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June 25, 2014

June Bliss – Books, Blogs, & Burgers!

 

Happy Wednesday, friends!

Today we’re linking up our Bliss posts, but before we get to that let’s talk about BREAKFAST & my WORKOUT this morning.  I chose to do a 30 minute walk this morning since my legs are so sore from the HIIT class I took last night!  Man, that class wears me out – think about squat after squat after squat or lunge after lunge after lunge….. ouch!  I came home this morning and had a glass of chocolate milk, a banana, & a boiled egg & vegetarian bacon english muffin!  Now I’m off to get ready for work, but check out what’s been bringing me Bliss this month!

Blogger Bliss Button updated

 

PRODUCTS/THINGS

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{1} Never Eat Alone

I recently became a “Blogging for Books” Affiliate and now receive free books to review.  You’ll get a full review once I complete this book, but I have LOVED it so far.  Sure, I’m only on Chapter 2, but I already know I’m going to learn a ton!  It’s a business book and talks about networking & relationships.  Stay tuned for my review in a couple weeks!

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{2} Jack LaLanne Juicer

I was super excited when I found this beauty at Dirt Cheap for a mere $26!!! I’ve used it a handful of times now and still can’t believe I’m lucky enough to have found it!  If you’ve thought about juicing, I would recommend a Jack Lalanne Juicer, but hopefully you can score a great deal like I did!

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{3} Blender Bottle

Not only has this shaker been great for my juices, but it’s been an excellent way to keep up with my water consumption at work.  I’ve had a problem getting plenty of water throughout the day, so I’m working on drinking one blender bottle by 12:30 and another by 4:30 so I at least get about 50 ounces of water during the day.

BLOGGERS/POSTS

I like to dedicate a portion of my #BloggerBliss to new bloggers I’ve been able to find throughout the month!  It helps keep me engaged with bloggers and constantly finding new blogs to support and hopefully new friendships down the road!  I’ve been transitioning my blog into a more health conscious blog so I can encourage myself to eat better and workout more, but also encourage others.  This month I found some really great Healthy Living blogs & posts to share!

{1} Char Eats Greens

This girl became a vegetarian and then quickly became a vegan!  I love finding other bloggers like me!  She’s also a runner & loves Starbucks – clearly we’re meant to be friends!  And if you’re thinking that going vegan means you have to cut out all the good stuff – then you should seriously check out her recipe for Triple Threat Vegan Gluten-Free Brownies because oh em gee… I’m giving that a try for sure!

{2} Sweet Miles: A running & lifestyle blog

I love the clean feel to this blog.  You get there and instantly feel refreshed!  She’s another runner, but I love drawing inspiration and encouragement from other bloggers who run.  When I read about their runs, it helps me envision my own run and gets me motivated.   She’s not all about running though – her goal is a healthy lifestyle.  She created this amazing post for 7 Ways to Maintain a Healthy & Active Marriage and although I’m not married, I could re-title it 7 Ways to Maintain a Healthy & Active Relationship because I think that’s just as important and I felt like most of these could be applied to mine and Nick’s relationship – with the exception of some things due to our long-distant relationship!

{3} Bagels to Broccoli

Another blog that’s clean and refreshing to stumble upon!  Jen isn’t a vegetarian (as far as I can tell), but she works to incorporate more veggies and a healthy lifestyle.  In fact, she recently completed her very FIRST half-marathon! {You can read about that here}

It has been such a treat stumbling onto these ladies blogs and I hope you’ll enjoy them too!

MOMENTS

I, of course, enjoy recapping some special moments from the month and the biggest one that sticks out to me is finally switching my blog over from From Here to There to No Bologna!  I’d been wanting to make a change for so long and I feel like a dream has finally come alive!! It’s still a work in progress, but I love what this space is becoming and how it’s encapsulating my love for health, veggies, & fitness!

I forgot to mention that Nick and I tried out Majestic Burger!  I’m not sure if it’s a local place or if there are chain restaurants floating around, but I went with their veggie burger and it was great!  Plus those onion rings… I could make a meal out of any kind of fried side dish… onion rings, pickles, zucchini, okra… you name it!

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Lastly… National Donut Day…. Enough Said!

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  • What’s bringing you Bliss this month?
  • What bloggers should I be reading? Any fun/informative posts you’ve come across lately?

Link Up with us Below!

Filed Under: Bliss, Blogging, Fitness, Food, Mississippi, Nick, Reading, Summer Tagged With: bliss, blogging, Blogging for Books, dunkin donuts, juicing, Majestic Burger, vegan, vegetarian 4 Comments

June 23, 2014

Cards Against Humanity

 

The Monday work day is officially behind us!

For LUNCH today, I tried Amy’s Broccoli & Cheddar Bowl.  It was pretty great!  There was more broccoli than I could actually finish, but I got most of it down.  The cheddar and pasta were right on though!   When it got close to quitting time, I also ate a CLIF bar because I knew I’d be working out after work and needed the extra fuel.

 broccoli-bowl  amy-brocolli-cheddar

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I headed to the gym immediately after work, My WORKOUT consisted of some treadmill walking and then an ab class and tone & scupt class.  I’m definitely feeling it in my arms today!  I felt like I pushed myself pretty well.  Nick and I are working on some challenges right now – mine is to workout for 21 days straight!   You know the saying, 21 days makes a habit?  Exactly my goal.  In fact, I made this “Back in the Habit” workout schedule for my friend Lacy this weekend because she needed something similar.  I’m not currently doing this plan, but I wanted to share it with y’all in case you need a schedule to make working out a habit again!  Just remember to walk if you need to walk!  I know it jumps to 4 miles pretty quick, but that entire 4 miles can be walked if you want – just get moving!

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I incorporated some yoga on the last day so you can stretch it out real good!

I got home from the gym and immediately worked on dinner.  I made some Morning Star Riblets that turned out delicious with a croissant and a side of apples w/ peanut butter!  It may be an odd combination, but it seriously did the trick for me!

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I’ve heard people ask why you would eat “fake” meat.  If you want to eat something that mimics the real deal, why not just eat the real thing?  It makes perfect sense to me though!  So let me explain just in case you’re wondering the same thing… Before I was a vegetarian, I would have loved some ribs.  The texture and the sauce are a delicious combination.  I love the fact that I’m able to enjoy some of my favorite foods without having to create more harm to animals.  I don’t judge you for eating the real thing though – it’s all about personal choice.

WEEKEND RE-CAP

me-lacy  car-alarm

That face is what happens when a car alarm goes off right next to you!  Don’t they see we’re trying to take a picture here?  No need to scare us!

Saturday night, Nick and I had a couples night with our friends Jamey & Ben.  They grilled out for us and made Sangria!  We also played a game that I’ve been hearing about over  & over on blogs, but never had the opportunity to play until now…..

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CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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In case you’re not familiar, it’s like Apples to Apples, but for adults.  It’s a little more R-rated…. but so fun!  I definitely had a blast for my first time playing.

Jamey also surprised me with my all-time favorite dessert!  One day I’ll get the recipe from her and share it with y’all, but she uses Blackberry for me because we both love it!

blackberry-pie

me-bailey  bailey-kisses

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It was a great weekend – drinks, friends, card games, and delicious food!

  • Have you ever played Cards Against Humanity?  What were your thoughts?
  • What do you do when it’s time to get back in the habit of working out?

 

 

Filed Under: Fitness, Food, Recipes, Summer, Travel Tagged With: Amys Kitchen, broccoli, cards, cards against humanity, cheddar, clifbar, drinking, grilling, morning star farms, pets, sangria, vegetarian, workout 1 Comment

June 21, 2014

Fun with Food Camp

 

Good Afternoon!

I’m at Starbucks writing up my post for today.  I made the drive up to Starkville last night and seriously… this is the easiest Free-standing Starbucks.  The one back home is inside the Target.  I love coming to this Starbucks to get work done – which is exactly what I’m doing today.  I have my Blog, Inc. book with me and I’m working to fix my Comment issue along with my networked blogs issue because I noticed that my posts are not linking with Facebook & Twitter like they should.

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Work has been monotonous lately because we’re going to a new e-filing system and so I’m converting all of our paper files to e-files which is extremely boring.  I usually don’t take lunch breaks unless I’m meeting with a friend, but Friday was draaaggggiiiinnnnggggg….. SO I decided to actually take a lunch break and enjoy that hour of freedom.  I headed to Whole Foods because ya know what?  There is always beauty there!  It can be the flowers or the fresh produce, but I absolutely love lingering.  I chose my usual Kevita Organic Pomegranate (<– You can purchase A CASE of it on Amazon, y’all!!) drink because it’s something that lifts my mood!

kevita-flowers

It was a refreshing break and then I headed back to finish my work before leaving for Starkville.  Last nights dinner was cheap – Mexican, which is my fave.  I didn’t have the greatest experience though.  I ordered my usual rice w/ sauteed veggies & a small cheese dip.  I found a piece of chicken and a piece of steak in my veggies though – so that was upsetting, but I finished off the rice and pushed all the veggies to the side.  That was disappointing and I won’t be eating there again.

We also watched “Walk of Shame” last night with Elizabeth Banks and it was hilarious, but cheesy.  One of those movies that would never actually happen in real life, but it was entertaining to watch.  Also, I adore Elizabeth Banks.

This morning, I woke up for a good run… except I woke up late and it wasn’t the greatest.  It was WAY TOO HOT!  I walked most of the way and also got a minor sunburn.  I did pass this sign though and had a TON of questions….

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  1. Where was this camp when I was a kid? – Because I would have been there!
  2. What exactly does it entail?  – Is it a culinary camp?  Is it playing with your food camp?  Do make little men out of candy and then eat it?  I mean…. I HAVE NO IDEA!!!
  3. How old do you have to be?
  4. Is this why Mississippi has a high obesity rate?
  5. Is this like Fat Camp, but where being Fat is acceptable?

Seriously… I’m so curious!

I also really love running on Mississippi State’s campus because it’s just so pretty!  I could have used a little more shade though.  Don’t be fooled, that was practically the only shade I saw the entire run.

walk-MSU

 

Now I’m off to figure out my gazillion WordPress questions!  Hope y’all have a wonderful Saturday.

  • What do you think Fun With Food camp is?
  • Have you seen Walk of Shame?  
  • What activity refreshes you in the middle of a monotonous boring work day?

Filed Under: Fitness, Food, Mississippi, Mississippi State University Tagged With: blog inc, camp, coffee, food, fun, kevita, mexican, running, starbucks, vegetarian, whole foods 1 Comment

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