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Journey to Virginia

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Here are a few pics from my travels from Miami,FL to Reston, VA. It was an exhausting trip, but lots of fun. Enjoy!

 

Panted 15 out of the 17 hours up to VA

Heading into Savannah

Regards from Savannah GA

Historic Savannah

I fell in love with these trees, they looked so angelic

Me and the trees :-D

On our way to get some seafood, while being eaten alive by the bugs

Fresh baked biscuits with orange marmalade and butter

Jumbo shrimp with blueberry vanilla BBQ sauce

Scallions in a garlic butter sauce with crab meat risotta AMAZZZZZIIIINNNNGGGG!

Organic chicken with sweet potato fritters

Pecan cup with vanilla ice cream and mixed berries

Day 2: Plato making his last attempt to mark his territory in Savannah

Finally arrived in Reston, VA and made our way to the Tap Room

How cool is this, their menus light up

Jerk Chicken spring roles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lab Rat Recap: May 15- May 21

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

* Workout five times-Weights 3x Nike training 2x:  NO/ Did Weights 3x Nike Training 1x
* P90x Yoga (fingers crossed): I didn’t cross my fingers hard enough
* Stretch after each workout: Blahhh
* Track all seven days for Weight Watcher: SUCCESS

 

GOALS
*Workout at least 4x (Getting ready for a big move)
*Cook 5x
*Track Weight Watchers all seven days
*Finish packing for VIRGINIA!!!!!

Lab Rat Meal Recap

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Grilled Flank Steak (substituting with skirt steak) with Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic-Skinny Taste

Skirt steak cooking music! Station: P.Y.T! Thanks Pandora!

Skirt Steak Ingredients
Now that’s some skirt steak!
Final product! Yummy and healthy!

Thanks Skinny Taste!

Chipotle Bean Burritos-Cooking Light Magazine

Chipotle Bean Burrito, half eaten: -/ I was hungry

Homemade Flat Bread Pizza

Bubba and I

Plato waiting for me to drop a piece on the floor

Enchilada Skinnytaste

Missed a photo opportunity here

Baked Ziti & Pumpkin Soup

Basil for garnish

SCORE!!!!! Cooked five out of the seven meals this week!

SUCCESS!

What will this week bring, not much. I’m preparing for a big move so my mind is more focused on packing boxes than cooking all week. Let’s see what the week brings.

Fit (well not exactly) Fabulous & Famous: Adele

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I know everyone may be wondering why I chose Adele to be my Fit, Fabulous &  Famous celebrity of the week. I was shown this picture from a friend at work and once I read Adele’s statement I died. I knew I had to post it right away. I had a problem though, I knew why I wanted to post the picture, but I couldn’t find the words to explain why, then my co-worker said she is not physically fit BUT emotionally fit.

Ok, I know you’re scratching your head trying to understand what I mean when I say Adele is emotionally fit. Well your answer is in her words. ” I don’t want to be on Playboy or Vogue. I want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone or Q”…”I am a singer”….I’d rather weigh a ton and make an amazing album”. Adele is a very wise 23 year old. She is comfortable with the way she looks and and has a confidence that people wish for. She knows she is successful because she is a great singer who loves what she does, not because she is a size 2. Adele does not care about what the industry defines a pop singer to be, she identifies with herself and her fans, no one else.

So Adele, you are EMOTIONALLY FIT, FABULOUS & FAMOUS. Just keep being you and continue to make AMAZING music.

Fitness Recap: May 8-May 14

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5.8.11-5.14.11

Recap
* Go to the gym at least 5 times: FAILED (only made it out 4 times)
* Eat clean (eat out one night and no cheating during week (cheating is random eating and nibbling on sweets): FAILED
* Stretch out after each workout: CHECK!!
* P90x Yoga: FAILED
* Weights 3x this week & Nike Training 2x this week + cardio all five days: FAILED (I did do the Nike Training twice!)

I started off my week great! In the beginning of the week I was eating clean and working out hard, things were great! Then Wednesday came around and it went all down hill from there. I had the major munchies and ate everything in sight! Oh well, it’s a new week and there are new goals!

May 15-May 21 Goals
* Cook dinner five times this week
(I always make excuses not to cook, but I know how important it is, especially when you want to eat healthy)

Ingredients for the week

* Workout five times-Weights 3x Nike training 2x
(I made my workout plan for the week with Google Calendar, lets see if I follow it)

* P90x Yoga (fingers crossed)
* Stretch after each workout
* Track all seven days for Weight Watchers

To start my week off right, I cooked one of the five meals for the week, baked ziti (Weight Watchers style). I also prepared pumpkin soup, salad, and lamb (compliments of my mommy). The baked ziti recipe was from Skinny Taste, she is an awesome cook who tabulates all the Weight Watcher points for each recipe she posts. Even though she tabulates Weight Watcher points it is still a great site to get fun and healthy everyday recipes.

Lab Rat Cooking Music. Thank you Pandora!

Pumpkin Soup

Skinny Taste's Baked Ziti

All in all it was a great dinner, and I have plenty of left overs for tomorrow, which means no cooking tomorrow!

Planned Recipes of the Week
Baked Ziti-Skinny Taste
Grilled Flank Steak (substituting with skirt steak) with Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic-Skinny Taste
Seared Lamb with Balsamic Sauce-Cooking Light Magazine
Chipotle Bean Burritos-Cooking Light Magazine