Much Needed Smoothie

Phew!  It’s hot out there today!  My Monday started off wonderfully with a sweaty workout.  I think the 9 hours of sleep I got helped me out quite a bit :).  This morning I took the 6am Gravity class followed by 30 minutes of a spinning class.  It felt great to set a healthy tone for the week.

For breakfast I enjoyed a Vitamin Amy classic.  Oats!

My bowl of oats included:

• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• A splash of vanilla extract
• Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. Jif + 1 tsp. Peanut Butter & Co. cinnamon raisin swirl
• A sprinkle of chopped walnuts

So good!

After I got out of work, I ran a couple errands around town and worked up quite the sweat, yikes!  I was also doing some fall clothes shopping which included trying on a few sweaters…not the best day to do that! I needed something cold and delicious when I got home.  A smoothie was in order!

Into the blender went:

• Frozen strawberries
• Frozen blueberries
• 1 plum
• A splash of grapefruit juice
• A splash of H2O

This is an amazing smoothie!  I never use any added sugar, yogurt, milk, etc. to my smoothies.  I love the simplicity of fresh fruit and a tiny bit of 100% juice.  Very refreshing and nutritious!

Tonight, I am off to Lucy & Rory’s engagement party!  I am super excited to see everyone and celebrate such a wonderful couple.  And eat lots of delicious food :-D.

Question the afternoon:  What do you like in your smoothies?

Cloudy Lunchtime

It’s a cloudy day in Saratoga.  Luckily, I am inside and keeping dry!  I got a ton of things checked off my work to-do list and I’m feelin’ good :-D.

My mom made extra taco meat last night so I could use it for my lunch today.  She’s always thinking of me :).  Today’s lunch features taco salad.  My salad includes: romaine, frisee (fancy schmancy lettuce), red pepper, and taco meat.

Colorful and nutritious!

Sandwich thin on the side.  I need my carbs!

Perfect plum.

Tuesday’s lunch and a delicious one at that.

This day is flying right by! I’m more than a little jealous of all the people coming in for massages today…while I sit at the reception desk all day in a horrid chair.  Not fair!  I must get a massage before I move away before the stress of grad school sets in once again.  I start classes in about a month whoa!

Question of the afternoon: Do you get massages?  If so, how often?

I get massages every now and then but they are incredibly expensive.  I wish I could go more often but I have more important things to pay for at the moment…like kitchen stuff for my new apartment!