April 2011

Saves the Day

by Fitnessista on April 30, 2011

in breakfast,lunch,snack,training,workout

Hey heyyyyy :D How is your weekend going?

Mayjah huge gigantic apologies for the blog down time this morning. I was going to throw a note up, but when I woke up, my web wizard was already hard at work transferring the blog to a new server. Alas, she was being a little hormonal and made the task more difficult for him (SO much data to transfer + some files that were corrupt and needed to be mended). All is well now and ready for the new design launch on Monday! The good news is that with my new server, I won’t be crashing all the time anymore. That’s very exciting :D

flowers

Work today was so much fun. I got to take a world beat class, using LIVE drummers (I was in love), Zumba, work as weight room supervisor, and watch/observe stretch, drills and a beginning class. My first week is over and I’ve learned so much.

I also learned that on some days, I’m going to have to bring extra fuel. Today, was one of those days.
Today I started the morning with a bowl of brown rice farina and blueberries:

bfast

+ green tea

and packed up some snacks for today:

snacks

2 amazeballs, strawberry Sun Warrior smoothie and a coconut water

For lunch, I finally cooked up some of the tempeh bacon that’s been marinating in the fridge:

bacon

and made one of the best wraps I’ve had in a looooong time.

wrap

Brown rice tortilla, grapeseed veganaise, Dijon, lettuce, tempeh bacon. I die.

As incredibly foodgasmic as it was, it didn’t do the trick as far as hunger goes. Thank goodness for a hefty lunch break, so I could come home and make one of these:

muffin (2)

Stuffed with chocolate and topped with almond butter. Mmm yeah.

So I’m home from quite a whirlwind day and am going to sit in silence in my pajamas for a second, before cranking out some work stuff and going out with friends ;)

What are you up to tonight?

Hope you have a wonderful evening and I’ll see ya in the morning!

xoxo

Gina

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Hi friends! How was your Friday?? I’m a little late posting tonight, because it was one of the very few times in my life when I wasn’t sure what to write about.

Of course I cried watching the Royal Wedding (as expected- so beautiful), went to work for a half day and ate some very usual things.muffin

Something exciting?

egg

Boxed organic egg whites – I’m so glad you guys told me about these! I’m no longer a yolk waster ;)

The good news is that I got out of my standard-ness, to go out to dinner with some friends <3

We munched at Blue Willow, which is one of my Tucson favorites- TONS of vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus they serve b-fast all day. Anywhere that serves b-fast all day is a friend of mine :)

blue willow

I had a lovely glass of Shiraz:

shiraz

and instead of doing the b-fast thing, I got the standard: Greek salad with goat cheese instead of feta + blackened salmon

salad

I was having a MAD hankering for blackened salmon, and this was everything I wished for.

And then the table shared these beauties:

crepes

chocolate crepes with strawberries.

A happy meal indeed :)

happy

Well I’m heading home to make my meals and pack up for work tomorrow.

Have a great night! <3

xoxo

Gina

 

Show Me Your Fit:

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Lauren: Here is a picture of me after a killer Turbo Fire workout!

nicole

Nicole: Hi Gina! I just got back from Italy and wanted to share this "show my your fit" pic! I stayed fit Italy by walking everywhere, indulging in everything, and doing an occasional yoga pose!

monica

Monica: I do so many different sports and routines to stay fit what can I say, I am like you!  I bike almost everyday living in Sunny Santa Monica but I also come from a snowboard and skateboard background. I think that is the secret… to keep on changing things up! EVERYTHING should be fun not dreadful. I love how strong I feel after biking, or extreme sports, or a blissful yoga session, and strength training-I just feel alive! I Love my job as a trainer to encourage as many people as I can to feel and look their best.

keri

Keri: Since I post a zillion running pictures on my blog, I thought I would show you something different. This is from a hike with a friend. She is a stunt woman and she tried to get me to climb up the tree. It didn’t happen but I tried!

sandy

Sandy: This jump is called a "crescent", I dance ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop and many others forms!

Something to think:

tea2

Something to talk about: I start teaching Zumba again in a week! Any fun new song ideas??? :)

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