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Veggie Burger Competition

MissyMaintains — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:36:53 +0000

Happy St. Patty’s Day! I’m not Irish but do enjoy holidays that involve green beer Who else agrees that we should have off so we can drink all day? Okay…going to change the subject now because I am getting thirsty over here! Time for a little food recap of yesterday! I pretty much lived on veggie burgers and fries! No complaints here.

No burger for breakfast but I did have a delicious Fage yogurt filled with banana slices and Cinnamon Puffins.

I had a lot more Puffins throughout the morning! They are addicting!

I met up with a friend for lunch and we decided to try Bill’s Bar and Burger in the Meatpacking District. It is always packed when I walk by so I figured it had to be good! It was very cute inside with a bar, high tables, and fun music. I was very happy to see that they had a veggie burger on a whole wheat bun!

It came with a delicious roasted red pepper sauce and pickles. The burger was okay but nothing special. I seemed to be a fried veggie burger which kind of defeats the purpose. The normal burgers also just looked like something you would see from a fast food restaurant. We were expecting something huge and juicy. Oh well. The fries were okay but kind of boring!

I think it is always packed there because the beers during happy hour are only $3.00. I would go back there to drink but not just for lunch.

I met up with another friend for dinner! Anyone remember Amanda from this guest post a while back? Since that last post, she gained about 5 pounds and looks great now. We were roommates in college but hardly get to see each other so I was very excited about dinner! We decided to go to Vynl. I started off with White Cranberrytini. It had Kettle One, white cranberry juice, lemon, and one more thing but I can’t remember.

It was nice and strong

I thought about getting a salad for my entree but none of them seemed too exciting. Then I saw that they had a new veggie burger on the menu and had to get it! I did not care that I had one at lunch when I saw how good this one looked:

VYNL Roasted Veggie Burger *sweet onion, carrot, mushroom, red bell pepper, asparagus, sweet potato, tofu, black bean, spinach, lentils & chickpeas blended together and topped off with goat cheese on toasted multigrain bread. **

Now that is a veggie burger!! It was 100 times better than the one I had at lunch! I loved all the goat cheese they spread on there! And those fries….also better than at lunch. I love when they are crunchy and well done! I ate about half of them and let Amanda help me with the rest! Delicious! Vynl definitely beats Bill’s Burger!!

1) What is your favorite place to get a veggie burger..or your favorite brand?

2) What are you doing for St. Patty’s Day?

Drink some green beer for me

Got my baby back…baby back

MissyMaintains — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:14:47 +0000

Hope everyone survived their Monday! I had a long weekend because of the snow on Friday but am back in the swing of things now! I haven’t posted my eats in a while so I will do a little weekend recap with the highlights!

Let’s start with one of my favorite parts of the weekend….

An apricot margarita from 5 Burro! I also got the best salad ever!

I got the Vegetarian Mexican salad. They LOADED it with veggies! I could barely finish it! You can never go wrong at the 5 Burro!

I tried a new cereal for breakfast on Saturday morning..Kashi Strawberry Fields!

This only has 120 calories per serving and has a really simple ingredient list:

Ingredients:

Organic Long Grain Rice, Florida Crystals Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Whole Wheat, Organic Freeze Dried Strawberries, Sea Salt, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Freeze Dried Raspberries.

The cereal was really good. The flakes were very crunchy and they almost tasted like Frosted Flakes! There were tons of strawberries that got nice and soft once they melted in the milk. Definitely a new favorite cereal.

I had dinner at CheeburgerCheeburger Friday night and got another great salad.

I got the Portobella Mushroom salad with carrots, cucumbers and feta cheese. I also split the most amazing fries with the roommate.

Saturday night I took the train home to Philly to pick up Daisy! She got spayed last week. She is sad and confused but has been extra cuddly lately!

My mom and I drove to Atlantic City because my dad’s band played at Hard Rock Cafe! My dad is in a Grateful Dead cover band called Steal Your Face. The actual Grateful Dead were doing a concert in the same hotel as my dad’s band so basically Steal Your Face was the Grateful Dead’s after-party!

My dad is the one with the black shirt and guitar. See a resemblance?

Some random guy decided that he liked me and stood with my mom and I all night. He got annoying and I eventually had to ditch him but I got 4 free beers out of it at least! Haha I am mean but it saved me..or my mom at least $25.00

Once the Grateful Dead concert let out, everyone came in the Hard Rock to watch Steal Your Face. It got packed but was really exciting to see so many people watching my dad!

He played for everyone until 4:00 in the morning! Fun night!

On Sunday, my mom and I drove Daisy back to Philly (we brought Daisy to A.C). My mom practiced her Zumba routine with me since she just got Zumba certified. Pretty soon she will come to New York and teacha little class for my friends and any NY bloggers! Later that night I took the train back to New York.

I made a cottage cheese plate for dinner!

I steamed broccoli, mushrooms, and parsnips and topped them with soy sauce. I mixed everything in with some cottage cheese! Fun dinner. I am almost sick of cottage cheese again but I just need to mix it with some new ingredients I think!

I will save yesterday’s eats for tomorrow because I made some amazing pizza that deserves it’s own post!

As far as workouts go, today was the first day I’ve worked out since last Tuesday! Oops! Today I went to Core Fusion Yoga so I hopefully I am out of my little rut. Class was amazing and extra challenging since I hadn’t worked out in so long. I plan to go to Core Fusion for the rest of the week which will be nice!

I will leave you with one more of the baby (can you tell I really missed her?)

Did you try any new foods this weekend?

What is your favorite kind of cereal?

Have a good one!

My Favs…Whole Foods, Uno, Daisy!

MissyMaintains — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:43:27 +0000

Good Morning! I decided to do a little weekend recap before I head to Equinox for my last inTensati class! On Friday I got my hair cut after work and then picked up some dinner at Whole Foods.

I got pretty much everything!

Baked tofu
Roasted cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts
Sprout salad
Beats
Cabbage
Edamame

I went home and went with my roommate to Five Burro for a quick margarita!

I got my favorite new flavor, apricot. I swear the tequila was filled to the very top. Crazy.

Saturday morning I woke up and made some Cheerios with bananas and raisins.

I then went to a double feature at the movies! We saw Avatar in 3D and Book of Eli. They were both really good. I thought I would not like Avatar but actually really loved it.

We hit up Uno for dinner since it was right across the street! I started with a house salad.

I got the usual….the Roasted Vegetable Feta Flax Wrap!

I got extra roasted veggies on the side instead of fries. So good! I took the night off from drinking since I feel a little cold coming on.

This morning I decided to try some stovetop oats since I never get to make them during the week.

I mixed oatbran, canned pumpkin, cinnamon, Stevia, and blackberries. Great combination! Nice change from the usual instant oats in the microwave. I also had some Tazo Awake tea since I am sleepy! My neighbors decided to start drilling at 9:00 am this morning. Gotta love that on a Sunday.

Random Daisy pictures…..

You know you all like my kitty pajamas. I thought the white one looked like Daisy

I better go get ready for the gym! I am so not in the mood to jump all around right now but can’t miss the inTensai finale! It is 2 hours long but some of that will be talking and stretching. It will be nice to get a good workout since drinks will probably be consumed later during Superbowl! I’m not even sure exactly what I am doing yet. It is between a little house party or sports bar. I’ll decide later!

1) Are you cooking anything for the game?

2) Do you prefer going to a house party or sports bar?

Have fun!

What Not To Eat!

MissyMaintains — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:22:14 +0000

Hello! Today is the last day of my vacation. Not fun. Oh well! So my diet yesterday was an example of what NOT to eat to lose or maintain your weight. At the same time, I want to show you that indulging one day will not kill you! It is important to treat yourself every now and then to maintain your sanity and stay happy!

My diet started off well. I had the usual bowl of cereal for breakfast!

I relaxed all day and eventually did my Core Fusion Body Sculpt DVD. I am so sore today! It felt good since I hadn’t worked out in about a week!

My roomy came back from vacation so I told her she had to try a margarita from Five Burro Cafe! I got Mango and she got Watermelon. We both got sharks!

I did not really want Mexican again for dinner. We ended up just stopping for some pizza on the way home. I rarely treat myself to real New York pizza so this was delicious! I got a slice of mushroom and mozzarella.

Our drunk selves ordered a 3rd slice! It was so worth it at the time.

We went home with food comas and watched a movie. A little later we did more damage and brought out the ice cream. It was fro-yo at least!

Yes..very unhealthy night. I paid for it later! All of that food did not agree with my belly. Pizza is still my favorite food ever so I have to treat myself every now and then!

Speaking of pizza, remember my post about the The Pizza Diet? It was about a guy who ate 8 slices of pizza a day for 30 days and lost weight! A lot of us wondered what he was eating before the diet and how much he was working out. He actually wrote to me the other day to clarify!

Hi
This Matt McClellan from the Pizza Diet. I see many questions were posted about my previous diet and lack of exercise…to set the record straight I ate mostly fast food along with pizza and worked out about an 1 1/2 hours per day. I substituted my fast food (McDonald’s, Taco Bell, etc ) for a pizza only diet and decreased my workouts to only 1 hour 5 days per week. The results are real and I would invite you to visit tourdepizza.com for full story and photos.

Thanks again
Matt McClellan
Tour De Pizza

Thanks Matt! I guess it wouldn’t work for many of us who rarely eat fast food. It is good to know that pizza is probably the better choice since I would take hot melted cheese over gross beef any day!

Well I am off to try out Core Fusion Energy Flow with Dori! I am doing her 30-Day Core Fusion Challenge. This is day number 2 for me! I am hoping to go to class or do the DVD 3 to 4 times a week. I took before measurements so I will show you my results at the end of the month! Have a good Sunday!

I Love Casinos

MissyMaintains — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:45:38 +0000

Happy New Year’s Eve!!! I had a great night yesterday! Let’s just say I had amazing luck at the casino!! More on that later!!

Breakfast was the usual! Kashi Go Lean Crunch with bananas and raisins.

I was lazy all day with Daisy!

The boy and I decided to go to the Empire Casino in Yonkers! If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may remember the last time we went! I won $200.00 and he won $1,250.00!!! Amazing! We decided to test our luck again.

We stopped at Subway for some lunch on the way.

I got a 6 inch whole wheat with turkey, American, lettuce, tomato, mustard, and pickles. I had some Baked Lays on the side.

We got to the casino around 7:00. By 9:00, I broke even. I spent $200.00 but won $200.00 so I was just going to leave it at that. He was doing pretty good so he gave me an extra $20.00 to play with. We left around 2:00 in the morning. I won….$700.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO HAPPY. I just kept hitting and hitting on Poker!! Yayyy. Perfect timing since rent is due in a few days!!

We got back to Queens around 3:30. We were starving since we did not eat anything since Subway! We decided to stop at the Georgia Diner and get some breakfast.

I got an egg white omelet with mushrooms, spinach, and tomatoes. I had whole wheat bread on the side. I did not eat the potatoes because I only like them when they are burnt! I went to bed with a nice big smile!

Tonight I was thinking about heading to Towson but have nowhere for Daisy I might go to a party in NY instead! We’ll see! Hope everyone has a great night!

Guilt-Free New Year’s!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:15:33 +0000

Yesterday was another fun day. I started off with a repeat bowl of Kashi GoLean with bananas and raisins. I should be making omelets while I am home but I feel so lazy! I haven’t been working out at all! Oops!

I cleaned all day and then headed into the city for my hour long reflexology appointment at Yan Foot Spa! I got an amazing deal from Spa Sally. For just $25.00, I got a half hour back massage and half hour foot massage. The back massage was a complete surprise! It was a very deep tissue massage that felt great. I could not handle the foot part at certain times because I am so ticklish! It was a nice relaxing hour though.

I headed to Whole Foods after to pick up a delicious salad for dinner.

It contained:

String beans
Roasted sweet potato
Roasted asparagus
Steamed kale
Baked tofu
Detox salad
Mixed bean salad

So good!

Later I ended up with one of these babies at Chevy’s in Times Square.

It was a Pomegranate Margarita. I love that the calorie counts are next to each drink. Some of the margaritas were 480 calories. The one I chose was 240. I think I am done with my margarita kick now for a few reasons.

No margarita I’ve tried in the past week has come close to the one at Five Burro Cafe.
I felt so full and kind of nauseous after the one I had last night.
I need to go back to my vodka soda with a splash of cranberry to save the calories and sugar!

It was fun trying them at a bunch of different places. I think I just can’t handle too much tequila and sugar at the same time!

Speaking of cocktails, I wanted to share some guilt-free New Year’s drinks that my friends from Ocean Spray sent me.

Today Americans consume 400+ calories in beverages a day (double what’s recommended by the Beverage Guidance Council). This New Year’s whether you’re staying in or going out there are quick, delicious, reduced-cal drinks worth toasting to. Below are three quick tips to help your readers ring in the New Year and their waistlines:
1.       Remember calories are colorblind. Clear cocktails are not necessarily low calorie. For a low calorie treat try Ocean Spray’s 5-O Cosmo with only 50 little calories.
2.       Opt for a diet mixer. Diet Ocean Spray Juice Drinks come in a variety of flavors, are made with real fruit juice, and have only 5 calories per 8-ounce serving.
3.       Keep it simple. Fewer mixers, syrups and sugar rimmed glasses mean fewer calories. Add a splash of your favorite Ocean Spray juice to your spirit of choice and garnish with fresh, in season Ocean Spray cranberries to add flavor with fewer calories.

Playing host or hostess? Visit oceanspray.com for more cocktail or mocktail recipes, or download Ocean Spray’s “Unofficial, Official Fruit of the Holidays … and Every Day” cranberry brochure for tasty twists on party favorites: http://www.pimsmultimedia.com/ocean_spray_fall_09/recipes.php.

5-0 Cosmo™

INGREDIENTS:

3 ounces Diet Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Drink

3/4 ounce Absolut® Raspberri® Raspberry Flavored Vodka

Squeeze of lime

Lime twist, garnish

DIRECTIONS:
Shake ingredients, except lime twist, until cold, in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with lime twist. Makes 1 50-calorie serving.

What are your tips for a guilt-free New Year’s party?

Cocktails for Lunch!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:08:44 +0000

Hey everyone! I am going to do a quick little post before the cleaning begins. I have about 5 loads of laundry piled up in my closet! Eek!

Yesterday’s breakfast was a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crunch with bananas and raisins.

I also made a cup of Click Espresso Protein drink since I was a sleepy girl. I slept till 12 so I think I got too much sleep! The drink always does the trick!

After breakfast I headed to the mall to try to find an outfit for New Years. No luck yet but it was fun shopping around on a Monday during work hours! A little later I met a friend at Outback for a drink! I got a Mai Tai. Yum!

I was starving since the only thing I ate all day was a bowl of cereal. We looked at the appetizers but they were all about 1500 calories! No way! I got a house salad instead.

They gave us the amazing bread again too.

We were thinking about dinner but decided to go somewhere else because of our last horrible Outback disaster. I got a frozen margarita instead!

I went home and made a nice little turkey and cheese wrap for dinner.

With some popchips and Bud Light Lime again!

Nice day off! Today I need to get back to the gym! I guess all of my walking around the mall yesterday was a little workout in itself! I am off to go have some breakfast! Yes, at 1:43 in the afternoon! Love it.

What is your favorite mixed drink?

Have a good one!

Lalalalala

MissyMaintains — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:07:17 +0000

Hello! Couldn’t think of a title..sorry! I am back in New York after a fun weekend. I will do a short recap of yesterday and today. I did not take too many pictures since breakfast was just Honey Nut Cheerios and lunch was a turkey hoagie from Wawa. It was gross and rainy outside so we all hung out and drank some wine. My friend Jackie cooked a delicious dinner.

We had salad, squash, string beans, yellow rice with diced tomatoes, and grilled chicken. The rice was so good! I have to find out what she seasoned it with!

Daisy and Sammy became friends.

Today I had some more cereal and headed back to New York. It was a fun train ride home with Daisy. She slept on my lap the whole time. One couple started taking pictures of her and saying they were going to post them on Facebook!

Once I got home, I made a turkey, cheese, and ham wrap. I was starving!

I had a beer, popchips, cucumbers, and hummus on the side! Always a quick, delicious dinner.

The rest of my Sunday involves another beer and maybe some ice cream! Today is a great Sunday since I am off work again this week! No clue what I’m doing yet! What are you doing for New Years?

Snowing In My Bedroom!

MissyMaintains — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:03:06 +0000

Happy Saturday! It is finally starting to snow! My bedroom is SO cold. I am currently wearing……

1 tank top, 2 sweat shirts, sweat pants, UGGs, gloves, and a winter hat. Oh and Daisy has to be on my lap to keep me warm! Pretty sad for being inside! I just emailed my landlord to come over and raise the heat! I just took my gloves off so I could type and now my hands are numb. I need those gloves where the fingers are open on the end!

Okay, enough about cold and onto food! I woke up this morning and made a green juice of course!

I had to take Daisy to the vet to get her last shot. She was not too happy.

I got home after and made some cereal! I decided to try out some Health Valley Organic Fiber 7 Flakes.

I added raisins and bananas. The cereal was very good! The flakes were nice and big and did not need any extra sweetener. The cereal is 160 calories, 7 grams of fiber, and 6 grams of protein for 1 cup. Nice stats!

Mexican Meals!!

I had the same thing for 3 different meals in the past 2 days. On Thursday, I made a Mexican salad using LightLife Smart Ground veggie crumbles.

I cooked it on the stove with corn and bean salsa, peppers, and mushrooms. I also added steamed broccoli, carrots, and Dr. Kracker’s.

Delicious salad! I had some red wine too!

On Friday for lunch, I brought some leftovers. I had a little salad left in the bag so I added carrots and brought it to work with me.

I brought the LightLife mix in a separate container and made a great salad for lunch!

I still had more leftover after that so I had it again for dinner last night!

All gone now! I also had a Skinny Cow ice cream sammy and some cereal a little later. I was supposed to get highlights last night but I was 10 minutes late so I had to reschedule. I was so mad but at least it gave me some time to relax at home! I was so bored though that I kept getting tons of snacks! Eventually I gave Daisy a bath so I couldn’t move from my spot for 2 hours since she was cold!

Today looks like a nice movie/beer day! Better go stock up before it gets too bad out! It’s days like today that I wish I had a Wii Fit! Maybe I’ll do my Core Fusion DVD or something.

What do you plan on doing today in this snow??

If you are somewhere warm and sunny, I am jealous! Have a good day!

You have until Monday to enter my Musselman’s Gift Pack Giveaway!

Campbell’s Soup Winner!

MissyMaintains — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:21:28 +0000

How’s it going? I will start things off with the Campbell’s Soup gift pack winner!

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

18
Timestamp: 2009-11-23 16:02:30 UTC

The winner is Jane B!

Congrats Jane! Please e-mail me your address so I can get your prize out to you.

SUNDAY

Yesterday was a pretty productive day. After the exterminator was gone, I ran into the kitchen and grabbed my cereal. I had a repeat bowl from Saturday.

Cheerios with bananas and raisins with a few Apple Jacks on top!

I took a nap and then cleaned my entire apartment. I finally hung up some pictures in my room. I’ve been meaning to do that since I moved months ago! I also rearranged the whole kitchen since I had to take all the dishes out anyway for the exterminator. (I saw two roaches today so obviously he did not do such a good job!)

By the time I was done everything, I wanted a quick, easy dinner. I picked up some lunch meat and made a sandwich.

Turkey, ham, and cheese with lettuce and mustard and an Arnold’s sandwich thin. I also had some cucumbers and popchips to dip in hummus!

I had a beer too. I watched the Eagles game and relaxed the rest of the night.

Sorry..I had to put this one in too!

I am very excited that this is a short work week! Can’t wait for lots of pumpkin pie on Thursday! I’m thinking about making something to bring to my parent’s dinner but I am not sure what! It has to be something that I can transport from NY to Philly. Maybe some pumpkin cookies or brownies?

What is your favorite side dish or dessert at a Thanksgiving dinner? (Besides pumpkin pie!!)

I am hungry now thinking about this! Gotta go! Have a good Monday!