Vegan Deliciousness!

Trader Joe's Guacamole Kit:

(Makes 4 Servings)

-2 Avocados

-1 Jalapeno Pepper

-3 Garlic Cloves

-1 Small Onion

-1 Tomato

-1/4 Cup of Lime Juice

Cut, peel & dice the ingredients, stir it up, add some salt and soak in the beauty of 185 Calories per serving.

Think it was $4....

You'll also need something to dip in the guac and if you aren't afraid of chips, then I highly suggest buying some Pita Chips with sea salt (vegan) from T.J.'s for $2.

8 chips is 100 calories.

So be sure to enjoy in moderation,

like everything in life.

You've got a snack for 2-3 days for $6, or $2 per day.

My Peeps

This Saturday we spent almost 7 hours together.

I LOVE THIS GROUP!

Websites on the regular!

http://www.people.com/people

http://www.yogajournal.com/

http://silviamordini.com/

TrailBlazin' Sista!

Mouth Watering...

I eat one of these at least once a day. It's a salmon salad and takes at the most, 10 minutes.

I do not cook. I do not bake. I don't appreciate all the time it takes to cut up veggies, fruits, or anything else for that matter. I make healthy meals that are quick, cheap and easy!

I call this....salad of love and daily nutrients for under $5 and in the comfort of my cozy apartment.

What's in it?

*About 1/3 avocado

*Cup of spinach

*1 salmon patty from Trader Joe's. 4 of them were maybe $5. Enough for 4 days...

*Spicy Mustard (use as much or as little as you want)

*1/2 cup of mixed veggie's, already cut up from T.J.'s

*some peppercini's

So I cut up the avocado in lightening speed, mix it with the spinach, put some mustard on top. In a pan, spray some calorie free olive oil, toss in the salmon patty, mixed veggies and drizzle some chili pepper sauce over all of it in the pan. Leave it in there for maybe 5 minutes, mix it around, take it off the stove and toss it on top of the spinach and avocado. Put some more spicy mustard on it, fill up my water cup and sit in my comfy chair!

Seriously. Easy.

Reading Into Yoga.

I'm obsessed with hot yoga.

In the 90 degree yoga studio 3 to 6 x's a week, I am loving every minute.

One month has passed, since I started the Yoga Alliance Certification Course at Queen Anne Haute Yoga. I am sitting up straighter, putting on my socks while standing and sliding my jeans right up....except for one, slight problem. Since I've been doing squat and lunge-like poses, my butt is stronger and it seems to....um.... have bubbled. I guess that's how I'm looking at it, because for once in my life, my jeans slide right over my thighs, but have a hard time making it over my booty. I'm not sure how I feel about this one, except for that it's better to have a basketball booty than a pancake.

Other than the growing glutes, I feel more stable in my emotional thinking. It's easier to let things go and move on to thoughts that actually matter. Like, the universal thought of, "What the hell am I doing here?" I am reading, "Yoga & the Quest for the True Self, by Stephen Cope." I highly recommend this book to anyone going through a questioning chapter of life. Cope talks about how a big change can unleash a deep, hidden feeling within. A promotion, a baby, a marriage, a move, dietary changes, any big event can bring these feelings to the surface.

The problem does not lie within the discovering of this new self, but what to do next. I found that for me, I am a 'Wanderer.' Cope says that, "the Wanderer intentionally sets out to confront the unknown, taking a journey that marks the beginning of life lived at a new level. During their travels Wanderers find a treasure that symbolically represents the gift of their true selves. And to find this gift, the Wanderer will suffer a deep reorganization of life."

I don't agree with suffering into this chaotic life, I like to look at it as jumping into a tornado, unsure of where it's going to spit you out.

Home.

Our last week of traveling in Bangkok! 8 crazy months with the one and only Kiwi!

Pirates in Bali!

Paradise.

My friend Sara from Chicago going to see DJ Sasha in Bali!

Trying to surf in Indonesia..trying being the key word, (especially since we headed into the waves with no lessons, thinking we could just go out and surf and it would be easy).

...Moments later, we are all drowning, suits are scattered and the waves kept comin...

It has officially been a week since Kel and I returned to the dark, cold and rainy Seattle. I returned from backpacking for 8 months around SE Asia, meeting new people every day, eating food for less than a dollar and sweating in the high temps and sunshine. Now, don't get me wrong, I couldn't be more happy to see my family and friends at home but I'm so unsure in every aspect of my life. I have like this new bi-polar thinking process...."Oh, I love fitness, maybe I'll get a job at a gym." "Singing makes me so happy, maybe I'll look for work at a production company." "I need to make money, maybe I'll go to a pharmacy school." "I need to move out and get life started." "Who am I?" "What and who do I really want?" "I have got to get these last 10 lbs. off." I understand, the only pressure I have been experiencing is from myself. I thought life was supposed to be confusing in your teens, then after college, but who knew it got even more difficult to make a decision in your mid-20's???

One thing I know for sure is that I probably would be driving myself insane if it weren't for my family and friends telling me to calm down and breathe.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

Plans Always Change.

I don't know how good this writing will be considering I haven't been using my brain for the past 2/3 weeks. I've been a complete beach bum and relishing in it.

These two sentences were all I wrote before I was rushed in an ambulance on land and ferry to the hospital in Phuket late last night. I never realized how serious dehydration is until all my motor skills started slowing down and I could no longer remember my home address. My blood pressure was 144/70 and it's normally 90/65. I've been pumped with several liters of electrolytes for almost 24 hours now and am feeling much better, but still pretty tired. A message to all to drink some water and go inside if you are feeling light headed.

Moving on to a brighter topic and a holiday in the states, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I am thankful to have the last week or so in Thailand with the person I started this 8 month long journey with and in the same old Bangkok.

I LOVE YOU ALL!