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Food/fitness blogs: Pressure or Motivation??

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a great day ๐Ÿ˜€ I wanted to take a second and discuss something Iโ€™ve been thinking about for a while, and something Iโ€™ve been pondering even more since I read Jenna’s amazing post on one comparing themselves to food/fitness blogs. If I rewound back a handful of years, I could…

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The masked sleeper

Hiiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Tuesday to ya! Howโ€™s your morning going? Mine has been bueno- I had a sweaty treadmill workout (hills, running hills, sprint intervals, hill walking, tempo work for 55 minutes) and made this green sludge for bfast. I just took a sip and um, it tastes like death. Breakfast may become something else.…

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Time for a quickie

Hi everyone! Itโ€™s been a longie of a day/night, but I wanted to say a quick โ€œhiโ€ and let yaโ€™ll know that I got the first โ€œAboutโ€ page done: How I Feast. Hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think! See ya in the morning with a glorious dinner and the results…

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Showing the coconuts who’s boss

Hey guys! Howโ€™s your Monday going?? Iโ€™m so glad youโ€™re enjoying the pilot’s post so farโ€”I loved waking up to that this morning ๐Ÿ˜€ Heโ€™s a keeper, right? ๐Ÿ˜‰ So this morning, I woke up after a host of terrifying nightmares (I have NO idea where they came from, but it was horrible and I…

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Viesa and Me

Hey everyone! No, the Fitnessista isn’t suddenly typing in a much deeper voice. You’ve got The Pilot for this post. My better half is taking a much needed break this morning before starting her day. So, how’re you guys doing? I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was great. After working until midnight with…

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Lead legs and pancakes

Hey everyone! Happy Sunday to ya ๐Ÿ˜€ The rest of yesterday was bueno and I actually had a disaster-free work night! Miraculous, I know ๐Ÿ˜€ Before leaving for work, I made myself an open-faced salad with some of the goodies I picked up at the health food store.   Organic kale, leftover sushi veggies, raw…

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Let’s pretend it’s my birthday

So that I may have a raw cacao cake that looks like THIS: Isnโ€™t it stunning?? I wish so badly that I could take credit for it (and um, eat it) but alas I cannotโ€”that gorgeous work of art was done by Meredith (a raw chef) and her friend. Incredible, huh?? So after gushing over…

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Stuffed to the gills

Hey guys! How are ya?? Are you doing the Friday dance?? You know I am ๐Ÿ˜€ Work last night was bueno. We did get a little busy while I was working desserts by myself, but I handled it like an (almost) pro ๐Ÿ˜‰ Right before leaving, I munched a glorious summer roll before heading to…

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Under the sea

Hey yaโ€™ll! *in my best Paula Deen voice* Hope your day is going swimmingly ๐Ÿ™‚ I canโ€™t even tell you how great it felt to take a day off from the gym this morning and sleep a little. I did have to wake up in 45 minute intervals to rotate my laundry โ€“the woes of…

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A beautiful bloggy dinner

Hey everyone! How are ya? Iโ€™m bueno over hereโ€ฆ even though Iโ€™m moving a little slowly after last nightโ€™s vino ๐Ÿ˜‰ To re-wind a little to the last part of yesterdayโ€™s class, we went in after lunch and starting working on some fig tarts. We were given the option to use the very basic recipe…

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Adventures in fermenting

Hey everyone! Hope your day is going well ๐Ÿ˜€ Iโ€™m lunch blogging at school, and weโ€™ve already done so much today! We continued our adventures in fermenting and made some raw yogurt, which is fermenting in the dehydrator Guess I wonโ€™t be missing my greek yogurt anymore- this stuff tastes REMARKABLY like it, and can…

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Gooey Goodness

Hey guys! Happy humpday!! Howโ€™s your morning going?? Work was a lot of fun last night โ€“ we were BUSY!- and I didnโ€™t get to take too many pics. I did have to snap one of the raw brownies Kelly and I made: Theyโ€™re soooo chocolately and foodgasmic. We serve them with marshmallow creme and…

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