Get Fit Fridays

This Friday I'm going to be talking about clean eating snacks. I am a snacking kind of girl so trying to find a clean snack that will satisfy my salty, crunchy craving is a big thing for me.
So far my snacks are Apples, carrots, and grapes. But those don't really take the place of that familiar crunch of a potato chip or the savory flavor.
Lately I've been eating the crap out of Banana chips.

They're just a little bit sweet, really crunchy and VERY yummy!


Also, I've been eating some lightly salted almonds, which helps with that salty craving.

When I get a chance to get down to the Hong Kong market I plan on picking up some Lotus root and making some of these. Apparently they taste like a cross between a chip and a french fry. Sounds good to me! I miss french fries.

In other news,
I plan on doing the hour of yoga again today at Rowyn's nap time. I'm really excited! I can't wait to see how flexible I get so I can freak out Brennan with my bendy abilities.

Things I'm lovin'

Bah da bap bap bahhh!
These are some things that I am loving today...

Yoga!

 

 

 

I did my first FULL hour of yoga this morning during Rowyn's nap (I've never gone longer than 15 minutes because I usually just give up around the time they start introducing poses that make me fall.) I loved it. After I was finished I felt so relaxed and ready for the day. 10 minutes in my old thought process of "ughh when is this going to be done already, I've been saying hello to the sun for like an hour now!" crept back in but I just pushed it to the wayside and I kept on trucking. After a while I didn't even notice any time had gone by, or that my incense had already burnt out, or that the hour for Rowyn's nap had already gone by (She was very angry with me for this.) I'm going to try to make this an every day thing.

Tazo Awake tea

I've replaced my morning gallon of coffee with this stuff. It tastes amazing and wakes me up, plus, even when it gets cold it still tastes good.

Urban Outfitters head wrap $16.00

I love this so much, though I would love it even more if it had feathers on it. (I'm slightly obsessed with feathers.)

Charlotte Russe $32.99

 Oh, the cute things I will wear when I'm skinny.

gojane.com $30.00

One day I will make a list of my obsessions. Boots are right up there with feathers and baby names.

So you want to be a yogi....

I've been thinking a lot lately about taking up yoga. It's relaxing, doesn't make my asthma act up, and a nice work out.
While looking up the lowest prices for yoga mat's I stumbled upon this book under the shopping section of google search.

"Meet your new best yoga—and healthy eating—friend in this smart, accessible, heartfelt, and funny diet memoir. For years, Jessica Berger Gross struggled with fluctuating weight and bouts of unhappiness. Like many of us, she found comfort in food and craved cigarettes and self-confidence. Then one day, she took a yoga class. It changed her life.
In enLIGHTened, she shares the core principles of yoga philosophy drawn from a 2000-year-old text called the Yoga Sutras. The practice of yoga offers answers to eating smartly, living right, and losing weight.
Go beyond trendy diets, unsustainable exercise routines, and the quest for the perfect figure. With a spiritual philosophy and inspiring personal stories, enLIGHTened will set you on a journey to self-acceptance, peace, and long-term health."

I read the first 27 sample pages on Google Reader and I have got to say, I totally have to buy this book now. I can relate to her in so many ways and just the first couple of chapters of this book are so inspiring. It's so refreshing to hear that I'm not the only one who feels like the chubby girl when she walks into a yoga (or any type of fitness class for that matter.) for the first time. I'm planning on buying the book and starting practicing yoga more, I'm really hoping to stick with it this time around.

I believe that this is the author's webite, I would totally go check it out and read the sample here if I were you.



As for my project 365 photo for today...I didn't get around to taking many photos of today's activities (because nothing really happened) so I will leave you with this photo of Rowyn with blueberry all over her face from snack time today.