Hi friends!
First thing’s first: I have a giveaway for you lovely people! Remember when I posted a review last week about ProYo’s high protein frozen yogurt (Check it out here if you missed it!)? Well, the lovely folks at ProYo offered to give away a box of each of their flavors to one lucky reader!
(7/1 UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.)
Anyone in the Continental U.S. can enter to win a box of Dutch chocolate, banana vanilla, vanilla bean, and blueberry pomegranate ProYo treats (4 boxes total) by doing any of the following:
- Leave a comment below telling me which ProYo flavor you most want to try
- Repost my Instagram photo announcing this giveaway
- Retweet any tweets I shoot out regarding this giveaway
- Follow @ProYoTreats on Instagram OR Twitter (Do both for 2 entries!)
- Follow @foodiemtfitness on Twitter
- Follow @foodielovesfitness on Instagram
Be sure to leave a comment below to let me know each way that you enter. I’ll randomly select a winner next Wednesday, July 1st.
Next up: a recap of my very summery weekend! We’re 4 days into summer, and I hope that your season is off to a great start. I’m a few days late in doing a recap of my last weekend, but it was such a fun weekend full of summery activities and the weather was gorgeous, so I can’t help myself from sharing the highlights.
{HIKING} On Friday evening I took my pup for a hike at Elfin Forest, and all of a sudden, it felt like summer had began. It was a sunny, 75 degree day at my house, but 30 minutes away at Elfin, it was in the low 90s and hot. This is the start of me having to check how hot it is inland before going for hikes, because Harley does not do that well hiking in the heat.
There was some serious panting going on!
At the beginning she kept laying down, and I thought there was no way we were making it very far, but after a bit she seemed to get some energy and we wound up hiking for 2 hours – though at least 20 minutes of that was her resting and panting with her tongue down to the ground. Whew, I burn some serious calories hiking in the heat!
Had to do a few yoga poses during my hike, of course!
{MOUNTAIN BIKING} I also had another very summery outdoor workout last weekend: mountain biking with my hubby on Sunday evening.
I haven’t been mountain biking in months, and it was really tough! Flying down a mountain after you’ve worked as hard as you can getting up, with your heart rate pumping and sweat dripping off of your face, feels amazing. I think this summer we may make mountain biking a more regular thing!
{DOG BEACH} On the first day of summer, we thought it seemed like a good idea to make a trip to the Del Mar dog beach for a long walk… though the dog rules have just changed over, and we forgot how strict they are there during the summer. Harley had to be on her leash the whole time, which isn’t very fun since she just wants to run around like a maniac. Unfortunately, in the summer we kind of are forced to nix our dog beach visits because of this, so it was probably Harley’s final playtime at the beach for awhile. It’s a bummer because she’s so happy there!
There are other dog beaches further south into San Diego that allow year round unleashed dogs, so we may have to pay some visits to them.
{YOGA} I also got a Saturday morning yoga session in at home, which felt awesome. It’s safe to say that I had a pretty great weekend of workouts!
{RELAXING BEACH DAYS} On Saturday, we got the beach day that we’d been hoping for – clear blue skies, with temperatures in the mid 70s. The overcast weather we’ve been getting a lot of was nowhere in sight, and we spent a few wonderful hours relaxing at the beach and soaking up the sun.
Another way you know that summer has arrived in California is when all of the sudden the UV index feels like it’s way up there. I load on the SPF because I hate getting burnt and my skin is so sensitive. My hubby, who doesn’t burn easily, applied 15 SPF on his chest and got really red. Yikes!
{GRILLING} On the food front, we did a lot of grilling and eating in my backyard last weekend. I mentioned in my last post that I love grilling, and we grilled asparagus + a sriracha quinoa burger for me and salmon for him on Saturday…
…and then we grilled a margherita pizza on Sunday:
Sometimes it’s best just to keep it simple ya know? This classic margherita pie was made with whole wheat dough brushed with garlic infused olive oil, basil from my plant, organic mozzarella and heirloom tomatoes, and it was delicious!
{WINE} We also enjoyed a bottle of crispy, cold chardonnay while we were grilling on Saturday. I love drinking wine in my backyard when the weather’s great!
{APPETIZER DINNERS FILLED WITH IN-SEASON PRODUCE} On Friday I made it an appetizer-for-dinner night, and I whipped up some bruschetta with local heirloom tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic glaze, sweet onion and mixed up salt:
Guacamole was also included in this dinner, obviously.
Other favorite summery things that I did not do this weekend include:
- Visiting/drinking at wineries. Who am I kidding? That’s a year round favorite!
- Boat riding. This only happens when I’m in my home state with my family, as I don’t own my own boat or have friends with them here! One day…
- Picnicking. …though we squeezed in an evening picnic during the week at the beach last week. Always a nice time!
- Self-serve fro yo cups. ..although my hubby and I did split a pint of chocolate Halo Top Creamery one night. FYI, it’s my new favorite healthy dessert and I’m pretty damn obsessed, so I’m sure I’ll be talking about them more sometime soon!
Tell me… What are your favorite summer pastimes?
Time to enter my ProYo giveaway… GO!
I’d like to try the chocolate flavor!
my past time is eating popcicles. But can’t wait to try banana flavor
I want to try banana vanilla flavor pro yo
Blueberry sounds good infact.
Um, what is this sriracha quinoa burger you speak of? Was that a BUBBA burger flavor? Sounds amazing!
I don’t have a mountain bike but I’d love to get one. There are so many great trails that are a little too long for hiking.
I’m sure Harley loves every second of hiking with you, even when she’s laying down panting. It’s amazing how fast they get overheated. Coco’s 13 this year and she’s slowing down big time. I can only take her on 1/4 mile walks now!
blueberry pomegranate
You and your pooch make for an adorable couple! 😉
Where did you go mountain biking? I really want to find some spots here and get back into it! And I can do that while it’s too hard to run.
Everything looks so delicious. I love grilling out in the summer. And patio drinking. And beaches. This place is like heaven.
Side note: do you know Carly from Snack Therapy? She just moved here for grad school! We need to have a group hike or something. Maybe I’ll kidnap her and take her up your way and we can all try Wrench & Rodent!
I’m always so jealous of all of your adventures!! Your hikes, beach days, and all that make me long to move to SoCal (hopefully next year!!) I love the idea of Dog beach! My pups would love it there!
p.s. that margherita pizza looks amazing!
I want to get my hands on some chocolate Pro Yo!
And I already follow you on Twitter!
Protein frozen yoghurt? We never get anything good like that here in the UK.
Your hike looks beautiful too.
I love playing beach volleyball; )
My favorite summer past time is outdoor patio dining…no question! I love being able to sit outside without a jacket. And I’ve never heard of proyo, but this looks fantastic. Thanks for introducing us to a cool new product!
Beautiful yoga poses! I am so inspired by your hiking that I’m hoping to take Cooper on a little hiking adventure in his baby carrier…we’ll see!
I want to try the blueberry pom!!
I’d love to try the blueberry pomegranate.
I follow ProYo on twitter.
I would love to try the vanilla!
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I would like the chocolate.
Without a doubt I would love to try that dutch chocolate!!! Chocolate is my weaknessl
All 4 flavors look good but I’d love to try vanilla banana.
That pizza looks divine!!! I love your hiking photos, every time you post about that forest I want to go more and more!
Banana vanilla sounds great to me!!!!
Love to try theblueberry pomegranate ProYo treats!
I followed both on twitter and instagram and retweeted!
I love swimming with my kids!
I most want to try the vanilla bean flavor! They all look delicious!
Love the ProYo giveaway! So happy you are enjoying it (seriously it’s my fave on these sunny days!). Also, I need to try your asparagus+quinoa siracha burger, holy moly that looked delish!
would love to try the dutch chocolate
My favorite summer pastime is to avoid a heat stroke while dodging pterodactyl sized mosquitoes.
I follow @ProYoTreats and @foodiemtfitness on Twitter.
I would like to try the Vanilla
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I would most like to try the blueberry pomegranate flavor
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Ahh I have always wanted to try ProYo!! But I have yet to find them in a store here on the East Coast 🙁 I would definitely want to try the banana or the chocolate flavours!
I would like to try blueberry pomegranate!
I want to try Blueberry Pomegranate.
I follow @ProYoTreats on Instagram as @norma_watson.
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I’d love to try all of the flavors, but first starting with vanilla. Following you and proyotreats on Instagram & I reposted your picture on Instagram as well! Thanks 🙂
I’d love to try the Dutch Chocolate! Looks so good!
i want to try the dutch chocolate and vanilla bean so much! they look so good. i love going to fun summer festivals! thanks for the giveaway.
I want to try the blueberry pomegranate ones.
I would love to try the Vanilla Bean ones. I know, I’m so boring 🙂
I would love to try the Dutch Chocolate.
I’d love to try the vanilla bean and the banana vanilla.
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I would definitely want to try the banana
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i like swimming and cookouts
My favorite pastime is going camping with my family and eating smokes.
They all look yummy, but I’d honestly go for the Dutch chocolate first!
I retweeted this tweet of yours! https://twitter.com/foodiemtfitness/status/615922764570988547
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I follow ProYoTreats on twitter! (amweeks)
I follow you on twitter! (amweeks)
I follow you on instagram! (amweeks00)
My favorite summer past time is having cookouts & going to the lake!
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I would love to try the Blueberry Pomegranate flavor!
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I would love to try the vanilla bean
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REading in the hammock while my kiddos play in their sandbox and on the swingset… the beach.. water park.. go karting.. walking to the library.. kickball