Little Nuggets
Hey everyone! HOLLER to all of the Sun Warriors in the house 🙂 Thank you so much for supporting the awesome Sun Warrior promo– it’s my absolute fave, and I’ve been around the protein block 😉 The deal is good until Wednesday.
This morning, I ran some errands and wrapped up a project that I’ve been working on for errr, 6 months. Fingers crossed that something good happens…. <3
I munched this Larabar before heading to the gym:
called some clients and took care of paperwork,
and then had to cut my weights sesh short because I was HANGRY. When each dumbbell looks like a slice of millet bread, it’s time for food 😉 The gym will always be there and I can go back if I want to later… or just take a day off.
Lunch was legendary:
A beastly salad with greens, onion, grape tomatoes, beet, raw goat cheddar, basil, Garlic Gold vinaigrette and oregano
Egg white puff with spicy Dijon and paprika
+ the millet bread I had been fantasizing about 😉
I took out these little nuggets:
Checked the mail and was greeted by THESE little nuggets:
The Garlic Gold fairy must have known my stash was dwindling- I eat that stuff like it’s candy 😉
I just munched a raw cacao cayenne truffle for an afternoon pick-me-up:
And am debating meeting Jeni and Lauren for pedicures. I get massages and facials like it’s nobody’s biznass, but tend to do my own toenails because:
1) Last time I got a pedicure, I was gashed in the toe by the little toe-scraper thing
2) I am a germiphobe
3) I always, ALWAYS mess my toes up after pedicures doing cardio
We shall see….
I’m about to head back to work for the evening and making snobby joes for dinner <3
Enjoy the rest of your day!
G$
Something to think: “The gym will always be there.” After my weight loss journey, when I wanted so badly to be "perfect", I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt when I missed a workout or cut a sesh short. I was so afraid of derailing my progress that I thought every workout was critical. So not the case. Since then I’ve realized that quality is so much more important than quantity. If you’re feeling sick, exhausted, a hungry monkey, or just not “with it”, skip out. Your next sesh will be a thousand times better and really, in the grand scheme of things, it won’t mean no thang.
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Peanut butter and jelly = Best Larabar! <3
The gym WILL definitely be there! I did work out sick, exhausted, etc … during my weight loss journey too, and it's SO. NOT. WORTH. IT.!
Gym should be fun, not an obligation!
How did you know I needed to read this today? Was just contemplating going back to finish my sesh even though I’m not 100%. Guilt is ugly!
Thank you Gina …for being you.
B
Loving the Sun Warrior promo!! Can’t wait to get mine in the mail 🙂
Seriously considering looking into getting that some of those Garlic Gold products-I need to mix things up a bit!
oops, “getting *some*”
dear gina,
you are amazing and i love you and your blog.
just wanted to tell you 🙂
love,
Heather
YOU’RE amazing <3
xoxo
I’m clicking all the links in this post. 😉 I want to try sun warrior badly, but I’ve been buying a lot of internet food lately. =/
YOUR PUPS ARE SO CUTE ! (do I say that every time?) I love pups on blogs… 🙂
I got over feeling guilt for taking it easy / rest day a while ago… In college I was pretty insane: teaching a step class at noon, another cardio or run for me later, and teaching a lifting class to special ed… 5 days a week.
I have calmed WAY down. I LOVE the energy of a fabulous workout, but if I’m not feeling it (or if I’m starving!) I’m okay with that too. 🙂
Your something to think about totally applies to me today, I’m tired and thought I could work out by I had to call it quits early.
My problem is skipping too many times!
By the way, where do you get your xanthan gum? Whole Foods?
i got the xanthan gum at publix in the organic aisle by the baking stuff. whole foods has it, too 🙂
Thanks! I’ve looked at my local grocery store which has a good baking section and organics section but alas! I’ll check my Whole Foods. Need protein ice cream.
Thank you for your “Something to think about” today. It was a good reminder for me 🙂 I’ve been a little crazy about making sure I go to the gym (blame it on summer and the itsy bitsy clothes 😉 ) everyday. I woke up today feeling guilty that I wasn’t able to make it to the gym at all this weekend due to work. Thanks for the reminder that missing a few days won’t derail my weight loss efforts! 🙂
those truffles look great! are you posting that recipe?? 🙂 pleaseeeeeee?
not yet- i want to bring the fat and sugar content down a little 🙂
i meannnnn, if you insist…haha. although i’m pretty sure i would scarf them down just like that
Gahhh, I want to try cacao nibs sooo bad (I think I spy them in those truffles). Any chance they might be making their way into your OpenSky Shop?? I can’t get them in my teeny Wyoming town…
yup they’re in there!
http://fitnessista.theopenskyproject.com/cacao-nibs-certified-organic.html
😀
Gina: I have an Indian food question that I hope you can help me answer. I see that you eat Indian food often, in particular, Chana Masala, do you know if that is a vegan dish? I don’t normally cook Indian food at home and I ate some today and forgot to ask the server if it had dairy in it.
yes, channa masala is a vegan dish 🙂
I rarely get pedicures, either! I actually got GASHED during a pedicure on the day before my wedding!! Ahhh! Thank goodness my toes weren’t the focus of the day. 😉
I definitely prefer doing my own nails, and saving my money for massages and facials!
Oh, and I tried Garlic Gold for the first time the other day– it’s SOOO good! I am doomed to have garlic breath forever now…
me too, girl. thank goodness for mint leaves and gum 😉
PUHLEASE technolically (??) send me some cayenne truffles through the screen!!!
Ooooy. My joke failed miserably. I meant technologically. LOL.
I love the tip at the end of this post. All of the nuggets look fabulous!
HEY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I would like ALL of those truffles! haha!! I need to find the garlic gold stuff- ive seen it EVERYWHERE. Im glad my boy likes garlic too.
Umm last time I got a pedicure- the dude almost chopped my baby toe of, TRUE STORY. it was bleeding SO much! Now im a little creeped out by pedicures..and tiny asain dudes that do them..
that truffle looks deadly! man i’m hungry. I better eat before i go grab some groceries haha
your advice at the end is spot on!
and, it’s been awhile since I have a pedicure. I just make my daughters paint my toenails : )
That Larabar is one of my favorites!
Thank you for the reassurance that it’s okay to skip a workout. 😀 I’m still finding it hard to make myself take rest days, but I know my body needs them.
You’re so inspirational.
PB&J is my FAVORITE Larabar! And thanks again for introducing me to the wonderfulness that is millet bread :0)
You should check out http://www.kitchenstewardship.com. She has an ebook call healthy snacks on the go. There is a larabar type recipe in there. Haven’t tried it yet but it looks yummy
mmm cayanne truffles?!?!? sounds too good to be true! i cant wait to make your crepes! 🙂
I NEED to get some goat chedder!!! Whole foods??
I totally agree, the gym will be there later. Now that I’m Addicted to Exercise TV ON Demand I love the short workouts, especially yoga, just to get the blood flowing. I bought the sun warrior can’t wait to try it!!
Germiphobes, unite!! Those whirlpool tub things + tools they use kind of gross me out–the torture tool that slicks off your skin makes me twitch with every stroke haha.. I hear that going to a spa with a basin (which is cleaned regularly) is a MUCH healthier option for your feetsies 🙂 then again, it’s probably a pricier option too lol.. therefore, at home pedis are my go-to plan too!
Also, wish I would have waited about 3 days longer to buy my Sun Warrior from Amazon buuut I may just have to bite the bullet and go ahead and purchase from OpenSky too.. I mean, what girl can refuse a sale? 😉
Love the bloggy, Gina! Thanks for all you do, you’re such an encouragement to me to treat my body healthy and find fun workout options! <3
Thanks for you “something to think about” blurb. I’m feeling guilty about skipping my workout tonight, but it would have been rushed anyway and my mind would be elsewhere. I’ll just get in a great workout tomorrow and not let today set me back.
I’m also on the hunt for those pb&j larabars. Those little suckers are hiding from me, but I’ll find them… believe me, I’ll find them 🙂
I always feel guilty when I skip a workout….so thank you for saying that!
Can’t wait to hear what your project was…! When do you think you’ll be sharing it? 🙂
hopefully if i get some good news out of it! *fingers crossed*
Raising my hand here! I used to always want to be the perfect fitness girl! My dream was to be the one who always worked out, ate perfectly and was made of steel and muscle 🙂
Not a reality I actually want as it turns out! Now guilt/shame/should haves are no longer a part of my view on fitness
hi gina- did you ever post your changes-inches or weight lost or body fat lost while on insanity? you may have and i just missed it! i just started today!
no i haven’t done that yet! maybe wednesday i’ll go see the bod pod again 😉
oo i need to get on this sun warrior protein promo! thanks!
the pb&j flavor of larabar is my favorite!!! (even though -here’s a confession – ive never had a pb&j sandwich in my life!)
also, chocolate & cayenne is the best combo!!! cafe gratitude makes this really amazing chocolate cayenne truffle as well… i might need to try making my own!
ive only gotten a mani/pedi twice in my life (for prom) and i also had a problem with ruining it immediately after… haha. so now i just paint my own nails!
I love the PB&J Larbars the best!! Those truffles look to die for!!!
I am in LOVE with PB&J Larabars. They taste exactly like the real thing. I also love the pictures of your furbabies, they are adorable!
Truffle look DELISH!!!!! I love the cacao and cayenne, I make raw Almond Butter cacao cookies with cayenne…so yummy!
My hubbys fav is PB&J…he calls them “Laredo Bars” I’ve stopped correcting him at this point in time.
The lil’ nuggets are adorablessss.
Gina, I totally feel you on wanting to feel perfect. Pefect is an untouchable or something that we create in our minds that perhaps we purposely creat to NOT obtain. Some ideal so that we may always strive for something more. I will convince myself that if I can stay below 112lbs (I’m 5’4.5″ btw) that I will be happy because that’s a ‘perfect weight’ in my demented mind. THEN i realize how much joy I get from sharing meals with my loved ones that the few extra pounds are worth it because I am healthy and my body can do amazing things. Yes I admit I’d love to see the scale be lower, but every day I tell myself that I am fit and doing what my body is meant to do and am loving life! 😉
“it won’t mean no thing!” you crack me up. And I LOVE that thing to think about – I can be hard on myself when I miss a workout so I REALLY like your thinking and hope to adopt it myself. 🙂
Great timing on the extra tidbit today…I really needed to read that! Life happens, and I need to realze that sometimes. Its not terrible, but consistent reminders that ‘the gym will still be there tomorrow’ kinda thing never, ever hurts to reinforce that into my head. I tell my sis that all the time but not me. Rest is good!
I used to feel really guilty about skipping the gym. If I feel super guilty I just clean up my eats a bit and I feel fine.
Just gettin’ caught up on all your posts…
The truffles. I’ll take a couple dozen 🙂
The flowers…so nice!
The Sun W deal…SCORE! Nice girl! If I hadnt *just* ordered some last week, I would be all over that but ya know. I dont go thru it super fast b/c I cant hack the protein powders too well but I wish I could just to get that deal 🙂
The pedicure thing..oh from doing sun salutations AND running and tennis shoes of any kind..my pedi’s dont last. Not to mention there can be a major skeeve factor. They dont fully clean out those foot bath’s except once a week. Not just the foot basin, but actually really getting in the motor and stuff. HEllo someone else’s toenail sludge? Not so much 🙂
xoxo
Since I was in New York for last week I didn’t excerise (besides walking around) and before the trip I would run sometimes. I came back and went running on Saturday and the next day my shins hurt a bit, I didn’t run that far (2.5 miles). I am a very competitive person and I push myself when I run, do you think from your experience with clients or in the fitness world that I came back to fast? I got shin splints a little bit last year when I played basketball so I skipped out on my run today because I didn’t want to make it worse.
Did you ever try “Glitter Toes”? That kind of pedicure is indestructible! Thanks for the talk on guilt –I believe that hurts me way more than any missed workout or contraband cookie ever could.
Yeah…. I’m not much of a pedi person either!
I love pedicures! They’re so relaxing – I hope you ended up getting one! (:
That truffles looks amazing! I love spicy chocolate.
I am scared of pedicures too. I love how pretty my feet look when my friends drag me but I seriously need a drink to get in the chair and get over how many other feet have been there.
Gina-
I gotta get my mind to wrap around the whole “quality vs. quality” thing with workouts… right now, I’m trying to do both! Which feels great, but makes me tired, hahah. I never will get a pedicure or a manicure–so many of my friends have gotten warts under their fingernails that way! Not worth the risk.
gahhh! ewww
I really like your thought about the gym at the end of this post. You’re right. I used to feel the same after loosing a lot of weight.
I’ve never had a PB & jelly larabar, I bet it’s so tasty!
I don’t think we have the same flavors of larabars in Canada. I never see Peanut Butter and Jelly or any of the Coconut cream ones! 🙁