Last night after work, I met my friend Amanda and her boyfriend for dinner.

Hi Amanda We tossed around a few dinner options…Mexican, Japanese, American, or Thai. I’ve only had Thai twice before and loved it both times so I was happy when Amanda said it was her first choice. There are tons of Thai restaurants around my work but we decided on a restaurant called Room Service. I’ve heard some great reviews and it looked very cool inside!

The restaurant looks like a hotel inside. There is a big chandelier, doors with room numbers on them, and pretty wall paper. We actually sat in the exact booth below!

Here is a little glimpse of what it looks like later at night when it turns into a club!

Fun right? We made it there just in time for the last half hour of happy hour. Drinks were $6.00 and the Thai beer was buy one get one free. One specific drink got my attention: Detox Cocktail!

It was made with pomegranate juice, vodka, honey, lemon, and cucumber. It was delicious! I was really sick the other day with a stomach virus and fever so I figured it was the perfect choice!

We decided to get a few appetizers to share. We started with the Chicken Satay: house – marinated chicken served with our signature peanut dipping sauce.

The chicken was delicious! I loved the peanut sauce. Luckily Amanda and her boyfriend are not huge cucumber fans so I got to have all of the veggies.

The chicken was so good that we ordered a 2nd one! I had another skewer plus another half of a cucumber!

We also split the Pineapple Fried Rice:  fried rice with hawaiian pineapples, onions, scallions, raisins, carrots, eggs, green peas and garnished with roasted cashew nuts.

The rice was amazing! There were giant chunks of pineapple and it wasn’t too greasy like typical fried rice.

Last but not least, we split the Pad Thai with Chicken: sauteed thai rice noodles with eggs, brown tofu, bean sprouts, scallions and crushed peanuts.

My plate:

The Pad Thai was amazing as well! I loved that there were tons of bean sprouts and tofu mixed in with the noodles. According to Amanda, the noodles were not as spicy as some other places she’s tried. Probably a good thing for me! I refilled my plate with more noodles more than once

Dinner was a lot of fun because Amanda acted as my practice health coaching client! We went through her health history and came up with a few recommendations and goals for our next session. I promised to bring her a box of Stevia next time so that she eases off her Splenda and Crystal Light! We will also be coming up with something to munch on besides Life Cereal and Frosted Mini Wheats!

Overall  the service at Room Service was very good. It was pretty empty for happy hour but I’m sure it gets much busier later on. The prices were pretty decent too! I definitely recommend it if you want a nice environment and delicious food! I plan to come back later at night to check out the club scene! 

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Hello! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! The hot weather made me happy! My weekend consisted of a Bat Mitzvah, drinking at night, and relaxing. Sounds good to me! Let’s talk about how to make some healthy choices at an event like a Bat Mitzvah with many unhealthy, tempting options all day!

That morning I went to the gym and did 45 minutes on the elliptical. It is always a good idea to get a nice workout in if you think you want to indulge at the event. I think it is totally fine to have a few treats at events like this since you most likely don’t get to eat this stuff every day. I also knew there was an open bar so I tried to go for the healthier options during the event! Always have to save room for those drinks!

After the service, there was tons of cookies, brownies, and fruit. I was starving for lunch by this time so I did not want to fill up on too many cookies. Instead I opted for fruit, coffee, and a piece of the chocolate below.

The chocolate tasted like Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies! Amazing!

Once it was time to eat I ran over to the salad bar first and filled my plate! Strawberries are amazing during this time of year! I love summer.

Eventually I made my way to the open bar. I started with a glass of wine. No, that is not ice cream next to my wine. It is mashed potatoes! So pretty. They also had bacon, cheese, sour cream, etc. to top over the potatoes but I skipped all of that.

I also had a piece of chicken stuffed with spinach. I had a small piece of steak as well for some extra protein but don’t know what happened to that picture!

There was also a pasta bar, pizza, chicken fingers, and ravioli. I was still a little hungry so I opted for another salad with some fries on the side.

I had a Blue Moon as well! (Or maybe 3 of them).

They had a “make your own sundae” bar for dessert. I was stuffed from 3 Blue Moons so I skipped dessert. Sometimes alcohol is my top priority!

I took the train back to New York just in time to meet some friends from college! They were all visiting from Maryland. I hadn’t seen a few of them in 3 years so it was an amazing time!We met at a Tapas restaurant in the Village called Sala. I had a few glasses of Sangria, a salad, and shrimp dish. It was really nice there!

We continued on to a few more bars. Dori joined us for the festivities! We enjoyed some $14.00 (crazy) pear and mango martinis at a beautiful rooftop bar! I had to warn all of my Maryland friends that drinks would not be $3.00 like they were used to! Gotta love New York!

Dori and I ended the night with omelets at a diner at 2:00 in the morning! I am thankful for Twitter  because it helped Dori and I remember the events that occurred that night!! See @dysterious’ timeline if you are interested. It will give you a nice laugh.

Sunday was a lazy day. I went to Piu Bello for a nice greasy lunch to cure the hangover.

I got the Vegetarian wrap with avocado, goat cheese, and olives. I kind of forgot there were olives in there and had to pick them out! They are my least favorite food. Other than that the wrap and fries were both amazing! It felt great to sit outside in the 80 degree weather! I consider moving to Florida more and more every day.

Piu Bello is known for their gelato so I got Cookies N’ Cream!

I got home and spent the rest of the day checking out computer desks at Simplydesks.com. I will be doing a review of an item from the website very soon! I can’t decide between a new office chair or little portable laptop desk! We’ll see.

Great weekend! The Bat Mitzvah made me miss my own 10 years ago! I gave out really cool boxers that said, “I had a Sunsational  time at Missy’s Bat Mitzvah! I’ve always been obsessed with tropical hot weather! One of these days I will get some pictures on here from that day. I had thick bangs and braces. Typical.

1) What are your tips for eating healthy at a big event?

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Hello! Glad everyone enjoyed Part 1 of my Puerto Rico recap! I will start from where I left off yesterday!

The 2nd day of our trip was the rainforest tour! It was pretty cloudy out so it actually worked out perfectly that we did not have a beach day planned. After about 4 hours of sleep, we woke up for some breakfast. They gave us free continental breakfast for 2 of the days.

It included, fruit, juice, coffee, a cheese and strawberry pastry.  Talk about sugar overload! This was not the best breakfast after a night of drinking. I stuck with the fruit and coffee and had some of the cheese pastry for a little protein.

Waiting for our tour bus to arrive…

It was about an hour long drive but very pretty!

It was pouring in the rainforest so the ponchos were probably the best idea ever!

We walked for an hour or two through the pretty rainforest on thin trails. It was a great workout! There were tons of hills and climbing involved!

There were no monkeys but I did see a snail….

And a bat…..

And a cat!!!

Hector (another tour guide we made friends with) picked up a plant and lit in on fire. It smelled so good! It was similar to a candle.

We were all famished after the rainforest! The fruit was not filling at all. We stopped at an authentic Puerto Rican food stand for lunch. Hector warned us that everything would be fried.

Check out the doggie on the roof! I felt bad when it started raining again!

These were some of our options…

I got a chicken pastelle with rice and beans. They said it was wrapped in sweet potato and some other vegetables. It was really good!

I also tried a chicken taco! Nice and fried…and delicious.

After the tour, some of the girls rested and showered but Melanie (the bride) and I decided to take a walk by the hotel to explore.

Yes..cockfights. This guy told us ladies were free so we walked in out of curiosity. It was insane!!! All these men were cheering the chickens on so that they would stab each other. We saw one die and immediately ran away. It was so disturbing. I heard worse things happen there but I was not staying any longer!

Bachelorette Party!

Saturday night was our official party night. We stocked up on some goodies…

We pregamed in our club room. I had the techno blasting of course!

We put on our gear and headed out to dinner!

We went to a restaurant by our hotel that had pretty much everything. I got salmon and shrimp topped with mango sauce. It was amazing! Excuse the pink backdrop behind my plate!!

Our new waitor friend One of the waitors even came to the club with us that night!

Hi Daisy!

After pregaming at a few bars, we headed to Senor Frogs. It became spring break all over again! I have probably 100 more pictures but I will only post what I think is (somewhat) appropriate!

And I’ll leave it at that….

Once we got home around 5:00 in the morning, we were starving! We tried for room service but they weren’t serving anything. The only 2 things open were Burger King and pizza. We found Burger King first!

We got fries and grilled chicken salads. I would probably never eat chicken from there again but desperate times call for desperate measures. It could have been much worse right?

3 hours later we woke up for the beach! It was georgous and sunny out so we decided we’d rather recover outside. Another horrible breakfast… I ate the fruit plus a Larabar.

We hung out at the beach and then headed to the El San Juan pool to find some friends we made from the night before.

Their pool was so fun! There was house music playing, a pool bar, and 3 hot tubs!

We had a few drinks and headed back out for another tour! This was called the Bio Bay tour. Hector came and picked us up and drove us to a cute town for the tour.

I don’t have pictures from the actual tour since we were in little kayaks!  We did this at night so it was pitch black out! We took our kayaks through little canals over the black water! SO scary. We had to go when it was dark out because the water glowed!

Why does the water glow? (from the Biobay website))
This unique bay contains up to 720,000 single-celled bioluminescent dinoflagellates per gallon of water. These half-plant, half-animal organisms emit a flash of bluish light when agitated at night.

The tour was really awesome  but very creepy! We could see the fish-like creatures glowing in the water. One even jumped into our friend’s kayak! Luckily our boat never tipped over because I would have flipped out!

We got back around 10:00 at night and headed to dinner.

We went to another Puerto Rican restaurant. We all shared some delicious guacamole.

I got grilled chicken with rice and beans. I promise there was chicken under all of that cheese!! I scraped most of it off to prevent any stomach issues from occuring!

After dinner we checked out a few bars but nothing was really happening so we called it an early night.

We spent our last day at the beach before heading back to New York!

It was such a fun trip! I want to go backkkk!! One of these days I am moving somewhere warm!  

Well I am off! Thanks for reading!! Have a good day!

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Hello! Yesterday was a nice and healthy day..until dinner. That’s usually the story of my life so it’s okay! Margaritas were involved but did you expect anything less in this warm weather?

After my morning gym session I picked up some pineapple cottage cheese for breakfast.

I’ve never had it with pineapple but really enjoyed it. There were little chunks throughout the container.  I also had some crack espresso Click Espresso to drink. Love this stuff. It has 15 grams of protein and wakes me right up!

I also snacked on an apple later in the morning.

During lunch I walked around a little and tried to get a 30 minute tan! I also stopped at Westside Market and created my own salad.

It had chickpeas, broccoli, goat cheese, and pesto chicken. Delicious.

After work I got my taxes done. They were very generous to me this year because of my tuition bill! I decided to go celebrate with some margaritas! I met a friend and we wandered around near Union Square until we found a cute Mexican restaurant called EL Cantinero. It had an outside patio which I was very excited about.

We were trying to get a shot of the patio without people thinking we were taking pictures of them eating!

We were served chips and salsa of course. I was dying of hunger so I may have went a little overboard on the chips.

We weren’t even halfway through the basket and the server brought us a fresh basket of chips without even asking if we wanted more. Nice service!

I was debating between a margarita and sangria but decided I needed to see if any margarita could compare to the one at 5 Burro! I went with Mango.

At first I thought it was not as strong as the one at 5 Burro. I ended up being very wrong. This one was very refreshing and not too sweet. I downed it..a little too fast!

I got the Vegetarian Fajitas. I had to see if these could compare to 5 Burro’s fajitas too!

I loved how pretty the plate was! The orange slices gave the dish a nice touch. There was also tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, celery, carrots, lettuce, and peppers, and avocado slices. I love giant piles of veggies!! They were less greasy than the veggies at 5 Burro which was nice. I do prefer the zucchini and mushrooms at 5 Burro instead of celery and carrots but this was still very impressive. There were too many onions once I got to the bottom of the pile so I took that was my cue to stop eating!

The dish also came with Spanish rice and flour wraps but I skipped those since I had plenty of chips before the meal.

Sorry about the finger. The tequila was setting in.

Halfway through my meal I ordered another margarita.  Totally not necessary. I went with Blackberry this time!

It was delicious but I could only drink half. Missy not able to finish a drink?? That should probably tell you something about how strong the drinks were!

Overall I was very impressed by El Cantinero. The prices were a little steeper than 5 Burro but the food was delicious, the drinks were strong, and the service was great! The outdoor patio was a nice bonus as well.

I’m not sure how I ate dessert because I was stuffed but I guess I can never be too full for The Lite Choice! Cookies N’ Cream softs serve is always a wonderful way to end the night.

Hmm… I guess we can disregard yesterday’s post about continuing on my Passover diet! I did wake up for the gym again today at least! I did 35 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes on the treadmill. I ran for 7 of the minutes until I got a cramp. Very annoying. Tonight I am also going to Core Fusion with a blog reader so margaritas and soft serve are fine in my book! 

P.S. CALL FOR GUEST BLOGGERS! I am going on vacation next week and do not plan on bringing my laptop so let me know if you interested in doing a guest post! Have a good one!

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Happy Friday! I’m glad you guys enjoyed my Q&A post yesterday. I’ve already gotten a few more questions so I will be sure to post them every few days! 

I have to talk about my great workout this morning. The last workout I did was the Wednesday morning Core Fusion class. I took a much needed day off yesterday! Last night I decided I would go to a 6:30 am inTensati class this morning at an Equinox near my work. This meant I would have to leave my house by 5:30 and wake up by 5:15. I tried to be good last night and go to bed at 10:15. I stared at the ceiling and cuddled with Daisy for a good hour and a half. I chewed an entire pack of gum yesterday so my tummy was bothering me. I also had caffeine later in the day so I just could not fall asleep. I got back online at 11:30 and played on Twitter. Mari and I tweeted back and forth about how we both wanted to wake up to work out. We told each other we would yell at each other in the morning if one of us did not go. Finally I took a piece of melatonin and fell asleep around 12:30.

This morning the alarm went off at 5:15 and I struggled to get up. I knew Mari would kick my butt if I got to work and told her I slept in so I made my way out of bed. Twitter really does hold you accountable! I made myself an espresso drink because I needed some sort of caffeine at that hour! I made it to Equinox at exactly 6:30. It was still dark out when I got into the city. Very weird! Who knew that there was an Equinox 3 blocks away from work!?

I made it into class by 6:35 but luckily the teacher was still talking. She was sharing one of her stories about how inTensati has helped her in her life. We got started by 6:40 and did our relaxing, flowy yoga moves. Five minutes later the cardio began. The energy seemed kind of low in the beginning but after a few minutes, everyone was yelling chants and getting very into it!

This particular class was labeled HCB on the schedule…high calorie burn! I could not imagine how much more intense one of these classes could possibly be! Let’s see..we broke out into crazy mountain climbers in the middle of our moves. I had to stop several times and chug water. We also did cardio straight through and only did the yoga at the end for 5 minutes. Last time we did it for maybe 15 minutes. I liked it better this way I think. We did leg lifts, lunges, and then a few stretches to end the class. It was so good. It just amazes me how these teachers can have such high energy, remember every dance move without messing up, and chant the affirmations at the same time! That takes skill and coordination! My stats were:

Calories burned: 463
Maximum heart rate: 187
Average heart rate: 161

Love it. I am already stressing out about what will happen at the end of the challenge. I don’t want to ever stop taking this class! I am also in love with Equinox. I should get this out of my head because I can’t afford a more expensive gym. Everything is just so pretty and nice. There are also 8000 classes to try. I decided I feel like I’m on vacation when I am in the locker room! They have razors, Q-tips, mouthwash, hair gel, Kiehl’s shampoo…everything. The steam room is huge. Oh, and the towels are thick and actually fit around your whole body. At NYSC, the towels are so little that either your top or bottom shows! I don’t like that. Okay, I need to stop dreaming of my future Equinox membership now.
 
I had an hour and a half till work after the class. I kind of wished there was a strength class after. There were no other classes so I did the elliptical for 30 minutes since I don’t need that long to get ready. It was a lovely workout.

GUM
 
I mentioned that I chewed a whole pack yesterday. I’ve really been trying to cut down but if it is there, I chew it! I go all morning without it but then buy a pack after lunch just because I need something minty to chew. Today I am not buying any! It bothers my tummy way too much. I do have to show you the awesome pack of gum I got yesterday!

Yes, their little marketing tactic worked on me. I wanted to know what flavor was inside. The package is so pretty! I also have a hard time choosing a flavor sometimes because I want everything. This saved me from having to choose.

It was Sweet Berry incase you were wondering. It was a nice change from my usual mint!

This post is going to be all over the place. I had a lot of caffeine….Now I need to show you one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had.

This was from the cafe at my work. Just $4.36 for this amazing lunch. It was a spicy salmon sandwich with cucumberand avocado on 7-grain focaccia.

It was so good. The delicious bread was coated with a little spicy mayo and sliced avocado. MMM.

Fiesta!

I took my friend Kaity to the 5 Burro Cafe for dinner! I got an Apricot Margarita.

I got a new friend!

I was going to get my usual veggie fajitas but she convinced me to go all out and get the combo fajita. It had shrimp, steak,and chicken. I haven’t ordered steak or chicken from a restaurant in a while (thank you Food Inc). I promised myself it had to be organic/grass-fed but this was a nice little treat. Don’t judge. Their steak is so good there!

I could only finish half! I wish I had a picture of her quesadillas. They were huge! I had a 2nd margarita but she had to help me drink half. They are so strong.  We stumbled our way into the little corner store after so she could buy Shape. The new issue is out now…kind of depressing. We had to dig through a bin to find a January issue for her to buy! I can’t yell and scream anymore when I walk by a newsstand. I got my 30 days of fame lol.

Okay, I have real work to do so I will stop rambling!  Have a great Friday!

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I had a very eventful night last night! It was my roommate’s birthday and she won a happy hour at a bar in Murray Hill. Drinks for her were free and drinks for everyone else were half price. It got crazy. More on that later! First I have to show you my delicious breakfast and lunch!

I thought I had oatmeal in my desk but turns out I was all out! I decided to order from Energy Kitchen! I logged on and saw that every breakfast item is only $2.99 now! I think the wrap I always get is usually around $6.00! Great deal!

I got the Veggie Egg Wrap with mushrooms and tomatoes and low fat American cheese with five egg whites. 319 calories. Seriously the best breakfast ever.

I had to spend $10.00 for delivery so I decided to order lunch too! I got the Salmon Salad-With dill, capers, red onions, cucumbers, low-fat mayo, bell peppers atop mesclun. 272 calories.

The salad was pretty good but I don’t think I’d get it again since it was $10.99! The salads at Hale and Hearty are way better for only $6 or $7! Also they forgot my dressing so it was slightly boring. I did love the capers mixed into the salmon though!

Happy Hour!

I got a Blue Moon (X3 or 4?) They were only $3.00! That is very hard to find in NYC.

Jackie and I.

A few people ordered sampler platters for everyone. They included wings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken fingers.

My dinner ended up being 2 chicken fingers dipped in honey mustard and a wing. So healthy right? Delicious when drinking though!

Apparently I was double fisting…

Beer pong was played. It felt like college all over again!

My roomate does not drink very often. We ended up taking tons of free shots. Things got crazy.

The night ended with Jackie getting sick in the bathroom for a while! The security guard tried to pull her out but she could not get up! Eventually we carried her out and her friend drove us home. I had to hold her hair back for a nice half hour when we got home! That’s what roommates are for! I barely remember going to bed!

I woke up this morning feeling like a hot mess. I opened my purse and my camera was gone. I started to have a mild panic attack. How will I blog??!!Eventually I found it in my coat pocket! I also found these 2 random Snickers in my pants pocket!

No idea where they came from! I had some interested texts on my phone this morning! The first one went a little something like this:

Kaity: Hey miss what are you doing next Saturday
Kaity: Because I have off that day
Kaity: Do u watch Jersey Shore
Me: yess love thst. shwo
Kaity: it’s on
Me: i dont have mtv i watch it next day
Kaity: Ohh boo so next Saturday what are you doing
Me: nothingg we wull plauy
Kaity: Sweet:) I’m excited its a hot date
Me: oh yeah wahoo

Haha and here is another one! I texted my other friend Katie that lives in MD and said:

Me: i love you
Kaitie: i love you!!! <3
Me: (Randomly send her this picture of Daisy)

Katie: haha that looks like one of those posters they have in the dentists office
Me: haha omg we went out for my roomates bday and shes throwing up for 4 hrs
Katie: haha that’s hilarious! were u the only non asians out
Me: hahayes just me with 15 asians and I love them…jackie threw up for the past 20 min hahahah

That’s it! She went from throwing up for 4 hours to 20 minutes? Hmm…yes drunk Missy. No clue if Jackie made it to work today! Those are always the best nights!

Well I am off! Tonight I am taking my 5th Core Fusion class with Dori! It is with my favorite teacher so I am excited! I also have something very exciting planned for tomorrow. It has to do with fro-yo! Have a great weekend!

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Morning! Hope everyone survived their first day back at work after the holidays! My day was okay since I was busy but I was incredibly tired! I was still on my waking up at 1:00 in the afternoon schedule! I also ran out of melatonin on Sunday night so I didn’t fall asleep till 3 in the morning! I used food as a tool to make me tired which is never too fun the next day. Cereal and peanut butter at 2 am always seem to do the trick though! I think I am almost back on schedule today! Much more awake!

Breakfast

After eating Cheerios in the middle of the night, the last thing I wanted the next morning was oatmeal. I made an omelet to take to work with me instead.

It contained 1 egg, 2 egg whites, and Laughing Cow cheese. It kept me full for a lot longer than oatmeal too. I am going to start bringing them more!

Lunch

I went to Hale and Hearty and got my favorite salad ever!

It contained cucumbers, carrots, edamame, tomatoes, avocado, and goat cheese. Yum! I had low-fat carrot ginger dressing on the side.

Later in the afternoon, I snacked on an 18 Rabbits granola bar. I got to try their brand new flavor that actually just came out in stores yesterday! It is called the Belle Bananas Foster bar.

I really enjoyed this flavor. It is made with hazelnut, walnut, flax, cocoa nibs, and is also wheat and dairy free. I loved the caramelized bananas throughout the bar. It was very filling too!

After work I had to skip the gym because I had to take Daisy to the vet. By the time I was done, I was starving for dinner! I made:

Healthified Chicken Parmesan!

I heated up 3 Applegate Farms chicken strips and topped them over a salad with cucumbers, celery, and bell peppers. I then topped the chicken with red sauce and Parmesan cheese.

It was a delicious and quick salad!

Dessert was banana soft serve with some chocolate chips and whipped cream!

Tonight I will be getting back into my Core Fusion challenge! I actually plan on taking Core Fusion Open for the next 3 or 4 days in a row! I will be a very sore girl! Can’t wait!!

Question Time!

1) What is your favorite bar?

Mine is a Z-Bar! Any flavor makes me happy!

2) What is your favorite kind of salad dressing?

I am usually a balsamic girl but I am loving the low-fat carrot ginger at Hale and Hearty!!

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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?

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Hello on the beautiful sunny day! I had to pass on my $1.00 Jamba Juice oats today. I was not walking those extra 10 blocks in this rain. I started the day with a lovely green juice instead.

It contained kale, romaine, lemon, ginger, apple, celery, cucumber, and carrots.

This one was not so good. I think I will ditch the celery next time!

I arrived at work and warmed up with some oats and coffee.

I used Nature’s Path flax oatmeal, banana, cinnamon, and Navita’s Naturals Raw Cocoa Nibs. Yum!

Back to yesterday….

I went to Hale and Hearty Soups and got a delicious salad.

I forgot my camera as you can probably tell. The salad contained cucumbers, carrots, edamame, goat cheese, and avocado. Perfect combination! I also decided to try their signature Hale and Heart Vinaigrette since everyone around me was ordering it. I really enjoyed it.

I snacked on a Z-Bar later in the day. I tried to snack on an apple too but someone stole it from the fridge. Love when that happens.

After work, I went to Core Fusion. Dori and I decided that we would go twice a week from now on. We both want to get more strength training in so I figured last night would be a nice night to go! It was incredibly hard as always but a great workout. I plan to go once more this week too!

Dinner

I mentioned yesterday that I had 6 packages of hot dogs from Applegate Farms. I looked in my freezer and realized that they also sent me chicken strips, patties, and bacon! I decided to incorporate the Organic Chicken Strips into dinner last night.

Haha okay let’s check out the nutrition facts!

Organic Chicken Strips
Serving Size 3 Strips (84g)
Servings Per Container About 2.5
Calories 160
Calories From Fat 60
% Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Amount/serving DV%
Total Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 1.5g 8%
Trans Fat 0g —
Cholesterol 35mg 12%
Sodium 180mg 8%
Total Carbs 11g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 1g —
Protein 12g —
Vitamin A 2%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron 10%

Organic Chicken, Water, Organic Rice Starch, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Breading: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Sea Salt, Torula Yeast, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Paprika, Batter: Water, Organic Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Organic Garlic, Organic White Pepper, Organic Flavorings (Organic Rosemary Organic Sage And Organic Marjoram), Organic Cayenne Pepper, Breading Set In Organic Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil.

I like that the strips are high in protein and low in sodium. Most frozen foods are very high in sodium but 180 mg is not too bad for these. I cooked them on the skillet with some mushrooms.

While they were cooking, I decided to make a massaged kale salad.

I started off by rubbing Navitas Naturals Coconut Oil on the kale leaves.

I then rubbed half of an avocado all over the leaves. I added some salt, pepper, and lemon juice and sliced up a little more avocado for the top.

I topped the chicken and mushrooms over the salad once they were finished cooking.

The salad came out great! The chicken tenders were crunchy and similar enough to regular chicken tenders from restaurants. They were not greasy and made a wonderful salad topping! I topped everything with Vivi’s Original Carnival Mustard Sauce. I will do a full review on it next week but it gave my salad some nice little extra spice!

Dessert was Brown Cow Greek yogurt with a crumbled Purely Elizabeth Cocoa muffin (my 3rd muffin of the day,oops!) There was also some apple butter and chocolate chips hidden under the muffin!! Yum!

What is your favorite yogurt topping?

I’d have to go with the above for my favorite! Usually I don’t have muffins around so pumpkin butter, chocolate chips, and grapes are my 2nd favorite toppings!

I am off to go run to the store in the rain! I forgot gum and can’t sit here for 5 more hours without something to chew! Have a good one!

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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 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!!

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