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NEW BLOG SITE!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Hey everyone! I moved my blog to this web address. Hope you like it :)

Making a switch?

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:34:00 +0000

Hey. I am home sick, and really just feel like overall...crud. I am under three blankets, but I am still chilly. My head hurts, throat is sore. Uhh! Not fun. Not fun at all.

Breakfast: Honey Sunshine cereal, & a bunch of grapes

I also drank some warm mint tea. Warmed me up :)

Question: While I love blogspot, I am pondering moving my blog to a wordpress (?) one. They have the W sign if you are wondering. I just love those blogs, like Sharon, and Andrea/Erin's as well. I love the tabs at the top, like for oatmeal, recipes, etc. What do you all think? It wouldn't be a huge deal, because nothing would really change. What do you think???

Flat out amazing! EDIT!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Hey! I just found out that the forever lovely Kiki tagged me with this award! I feel so honored. Thanks girl!

I nominate Jenny, Angela, Lee, Brooke, Kath,Gina, and Sharon. I wish I could give you all awards, because you all make me smile and are incredible people :)

The rules are as follows: 1) Add the logo of the award to your blog 2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you 3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs 4) Add links to those blogs on your blog 5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

Hello fellow bloggers :) Hope your Sunday's have gone well. I think the blogger "consensus" is that Sundays are the best day of the week. I happen to especially like Fridays and Saturdays, but Sundays aren't bad at all! Having yoga on Sundays just makes it extra special!

My reason for titling this post FLAT-OUT amazing is because I had not one, but two flat-outs today. A garden spinach one with lunch, and another harvest wheat with flax seeds for dinner. I was going to have something else, but I was craving the sweet honey ham+provolone combo. And you gotta listen when that craving comes along! Mmm...

I went to the grocery store and here's some pics of what we got. I am not going to give a list to y'all because we pretty much got the normal stuff. I am having two special dinners this week, but more info on that later. Here ya go! One thing that I have not gotten and cannot wait to try on oatmeal is Berry Almond Granola. Yum!

FOODIES!

Breakfast: two eggs on toast, apple (sliced), organic PB

Lunch: garden spinach flat-out with spinach, hummus, and provolone, kashi crackers, and a granny smith apple

Snacks: some apricots... kashi honey almond flax-seed cereal, with plain yogurt (I should have chosen the strawberry yogurt, plain wasn't sweet enough)

Dinner: harvest wheat flat-out with honey ham, and provolone. I also had some
grapes, and an apple

Snacks: nothing yet! About to go grab some more kashi crackers and hummus though! :)

I went to yoga today and it was a great, challenging class! It's focus was primarily on balance. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical beforehand as well. Everything is feeling really good!

Night night lovies!
<3 jess :)
xxx

OH HAPPY DAY! :D

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Hey girlies! Ahhh, I am in such a happy mood right now. As you all know, this week I just wasn’t myself. I am usually outgoing, happy, but I lost my spark for a little bit. Nothing that wasn’t fixable though. I am flying high right now after this fantastically fun day!

My eats are really weird today. I went to a party from 2- ~6, so I did a good amount of snacking, and never had a real dinner. Weird eats, but still yummy eats! I didn’t take pictures of anything but breakfast and the snacks I just had, oops!

So about the party, it was a birthday party for two of my best friends-they are twins (girls). We ran all around their neighborhood (literally), went to a playground, a lake, and fooled around with a football in the backyard. Non-stop fun! I really enjoyed hanging out with my friends. Here’s how my schedule today went:

Woke up ~9-make oatmeal…Off to gym for an hour and 10 minutes (11:30)…get home, shower, get ready…friend gets dropped off…go to pick out friends’ gifts…grab lunch…come home…wait to be picked up by the BF…go to party…come home, hang out with BF while watching UNC WIN…take him home…come home and snack…HERE I AM! :D

Goodness, not enough time to breathe! But I wouldn’t change anything :)

Foodies! (I love windows live [writer]!! thanks to burp and slurp!)

Breakfast: Oatmeal made like so:

1/2 cup oats, 2/3 cup water, splash of cream (all out of milk)
banana
brown sugar & cinnamon
chocolate chips

This bowl was super yum! I also had a very tasty Clementine.

Lunch: Subway after shopping! I had a six inch sweet onion terriaki (chicken) on wheat topped with:

spinach, green pepper, lettuce, tomato, black olives, cucumber, oregano, provolone, salt and pepper, and the sweet and sour sauce

Snacks: an apple, and lots of pretzels/chips with salsa at the party, plus some all natural choc. ice cream…

Dinner: Organic PB sandwich and an apple during game

Snacks: MORE all natural ice…ahh, I love my ice cream! and I just had an apple as well… :)

Well girlies, have a wonderful night! Off to watch more basketball!!! <3

<3 jess :)

xxx

Loves Her Girlz

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Hey all! First off, I just wanted to say thanks SO much for all the meaningful comment y'all left for me. It really made me feel a ton better. I love you all!
My week has been stressful and complicated. Luckily, it's mostly due to school issues, and not so much ED related screw-ups. Only thing is is that I have been downsizing my breakfast. It's like all of the sudden, I am becoming very controlling over breakfast. It's quite odd actually. I thought I had this all figured out. Frustrating too. Uhh! But I am back to my oatmeal tomorrow and am really, really looking forward to it. Like REALLY looking forward to it. Hehehe...I love my oatmeal!

So, here's the days recaps. :)

Wednesday: Overall an okay day, I actually cannot remember a whole bunch. Is that a good thing? Well, anyways, FOODIES!

Breakfast: Special K Vanilla almond cereal, and an apple
Lunch: Organic PB sandwich, veggie chips, and an apple & a clementine
Snacks: Kashi bar with PB, an apple, and dried apricots (multiply that pic times 5!)
Dinner: Philly Cheese-steaks (whole wheat bread, roast beef, and veggies with cheese that I just could not stomach.) I got home late from the gym, and they were not fresh. I just ate the sammy without them. It was pretty good! I also had a clemmy for some color.
Snacks (that I remember and took pics of): ben and jerry's ice cream

Thursday: FOODIES!

Breakfast: Two eggs on two pieces toast (one with yolk, one hard), an apple, and some PB (a good breakfast, YAY!)
Lunch: garden spinach wrap with hummus, ham, provolone, and spinach, pretzels, & an apple
Snacks: kashi pumpkin pie bar, an apple, and some more PB <3
Dinner: pork chops with cinnamon apples (match made in heaven), and egg noodles
Snacks: Pretzels with PB, clementines, and ??? Tehe :)

Friday: TGIF!!! All day I was like, how much more time till the bell, how much time, how much time now? Haha, when the bell rang it was like the most glorious noise ever. After school, I came home and did Power Vinyasa Flow #3. I also did ~ 20 minutes of Gentle Hatha to stretch my body out. It. felt. amazing.

Breakfast: Honey Sunshine cereal, and a Clementine
Lunch: Organic PB sammy, pretzels, and two Clementines and an apple my friend didn't want...
Snacks: kashi pumpkin pie bar, a string cheese, and PB
Dinner: We went over to my grandparents house and they had prepared lots of wonderful foodies including make your own subs, using cold cuts (ham, chicken, salami), cheeses (provolone, American, and Swiss), oil and vinegar, green pepper, tomato. They also had strawberries, pretzels with a honey mustard dip, chips, nuts, and amazing pickles. I had a plate of a sub made with a little oil/vinegar, provolone, ham/chicken, salt and pepper, green pepper/tomato, all on wonderful fresh white bread. You got to live a little. There's nothing wrong with a good quality white bread ever so often. :)
Snacks: (so far!) an apple, and the remaining cookies and cream ice cream

Night night girlies!! Love you all!!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Question: If I wanted to add a tab on my blog like say, "oatmeal" how would I go about? Lots of you all have a space where if you click it takes you to a page of say oatmeal pics, recipes, and sandwich ideas. I want to do that.

Just keep going..just keep going...

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:44:00 +0000

Hey girls! I am sorry for the absence yesterday. Let's just say it's been a couple hard days and it is taking a toll on my mentally and physically. I will not be posting like normal tonight and will resume tomorrow night with a MEGA POST! I am truly very, VERY sorry! I just need to take a day or two to chill and not worry about posting/taking lots of pics. I hope you all understand!!! Have a lovely night and sorry again. (!!!)

Much Love,
jess :)
xxx

P.S I tried to comment on most people's blogs last night, but some I just didn't get to. Know that I am reading them and will be commenting for sure tomorrow. Sorry lovies!

Strictly the EATS!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:53:00 +0000

Hey there! I really don’t have much to say, other than the fact that I had a wonderful yoga class tonight. It went great. There wasn’t really one focus, so it incorporated lots of different muscle groups. I am in love with eagle pose! Flying eagle (?) is even better! What’s your favorite pose?

Foodies :)

Breakfast: Maple and Brown Sugar Granola, and a granny smith!

Lunch: organic PB sammy, pretzels, organic apple, and a Clementine

Snacks: kashi pumpkin pie bar, some un-pictured PB (taste test of the new Natural I got-it passed!), another apple, and some dark choc. to tide me over until dinner (I was a HUNGRY girl and without that dark choc. I don’t know if I would have made it, haha!)

Dinner: homemade mac n’ cheese, tomato soup with a few veggie crackers in it (yes, in it! mmm)

Snacks: I just finished this little bowl of heaven: some cookies and cream ice cream AND some Ben and Jerry’s Half baked..DELICIOUS!

Well, off to go relax (SNACK!!) :D for a few and then off to bed. Night and don’t let the bed-bugs bite, ha-ha!

<3 jess :)

xxx

Super Quick Post!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:14:00 +0000

Hey girlies! Well, here’s the two snacks I have had to far. Oh, my family and I went to a store, and I picked up Shape. Yay! I cannot wait to dive in. Have a lovely night everyone!

<3 jess :)

xxx

Yet another smoothie day!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:26:00 +0000

Hello girlies! My day today has been very productive. I cleaned out by entire closet, under by bed, did my homework, and made it to the gym. By the way, I did reg. warm up, then 25 min. precor trainer (a different one than usual), 15 min. stat. biking, and then arm/ab work followed by a wonderful stretch. Woo-hoo!

Now it’s time for FOODIES!!

Breakfast: a lovely bowl of ~~oats~~ oatmeal:

1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup water, 1/3 cup milk
a banana
3 dried apricots
dark chocolate chips
organic PB (it got all melty..mmm!)

Lunch: Remember that I got spinach yesterday at the grocery store as well as garden spinach flat out wraps? Well, I was super duper excited to use them today for lunch! I had roast beef, provolone, hummus, and a good handful of spinach all wrapped up in the garden spinach flat-out. It was…INCREDIBLE!! I enjoyed every last bite of it. Even down to the last pretzel. I kind of ~~took-after~~ copied Sharon with the organization of lunch. I am such a copycat, hehe. I also had a clementine, apple, and pretzels!

Snacks: After arriving home from the gym, I knew I wanted a smoothie. And the mango I had brought yesterday was already ripe (lucky me!), so I searched the internet and found a great mango smoothie recipe here. (thank u kiki.. ;) )It turned out divine. The good eats just keep on coming, don’t they?

While reading Burp and Slurp’s post, I was interested by this whole “Windows Live” thing. So, I searched on the ever-helpful Google, and decided to download it. I am loving it! It’s making this posting so much easier. Thanks girl!

Well, my day’s gone well. And I hope you all’s days have too! Be back later!

<3 jess :)

xxx

Sunday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:54:00 +0000

Hey girlies! I am very lucky because I have no school tomorrow. It's a teacher workday. Teeheehee, I am just envisioning me waking up late and making myself some oatmeal with no rush at all! Yes, be jeal :)

I finally decided to make some tea-infused oats! And, they were delicious! I used an orange-tangerine zinger tea and it turned out quite tasty. Here's what my oatmeal contained:

1/3 cup oats, 2/3 cup tea (hot water with tea bag)
banana
dark choc. chips and some true north nuts
smuckers natural PB

Yummy!

Lunch was the same as yesterday, well kinda. I had the flatout wrap with honey ham and provolone, but had kashi crackers and pretzels. Sorry if the ham looks purple like yesterdays! Kiki pointed that out to me. Haha :)

Then we were off to the grocery store! I didn't take any pics of the foodies, but you will be seeing many, many of them this week! Here's the basics that will hopefully interest you!

Produce: apples (lots!), bananas, a mango, blueberries, and clementines
Fridge: garden spinach flat out wraps (!!!), stoneyfield organic strawberry yogurt, string cheeses, more provolone, fresh (pre-washed, in a bag, ready to go wohoo!) SPINACH, and yet more yogurts
Pantry: New Natural PB (I think it's by Jiff or Peter Pan, but I saw that it's natural and it was on sale for two dollars!), organic PB (just had some!!), dried apricots, pumpkin pie kashi bars, dark chocolate, and veggie chips/pretzels
Freezer: All natural cookies and cream ice cream, all natural choc/vanilla ice cream, Ben and Jerry's Half Baked (FROYO!)

All in all, a WONDERFUL trip to the grocery store. After getting home, I snacked on an apple, and then my mom & dad & I went to the gym together! It's so fun to work out with them. I did:

3 min. stat. bike
40 min. elliptical
leg work (hip abduction, calves, hamstrings, quads, and butt)
ab work
foam roller and stretching

Glorious!!

When I got home, I was hankering (?!) for a smoothie. I whipped out my magic blender and made myself a lovely Berry Smoothie. I threw in some strawberry yogurt, blueberries, 1/2 a banana, blackberries (frozen), and raspberries (frozen). It was really good and it made me feel good to drink. In my first attempt I put in some Vanilla Protein Powder, but the vanilla was way too overpowering and I just left it out.

The rest of my night included some yummy eats (greek pizza!) and some MORE fun with the BF. My brothers also made me crack up tonight. Gosh, I love my family. Have a lovely night everyone!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Detox Yoga!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Hello there girlies! Hope your afternoon was fun and relaxing. It turns out, my mom and I ended not going to the grocery store. I had forgotten that they were going out tonight with my grandparents. Instead, I made my brothers dinner and went upstairs to do yoga! I did Detox Yoga #2. It felt good :) After that, I was starving! I made myself some soup, eggs (one hard and the other runny!) and toast, and for my dinner "dessert" I had some dark choc dreams PB+an apple.
But before that, I attempted to make the recipe previously mentioned. It turned out pretty good, esp. considering that I didn't have any egg substitute and I didn't follow the recipe strictly enough. I think it would have been really good if I had. Haha :)

Snacks so far tonight have included dark choc. PB + pretzels, yogurt, a kashi bar, and the last of the dried prunes.

Okay, I better be off! I need some more R & R. As if I haven't had enough ;) Night!
<3 jess :)
xxx

I stole Jenny's lunch!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Before I did anything else, I wanted to make sure and post an amazing lunch that was inspired by Jenny! I have seen her ham and cheese wraps for far too long without trying one! So, I broke out the panini grill, and set to work! My wrap consisted of:

1 harvest wheat flat out wrap
smoked honey ham
1.5 pieces of provolone cheese

I had it with the rest of the veggie chips, and a juicy orange.

I hit the gym not long after my first post. Before leaving I grabbed a couple dried prunes and milk. I went with my dad too which made it super fun :) I did:

reg. warm up
20 minutes biking (~7 miles)
10 min. precor (wave) trainer
10 min. stat. bike
a good amount of arm and ab work
stretching

Speaking of UNC, they lost today. I am trying not to think about it, as it was a stressful game! If they had had their starting point guard, Ty Lawson, we would have won. Luckily, he'll be back (jammed his toe) for the NCAA tourney. Let's go heels!

I am off to hopefully go do some lovely yoga to "cool off." But first, I am gonna go try and make this snack that I saw on Jenny's blog today as well. Hehe...yoga will get done at some time today :) and then we're off to the grocery store! Have a wonderful afternoon ladies! This day has been nothing but rain and clouds. Hope it's brighter for you!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Diet Coke

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Hey girlies! Sorry for not posting yesterday, I didn't really have much of a chance of a good post until ~10:30 and by that time I just didn't want to blog and decided to procrastinate. Yesterday had one theme: ACC BASKETBALL!!! Gosh I love basketball. I watched the UNC game (wohoo!) vs. virginia tech, the maryland-wake forest game, and the boston college-duke game. Uhhh, so close to winning! Boston college lost to duke by one and could have won it if the last shot went in. I honestly think the reason they lost was partly due to the coach. Their coach called two timeouts all in the relm of about the last 15 seconds! Just let your "club" play. They are good! And I think if he hadn't done that, they might have one. But oh well, UNC won. They play today and I really hope they win! It would be so much fun to beat Duke a third time this year :D

Fridays' foodies!

Breakfast: honey sunshine with a lovely banana

Lunch: (no pic, same as day before!!) cinnamon raisin PB sammy, pretzels, and an apple/clementine

During lunch we got to watch the UNC game and we managed to convince our next two classes teachers to let us watch it too. They earned some major points, hehe.

Snacks: yo+ yogurt, and the rest of the cinnamon PB jar

Dinner: two slices of veggie pizza

Snacks: the last bits of the cookie dough ice cream, and others that I cannot seem to remember!

Saturdays' foodies!

Breakfast: oatmeal consisting of:

1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup water, 1/3 cup milk
brown sugar and cinnamon
square of natural dark choc. cut into little pieces
true north nuts
smuckers natural PB

This bowl was definitely very tasty! I enjoyed every delectable bite. After finishing, I wasn't all that hungry, but wanted something "fresh." So I ate half of an apple. I needed that palate cleanser after all the PB. :)

Okay, now onto Title of this post. I don't know about you, but I just hate yucky preservatives and additives and things like that. During my worst times, I drank diet soda a lot. It filled me up with virtually no calories. I now only have a diet soda once, maybe twice (not usually) a week. I would really like to stop drinking them completely. Now, I do not think they are gonna kill you, or harm you in any way if you have one here and there. But for me, I feel that this habit is something I need to break. I really enjoy drinking water vs. soda. It makes me feel much better and healthier. I think sometimes that the main reason I have a diet soda is becuase I want something that will fill me up without any calories. That is clearly an unhealthy attitude and is one of the reasons that I find this habit as a "got to go" one. I had one yesterday and took pics of the ingredients. It was a really interesting list! I really hope I didn't offend anyone by what I have said. I certainly don't look down on anyone who drinks it on a daily basis!!! I love you all no matter what :)

So, what's your take on diet soda? If you drink it, do you drink it for the reason that I do it or do you enjoy it? I would love to hear all your thoughts. I am sure they will be amazing :)

Love you all!!!
<3 jess :)
xxx

P.S I will be back later today. When my dad gets home, we are off to the gym and probably going to get/look at new phones. Mine accidentally went through the wash :-/

Simply Delicious...

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:17:00 +0000

Hello! I titled this post "Simply Divine" because everything I ate today was back to the roots and simple, but absolutely delicious all at the same time. I love days where I really enjoy the foodies I ate. YUM!

Btw, I just finished this...MMM!

Tomorrow's Friday...WOOHOO!! Who else is excited? I am!! Haha, I also have Monday off. I am gonna need it. I am volunteering at a Fundraiser at my school for raising money for a program specifically helping the situations in Uganda. I have to be there around eight. I am not much of a morning person, but it's for a good cause, so I can do it :)

I don't have all the much else to say I guess... Other than,

Bring on the...

FOODIES!!!

Breakfast: two eggs topped with provolone folded over (so cheesey goodness=on the inside!) over a piece of whole wheat bread, and a pear

Lunch: Cinnamon Raisin PB sammy, pretzels, and an apple with a clementine (got the apple from a friend)

Snacks: nature valley bar, large apple (at an after school soccer game from another mom who had leftover apples), dried prunes+two small glasses of milk before hitting the gym

Dinner: OATMEAL with:

1/3 cup oatmeal, 1/3 cup water, and 1/3 cup milk
cinnamon and brown sugar
a banana
chocolate chips and more yummy cinnamon raisin PB

Hope you all have a wonderful night. Sorry my posts lately have been kinda...uhh, lacking enthusiasm or special-ness? Is that even a word? Oh well, you know what I mean :) Maybe I should start posting a quote like Miss Jenny does. She's such a doll :)

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Quickie Post!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:26:00 +0000

I am actually just arriving home right now after having an okay day. It wasn't great, although there was one HUGE HIGHLIGHT! I got my braces off this morning. I love my teeth (hehe) and I cannot stop smiling. I feel and look much older and I love that :D I could go on and on but bottom line is- "YAY!"

As just mentioned, I just arrived home, from the gym. (it's getting LATE! It's almost ten, hence the littleness of the post)I came home from school, chilled for a bit, left for grandparents' house, ate dinner on the way, went to the gym on the way back, and now, here I am! My workout was shorter than usual but to the point:

2 min. stat. bike
22 min. biking (~7 miles)
15 min. precor trainer
5 min. stat. bike
arm work
foam roller & stretching

Felt good :)

Foodies!!

Breakfast was a bowl of organic maple and brown sugar granola, along with a banana

Lunch: flat out wrap (harvest wheat) filled with leftover chicken, light mayo, mustard, and provolone cheese. It was majorly delish! I also had two clementines and applesauce

Snacks: apple, cinnamon raisin PB, and an un-pictured yogurt

Dinner (eaten in car): grilled chicken sandwich with tomato and lettuce, fruit cup and some water/diet coke (only drank half...gave the rest to dad)

Snacks: NONE yet!! Omg, I better get to eating :D Hmmm, I am getting low on the ice cream and PB..what's a girl to do?!?

Night night and sorry for the short post!!

Tuesday=YOGA day!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:11:00 +0000

Hello fellow bloggers! How are we today? My day's been good, I ended up with no homework again. I guess after last week's craziness things have died down. YAY! Haha, having no homework makes me so incredibly relaxed and happy. I came home, ate some snacks, and ended up taking a nap before dinner. It felt amazing and I really needed it. Lately I just cannot have an diligence and get myself to bed early. Garr!

I had yoga tonight and it was, like always, a great class! The focus was on stretching out the lower body (also strengthening) and I am feeling great! I always leave feeling more productive, happy, stronger, flexible (the list goes on and on) than when I came in. I just adore yoga!

Oh, and before yoga I did 20 minutes on the elliptical. :)

Foodies!!!

Breakfast: Organic Cinnamon Crunch Cereal w/ milk, and a banana

Not a lot I know, but I was really trying to listen to myself, and I was satisfied and didn't want anything else this morning. My mistake was not bringing something to snack on 3rd period for when I did start to get hungry...

Lunch: No, I didn't drop it this time!!! I had Cinnamon Raisin PB on whole wheat, kashi crackers, and a big organic apple

Snacks: a delicious pear, yogurt, and some apples w/ a little bit of PB (un-pictured unfortunately)

Dinner: My mom was so sweet, and made a really nice dinner for my family! She made a whole chicken, corn, mashed potatoes, stuffing, homemade gravy, and it was just so yummy and lovely. Thanks mom! I owe you one :)

Snacks (so far): the rest of my Skippy natural PB, and some black cherry frozen yogurt! (very good)

Hope everyone's night is a fabulous one! But first, an oatmeal question!

I have been seeing a lot of oatmeal being cooked in tea/tea bags or "flavored water" I guess you could say (teehee). And I am really interested in that. Do you do that regularly? Have you ever done that? How does it turn out. It sounds good, but I'm just afraid that it would be too overpowering. I think I will try it soon! Lemon sounds especially intriguing.. :D

NIGHT NIGHT!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Odd Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Hello there! My day has been weird. I had a not-so-good day school wise today, but my afternoon has been nothing but FUN! I left school with no homework. How I managed that, I don't know. I am very happy I have none, and I have been relaxing and hanging out with my family practically non-stop. After getting home from the gym, I played basketball with my brothers, had dinner, and went back outside for more basketball with my brothers and my dad. I love my family. They are so wonderful :)

My day was going okay until lunch. I had brought a lean cuisine meal to heat up in the microwave, but I dropped it outside while walking towards the table. Uggghhh!!! Luckily I had brought an apple too. A friend gave me some rice snacks. So, my lunch was rice cakes and an apple. Oh gosh! I was cranky and starving by the end of the day. After school I immediately grabbed a yogurt and a clementine that my mom gave me. I also had a couple handfuls of smart-pop. I was then off to the gym! I did:

reg. warm up on stat. bike
40 min. elliptical
lots of leg work (since I had the extra time!) , inc. hamstrings, quads, butt, hip abductors,and calves work
foam roller and stretching

GREAT workout! I had had a headache before the gym and didn't know how it was going to go, but I grabbed a couple Motrin, got on the elliptical, and it went away within minutes :)

The rest of my day has been, like mentioned, amazingly fun! I am off to go hang out some more then hitting the hay early (hopefully). Hope ya'lls days were fabulous as well and as always, included some yummy foodsss :D

Speaking of foods, here's mine!

Breakfast: bowl of Kashi honey sunshine, a clementine, and a string cheese

Lunch: nuff' said x-(

Snacks: (I included the snacks right after school as part of lunch!) kashi bar with PB, and an un-pictured apple

Dinner: tacos...flat out wrap, inside was meat, tomatoes, hard shell (for CRUNCH), refried beans, sour cream, cheese, and some salsa. It was really good! Flat-outs are so delicious and easy! I also had a piece of dark chocolate a little later. Needed something sweet! (Beware, awk. pic of choc. with my thumb...lol lighting wasn't working with me! Goodness, I really need a manicure, make that a pedicure too since the sandals are coming out again!!)

Snacks: Ben and Jerry's Froyo, apple...this is just so far though :)

Night night lovies!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Unbelievably Tired...

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Hey beauties! Oh my word...I have had QUITE a day. It's been non-stop action ever since church. Don't get me wrong, it's been a SUPER DUPER FUN day as well, but let's just say, I will be sleeping well tonight. LIKE. A BABY. After church, I came home and had lunch, then was off to the gym/yoga not much later. After yoga I rushed home and threw myself on the coach in front of the UNC vs. duke game. UNC WON! It was a fantastic game and I truly, truly love that men's basketball team. I swear that I am their number one fan. There are few things that I would rather do than watch them play my favorite sport, basketball. When I go and watch Tyler Hansbrough's (and his other teamates' as well) speech post-game, I am 99% positive that I will cry... Okay, if I go on I will NEVER stop. So on I go. Around halftime, the kids I was gonna babysit were dropped off. I still watched the game, I just ran around like crazy and we played in the bonus room etc. I babysat four kids, the oldest being 7. I had a great time, but boy am I tired. I don't think I ever stopped working, even after leaving the gym. Speaking of the gym, yoga was really good! It definitely was a challenging class though. And I know from all the arm work in there, plus picking up the baby and kids, I will be feeling it tomorrow.

Breakfast: OATMEAL! It contained:

1/2 cup oats, water, milk
a banana and five prunes
cinnamon/brown sugar
Natural PB

YUM!

Lunch was a grilled cheese sammy, pretzels, yogurt, and an apple. Kept me full and satisfied for a while :) (Btw, sorry about the lack of quality on the first two...that's odd, I guess I didn't let it focus or something...)

Snacks consisted of an apple, and a yogurt with blueberries. Oh, and an un-pictured string cheese. Protein packed snacks are amazing!

Dinner was made courtesy of my mom. She made homemade pizza. I had the veggie one (green peppers & tomato & feta). Delish and all the kids loved it! I let them sprinkle the cheese :)

The kids left about 45 minutes ago and they left me HUNGRY! I have been snacking on some Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Froyo (hehe Sharon! ;)..) and an incredibly juicy clementine. I bet many yummy snacks will soon follow :)

Hope everyone's day was amazing and that everyone got everything accomplished. I have two tests tomorrow, and I also have some hw I needed to do, but I forgot the book for the reading. Oh well...I''ll do it before school tomorrow I suppose. It won't kill me, haha.

Night night! Sweet dreams x2!
<3 jess :)
xxx

WHAT A FUN NIGHT!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Hey ladies! I ended up having a blast with my friends. We danced, sung, watched a movie, and hung out! A terrific night in all! I am so glad that I went. I love my friends!
FOODS!

Although my brother lost his soccer game, I still enjoyed it! I love watching him play soccer. He'll be really good when he grows up. After the game, I went to the gym for a great workout! I did:

normal warm up
40 minutes biking (~13 miles)
arm work (biceps, triceps, shoulders)
foam roller+stretchinggg

During the game, I knew I wouldn't be able to have a proper lunch before I left, I ate a "snack" of a granola bar (PB flavor) and an apple. I guess you could say that I split my lunch into two snacks. Thus, post-gym I was STARVING! I was craving eggs, so my bet is that I was lacking some serious protein! I immediately scrambled two eggs with provolone cheese and wrapped it all up in a mutli grain flat-out wrap. DELISH and totally hit the spot.

I also had some PB and another apple for a snack later.

While "partying," there was lots of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, red pepper, cucumber, and carrots & celery) and I definitely took advantage of it. I ate like all the cauliflower (love it!). I also had a few pretzels with spinach & artichoke dip, which was amazing. Dinner was grilled pineapple, grilled chicken, and some more veggies. Later, during the movie, I had a little treat. It was like a chocolate/truffle, but the inside was filled with an oreo filling and the outside was like...white chocolate with sprinkles? And you know what, it was so yummy, and I enjoyed it. EVERY SINGLE BITE :D

It's getting late, but I am NOT going to sleep any time soon. I am too hyped up and the BF's due to call soon. What a sweet guy :) Night girls!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Good morning!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Hello girlzzz! Good morning! I bet some of you aren't even up, but I am going to post breakfast anyways! I am off to my brother's soccer game soon, and probably wouldn't have been able to post until later, but I really wanted to share this breakfast with ya'll! Btw, it a beautiful day here. Just saying to make all of you jealous who live where there's snow on the ground. I am contemplating wearing shorts :D

Breakfast was really good! I made mango oats! I just substituted mango for the bananas I usually do. I ate a whole mango this morning. YUM! One of my favorite fruits :D Here's what's in the bowl:

1/2 cup oats, water, milk
mango
brown sugar/cinnamon
cinnamon raisin PB

This was a really delish bowl of oatmeal. I still prefer the bananas, but I will definitely be using mangoes again!

Have a lovely morning everybody. Hopefully after the game I can get a work out in before heading over to my friends' house for a GIRLS NIGHT! Haha, love you all!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Happy FRIDAY!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Yay! It's Friday...I made it alive, haha. Friday's are the best aren't they?! Gosh, I am just so happy!

By the way, sorry for the late post! The BF came over for a while and we had an amazing time together. We watched CSI: Miami. Anyone else like that show? It's so addicting. Anyways...My day was really good! I had a huge logic test, but I think that I did really well! I studied, so I think I aced it. I love logic! It's like no type of class I have taken before. It's different, and that's one of the many reasons why I love it! Hearing the bell ring at the end of the day and "racing" down the hall is such a highlight of my day. It's no longer cold here! At least, it's supposed to stay warm from now on. It was in the 60's today (I think). And it felt marvelous... :) Bring on spring then summer!

After school, I went to the gym for yet another fabulous workout. I did:

reg. warm up
15 min. elliptical
25 min. squirreliptical
leg (hamstring, calves, glutes, butt, and hip abductors) work
foam roller/stretchinggg

Felt amazing!

Foodies for today!

Breakfast: Maple Brown Sugar Granola w/ milk, and a granny smith apple. I had forgotten how good this granola is!

P.S I have a very special bowl of oatmeal planned for tomorrow with the prime ingredient being... MANGO! Can't wait :D

Lunch: Cinnamon Raisin PB sammy, kashi crackers, and an apple

Snacks: soft baked kashi bar (at school, no pic), and then some PB & another apple after the gym

Dinner: Kashi Frozen Entree (no pic, the BF was over, and the fam was eating together), an apple, and some yogurt

Snacks: all natural cookies & cream ice cream, kashi crackers with hummus, prunes/PB, and copious amounts of fruit trailmix (how do you say, addicting!!!)

Have a GLORIOUS night everyone!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Why Hello There :)

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Hey girlies! Sorry for not posting. I don't actually have a good reason on why I didn't other than that I just wanted to take a night's break. Thank you so much for all the kind comments! I love getting comments and I always try and make sure I comment on ya'lls blogs. If for some reason I don't then know that I am thinking of you :)

Wednesday Re-cap: Overall, a good day. I haven't had much homework this week, so I just came home, relaxed for a bit, and cleaned our kitchen until my mom arrived home. (she had a meeting) Then she preceded to take me to the gym. I love my mom...While there I did the typical warm up, 40 minutes on the elliptical, and lots of leg (hamstring, calves, and hip abductors) work. It was a really awesome workout! Eats wise, also a yummy day. Normal, but yummy. Here's the pics I managed to take. Mmm... :)

So far, today's been a good day too. It feels so much like friday! It's driving me crazy...My school has this "talent show" tonight. It's not really a talent show though because no one wins. Lots of peole just show what their talent is I guess the best way to put it haha. Hence the early-ish post. I am off to go practice some basketball and maybe do some yoga, but first, today's eats! *so far*

Breakfast today was really, really YUM! I had a whole wheat eng. muffin spread with Skippy Natural PB (creamy) and mango! I also had a glass of milk on the side. Started my day off great!

Lunch was a lean cuisine, and a big apple. I have no idea why I thought this would fill me up, but I did. I was pretty satisfied after lunch, but like an hour later I was like, ahh! need food! Haha, next time I will add something for sure...

I just arrived home and had an apple. Off for a few more little snackies! Time to practice some basketball. You know, great players are made from March to November-October-ish (the off season). Hehe, I know most of you don't care, but I just love that quote! Be back later for commenting on all of your amaizng blogs :)
Lotsa love <33
~jess

Tired, Quick Post!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:19:00 +0000

I am very sorry, but this is going to be a pretty quick post! I am tired and just wanna chill. Basically, my day has been very fun and good and it included my reg. yoga class tonight. My normal instructor was not teaching, so another lady filled in. LOVED IT! One of the most challenging classes I have been to. I was sweating and I feel amazing right now! It's not that the poses were hard, it's the flow that we did. We kept on going through each series virtually without stopping. She focuses on Vinyasa "style" yoga, which I think I have deemed my favorite so far. I love the flow with breath! We tried crow and side crow. Man, those are NOT easy, but I am determined to get there. So close ;) I hope everyone has a really relaxing night!
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100th POST!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:49:00 +0000

Woohoo, this is my 100th post. Wow, it feels so good. I love the blogging community. I don't know what I would do without my girlz :)

Picking up right where I left off with..LUNCH! For lunch I had the rest of the Japanese Terriaki Bowl from Pei Wei's. Again, amazing! I also had a few pieces of my mom's chicken that she didn't finish. All served in a cute, green bowl. Perfect! I also had it with an organic apple. Yum!

I was expecting to go to the gym not long after lunch, but it turned out that my family wasn't ready and that we wouldn't be leaving for an additional 30-ish minutes. So I decided to do Solar Flow. I saw this on Kath's blog this morning and decided I'd give it a try. I really enjoyed it! Lots of down-dogs, and warrior 1/2/3's. Lovely :)

After yoga, I was off to the gym. My workout was short and since I didn't have the usual extra thirty minutes, I didn't do any strength training today. Just cardio, which felt really nice.

3 min. warm up on stat. bike
20 min. elliptical
20 min. precor trainer
12 min. [norm.] biking (~4 miles)
quick stretch

Snacks included dried prunes+a few almonds before hitting the gym, and then another apple after+some crunchy PB. Yum! I only managed to snap a photo of the apple, sorry! I was seriously very hungry and didn't want to walk upstairs to snap a photo of the PB on the spoon calling my name! Haha...

Dinner was DELISH! My mom made brocolli cheese soup. (in the crockpot-it made the house smell amazing all day!) It was served with some multi grain bread that I might try and use for something in the future. Maybe french toast?! Yum, I hope so :)

All in all, an amazing day off! I hope it was an even more amazing day for you all! Have a wonderful, warm night. Off to go eat some snacksss! Night!
<3 jess :)
xxx

SNOW DAY+New oatmeal!

noreply@blogger.com (Jess :)) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +0000

To start out, the word verification on Brooke's blog isn't working. So, Brooke, here's what I was going to comment :)

*Wow! Love your foodies-they're amazing looking and sounding :D I esp. am in love with that cake. Glad that your bday was such a success. Have a great day!
<3 jess :)
xxx

Well, this morning I awoke to some glorious, glorious snow. It's so beautiful! I walked around snapping a few pictures before making Whipped Banana Oatmeal. (Thanks Kath-you're amazing!) This was so incredible. By far, the best oatmeal I have ever had. I have always wanted to make it ever since I came across her lovely blog. It's so simple too. Here's the post about how to make it and all. I topped it with 1/5 of a Chocolate Chip Cliff bar, some chocolate chips, brown sugar+cinnamon, and some creamy PB. BEST. BOWL. EVER. The consistency of the whipped oatmeal was spectacular and I was practically drooling over this oatmeal. This is now my regular base. YAY! I suggest everyone try it.

After breakfast, I cleaned up the kitchen and have been talking on the phone for a little while. I doubt I will make it to the gym today, but I am for sure going to do lots of yoga. Yoga+oatmeal+snow=what a day! Have a wonderful afternoon everyone :)

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