Wilderness Poets

Thank goodness my parents live only about 3 miles away cause that's where the little one and I went yesterday afternoon to stay the night while the mans gone away to NYC (don't worry I didn't sleep in their bed). My sweet mommy made chicken stir fry for dinner and in an attempt to use up all their fresh produce (they left for vacation this morning) I made a big ole salad for us all. Here's my plate...
All this veg left my tummy extremely full.

After dinner the kitten (still no name yet), the little one and I hung out on my moms bed watching Dancing With The Stars, and The Bachlorette while she packed. Whooo there's some fine boys on that show! Anyone see the pilot?

I woke mega early and headed over to the Y for the weight class I have been doing. I was ready to eat my right leg when I got home I made a quick bowl of oats but tried a little something different. Orange Cream Oats
They weren't actually very orange per say but the did contain fresh orange. In the mix

• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 2 inch chunk of banana
• about 4 fresh orange slices
• vanilla creme stevia
• vanilla brown rice protein powder (Jay Robb of course)
  

I cooked the oats in the microwave with the banana and the orange slices. Took it out and threw it in the blender with the protein powder and vanilla stevia. YUM!!! It was almost like an orange cream popsicle. See the little orange specks...
For some reason when I get up early and do this class I am so starving the rest of the day. I don't know if its because I am getting a workout or if its just because I am up earlier? Anyway, at about 8:50 I went ahead and had my morning snack at my mom and dads. Leftover chicken stir fry straight from the fridge...
(that's leftover pork tenderloin underneath, I didn't eat that) I also had some steamed acorn squash with peanut butter and stevia to sweeten...
After eating my morning snack I left to pick up my sweet niece from her last HS exam for the summer. We are going to spend the day together since everyone else went out of town and left me :(. When I got home and checked the mail I was super surprised and excited to find this in there...
I ran inside and immediately ripped it open to check out the goods. This nice letter was enclosed...
Along with these 4 AWESOME SAMPLES....
Thank you so much to Mika, and the rest of the lovely people at Wilderness Poets!! What are you waiting for? Go check out their cool website and come back later for a review :).

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I eat the skin of my sweet potatoes and acorn squash. Is that weird?

P.S. Anyone have any suggestions for a kitten name feel free to shoot them to me!!

I love You...

..all of MY READERS and especially my fellow blogger Sweet Heather!!!!!!!

Nothing to exciting happened last night. I did make a really random but good dinner. My camera battery was dead so no pics but I threw together a stir fry that consisted of..

• Chicken
• Italian chicken sausage
• Sugar snap peas
• Onions
• Red pepper
• Sweet potato, chopped in 1/2 inch pieces
• lots of garlic powder
• onion powder
• splash of soy sauce
• ginger soy sauce, from Whole Foods

It was interesting but really good and easy.

This morning at the gym the coolest thing ever happened to me!!! I stepped on the treadmill when the girl next to me asked "are you Justine"? Of course I replied yes but was trying to think how I knew her. Then she said she reads my BLOGGIE (and Heathers of course)!! Well she didn't say "bloggie", but you catch the drift. How cool is that to get recognized from your blog? Her name was Kim (shot me if I am wrong) and we had a little chat but I wish we could have talked more. Kim, if you are out there shot me an email and we can get our little ones together for a play date :). That was a great start to my day!

When I got home I was really hot and sweaty and a bowl of hot oats didn't sound good for the first time ever in my life. I deiced on a protein packed shake to cool me off.
In the mix...

• 2 tbsp. brown rice protein powder
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• dark chocolate cocoa powder
• banana
• dark chocolate stevia
• unsweetened chocolate almond milk
• ice and water

Yummy :)

Then I began getting ready for my little date with my loved one. hehe I ate this to tide me over til lunch...
It was this Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage from Trader Joes, a ww La Tortilla Factory tortilla, spinach and mustard.

I was so hungry when we got to the restaurant, Cafe Rakka of course. I pigged out on this lovely hummus and a shit load some fresh baked whole wheat pita (that's eggplant in the middle and roasted garlic along the edges)
While Heather and I chatted about her ovaries and my rash :). I also munched on this side salad..
After our fabulously full lunch we headed over to Wal-Mart for some peanut butter where I held up the express lane due to my demagnetized credit card and a few very necessary peanut butter pics...
I am pretty sure there were people cussing me....

Heather, I always have an awesome time with you. Lets do it again, sooner than later!!!

The rest of the day was spent planning the little ones 4th Birthday party which is coming up next week. Hope everyone had a fabulous fast week and as fun of a day as I did!!!!

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: After eating a meal out like today I sort of feel like I fell off the wagon. Its hard for me to get back on and I feel like I should just eat junk the rest of the day. I guess its kinda like all or nothing for me. A habit I definitely need to break!!!!

Hey, Hey, Hey, Jay, Jay, Jay

Well, I am glad its Friday but for me its pretty much just another day for me. I hit the gyzzm this morning bright and early for an excellent workout. I then came home to try out another Mr. Sexy Hot (Jay Robb) Brown Rice Protein Powder flavor that the beautiful Heather sent me (thanks love!!). This time chocolate mixed with oat bran and blended.
The verdict....pretty good but tasted a lot like the one I already have, NutriBiotic. If I had to pick a winner thought it would definitely be Mr. Sexy Hot just because there is a picture of him on the packaging. LOL!! But really, the stats are also better on the Jay Robb. More protein and less cals is always a plus in my book!!

For my morning snack I broke out another sausage..

This time I ate it with mustard for dipping and on the side is a bowl of cottage cheese, pumpkin, peanut butter and cinnamon. The verdict...Pretty good. The Mushroom Asiago and the Al Fresco Sweet Italian are still my favs though!! The flavor wasn't very strong and I kinda just felt like I was eating a hot dog. The stats...

110 cals, 6g of fat, 11g protein and 3 carbs
After my snack I had to go finish up some cleaning at mi madres house. Kinda sucked since it is such a pretty day! I went fast and only took a break for luchie...Grilled chicken, butternut squash neck, and a broccoli slaw salad topped with a grilled portobello. I then ran home, changed and went to pick up my nieces to go to the park. I had to snap a pic of the little chicks they got for Easter...
Sweet but stinky!!

Its 90 here today (and my air in my car doesnt work) so when I got home from the park I was really cravin something to cool me off. What better of a time then now to try a new Brown Rice Protein Powder. This time...
Strawberry. I mixed it with some frozen strawberries, avocado, small chunk of banana, water and ice.
The verdict...Loved it!!! Jay Robb is there anything you make that I don't like?? I mean it still had that brown rice protein powder taste that I am pretty sure you cant fully hide but it was masked pretty well. I followed the shake with a flatout wrap stuffed with turkey bacon and peanut butter. Yum.
I was totally inspired by the wacky peanut butter combo page here.
Hope everyone has had a great start to their weekend!!!!

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I have really been in a rut with dinner lately!! Not just with recipes (I have plenty of those) I just haven't felt like cooking! I go through phases where I will have something different on the table every night for weeks straight and then all of a sudden I am slapping down grilled cheeses and and cereal bowls for the man and little one (I always eat something different).