Friday, August 6, 2010

03: A Day of Pure Gluttony

Personal

30 Day Blog Challenge
Your idea of the perfect first date.
Poutine
My idea of a perfect date would simply include a poutine.

Fine… and also:

HikeDim SumHorseback-RidingTapas

  • A good, long and hard hike
  • Dim sum
  • Horseback-riding in the mountains
  • Japanese Tapas

… and lots of poutine in between.

4 loves

Thursday, August 5, 2010

02: Workout to Pig-Out

Health, Personal

30 Day Blog Challenge
A photo of something you ate today.

Ice Cream Sandwich

Ice cream sandwich; bought a giant box of these earlier this week and it’s almost gone.

Although I try to live a pretty healthy lifestyle, I encourage splurging occasionally and eating anything and everything that you love— and I’ve been craving these ice cream sandwiches all summer! I DON’T believe in totally cutting out everything because you’re just going to end up craving for it… and my favorite saying, what’s life without good food?! And honestly, I splurge A LOT.

BUT if you’re a long way off from your goals or if your goal is to be super ripped then you obviously shouldn’t splurge as much as I do. I reached my first set of fitness goals (weight) nine months ago so I’ve been maintaining ever since and all the exercise I do allows me to eat whatever I want… including lots of ice cream sandwiches. The only thing is that I don’t eat effortlessly because I work hard to give myself this pleasure.

If you want to eat whatever you want, be prepared to compensate for it down the line. You can either keep a strict diet with minimal exercise or my route,  eat a lot with lots of hard and intense exercise (a.k.a. best of both worlds).

Today was definitely a splurge day.

Dinner #1

Dinner #1

Dinner #2

Dinner #2

Delicious Cherries

Delicious cherries.

5 loves

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

01: My Foods and I

Food, Health, Personal

30 Day Blog Challenge
A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

Katy

All gross and sweaty in the studio after my workout. Work was less stressful than last week, workout was a fun sweat-fest and then came home to NOT having to cook dinner (the best part)! The sister has so much free time this summer that I just give her my credit card and she does all the grocery shopping while I’m at work. Our house is stocked with fresh and healthy food and she even cooked honey-soy glazed salmon, yam fries and kale chips tonight. Life is good. ;)  Now, I wish someone would give me THEIR credit card.

Speaking about groceries, here is what my kitchen ALWAYS has to be stocked up on:

  • giant bag of baby spinach (pre-washed)
  • egg whites
  • skim milk
  • bananas
  • plain oatmeal
  • canned tuna
  • bags of frozen cauliflower in the freezer (one of my favorite veggies)
  • frozen berries

…and then everything else depends on what’s in season (especially fruit— LOTS of it) and the protein depends on my mood.

What do you always have to have in your kitchen?

5 loves

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

30 Day Blog Challenge

Site Related

Ah, we all love a good bloggers block that’s been plaguing me for months. The last time I posted something for 30 days straight was way back in October 2007. I will start this sometime this week.

Day 1A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7Your dream wedding.
Day 8A song to match your mood.
Day 9A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

Note: I didn’t come up with this! I’ve seen it on tons of blogs in the last couple of weeks.

6 loves

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Lovely

Fashion, Hair & Make-Up

Shopping

3 loves