Hi yall! I have had a full day here, which is why it I am just now getting on to post! Do you guys ever have those days where it just seems like, no matter what, you can’t stop hurting yourself??!! That has been me today—burning, tripping, poking…I’m wondering what my problem is! And it is officially the start of pollen season–I cannot stop sneezing!!!

Anyways, this morning I started my day, yet again, with chobani and a quarter cup of my favorite muesli ever:

This great combo definitely kept me satisfied for the following 4 hours til it was breakfast-break time! Typical chocolate oatmeal:

Lunch was a treat because after bopping my nose so hard with a piece of frozen dough that I not only saw stars, but also rushed to the bathroom thinking I had a bloody nose (I didn’t but I have a huge lump that is going to turn black and blue soon), I thought I deserved something special. I had to go the Honda body shop anyways to get a heart attack estimate on my car (grr don’t want to talk about it!) and guess what was on the same street??! The Grass Root!! So, I totally stopped and got lunch to g0, which was nothing else but my favorite—the half portion (which is HUGE) of Sabrina’s Favorite Sandwich:

I LOVE this sandwich SO very much! It is a combo of raw cashew sheeze, raw hummus, sprouts and lettuce on raw onion “bread“. Sounds odd but I’m telling ya, it is a winning combo. Very messy though but I inhaled it! I also had a cup of lemonade + POM shot when I got home:

This afternoon I was totally planning on doing a 60 minute yoga podcast but changed my mind because it was an absolutely PERFECT day outside (despite the massive amount of pollen in the air)! About 72 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. So, I went for a 40 minute bike ride all the way down to the air force base (made me think of you, Gina!) and back. The ride is breathtaking along the bay and through shady neighborhood streets. I couldn’t have asked for more! On my way home, I stopped at the CUTEST new little produce stand/shop that had just opened up about two weeks ago:

It was seriously adorable and I am planning on going back as soon as I have some cash. The owner actually goes herself out to farms in the middle of nowhere every other night (in the MIDDLE of the night!) to buy the produce locally from farmers. Talk about fresh! I mustered up 50 cents to buy the juiciest pear ever, which I promptly ate right when I got home from my bike ride:

Tonight for dinner my mom made chicken fajitas in the slow cooker! Okay, I seriously have to give mad props to my mom for a second. She works 24/7 but still manages to make time to put together dinner for me, my brother and my dad to enjoy while she is at work! Last night she even put salads already made in the fridge with our names on them. Now do you see why I still live with my parents?! I think she deserved the flowers yesterday! She also totally put rose petals in my lunchbox today……moms rock.

I had some with two warmed up organic blue corn taco shells, a sprinkle of cheese and a side cup of tomato soup that had to be eaten or thrown!

Here are some fun pictures from work today! Get ready to drool =)

The “famous” oatmeal bread:

English muffin bread:

Potato rosemary roasted garlic bread:

Homemade PITA CHIPS!!!!! I ate two straight out of the oven and they totally burned my mouth off. But, as my coworker and I were discussing this today, there are just some things that you cannot resist in life. A homemade hot pita chip is at the top of that list for sure.

GRANOLA BARK! Sorry folks, but it really isn’t that good for you!!!! It sure is pretty though

I’m hitting the bubble bath and then my book (MizFit, I am reading “Sarah” by Marek Halter. LOVE IT!). I’m also re-reading some of my old journals, which is a fun adventure in itself! Do you guys journal? Since the time I was about eight years old, I have been a RELIGIOUS journaler. I’m serious—I have boxes and boxes of totally filled journals in my closet, stacked in order of course! It really is fun and interested to look back and read what you wrote years before…you can really see how God has worked in your life! I have been reading the journal that I kept when I was a freshman in college, and WOW, is it ever crazy! Here are two quotes from a prayer journal that I kept 5 1/2 years ago!

“Lord, I want a reason why things are the way they are. I don’t want to be so consumed by boys and body image! Please help me and lead me to focus on you and not the transitional pleasures of this world…..” 9/14/03

“GAHH I am SO sick of all this!!! I want to find the love of my life NOW and be done with these crazy mind games that the guys here play. All they do is break my heart and I can’t handle anymore pain. I want the fairy tale and cannot seem to find it!!!!!”

I laughed when I read that above quote. I was seemingly quite frustrated with the male sex at the time, obviously. How funny to think that five years later I found my fairy tale in an elevator all of all things! The Lord works in mysterious ways…..tehehe

Have a fantastic night, lovelies, and I will catch up with you on HumpDay!

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Yikes, what a MONDAY!!!!

When my alarm went off this morning at 3:10 I was in a total state of shock and denial. I don’t think I have EVER wanted to stay in bed SO much. Regardless, I tore myself from the nice warm cocoon and to work I went. I snacked on a banana and peanut butter in route:

I had the usual oats for breakfast around 7:45—-3/4 cup oats, 1 cup skim, 1/2 cup water and a big spoonful of chocolate peanut butter:

As well as a nice big orange—

I also enjoyed a cup of my favorite tea! I needed a little boost this morning!

12:30 couldn’t come soon enough today! Unfortunately I have a headache, which I am accumulating to my lack of sleep and early morning. When I finally got home, I threw together a little lunch plate consisting of a slice of potato rosemary bread with Sabra’s hummus and a piece of boar’s head provolone along with a vanilla oikos and a pear

Mmmm I just love this potato rosemary bread with hummus! Its like a match made in heaven

I’m having some technical difficulties with my blackberry right now and have been on hold for a looong time (hate that!) so I am going to hopefully finish that up and then do some yoga to ease my migraine. My mom is making my favorite linguine with clams though for dinner tonight so I’m looking forward to that!

See you in a bit!

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Hi friends!

It’s only 9:00 and I am half asleep already!! Good thing we got out an hour early from my class tonight because it was a good 25 minute drive down the interstate and driving when you are suuuper tired is never a good idea! More on my class later though….first let’s do a recap!

I was SO hungry all day long today!

Don’t you ever have days like that when you feel like ALL you do is put stuff in your mouth??!! Someone?? I think its gotta be all these darn chocolate chip cookies around the house. I cannot stop picking at them for the LIFE of me! Gahh! Get them out already!!!!!

I had a wonderful bible study at Sarah’s house–we watched the first Esther video and loved it. There were times when we looked over at each other and said “wow…I was just thinking that!” Beth Moore is just so amazing! We can’t wait to go actually hear her speak in person in September at Deeper Still! The introduction video was about an hour and then we talked afterwards for another hour, while Sarah fed me one of her homemade oatmeal raisin muffins—

Major yum! I inhaled it and then in the car on the ride home I inhaled a pear as well:

For the record, I also had a tall nonfat vanilla roobios latte earlier that I took to Sarah’s house! I was just so hungry for some reason!!

I brought my dinner to-go for my class so I could eat it in the car on the trip over. I packed a baked yam, a chobani and half of a serving of Kashi Mountain Medley granola. I love this granola but its much more of a treat since 1/2 cup = 220 calories! Dang!

I also brought with me a POM juice that I was asked to review—perfectly fitting to bring to a health and wellness workshop! =)

Its such a cute little mini size! I actually had never drank POM straight before—I had always mixed it with lemonade. That’s sort of funny since both my parents are HOOKED on the stuff and drink it every single morning, and have been for the past four years! However, tonight I tried this nectar for the first time straight and it was actually quite good! I drank half and am saving the other half to have with breakfast tomorrow. It tasted just like the seeds…only sweeter. I think it would be really good mixed with perrier for an POM italian soda! =)

The health benefits of this juice really are fabulous. Read more about them here—-the website also has some pretty yummy lookin’ recipes!

Around 8:00 I busted out with the “dessert” that I brought—

Mmmmmm I really liked the coconut macadamia flavor but this was AMAZING. It had huge chunks of dark chocolate and real dried raspberries in it. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again–I’ve never been a huge granola bar fan because they never really do anything for me but these are sooooooooo tasty and chewy. I will definitely buy them when I see them at the store. They are perfect for those sweet tooth cravings!

As for my class—it was actually really interesting!

My teacher was an RN that works alongside the RD for Greenwise. They plan out the Greenwise stores, meet with the buyers and find out about all the cool healthy products that we should offer. Her job sounds so cool! She also was probably the most well educated health professional I have ever met. Man, did this woman know her stuff! She rattled off health facts left and right and I learned a lot. Here are two points that I found most interesting:

The average apple tests positive for about 45 pesticides. I found this fact astonishing!!! Holy pesticide!

If a product has 1/2 gram of trans fat per serving the label on the product can claim it has “zero trans fats”, therefore misleading the customer because those trans fat grams add up fast!

We also learned all about organic food (what makes it so and the different classifications), natural food, fad diets, food allergies and food processing. Most of the stuff I had heard before but it was still very interesting and it made me remember why buying mostly organic fruits and veggies really is the way to go. My health is worth the extra quarter!

I have got to go to bed before I pick at any more cookies. I‘m going to turn into a cookie in a minute here! Tomorrow brings yoga, a fabulous lunch date with Lindsay (blog reader in town!) and Caitlin (!!!!!), and then a pedicure and homemade pizza with the boy. Sounds good to me!

Off to get my beauty sleep! xoxoxo

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Hi guys!

I am in real need of busting out the elastic waist pants right now.

Bleh. I’ll tell you why in a second! First of all, this afternoon Ryan and I met our friends Derrick and Amy over at NFL Experience right by the stadium. I had NO idea about how big of a deal it was!!! There must have been thousands of people there and we stood in line for an hour just to get a ticket in. I snacked on a pear and this new granola bar on the way because I knew dinner wouldn’t be til way after my bedtime —

I was asked by Foodbuzz to review this bar and I LOVED it. I actually got the pleasure of tasting one a while back when I attended the Quaker heart healthy weekend in Chicago last fall and was so glad to get another! These are awesome. Usually I’m not a big fan of granola bars because they don’t really do anything for me, but this is decadent. I loved it!

Once we were in, there were all sorts of “games” to partake in such as throwing, catching, passing and kicking the football. Here are some highlights!

Once the sun went down though the temperature dropped about 20 degrees and Amy and I were FREEZING our bootys off!!!!! We managed to find a vendor that was selling hot chocolate so we each got one and gulped it down for warmth!

I hadn’t had a hot chocolate in forever and this was a nice treat! SUPER sweet though—I think my taste buds have just changed from when I was younger. It almost tasted too sweet for me!

We left the NFL experience around 7:00 and walked the six blocks back to where our car was parked. We all were pretty hungry, tired (especially ME!) and cold at this point so the four of us drove over to Greenwise (obvi) to pick up a quick dinner. Everyone else got pizza but I wasn’t really in the mood so I got sushi instead. Here is my brown rice spicy tuna roll, fresh seaweed salad and I just had to sample a “tiny” slice of Amy and Derrick’s pesto/feta/olive/bacon pizza.

But then the jean buster finale came out in the form of a chocolate peanut butter cheesecake that Ryan got for dessert from where else but the Greenwise bakery. He has been wanting to try one of these bad boys ever since the store opened and I see them everyday and drool a little bit. Its small enough to fit in the palm of your hand but VERY rich. We split it and I enjoyed every single rich, creamy, amazing bite.

All of this food + a glass of pinot noir makes Jenna a very very very sleepy girl. Amy, Derrick and Ryan are still in the other room watching tv but I had to call it a night because my eyes started to burn and I was about to nod off. Damn 3 am wake up calls! We were going to go to the party but found out that it is $300 a person. Um no. Not in this lifetime!!! At least tomorrow I can sleep in a little bit. I think I’m going to get up and do yoga before church again like last week and then make those pancakes I’ve been thinking about all week!

See you tomorrow! Have a great night!

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Hahaha buns as in ROLLS =)

I hope your Tuesday is going well. I received some less than stellar news this morning that I have to have some minor surgery done on Thursday morning but I’m trying not to let it get me down. I’ll still be participating in my yoga weekend (hopefully!!) but just will be restricted to a soft food diet for a few days and plenty of rest. Good thing I got just got the vitamix, right?!

In regards to my bread, I decided to make walnut sourdough rolls instead of loaves this time. I weighed each piece out to 2 oz and they are proofing right now….I’ll be baking them off at 1:00! They are a beautiful purple color because of the oil in the walnuts. I can’t wait to tear into one!! I made them into rolls instead because they are reminiscent of these AMAZING hazelnut rolls I used to buy at a tiny Paris boulangerie when I lived there. Mmmmm I can still taste them……..

After shaping the rolls, I settled down to do a 60 minute morning flow from YogaDownloads. I had just downloaded it and was pleasantly surprised at how advanced it was—-there was a part at the end dedicated to inversions (my favorite!!) and working on handstand, which I definitely have not mastered yet. I took the time to work further on my forearm balance and finally was able to get myself up and STAY up without the help of a wall. It felt wonderful!

For lunch I had tuna salad on a tomato wrap. I used 1 pouch light tuna, about 2 tbsp-ish light canola oil mayo, 2 stalks celery and a pinch of curry powder. I also threw a piece of smoked provolone cheese on there and had a pear on the side.

So, I start my orientation today at 4. Lucky me, it is being held at the Publix that’s only about a quarter mile from my house! I should be done at about 8 tonight and then I have to pick up my dad at the airport at 10. They are providing dinner for us tonight and tomorrow and I think its just a Publix sub. Unfortunately though, I cannot take pictures because (and I didn’t know this until I totally got busted doing it) Publix and Greenwise stores do not allow any photography to be taken inside! Crazy, huh?! And I don’t want to be “that girl” at my orientation trying to break the rules before I even start my job! So, I’m really sorry but I will do a recap of what dinner is when I come home tonight and also take a picture of my lovely rolls for yall so you don’t get too bored.

Have a fantastic afternoon and I will be back tonight when I get home!

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