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Dinner for One and HIIT

by Eating Bird Food on April 29, 2010

For some odd reason I woke up this morning starving. I wanted to do yoga, but my stomach had other ideas so ended up having a banana oat bran muffin and a bowl of plain yogurt with berries and granola instead of downward doggin it.

I ate around 6:30AM, which meant that I was hungry for lunch at 10AM a lot earlier today. Kashi’s Mayan Harvest Bake came to the rescue.

After work I went to the gym and did a my second HIIT for the week. I asked my personal trainer what the best way would be to gain muscle and have a more defined stomach/core (every woman’s dream, no?) and he said strength training, which he’s given me a plan for, and interval training. The funny thing was that I had just recently asked Miss Katie about her HIIT so I was already planning to start trying it out. To be honest, I’ve never loved interval training because well, it’s hard. But I’ve come to really like it- my cardio sessions are now more intense and shorter. In addition, the time seems to go by faster – especially during the resting times.

Today I did 35 minutes on the treadmill, 5 minutes each for warm up/cool down at 4 mph, and 25 minutes at a 1% incline, alternating from 1 minute at light-medium intensity (6.0 mph) to 1 minute at high intensity (7.5-8.5 mph). When I got really tired I went down to 4.5 mph during the light-medium intensity.

Isaac went to ultimate frisbee practice tonight so I was on my own for dinner. I used my CSA spring mix (which is the most delicious spring mix) topped with edamame, orange bell pepper, cheese and onion.

I topped this with a little TJ’s goddess dressing (my flava fav) and it was great. I always forget about edamame, because it’s typically tucked in the freezer, but these babies are perfect for snacking and for adding a little protein to a salad. I need to use them more.

With the salad I prepped a personal pizza using a sprouted grain tortilla for the crust, sauce, onions, orange bell peppers, picholine olives, and nutritional yeast.

The sauce was made by coming 3 tbsp. tomato paste with 2 tbsp. water, dried basil, dried italian seasoning, garlic powder, and ground pepper. It was so cheap, easy and tasty. I don’t think I’ll ever buy pizza sauce again.

After baking the pie for a about 15 minutes in a 400° oven the onions were a little toasty and the “crust” was perfectly crisp. I started with two slices, but it was so delish I ended up eating the whole thing – besides one small piece that I saved for Isaac. He tried it when got home and said that it was better than the pizza he had for lunch from the Smithsonian. I feel honored.

Hooray for tomorrow being Friday. It’s suppose to be in the 90°’s here this weekend and I’m totally pumped. I’m always cold so I LOVE warm weather- time to bring out the shorts!

What are your plans?

-Brittany

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Nourish Your Inner Goddess Giveaway

by Eating Bird Food on April 22, 2010

Greek yogurt has essentially stormed the US and blog world for that matter. It’s no wonder considering everyone loves it’s thick and creamy texture and the vast amount of protein. So we all know and love Fage, Okios, and Chobani, but the new Greek kid on the block is Yoplait Greek.

Here’s the details on Yoplait Greek

It comes in 4 different flavors: Strawberry, Blueberry, Honey Vanilla and Plain
The package size (6 oz) is smaller than most Greek yogurts, making it perfect for a snack
Each cup contains 12 grams of protein, 2 times that of the leading regular yogurt
Yoplait Greek is the only leading brand of Greek yogurt with vitamins A and D
At a suggested retail price of $1.19, Yoplait Greek is affordable, when compared to similar Greek yogurt products.

A few weeks ago I received a lovely spa package from Yoplait Greek and My Blog Spark including a robe, slippers, bath scrubbies, and 2 free coupons to try Yoplait Greek.

Don’t you feel more relaxed just looking at the goods above??

So do you want the good news or the bad news first?

Bad: I haven’t been able to try Yoplait Greek yet, but as soon as I find it in stores I’ll be sure to let you know what I think of it!

Good: The folks at Yoplait were kind enough to offer you all, my remarkable readers, a chance to get a coupon for one free container of Yoplait Greek AND to give one away the spa package that you see above (which includes 2 coupons)!

For a chance to win the Nourish Your Inner Goddess package above, please leave a comment before Monday April 26, 2010 11:59 ET with which flavor of Yoplait Greek you’d like to try most.

And, the FREE cup part is easy as yogurt pie- be one of the first 50 people to click TRY IT FREE below, fill out the form, print the coupon. Ta-da!

And don’t fret if you aren’t one of the first 50 to receive a coupon for a free Greek yogurt, you can also click here to download a coupon and save $0.30 on one cup of new Yoplait Greek!
I hope you’re having a phenomenal Earth Day!

-Brittany
**FYI- Yoplait provided yme with the free product, information, and gift pack through MyBlogSpark.

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Farmer’s Markets Rock

November 7, 2009

Foodbuzz Day 2 started off on the right foot! I joined Tina, Kath, Meghann, Sabrina, Shannon, and Emily for a nice run along the San Francisco Bay. The sun was just coming up and the weather was perfect for a morning workout. After heading back to the hotel room I made my way over to [...]

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Snack Attack

September 9, 2008

I did a bad job of getting photos of everything I ate today. And, not such a good job of choosing wisely when eating snacks, which I just so happen to be missing the photos of – coincidence? So for my healthier options of the day I did have this toasted peanut butter and jelly [...]

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Rainy Night

September 5, 2008

I don’t know what got into me this morning but I slept until almost 10 AM. I’m usually an early riser so it was a surprise to wake up and see the clock at 10. I decided to have a bowl of puffed wheat cereal with half of a banana mixed in. I used the [...]

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Friday – Summer Hours!

June 20, 2008

As if there weren’t a million reasons to love Fridays, my job has given me one more reason: summer hours, which mean I go in an hour early and get out at 12:30 PM. Today I didn’t end up leaving until 1:00PM, but still super early when comparing that to the norm – 5:30 PM. [...]