Hey guys! I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July! I was that person yesterday.  You know that person who brings her own food to another person’s BBQ/block party?  I’m sure some people find that super annoying, but I can’t care what other people think about how I take care of my body, ya [...]

I’ve tried two new recipes that were so good, I had to share them with you! Whole Wheat Pasta Medley of Yum Mixed with Damn Close-up Action Ingredients 1 box/bag whole wheat pasta rotini 3.25 oz can pitted black olives, rinsed and drained 10 Plum tomatoes (10) 1 cup sliced red onion 8.5 ounce can [...]

It’s been four weeks of the This Ain’t No Freshman 15, This is the Final 10 Challenge and that means it’s WEIGH-IN time!  Before you read my stats below, make sure to check out Jen, Prior Fat Girl’s, blog to see how she’s coming along! Here we go: Starting Weight: 138 lbs. Last Weigh-In June [...]

Talk about serendipity!  While doing a bit of household olympics (aka cleaning) today, I was plagued with thoughts of dinner.  I needed something new, something nutritious, something other than my lover Mister Cinnamon Roll who I was convinced should take a back seat tonight.  Then, the skies parted and an angel descended from above as [...]

**Edited to add: HAHAHAH I so did not realize that my title could be so misconstrued just like that lady’s license plate (read here)! yikes, sorry…but not really…muahhaha!** TGIF guys!  First some random bites of info.: I won a cool little pack of exercise cards from Miss Kari at Running Through Life!  Thanks, pal!  I [...]

While I was supposed to be productive on my final research paper on Pride and Prejudice yesterday, I was much more productive in the kitchen!  Good for the belly, bad for the paper. But I had to put some of my Whole Foods buys to good use! Let me begin with a spontaneous couplet to [...]

Happy Saturday! Yesterday was an amazing day.  Why?  I think because I had actually slept an adequate amount. If that’s how I’d usually feel with more sleep, I am definitely making sleep more of a priority!  Here are the main things that made my day a great one: Beach Babe Workout I went to the [...]

My friend sent me a recipe for vegan cookies and I decided to run with it and experiment with some things.  Was that a good idea? I think experimentation as a general concept is great – it’s super to try new things and yadda yadda yadda.  But “be prepared” is the lesson here because sometimes [...]

I’m a tad cranky and will try not to let that inform my review of the new Lifetime show Cook Yourself Thin.  With that disclaimer aside, let’s take a look. From the website description: “Do you want to have your cake and eat it too?* ‘Cook Yourself Thin,’ an all-new series, offers viewers the skills [...]

But I am in love with this corn bread I made yesterday as an experiment.  Usually you don’t experiment with recipes when you have guests coming over for dinner, but I had faith that it would at least be edible and simply hoped it wouldn’t taste like a stale brick. Modified greatly from this recipe, [...]