Happy "BE GREEN" Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day all ~ Hopefully you remembered your green, but, if you are like some I know, you don’t mind the pinches you get for not 
Today is a super busy day at work as I am responsible for hosting our fun today. I LOVE it, but, it can be quite demanding.
I started my day off with a little Gentle Hatha Yoga #1 from yogadownload.com so I would enter my day in the right mindset. It felt so good because I am surprisingly sore from mowing all those lawns yesterday. Note to self, must work out more because mowing lawns shouldn’t make me sore.
I had wanted to present you all with something “GREEN” for breakfast, but, nothing came to mind. I was up early to do Yoga, then, off to the grocery store to get stuff for our GREEN punch then to Starbucks. My cup has green on it, does that count?
Breakfast did not come until later as I had to run around setting up everything to get the day started. When my co-worker offered up one of her freshly baked sugar clovers, how could I resist (my stomach was totally growling). Who says cookies can’t be a pre-breakfast snack?! It was good!
After I made the rounds, I went to the kitchen to set up breakfast. Today I made Banana Stacker Waffles.
These were surprisingly tasty and not too fancy for a busy weekday.
2 Kashi Strawberry Flax Wafles
~ 1 Tbsp Freshly Ground Almond Butter
1 banana sliced
Drizzle of Pure Maple Syrup
Sprinkle of unsweetened organic coconut
a little fruit from last night that I didn’t eat (strawberries & pineapple)
Tadahh! I had this with a Tall Nonfat Decaf Latte from “Bucks”. I scarfed all this down fairly quickly and it has kept me full all morning long. Then again, I haven’t had the chance to sit down much. Coming up next and throughout the day I will be sharing with you all the fun stuff we have going on at work today.
I hope you all have a fun filled, green kind of day!
Checking things off my list feels great
This morning I woke up feeling productive and have made a big dent in my todo list already. I am feeling so accomplished and it’s not even noon. I wasn’t really feeling breakfast this morning so I made up a quick smoothie. This really hit the spot and was surprisingly filling.
In the mix:
4 strawberries
1/2 ripe banana
1 c TJ’s FF greek yogurt
1 Tbsp ground flax seed
Drizzle of Dark Agave Syrup
3 ice cubes
I am off to tackle more of my todo list with my reward hopefully being a late afternoon pedicure and our NetFlix movie tonight. Have a great Sunday all, I know I already am.
P.S. Yoga last night was a bit different. I got The Husband to do some moves with me. It was sort of free style looking at the yogadownload.com poses and stretching/breathing. It was alot of fun and I really think he enjoyed it. Today I have a fun session planned using something other than yogadownload.com. More on that later.
Yoga for MY Buns!
After dinner and while The Husband showered/relaxed I decided to get my daily dose of Yoga. Today I picked Yoga For Buns from yogadownload.com. I honestly LOVED this session. I felt like I was so strong, balanced and could really see my progress in Yoga. I really liked the flow of this session – you get stretching, get your heart rate up and at the end you feel so relaxed even though you worked up a little bit of a sweat. I did get a little lost a couple of times on the following the poses, but, I think with each session it will all flow better as I become more familiar. It might just be my new favorite session. I highly recommend checking it out.
Ok, now I am really going to watch Role Models with The Husband now….we have had it since Wednesday lol. Night all!
Starting my day with a little Morning Flow…
This morning I struggled a bit to get out of bed after staying up way too late to watch The Biggest Loser AND Law and Order. I really do love both shows and once The Biggest Loser was over, I told myself I was not tired so I should stay up longer It felt great last night, but, not so much this morning.
BTW, Didn’t The Biggest Loser rock last night? I think this might have been one of the best shows of the season. Since I know some of you may not have watched it yet, I won’t spoil it for you…just make sure you do though!
To wake up my sleepy self this morning, I started my day off with Morning Flow #1 from yogadownload.com. I had envisioned a nice, relaxing, stretching class, but, this class was a definite work out. It was a nice change to focus on balance, strength, posture and stretching. It made me realize that I am actually starting to make some progress in yoga. My heels are almost flat on the ground in my downward dogs, I don’t shake while balancing and I can stretch further each time. I still wasn’t able to do a full wheel for fear of falling on my head 
but I made an attempt and that is what counts, right? I was definitely awake and alert after this class and ready to start my day. It was a nice change from being in my set, relaxed state that yoga usually puts me in.
I had sort of a funky stomach going on this moring that I am sure was due to my indulgences yesterday. So, I decided to have a nice, soothing and refreshing breakfast today.
I layered all of the following to make this super filling bowl of Greek Yogurt.
1 cup Trader Joe’s Fat Free Greek Yogurt
Drizzle of Agave ~ about 2 tsp
1/2 cup Natures Path Pumpkin Flax
1/3 cup Trader Joe’s High Fiber Cereal (aka fiber worms)
1/2 banana
2 big strawberries
This really hit the spot and packed alot of protein plus fiber and a little fat to help me stay full all morning. I had it together with my SIGG water bottle and real coffee this time – 1/2 coffee and 1/2 water. The caffeine is sure to make me bounce off the walls, but, sometimes, you just have to have it
Today is a short day for me as I am leaving work early ~ yahoo! It’s also a fun day because tonight I am getting my hair done. While I chat it up with my friend & hairdressor, The Husband gets dropped off to play poker. He says he doesn’t want me to have to drive alone ~ ha, he’s funny! I don’t mind the company though and it gives him a little fun play time.
Happy Hump Day all! The week is half over and I couldn’t be happier about that. Enjoy the sunshine…..
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Last night I chose to do Gentle Hatha #1 from yogadownload.com. I have learned this is my goto yoga of choice when I do not feel like working out. It is perfect for the evening time and settling in for relaxation. I managed to fit it in right before The Biggest Loser and then thoroughly enjoyed my couch time. I could definitely see myself doing longer versions of Hatha yoga – it is by far my favorite.
I have been trying to decide which versions I like best because I’d like to download longer versions. For the month of March, yogadownload is letting people use Tina’s code at Carrots’n'Cake to get 50% off all downloads. All you have to do to get 50% off is enter the code :CarrotsNCake”. You can’t beat that. The question becomes, how do you decide which one you want?
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