the best holiday in the world.

HAPPY NATIONAL POPCORN DAY!

i feel like this day was made for me. it’s gonna be a good day. now the question is not whether or not you’re going to celebrate (because if you were my friend you would.) the question is more along the lines of how are you gonna celebrate?

enough on that.

guys it’s officially 10 days until my one year anniversary. no not with a man. even better. with julie golean! january 29th rings in the first day i entered this crazy world of food, fitness & fantastic people.

enough on that.

yesterday was one of those days that just felt like where in the world did the time go. i felt like i woke up and boom it was 4:30pm and i had to jet to work. i guess that’s what happens when you hang with deej all day.

yesterday’s oats in a jar held me over from 8:30am all the way through work, a walk on the boardwalk with deej, an errand or two and i didn’t find myself mangeing lunch until 2:30pm! whoa.

ate this ate that hit up tjs and grabbed a bosc on the way out to work.

by the time i got home from work i was famished and needed a quick fix before an oh so special bridal party meeting was to convene at la casa de julie

it’s a dang good thing deej had the goods already out.

piz & nasty lookin delicious tasting salada it was.

gross lighting. gross picture. not gross tasting.

deej concocted the pizza using trader joes whole wheat dough and then threw on some park skim mozz cheese, parm cheese & some of her infamously awesome homemade sauce.

i concocted the salad using the salad that deej had already concocted. i added my flava by throwing in 1/2c of black beans, leftover turkey breast, laughing cow swiss & tjs aioli mustard spread+apple cider vinegar.

i didn’t get a chance to watch the bachelor so you better not ruin it for me but i did get a chance to watch protein powder, egg whites & canned pumpkin cook in the microwave.

protein cake + pb2 syrup. voila.

our bridal party meeting was a success, we did a little of this talked a little bit of that and when everyone left i hit the lights.

5:45am came way too soon and i had a pillow fight with my alarm clock in the decision to get out of bed or not. my alarm clock did and i’m so glad it did because i hit the gym for a totally more then stellar sweat sesh.

30 minute stairmill routine

time (minutes)	level	direction
0-3:00	5	forward
3:00-5:00	8	forward
5:00-6:00	9	forward
6:00-7:00	9	left side
7:00-8:00	10	foward
8:00-9:00	9	right side
9:00-9:30	8	backwards
9:30-10:00	12	forward
10:00-15:00	repeat minutes 5-10
15:00-16:00	9	forward
16:00-16:30	9	right side
16:30-17:00	10	forward
17:00-17:30	9	left side
17:30-18:00	10	foward
18:00-20:00	10	big climb (skip every other stair)
20:00-25:00	repeat minutes 15-20
25:00-30:00	repeat minutes 5-10

i now understand jillian michael’s love affair with the stepmill. i was a schweaty schweaty beast after this.

print it. try it. tell me what you think.

i then did 10 minutes on the treadmill walking at a 4.0 pace at a 7.0 incline and then 10 minutes on the elliptical alternating between front and back for 2 minute intervals.

ab-age & outage were the next things to occur.

next? doi! breakfast.

prepare for new favorite combo & picture montage.

i was like the papparazi snapping shots of heidi montag’s new face.

in the bowl went: 1/3c oats microwaved for 3 minutes with 3/4c water. cooled in frigid temperatures for 10-15 minutes. added in 1 container of oikos plain, 1/3c canned pumpkin enough cinnamon to last a lifetime, stevia & vanilla extract. layered 1/2 bananer & 2 tbsp pb2 on top.

cooookie douuuuugh.

the core of this beaut.

…..hotter then the center of the earth.

alright beauties in the mean time head over and check out brandi’s awesome valentines day giveaway!

1. how are you going to celebrate national popcorn day?

2. random fun question. if you had to marry or date one animated or cartoon character who would you choose? i’ve always had a slightly less then creepy crush on thomas from disney’s pocahontas. if i didn’t choose him it would be the dimitri lad from anastasia.