Happy Hump Day! Here are my favorites things today - Chart of the day: (source) Mantra of the day: "Never give up on yourself." Best moment of the day: Coming home from volunteering at the Humane Society and finding flowers on my doorstep from my marine. I haven't been able to talk to Adam very much lately because of where his squadron is currently at. The communication has been difficult and that at times can be a bummer, so the flowers made me feel better! Quote of the day: Good night! ... [Read More]
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Either You Do it, or You Don’t.
Ever have one of those evenings where you're just not feeling dinner? No "dinner" food sounded appealing to me tonight, and I wanted something cold, so I made a new yummy smoothie combo. Post-workout, this smoothie is great because it packs a good amount of protein, 2 servings of fruit, and fulfills the following amounts of daily vitamin recommendations: 15% Vitamin A, 115% of Vitamin C, 72% Calcium, and 13% iron. Not too shabby! Strawberry Banana Smoothie 1 6-oz Chobani strawberry banana yogurt 1/2 frozen or fresh banana 1 cup frozen strawberries 1 cup (unsweetened) almond milk 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (Designer Whey) Stats: 350 calories, 8 g fat, 26 g protein, 49 g carbs [Side note: my new favorite Chobani yogurt is definitely their strawberry banana ... [Read More]
Fake it Til You Feel It
Mantra of the day: Since I got back from my vacay, I've been in a bit of a I-got-to-spend-an-entire-week-with-the-love-of-my-life-and-now-we're-living-on-separate-continents-again funk. I'm fully aware of how lucky I am to have been able to meet up with him during this deployment, but reminding myself that didn't prevent the sinking feeling I had in knowing I was traveling 20 hours back to San Diego in one direction, and he was going thousands of miles in another. As my grandma reassured me on the phone when I admitted to being a bit bummed, it's okay to not feel awesome 24/7. So, I let myself be a little sad for a few days as I recovered from jet lag and got back on track with my routine & sleep schedule (well, sorta.. still working on that part). Then on Tuesday night as I was ... [Read More]