It’s THURSDAY!

Phewf, this is going to be a long post.  Bear with me!!

I found this on Jolene’s Blog, thought it was fun so I am playing along…

1. Pretend it’s Thursday morning–take us through a day in the life of you:  (I’m going to do what I think my NEW schedule will look like)

• 6:00-6:30 – Wake up and make breaky
• 6:30-7:30 – Read blogs, get ready, prep dinner
• 7:30-8:30 – Commuting to school (eek it’s 45 mins – 1 hour away)
• 8:30-11:30 Class
• 11:30-1:00 – Lunch break (eat, work out at school gym)
• 1:00-4:00 – Class
• 4:00-5:00 – Drive home (ugg)
• 5:00-6:00 – Dinner & wind down.
• 6:00-10pm – Homework, Tv, Blogs, walks with hunny and puppy), make lunch for next day!
• 10:00pm – Read and bedtime!

Wow… busy busy.  It will be a VERY interesting change!  I’m going to be out of the house for 10+ hours per day!!  I’m going to have to get creative on the food I’m making!!

2. What’s your favorite reality TV show? America’s Next Top Model, Bachlor Pad (yup, it’s true)

3. What motto do you live by?  (very important when working with kids)   <source>

4. If you knew could you try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt?   Acoustic guitar… microphone in a funky coffee house!

5. What was your first job?  (How ironic is that)

6. What is your current job? Student – taking the Education Assistant program.

7. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name (and you cannot pick the one you already have)? Haha… I like my name!! I have no idea what else I would call me!!

8. What musical instruments can you play? Natta

9. Is it easier to forgive or forget? I am more of a forgetter, (is that a word). I just move on.

10. What is one food you’d never want to taste again? A certain piece of sushi I ate in Vegas about 10 years ago.  It was white fish, with a cream like inside *gag*… it didn’t help that I had a rough night the night before :)

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Ok… Day #2

Breakfast – Green Smoothie  - 1 banana, 1 mango, 3 handfuls spinach, 1 tsp macca & 2TBSP Vega Shake and Go – Almond Vanilla!  5  (and Yerba Mate Tea)

Lunch – 3 rice paper wraps stuffed full of veggies with thai chilli dip. 4

Snack – Popcorn with Earth Balance 5

Kale Chips 1

Dinner – Chicken Sandwich – 7

 

Snack – 1/2 cup soy yougert, 1 tsp peanut butter & 6 chocolate chips 5

I also got 6 Activity Points!!  30 mins of cardio kickbox, 60 min quick walk!!!

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Happy Thursday – I hope it’s a good one!

Jess

Day 1 & Bridesmaids Bouquets

Good morning!!

So my first day of WW went great!!  Here is what my menu looked like.

Breakfast

• 2 eggs
• 1 brown rice tortilla
• 1tsp nooch
• 2 huge handfuls of spinach
• garlic powder

Lunch

• 0 point veggie soup
• 2 slices of toast
• 2 tsp earth balance

Mmmm this soup was so good!! Basically it was whatever veggies I had and some chicken broth!  I used onion, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, green cabbage, chicken broth and cajun spice.  Just before eating, I also added about a tsp of white miso.  Dinner

• 1 can salmon
• 1tbsp mayo
• cucumbers
• 10 rice crackers

Snack

• 1 cup almond milk (steamed)
• 1 pump caramel syrup
• 1 chai tea bag

All of this = 24 points, which is my daily total!

Do you guys want to see more of my daily menu plan?  I figured it would keep me more accountable!!

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Yesterday I also made all my bridesmaids bouquets!

  They were INCREDIBLY easy to make, and cost less than $12 to make all 4!  Sure beats the $60 each the resort was going to charge!  

If you want the instructions to make them, just let me know!

Also, I’m still on the hunt for tomatoe & zucchini recipes!!

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Last but not least, I will leave you with a website that is full of inspiration!!   Go check it out!!

The Ripples Project

I would LOVE to hear what your quote was for the day (from the above website!)

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Pps…

We watched grown – ups last night, and it’s an AWESOME movie.  It’s funny and heart warming, a must watch.

Brrrr…

Wow… it really feels like fall today!  12 degrees and GREY… boo.

I love where I live, but I dislike the grey weather…

But it’s a perfect opportunity to have warm drinks.

Almond Milk with Chai….  So tasty!  I bought D a cappuccino maker for his birthday, so I am enjoying frothing my almond milk!!

It’s also a perfect time to curl up with these…

I’m not giving up on my flip flops yet though, I will embrace wet feet! 

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I also made a decision last night, I am going to join Weight Watchers for the next few months before the wedding.  I think I need to get on track with portion sizes and slim down a little bit before I expose my body in a bathing suit!! haha

Are any of you weight watchers people?  Any tips for me?  I joined before, but I was doing the CORE program.

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Anyways, a few other eats from the last few days…

This is one of my favorites from our favorite Vietnamese place!

Rice vermicelli with veggies, pork and egg rolls… mmmm

 

Probably won’t be eating much of this on WW, but we’ll see how it fits!!

On the warmer days I had some banana/strawberry soft serve with chocolate sauce..

Oh and of course there was avocado pudding… mmmm

This stuff is amazing!!

Anywhoo… have a great day!!  I got stuff to do and people to see!! haha

Jess

An Interesting Concoction

Happy Monday!!

Today marks the 1 week until school mark! EEK!!  I “think” I’m ready… maybe!!

So, as always another inspired creation today.

You know OhSheGlows overnight oats?

Well I made my own interesting concoction…

Chia Seed + Banana Soft Serve + Chocolate Avocado Pudding…

To make the avocado pudding...

1 ripe avocado + 1 TBSP Cocao powder + Agave to taste.

For the Chia, I used a package of ….. chia/chocolate mixture ( I can’t remember the name, and don’t have the bag anymore)

Banana Soft Serve – 1 frozen banana + splash of almond milk in food processor !! Then layer, and you get a VERY decedent yummy breaky!  Unfortunately it didn’t keep me full very long, but it was amazing!!

Served along with a RAW magazine I won on Girl On Raw’s blog awhile ago!!  Mmmmmm

So good!!

Have you tried the Overnight Oats or any version yet?? I’d love to hear what you came up with!!

Also, have you tried avocado pudding?  It’s amazing!!!

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Hope you had a fab weekend!!    It was one of my BFF’s wedding shower, and we had a blast..  Here is a sneak peak of a few pics.

We set up during the day.  So pretty! 

and a picture of the bride & I…

So fun!!

Enjoy your Monday!!

xo

Jess

Garden Goodness

Happy Friday!!!    It’s amazing to me that I am going back to school in just over a week!  Truth be told, I am FREAKING out…

I was never the smartest cookie in school and always had to work super hard to get good marks, so this I assume will be the same. 

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So glad you guys enjoyed yesterday’s post so much.  Thank you for all the RT on twitter

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Anywhoo… on to fun summer stuff…   My garden is insane… I can’t even keep up with everything coming out… I totally missed all the beans, and have enough kale to make at least 1 huge batch of kale chips every few days!!

And check out that ZUCCINI!!  It’s a monster… but it is so good, so sweet!

I think my favorite though is easily fresh tomatoes!  I love everything about them.  They are hands down WAY better than anything you can get store bought.    When you pick them off the stem, you can smell that amazing tomatoe flavor…

I just love tomatoes on toast.  Along with a side of one of my favorite things…  Oh yes, it’s true!!  Brussel Sprouts with vinegar and pepper = LOVE

I also made this awesome dish from the Raw Rose cookbook I got.

So amazing!!  It was a perfect lunch!

What’s your favorite thing to do with tomatoes and zucchini? 

I am needing some recipes, as I have SO much stuff coming out of my garden!!

Well I’m off to spend my Friday with these…

Yay!!!  I am LOVING the operation beautiful book – the Ani Phyo to be honest, is just ok… 

Most of the stuff is full of flax, and flax and I aren’t friends!!   But I’ll try a few recipes, maybe sub Chia seeds…

Questions of the day… (feel free to answer on facebook or twitter too)

• What are your favorite things to do with zucchini and/or tomatoes?
• Have you made anything out of the Ani Phyo book? 
• Thoughts on Operation Beautiful?

Have an awesome weekend!!

J