In Between Mountains

Hello friends!! Hubby and I are on our way to camping trip #2. I don’t have much time, so I thought I would entertain you with just a few pics from our 4th of the July weekend camping trip ! I will update more soon :)

Our weekend started off with the largest Tiramisu cake I have ever seen!!! Topped with raspberries and blueberries, true amazingness!

Then we headed out to Big Bear, Bosco got to come :) 

When we arrived at camp I was starving and dug right into the messiest hamburger I have had in a long time! 

With a Coors light(not my #1 choice beer), but shoot I am on vacation!

Hubby and I set up our tent! 

While Bosco watched :) 

Ok more fun times to come stay tuned…..

Cleaning Out the Fridge

Today for lunch I cleaned out the fridge in order to get ready for our vacation. There is still a lot of fruit left but I plan on taking that with us on our trip. I had a bowl of everything but the kitchen sink for my main course.

Grilled zucchini,black beans,carrots,and avocado. This was actually pretty darn amazing! A sweet and juicy plum, and cucumbers with hummus.

All together now! I also had some whole grain chips from TJ’s!

While making dinner I cleaned and somewhere in there I managed to make a delicious, healthy Italian meal! Whole wheat penne,home made tomato sauce, and some turkey sausage. I topped it off with goat cheese of course, it wouldn’t be pasta without my goat cheese!

Look what was in the box from this morning!!!  Fruition from ProBar :) I can not wait to taste them and find out what these babies are all about!

Hubby and I are going to be out of town for the next 8 days! We are going camping with my family in Big Bear Mountain(no showers) for the 4th of July weekend and then on to family camp at Forest Home! (where I work). I am stoked and a little overwhelmed, but it’s all good I know I will just have to push through tonight.

Our Thursday night group is going to help a single mom in the community by cleaning her entire house for her. I know she will be blessed, I can’t wait!

Well I am not sure how much I will be able to blog from here on out, I have boot camp in the morning and then we head out to the wilderness with no technology. I think this will be a great time to take a little blog hiatus, I will still be reading all of yours, but how much I will be able to update is slim to none. Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

See you when I see you!

My Own Personal Gym

Last night’s sushi dinner was perfect before my kickboxing class. I was a little worried I would get to full,because normally I just eat a light snack before I teach.

I had one small veggie roll, and had a few bites from other rolls that the group had too :) I had one of my boot camp girls come to my class last night, she said she hated me and loved me all at the same time ;)

This morning I was pretty darn proud of myself as soon as the alarm went off I hopped out of bed, got dressed and went straight to the gym for some Jillian, “Making the Cut”, TORTURE workout!!! I love getting to the gym at 5:30am because it is empty!

This is the back weight room that nobody uses, I felt like I was in my own little personal home gym! Jillian’s circuits whipped me this morning. She had me doing 100 lunges,crab walks,mountain climbers,hammer curls, and much more. I haven’t done the 15 minutes of straight cardio that you are supposed to do after the workouts because I always run out of time! Here circuits usually take about 45 minutes+.

Following her plan makes me feel like I have my own personal trainer minus the bills that I would be spending!

One sweaty beast here! You can actually see my car parked out front!

I made a GM this morning with some vanilla yogurt, I normally don’t add in yogurt. I also added in some kale,nanner,almond milk,blueberries,whey protein,flax seed, and PB!

I shall not add in yogurt again, it was too runny! I still drank it of course.

Look what came in the mail!!! I can’t wait to open it :)

On my agenda today:

• work
• Clean house
• stock up fridge for house sitter
• bake PB bars for camping trip!
• PACK!
• Service Project (cleaning for a lady in need) with Thursday night group

Hubby’s Random fact for the day: You’re born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.

Have a Terrific Thursday, see you soon!

I Gotta Jet!

I am going to have to make this super quick because Hubby and I are grabbing sushi with some friends in 30minutes, then I am off to teach AKB(I will have to eat light). Then I get to watch Hubby play softball, busy busy bee!

Today my GM did not hold me over, I had to grab my emergency protein bar for some morning fuel!

 

This bar didn’t really do the trick either, when it came to lunch I was starving! I had the rest of my leftover Thai food topped with zucchini and some Greek yogurt. I had the Greek yogurt on top for added protein and to cool the spice down a bit.

 

I also had a delicious peach.

 

And my last peanut butter bar, I must make these for our camping trip next week!

This afternoon after lunch, a coworker and I went on a little hike to see some Air force jets that were flying over our camp! The hike was pretty killer and I was in flip flops and a skirt, next time I will come prepared!

I had an apple in the afternoon, should have had PB with it!

 

I also took some pictures of my desk for you all to see, here is a couple!

Ok friends, hope you are all having a lovely evening!

Question for the evening: All of you pushup/sit-up/squat challenge peeps, how are you doing!!! I am actually loving it, and have really become so much stronger these past couple weeks, keep going strong!!!!

Pain in the Night

Top of the morning to you all! This morning I was woken up by the biggest charlie horse in my left calf muscle! I have never felt such great pain, there could be two reasons for this #1 lack of water, #2 lack of stretching. I am tackling both today no matter what.

At 5:45am I went for an easy 3 mile run with Fast Jill and Mr. Rick. It was a beautiful morning and 3 miles to me is the perfect easy run. I checked a couple blogs this morning and saw that Angela’s Summer Glow Boot Camp! is up. Make sure to head over to her blog and check it out. You know I am up for the challenge.

I made a GM of course, I just can’t get enough of these!

I have another busy day planned today; work,pilates,teach kickboxing, and clean! Hubby and I are taking off to the mountains on Friday for 9 days and we are having a friend, house/Bosco sit for us. I want to make sure we have clean sheets and some food for her to grub on!!

What do you do when you go out of town, do you have someone house sit for you?

Hubby’s Random Fact for the Day: Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.

Check out Zesty Cook for a fun POM Juice giveaway!

Play by Play

Good evening friends! Today was completely jammed packed, I don't’ think I could have fit one more thing in.

5:15am Alarm goes off! Headed to the gym for my first day with Jillian’s challenge, “Making the Cut”. I don’t think I knew what I was getting in to! Here is just the first circuit out of 5!

• 20x dumbbell presses on a body ball
• 15X dumbbell flies on a body ball
• 50 fast squats
• one minute sprint at a 7mph pace
  REPEAT!!! There were 4 more circuits after this!

I loved it, it was hard and pretty flippin intense just what I was looking for!

7:00am: Featured Fridge Post up! Drank a Green Monster and rushed to get ready!
 
8am-12:30pm: Work( loving the new job).

12:30-1:00: Ate lunch with one sexy beast!

2 veggie patties topped with laughing cow cheese :) 

Grilled zucchini!

A bowl full of cherries, they are the sweetest cherries I have ever had!

and for dessert Tina’s peanut butter bars! These things are soooo good, I am addicted you must try them so you too can be addicted!

1:00-4:30pm: work

5pm-8:00pm:  Met my BFF for coffee to catch up on life and talk about an amazing community service project I am helping out with, can’t wait to share more details with you all!

8:30pm: Walked in attacked by Boscers and made a light and delicious dinner! I had a bowl of cereal, Annie’s Honey Bunny’s, Zoe’s Granola,strawberries and blueberries in my new smiling baseball bowl I got for $1 at a garage sale this past weekend.

 

8:50pm": started blogging, and then wanted dessert :) More Zucchini bread! This has to be the moistest bread I have ever tasted!

Notice there is a piece missing? That’s because Bosco wanted some too!

He devoured it within seconds!!!! 

 

9:00pm Hubby walked in from softball game! Ok folks must go and catch up blogs and hit the hay early another 5:15am wake up call for this girl :)

I leave you with Hubby’s random fact for the day:“99% of people can’t lick their elbow” I know you want to try it!

Her June Featured Foodie Fridge: Andrea from OHC!

Over the past 5 months I have had the opportunity to take a look into we some wonderful foodie fridges:

January-Tina
Carrots N' Cake

February-Meghann
Inner Workings of A
College Grad

March-Caitlin
Healthy Tipping Point

April-Bobbi
NHerShoes

May-Gina
The Fitnessista

 

This month I got the chance to interview the lovely Andrea from Off Her Cork! Andrea has such a wonderful food blog, that is filled with a ton of tasty recipes! “The HQ is powered by wine, chocolate, and plenty of cheese.”

Hello Mrs. Andrea! I am so glad that you agreed to let us peek into not just one but two of your fridges. I love your blog, I love how you share all your wonderful household tips and even your crazy martial arts! I admire all of your eats, now let’s see what’s really in that fridge of yours.

Bobbi: So Andrea have you always been a healthy eater?

Andrea: I was a very good eater all through high school and even most of college. It wasn't until I was on my own that my eating habits changed and not for the best. Gradually I realized that what I was doing wasn't working and things needed to change. That's when I started adding in more fruits and veggies into our meals. So basically, no I wasn't always the healthiest of eaters!

Bobbi:  Love me some fruit and veggies! As I look through your fridges I notice a lot of soymilk on the top shelf of your fridge, are you allergic to milk or do you prefer soy milk?

 
Andrea: I'm not allergic to milk, we both just prefer not to drink it. We were big milk drinkers for a very long time going through 3 gallons of milk a week. Once I realized that the cows weren't treated very well and what exactly is in milk, we switched to soy milk. There's a lot in the fridge because we buy in bulk. Scott and I just don't have the time to go to the grocery store once a week. So we go about once every three weeks to once a month. That means our shopping trips are HUGE because we're buying a lot at one time. We can get our soymilk from Sam's for cheap, a carton that comes with 3 half gallons of soymilk. The chocolate soymilk I drink after all my runs, so we stock up on that as well. We do make shorter trips when needed to pick up bananas and things along those lines that we might run out of.

Bobbi:  I need to get my Silk from Costco, now that I drink it more buying it in bulk is a great idea!  I also see a lot of fruit and veggies in your fridge I wasn’t surprised Do you eat fruit and veggies with every meal? What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?

Andrea: Yes! I love fruits and veggies and try to get as much in during my day as possible because that's what makes me feel the best. I always try to have fruit with breakfast, fruit and veggies at lunch, and then lots of veggies for dinner. My favorite thing to eat with lunch is probably a salad along with a bowl of fresh fruit.

Bobbi: I don’t see too many meat products in your fridge except for smoked salmon are you a vegetarian?

Andrea: That's in another location! :) We have a standup freezer in our basement that holds the meat products. I probably should have taken a picture of it! There isn't too much meat in there as we don't eat nearly as much of that now. I used to make meat based dish for every dinner and then I realized that I personally wasn't responding well to that kind of diet. I like meat and will eat it but now it's smaller portions and only on occasion or if I feel like it. My husband is awesome and will eat whatever so he's cool with not as many meat based meals. We do eat a lot of seafood and our freezer is packed with it. And it also holds Rocky's (our dog) meals because he gets fresh meat, veggies, and fruit just like we do. The freezer actually holds more of his food than ours!

Bobbi: That is so great, that your dog east fresh meats and veggies too! I love that you included both of you fridges, have you always had two fridges?

Andrea: Since living in this house, yes. The house came with a fridge and we also had a fridge. The one that came with the house, I moved -- well my husband and a friend -- moved it to the basement. I watched! ;) The one we had we put in the kitchen. I love having two fridges! And actually it's a must since we shop in bulk and not weekly. We actually also have a tiny fridge as well in our dining room that holds just beverages like beer, wine, and juice. Not surprisingly, we named it The Drink Fridge.

Bobbi: I see a lot of hummus in your fridge, is this a staple in your diet? What is your favorite kind of hummus?

Andrea: I was actually sent a shipment of hummus for review, so that's why we are stocked up. However, we do eat a lot of hummus because both of us love it. Right now my favorite is Sabra's Roasted Red Pepper hummus that I'll add some extra garlic powder to for added umph. Eating that with Whole Foods 365 brand wheat crackers makes me a happy girl!

Bobbi: Man I wish they would send me some hummus to review!!  I see two things in your fridge that caught my eye, the Fage and the Coffee Mate. I love Fage but it is so expensive I can only buy in one at a time where do you get yours?

Andrea: I buy it at Whole Foods and it's just slightly over $4 a container. I love it because of the texture and how versatile it is. I can use it in cooking as well, which makes it a must have for me. The Creamer is what we use for coffee. I have found a different organic creamer that I use right now and my husband still uses the Coffeemate. I'm currently looking for a better alternative but have yet to find something! I know Coffeemate is horrible but it's got to work till I find another solution.

Bobbi: Everyone has their vices, Coffeemate use to be mine :) You are such a great cook, what would you say is your favorite thing to cook for you and your man?

Andrea: Thanks! :D Actually I don't have a favorite thing but I do have a favorite kind of cooking and that's when I can spend a ton of time in the kitchen fiddling with something. For example, making a big Sunday dinner with lots of veggies, maybe something that's roasted in the oven, and some wine. With jazz playing in the background and my husband keeping me company is my favorite way to spend an evening.

Bobbi: Alright girl thanks so much for sharing with all of us. Okay, last question, if you could have any celebrity to cook for whom would it be and why?

Andrea: I have to say Paula Deen. She's totally down to earth and very laid back plus she isn't going to scrutinize or look down her nose at something made for her. She would be a blast to cook for! Thanks Bobbi for allowing me to share a bit of our life with you and your readers. This was a blast!

Fun Quiz

1. Is Andrea a vegetarian? 

a. Yes
b. No
C. Kind of

2. What does Andrea and her Hubby like to do on an evening together?

a. Box
b. Play Scrabble
c. Eat,Drink and Be Merry

3. If Andrea could have any celebrity over for dinner who would it be?

a. Rachel Ray
b. Paula Dean
c. Me :)

Hope you enjoyed learning something new about our “Foodie” Friend Andrea!