Tat tat tat it up!!

HEY everybody!!! I have missed yall! I am feeling SO good because I just got done with a major exam..and its time to PARTAYYYY! haha, by party I mean RELAX! (and blog, of course) How has your week been? Its already Tuesday! whooo! Im super pumped because Im going home this weekend and get to see my family! Its been over a month so I miss those munchkins. I also am getting running shoes this weekend because mine are WORN out. Does that happen to you? My entire legs are hurting because they are so bad-I have had them for about 6 months so it’s time to get some new ones. First up.. another review!

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Attune Bar

REVIEW: DANG, these things are soo flavorful! the flavors are so 50/50..you get a taste of dark chocolate and a taste of raspberry! I am actually not a big fan of raspberry, to be fair, so this was my least favorite. BUT if you like raspberry then you will LOVE this because it is super fruity and there are chunks of raspberry! Attune has got some BALLIN new flavors yall! 8/10 (cause i still love the dark chocolate part!)

Eats

I dont have TOO many eats to show because most of them have been eaten on the go and have been really lame, like Velveeta easy mac (that stuff is AMAZING-you should try it) & frozen meals. Here is what I got though!

YUMMY frozen fiber one vanilla yogurt w. Chocolate Cheerios (there were more in there that were mixed in)..GREAT study snack!

Pumpkin Oats in my fav bowl!

Close-up of the pumpkin oats

Think “Healthy” Bar!

Cottage Cheese & Strawberry Jelly.. Got idea from my girl JENN’s blog!

2% Chobani Creamy Goodness

Question & Answers

QUESTION: where do you see yourself in 5 years?
In five years? Lets see-I will be 24-25 then. I see myself HOPEFULLY married and going to graduate school HOPEFULLY in San Diego! Gods plans may turn out totally different-but that is where I hope to be in 5 years.

QUESTION: Favorite movie of all time?
That’s easy-Dumb & Dumber! I can quote that entire movie-which probably is super annoying to people around me watching it. I also love Will Ferrel movies-I can look at him and laugh. I like action movies like the bourne series too.

QUESTION: I remember you mentioning before that you had a tattoo and I was just curious what it was/when and why you chose it!
Hahaha OH goodness!!! Okay, you see, My friends & me went on a cruise at the end of our senior year in highschool for a “senior trip.” I didn’t drink that trip just because I chose not to and I knew my friends were we never drink at home and were legal in the caymon islands/mexico . SO we spent an entire day in the caymon islands, which happened to be my 18th bday! I wanted to do something crazy, and my friends had all gotten drinks and we were walking down the street and I saw a sign that said “tattoo parlor” all of the sudden I blurted out “IM GOING TO GET A TATTOO!!” and they were like “uhh KATIE are you okay?? Are you sure you didn’t drink anything!??!” Sure enough, we walked into the tattoo parlor and I got a tiger paw (for Clemson tigers) on my right butt cheek. YEP its true!! My friends were shocked, since that is so unlike me..and its hilarious when people find out because they are SHOCKED I actually have  a tattoo on my butt! So nope, its nothing religious or meaningful like that.. just a tiger paw!

*Scene of the Crime!!

QUESTION: What makes you so happy!?!?!
Yall are prob sick of hearing me say this-but I will say it again because it is so TRUE!! KNOWING that I am saved, KNOWING that I did nothing to deserve or will ever be able to do ANYTHING to deserve the gift of salvation. That fills me with a joy and peace that will never be taken away by ANYTHING and anybody. It gives me so much fulfillment in life and I may not be “happy” all the time, because we all have our bad days, but I am always, ALWAYS joyful!

SO there you go! I think that ends the Q & A sesh..thanks so much for all of your lovely questions! You all are the BEST readers-seriously.. love yall and still pray for yall every single day!

So today I plan on relaxing & enjoying not having to study! I have some homework to do but ehh it can wait. I think tonight me & the girls may go out to dinner, so that will be super fun! Its rainy here-Could def use some SUNSHINE!

1. If you have a boyfriend or had a boyfriend, What did you/are you getting them for Valentines Day? -You would think after over 2 years I would have a clue..but.. i dont!

2. Have you ever done anyting SUPER spontaneous? -tat tat tat it uppp for me!

Hope you are having a GREAT Tuesday!! Love you all!”

“The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.”

-Proverbs10:9..good for stubborn me to hear today!

OIAJ for DINNER & More questions!

HEY my wonderful people! How has your weekend been? Thank you so much for all of your get well wishes..WELL i didnt exactly end up “chilling” this weekend but I still had fun and I feel better!! Friday night me & some girls went to see Dear John.. OK I liked it! Most girls didnt though-maybe I liked it just because Channing Tatum is so freaking hot. Anyway the movie didnt get out until 12AM and then we made a drive thru stop soo that was a late night! BUT we all slept in until 12PM on Saturday & that was glorious. Saturday night my boyfriend & his friends cooked dinner for me & my girls! It was awesome! I was such a proud girlfriend! They made us grilled chicken, grilled asparagus, corn, croissants, and salad! & this AM my alarm went off early for church & it was AWESOME! (more on that in a little bit!)

First up.. A review!

Almond Milk Chocolate Attune Bar

Review: DANG okay-I dont normally like milk chocolate but i seriously loved this. it was SO creamy-it tasted like chocolate almond ice cream to me for some reason. I acutally like this one the best so far-and loved the chunks of almond in the bar! The creaminess def won me over! 10/10

Some “note worthy” meals!!

Dinner on Friday night before the movies- OIAJ (for dinner..no she didnt..oh yes she did!!) with PUMPKIN-which was glorious. & a fritatta!!

-1 feta and spinach sausage

-2 garlic and herb laughing cows

-broccoli

-spinach

-1/2 cup of beatas & 1 egg

-hot sauce, salt, peppa, garlic powda

all broiled for about 10 minutes! DELISH.

all together now!

ALSO tried the new dannon GREEK YOGURT! They only had 0% at my store, not the 2%. my thoughts? EXACTLY like Oikos-so I approve! Had this baby frozen w. some PB2 and cocoa powda!

& My fage container was on its last leg..so what else?! yoatgurt!! This was breakfast before a baller leg workout Saturday morning. 1/2 cup of oats, cocoa powder, 1/2 cup of almond milk, 1 cup water, 1/3 cup of beatas all cooked & plopped into the fage container.. WCW on top!

& A baller salad!! Spinach, broccoli, egg, egg beaters, hummus

& Breyers light vaniller yogurt-so good! had speckles of vanilla bean it it..just like the ice cream!

Church was so powerful this morning- A lady from Hillsong Church in Australia preached. Yall- She was sold into sex trafficking for 12 years, she was the result of a rape and has never met her real parents. She has been to hell and back. Does she sit around and SULK? NO! She LIVES HER LIFE and testifies what God has done. She kept saying “What good does it do to sit around and feel sorry for yourself and live in the past? ” Amen to that.

Question & Answer time!!! (sorry these are kind of long!!)

QUESTION:I know faith is very important to  you, was there ever a time when you felt lost or put your faith on the back burner?
LOVE this question! You know, living for Jesus is NOT easy.. He NEVER said it would be. He DOES promise us that He will never leave our side though. Its funny because at one of my strongest points in my relationship with God, I got sideswiped with an ED. The more I gave in and let satan take hold, the more a wall was built up between me and God. SIN BUILDS WALLS. Its as simple as that. I was damaging my body, the ONE body God has given me, I was basically slapping Him in the face and saying “sorry, but I hate what you have created for me” So yes, at my sickest point I DID feel lost because I KNEW I was sinning. But my faith remained-I KNEW God had a plan for me and although I didn’t see it.. I KNEW it was there. I STILL had a joy of salvation that was never taken away from me when I was sick. He has designed us each so uniquely for different purposes and I knew I had a purpose. When I was sick I still read a psalm every single day & that pulled me through, along with prayers. So in summary, YES I did feel lost but no I never lost faith.

QUESTION: Is faith something u were raised on ?  & What makes you so happy?
sure was! I was raised in the church and always knew “about God” but never KNEW God until my freshman year in highschool. Being raised in the church isn’t always a great thing because you are sometimes raised to be “religious” and to be “good” and tht will get you to heaven. And that IS SO WRONG. God does NOT have a “check list” for us and checks it off eveytime we do something right. If we acknoledge we are sinners & accept that we need Jesus-salvation is a FREE gift. We did nothing and will never be able to do anything to deserve it. My freshman year I noticed something was “missing” in my heart, I was feeling empty and I didn’t know why. I KNEW I needed something! So I talked to someone who has a great relationship with the Lord and asked her a lot of questions-we prayed together and I started reading my bible and praying everyday.  Don’t get discouraged if you don’t “feel” God right away, it takes time..you have to start eliminating BIG sins all the way to little sins in your life to feel God more, or atleast that is what happened for me. A relationship with God is like any relationship-it takes time to build but its so worth it. I started feeling this inexpressible JOY AND PEACE that was neverending and truly fulfilling..I realized I had been trying to fill myself up with pleasures of this world and that always left me empty-God is the only thing that can fill you up unconditionally and eternally..and knowing that I am saved and going to heaven makes me have a constant joy that will never be taken away.

QUESTION: Fav dinner of all time?
Hmm I LOVE HOME MADE PIZZA! Josephs lavash with pizza sauce or pesto, some kind of meat like sausage or bacon or ham, and CHEEEEEEEEESE and lots of it! I also LOVE pancakes+bacon+eggs for dinner!

That’s all for now! I am so glad yall like the question and answers from last post! Loving these!!

To do list to TACKLE today

• Read
• Make Flashcards
• Study
• Workout
• Catch up on your lovely blogs
• SUPER BOWL!!

Ive got like three parties to hit up tonight to say Hey and then Im gona come back here and study! DANG it was a good weekend! I have the hardest test of my life on Tuesday, I want to study as much as I can so I can watch the Bachelor tommo night! Priorities? right!

1. Whats the Best thang you ate this weekend? -Last night’s dinner for me!

2. Did you see Dear John? What did you think of it?

Love you all! Thank you for reading!

Gettin my rest on & Answers for yall!

HAPPY FRIDAY! Oh my goodness-so glad it is the weekend! I am a little under the weather, so Im having to lay low this weekend..but on a positive note..its a great weekend to be sick! Haha-its cold/rainy/snowy. I hate being sick and I hate having things slow me down, but such is life. Oh well! Dont worry, Ive still been having some ballin EATS!

The lovely Annelies from Attune sent me some awesome samples to try! Thank you so much! So far I’ve tried the new CHOCOLATE COFFEE one..GOODNESS GRACIOUS

Coffee Bean Dark Chocolate Attune Bar

Reivew: Wow, you know how some bars are “coffee” but you cant taste it? Well you can certainly taste the coffee here! There was a slight crunch to the bar, which tasted like coffee beans covered in chocolate. This bar was awesome-my favorte attune bar so far..& I adore coffee flavored things. This is great if you just need a BOOST in the middle of the day! 9/10

Also tried the Kays Cinnamon Pretzels Sticks…

Kays Cinnamon Pretzel Sticks

Review: These were good-but kind of grainy. Dont get me wrong, they were great for an after lunch dessert and very filling..but I think i like my pretzels more savory! I DID love the cinnamon/sugar coating on the outside! 8/10

What is super fun?

.. Eating out of containers!! Here is an AWESOME cottage cheese mess I had today for lunch!

-Cottage Cheese

-Roasted Broccoli

-Broccoli Slaw

-1 feta+spinach sausage

-Hummus

-lots of ranch seasonig, salt, pepper, hot sauce, balsamic vinegar

Served alongside w. homemade lavash pita chips!

ALL Ive been wanting is SOUP and OATMEAL for meals! I went to chickfila last night and got a chicken sandwich & a bowl of their chicken noodle soup..i LOVE this soup!

Q & A Time!

QUESTION: How tall are you?
I am 5’4-5’5 .. I look so short beside my boyfriend because he is 6’5!

QUESTION: How do you deal with body image? Now that you are fully recovered, do you still find it hard to be confident in yourself?
This is a great question! First of all-I would NOT say that I am fully recovered..because I do have hard weeks every 3 months or so..but I DO find complete freedom through the Lord, if I didn’t have that then I would not be anywhere CLOSE to wear I am today! Now with body image-I do not like to stare at my body in the mirror.. I love my body now..and I trust it (its taken a while to get here) and I don’t like to stare in the mirror and pick it apart. I think that I look healthy and fit, and that’s what ive ALWAYS strived for and now that I finally have that, Im never going back! I am very confident with myself now..and just like any other woman, I do have days where I lack body image confidence but overall it has come a VERY long way.

QUESTION:What made you decide to go into blogging? Has it been helpful in your recovery? Does it every cause any triggering feelings?
Another great question!! I didn’t go into blogging for recovery help or for assurance, I got into blogging to encourage others that it IS possible to have a balanced lifestyle after an ED.  When I was very sick, I would have given anything for someone who had been through what I was going through to tell me that it was going to be okay and that it was possible to get my life back..And that’s what my goal is through this blog. I deeply love each of yall and want Gods BEST for you, and I KNOW you cannot do that if you are not healthy first. It would be a shame to have been through the dark times of an ED, and have God pull me through, and NOT share the joy  experienced after!

QUESTION: You always look insanely gorgeous. What’s your makeup routine?

Hahah GIRL you haven’t seen me when I wake up in the mornings!! But honestly to class I NEVER wear makeup-Ill wear a little bit of concealer under my eyes (BEST MAKEUP TIP EVER..hides circles and makes you look more awake!) But if I go somewhere at night I wear Bare Minerals makeup-it’s light and doesn’t feel or look like too much! I also love the “smokey eye” look! I use pink eyeshadow all over, silver on the lid, and black on the edges..with liquid black eyeliner and black mascara! If I don’t feel like wearing liquid eyeliner, I put on blue eyeliner. OH and BURTS BEES is a MUST!!

QUESTION: How did you and your boyfriend meet?
Well it’s a funny story! We knew each other in highschool-I always had the BIGGEST crush on him because I thought he was so hot, awesome, and athletic! I NEVER thought he would want to date me. I always wanted a boyfriend in highschool but was SUPER picky, I got really sick my junior year (praise the LORD I didn’t have a boyfriend, I would have drug him through hell, literally) and my senior year while starting to truly begin recovery I dinstinctly remember praying in my car saying “Lord, I am completely satisfied by you, I don’t want a boyfriend, I trust that you will send me one on YOUR timing!” ..This is so crazy because its true, God will not send you a boy unless you are totally complete in Him, or else you will start to depend on the BOY and not God..and that is dangerous! Anyway, literally a week after that my friend called me and was like “theres a shag going on up here and john wants to take you!” and I FREAKED because Id always liked him! (He is a year older than me-I was a senior and he was a freshman in college) Anyway..I went and we had a BLAST and he just kept pursueing me and then we started dating..hung out like EVERY day that summer and fell in love, and he pursues me every day with a relentless heart and loves me the way God intended me (and every girl) to be loved. He is an amazing leader and an incredible man of the Lord and im SO blessed! We have had our ups and downs at times-but we have always given them to the Lord and always made sure our relationship is Gods will.

Thats all the questions for today.. More to come!

So now I am veggin out in my PJS trying my BEST to chill and do nothing (im terrible at staying in!) I know its good for my body tho..gota do what you gota do! I have some homework to do so it will be nice to get that done! My mom keeps calling me every 5 minutes to see how im feeing.. gota love moms!! I do miss her-im going home this weekend so Im super excited!

Thank you so much for reading-I love my readers so much!

Questions for YOU!

1. What do you crave when you are sick? -oatmeal and soup for me!

2. What are some good ways you get Vitamen C? -this is for me, i gota start gettin that jank in!

Cafeteria Food & Questions!

HEY HEY HEYYY! Happy THURSDAY! How is everybody? Excited for the weekend? I feel like this week seriously FLEW by-crazy! Its been soo busy for real! School has def kicked in full swing this week..gotta love it! I have been having a great week..and great eats..great workouts! Im excited for having NO plans this weekend for once..its kind of refreshing! I had an amazing hump day..lets just say that God works in MIND BLOWING ways, never, ever underestimate His power. He created this world-He can do ANYTHING!!

I LOVED hearing about your favorite books in the bible!! All of them were great! You guys rock.

FOOD

Do yall remember eating those mexican pizzas in elementary school?! I do! I used to LOVE them! I found these Smart Life beef crumbles the other day, and thought…why not create them!? All you need is

-Josephs Lavash Wrap

-Beef crumbles (of any sort)

-Cheddar Cheese (or whatever you like)

-Mrs Dashs Fiesta lime blend

-HOT SAUCE

I put the wrap in the oven for a little bit at 400 degrees, mixed the beef crumbles with the seasoning blend+hotsauce, put the crumbles on the wrap, added cheese.. and baked for about 5 more min until the cheese melted.. THIS IS DELISH!! Also, use greek yogurt for dippage!!

ALSO tried this baby..and LOVED EVERY ARTIFICIAL BITE! (and  im still living and breathing..hallelujah!!)

ALSO had OIAJ this am AGAIN!! (I have 4 empty jars!!) WHOOO! Go roomies+boyfriends!! I wish I could share with you!!

PS-i tweeted about this, but some people make OIAJ and there is like NO peanut butter left, I dont see the fun in that? I like as much PB as possible!! thats the point of OIAJ!

ALSO been eatin a lot of chicken+roasted veggies.. nom nom nommm! I had this and my mexican pizza for dinner the other night..random? yes! delish? YES!

ALSO had the most amazing bowl of overnight oats evaaaa! Mixed 1 raspberry Chobani with oats overnight, added cocoa powder after this picture was taken

ALSO Fage 2% OWNS 0% everyday, all day

ALSO discovered my new fav salad dressing/dip! =hummus (plain sabras) and cottage cheese mixed up! YUM.

REVIEW

Raspberry Chobani

Review: This was VERY flavorful, but almost too sweet for me? I def enjoyed it, dont get me wrong, but this is prob my least favorite-because I dont like raspberry very much! 7/10

QUESTIONS

As I have seen other bloggers do-Id like for yall to ask me some quesitons! it can be ANYTHING!! All the way from the soul (deep stuff) to silly stuff!!

Thats all folks!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! Seriously-yall are the bomb dot com readers. Comments/emails from yall MAKE MY DAY! Who is ready for summer?! This cold weather sucks the life out of me! Haha, not really, but I am dying for summer for real! I LOVE tank tops, flip flops, being by the water.

1. Whats one thing you are looking forward to most this weekend? -CHILLING!

2. What was your favorite cafeteria food growing up? -I LOVED the rolls!!

“The will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,”declares the Lord”-Jeremiah 1:19

Honestly I dont think you can truly conquer any struggle without the Lords strength-that is my opinion and I truly belive that

LOVE YOU ALL!!

OIABJ (Oats in a BIG jar!) & Lovin Life.

Hey loves!! Its the day I cant stand love.. Tuesday!  Thanks so much for your sweet comments on the last post!! Yall are the bomb readers for REAL. Haha. Did anybody watch the Bachelor last night? Im for Tenley all the way! Well I have been SUPER busy with schoolwork and tests this week, so posting is going to be less frequent, and I apologize! I do have some sweeeeet things to share with yall tho!

RUNNING

I took a week off of running just because it seemed like a good idea, and my dad confirmed it..(he is an avid runner) It actually wasnt hard to not run at all..I kind of liked having a break! Yesterday I ventured out on my first run after my break and IT WAS AWESOME. It felt great-and my body was full of energy! I highly recommend this for someone who feels like their body may need a break, it is SO worth it! Your body will thank you for it!

FOOD

..My boyfriend got MAJOR boyfriend points the other day when he dropped off TWO empty PB jars by my apartment..he sure knoows the way to my heart! I know you all feel me! I was SUPER excited. So what else is a girl to do? Enjoy it ASAP..So this morning I woke up to some lovely OIAJ!! in a HUGE 16oz jar! Hollaaaa! That would be SWEET if PB and CO made it in 16 oz jars!

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

…Soo Im pretty sure Im going to be sweating out Peanut Butter all day..But it was OH so good and worth it!

What else makes me happy? Oh yeah, finishing up hummus containers..

Brussel Sprouts and Hot Sauce

And Delicious Greek Yogurt+Oats for GREAT pre-workout snacks!

I also tried the infamous eggs & cottage cheese mixture.. but I wasnt a fan! to runny for me! Maybe I did something wrong?!

REVIEWS

Think Thin Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bar

REVIEW: SOOO GOOD! dang, seriously, i could REALLY taste the strawberry AND chocolate in here. This is one of my favorite protein bars-very filling too..fueled me for an hour & a half shag class! I loved it! 9.5/10

Sour Cream & Onion Popchips

REVIEW: DANG these are my favorite so far. I had to double check to make sure these are actually healthy-these are better than the lays sour cream and onion! SO flavorful AND crunchy-my breath was stank after this so you know its good! 9/10

LIFE

Life is great these days. Last week was a tough week for me because I ALWAYS have a tough week the first few weeks into the semester, its enivitable, it always happens! I kind of need it though- it puts me in my place, motivates me, and makes me yearn more for Gods grace.  Its funny because my roomies have hard weeks too- and we usually all break down at the same time! They are awesome, Im so blessed to live with my best friends. My boy and I are taking a SHAG class-and IT IS SO MUCH FUN! I love it! I may be going home this weekend or the next, i miss my parents! Although its only been a month. Im super excited because some of us girls are starting a bible study in Jeremiah, a book in the old testiment-I do not know much about it so it will be so interesting to learn more! Im also reading a Proverb everyday, have you ever read those? they are so BALLIN! gah! Its so much to take in!!

“My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father  the son he delights in. Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding” -Proverbs 3:11-13

So There ya go! A little update in a nutshell. I do want to know more about YOU though! Whats new? Whatchu got goin on? Today I have class, class, and more class! And an exam..wish me luck please! Tonight Is my only free night, so Im sure we will chill and watch American Idol or something! Whooo!! And of COURSE catch up on your blogs!

1. Have you ever taken a break from something, and came back to it more enthused/energetic than ever?!

2.  Whats yo favorite popchips?

3. Whats your fav book of the bible if you have one?

LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you for reading!!

Reviews, Quotes, Eats & MORE!! :)

HEY HEY!!!! I SO missed yall this weekend!! I hope you have had an amazing weekend. I sure did! Im WIPED. we left friday, stayed in a baller hotel (we didnt have to pay!), went to the wedding on saturday, seriously, yall it was the NICEST WEDDING EVER. everybody had long dresses, mink coats, ridiculous (i didnt have one btw, haha) The reception had smoked salmon, tons of veggies/fruit/cheese, bbq, carved turkey ham roast beef, a “southern” section with shrimp n grits, fried catfish, gumbo, and a HUGE candy bar with everything you can think of! Also, there was a gospel black choir, live band, and huge dance floor. & a photo booth to take your picture in to put into the guest book!!! AMAZING. The ceremony was beautiful as well, nontraditional with the pastor saying AWESOME things about him leading her with the hand of God..so good!

Sooo the BARNEY BUTTER little packets saved my life this weekend! (okay-a little exaggerated, but you feel me)

Now some REVIEW TIME!!!

First up.. Blueberry Attune Bar

REVIEW: This was pretty good-Im not a HUGE fan of white chocolate so that is probably why. I did love the strong blueberry flavor, if you like blueberries then def get this! the texture was great, kind of crunchy but smooth at the same time! i give it 7/10

Second up..Blueberry Chobani

REVIEW: This was eaten frozen as usual! As I said earlier-if you like blueberries then this is def for you! i LOVED that it had WHOLE blueberries at the bottom, which froze as well. Chobani cannot go wrong-i like the other fruit flavors better but the texture of this yogurt is awesome .. 8/10

Third up..Kays Naturals Crispy Parmesan Chips

REVIEW: YUMMMMMM!! this is my FAV kays naturals crisps so far!! VERY flavorful (aka parm breath for hours after this, but i didnt hate it!) and very crispy. FILLING too..held me over for a 2.5 hours. i gota order a packet of these! & 15 grams of protein..not bad at ALL. 9/10

Fourth Up.. Luna Protein Bar-Chocolate Peanut Butter

REVIEW: This was tasty!! Good, but i honestly like the luna pb cookie bar way better. It kind of had a texture like a candy bar, but it did fuel me through a good weight workout, and I DID enjoy it but didnt LOVE it, you know? i want to try the cookie dough flavor though! 8/10

..Quote Time!

Now .. Some sweet quotes my pastor said this weekend.. they were like BAMMMM when i heard them! God knows what I need to hear! I wanted to share, and hopefully this may encourage some of yall as it did me!

“What you are going through is NOT God judging you, its Gods way of bringing you back to Him”

“Tragedy is something that God often uses to catch our attention, What is it going to take for you?”

“You dont focus on the pain of your past, you focus on the potential of your future”

All of these were good for me to hear today!!

..FOOD

ANYWAY, what did I start my day off with?! OH im glad you asked!! CHOCOLATE OATS IN A DCD DREAM JAR!!

Been enjoying lots of YOATGURT..thanks Janetha boo!

& Aprils Protein Bread w. PB

Newmans Own Cinnamon Alphabet Cookies

Wheww that was a long post!! Cant wait to read your lovely blogs & catch up! Today I am doing homework, spinning, and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES or the grammys! Cant decide yet!! I hope you all have had an awesome weekend!

1. Whats the best thing you ate this weekend? -probably shrimp & grits at the reception!

2. Whats your “life saver” on road trips? -BB packets!

LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you for reading!

PS- The lovely SNACKFACE is having a baller giveaway!

Out of Town..

Hey sugas!!! Gone out of town with my girls for the weekend..Love you all and praying for you all! Have a GREAT weekend and Ill be back with more reviews & what not!! xoxoxo!

**we sang that last night & I wanted to share!!

Clearing some things up & Overnight Oats Newbie!!

Hey hey heyyy lil mamas!! (and daddys) haha, although that doesnt flow as well. ANYWAY happy HUMP DAY!!  I <3 Wednesdays! I hope you are having a fab day. Thank you so much for all of your heart felt, compassionate comments last night. thank you for praying for that girls and every girl like that. I want to make it clear that I HAVE been there, I wasnt knocking anybody or anything like that, I was trying to make a point. I do delete negative comments because in my opinion, the less negativity..the better! Please do not think that I was “mad” or anything like that. I hated it for that GIRL, and if anything, it made me MORE motivated to stay healthy, and thankful for what God has done for me.

Another thing I want to address, I received this comment today..

“I am not at all trying to intrude or call you out but i have one question. Why, in recovery from an ED are you eating 2% fage yogurt and not full fat, and laughing cow cheese and not cream cheese, and using egg whites instead of whole eggs? you seem to be lacking in the “real food” department. I am just curious as to why.”

First of all, thank you for addressing this It did not offend me and I want you all to know that I am NOT scared of full fat cheese or eggs! I LOVE CHEESE. I dont believe in fat free cheese AT ALL!! Im actually about to make a grilled cheese with REAL cheese for dinner tonight, and I eat it a lot, so just because I do not post all of my cheese products on here, that does not mean I do not eat them. And i sometimes mix in real eggs w. egg whites, I just dont always buy eggs, honestly I grew UP eating egg whites, Im so used to that. I am not scared of eggs in the least bit, I dont want any of you thinking that I am “dieting” or anything like that YES, there was a time when I did NOT eat real cheese or eggs or peanut butter (THE HORROR) but praise the Lord for getting me out of that!! I just dont want my blog to be discouraging to anybody!

Phewww.. thanks guys..for letting me get that off of my chest! YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!! I freaking love you all.

Want to know some things I have been enjoying lately?!

FIRST UP… OVERNIGHT OATS!! Im a newbie!!

1/2 cup of oats soaked in 1/2 cup of fage, 1/2 cup of almond milk, cocoa powder & in the morning added white chocolate wonderful

Cottage Cheese Messes

cottage cheese, egg whites, ham, pickes, ranch seasoning, hot sauce

Aprils Bread w. Almond Butta & Real butta melted

you HAVE TO TRY THIS-frozen caramel Oikos..decadent!

& a NEW snack I saw on this AMAZING girl’s blog!

1/2 cup of oats, 1/2 cup of fage, all mixed with cocoa powder & chocolate syrup!!

WHOOOO! So today I have GOT TO STUDY & make dinna!! I have a test friday and a high school senior coming to stay with me tomorrow night to go to our FCA.. so im gona be busy but im excited! Then going out of town this weekend for a wedding with my girls!! Who loves weddings? does it not make you want to get married?!?! hehe, maybe thats just me being a girl!!

Sorry this is short lovlies, gotta go to bible study and then school work tonight! Please know that I love you all so much, really, I am so thankful for this blog world and the fellowship I have gained from it. Keep being your beautiful selves!!

1. Whats your ALL time fav snack?!

2. Whats your fav overnight oats combo?!

HAVE A LOVELY NIGHT! rumor is that GOSSIP girl is NEW tonight at 8!?!? LOVE YOU!

AMAZING new combo, lack of energy, & a challenge!

HEY sugars!! How is everybody’s weeks going so far? Tomorrow is hump day which means ALMOST the weekend which means SLEEPING in for me! One of the many highlights of my weekends! I have been SO non energetic for some reason this week! Ive gotten enough sleep, been working out about the same, nothing really has changed? Some people on twitter said it could be stress or vitamins..those are good culprits, but I dont think Im stressed about anything! (as far as I know) Does this happen to anybody else?

I had a fantastic combo last night..you MUST try this..Deeeeelish!

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=AMAZING COMBO!

Those crackers were AWESOME ! wayy better than Cheese-its! I give them a 9/10..Could taste the SHARPNESS in the cheese and there were more than like, 5 crackers (like some 100 cal packs) in the bag!

Who watched The Bachelor last night?! Super good! Im SO glad he got rid of those 4 girls!! whooo! I LOVE Tenely!!

Woke up this morning smiling with a little OIAJ.. Mighty Maple Jar!! whooo!!

Also read from Hebrews 10, which was totally ballin. & packed a lil somethin somethin for lunch!

“sweet” omlelet w. 1/2 cup of egg whites, swiss laughing cow, naners, cinnamon, suga, butta

Kays naturals Chili Cheese Crisps

Review: DANG these were bursting with flavor! if you like chili cheese fritos-these are just like them!! I loved these! they lasted about the entire class period which was good because I was entertained the whole time! 8/10

& Some Apple Crisps!!

Pre-Workout Fuel..Golden Corn Vitatops with DCD.. amazing-ness in my belly

Today=weight day! I am currently cutting down my cardio in order to get some more muscles! whoo!!  I love lifting weights and that feeling of “being strong” (which im not, but i like to feel like it!)

Sorry to be negative, but after my workout I was doing about 5 min on the elliptical just to stretch out my legs, and was beside this girl that was so incredibly, painfully thin..everybody was staring at her and gasping..she was staring at the “calories burned” part on the screen and looked so miserable. as soon as i got beside her i felt this HUGE burden on me, and could feel her pain. I was so incredibly upset and hurting for her, I tried to stay there but I started crying and had to leave. God puts things like that on my heart when someone near me is struggling in that way, and its so painful to see (im sure if you have been through the hard times of an ED then you experience that too). Please, if that is you or someone you love, then PLEASE get help or get them help. Life is too short and too beautiful to be in the depths of that pit, it is so incredibly hard and sad. God has a bigger plan than that for ALL of us! SO i am asking you to please say a prayer for that girl and any girl you know that is in the pits of that. Thank you!

So sorry for the rant, I love you all a LOT and know that you amazing people have compassion for things like that!

NOW- GOTA GO STUDY MY BOOOTAY OFF!

I love you all!! Hope you are having a FAB week!!

Hebrews 10: 35-36

“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”

I challenge you to be CONFIDENT today, KNOW that God has a plan for you and REST in that, be yourself and take care of yourself, if you are going through a hard time, then KEEP PUSHING!! God promised us a fufilling life, and God always keeps His promises!

Whole Foods Finds & New reviews!

Hey my wonderful bloggies and readers! it is .. MONDAY! The day everybody loves..haha, but its usually not as bad as you think it will be, am I right? Today has been great so far..Had class early, breakfast date with my love, & a quiz (glad to get it over with), I am taking a shag class (its a dance, lol) and that got canceled today so I have more free time!!

FIRST of all I found some AMAZING new things at Whole Foods!!

• New fage
• love burrito
• apple crisps
• tofu noodles
• newmans own alphabet cookies
• organic pumpkin,
• maranatha AB
• sea scallops
• ians cheese crackers
• spinach/feta sausages, caramel oikos
• NEW protein bar Luna
• chocolate mint cookie balance bar
• think thin chocolate covered strawberry bar
• cascadian farms harvest spice granola bar
• bio chem chocolate fudge protein powder
• blueberry vanilla attune bar
  

Have any of yall tried these new finds? If so-let me know what you think!

well Ive tried a few so far! I couldnt WAIT to rip into all of these great foods!

First up.. Harvest Spice Cascadian Farms Granola Bars

REVIEW: DELICIOUS!! you could literally taste the spices in there. So delicious, reminded me of ginger/cinnamon bread? VERY crunchy too, great crumbled in yogurt! 8/10

CARAMEL OIKOS

REVIEW: UMMM HOLY YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!! this was SO FREAKING GOOD. there was a THICK layer of caramel at the bottom after i froze it for 2 hours..Seiroulsy, felt like I was eating dessert. my fav type of Oikos by FAR!! 10/10!

CHOCOLATE MINT BALANCE BAR

REVIEW: WOW this tasted EXACTLY like a thin mint cookie. Im going to try to order a whole box of these, thats how good they were. filled me up for about 2 solid hours too! This is def one of my FAV protein bars so far! 9/10

SPINACH AND FETA SAUSAGES

Pre Cut Above ^

Cut up with hot sauce!

REVIEW: Dang, these were another winner!! VERY VERY flavorfull, and kept me full for a while (aka I was burping them up all day) Granted, im not a HUGE sausage fan but these were very tasty.. I give them a 7/10

…NOW there are some new recipes I have tried lately!! Im on a food roll-FEELS GOOD! Last night I made SCALLOPS for the first time! I marinated them in soy sauce for about 2 hours..Then satueed them on the pan

served on top of noodles!

DELISH! I forgot how much I loved scallops! Obviously this was NOT my entire dinner.. this was only like 1/4, but this was def the higlight!

..ALSO tried the “Sweet crepe” that I got the idea from this beautiful girl’s blog .. I put 1/4 cup of egg whites in the skillet and heated, added cinnamon, truvia, nanner, folded it together, and topped with PB! Seriously, you all HAVE TO TRY THIS! This was so incredibly delish! and so simple!

I was oooing over this “crepe” the entire time!

So those are my EXCITING foodie finds/eats the past few days!! Now I’m about to go running, im excited! It is actually sunny and pretty here today-just hope the wind gust doesnt kill me! Tonight is a GREAT tv night, no? The Bachelor and 24!! Love it!

1. What are your EXCITING foodie finds/eats lately?!

2.  Whats your favorite way to cook scallops? I want to try something different!

I LOVE you all!!  Between class, homework, tests, friends, boyfriend, social events.. I am staying super busy! But I LOVE blogging and LOVE reading your blogs!

ps: SUPER frustrated bc its not letting me comment on bloggers blog! it keeps saying Open ID error?

Have a great rest of your day! SMILE