Weekend, meal prepping & looking for snack ideas.

I’m enjoying some time off work to run some errands around town. There are lots of things to do plus it’s my BIRTHDAY week.

I've renewed my drivers license. First time since 2010, I'm not sure I look that different! #weightloss #weightlossjourney #webeatfat #fitspo #fitfluential #sweatpink #iambft

I had to get my driver’s license renewed in person. I haven’t had to get a new picture in a long while because I’ve been able to renew online. This time I had to go in to get it done. I wasn’t there all morning but I was there for awhile. But I don’t think I look much different from my picture, right?

Bowling party

I’m not really trying to celebrate my birthday all week but it just seems like it. On Saturday, I invited some of my near and dearest friends to go bowling to celebrate. I had the “party” the weekend before because my birthday is always around July 4th and no one is every around. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate my birthday early with me. It was much appreciated. I guess now I might need to stop saying people don’t like me.

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Yesterday morning I woke up to no breakfast because I didn’t have any bananas.  I can’t have oatmeal without bananas and Willie didn’t make any eggs.  So we had to make smoothies.  Willie was whipping up smoothies for everyone but they were really thick…kind of like a DQ blizzard.

So this is our last week of vegetarian so we meal prepped again but it was a little lazy.  We actually had some extra stuff left over so I had to use that.

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What’s on the menu for this week?

Oatmeal and eggs for breakfast
“Fried” tofu rice for lunch.
Bean and cheese enchiladas with plantains and squash for dinner

I’m a little deficient on the snacks this week but I’m currently working on the situation. Today I just made a protein shake but tomorrow I won’t be so lucky. I’ll be posting about snacks sometime this week.  Snacks are really important.

What are your favorite snacks?

Vegetarian eats this week: sloppy joes and some …

Vegetarian eats this week: sloppy joes and some rice “salad”

It’s been a long week and I realized that I didn’t share with you what we made this week to eat. There’s no time like the present to share. It’s nothing spectacular and was kind of a slow week in our house for no reason at all. But it’s the a time of the week where I show my vegetarian eats this week! We haven’t really changed up our breakfast in like 3 years so we’re still eating the same egg and overnight oats. It works. I don’t even do anything different to the overnight oats which I should. I…

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Another day and the best version of yourself

Another day and the best version of yourself

This post will be about nothing. I have a lot of ideas floating round in my head but nothing is sticking. I probably have too much floating around in there to focus on one thing. It’s not just a today problem, it’s been a week long problem. It’s Monday and that means I usually post inspirational/motivational things but I can’t just pin point one message today so you’re going to get many or nothing at all. That gray area in life doesn’t exist to me. I’ve really tried to come up with something to share with you today, but I’ve…

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Friday Five: Things I’m looking forward to …

Friday Five: Things I’m looking forward to happening.

Hello!  Happy Friday! It’s time for those five things on Friday and I’m kind of stumped at what five things I should talk about this week.  Last week, I did something kind of serious and helpful for others but I think this week I want to make it a little more casual.  Without anymore chit chat, the Friday Five: I’m looking forward to happening: 1. Enjoy the weekend.  It’s been a rough few weeks for me.  It’s been VERY stressful and I don’t think I handled things so well.  I am really hard on myself so maybe it’s not that bad…

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Week three of meatless eating

Week three of meatless eating

Hello all! Yesterday was a crazy nuts day. Tropical Storm Bill dumped a lot of water on our city and was just a very scary and frustrating day. We can see clearly now that the rain is gone so I thought it would be best if I returned to the blog. So this is week 3 of us switching to a more plant based diet and things are going well. I’ve been worried about being low energy and not being able to really live this way because I struggled with it so much before. Now with proper research and planning,…

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Blog interrupted: a new week reset, going meatless, …

Blog interrupted: a new week reset, going meatless, and biking.

I like to post the motivational stuff on Monday’s because it’s just a good way to start off the week but I’ve fallen behind on blogging because I was sick and I didn’t want to go anywhere near a computer on my work planning day. It’s kind of been a mess. I’m yet to post my recaps from San Diego or any other blog planning so this is where I’m at. The good this though is it’s Monday, a new week to do new things! It’s time to start anew and achieve new things! It’s time to start a fresh…

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The case of food poisoning

The case of food poisoning

I was fine.  I was ready to roll.  I was feeling fine Monday when I returned home.  I was just really hungry and that’s what did me in.  I had some Indian food and I got sick.  It’s just a classic case of food poisoning.  I teach 5AM on Tuesday and 30 minutes before that it wasn’t going to well but I had to teach my class. It was really sad that I couldn’t give it my all in class because Willie actually came to my class.  I was too afraid I was going to upchuck on everyone so I…

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Happy National Running Day!

Happy National Running Day!

It’s National Running Day! It’s no secret that I L-O-V-E to run so it’s pretty much certain I’ll be celebrating this day.  So how am I going to celebrate?  I’ll definitely go for a run with the running group this evening. If you would like to help me celebrate National Running Day you can by donating to my Team Healthy Kids fundraising efforts. A couple of years ago I posted why I run.  I can’t believe I can say a couple of years ago when talking about running.  Who would have thought this girl would be running?  I still haven’t really…

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Let’s remember what Memorial Day is really …

Let’s remember what Memorial Day is really about

Today we are celebrating Memorial Day! I just wanted to drop in to tell everyone to stop and think about what this holiday really means. Yes, most people are off work enjoying time at the beach or lake while eating hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill but there is a reason for Memorial Day. Many brave people gave their lives for ours and the freedoms we take for granted everyday. This is the reason for the day so let’s remember the fact that we’re pretty much free to do what we want because these people were brave enough to protect…

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Fitbit Flex (and Just Dance) has me getting …

Fitbit Flex (and Just Dance) has me getting active again

I have a love/hate relationship with my Fitbit Flex. After Fitbloggin’ last year, I decided to get a Fitbit to help me monitor my steps and sleep patterns. Little did I know, I was going to go through three Fitbits in less than a year and these things aren’t cheap. In April, my Fitbit Flex died again on the charger and I missed it but I wasn’t going to go through the hassle of getting a replacement. FYI: Fitbit support has been very helpful in providing me replacements. It is still frustrating having this thing go out on me all of…

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Fundraising for Team Healthy Kids (Action for Healthy …

Fundraising for Team Healthy Kids (Action for Healthy Kids)

Supporting Action for Healthy Kids is a priority for me because I spent a majority of my life being overweight from childhood into adulthood.  I don’t want that for the future of our country.  I always say that small steps lead to big strides and this is just one of those small steps.  This is our future.  There are many health issues that are associated with childhood obesity but there are ways to stop that.  Action for Healthy Kids EDUCATES our children on healthy options and the reasons for choosing those options over others…and when to make those other choices.…

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