Free Yoga

Today a yoga studio near me, Yoga4Everybody, was celebrating its 5th year anniversary and so they had a free day of yoga classes. I went to two 45 minute sampler classes: one was Intro to Vinyasa Flow and the other was Intro to Kripalu Yoga. I liked them both a lot! I had done Vinyasa before (I am fairly new to yoga but have definitely done quite a few classes randomly in my past) but have never done Kripalu. Apparently, Kripalu was originated in Lenox Massachusetts and is slowly spreading elsewhere. The poses were all about “compassion” and there were a lot of neat ways we moved our body that I hadn’t ever seen or done before. So it was definitely time well spent! It wasn’t the hardest workout but I still sweat a little and got a GREAT stretch. 

I woke up around 7 and made breakfast so I could digest before the first class at 9. 

In this oatmeal went: 

• 1/2c Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
• over 1 cup of water
• Half of a banana, thinly sliced
• Pinch salt, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4c Total cereal for crunch
• about 1/2 tbspn Pumpkin butter
• handful of raisins
• spoonful of natural Almond Butter

When I came back from yoga, I was hungry and ready for lunch at around 11:45. I had been wanting to make a veggie/hummus wrap all day yesterday so decided to make it today since I was home. 

 

My mom brought home these little hummus packets that each have two servings, so 100 calories in each tub. So cute! I used the roasted garlic flavor today, and used just over half of the tub. 

And plopped it down on one of these tortillas. 

I used some leftover veggies and made a little side dish with some of Annie’s Natural Honey Mustard Vinaigrette drizzled on top.

And to round out the meal, I had a 0% Fage with a handful of blueberries, a large cut up strawberry and a small handful of some sort of Whole Wheat Cheerios we had leftover from Trader Joes. I drizzled the whole concoction with a little bit of honey too! 

I still felt like I needed something sweet. I don’t know why I always seem to crave a dessert, but I decided to please my sweet tooth and have a little bit of Dark Chocolate. I had about 2 squares. 

And that’s all for now! I am hoping to take a niiiiice hot shower and do some cleaning/laundry and then maybe a movie later! Glad I got my exercise done for the day and I can get a lot done now. Have a great day!! (I love how I know I have no readers but I still like pretending…)

Shopping!

So I had a little change of plans today. My mom and sister wanted to go shopping to get my sis a new suit for some interviews she’s having, so we went to the Westchester Mall for the afternoon. And I got a new coat on SALE at Jcrew! Yay

I had a tall coffee from Starbucks as we walked around, with a bit of skim milk and 1 splenda

At around 2:00 we went for lunch which is late but it ended up being perfect since I had such a late breakfast. We ate at the Nordstroms Cafe. I got the half sandwich/soup/salad option. It had half a turkey sandwich (with lettuce, tomato, mustard) on wheat bread, a cup of tomato soup with a crostini, and a green salad with balsamic dressing on the side. 

 

I only ate about half of the soup and crostini because it was a lot creamier than I thought it would be. 

And I finished off everything else!

They also gave us these little chocolate mint sticks with the bill so I ate one of those.

I thankfully managed to get to the gym when we get home from the mall. I did 25 minutes on the Arc Trainer on level 7, plus 10 minutes on the Stairmaster (the one with the revolving staircase) 5 mins at level 8 and 5 mins at level 9 followed by about 5 minutes of stretching. 

I came home to TACO NIGHT! woohooo. I made a healthy taco and photographed the process… Here is my mom and sister, Jenna, with our taco bar beautifully presented

I started off with about a 1/4 cup of 2% cheddar cheese and a big glob of refried beans on a whole wheat tortilla…

then I added diced red pepper, lettuce and chopped tomatoes…

with a dollop of medium salsa and water on the side! It was HUGE and soo good.  

And I still needed a little something else so decided on an orange. 

And for dessert about a square of Trader Joe’s vegan (I like it vegan for some reason) 72% Dark Chocolate. 

And there you have it… my first full day of blogging. How exciting!!! Tomorrow, there is a yoga studio near me that is celebrating it’s 5th year anniversary by having a full day of free classes! I am going to two 45 minute classes in the morning so am looking forward to that. I hope everyone has a great weekend!