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Antioxidants

So I have battled the case of the “icks.”  Can’t seem to beat the achy, tired, throat thing.

With that in mind I started my day with a carrot juice inspired smoothie and my favorite Tazo tea:

I also decided to dig into my supplement cabinet for an extra boost:

Has anyone tried these babies?  They give you quite a boost which I needed today!

Had a wonderful salad beast for lunch (inspired by the Ftnessista!):

It was delicious and followed by my home made vegan energy bar:

So in my effort to

  1. welcome in the long weekend
  2. get rid of this cold

I decided to have one of these after work:

You know red wine is supposed to have antioxidants!

I just had to have a glass……or two.

So by the time I got home I was not in the mood to cook for one.

Instead I made a green monster:

And am looking forward to my new reading material:

Tomorrow Pepsi and I are headed to Orange County to meet up with my parents for the day.

We have four glorious days off!

Are you off for the Presidents day holiday?

Dirty Tea

 I have definitely been experiencing the winter “blahs” this week. 
 No motivation to get out of my warm bed and run in the dark. 
 I have still been walking my Pepsi-girl and walking to and from work. 
 However running/biking/circuits have been put on the back burner.
 Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow with a burst of needed energy!
 
This morning started off with my morning coffee. 
 
Then I made my shake.
This is what I use to blend with minimal clean-up needed:
 
 
Love the Magic Bullet!  Seriously could not live without one.
Here are my ingredients:
 
 
On my walk to work, I stopped here:
And got this tea:
 
 
Don’t think I would get it again. It tasted kind of “dirty”  like dirt.   Hmmmm…..weird.  I have had regular Yerba Mate but not this chocolate flavor.  Not a fan of it.
 
Got to work and ate my breakfast:
Snack time was a rice cake with almond butter and raisins-YUM! 
 
Lunch was leftover couscous salad and an apple and orange.
 
Second snack around 2pm was my homemade energy bar.  Crumbly but delicious!
 
And now I am at home thinking about dinner.
 
We got a date tonight with this:
 
Pepsi would say “hello” but she is busy:
 
 
See you tomorrow…….