Happy Friday!  Last week, I received a nice package from Activia containing their new line of Activia Selects yogurt. Unfortunately there was a delay between when the yogurts arrived and when I actually received the yogurts from the shipping department at work. The yogurts were warm so I had to throw them all out. I hate wasting food like that! I contacted Activia and they offered to hand deliver the yogurts to my work! Talk about good customer service! This immediately made me love the company without even trying the yogurt.

WHAT IS ACTIVIA? (from the website):

Activia® is a delicious, creamy yogurt. Activia, with Bifidus Regularis®, helps naturally regulate your digestive system as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

Activia, with the probiotic culture called Bifidus Regularis (Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010), works to help regulate your digestive system .

The new Activia Selects Line includes the following:

• French yogurt that is available in cherry, blackberry and raspberry, mango and pineapple flavors
• French style with fruit bites on the bottom that is available in strawberry and mixed berry flavors
• Greek yogurt that is available in strawberry, vanilla, blueberry and pomegranate and berry flavors
• Parfait yogurt  that is available in strawberry, vanilla, peach and mixed berry flavors

I got to try the French Style with strawberry fruit bites as well as the Greek yogurt in strawberry flavor.  I loved the French Style since it had big chunks of fresh strawberries on the bottom. It made a delicious dessert and sweet afternoon snack! The Greek yogurt was also thick and had the perfect amount of sweetness to it. I would definitely purchase both of these in the future. As far as my digestion goes, I did not notice any difference but I think if I ate these yogurts on a regular basis, I would probably notice some improvement.

GIVEAWAY

The folks over at Activia are offering three lucky Missy Maintains readers a cool Activia Selects tote and lunchbox! (Sorry, I do not have a picture but I’m sure both items are cute!)

How to enter:

1) Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite kind of yogurt is and why.

2) Tweet about the giveaway. “Win an Activia Selects tote and lunchbox from @MissyMaintains! 3 Winners! Enter here: http://bit.ly/rbgzfU”

3) “Like” Activia on Facebook and let me know you did in the comments below.

I will choose 3 winners next Wednesday, August 31. Good luck and be safe in the hurricane!!

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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!

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Hello again! I had another relaxing day off yesterday! I could get used to this I woke up and had a little pre-gym breakfast.

A whole wheat English muffin with Crazy Richards peanut butter and 1/2 a banana. Yum!

I made my way to the gym and did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the treadmill. I burned a nice 550 calories.

I then headed into the city to get my highlights. I snacked on a Glo Bar on the way there. Thanks Dori!

I liked the big chunks of apricots in there. It was pretty filling too!

3 hours later, my hair was done! It looks a little something like this (after running in the awful wind):

The front is a bit too blonde for me but I did not want to ruin the blow out and have them tone it down! Maybe I’ll go back if I don’t get used to it. 

For dinner I went to a Japanese restaurant in Forest Hills called Narita. I’ve been there once before and really enjoyed the food and atmosphere.

We started off with Saki bombs of course!!

Along with some delicious edamame.

I got miso soup since I was freezing! It was very good. There were huge chunks of tofu in there. It was not too salty either.

I also got a side salad. The dressing was good but I prefer the orange ginger dressing over the creamy white dressing.

More Saki bombs

For my main course, I got the Super Naruto Roll: tuna, salmon, yellowtail & caviar wrapped in cucumber.

The fish was very fresh and delicious! I don’t think I would get it again because it was a bit too fishy for me. I’m glad I tried it though!

My friend got the Beef Teriyaki.

The beef was delicious! Very flavorful and lean. I stole all of the bean sprouts!

One more shot of my beautiful roll:

We got home and had a dessert shot! I love Bailey’s

A little bit later I had a bowl of chocolate brownie fro-yo. Bad combination with the dessert shot but I could not resist!

Today I plan on going to another Core Fusion class with Dori! My legs are killing me from Monday’s class so it should be interesting!!

Have a good day!

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Hello! I just got done cleaning up coffee from my keyboard! Luckily it is still working. I tend to spill liquid on every piece of technology that is put in front of me. I could write a whole blog post about my spillage stories! I will save that for another day. For now I will do a little update of some yummy foods I’ve been eating the past couple of days.

I started out my morning yesterday and today with some juice!

Egg whites with mushrooms, tomatoes, and low-fat mozzarella on a whole wheat wrap

So much better than oatmeal sometimes!

Free Lunch!

Yesterday Jamba Juice was giving out their new California Flatbread pizzas! You guys know how much I like free food so I walked on over during lunch.

I chose the Mediterranean: A crispy flaxseed crust topped with Mediterranean-style grilled zucchini, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and a combination of feta and mozzarella cheeses.

You may not be able to tell from the picture but the pizza was tiny!! It was smaller than my hand. I guess it makes sense since it is only 250 calories! I decided to stop and pick up a little salad to eat with the pizza since it looked like it would not be too filling.

Even though the pizza was tiny, it was delicious! It had a crispy crust with delicious vegetables and melted cheese. I’m glad I got to try it for free!

I snacked on an organic apple afterwards until I bit into something very yucky!

What is that!!!!!???!!! It looks like a bug or dirt! Ew! In the trash my apple went.

After work I went to a great Total Body Conditioningclass at my gym. Between kickboxing on Monday and TBC last night, I am very sore today! Yay!

Dinner!

I came home from the gym and made some dinner with the roommate. My snack plate was so fun on Monday that I decided to make another one last night. We used Sabra Roasted Red Pepper hummus as the dip instead of Vivi’s Carnival Mustard Sauce.

Very fun to munch on while waiting for our food to cook! We decided to make nice big salads. They were pretty similar to the salad I had the night before. I started off by steaming up some broccoli.

We also made brown rice and corn to give our salads a little Mexican feel.

We made salads with grilled mushrooms, carrots, cucumbers, red peppers, and avocado.

We topped the rice and corn over our salad! Perfect!!

We ruined our healthy dinner with a nice pint of Cookie Dough!

I added bananas and whipped cream.

Delicious and so worth it.

I have some work today so I am off! I will leave you with a few questions!

1) What do you think that brown stuff was in my apple?

2) Are you going anywhere fun for the holidays?

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Hello! I had a very productive morning already! I woke up at 5:30, made my cucumber, carrot, romaine, kale, apple, ginger, lime juice, and rushed out the door! After a very stressful subway ride (every train was running on the wrong track), I made it to Core Fusion. I saw Dori as soon as I walked in! We had a very intense class first thing in the morning! My legs are burning right now! It is great knowing I got such a good workout done already. We plan to make it a new Friday tradition since we both dislike going on Friday nights! It was tough getting out of bed but I am sipping on some coffee now so I feel much better.

Breakfast yesterday and today was a fun bowl of oats. Yes, too cold to walk to Jamba Juice! Oh well!

No, I did not eat Cocoa Puffs over my oats although that would be very delicious. I topped them with Sonoma Crisps Raisin Crunch!

I did a review on Sonoma Crisps back in May and decided they were my favorite new snack! The raisins added a nice crunch to my oatmeal. They are only 60 calories for 38 pieces and contain just 2 ingredients: raisins and cinnamon powder! Perfect! Definitely great to keep in my desk when I get the munchies.

For lunch I brought a big salad. Sometimes I feel gross when I eat oatmeal for breakfast and a sandwich with chips for lunch. Hello carbs! I decided to start bringing salads more often.

My salad contained cucumbers, red peppers, carrots, and half of an avocado. I also had some Dr. Krackers on the side for something to munch on.

I keep this in my desk to use as dressing:

Yummy.

I skipped the gym yesterday to meet a friend for dinner instead! We decided on Mary Ann’s Mexican. I ate there a few times before with my parents and really enjoyed it. It was also too cold to walk anywhere else!

I took full advantage of happy hour and got two Corona Lights.

The salsa was delicious! I went a little overboard on the chips. Totally worth it!

I got the Vegetarian Burrito: an assortment of fresh vegetables sauteed with garlic rolled in a whole wheat tortilla, topped with enchilada sauce and soy cheese. Served with brown rice and black beans.

This was delicious! It had squash, onions, mushrooms, and peppers inside. I loved all the melted soy cheese on top too!

I went home, watched The Office, and started to crave some chocolate of course. I made a small bowl of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Brownie fro-yo with some banana and whipped cream. YUM!

I’m glad I got a great workout in after my nice Mexican and ice cream fiesta!

What is everyone doing this weekend?

I am heading to Maryland tomorrow for my best friend’s birthday! Excited! I might be back to post once more before I go. Have a nice Friday!

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