Earning my Keep

Hi guys!! Happy Monday! Hope your morning is treating ya well šŸ˜€

After church last night, we came back to the casa to munch to food Iā€™d prepped earlier.

burger

Salad (I drizzled mine with Dijon mustard and Garlic Gold– my cousin is already a new Garlic Gold fanatic. She said she wanted to drink it. I think weā€™re related, haha)

Emilyā€™s black bean burgers (I use extra oats instead of the pumpkin seeds- the fam LOVED them!)

burger (2)

And crinkle cut sweet potato fries (cut using a Pampered Chef crinkle cutter and seasoned with EVOO, sea salt, pepper, chili powder, cayenne, garlic and paprika)

fries

Since Iā€™m basically an Orlando squatter in my auntā€™s house, I thought it would be fun to cook dinner and treats for them every now and again. šŸ˜‰

I worked on the paperwork thatā€™s due for my HR appointment today, started Sarahā€™s Key (Iā€™m HOOKED already! Has anyone read it??), and called it a night.

This morning, Iā€™m about to munch a funny-shaped organic apple:

apple

and go sweat my face off in yoga šŸ™‚

i-duz-yoga-ta-relax

The plan for the day:

-Walk dogs

-Yoga

-Work (first day! Thank you so much for first day good vibes!)

-Make macaroons

-Weights

See ya later this afternoon!!!

xoxo,

Gina

Something to do:

If youā€™re in the voting mood today, please take a minute a vote for the Next Food Blog Star. You can read my first entry *here* šŸ˜€ (Voting starts around 9am, EST)

Something else to do:

Itā€™s been a while since weā€™ve had a readerā€™s request post! Tweet requests to @fitnessista , or shoot me an email (fitnessista at gmail dot com subject: readerā€™s request)

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61 Comments

  1. Liz on September 20, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I voted for you! and Sarah’s Key is fantastic. šŸ™‚ I also recommend The Book Thief when you’re done with that one. You’ll love it.

    • Fitnessista on September 20, 2010 at 3:59 pm

      thank you!

  2. Amy G. on September 20, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    Hey Gina! I tried to vote for you, but that website is kinda weird! It keeps like bouncing up and down, and I cant scroll down past the buick logo. If its just me, i feel like an idiot haha!

    I love reading your blog, your inspiring! I just got married Sept 4th, and you helped me fit into my dress šŸ˜‰

  3. jenna on September 20, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    i hope you have a great day on your new job!! šŸ™‚

  4. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin on September 20, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    That was sweet of you to make dinner. I’m sure your family is going to become hooked on your great meals! šŸ˜€

  5. Abby on September 20, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    My Nana bought me Sarah’s Key for Christmas a couple years back after having read it. It was very good! I hope you like it. Also, I need to get that crinkle-cut gadget!

  6. shelly@campinggirlchronical on September 25, 2010 at 10:41 am

    Loved Sarah’s Key!

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