Breakfast 12/29/12 Saturday....Off to a good start. I'm having the same banana smoothie I have been drinking the past few days because it is delicious.
I saw this on Pinterest .
It reminded me of this old friend of mine, one of my oldest actually. She just got engaged and her Grandmother passed away a few weeks ago. When we were young I coerced her into laying back and flipping up our dresses on the steps of the alter durning the children's story, not just once, but most sabbath mornings. meaning of friendship
I got up early enough on Saturday morning and drank my power smoothie to get to this class that I've been meaning to get to for a few weeks now, it's called Strictly Strength. I then rushed out of there to make it the Aleeah's class at the Uptown LifePower Yoga. Afterwards I was starving so I went to the Namaste Café.
I shared the Paapri Chaat (above) with my husband, Devin.
I ordered the Saturday vegetarian lunch special, coconut spinach curry and all the namaste fixin's.
Devin ordered a rice dish with chicken and he liked it. 
My spinach coconut curry was so tasty it deserved a close up.
When I got home I had received a book that I ordered because my friend Marisa had recommended I read it because she saw that blog I had started, Women Food and God. I was trying to read it and my dog, Maxime, was trying to help me. She drooled all over the first chapter. After I read the first four chapters or so, as predicted, I feel asleep for a Saturday afternoon nap. When I woke up I was so hungry, I kind of messed up a little. I ate chips and salsa and a slice of cheese. You can see my mess up below.
Afterwards I felt so bad. I hardly had any calories left so I kind of said fuck it, and had mashed potatoes and gravy and left over salmon for dinner. To top it off, I made snickerdoodle blondies from a recipe I had swiped off Pinterest. I only had one, but still, not so good. I have a hard time when I mess up at all, I want to completely throw the towel in. Notice, I didn't even blog last night. I am playing catch up today. Throughout this morning and afternoon, several people asked me about my blog again, so here I am, getting back on the horse and trying again. At the end of the day, I really didn't mess up that badly. I was 454 calories over where I should have been to have lost weight for the day. I felt badly because I had worked out for two hours and then I messed it up with taco chips and chocolate. Anyways, on to Sunday.
The smoothie I made this morning was super boring. It was half a mango, vegan protein powder, coconut beverage, chia seeds and a little ice. I don't think I would make it again unless I am completely out of any other fruit. I like the banana one I've been eating, but I felt I would give you guys a little variety and switch to mango. Well, now we know banana is the way to go. :-)
I taught three yoga classes back to back and then I was so looking forward to lunch and my boss walked in and I remembered I had a training to attend for this EVOLVE program I am leading at the St. Louis Park and Minnetonka Lifetimes. I had to go straight from teaching three classes to this yoga training, and I was so hungry. The topic of our seminar....Yoga Meals
Her is a picture of what I got to eat after my classes. Jason talked to us about how to lead the open house for EVOLVE. It is this really cool cleanse and way of eating that is so cool. Even though I was so hungry and didn't really feel like being at work anymore, I did really enjoy this little snack because of how I ate it. If you do this cleanse with me, I will teach you how to have a yoga meal, or eat mindfully. I would love to add a link for you to get more info on the cleanse and program, but I don't have one as of yet. Hopefully I can get you one in the next few days. I just asked my boss, Jason and I bet he will help get one.
To the left is Nick Bez, he doesn't really look like that in real life. He looks much less like a convict. On the right is Heather and Jason. Patience is above in the other picture, and my friend Dave was at the training too, but I didn't get a picture of him.
After the training, I went to meet my sister who surprised me by coming into town from Iowa this afternoon. I got to meet her for a nice dinner at Jasmine 26. Stephanie is always with her family, she has three little, adorable children, and a husband that take up most of her time and so I rarely get to have time with just her.
This is Stephanie, and this is pretty much what I will look like 18 years from now. That's how much older she is than me. She looks pretty to me, so that's good news.
I ate the lemongrass tofu dish and Steph had the veggie curry soup. We shared mock duck spring rolls. I love Jasmine 26.
The benefits of being forced to skip lunch include the above picture. Yup, I got it, an apple turnover from my favorite Mexican bakery.
This is my dog, Maxime, looking at me while I eat my delectable dessert.
I got some new yoga clothes for Christmas and so I asked Devin to take a couple of pictures of me in my new outfit. I got a new Lululemon sweatshirt and tank from my Mother-in-Law, Mary Kay. Merry Christmas!!!!
I would love to much a little more, but I am not hungry and I am drinking tea to satiate my need to eat mindlessly. I am done for the day. Now, tomorrow, Team Weight Loss, here me come. I'll report back to you with the results of New Year's Eve. Hopefully I'll get lots of fun pictures at First Ave. If you are not from Minnesota, it is the club that Prince started and Purple Rain made it super famous. It is where I intend to celebrate New Year's Eve tomorrow night.
