A Brush with the Ex
Hi everyone! Happy Indian Food Wednesday! Who’s celebrating?! Since I had Indian food yesterday, the girls and I are hitting up another restaurant tonight to celebrate a friend’s birthday- should be a blasty.
Thank you so much to all of you who entered the Ani Phyo cookbook giveaway!
The winner of this amazing cookbook is comment # 116!
Congrats, Amanda! Send me your shipping info to fitnessista at gmail dot com and we’ll get your un-cookbook on the way 🙂
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So, in between training appointments last night, I had a small interaction with the ex: running. I really wasn’t sure if I was prepared to see him, especially since I was in my gym clothes and didn’t look my best 😉
Surprisingly, it felt good to see running. He was cordial, and we briefly chatted.
For dinner, I wasn’t really hankering for anything –still happy from my Indian feast!- so I had a massive bowl of massaged kale salad (I may have sang to the kale as I massaged away) with Garlic Gold, Nama Shoyu, sea salt, olive oil, rice wine vinegar and cayenne.
A peach-cherry-chocolate smoothie:
Weird combo, I know. I need to hit up the grocery store ASAP 😀
While I was rummaging in the pantry for overnight oat supplies, I found this sample package that was sent to me:
Chlorella Tablets
Has anyone used these before? I’m going to do some research but I’m not sure if I’ll take these tablets. I’m a little apprehensive about taking something that closely resembles the name of an Oregon Trail disease 😉
I put this bowl of joy into the fridge to be waiting for me this morning:
-1 C almond milk
-1/2 C oats
-1 T chia seeds
This morning, all I had to do was add:
-1/2 scoop Sun Warrior
-blueberries and banana
-1/2 T maca
Perfect 😀
I’m off to practice yoga, then train a client and teach bootcamp!
Have a fabulous day <3
xoxo,
Gina
Today’s tip: Before you go to bed at night, have a tentative plan for what your eats will be for the day and prep anything you can in advance. (Obviously, I haven’t been doing that this week! Haha) It really does make it easier to make healthy choices when you’re prepared and have a plan.
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That’s a pretty good brush with the ex! And impressive for the first one in a while! I would have thought to just run/walk for the 25-30 min workout. You go girl!
thank you! nahh my endurance is still pretty high from doing insanity
Aww, I didn’t! But I’m sure that I can find that book at my local HUGE bookstore. Thanks for replying to my comment yesterday!
literally LOL’d at the Oregon Trail Reference- my first thought was eww don’t take those! ha.
Great tip! I plan all my meals out for the week Sat morning and shop for them. That way I just look in my little “food” book and make everything the night before and take it to work. 🙂
At first, I read that as cholera. And I was like, she’s gone off the deep end. Whew, glad I was wrong. But I’d be apprehensive, too. I’d rather lose a wagon wheel, get stuck in the river, and have pa die of small pox. 😉
So funny! I used to love the days that we would play Oregon Trail in computer class 😉
I love that you posted your workout.. Thanks!!
Great job on your brush with “the ex!” I have a question….when you did South Beach…did you also forgo fruit???
I am trying it right now….but am having a hard time not eating fruit! I love fruit!
I am almost finished with week one of the phase 1…
Just curious! You look fabulous and are such an inspiration:)
nope, i can’t live without fruit. phase 1 and i never really got along though, i usually quit after one week and then just went onto phase 2.
I used to play oregon trail all the time in elementry school lol loved it! Your breakfast looks awesome, what kind of oats do u use?
just the publix organic ones 🙂
I totally agree about planning beforehand. Not only does it help to eat healthier, but it’s nice to know you are waking up to, say, a bowl of Overnight Oats!
Great tip. I always cook/bake on Sunday for the entire week. I store all my lunches/breakfasts in plastic tupperware. It makes it SOOOO much easier to get up at darkthirty and get it on at the gym:)
Can a persom make macaroons without a dehydrator?
B
yup, in the oven on the lowest setting w the door slightly ajar
nope, never heard of chollera tablets – i think i’d be a little hesitant too! peach-cherry chocolate is an interesting combo – i never would have thought of that! 🙂
I love chlorella. I sprinkle the powder on salads, or in blended raw soup, or on air-popped corn; I use it and spirulina pretty interchangeably. It’s got great health benefits, as I’m sure you know, and I think it tastes really good!
Hahha I loved that game. “Do you want to give them a proper burial?”…”nahhh”
hahah i always forded the river, even when it was 10 ft deep and everyone was sick. then i went to hunt for rabbits 🙂
Sounds like your brush with the ex was quite successful! Chollera tablets?! These I need to look up!
Congrats Amanda!
I definitely try to prep my meals at night before going to bed. I usually make my lunch at night, so it’s ready to go with me to work in the morning. And if there’s isn’t any pre-prep for breakfast, I still have an idea of what I’m going to have. Definitely helps with the morning routine! Now if I could only carry that over into dinner… 😉
Glad you and your ex had a cordial reunion! haha!
What a successful encounter with the ex 🙂 haha! And I definitely was thinking the same thing about the Chollera tablets… Sounds a bit too much like cholera to me!
Running and I are temporarily separated. Things weren’t working so well for us since I got a really bad cold that lasted for 3 weeks. We met up on Monday night and it was quick.
…I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore. I’m glad you ran for a little bit. Good variety.
Also, the time away from the base gym will be good. More time with the hubs, plus you get to explore your options. You’re onto higher & better things!
-Lauren
I have thought about taking chlorella but haven’t yet. Let me know what you find out!!!
Oh those ex’s…. oye.
I need to get better with planning out my food. While I normally make healthy choices even while flying by the seat of my pants, I waste so much time throughout the day trying to figure out my meals for the day. I’m hoping to start writing out a meal plan for dinners at least.
Good job on the run! I’ve had to temporarily break up with running for the week because I’m currently a cripple because of some frozen toes, and its killing me! I’m like Bella from the Twilight series: wayyy too dependent on her boyfriend, hahah.
Preparing is totally key when tpu want to make eating healthier easier for yourself. Peach and cherry? Not too strange of a combo 🙂 I dig it.
I love knowing what I am going to eat the night before. I always make healthier choices.
I have to go grocery shopping too, last night I ate a tomato for my veggie… Random!
“I’m a little apprehensive about taking something that closely resembles the name of an Oregon Trail disease” –agreed! : )
I have yet to try the whole overnight oats thing, but your posts tempt me. Haha
Great workout…thanks for posting it. I may try that one soon. 🙂
Yeah, you always want to look good when you run across the ex. I know it will happen to me one day…I just hope it is not the day that I am at the grocery store before I have showered! Sounds like your experience was not too bad. Have a great day!
Glad you’re run in with running went well. Seeing ex’s can get ugly 😉
Have a good day training and teaching:)
I believe I took chlorella pills when I did a cleanse sponsored by my nutritionist and acupuncturist. I seem to remember it turning my stools a bright green. Just a warning!
Oh my wheels are always spinning trying to plan out meals! I am spending the day tomorrow with the hubby tomorrow and have had his special lunch planned since Monday morning.
That was too funny. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw chlorella.
Lol on the Oregon Trail disease comment. So true! Great tip of the day, too! Thanks!
Hahaha I loved that game back in elementary school! I always died of typhoid fever. 😛
I like to plan my next day’s eats in bed. It helps me to fall asleep.
I always try to plan my meals for the next day too, otherwise it is definitely hard to make healthy choices! I love how pink your smoothies are! Mine don’t always come out very pretty. How much cocoa do you put in?
It’s always kind of nice to see an ex, especially when there was a fairly amicable breakup, as in your case. Just follow your heart for further reunions- no need to cheat on Zumba or strength training until you’re totally sure 🙂
Glad the “run-in” with Running went as well as can be expected 🙂 Personally, treadmill running does not compare to the pure joy of outdoor running. Congrats to Amanda, I am jealous!!
I am a pillaphobe ( I hate taking pills) and bahahahaha Oregon Trial disease! SOOO true! I would not take them EVEN if they say chocolate on it!
chlorella is so nutritious! funny you’re okay with spriulina and not chlorella 🙂
hahah i just need to do some research- i don’t know very much about it
your oatmeal looks fab, do you eat it cold?
I am to receive my Salba seeds this week and I am SO STOKED!
love, sabine
yup, i eat it cold 🙂
glad you had a good meeting with the ex 🙂 sounds like he was very cordial to you indeed!!
overnight oats look fabulous! i need to order the chocolate sun warrior!
I first read it as cholera too… I loved playing the Oregon Trail game as a kiddo, I would always try to hunt the buffalo and never bought enough trail supplies, just lots of food :O)
Sounds like a successful first brush with the ex. To running, gym clothes are like a red carpet gown :O)
By the way, totally rocked Indian Food Wednesday (for the first time!). My lunch was Channa Masala – delicious!
That kale looks good. I’ve never had it before, I’d like to try it though 🙂
i take chlorella. it is an algae not unlike spirulina and i’ve seen from your blog that you take that. it’s a green algae whereas spirulina is a blue-green algae. it’s awesome! it is a good detoxifier (and chelates heavy metals) and also builder. i’m sure you’ll find lots of good info on it!:)
Chlorella is green algae it belong to the phylum Chlorophyta.When dried, it is about 45% protein, 20% fat, 20% carbohydrate, 5% fiber, and 10% minerals and vitamins. I use it in my green smoothie I had this morning.
It’s not “Chollera” it’s chlorella! Lol…chlorella sounds better, right? Not so cholera-like? I’ve never taken the pills…but we all know you like sea vegetables…so they can’t be bad, right? Let us know what you decide!
Your breakfast combo looks scrummy! I must try that some time 🙂 hugs x x
Picked up Ani Phyo’s new book! I have not put it down since I got home from work. I totally love reading about her philosophy on eating and living in general. Plus, her recipes look ah-mazing. I am not sure what I want to make first!
so awesome!
seriously- the most difficult thing is trying to decide what to make first 🙂