… go to bed. Don’t sit here and mess around. (message to self).
If you’re not tired or studying or pretending to study by stumbling, Google reading, and YouTube-ing (more than likely what I’m doing) check out some fabulous posts around the blogosphere…
Coffee addiction you want to give up? I hadn’t had coffee in at least two weeks and was fine (happy, energetic for the most part, etc.). I made an iced coffee yesterday and had intense shoulder tension. I had one this morning and needed a double dose (tea and coffee) pick me up at around 3pm to keep moving. Interesting.
Coffee Addiction you want to take to a whole new level? Then I read this and kind of wanted to have coffee again.
Want to try a new veg? I’ve never tried it but now I need to!
A good 80% of why I used to live in Downtown Silver Spring. No lie. I loved that place. Rose, next time, have the eggplant fries with the SP fries dip!
Great Personal Challenge. Something that we could all work on, I’m sure!
Photography and Blogging. If you’re a blogger you know all about this… and you probably have an external hard drive like I do to store the excess!
Will Power, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2. Ahhh yes, the thing that I’ve been lacking for oh, a year or so, haha.
Just a sampling of what I’ve been reading when I take breaks from Facebooking studying.
Anything good I should read (other than your blogs) when I crawl out from under my mountain of work?
Galaxy Granola is a fabulous! I’ve only tried the “Not Sweet Vanilla” as a sample at Whole Foods months ago but I was smitten! It’s very tasty and has an incredible list of ingredient.
I spend so much time searching for food that’s convenient but still healthy. Too often in our culture “healthy” doesn’t mean “healthy whole food,” but rather a list of ingredients few of us can pronounce. Thankfully, this product provides an excellent alternative.
I love granola too. I throw it in yogurt, add it to oatmeal, use it to boost smoothies, mix it with other cereals and even grab it as a snack. Basically, all my favorite foods include granola. So I’m excited to try other flavors!
By the way, Galaxy Granola uses fruit rather than fat for flavor.
Tip for the home cook: Use fruit puree (think applesauce) instead of an egg when making pancakes (1/4 cup = 1 egg). Puree your favorite fruit and it’ll ratchet up the nutritional value and flavor of your pancakes! It’s a double bonus!
*FTC friends I received no compensation in any form for this post. Just spreading the word, yo.
I’ve been in love with my juicer lately. It could be because I finally juiced my first beet. I even think about having juice instead of dinner a lot of nights.
Rather than do that tonight, I just had a lighter meal so I could have juice too! I roasted broccoli and mushrooms in olive oil and sea salt, mixed in some shrimp and called it a main course.
The juice was the joy though- beet, carrot, celery, pineapple and ginger (I’m battling a cold).
Maybe I’m just a sucker for color but beets were meant to be juiced (or set on a bed of field greens with walnuts and goat cheese…).
Hated It. Obviously.
I was literally chugging this down because it tasted so good. I think I need to invest in a reusable straw so I can really enjoy my juice (or is that counterintuitive?).
Oh and a much traveled piece of chocolate cake my colleague made me. YUM. Heavy on the cake, Light on the icing. That’s usually against the rules but this was so moist I actually think it was perfect!
I am really happy right now. I can’t put my finger on the reason but life is GOOD. However, I feel like I’m running out of juice (as in momentum) in my healthy living efforts. Overall, my days have been very good, if anything they are filled with too many veggies as I’m going through produce like water. Still, I can’t seem to find my balance between obsession and just making good choices. I thought about getting a food scale for baking bread but then I realized that I would end up using it to obsess over every gram of food I ingested. I can’t go back there but I also feel a little out of control. Not so much in my choices, but in my ability to be consistent when I’m just trying to make this a lifestyle. I ate take out over the weekend and am still feeling guilty. That’s not any healthier than being obsessed is it?
Does that even make sense? No. Thought so.
Any thoughts? Ideas? Tips? ¿Quejas?
