A Bit Of A Cave

Since being sick this is my first full day of photo journaling my food…have to say it was eye opening again! Breakfast was a healthy bowl of oats with flax seed and peanut butter along with a large glass of water…jar actually!

About 2 or 3 hours later I had an apple a side of yogurt to dip it. I use plain fat free yogurt that I add a box of sugar free fat free cheesecake flavored yogurt. I know not exactly “clean” and that is indeed what I am aiming for, but this is a work in progress and I happen to enjoy it…a lot!

 

 Lunch was GOOD!! I used some Olivia’s Organic spinach…2 hard boiled organic eggs…shredded cheddar cheese and ranch dressing. It really hit the spot and man I gotta tell you…so simple but amazing taste. Oh and yes a Klean Kanteen filled with ice water…it was HOT here today.

Did I mention it was HOT today? Oh yeah I did, ok so the kids and I were out doing errands…we were hot…thirsty…a bit hungry so I bought these…

Oh they hit the spot! At just 60 calories each I declared the right for each of us to have 2…and 2 we did!

Time came for us to go get Hubs from work and well…Hubs enjoys a cup of Green Mountain Coffee now and again from Dead River. Today…I fell for a treat as well. The Edy’s did not hold me over…go figure…no protein.

I caved…BIG TIME!!!!

Coffee with cream AND a swiss roll. I did not even really enjoy the swiss roll that much SIGH. Lesson learned…while Edy’s is not a bad snack…it will NOT hold me until dinner…ea a better snack tomorrow.

I got right back on track for dinner. A salad made from garden veggies…nothing better than fresh lettuce pulled from the garden!

Here is my work  station prepping dinner tonight.

I cut up baby portabella mushrooms and pineapple. I used flat outs as our crusts…Hannaford brand part skim mozzarella and a home made pizza sauce.

All ready to go in the oven…

Now we are ready for dinner…

           A nice close-up of the delicious pizza!!

And 2 more quarters to finish off my meal. That is my day in eats…

How do you like your pizza?

Trish

The Countdown Is On!

Have you noticed the count down clock above? Yeah…I am excited about that reaching it’s final count wanna know why? Well I can tell you now!

I have decided to partner up with Open Sky. I am really excited about this endeavor because it gives me the opportunity to share with you…my readers…all the things I love. Open Sky has such a vast variety of products and I am really impressed not just by the  quality of the products they offer but the price as well. They are able to offer some killer deals and if you follow my Mom blog…you know I am frugal, so this means a lot to me.

Next week I have the opportunity to set up my store and I cannot wait, so as of right now there is not an “I Am Succeeding Shop” open…but when that clock reaches zero the grand opening will arrive and I will throw confetti and play loud music. Oh that is right this is an online store venture…oh well I am still going to do it…you just may not hear it!

So what exactly is Open Sky?

Great question! Open Sky is a new company founded only in May 2009 so it really is truly still only in its infancy stage and yet it is taking the shopping industry by the tail and re-imagining it. This is a great way for me(or you should you want to open your own and you can by going HERE) to connect to you and be able to offer you the things I love. It is also a great opportunity for smaller businesses to get there products out there to a lot of people. SO if you have a product you want to sell check them out HERE.

What type of things will I offer?

Another great question. You can be assured I will only be offering things I have not only used myself but that I also love. I feel good about this part of this venture because in a lot of affiliate ventures you really do not get or have a lot of choices. With Open Sky you do. I will offer things like this…

A Kleen Kanteen that I was able to choose from a variety of products to try when I signed up to open my store. I love this and I will be doing an official review on it later …be looking for it.

Can you suggest or request items?

Absolutely, just shoot me an email and I will see what I can do, but again I will only offer items I use, have used and I have to feel good about recommending them because that really is what this is all about.

Have any other questions please feel free to shoot me an email…If I can’t answer you, I will find out who can and get back with you as soon as possible.

The date is August 10th and I go live! Be sure to pop in and check it out, just be forewarned it will be a slow growing store as I continue to add those products I use and love.

Trish

Save the Date…

I want to tell you about an event coming this Monday to a place near you….

When: July 26^th, 7-9pm CST

What: A Taste & Tweet Twitter Party Sponsored by…

I will be participating while the co-hosts are:

@GrillCompanion (www.grillingcompanion.com)will be sharing their grilling expertise and answering questions on all of your barbeque and grilling questions to help you grill like a pro.

Entertaining expert, @HWTM_Jenn(www.hostesswiththemostess.com), who will be sharing her insider tips on how to throw the perfect outdoor party and back yard barbeque this summer. 

We’re also excited to have Chef Normajean Longfield from the Unilever Test Kitchen who will be Tweeting with @ICBINotButter to give you tips on all of the great ways to spray I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!

The hashtag for the event will be #ICBINotButterBBQ

*For agreeing to participate in the event I Can’t Believe It’s Butter sent me a grilling kit to try out some recipes using their product prior to the event. That we did tonight.

They sent me some recipes but I am a self proclaimed Chef and grill master and enjoy coming up with my own…which is what I did.

Agave Orange Grilled Chicken

• 1 pound chicken, boneless skinless fillets
• 1/4c orange juice
• I can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray
• 2T agave nectar
• 1/2T Basil

Lay chicken out on platter and spray with butter spray…mix agave and OJ together and pour over chicken, sprinkle with basil and allow to marinade about 30 min. Grill until chicken is cooked through, this will depend on how thick your filets are. 

My veggies I simply sprayed with the butter spray, sprinkled with sea salt  and basil and grilled as well. I grilled eggplant, baby portabello mushrooms and zucchini fresh from my garden. I did pray the veggies after turning them as well on the grill.

 

 

 

 

 

  I also had some small filets that were too small to grill so I placed the same “recipe” in a glass dish in a 400 degree oven and cooked…It looked really good but have not tried it as of yet because it will be for a spinach salad topping tomorrow.

For more information about I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! and summer grilling, be sure to visit our website at www.icbinotbutter.com. There you will find even more delicious recipes, additional tips, and other great information about I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray

Hope to tweet ya tomorrow!

Trish

Review: Gaiam Walking Kit~Intermediate

Intermediate Kit includes a 45-minute audio CD workout; pedometer has a panic alarm and flashlight.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PEDOMETER FEATURES:
• Step Counter
• Distance Traveled
• Calorie Counter
• Clock
• Panic Alarm
• Flash Light
• Calorie Counter
• Lightweight and Small
• Clips easily to any clothing

GET TO KNOW DEBBIE ROCKER
Fitness expert Debbie Rocker is a former professional athlete and personal trainer. She has worked with such stars as Marcia Cross, Lisa Rinna, Rachel Hunter, Kristin Davis, Rod Stewart, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. Debbie is the author of the book Training for Life and was one of the original developers of Spinning®.

Joe over at Gaiam was nice enough to send me this pedometer to review back when I was training for my Weight Watchers 5K walk. It was absolutely awesome to know exactly what ground  I was covering. The first thing I did was to put the CD that comes with in and listen to it. Debbie Rocker literally walks you through set up of your pedometer through your first and if you choose each walk. The days I wanted to see what my calorie burn was I wore it all day and easily saw with a glance if I wanted or needed to get up and move more…  I LOVE that because it was really encouraging knowing how I was doing at a glance in the burn area.

The only downside I found was the pedometer did have a tendency to pop off my waistband from time to time but I remedied that by weaving and anchor through it and attached that to my waistband as well. Maybe the manufacturers can look into putting something of this nature in future models.

I used my pedometer in conjunction with my body bugg I already own and the calorie burn was pretty close, both use different methods to come to that “burn number” so I did not expect them both to be right on with the exact same number.

If you are looking for a pedometer this is a great option for you to look into. After my reviewing of it I am still using it pretty regularly…and I have 3 other pedometers in the house, I just prefer this one to the others.

I have some great news too…Gaiam has offered one to giveaway to my readers!! I am thrilled to be able to share this awesome find with one of you possibly. To enter you will need to go HERE.

 

Do YOU walk for the HEALTH of it?

Trish

Disclosure: Gaiam kindly supplied the kit they sent me to review as well as one they will send to the winner of the giveaway hosted HERE. The opinions expressed regarding this product in this review are solely mine and in no way influenced by receiving the product free.