Hello! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Mine was pretty relaxing. I will start from where I left off after making my yummy Kabocha on Saturday night!

Sunday

I woke up around 10 and debated going for a run or going to the gym. It looked very nice outside but for some reason I had no motivation to attempt a run. I was kind of tired and the track I run on is kind of far away. Instead I decided to take a 10:30 spin class. It was my favorite teacher that also teaches on Wednesdays so I knew it would be good!

I had a Z-Bar before leaving my apartment for some fuel. Apple Cinnamon is soo delicious!

The class was great! She played perfect music. I burned 500 calories and had a maximum heart rate of 190! I never usually burn that many calories in spin! It was very intense!

After spin, I was all energized and felt like running but I did not want to overdo it so I went home. I wanted to do some strength training so I did Level 1 of the Shred. I forgot how hard it is! I really wanted to stop after the first 5 minutes. I used to use 5 pound weights the entire time. I could only use 3 for most of the moves yesterday. I need to do weights more often!

I was starving after all of that exercise so I made a yummy red pepper, mushroom, and mozzarella cheese omelet. I used 1 egg and 2 egg whites.

I had a slice of Nature’s Pride bread on the side with Smart Balance spread, cinnamon, and Stevia.

I also had a nice glass of chocolate milk for some calcium after such an intense workout!

I ended up cleaning my room for 2 hours. It looks great now! I should take a picture later! I get in my random moods where I can’t stand clutter and end up cleaning for hours!

I snacked on a Chobani with grapes and Kashi Honey Sunshine later in the afternoon.

The boy came to visit around dinner time. We decided to try a new Mexican restaurant in Queens called Garcia’s.

It was pretty cute inside. There was a live guitar player which made it pretty romantic!

We started off with yummy chips and salsa.

There was a Sunday beer special: 5 Coronas for $10.00

They were baby Coronas but it was still a good deal! We ended up having 2 buckets by the end of the meal.

I could not find anything too healthy on the menu so I ended up with the Vegetarian Fajitas: mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, squash, broccoli, and onions served with Mexican rice and refried beans.

It was greasy but very delicious! I didn’t even bother with the tortillas. I could only finish half of the veggies!

The boy got the chicken fajitas and loved his too! Honestly our meals were kind of pricey so I am not sure if we would go back anytime soon. They were very enjoyable though!

We came home and made some dessert!

I mixed my vanilla with some of his Brownie Batter. YUM! I added 1/2 banana and whipped cream.

Today!

I made it to the gym before work. I promised myself I would try to go in the mornings this week because I think I have plans almost every night after work! I barely went last week and felt lazy and yucky. Since I sit for 8 hours straight a day, exercise seems necessary to give me some energy and lift my mood. There is no reason why I can’t wake up an hour earlier to exercise!

Today I did 50 minutes on the elliptical and burned 405 calories. I was very tired but was also pumped since I downloaded 3 new albums from iTunes yesterday! I can’t be on there for too long because I end up buying every good song without thinking about how much money I am spending! Oh well, new music always gets me motivated so it is worth it!

I got to work and had my usual bowl of oats with banana, cinnamon, and raw nut butter.

Oh yeah, I also had a Z-Bar in the middle of the night because I could not sleep and half a banana before the gym!

Lunch Preview

The boy and I combined our leftovers so I have a nice lunch today! I also brought some blue tortillas to munch on to keep the Mexican theme going!

I can’t wait for lunch now! 1 more hour!

Today after work the boy and I are meeting to watch the game. Apparently there is a big important football game on tonight. Attention New York readers….any good sports bar recommendations?? Good food and drink specials are a must! There are barely any in Forest Hills so we definitely want to go somewhere in the city but have no clue where!

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Hello all. Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I will start from Saturday since I haven’t been near my computer since Friday night!

Saturday morning I woke up and did some shredding…level 2 with 5 pound weights. I made sure I did it before my massage because I knew I would not want to make my legs all sore after!

The boy and I took the subway into the city after to get a couples massage at Beauty and Wellness Day Spa! We had been talking about getting one forever now so I finally found a place that looked good and booked it the day before! We both had a Blueberry Z-Bar on the way. He also got 2 donuts so I might have had 1! Oops! It was chocolaty and wonderful though!

We walked in to the spa and the outside looked like a doctor’s office so we were a little skeptical. They immediately took us into a nice waiting room. We were the only people in there which was nice. There was a big basket of Quaker True Delight Bars and some type of mango drink!

You know me, I took about 5 bars and put them in my purse! Love that free food! I also poured a cup of the drink.

It was supposed to cleanse and detoxify the body. I took one sip and it tasted like vinegar so I added some water and it was much better!

They took us into the room after and it was so romantic! The lights were dimmed with candles and relaxing was music playing!

We got an hour long hot stone massage because I had one a year ago and it was amazing! I had a guy and my boy had a girl. They were both really great and it was probably the best massage I have had yet! The stones are all warm and feel so good along the body. I definitely was in need of some relaxation! We both want to come back every month it was that good!

After the massage, we went to Whole Foods for some lunch!

I made a nice big salad!

It contained:

• Spinach/Romaine
• Broccoli
• Roasted Mushrooms
• Roasted Cauliflower
• Roasted Sweet Potatoes
• Roasted Eggplant
• Buckwheat Noodles
• Wheatberry Salad
• Quinoa
• Kidney Beans
• Black Beans
• String Beans

They told us that if we donated a dollar to the food bank, we could pick what we wanted from this table!

I got a cupcake and an Urban Detox drink!

We also both got multi grain rolls and garlic hummus to eat with our salads!

Delicious! Best salad ever!!

I had the cupcake for dessert, along with some fro-yo!!

We went to The Lite Choice and I got half Vanilla Bean and half Cheesecake with Carob Chips on top!

YUM! I could eat that every day!!

After dessert, we went to my friend’s house.

I had a beer, or two, or three…

We also got my favorite hoagies EVER!

Mine had

• Turkey
• American Cheese
• Pickles
• Lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Sweet Peppers
• Mustard
• Lite Mayo
• Oregano
• Whole Wheat Roll

With some Cheddar & Sour Cream Baked Lays!

We got home around 1:30 am and made some drinks of POM and Bacardi Razz!

Great mix!

I went to bed around 5:30 and I had to wake up at 10 to go to Long Island on Sunday!! It was my sister’s fiance’s birthday so I had to take an early train to his house. I was SO tired!

I stopped at Starbucks and got an Iced Coffee with Skim Milk, Splenda, and Chocolate Powder.

Along with the Spinach, Tomato, Feta Wrap!!

This wrap is soo good. They toast the whole wheat wrap so the feta is all melted inside. It really tastes like a spinach pizza!

At the house, his mom made us a huge dinner. I snacked on some carrots, grapes, triscuits, cheddar cheese, and hummus all day to hold me over till dinner.

The mom made 2 chickens…

Red skin potatoes…

Here is my first plate!

Yummy! Always a nice treat once in a while!

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How is every one’s weekend so far? Yes I am posting at 10:30 on a Friday night! Does that make me a nerd? Oh well! I am drinking at the same time so bear with my typing! I am not sure if I will have time to post tomorrow so I figured I would do it now!

I was hungry all day at work since I did spin first thing in the morning. After lunch I couldn’t stop munching!

First, I had my last bag of Mary’s Gone Crackers Sticks and Twigs!

Then I had the grapes that I never ate on Thursday!

I also had a Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Square! Not pictured, sorry! Every day from 2 to 6 at work is the worst for me. I used to finish at least a pack of gum by that time so I have been going insane with munchies! It is not fun!!

I went home and it finally hit me that I woke up at 4:45am! I seriously passed out on that subway! Good thing I didn’t pass my stop!!

I came home and had some wonderful new drawers in my room! The wonderful Jen from Prior Fat Girl asked me today where I have been keeping all this new food I get in the mail! Honestly my cabinets are packed and I had a huge box in my room with piles of food! I was starting to lose track of what was in there!

The nice boy went and got me some drawers today and neatly arranged all of my samples in them!

It is nice dating someone that is a clean freak!! He comes over and organizes everything, does laundry, takes out the trash, you name it.  Now I can pop open my drawer and dig into some samples!!

Speaking of samples, look what I got today!

16 different flavors of fruit butters from The Bauman Family!

• Apple Butter
• Apricot Butter
• Blueberry Butter
• Cranberry Pear Butter
• Honey Peach Butter
• Peach Butter
• Pear Butter
• Plum Butter
• Pumpkin Butter
• Strawberry Butter
• Strawberry-Rasberry Butter
• Strawberry-Rhubarb Butter
• Tomato Butter
• Ketchup Butter
• Chili Butter

All I have to say is WOW! I first tried their Pumpkin Butter a few months ago and fell in love! It is so good in yogurt and in wraps! I can’t wait to try all of these flavors!!!

I decided to do the Shred right after work so I could get it done for the day. I was so tired but Caitlin’s Blog movitates me to do it since we keep track on a Google Doc! I hate having to type in a “NO” on days that I skip! I know it is just 20 minutes so why not do it!

I am still on Level 2 but it was a little easier today! I used 5 pound weights the entire time. The only exercise I really have an issue with is the last one with the squats and weights. I have to take a a few breaks or else my arms feel like they are going to fall off! Other than that I love it!

I had to stop in the middle tonight because my land lord came to pick up rent! What a dumb interuption!! Haha or I am just bitter about paying rent!! I also got interupted by Fed EX!

Another package!!

This one was from Peeled Snacks! The Fed Ex guy yelled at me because my buzzer does not work downstairs! He was like, ” How am I supposed to drop you off so many packages if I can’t get in the building!” I told him they won’t fix it for me! Oh well!

The package included lots of yummy dried fruits!

• Apples
• Pineapple
• Apricot
• Mango
• Banana
• Cherry

I an a HUGE fan of dried fruit so this made me happy. I finished up Jillian Michaels after being lectured by Fed Ex dude!

The boy and I made a nice little snack after of his new obsession: EDAMAME!!

We realized after the edamame we were both truly hungry for dinner so he asked me for the Tower Diner menu! Yes…again! Don’t be surprised if we eat there for brunch tomorrow too! 3 days in a row? Yes, it is that good there!

We both decided on Turkey Clubs!! It may not be the healthiest option for me because of the bacon but it has been so long since I have had a real turkey club! They delivered them after a quick 20 minutes of wait time!

Look at that turkey!

Honestly, the turkey was a bit dry for my liking so I treated myself to some mayo! Yum!!

We shared Sweet Potato Fries!!!

SOOO GOOOOOD!

I subsituted my fries for broccoli so that we could be somewhat healthy and just split one order of fries!!

The broccoli had no flavor but at least it wasn’t drowning in oil like last night!

I ate the entire meal except for a few slices of the bread.

So good! Don’t mind my feet! Pedicure tomorrow? I think it is necessary!!

We had to taste test one of my new Turtle Mountain desserts after!! We brought out some Coconut Milk Vanilla Minis!!

It was such a cute size little ice cream sandwich! Perfect for my chocolate cravings!

Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size: 1 Sandwich

Calories: 100
Calories from Fat: 30

Total Fat: 3.5g
Saturated Fat 2.5g
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 50mg
Total Carbohydrate: 15g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 7g
Protein: 1g

Ingredients: Non-Dairy Frozen Yogurt

(Organic Coconut Milk (Water, Organic Coconut Cream), Organic Agave Syrup, Chicory Root Extract, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavor, Vanilla Bean Specks, Wafer (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Tapioca Syrup And/Or Brown Rice Syrup, Palm Oil Blend (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Canola Oil, Vitamin E), Caramel Color, Soy Flour, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin, Cocoa, Vanilla, Salt).

100 calories for an ice cream sandwich? Oh yeah!! Lovely ingredients too! The ice cream was creamy and delicious! The wafer had a crunch to it that I loved! It seriously made it so good. I still don’t like the coconut flavor and would prefer plain vanilla but it was still yummy and did the trick!!

For the rest of the night we are just having a few drinks and staying in. Tomorrow we are getting  hot stone massages!! I am soo excited!! My muscles are so sore from Jillian so I could really use a massage! I will let you know how it is tomorrow! Have a good night!

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It was one crazy morning today! I got myself up for a little Jillian Michael’s action..after hitting the snooze button about 4 times! Today I tried level 2 without sneakers on since the moves are so much louder than level 1!  I remember my feet scraping against my hard wood floors during plank jacks and I had to keep taking breaks. The neighbors haven’t complained yet so maybe I will just wear sneakers from now on!

After the 20 minutes of torture, I was brushing my hair and noticed something sticky and blue! GUM!!!! Yes, somehow I got a big wad of gum stuck in my hair during the Shred! I am thinking that there was a piece somewhere on my floor and it got stuck during abs? So horrible! I know peanut butter helps but I had no time to get it all over my hair and take a shower! I went over to the boy, handed him the brush, and let him do the dirty work!

He was basically ripping my hair out for 10 minutes. Then we brought out some Goo Gone which helps take gum out of clothes. I was praying it would be okay to use in my hair. It worked after about 20 minutes! After all that, somehow I made it to the city on time to stop at Jamba!

Today I got Apple Cinnamon!

Just like apple pieeeee yummmm!!!!

I just finished it now! So sad! This one might be my favorite. Tough choice though!

Last Night….

I remembered at the last minute that there was an open house at the gym so the boy was able to get in free! We walked in and they had so much food on tables!

It was a huge salad and a bunch of hummus dips! Of course I did not take anything because I was about to work out but still exciting!

They had a DJ too!

We decided to try Step Class because we were watching it a few weeks ago and it looked really fun! I was so nervous because I thought I would look like a complete idiot since I have no coordination! Everyone in the class seemed so advanced and perfect at it!

I was actually a little surprised I was able to do most of the routine! There were a few moves I could not get at all but it was okay since the class was so full! The teacher was amazing! She was so energetic and upbeat, completely opposite from Tuesday’s teacher!! I was drenched by the end! I would definitely take it again to try to learn all the moves!

We got home around 8:30. The boy can’t eat right after he works out so he wanted to wait an hour for dinner. I always get so starving after working out but wanted to eat with him so I just had a little appetizer!

I brought out a hummus flavor that I have never tried before: Hummus with Roasted Pine Nuts!

I heated up some broccoli and cauliflower in the microwave to dip the hummus in!

The hummus was okay but I don’t think I would buy it again. I love the Roasted Red Pepper and Sun Dried Tomato much more!!

I also made some beverages! Rum and Fuze!

We watched TV for a while and finally around 11 he was hungry! We kept it light since it was so late.

I started off by heating up some frozen edamame.

Along with some leftover brown rice.

I made a little bowl of salad, ginger, and some brown rice.

We split the edamame! Very good!

As I was eating the ginger, I decided to read the label for the first time. I was shocked when I read that it contains aspartame!! That is the evil fake sugar in gum that I try to avoid! I thought ginger was supposed to help the tummy! Maybe just the brand I bought has it. I will have to pay more attention next time when I buy ginger!

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