded us cheering for him. So great!

We had a few beers and shots after that to celebrate! We gambled a little longer but did not lose anything. Very nice to leave the casino $1450.00 richer!

In other $ news, I got the eBay money for the iPod back today! I also got the 4th of July cruise money back a few days ago so it’s been a less stressful week!

We got home around 4 am from the casino. We were starving again so we had some more cereal!

Sunday morning we woke up and had cereal again (same as above). We went to Bed Bath and Beyond to get a table for the backyard but ended up at the mall clothes shopping. Still no furniture for outside but at least I got new gym and work clothes!

We decided to celebrate our winnings and go out for a nice Japanese dinner at Chikurin!

Saki Bombs!

I started with miso soup.

And edamame!

I had to show the boy’s meal since it looked so good! He got Salmon Teryaki. Look how much salmon they gave him!

The best part was that he does not like bean sprouts so I got to steal them all. So good.

I got the Shrimp Teryaki Bento Box!

I substituted the tempura for an extra sushi roll! I got a California and Vegetable Roll with brown rice. It also came with salad, shrimp dumplings, and amazing shrimp teryaki.

I love that they pile on the mushrooms! We had plenty of leftovers for my lunch the next day!

We came home and needed something sweet. I had a little fat-free chocolate leftover and he bought some Ben & Jerry’s as well.

I combined the two with some banana and whipped cream to make the perfect sundae!

I am proud of myself because he went back for a second bowl but I resisted! I was so full from dinner. For once I listened to my hunger cues! Very rare when ice cream is involved!

What a lucky weekend. I am already dying go to back to the casino but I know the chances are low to win again so I am staying away for now! I am off to go catch up on the blogs I’ve been missing out on!

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!

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Foodbuzz Bash at David Burke’s Townhouse!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Tonight I went to a Foodbuzz event at the David Burke Townhouse to celebrate their one millionth post. At first I thought we would be partying at someones townhouse until I checked the website and found out it was a really fancy restaurant.

Who is David Burke?

Blazing across distinctions between chef, artist, entrepreneur and inventor, David Burke is one of the leading pioneers in American cooking today. His fascination with ingredients and the art of the meal has fueled a career marked by creativity, critical acclaim and the introduction of revolutionary products and cooking techniques.

Burke trained at the Culinary Institute of America and refined his skills in France. Burke rose to fame in the US at the River Café and went on to serve as the Executive Chef for the Smith and Wollensky Restaurant Group where he headed the kitchens of Park Avenue Café and One C.P.S. In December of 2003, Burke opened the neighborhood favorite and now internationally recognized, David Burke Townhouse on 61st Street.

I was very excited to eat at his restaurant! I got there and headed right to the bar of course! The options were wine, champagne, or Lychee Martinis!!! Lychee Martinis are my favorite drink ever so of course I ordered one!

There were already tons of bloggers there when I arrived.

I walked into the main room and there was so much food!!!!!! The first couple of tables had sushi, smoked salmon, and sashimi!

I started off with a salmon roll, smoked salmon, and crab!

Delicious!!!! I also got a glass of wine

They were walking around with lots of appetizers. I don’t remember what this was exactly but very tasty! It was some kind of fish! I think I just loved the spoon!

Next I tried egg scramble with caviar!

Very interesting and good!!

This was another type of fish but I forget what! Maybe I should start taking notes at events like this!

They had huge trays of lobster, clams, and crab too!

More fish!

They also had jumbo shrimps that were amazing!!

I had a jumbo shrimp and lobster next.

I went back for more lobster! Amazinggggg!

They also had briscuit, salmon, and chicken!!

They were passing around some sort of egg appetizer too. Diana had one and said it was very delicious!

I got to see all of my blog friends!!

Sarah from Tales of Expansion, Emily from Eating Chalk, Melanie from MelonCauliflower, Ashley from Healthy Happier Bear, me, and Diana from Soup and Chocolate!

I tried to save some room for the best part….dessert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t even describe this part of the night. It was one dessert after another!! We kept changing spots in the restaurant to get as close as possible to the kitchen!!

First Melanie and I split some sort of baked apple pastry.

Yummmm!

Next we split a piece of red velvet cake!

They brought out cinnabon like pastries served over a fire!!

MMMM!!!!!

That is a cheesecake lollipop in my hand!!!!! Probably the best thing ever.

During dessert, Foodbuzz did a toast and David Burke thanked us all for coming.

I had 2 more lychee martinis I also convinced Diana to try one since they are the best drink ever!!

The desserts did not stop there….

Chocolate mousse and caramel shooters!!!

Another cheesecake lollipop tree!!

Pineapple cake!!

On the way out, they did not have mints or toothpicks….they had peanut brittle!! Sorry no picture. I ate it on the subway ride home.

This was an amazing event. The food was delicious and it was so great seeing the blog girls again! Oh, I also saw one of the teachers from Self Workout in the Park there! So exciting!

In other news, I can no longer blog at work!! Out of nowhere, almost every website was blocked today! I can still read a few blogs but I can’t comment!! I can’t go on Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, or chat on Gmail. I seriously do not know what to do with myself. I have NOTHING else to do at work. My days consisted of blogging, reading blogs, taking surveys (also blocked), and chatting on Gmail. Today I pretty much stared at the wall.

It kills me that I do nothing for 8 hours during the day and now I have to go home and sit at my computer some more!! I decided that I will try to blog at night but I may not post about every single thing I eat anymore. I am sad but there is nothing I can do I am dreading work tomorrow since I will have nothinggggg to do. Blahhh, hopefully I can figure something out! Have a good night and sorry for my lack of comments!

Girls Night, Self Workout in the Park and Personal Trainer Mommy!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:23:00 +0000

I had a very busy but fun weekend! Too bad it is Monday already! I will recap back to Friday night!

After work, I went to Melanie’s apartment with Dori to have dinner and a movie night. We watched Hollywood Hills 90028. Bethenny Frankel stars in it back when she was around 23. The movie was so old fashioned and weird. We really thought the movie was a joke it was so dumb. They showed Bethenny’s boobs so we spent the whole night trying to decide whether she had implants or not. It looks like she did after seeing all of the research Dori did the next day!

Anyway, enough about boobies and back to food! We ordered from a Japanese place near Melanie’s apartment called Aja Asian Bistro. I started with Miso soup!

I also got a salad with delicious ginger dressing.

I got a Rainbow Roll too!

Everything was delicious!

We also had a Holey Donuts party for dessert!!

We shared everything. It was all amazing of course! It was so great to hang out with Melanie and Dori because it has been so long! We actually met in Israel almost 2 years ago! Dori explained how we met here! We used to go out all the time but we are all so busy now! It was great to catch up with them again!!

Melanie also sent Dori and I home with some goodie bags!

I know I have plenty of snacks in my apartment but I chose 3 things that companies never sent me! I am excited to try them!!

I got home and had a few packages waiting for me!

The first was 2 chocolate bars from Shaman Chocolates!

They are Organic Dark Chocolate with Green Tea & Ginger and Acai, Lemon, and Orange! I am very curious to try these flavors! All profits from the sale of Shaman Chocolates help support Huichol villages in Central Mexico allowing them to kept their ancient traditions alive and ensuring their economic survival. Eating chocolate for a good cause sounds perfect to me!

The next package was from Tierra Farm Organic Nuts & Dried Fruits!

Agave Ginger Cashews

Cajun Cashews

Date Coconut Rolls

Dried Apricots

Dried Cranberries

Dried Mango

Dried Prunes

Garam Masala Cashew

Jumbo Flame Raisins

Maples Glazed Almonds

My pretty tower fell on me right after the picture! Very excited to try this all!!

The last package was from Rudi’s Organic Bakery.

Perfect timing because I just ran out of bread!! The package included:

7 Grain and Flax

100% Whole Wheat

Multigrain Oat

Multigrain Bagel

Cinnamon Raisin Bagel

I woke up Saturday and had to try the Cinnamon Raisin Bagel!

I brought out some Barney Butter and Bauman’s Blueberry Butter to top it with!

I had a banana on the side.

The bagel was delicious!! It is whole wheat and only 150 calories, 1 gram of fat, 32 grams of carbs, 3 grams of fiber, and 5 grams of protein! So great for a bagel!!

This was the perfect breakfast before I went to Self Workout in the Park!!! I met Melanie and we went to Central Park around 10. Registration was supposed to be at 9 so we tried to get there early. We ended up standing in line till 11. It was pretty boring standing in one spot for an hour but it increased our chances of getting a spot in the yoga and rebounding classes.

Once they let us in, we signed up right away for the classes. There were tons of people there! They had a huge stage set up and tons of sample booths. They also gave us cute bags when we walked in!

The first class we did was called Latin Rhythms: Burn up the dance floor while you torch more calories. Feel the heat with moves from the mambo, cha cha, merengue, and samba.

So fun dancing with hundreds of women in the middle of the park!

Next we did Urban Rebounding: Easy to follow, fun, non-impact cardiovascular workout using mini trampolines.

Rebounding was a great workout! We did kicks, jumps, squats, and more while bouncing up and down!

Next we did Cardio Tai Box: A cardiovascular workout with great music and no complicated choreography to get your heart racing and kick your butt.

I loved this since it was so similar to my usual Kickboxing classes!

Next was a 20 minute class called Movieography: Break out your sweatbands for moves from the most dance-tastic movies of the 80′s: Footloose, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, and more. Leg warmers and big hair are optional.

This was like being at a Broadway show! The instructor was dressed up in an 80′s costume and had amazing dancers behind her!

The next class we did was Beach Body: The countdown to summer starts here. It’s a total body workout to get you ready for the sand and surf.

This one was really hard!! We did so many squats, lunges, and push ups! I was drenched!!!

We did Prana Power Yoga next! A yoga double whammy, this class combines the flow of Vinyasa with the power of Kundalini for a mind-body experience that’s unlike any other.

We picked this yoga because I knew I liked Vinyasa from trying a class a few weeks ago! It was only 25 minutes this time but great!! It was so nice being in the middle of the woods with birds chirping while stretching and relaxing!

After yoga, we joined in for the last 10 minutes of Millian Dollar Knockout: Fight Club isn’t just for men anymore. This class uses traditional boxing principals and training targeted specifically for and taught by women.

Next they chose about 10 people to win prizes. They gave away a year membership to Crunch, an iPod touch, etc. Out of the hundreds of people there, Melanie won something!! She won a $50.00 gift card for EAS products. The iPod would have been better but still exciting to hear her name called!!

The day ended with Masala Bhangra: a traditional Indian dance workout set to hip-hop, disco, salsa, techno, house, and rap music.

This one was amazing. The teacher was such a great dancer! She taught us a whole routine to 4 different songs. It was a great way to end the day!

All of the workouts were great! I burned 1023 calories by the end!! It was nonstop moving from 11 to 3! I got tons of samples too!

I was exhausted after the workout but decided to go home to Philly right after for Mother’s Day. I was famished so I snacked on a bag of Medora Snacks Corners.

They were stale and I realized they expired in February! I better start eating my old snacks more!

My mom picked me up from the train station and we went to a crab restaurant called Benny the Bums.

I got a Mai Tai and a salad with grilled shrimp and crab meat. I also snacked on a bunch of these addicting ball things!

They had an 80′s radio station there with a dance floor. My mom wanted to dance so bad so I did 2 songs with her. It was a lot of fun. She wants me to move back to Philly so bad. She said she wishes she could go out with me more and hopes I leave New York one day. It won’t be happening anytime soon!

Sunday I went to the gym with my mom. She basically acted like my personal trainer! It was her biceps day so she showed me so may different exercises. We did a few machines and weights. She used 25 pound dumbbells! I usually use 5 or 8 pounds but she made me use 10! It was so hard but she yelled at me like a real personal trainer so I suffered through it!

We also did this ab routine that she has been doing for years. It is to a 12 minute song and is non stop exercises! I wanted to stop so bad in the middle but she pushed me through it. My abs and arms were so sore all day!

We decided to walk in the park after for some cardio. We walked 4 miles! It was up and down all these hills so it was a great workout! Much more interesting than the treadmill!

By the way, my cat likes to exercise too!

So great!!

We went to Whole Foods and Target after to buy some food. My whole family came over for Mother’s Day. We are not like other families who cook and barbecue. We order Chinese food! I got Wonton Soup and Steamed Shrimp with Mixed Vegetables!

My aunt is vegan so she made this amazing “cheese” dip. She also made vegan key lime pie and banana bread! Delicious!

I love going home because I always manage to come back with some amazing goodies!

Things kept “appearing” in my mom’s cart at Whole Foods. So fun!

I took the train back to New York after dinner and got back to my apartment around 10. I snacked on some fruit, pudding, and alcohol Fun weekend!!

This morning I made Archer Farms Blueberry Almond Oatmeal with a banana and Barney Butter!

I did 35 minutes on the elliptical at lunch!

Now I am back at my desk eating a turkey and ham wrap

It has turkey, ham, American cheese, hummus, lettuce, and cucumbers.

With some Mr. Krispers Nacho Chips on the side!

It has been a crazy day at the office. People are getting layed off so I have been all over the place! Luckily my boss told me I am safe. It is still scary seeing so many people leaving and crying! It might mean more work for me so I guess that is a good thing!

Tonight Dori and I are trying another new class called Cardio GyroKinesis! I will review it tomorrow!

Have a good day!

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Sushi Leftovers and Yoga News!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:49:00 +0000

I am going to have to make this a quickie because “Expense Report Guy” is about to drop a bunch of receipts on my desk! Not fun!

Breakfast was Archer Farms Blueberry Almond Oatmeal. If you are ever at Target, I highly recommend buying a box. This stuff is so good!

I added a packet of Barney Butter and some skim milk. Perfect!

I skipped the gym at lunch pretty much because I brought my leftover Japanese food. When I go to the gym, I eat lunch after 1:00 back at my desk. A sandwich is easy to eat inconspicuously at the desk but I don’t think rice and shrimp would have worked out too well! I decided to eat during my lunch hour like a normal person. I also got some errands (shopping in Loehmann’s) done so it worked out

I used to sit in Balducci’s to eat since they have a nice seating area but it is all gone I went into Westside Market instead to eat.

I saved just enough food last night for lunch today

I got back to my desk at 1 and needed to get the Japanese good taste out of my mouth so I had an apple.

I don’t bring gum to work anymore so I pretty much turn to food when I have a bad taste in my mouth or need something to munch on! I guess it is better than a messed up tummy from stupid sorbitol! By the way, I still go home and chew 5 pieces in a row since I crave it all day but it is much better than 2 packs!!

I also snacked on some Navitas Naturals Goji and Cocoa Power.

I actually bring a baggie of this every day because it is a great afternoon snack to munch on. It satisfies my fruit and chocolate cravings at the same time.

Yoga News

About a month ago, I mentioned that I won a 1 month pass to YogaWorks from Vital Juice. They never sent me the pass so I contacted them today to find when I could start my month. I am officially starting next Monday so I am very excited. I will try to go a few times a week. I also hope to try every type of yoga to see if I like anything other than Vinyasa. They also offer pilates at the Westside location so I will try that out too! I would love to wake up early and do yoga before work but I don’t know if that will happen! We’ll see!

Tonight I plan to go to kickboxing class! Always a nice, fun workout! I washed my heart rate monitor in the washing machine yesterday so I can’t wait to see if it works better. I am still considering trading it in for a model that tracks distance but I will see how it functions tonight!

Have a good one!

Don’t forget to enter my Kay’s Naturals Giveaway!

Movie Hopping and Saki Bombs!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Good Morning. It is still raining..blah. I mentioned Saturday that I might be going to the Bronx Zoo on Sunday. That never happened due to the weather! The boy and I decided to go to the movies instead!

We woke up and had some cereal. I had some of GraduateMeghann’s Mix of MyWayCereal topped with Zoe Foods Cinnamon Raisin Granola. I guess I should call it HerWayCereal from now on. I don’t think I am ever getting my own mix

I topped it with strawberries and skim milk.

Delicious! I had a 2nd bowl of course.

Cereal really is the best thing ever. I probably would have had 3 or 4 bowls if the boy wasn’t there so I really can’t eat it when I am alone!

We went to the movies and saw Obsessed. We stocked up on some fun snacks!

It was hard taking a picture in the dark movies! His legs made a good table. I had both bags of popchips, a few Raisinets and a Twizzler roll. Popchips make a very nice alternative to popcorn!

Obsessed was pretty good. We decided to movie hop on over to X-Men! I usually don’t like those comic movies too much but I really liked X-Men.

By the time we were done both movies, we were starving for dinner! I have been begging him to go out for Japanese every day for a few weeks now. Finally he agreed last night! We went to Chikurin on Queens Blvd.

We started out by doing some Saki bombs!

We got a nice big bowl of edamame.

I also got miso soup. It was delicious on a gross rainy day like yesterday.

I got the Shrimp Teryaki Bento Box. It came with salad, brown rice, a California Roll, shrimp tempura, shrimp teryaki, and shrimp dumplings.

So much food! Everything was delicious! I saved some of it for lunch today. It was pretty hard not eating everything since it was so good. I had Bethenny’s voice in the back of my head to save half my meal. I was definitely full half way through so I decided to listen to her. She probably would have ordered 1 sushi roll and ate 2 bites though. I would not go to that extreme!

We got home and had some sugar-free vanilla pudding!

We also made some vodka and Fuze! Look how pretty I made it!

After 2 or 3 Saki bombs and that drink, we were both a little tipsy! Always fun on a Sunday night when you are dreading work the next day!

I am off to go eat some breakfast! I will leave you with some contests as usual!!

PriorFatGirl’s Holey Donuts Giveaway!

My Kay’s Naturals Giveaway!