Gettin Old...

Ok, maybe not that old. But at 7:47 tonight I will offically be 23 years old! Am I the only one that does not feel like they act their age?!

This morning I was thinking back on this past year and what my birthday last year was like. So much has changed and I have had so many AMAZING experiences this year. I feel like I have really grown in my recovery since last year at this time, and have become a stronger more independent women. I still struggle and have bad days, but I am proud of how far I have come and how strong it has made me. I look back on the time when I was furthest into my ED and all I see is a scared little girl. I do not want to be that girl ever again. I want to be the strong women that I am working towards now. I AM A FIGHTER! so come on put up your dukes!

So my birthday breakfast this morning was of course french toast....because what else is better for a birthday morning brekkie?!

and a GINORMOUS cup of coffee in my HUGE-O coffee mug that I got in San Francisco. yes, I am such a tourist :)

And now I am off to shower and go birthday shoppin' and lunchin' with mi madre!

Have a great day lovelies! <3 Ems

The Three F's of Friday

I have to say I am a strong believer and follower of the mighty Three F's of Friday:

• Friends
• Fun Times

ANDDDD FRENCH TOAST! :)

Ok, this is really more of a "Saturday morning cartoons and pajamas" type of breakfast...but heck I love it on any day of the week ;)

I am oh-so sorry that I missed posting yesterday! I pretty much worked all day long and then I went and meet some of the girls from work for a drink at the end of the day. Yes, I took picture documentation of these lovely girls that I call my co-workers.

Jaime and I

Kayla and I

My happy face :)

ok girls, someone else that understands the wonderful-ness of eating yummy fruits and veggies and quote-unquote healthy foods NEEDS to see what I fall witness to almost everyday. NONE of my real world friends eat like this AT ALL. In fact I get HELL from most of them about the "weird" foods that I eat. That being said this is my manager with her usual DINNER.

yes gals, that is a huge-o plate of ONLY tortilla chips! haha. Jaime how is that for "unique" eating. :)

Not enough for ya? how about this:

There's Jaime munching on a fry, seems normal right?! But what do you think she dips it in?! ketchup?...NO, mustard?! NO...then what, you ask? A HUGE PILE OF SALT!!!

YEP you gotta love my friends. And they say I eat weird! disclaimer: I LOVE them no matter thier weird-o eating habits are...and I will be there to give jamie CPR when her arteries decide they have had enough! J/K. :)

In other news I wanted to say THANK YOU for all of the responses on the tennis shoe question. You guys really helped out ALOT, just like I knew you would ;) I just LOVE all the beautiful bloggers. Asics seem to be the general consensus, so I will probably check some of those out when I go BIRTHDAY shopping on Wednesday. hooray!

Since I missed yesterday I might be feeling a multiple post today! I know your excited.

HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT FRIDAY! Lots of love <3

Snowy Day = Warm Eats!

Today is definitely one of those days were you just want to stay in, sip some hot tea, and watch cheesy romantic comedies....I may just do that ;)

What is your favorite romantic comedy???

It also happens to be one of those days to eat warm foods! So of course this morning I had to make me up some FRENCH TOASTS! So I mixed together my 2 egg whites, 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk, and cinnamon...

Placed my whole wheat bread in the mixture...

Flipped it over...

Placed it in my pan, that is sprayed with non-stick cooking spray...

Fixed a nice cup-o-joe while it browned on both sides, and then placed it on my nice big plate...

Wait! Its lonely...it needs a friend ;)

Thats a little better...top it with some maple syrup and blackberry preserves....

And there you have it...the PERFECT warm in your tummy breakkie for a cold snowy day! <333

After breakfast I lounged around a little and decided to get up off my butt and hit the gym. It was another one of those day were I really had to motivate myself the whole way there but once I got there I got in a pretty good workout, which is usually how it happens, once I get jump started I can just keep going and going and going....ok, maybe not THAT much, but you gets what I'm sayin. My workout was:

• 35 minutes on the eliptical
• 30 minutes doing intervals on the bike.

So over an hour...not too shabbyyy for starting out being less than enthused about it. I usually try to spend at least an hour at the gym when I go. I mix my cardio days and weight training days, so on cardio days I'll do an hour of cardio, and on weight days I'll do 30 min. of cardio and 30 min. of weights.

By the time I got home it was starting to full on snow! The college even canceled classes for tonight...which RARELY happens. I think we are supposed to get around 7 inches! I was hungry and in the mood for something warm when I got home so I made a toasty sammie.

This one had deli sliced turkey, spicy mustard, deli american cheese, LOADS of spinach, and salsa. With a side of sun dried tomato wheat thins.

Also, HangryPants is having an almond butter giveaway contest...so go check that out.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday! I'm supposed to hear back about that job that I interviewed for today, so keep your fingers cross for me pahleezzzeee!! much love to you beautiful girlies, mwah! <3

Blueberries in Bulk, oh my!

I got the best surprise from my roommate when I opened the refrigerator this morning and found this...

Yay for MASSIVE quantities of blueberries!! My room mate decided to get a membership to Sam's club, so now pretty much everything in the house is in bulk amounts! It looks like we are a family of 10! haha. But, im not complaining, because I will have no trouble taking a few of these off her hands. ;)

So yesterday I decided to try out some yoga videos and OH MY GOODNESS I am soooo sore this morning! The video that I did was a little over an hour and it was supposed to be "strength training" yoga. Well, I believe it because my abs, legs, arms, and almost everything in between were feeling it when I woke up! So, of course I had to do it again this morning! I really recommend the videos on yogatoday there are so many different ones to choose from based on what type of workout you want and what level you are on. Plus the instructor is kinda funny and entertaining.

After I finished breakfast and yoga, I broke out this book that I picked up yesterday:

I loved the first one, and I cant wait to start the second one! I felt realllly stupid though, digging through the children's section of barnes and noble for my book. But oh well, I like what I like! haha. plus I have the excuse of being a teacher if anyone were to get suspicious!

I read up until almost 3! And then I decided to whip me up some lunch. I made a HUGE salad with 1/4 cup of crab meat on top. You cant really tell its in there because I mixed it all up! its just better that way.

and on the side i had a chopped up pear (again better that way) and some wheat thins:

Now, Im just gonna relax at home for the rest of the day...because hey?! what else are Sundays for?!

Hope everyone else has a relaxing and wonderful Sunday!

***DINNER UPDATE***

It took me FOREVER to figure out what I was in the mood for tonight! I was really craving something a little sweet, and I wasnt really feeling any kind of meat, but I also had so many veggies at lunch that I wasnt really feeling anything like that either. SOOOO I made up some french toast! I used whole wheat bread, egg whites, and skim milk, for a "healthier version"...I still think it tastes GREAT! Of course I knew that my roommate was going to have SUCH a hard time finishing all those yummy blueberries before they went bad, so I decided to be a stand-up gal and take a few of those off her hands...for her own good, of course ;) I had a glass of milk on the side as well. Just look at that great breakfast for dinner!! haha