Enjoying restaurant food
For some reason I have recently been incapable of taking non-blurry photos. FAIL Christina!! Anyways, Phil and I ate out a couple times this week and I cannot get ENOUGH of this chinese stir fry from a...
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Keep.it.simple. Jello? Jello! (sugar free tastes best, no doubt.) NEW: Blueberry bran muffins (meals 1-3 of Toneitup!) STARFRUIT: Toneitup quinoa salad for wraps: (quinoa, lemon, salt, pepper, chicken,...
View ArticleMonsters and sausage
I love monsters. Green ones. Breakfast of choice: 2 handfuls of spinach2 frozen strawberries1/2 banana1/2 a mango1 scoop whey protein powder (a new one – Biochem vanilla…no sweeteners woo hoo! Will...
View ArticleVideo: tour my kitchen!
Hey ya’ll, Thought it might be fun to show you what’s in my fridge and my pantry (messy!). Also, please ignore the huge dark circles under my eyes…I have grad school to thank for that I hope you’ll...
View ArticleAnother reason I lift weights (not what you’d guess!)
So TODAY I want to take about a problem I’ve had for YEARS. Since I was 12 probably… POSTURE. I have had terrible posture since I became a weird, lanky teenager. I haven’t even shared this information...
View ArticlePaleo-riffic.
I’ve been so bored with my usual food, so I chatted with Carla a bit about what she likes to eat and she gave me tons of great ideas. She eats Paleo, which I do not, but i try to keep around 60-70% of...
View ArticleRed pepper pasta
Dinner today was delish! It will work on M4 and M5 of Tone it up as well! I started by sauteing mixed red, yellow, and green peppers in olive oil. I’m making an EFFORT to add more olive oil to my diet....
View ArticleFood of the week
Hi ya’ll! Thought I’d show you what I worked up for easy meals this week… Yesterday I sauteed pre-cooked chicken meatballs I found at my grocer (with great ingredients!) with some bell pepper and...
View ArticleI love foul
I stumbled upon Nada’s blog today – One Arab Vegan – and I was sooo excited to see her recipes. Some of my FAVORITE middle eastern food! Its surprising how much of Arabic food is vegan and tastes...
View ArticleBiochem whey review and Lulu RFYL tank
Biochem whey protein review (natural flavor) I purchased this at whole foods for $17 dollars. Mixability: excellent. Works very well in shakes that were blended in a blender. Texture – very finely...
View Article5K and fine dining!
It’s funny…when friends visit me, they know they will be featured on my blog immediately after they leave Connie came to visit again! We’ve been best friends since high school and she’s the only one I...
View ArticleGreen soup
Things have been very green around here lately… When Connie was visiting, she told me she recently made a very tasty green soup. I was skeptical. So she sent me the article that she found about green...
View ArticleHealthy cookies, part deux.
Nikki’s healthy cookies, revised into protein bars Wet ingredients: 2 very ripe bananas1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)2 scoops protein powder (40 g protein)1 tsp vanilla Dry ingredients: 2 cups old...
View ArticleErica’s travel tupperware review
The following post was created by Erica of Stuff I Make My Husband. I begged her to review the Six Pack Bag and she went ABOVE AND BEYOND. Thank you Erica for this awesome post. I will be adding it to...
View ArticleArroz con pollo
Adapted from Eating Well 1 package of drumsticks (about 5 or 6)1 package of chicken thighs (5 or 6)1/2 cup of tomato sauce2 cups of chicken broth, low sodium2 cups of frozen veggie mix1 cup instant...
View ArticleYoga, ballet, and turkish food
Good afternoon! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving this year! Time to start getting ready for the holidays…my heart just jumped a little. This morning I went to complementary yoga at the NEW full...
View ArticleHealthy cookies?
WE.ARE.OBSESSED. With Nikki’s healthy cookies. O.m.g. I wanted to bring my parents something to snack on after their flight to come visit me for Thanksgiving, so I whipped up a batch of these cookies....
View ArticleIF, flowers, and crab cakes
Today I was reading about intermittent fasting on leangains.com and realized THAT IS PHIL. The entire description of how to eat is PHIL. He doesn’t feel hungry until about 1 pm, only has coffee in the...
View ArticleQuick update
Hey ya’ll, So, the last time I did “Show Me Your Guns“, I got some great feedback and a lot of people wanted to participate in the next round. Well guess what…its about that time!! So in order to make...
View ArticleShow me your guns 2!!!!!!
I just want to thank every one of these ladies for participate in SMYG 2, it means so much to me! I’m so impressed with ALL of you – strong and fit!! You constantly impress me. If you wanted to...
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