An egg in cake’s clothing
Hey everyone! How was your Monday??
Sorry I’m late posting today- it was a crazy day at the gym.
The Monday insanity started with 1/2 a banana with peanut butter(!), mesquite and cinnamon
(Plates = 4 suckas)
And an hour chest workout with Jeni and Ashley. My. Poor. Pecs. They’re sometimes neglected –I think a lot of girls don’t work their chest as much as the rest of their body, but it really helps gravity from eventually taking its toll if ya know what I mean- and man, I’m feeling it already. Someone is going to be a little sore tomorrow 😀
When I got back to the casa, I decided to treat myself to something I don’t usually make.
Pancakes!
I usually stray from making pancakes –the pilot has them all the time- because they don’t satisfy me the way a bfast cookie, smoothie or bowl of chia pudding would. I usually feel like I could eat 100 without getting full, and then I’m hungry about 10 minutes later.
This recipe, which I had seen floating around the blog world, has much higher protein (with eggs as the base) and some healthy fat (yolk + coconut flour), so I thought they might be a new favorite.
The batter even looked like real batter!
Ehhh… they didn’t um, suit my fancy if ya know what I mean.
They looked fabulous:
But the texture threw me a curve ball. They were very soufflé-like… I prefer my ‘cakes more cake-like. I had to force myself to finish them :/
This is why I didn’t link to the recipe.. I feel badly saying that they weren’t my thang.
I had a doc’s appointment (another one for my KNEE tomorrow!!! *crosses fingers*) and some training appointments, and made a quick sludge for lunch in between.
-1.5 C almond milk
-1/2 banana (left over from this morning)
-1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
-1 T chia seeds
-1 t spirulina
-handful spinach
-1/2 t coconut oil
-1 c frozen mango
-foodgasms
It was perfection 😀
A few more training appointments later, here I am back at the casa, ready to shower my stinky face, kick back and watch DWTS 😀
Have a great night!
G$
Something to talk about: I feel like a goofer telling ya’ll about this, but I had a dream the other night that I keep thinking about. I was back in school, still training/teaching/blogging/cooking/shenanigan-ing and doing the same things I am now, but getting my Master’s in Finance (which is what I have my BSBA in). I had a teacher (who kinda looked like Jennifer Hudson) who was talking to me about my career. I told her that I felt like I needed to do something different and start my path in Finance, like I’d planned to this entire time. She looked at me and said “Listen. Many people have careers, but very few find their calling”.
I think what sparked the dream was that I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to be when I grow up. I don’t see myself being a trainer and aerobics teacher forever but with how much we move (and not having a clue where the military is going to send us), it makes things a little more challenging. The thing is, I’m lucky to be doing things I love.
So I’m wondering: what’s your career?? Is it the same thing as your “calling”? If you could do anything, what would it be???
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wow, that’s quite the dream!
my career at this moment in time is in customer service (which is NOT fun – make sure you’re nice to your customer service reps!), so it’s definitely NOT my calling. thing is, by blogging, i feel like i am starting to finally do what my calling is: to help women in whatever they struggle with. I’m so thankful to be able to put my life out there 🙂
I think about this ALOT. I know what I would do, Ive known for years, the problem is I cant afford the schooling. I want to be a teacher. For me its the one thing that isnt about the money. I used to take vacation time off work so I could help my mom in her class (grade 4) and I just loved it.
Eventually thats where I want to end up. I havent figured out how Im going to do it, but I’ll get there.
I’m double majoring in college right now…basically I’m torn between veterinary school/wildlife biology and physical therapy.
Meant to add – I’m in the process of deciding what exactly is going to have the balance of living up to my potential and being happy. I’m also running track and cross country which is a big commitment – again, trying to find what makes me happy.
I’m actually doing it. I’m a trainer and fitness writer. I love it. I get up every day and ask, “what’s next?” I can honestly say I don’t work a day. 🙂 I can’t ask for much more. 🙂
I DID want to be a trainer forever…then things changed. AFter a full 6 years of that, now I just want to write. SO BADLY. It is my absolute passion!
So what’s keeping you from writing? Is it something you can start working on?
Oh good. I always work my chests just to balance out my upper back and I wonder if there is any point in doing so. It’s nice to have some confirmation 🙂
Hey Gina,
It’s funny that you mentioned the career thing because I think about like 10x a day-no kidding! I’m a very creative, driven person. If I’m not working towards something I go crazy. Right now I feel so hindered by the economy because there is such a shortage of money to go towards creative jobs (like graphic design.) I know my calling is in design, but right now I’m just trying to get by to make ends meat. I believe if you follow your heart and reach for the stars (as corny as that sounds) you can make it happen.
Keep on doin’ what your doin’ and what is meant to be will fall into place!
And to answer your Q….I am graduating in a month and a half with no career lined up. I have no idea what I want to do but I do know it doesn’t involve sitting at a desk. I’m going to find a bakery to work at (who will take someone with no experience). I hope to one day open my own bakery. Weee!
Is training your career/calling?
That is totally the question of my life. I have no idea what I want to do or how to decide. Oh the college years of confusion!
Katherine
whataboutsummer.wordpress.com
I have definitely found my calling as a teacher. There is nothing in the world I would rather do. I wake up in the morning excited about heading to work, and I love (almost!) every second of every day. Being around kids all day keeps me feeling young and energized. I want to teach them to be healthy and happy to and to always pursue their dreams!
I hope you get good news at your docs appointment. I fractured my left foot in 3 different places from not listening to my body. I continued to run with the injuries which eventually made things ten times worse. During my recovery phase I didn’t stay healthy and now I’m just getting back on the path I was on. It’s a long slog and I’m looking back with regret for not taking better care of myself back then. So good luck, I hope you get good news.
As to my career – I’m a Risk Manager for an Insurance Company. I have a Law degree and a Policy degree. Law wasn’t for me, and I eventually found myself in Risk Management and I love it! I’ve now got a post grad degree in Risk Management. I never thought I would end up where I am today. Sometimes we take the path that we think is expected of us, but just the same we should take the “risk” (hehehe) and follow our hearts to find fulfilment and happiness otherwise what the point – you’re just travelling through life not really existing if you know what I mean, just going by the motions, not enjoying oneself.
I feel my calling is to help people in any way I can, and I want to incorporate that in my post-student career. I hear ya on the military issue though!
Ahhh I totally know what you mean, except I think I’m in the opposite position. I majored in Finance, and right now have what should be my “dream job”, working doing financial analysis type stuff for a super successful retail company (shopping + numbers = my dream?). However, I feel like my heart just really isn’t in it. Instead I spend a lot of time at work looking up nutrition stuff, reading blogs (yours keeps me busy! 🙂 ), concocting recipes in my head, etc etc. So lately I’ve been thinking of switching up the not-so-dream job and going into something in my “field of passion” so to speak, nutrition. So I’d say if what you are doing is your passion, and it certainly seems like it could be your calling, you should stick with it! Desk job careers always seem so great, but in reality are pretty boring and you get bossed around a lot into doing silly things (you have no idea how much time I spend with the printer/copier at my office… not okay).
Anyway, sorry this is so long! But this is something I’ve been thinking a ton about lately so you kinda asked the exact right question to get me rambling! Good luck with whatever you decide, everyone’s journey is different and you never know what you want until you have something else. 🙂
I wasn’t a big fan of super eggy pancakes either… I like more dough to my cakes!
My job is an Accountant. I know some people think that’s a career and I like the work but it’s not my passion. What I really really want to be is a lawyer, I just don’t have the funds to go to law school.
Actually to be honest if I had unlimited funds I’d probably go to school for a long time I have so many interests. Right now all I have B.S. in Accounting and Human Resources but one day I hope to change that.
*is a B.S.
I believe my calling might be to raise funds for not-profits through event planning. Luckily for me, I’ve been blessed to have that kind of job! Right now, I’m responsible for planning food & wine events for a local chapter of a national non-profit. The event I have coming up will feature over 25 restaurants, seven international wineries, live & silent auctions – we’re expecting over 1,000 guests! It’s a great job for a food blogger to have!
Growing up I had Barbies. My friends and I would play on the round wood table in my yard. We pretended to all “live” together. My Barbie was ALWAYS in the kitchen. I saved my 1st cookbook and babysat, ALOT.
So, I got married, had kids and LOVE to cook. I guess I’m grown up now =}
I’m currently in the process of working on what I want to be when I grow up…. actually today I took an exam to get my real estate license and passed, yay me! Right now I am a claims adjuster and what I do just depresses me…. deal with attorneys all day discussing claims for dead or near dead people….. thus depressing.
I’m toying with the idea of trying to get the real estate thing going and then also working as a personal trainer in my spare time. Fitness & happy homes… what more could you want!
I pretty much hate my job but it pays the bills. I guess I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up!
I’m really lucky that my career IS my calling… I’ve always wanted to be a teacher, and I can’t remember a time in my life when that wasn’t my ultimate goal. Your teacher is SO right!
I don’t even know if you could call my “job” a career. It’s definitely not the Print Journalism degree that I majored in.
What a great question! I recently started thinking I might want to teach yoga someday (I’m in college). I have this quote on my vision board by a yoga teacher from California:
“Adding music brings yoga to a different emotional level. I just want to inspire people to be happy. So that’s what I do. And I love it.”
So simple! Yoga makes me the happiest, and more and more I feel like it is my calling to bring it to other people. Seems like that is what you do, too…you’re blog makes me very happy! 🙂
I am fortunate to say that my career that begins next year is also my calling. I will graduate from medical school in May of 2011 to pursue my career in emergency medicine.
I’m an attorney for my career, but fitness and helping people overcome their physical challenges is my calling. If I can help one mom be fit and confident and not raise her daughter to always be dieting and counting calories, I think I will have done a very good thing on this planet.
I love working out my chest…probably because I have no boobs and have to take my “oomph” where I can get it 🙂
Hey Gina!
I know you’ve talked about your knee injury before, but I can’t remember what you said your actual pain was. I am actually going through a knee trouble right now and I am thinking its just from overtraining, but it’s not getting any better and now I am worried.
Would you mind sharing your knee trouble again and what you are doing to heal it? Thanks for your help hun!
here ya go girl:
http://fitnessista.com/?p=6673
http://fitnessista.com/?p=6594
It must be difficult to decide on a career being in a military family. But you are so intelligent and have so many talents and great qualities I doubt it will take you long before you know what you want. Or maybe you will be many things over the course of your life 🙂
I think everyone struggles with what they want to be when they grow up. I always wanted to be a doctor, but ended up studying psychology in college. After graduating, my passion to help people was reignited by an internship at the hospital, so I decided to go back to school to become a nurse. I don’t know why I never thought of it before, but now I can’t imagine doing anything else! I graduate in August this year, can’t wait!
oh, but if being a nurse was not an option for me, I would totally be a CAKE DECORATOR. 😛 I love doing it for fun, and if I could earn a few bucks while I’m at it then that’s just fabulous!
those green monsters always look so good! I’ve decided when I go home for summer I am finally going to try one! I’m in college and while my roommate does have a blender I am convinced that I will break it, haha. So, I will just have to wait until I go home! I have a feeling it will be worth the wait, though 🙂
I second the comment that it does bring unique challenges to have a spouse in the military.
Before my husband became an AF officer, I had a career in business, specifically human resources. I have to say, though, that being forced to move actually opened my eyes to the realization that I didn’t particularly LOVE the job! It wasn’t a passion in life. So I’ve recently gone back to school to study something I really love and am interested in, psychology, which has been amazing.
I guess my comment is that it’s true not everyone finds their passion or their calling in their career & that’s OK. Sometimes I think finding your calling is about seizing the opportunity to try something new…
i totally agree <3
thank you to you and your husband for serving our country
I am lucky enough to have a calling… I teach and could not imagine doing anything else.
I work in politics. It’s fun and certainly never a dull moment, but I struggle with whether I see this as a career. I think goals and aspirations change with time.
i totally agree… my goals have a major shift every few years or so
I don’t know what I want to be when I “grow up”. I sure do love baking and wish I could make it more of a part/full time job. There has got to be more to me than sitting at the same desk, staring at the same wall, day in and day out. Ya know? OIY!
Thanks for the reminder that chest exercises are VERY helpful..I forgot about “that” aspect of the benefit of training that area 😉
I’m SO glad that someone else puts the same thought into their dreams that I do! I have some really profound dreams sometimes, and I often think I’m crazy for taking them kind of seriously, but really, some part of dreams come from reality, so why not give them some thought?
I’m graduating from college and after applying to Clinical Psych programs, I realized I wanted the exact opposite. I am now pursuing a career in Neuroscience research. I do think that through looking into another field, I discovered what I truly wanted to do, so I guess you can always use experiences to learn. I have no regrets, and I know that time is never wasted 🙂
What a crazy dream?! I currently work as an accountant (I graduated in May 08 with a degree in finance). I am lucky to have a job that pays the bills that isn’t too unbearable. I don’t love it but I don’t really hate it either. My coworkers are cool and that makes the day fly by. My dream job is to be a personal chef and caterer — hopefully write a cookbook one day. I really want to teach people how to cook healthy, simple, and delicious meals. I am in the processes of moving to a bigger city where I can start working as a personal chef on the side.
I’m an attorney, and it’s sucked out my soul and crushed my spirit. Pays the loans, though!
I think about this constantly. I work in Market Research and I’m still trying to figure out what I really want to do. It changes month to month.
Hi Gina… I see you making green monsters/sludges, as well as the chocolate cherry bomb shake a lot.. I want to try this but I have a question about smoothies. Is it the same concept as juicing (juicing you must drink the juice right away in order to not lose the nutrients, etc).. but since I work a 9-5, can I make one of these smoothies the night before and put it the freezer and take it to work with me the next day?? Can I put it in any kind of container since it will essentially be frozen until i’m ready to have it?
Thanks.
i don’t think that smoothies are the same kinda thing as juices. if you want to, you could freeze them in glass mason jars for longer than a day, but if you make it for the night before work, i’d just stick it in the fridge 😉
I am a sales administrator. It is okay, but definitely not my dream job. I would love to get into PR and/or event planning, but I have no idea how to transition. I am definitely tired of being stuck behind a desk all day every day though!
Hey Gina!
this happens to be something that is on my mind all of time! it’s funny because I just graduated last year with my BABA in Business and Communications, thinking that perhaps I would figure out EXACTLY what I wanted to do within that field. Well… I didn’t, and i’m not sure I even ever saw myself doing something in business. I have always put so much emphasis of my life into living healthy, yet had never considered anything in the health field for some reason. i’m back in school now trying to get into a physical therapy program, basically starting fresh, prerequisites and all! as far as really knowing and being sure of if thats the perfect situation for me? well, I don’t know know for sure, but I think the fact that i’m really excited about this and looking forward to it is a good sign.
I’m really lucky in the fact that I do what I’ve always wanted to do– I draw pictures for a living! Working as a full-time greeting card illustrator has always been my dream, but now that I’m there, I still find myself with more career goals! I’ve wanted to get certified as a personal trainer and nutritional counselor for a while, so I might try to do that in my spare time, and I also want to illustrate a children’s book! So many goals, so little time. 😉
I think it’s good to want some change, and have bigger goals, because that keeps life interesting!
you’re a greeting card illustrator?! how sweet is that?! 🙂
I’ve been thinking about the career/calling thing a lot lately. I’m a copy editor and designer at a newspaper. In college, I took journalism classes, worked on the school paper (A LOT) and had editing internships, so when I graduated, I was already sort of down that path. I like my job a lot, but I think it’s more of the problem/puzzle-solving aspect and the fact that I get lots of responsibility and work with great people. I want to go back to school to become a dietitian, but I’m worried that it’s the “grass is greener” sort of thing and that once I get there (years and thousands of dollars and several loans later), I won’t feel any more fulfilled than I do now.
what would you do if you saw a friend/co-worker grabbing a ginormous bag of chips and a huge danish as a 3 pm snack daily? would you say something or keep it moving? I just feel so bad when I see ppl eating these ridiculously bad foods as a “snack”, I could see as an occasional guilty pleasure …but as a daily snack??
i don’t say a word. i just make do my thang and eat well in front of them and hope they ask about it, or get the hint. i’ve learned that people have to want to change to make it happen. saying something won’t make them want to change…sadly
plates aren’t for suckers! less waste is better for the environment, I know it doesn’t seem like much, but it adds up, doesnt it bug you?
On a more positive note (don’t mean to be a hater) those pancakes look delish! I love fresh strawberries YUM
hahaha i was waiting for the paper towel judgment 😉
and the pancakes weren’t delish.. at all 🙁 they were kinda nasty
I dont want to sound like i am judging or anything! don’t take it in the wrong way! I am just kind of getting on a healthy/enviro friendly kick right now lol
Well at least the pancakes looked nice haha
Gina, I thought you were talking about weight plates!
I am studying to be a Naturopathic doctor (ND) at Bastyr University. I absolutely am excited about my future when I’m a “grown up” because I will be able to instill positive change in so many without synthetic drugs and chemicals and with lots of good food and nutrition choices! I think what I’m studying is right up your alley, because your blog is doing so much of this right now and I truly believe food is the future of the medicine…and if your husband isn’t transferred to Seattle, then there’s a good school in Arizona and Orgeon too! 🙂
which school in AZ?!
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Phoenix. http://www.scnm.edu/
My bad…it’s in Tempe, Arizona!
ASU?! my rival school.. buahaha
sweet, i’ll have to check it out!
Your pancakes sure do look yummy, even if the texture was so so!
Just have to say, your blog is TRULY inspiring!! I love the encouragement and motivation you bring, as well as your readers. You have some awesome followers, and it makes for a really positive and fun environment. Thanks for all you do!
My hubby is in the AF too, and when we were dating, I was pretty young. I hadn’t planned on going to college because honestly, I just wanted to be a mom. But, my husband wanted me to have something to fall back on in case something were to happen to him. So I decided to go into the dental field and become a dental hygienist. I did my research and found that their hours were flexible and they made a decent salary, so I went for it. I am so glad I did because I truly believe that is my calling. I clean kids teeth a couple days a week and get to take care of my little boy the rest of the week. I feel like I have the best of both worlds. Now when we PCS, I can easily re-locate too.
that is AWESOME
thank you for the kind words– it really is an amazing group of fitnessistas up in herrrre
thanks to you and your hubby for all you do for our country <3
I gave you the Sunshine Award! 🙂 Check it out: http://britdanielle07.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/we-all-need-a-little-sunshine-in-our-lives/
thanks girl!
I would love to major in something health/nutrition related. Makes me so excited to start college!
My DREAM is to be a freelance writer. But unfortunately that doesn’t pay the bills too easily. When I graduate with my master’s in May, I’m considering just getting a part-time job and spending the rest of my time pursuing freelancing, but it’s a scary idea!!! Exciting though, too!