vicious sweet tooth

I can’t believe today is the 1st of December?  Are you kidding me?  I’m not sure I’ll ever really adapt to it being so mild in winter.  It’s great, but just wierd to be able to wear sandals in December.   Anyway…it’s another beautiful day in Tampa…should be near 80 degrees.  But rain is coming tomorrow…but for now it’s beautiful outside and I would rather be out there than in here working.

Breakfast:

I woke up hungry this morning and had 2 small dates w/ a little peanut butter in them. ( 75 cal)

Date

Today I tried another Amazing Grass packet – I bought a sample packet about a week ago and have been trying them out.  I really like them.  They are packed with some great stuff -  This morning I tried on of the Kidz Superfood – Chocolate Flavor.  Super yum! According to their website:

A nutritional powerhouse that combines 33 rainbow colored fruits and vegetables in a delicious chocolate drink powder.

Amazing Grass Kidz SuperFood phyto-nutritous fruit and vegetable blend: organic wheat grass, organic barley grass, organic alfalfa, asparagus, lima beans, green peas, kale, kiwi, organic spinach, organic broccoli, brussel sprouts, green beans, zuichini, apricots, organic carrots, mangos, pineapple, sweet potatoes, tangerines, yellow squash, pomegranates, raspberries, guavas, cranberries, red cabbage, cherries, tomatoes, beets, plums, purple grapes, blueberries, organic oat fiber, organic soy milk powder (organic soy beants, organic cane juice), organic cocoa, FOS (from chicory root), butch cocoa, natural vanilla, apple pectin fiber, carrageenan, sea salt, silicon dioxide (anti-caking).

Amazing Grass

 All my ingredients jammed in the bullet (one of the greatest kitchen gadgets I own).

Ingredients in the bullet

 Here’s me taking it on the go!!

Smoothie

Today’s smoothie included (224 cal):

1 cup of Silk Light Vanilla Soy Milk

½ Banana

1.5 cups Spinach

2 Tbsp of Living Harvest Hemp Protein Powder

1 pkg of Amazing Grass Kids – chocolate flavor

A few drops of vanilla crème stevia

 I love these smoothies!  They make me feel healthy, knowing I’m getting a big bang of nutrients right at the start of my day.  It’s a real motivator to keep that clean eating up all day.  I find that if I start my day off with no breakfast or something with little nutritional value, it kind of sets my day up wrong and I tend to eat more “junk” than starting out with a healthy option.  Funny how that works.

Snack: Around 11:00 am I snacked on these – 3 dates w/ a little peanut butter inside them. So good (I ate one before I snapped the photo). (105 cal)

Dates w/ PB

Here’s what’s on tap for the rest of the day: work, train with Julie, blog, read for bookclub, research restaurants for my trip to Miami.

Be back later.

Peace out!