"You Look Extra Ripped"

Ok, don't really have time to be doing this right now... but I am anyway.  So it's going to be short.  Just two things really:

1.  One of my friends told me I look "extra ripped these days."  I take that as a compliment--my workouts are paying off FTMFW!!!  But in all honesty, I don't know if I'd consider myself "extra" ripped.  Most people probably would because, I must admit, I do have some guns on me.  But there was a time when I was super strong--back in college when I cheered competively.  In the interest of time, and because pictures often tell the story better:

Now: 2010

Moderately Ripped

Then: 2007

"Extra Ripped"

(That's me on the far left, BTW)

2. Today I learned about yogadownloads.com from Jill at irunieat.com.  Perfect because my busy schedule this week has me worried about sticking to my workout schedule this week--which btw is essentially the same as last week.  I also came acrossed this gem on my fave yoga website--->Yoga Home Practice Guide on YogaJournal.com.  Operation Sick Bod saved for the week! Nailed it!

Ok, I have what I hope will be an interesting, or at least informational blog planned for some time this week.  Hopefully I can squeeze it in.... And now that I've mentioned, I guess I have to make it GREAT!

A Taste of the "Foodie" Life

I love being inspired! And this week I was inspired by this -->afoodiestaysfit.com and this--->First Camera, Then Fork (also courtesy of Teri at afoodiestaysfit.com).  So today I am giving this foodie-blog-girl thing a try.

This a.m. I vacillated back and forth about trying a yoga class at this hippie yoga center downtown.  But spontaneity is the spice of life, and so I went... And LOVED IT!  More on that later.  But the point is after I was finished with what amounted to a private lesson in vinyasa yoga, I was craving a homemade smoothie.  Problem: I don't have a blender.  Well, I didn't but I immediately ran to Target and found the perfect single-serving blender for a pretty price point! $15.99 FTW!  See pic on right ---------->

Fast forward to me mixing up ingredients in my kitchen and the Blog pops into my head.  And my first "foodie" post was conceived.  So here it is:

"Ingredients"

Frozen fruit: strawberries, mangos, pineapples, Fresh fruit: bananas, Simply Raspberry Lemonade, Vanilla yogurt.

"Finished Product"

This smoothie was DELISH!  Seriously, I will never buy another smoothie out again.  Ok that might be an exaggeration.  But I loved making this at home.  It was simple and simply delicious.  Can't wait to make another one.

So after my yoga class I was also craving a scrumptious lunch.  That reminded me of Teri's blog post about the open-faced roasted-veggie sandwich (in case you missed it above).  Decided to make my own, here's how it goes:

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  roasted veggies: squash, green beans, carrots, red pepper, onion, zucchini tossed in a little olive oil, oven-roasted at 400 for about 30 minutes
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  cream cheese
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  tangy barbecue sauce
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  toasted bagel, halfed, with the center slightly scooped out.
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  shredded parmesan cheese
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  ASSEMBLY: spread cream cheese on inside of scooped out bagle, spoon a little tangy barbecue sauce over the cream cheese, pile high with roasted veggies, sprinkle with shredded parmesan.
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  FEAST

Ok, so does this post make me a foodie?  Doubtful!  Actually, I'm pretty sure it doesn't.  But blogging about food was super fun.

So my day so far has been Delightful.  Went to yoga at The Yoga Gallery where I got instruction on how to improve my practice.  We did a flow-based class on the warrior series of poses and concluded with pigeon pose.  All these poses were about alignment and opening of the hips.  After an hour and a half, lets just say my hips are feeling SUPER open. O_o.    Unfortunately now I have to turn my attention away from all this AWESOME stuff and back to studying. WOMP WOMP WOMP. 

But I see the light at the end of the table-- Graduation is May 16-17, 2010!

...another fitness blog

So I'm doing this work-out thing. You know, trying to get in sick shape for... well just for life. Decided to blog about it because that's what all the cool kids are doing. We'll see how this goes.

So here was my proposed workout schedule for this week:

• Monday: Skipped the workout (YIKES)
• Wednesday: 8am -10am 40 Minute Run + 1 Hour BodyFLOW class
• Friday: 8am-10am 40 minute Run + 1 Hour Yoga class
• Saturday: Morning run--outside if doable
• Sunday: 1-2pm BodyFLOW

I feel you judging me because I clearly skipped my workout on Monday--I feel like there was a good reason but I can't remember it now. 

Also, unfortunately my Friday workout will be less than proposed because I have to meet with a professor at 10am for a class that I TA.  So no Yoga.  DANG!  That blows my life because I was sooo looking forward to that class.  I have been taking lots of power yoga and BodyFLOW classes which I love because they get my heart rate up and are great for toning the bod in all the right places.  But I need to reincoporate some other forms of yoga because I want to improve my flexibility and poses.

Oh, so maybe you're wondering WTH is BodyFLOW?  BAM! Follow that link to enlightenment.  It's a great workout! A great addition to my iYogi repertoire.  See if they have it at your gym and try it immediately!

Ok, well that's all for now.  Hopefully I'll be back soon with more stuff to write about...oh and a better layout, some pics, more links, etc, etc, etc.

Ciao!