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Sushi Coma!

MissyMaintains — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:21:10 +0000

Last night my roommate took me to our favorite sushi spot for my birthday. You know you’re a food blogger when every birthday gift you receive consists of dinner and drinks. No complaints here!

We love because the sushi rolls are only $2.99 and they are extremely delicious! It also helps that the restaurant is only a few blocks away! We started with some Sapporo. I was good and skipped the saki for once. Too much drinking lately!

Nothing beats a nice cold glass of beer. I had some green tea too. Weird combination now that I am looking at the picture.

We started with edamame.

Along with some miso soup.

We decided to go all out and get a bento box and some extra sushi rolls for the side! We went with the Shrimp Teriyaki Bento Box.

This thing was giant! We probably did not even need the extra sushi but we got an Eel Avocado roll and American Dream roll. We got all of the rolls with brown rice.

The American Dream roll is one of those not so healthy rolls made with shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, crab, mayo, and flying fish roe. I can see why it is called the American Dream! So good! Check out Gracie’s Trendy Tuesday post for more information on healthy and not so healthy sushi!

I started with some salad. They have the best ginger dressing there.

My next plate consisted of an American Dream roll, an Eel Avocado roll, and some Shrimp Teriyaki.

I stopped taking pictures there because it was just too good. It was a ton of food but we managed to finish most of it! We were both in sushi comas after dinner! We decided to go home, change into sneakers, and take a nice walk to digest a little! We ended up walking for a good 45 minutes which was nice. I tried to wake up for the gym today but that was a complete fail so I’ve got some Total Body Conditioning planned for after work! I haven’t really worked out since Monday (oops) so an intense sweat session is much needed. I had plans to workout in the morning on Tuesday because of the baseball game and Wednesday morning because of this dinner. For some reason I just haven’t been able to get out of bed that early! Last night I made sure to go to bed before 11 so I could wake up but I was still completely exhausted this morning. I guess all of this birthday partying is taking a toll on me. Next week should be a little more relaxed!

1) What are some of your tips for making it to the gym first thing in the morning?

2) What is your favorite kind of sushi?

I am choosing the winner of the Wachai Ferry Giveaway tomorrow!

Sushi and Saki Triple Date!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:14:37 +0000

Happy Wednesday! I had a very fun night last night with two lovely bloggers! More on that later. I mentioned the other day that I was going to continue on my little Passover diet at least until after I go on vacation! I kept it again all day yesterday until dinner (I was not turning down sushi!) I lost a couple of pounds during Passover and felt a lot less bloated. Remember those 3 pounds I gained at the end of January after inTensati? They are finally gone! It is not just because of the lack of bread in my diet. The whole week I ate less calories overall. Normally I might have a bite of a mozzarella stick at dinner, some croutons on my salad, a bowl of cereal before bed, etc. Those are all extra snacks that add up and prevent me from losing any weight. It was nice to have some control over those snacks during the past week. Exercise was not cutting it. I also could not drink beer during Passover so that probably helped too. Don’t worry, I still had plenty of vodka and wine and managed to lose some weight. It is possible! I’ll be completely satisfied when I fit into this one pair of pants that I got last year. Almost there.

I’ve been making omelets every day for breakfast. Yesterday was 1 egg and 2 egg whites. I did have some matzoh on the side because I feel bad throwing out the box!

For lunch I made a turkey and cheese wrap but with salad and broccoli slaw instead of a wrap. I used my cool EasyLunchbox! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway to win your very own EasyLunchbox set!

I had an apple for a snack after lunch. An hour later I had another apple. That is what happens when I don’t bring gum to work. I’m really trying to cut back!

After work I met my lovely Queens blog friends Mari and Monique at the bus stop for some sushi at Ginza! You may remember my first date with Mari back in October! It went so well that we had to go back! It turned into a triple date this time

After an hour long adventure trying to get there via the bus, we made it! I convinced Mo to have some saki with me! It did not take very much convincing.

Last time we were at Ginza, Mari told me about an octopus salad appetizer. Octopus usually scares me so I would not let her order it. I did promise her I would try it next time and I kept my word!

I was pleasantly surprised. It did not look as scary as some octopus platters I’ve seen. The sauce on it was delicious! The texture was similar to shrimp and it had delicious cucumbers and cabbage underneath. I even went back for seconds.

We decided to start off with 3 brown rice rolls to share.

Mo and I shared a Salmon Avocado Roll (on the left). The middle roll was called the Liki 4: spicy crab and shrimp. Delicious!

The star of the show and least healthiest of course was the roll on the right…the Godzilla roll! It was Fried Spicy Tina, Avocado, Scallion, Masago, topped with Spicy sauce.

My first plate:

The rolls are so amazing there. I’ve been craving Ginza ever since we went months ago! We were starving girls after our crazy bus adventure so we decided to split 2 more rolls.

The first roll was an Amanda Roll: Spicy Tuna, Kani, Cucumber, Scallion, and Crunch, with Avocado, Mango & Sweet Sauce on Top.

The bottom roll was a Shrimp Tempura Roll. My second plate:

The Amanda roll was amazing! I loved the mango on top! Fried sushi is the best. It was a wonderful treat!

We ended with some pineapple chunks for dessert.

The staff at Ginza were so friendly too! We asked our server for a picture of us and the sushi chef joined in!

Great dinner! I skipped the gym yesterday but woke up bright and early today for a workout. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and burned 402 calories. I am hitting up H&R Block for some taxes after work so I made sure to get some cardio in this morning. Now I have to go try to track all of that sushi and saki on iChange. Have a good one!

Saki and Slots!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:47:45 +0000

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Sunday night ended up being a saki bomb night! I went to Chikurin which is a delicious sushi place across the street from my apartment.

Hot saki is the best. It goes down so easy and does the trick right away I started off with some edamame.

I also got miso soup and a salad with ginger dressing.

I got a Rainbow Roll for my main course. This is one of my favorite rolls! It is basically a California roll wrapped in salmon, yellowtail, tuna, and fish eggs.

As we were leaving, the server handed me a bottle of saki and said it was a gift for Valentine’s Day! Such a nice surprise!

We went to a bar next door after dinner and had one more beer. I may have poured some of my new saki in there

Monday morning was a nice relaxing day off work! I fixed my hangover with a delicious breakfast from Tower Diner!

I got an egg white omelet with mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, and feta cheese. I had some of my roommate’s turkey sausage as well.

Later in the afternoon, we headed to the casino in Yonkers! We had $30.00 in vouchers plus a $20.00 food voucher which expired yesterday! It was great starting with free money. I was up $100 right away but was not ready to leave so I lost it. Oh well! It was really fun. We used our food voucher in the cafeteria. I found a place with whole wheat wraps. I got turkey and cheese and it was huge!

Nice dinner for free Made up for some of my losings. I won enough last time I was there so I did not feel too bad.

1) Do you like to gamble?

2) What is your favorite thing to eat to cure a hangover (if you drink!)

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Weekend of Working Out!

MissyMaintains — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:37:21 +0000

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend! Mine’s been busy but great! I am going to recap back to my lunch on Friday since it is very blog worthy!

Roasted vegetables and goat cheese on walnut raisin bread. This one belongs on my “top 5 favorite sandwich” list!

I didn’t really do anything Friday night. After waking up at 5 in the morning, I just felt like passing out right after work! I was productive in the kitchen at least! I roasted some brussels sprouts, broccoli, and squash.

I topped them over a salad with some Laughing Cow and salsa. I decided to make a small egg white omelet for some extra protein. Great combination!

Dessert was a Stawberries & Cream Lite Choice bar! I topped it with some of the cookie crunches that they gave me since I always need my dose of chocolate after a meal!

On Saturday I had plans to take a 12:30 inTensati class. I usually try not to eat too much before a class because I always get a cramp. I woke up extra early yesterday around 8:00 so I made a nice breakfast. I knew it had to hold me over till after 2:00.

2 egg whites and 1 egg with mushrooms and Laughing Cow on a flat out wrap.

Yum! I should start bringing these to work with me! They are almost as good as my Energy Kitchen wraps

I went to the Greenwich Equinox for class. Patricia Moreno, the founder of inTensati, was the teacher. The class was packed! I’d say there were about 50 people in the room. The energy was extra high because of it. The class was challenging but amazing. Patricia is extremely motivational but kicks our butts at the same time. I loved our stretching at the end. We did relaxing balance moves. I fell over quite a lot so I really need to work on my balance!

I decided to stay for Zumba! I walked in and could not believe who the teacher was. Remember when my mom and I went to a Zumbathon in Philly? (You have to click on the link and check out how small Daisy was!!!) Anyway, we loved one of the instructors and asked him where he teaches. He told us New York and gave us his card. I walked into the room and it was him!! So weird! The class was exactly like the Zumbathon. He did not talk during the whole class. He just did the moves and we followed. The class actually felt like a cool down after taking inTensati! Much less intense but still a lot of fun! I actually burned 440 calories in inTensati and 400 in Zumba so they were both great workouts! I never want to get on an elliptical again!

I was starving after the gym so I stopped at Westside Market and picked up some sushi. I got a salmon, tuna, avocado brown rice roll. Yum!

It did nothing for me after such an intense workout so much more snacking was done when I got home! I had a Balance bar, Dr. Krackers, soup, and another TLC bar! I didn’t bother taking pictures of my soup dinner since I had it every night last week!

I went to a bar with my friend Melanie last night. I can’t believe I have no pictures of that either! I had a vodka with Fuze on the way there and a vodka soda with a splash of cranberry at the bar! Fun night!

I really wanted to go to inTensati today but my right knee is really bothering me. It is frustrating because I would love to take that class every day but my body won’t allow it. I just signed up for Core Fusion instead! It is probably less stressful on my knees than jumping up and down on hardwood floors. I am due for a Core Fusion class anyway since I only went once this week! I have to go get ready so I am off! Have a great Sunday!

Warrior Day 2 and Hip Hop!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:33:10 +0000

Hello! I am a very sore girl today! Check it out…

inTensati Challenge!

Last night was day 2 of my inTensati challenge! I went to a different Equinox than Sunday. I walked in and got a little lost trying to find the locker room. I ended up at the nail salon which overlooks the pool! I am very tempted to get my nails done there now. Eventually I found the locker room but I’m sure I looked very lost walking up and down stairs. I had 20 minutes before class so I got on the stepper and burned a quick 50 calories.

Class started at 7:00 and the instructor gave us a nice little introduction to what inTensati is and how she uses it in her everyday life. Maggie and I plus one other girl were the only ones doing the challenge. Mostly everyone else had taken the class before. Eventually we started our flowy yoga moves while chanting. About 5 or 10 minutes later, the craziness began. We did kicks, punches, jumps, everything for 30 or 40 minutes straight. I was drenched once again. One of the moves was air drumming as fast as we could while yelling. Let me tell you; this is a great class is you need to let some anger out! You are free to sing to the music, count down how many moves you have left, yell chants about how you love yourself, anything. There was so much energy in the room again.

After our fast cardio moves, we were instructed to get into a warrior position. I can’t find an exact picture but it is like the one below except we are turned straight forward.

We had to hold that pose for 2 minutes. After moving nonstop for 40 minutes and then completely stopping, the sweat just poured out! It felt like a complete detox. We then did some more flowy squats and lunges. We ended sitting in Indian style with our eyes shut while listening to a song about loving ourselves. It was great!

The class felt slightly less intense than Sunday just because it was a half hour shorter. It still felt wonderful after. It really works your back. I am so sore today!

Hip Hop!

The instructor informed everyone that she would be teaching a hip hop class next and that we were all more then welcome to stay! Maggie and I were both a little nervous but decided to stay and give it a shot. I remember taking a dance class at New York Sports Club. It started and looked like a professional dance class! I had to leave after 5 minutes because I couldn’t do anything! Luckily our teacher last night made the steps easy enough for everyone! It was a 45 minute class. For the first half hour, we learned a routine to an old school hip hop mix. A few girls in front were really good. I was actually able to do the routine but I felt like I had no rhythm compared to them! It was a lot of fun though! The last 15 minutes inluded squats, lunges and abs…with a little butt shaking in between. I burned 630 calories between the 2 classes! I seriously could take those classes all day because I don’t feel like I’m actually at the gym!

Lunch!

I did eat breakfast but didn’t take a pic. I had Oikos with some Gerber freeze dried fruits and Crazy Richard’s peanut butter. This did not fill me up at all. Two hours later I was taking scoops from my peanut butter jar since I had another 2 hours till lunch! I went back to oats today

For lunch I went to Lobster Place in Chelsea Market and got a Spicy Tuna brown rice roll. It was delicious.

I also found samples of chocolate covered dried cantelope! Yum!

Dinner!

I got home at 9:30 from the gym so I was starving for dinner! I haven’t been food shopping in at least a week so it’s a good thing I had 12 more Progresso soups to use up!

I ate some Dr. Krackers and hummus on the side.

Oh, and I’ve been enjoying my Lite Choice soft serve every night since I got the tour! Last night I enjoyed the Cookies N’ Cream bar.

I added some whipped cream on the side and ate it with a spoon

Love it.

What exercise class do you want to try out?
What is your favorite kind of sushi?

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Sushi & Saki!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:47:49 +0000

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!

Highlights!

MissyMaintains — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:16:19 +0000

I’m going to talk about some highlights of my week!

First off…..blog makeover!!!

I want to thank the Blog Fairy for my cute new blog design. I love it! The Blog Fairy always comes up with the most creative layouts and responds to my e-mails right away! I definitely recommend her if you are thinking of giving your blog a makeover.

Food Highlights!

On Tuesday, I went to the Lobster Place for some lunch.

I got a Salmon Cobbsalad. It contained avocado, bacon, hard boiled eggs, tomato, and olives which I did not touch. Olives are my least favorite food! The salad was delicious though! I love all cobb salads!

On Wednesday I went back to the Chelsea Market but went to Hale and Hearty Soups for a salad!

I got the usual: avocado, edamame, broccoli, carrots, and cucumbers with carrot-ginger dressing. I had some 7 grain bread too. Yum!

As I was leaving Chelsea Market, I noticed that a One Lucky Duck is opening there! Exciting!

Last night’s dinner beats it all. Saki bombs at Chikurin!!

I started with miso soup.

Edamame…

My friend and I shared steamed broccoli and lots of it!

I went with the seaweed salad instead of the regular green salad. Check out the decoration on top!!!

It was prepared just for Missy Maintains! The portion was huge so I saved most of it for lunch today. I wanted to save room for my sushi!!

Rainbow Roll=best roll ever! Delicious dinner! Especially after having about 5 saki bombs!

I had this little guy for dessert:

Promax sent me a box of these last week to sample. I like that they are only 70 calories but they are pretty small.

Here is one next to a Larabar so you can see the size difference.

They are perfect for after a meal when I need something sweet. I love pretty much anything cookies n’ cream so I really enjoyed the flavor. There was crunchy chocolate on the inside and icing on the outside. Unfortunately there is a big reason why I would never go out and buy these:

INGREDIENTS:

PROMAX™ protein blend (non GMO soy protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, hydrolyzed whey protein concentrate), corn syrup, fructose, yogurt coating [sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk, yogurt powder (cultured whey protein concentrate, cultured skim milk and yogurt culture), soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor], water, Dutch processed cocoa, cookies (wheat flour, cane juice crystals, canola oil, Dutch processed cocoa, salt, sodium bicarbonate), canola oil, natural peanut butter, guar gum, oat fiber, non GMO soy fiber, beet fiber, and natural flavor. VITAMINS & MINERALS: Dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid, d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, electrolytic iron, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A palmitate, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, and cyanocobalamin.

The ingredient list could have been a whole blog post in itself! How could there be so many different things in a 4 inch bar?? FAIL!

I’ll stick with my usual desserts from now on….

Apples with chocolate chips, Oikos yogurt, and apple butter! Yes please!

And the final highlight of my week………………………

Have a good day!

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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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Falling Oats!

MissyMaintains — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Hey hey! I need to show you how my morning started yesterday! I’ve been saying for days now how I need to change up my oatmeal a little bit. I received a tub of granola from Grandy Oats a few days ago so I decided to add it in to my usual mix.

I also added Navitas Naturals Acai Power, a banana, Artisana Raw Cashew Butter, and skim milk. I was very proud of this bowl!

Pretty right? The next thing I know, the entire bowl completely fell off my desk!!

So awful! It got all over my pants, shoes, bag, desk, everything!! I had to run my shoes under water because the oats were stuck all over them! I kept finding random white things all over me! Such a disappointment. I am just waiting for the day my boss tells me I can’t eat oats at my desk anymore!

After cleaning it up for a half hour, I made a nice new bowl of oats.

I really enjoyed the Goji Agave granola! It gave my oatmeal a nice crunch and I am a huge fan of raisins as an oatmeal topping. I just always forget to bring them to work!

As most of you know, I had leftover sushi for lunch.

I realized after I got back from lunch that I was not supposed to eat leftover sushi! Pretty obvious but for some reason it did not even cross my mind that it could make me sick. Oops!

I wasn’t sure how much the sushi would fill me so I bought some edamame to munch on as well.

I ate 1/2 of the edamame and tried to save it for today but of course I ended up finishing it off later in the afternoon. I can’t have food around me while at my desk!

After work, I went to a party that the boy was working at. It was right near my work so I figured I’d stop by and say hi. It was some car club and they were featuring the new Volkswagen. The boy helped do all the lighting for the party.

DJ Quest Love was there (the drummer for the Roots!) I found that out after haha.

I only stayed for a little because I was starving and wasn’t allowed to eat their food since he was working it!

I went home and decided to make use of some salsa I received from Pepper Dog Salsa!

I decided to try the Medium since I like a little spice to my foods but not too much!

I added it to my salad as dressing.

At first I was a little surprised since usually salsa is very chunky. This was more like a smooth salsa which was different but good! It made a great salad dressing! It was supposed to be medium but was very spicy to me! My mouth was on fire! I will do a full review once I try the other 3 flavors but I can’t even imagine what hot will be like!

I also made an AppleGate Farms grass-fed hot dog with Nature’s Pride bread.

With some Parmesan Garlic popchips on the side! The chips helped cool my mouth down!

Yummy dinner!

Dessert was a CranBran Vitatop with whipped cream and chocolate chips!

I shared it with Daisy

New Gum Alert!

The same awesome guy who sent me Silk Heart Health coupons and HALLS Refresh samples asked me if I wanted to try a new gum called Trident Layers! Being the gum addict that I am…I happily agreed!

The gum comes in 2 flavors:

WildStrawberry + TangyCitrus
GreenApple + GoldenPineapple

About (from the Trident website)

New Trident Layers™ is uniquely formulated with a special middle flavor layer that you can actually see! Each bite delivers a double taste sensation of luscious fruitiness that will delight your taste buds! The result — an intriguing combination of two incredible, juicy fruit flavors that blend together for one deliciously long-lasting, flavor experience.

First off, I really liked the nice, sleek packaging. Pretty!

I tried the GreenApple + GoldenPineapple first.

The gum itself looks cool right? I thought this flavor was delicious! It had a yummy apple flavor that was not sour tasting like I expected. The apple and pineapple flavors went well together. The flavor lasted pretty long too! I liked how thick the gum was because sometimes I end up chewing 2 pieces at once but this was not necessary with Trident Layers.

Next I tried the WildStrawberry+TangyCitrus.

I did not like this flavor very much. The tangy citrus was very over empowering. I would have liked to taste more strawberry in the gum. I felt like I immediately had bad breathe after chewing a piece of this flavor. I am not really a fan of orange flavored gum in the first place so that may be why I couldn’t chew it.

My biggest complaint about the gum…..artificial sweeteners! My tummy hurt immediately after chewing one piece. No surprise there. Since I am an addict and can’t break my gum habit no matter how bad my tummy issues are, I would most likely buy the GreenApple+GoldenPineapple flavor again. It is good for when I am craving something sweet.

What is your favorite kind of gum?? Mine changes every few months because I chew so much at once and then get sick of it! It was previously Stride Nonstop Mint but now I’ve been chewing Doublemint. I’m sure it will change next week!

Well I am off! I have a lunch date with some bloggies in a half hour!

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Sushi Blog Meetup!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:46:00 +0000

Hello! I have so much work to do today but I am taking a nice little break to blog! I will start from yesterday’s lunch since I obviously had the usual oatmeal for breakfast!

I always find out about new places to eat around my work because I am in charge of handling deliveries. People leave me their money and I pay the delivery guys. People always have food from a place in Chelsea Market called Lobster Place. I decided it was time to check it out yesterday!

They had so much delicious looking sushi but I knew I was having sushi for dinner so I didn’t get any! They also had all kinds of salads and wraps! Finally I decided on the Spicy Tuna Wrap!

Yellowfin Tuna mixed with spicy sauce then wrapped with Seaweed Salad, chopped Nori, and fresh scallions.

I got Cape Cod chips for the side. The wrap was delicious! The fish was so fresh and moist! It was a very nice change from my usual lunches! I will be back for the smoked salmon wrap very soon! So much more fun than when I used to bring turkey EVERY day!

It was hot outside and I was craving chocolate after. I walked by the Lite Choice and decided not to go because I was stuffed. I ended up turning back around and walking in after I saw that they had peanut butter fudge! Yum!

I also wanted to try it because the last couple of times, the fro-yo there has been bothering my tummy. It basically does exactly what sugar-free gum does to me. I wanted to give it one more chance! It bothered me again yesterday so I think I need to cut back. At least winter is coming so hopefully I won’t be as tempted!

Blogger Meetup!

After work, I met up with Mari from Namaste! She is also from Queens so she told me I had to try an amazing sushi place near her apartment called Ginza. Of course I agreed! She picked me up from the subway station and drove us to the restaurant. It was fun being in a car again!

We admitted right away that we both have anxiety issues and were nervous about the meetup! Luckily we got along great and talked the entire time!

I loved that they immediately brought us edamame without even asking for it!!

They also brought us a yummy cucumber salad without asking!

Mari asked me if I’ve ever tried Kani salad or Octopus salad. I told her I am scared of octopus but would be willing to try a little. We decided to share the Kani Salad instead since I was a little more open to eating it!

It was crab meat, cucumber, lettuce, tobiko, and mayo. It was pretty good! I don’t usually love things slathered in mayo but this was very tasty. Next time I may just try some octopus salad!

We ordered 3 rolls to share.

Mari suggested 2 of the rolls:

1) Godzilla: Fried Spicy Tuna, Avocado, Scallion, Masago and topped with Spicy Sauce (bottom left)

2) Liki 4: Spicy Shrimp and Crab Roll (bottom right)

I ordered the Cas: Spicy Salmon, Yellow Tail, Avocado, Topped with Masago and Mango.

They all had brown rice which was so much better than typical brown rice in other sushi restaurants. It was darker and had more flavor. The rolls were seriously so amazing. Definitely some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! I can’t even tell you which one was my favorite because they all melted in my mouth!

YUM!

We decided to split the fried ice cream since we both never had it before!

Mari was a little sick so she couldn’t taste it! I thought it was just okay so we both only had a few bites.

The best part was that our waitress was taking shots at the table behind us. She was seriously wasted by the time we were done our meal! She did manage to take a picture of us after about 4 or 5 tries!

I would definitely come back to Ginza in a heart beat! Luckily I have leftover sushi for lunch today! Can’t wait!

Mari drove me home (so nice to not be in a subway!!) and we discovered a beautiful new building opening up in Queens. She says it is supposed to be a Century 21! Wahoo!!!

We found out we have so much in common (gum addicts, obsess about the gym, etc). One thing we talked about was how we both bring home leftovers and end up eating it that same night! I promised I would not eat the leftover sushi until today!

I was stuffed at the restaurant but of course when I got home I was tempted to eat the sushi! Instead I stuck it in the fridge and made baked apples with chocolate chips and cinnamon.

I am very happy I made that so I can enjoy my sushi today! I had a great time and the food was delicious! Thanks Mari!!

Off to lunch!!!!!!!! Sushi timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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