So today was pretty fast and busy (maybe also do in part that I woke up about an hour later than usual) so I needed a good running start, and like I said, I’ve been getting into a Kashi kick, and I am liking it~

This morning I had two of their GO LEAN blueberry waffles (I over toasted them, but the waffles them selfs were great) topped with butter spray and cinnamon, Oikos plain yogurt mixed with a scoop of whey protein powder (vanilla) & ground cinnamon, and of course a hot cup of herbal tea. It was a very nice filling breakfast to wake up to~ And since I got my blueberry fix I wasn’t tempted at all making them some large blueberry and crumble muffins witch they adored, and I munched on an apple for snack.

Then not-so-shortly afterwards my Dad dropped my sister Niki and I off at the YMCA, while he went to go pick up his suits, and I tried these new to me things called “sport beans”, by Jelly Belly, supposedly like an energy drink kind of thing in Jelly Bean form? Well I read more of the package as I was waiting to be picked up when I was finished and your suppose to eat a pack like before during AND after… which I guess would be worth it for a triathlon etc runner but not for my purposes and I quiet honestly didn’t feel much different (I excepted as much of course, but they were still as good as any other Jelly Bean lol).

When I got back I wasn’t really hungry at all even though it was about two, so I knew that wasn’t good because I was a tad hungry in the middle of my work out (well, thats kind of weird for me too) So I made something absolutely YUM YUM YUM YUMMY and protein packed for my after work out meal!

I have had this salad idea in mind for awhile but haven’t gotten around to actually making it but today I finally did, and it was fantastic (I’ll put up the recipe, on the recipe page~)  Packed with protein from the Boca Chili and chicken, then fiber from the home-made low carb tortilla strips, and baby greens made this salad very filling for an extra half hour longer work out ^^ (Plus a short bike ride later, in which I had a frozen vitatop afterward)

My day was a bit too busy to blog more on that point (AKA my cell phone died when we went out to fire wok)

Anyways once it is revived I will put up a pick of my new hair cut! (Wait, may be awhile since… I AM GOING TO DISNEY TOMORROW WOO!)

Well as I said before, I have been falling in love with the Kashi products, something about them, I just like a lot. So this morning I had the GO LEAN Vanilla Creme Oatmeal, with some of their cereal and frozen blueberries~ (which I will be packing with me to take to Disney, who wants to waste time in the morning? I’d rather jump on some rides while Mom’s and Dad’s are trying to get their kid’s dressed and eat their breakfast with mickey. I have done that, time to enjoy the humor of it ha-ha)

Ah, then of course I cleaned and made breakfast for the family: Maple Bacon & Sausage Links, Pillsbury Baby Pancakes, Bacon Grease Scrambled Eggs, and Sliced Banana’s and Strawberries. Cleaned that up, and had some more frozen blueberries and a blue bran vita top (frozen, almost needless to say) and started packing up for Disney~ I only got so far because my Mom needs to help me out and she was sleeping (in case you don’t know my Mom is a night-shift Pediatric ER Nurse). So once I realized it was still fairly early and my sister’s already fixed them-selfs some ravioli (GASP, they just might be able to survive without me! Lol.) I decided to go on a bike ride because my Dad couldn’t take me to the Gym yet since he was filling out resumes. Like I said, great idea, loved it~ 

When I got back I was excited to try the other flavor of Tilapia Fillets I got (Lemon Butter) and had them with baby butter lettuce sprinkled with sea salt and pepper since we ran out of salad dressing (Pooh!)  It was great, but I actually liked the previous ones a little more, although I think the best way to go about eating either one is one of each flavor, now that would do it for me! And after that I had a chocolate fig vita top as a dessert.

I mean, it’s summer, I’m not even 16 yet and I make a to do list ever since I was ten XD

I think it’s kind of sad though that I find this the most relaxing part of my day (blogging into open space) 

Ah well, to each her weird pleasure huh? Now on to my day… I believe I woke up around seven, but it felt earlier, and had a very refreshing breakfast. Cottage Cheese, Blueberries, Kashi GOLEAN Cereal, Sugar-free Maple Syrup, & Cinnamon mix. Ah, and a comforting cup of blueberry tea~ Then… I made the family (in case you haven’t noticed, they don’t give a damn about any kind of healthy eating etc. at all, they’ve admitted, and god knows I’ve tried to encourage it and sneak it for them when I can…) some Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits, sliced strawberries w/ stevia, and regular sausage patties set out with maple syrup, butter, and jam. Okay so it’s not that bad today huh?

Then right after I took a shower and cleaned up the kitchen I went to the gym for about an hour, having a golden corn vita top right before I went since it had been a little while since breakfast. Then heading home for lunch, thankfully, just for me since my mom and sister’s went out shopping and my Dad just wanted a fluffer nutter (easy enough XD ). Lunch was, so quick and easy yet DELICIOUS! I had both of the Gordon’s Fisherman Grilled Signature Tilapia and the Green Giant Asian Veggie Medley Steamer. And of course a chocolate mint vita top, VERY satisfying lunch! 

Don’t worry, right after lunch I hopped in the shower again for a sec to wash up after the gym, but then had to get out of the house an hour later (just enough time to make a packing check list and grocery list) for people to come see the house. I didn’t want to come home starved (which I seem to often do when I leave around 2-3 and come back at 7-9) I decided to grab a chewy Kashi Honey Almond and Flax Granola Bar. YUM! Worked wonders, I felt great all the time we were out and while fixing dinner when I got home! 

It felt like we went all over the place! First we went to walgreen’s to drop of my sister’s prescriptions for re-fill, went to super target to look for The Office Season 4 (they didn’t) although I did get “My Life in Paris” by Julia Child since I finished reading The Julie/Julia project and thought I needed a read for the plane ride anyways, off to the next target (to get The Office, which we did) and wipes for my grandmother, drop off the wipes, then go to HEB PLUS (grocery store) and shop for a few things to make with some things we already have at home/ to complete meals etc. some things that are easy and my sisters like that my Dad can make them while me and my mom are gone (like Ravioli, Spaghetti Os, MAc n’ Cheese, Waffles, Frozen Stouffer Dinners etc.) and a couple goodies for myself, like some Kashi oatmeal I want to try and some more of that Gordon Tilapia (but this time I got the garlic butter, gonna try both things tomorrow ^^ , hopefully!)… then BACK to Walgreens to pick up the prescription and to rent “The Passenger” at the Red Box, I actually found a cute little air pop popcorn popper there for ten bucks ^^ .

Dinner was the family’s sure fire favorite spaghetti, fresh HEB bakery french bread, and hand fresh Cesar salad, and strawberry kool-aid. I had a Italian style Tyson Chicken Caesar Salad w/ parmesan cheese and light caesar dressing, and a Chocolate Fig Vita Top for dessert, I can’t put my finger on it exactly but there was something about this flavor I just loved, and completed my dinner/ day nicely. Go figure. Wish I had more than one left ha-ha.

After finishing cleaning up dinner, I started to bake a German Chocolate Cake (Dad’s Favorite Dessert/ or cake anyways) and while it was baking, made some popcorn with the new popcorn maker as a late night snack for all of us to share, with just a couple sprays of “I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter”. I ‘Can’t Believe’ my sister’s actually loved this stuff, I hardly got more than a handful ha-ha! Yay, *writes down a snack sisters like other than french fries and/or chips and dip* plus it makes the house smell nice.

See what I mean by a long day? And I only touched the basics, you should see my never completed to do list, phew, but again like I said, not a bad day, just long. Sadly not exciting or extremely eventful but of course I felt better since I got to go to the gym, I always do ^^ (Oh! I also am gonna get my hair dyed back to brown)

Ah, sunday the day of rest… as if XD More like waiting.

Although we didn’t have to go to the early church service this morning I still woke up at about six thirty, tried to go back to  bed, but gave up after fifteen minutes. Oh well… I was able to clean up the kitchen, get dressed and cleaned, fixed up, nails painted, and have breakfast all before everyone else even woke up XP 

So this morning I decided to try my new cereal, Kashi GOLEAN, with 1/2 cup of Light Soy milk and a Gala Apple. My verdict: GREAT, nice and crunchy even after the milk ^^ Which I love! I of course had it with a dash of sugar and cinnamon but hey, I do that with almost all my breakfast food! This cereal was wonderful, it kept my full and energized through the long busy morning! Although I decided to have some light yogurt right before we left (Around 9:20) because I didn’t want to feel completely starved by the time we got to having lunch (GOOD THING I DID TOO! We had to wait forever at Olive Garden, and didn’t get seated till about two…). 

Lunch was yummy, as I excepted, I always enjoy their Apricot Chicken. I got a lovely lunch portion but only got through 2/3 of the chicken and veggies, my appetite was probably shot, of well my Dad finished it off O.o even though he got the Tour of Italy! Anyways, it was still good~ And when I got home about an hour later I opted to have another Frozen Chocolate Mint Vita top, which either was less minty than the others (milder anyways) or I am just getting used to it ha-ha, really hit the spot! 

After we took a quick rest at the house (Aka, get changed and watched an episode of the office) me, my sister JEsi, and my Dad headed out to the mall to go to the Disney store to get my Mom a shirt, since the one we got her was too small (but I get to keep it as a PJ shirt lol). Then to the Super Target to get a gallon of milk and other things. While my Dad checked out my sis’ got a pretzel and I got some sort of sparkling green tea called Envigo at the cafe section, it was alright, don’t worry, I don’t believe the whole calorie burner part, but it sure was yummy ^.- ! 

It was about six thirty when we got home and I fixed everyone Pizza bagels ^^

I had my Pizza Bagel on a low-carb pizza bagel with my favorite Diet Soda (A&W Root Beer, I gotta get my sinful diet coke every once in a while XD ), even though theirs were one Mini Whole Wheat Ones since they like the mininess of it ha-ha. (I’ll put up the recipe in on the recipe page, even though it’s pretty simple ^^)

Overall it wasn’t such a bad day I guess, even though my sister’s are getting worse and worse with their bickering *sigh* , poor Dad…. 

Still, can’t wait to hit the gym tomorrow though, I love yet hate sundays because I don’t have to go, but that’s also why I hate them ha-ha! (Btw ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS TILL DISNEY WOOOOO!!!)

Ehhh, today was so slow and cravingly. Despite the fact I woke up a bit later and had what I thought to be my more filling breakfasts (I think most of my snacking today goes to boredom T.T )

So ya, I got up around 8:20 today  (I usually wake up at about 6:30-7:20) and had an egg white and cheddar cheese omelet with ketchup, two strips of turkey bacon (nuked in microwave today XP ), and two pieces of light, high fiber toast and two teaspoons of margarine. Simple actually, but good. And I also got to make my sisters and one of their friends french toast with the french toast bread from hill country fair I found at

H-E-B, along with some sausage and cut up strawberries w/ sugar, which she loved the most. (I don’t think I was ever really “hungry” at all today, it was probably boredom I got confused with hunger etc.)

And an apple for a mid morning snack. Then, lunch was actually YUMMY ^^ because I tried the banana nut vita top for the first time, well two actually ^^; (you guessed it, I had them frozen) and a banana, and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and about two tablespoons of fiber one and cinnamon. Then I was off to the gym!

When I got back from the gym I decided to have a pack of tuna for a protein kick, then boredom struck and I ate two chocolate vitalicious product in a row around 2:30 (Mint and brownie) despite probably still being full from my previous snack *sigh* PS, I can’t believe all of the vitatops actually managed to fit into that one freezer drawer he-he.

Still we went to Double Dave’s and I let myself get a little something at the salad bar and then had a slice of their dessert pizza (because it IS amazing and I worked hard at the gym today, plus I need to learn to let my self indulge every now and then ^^; , I think it’s a big step from last time I went there and cried because I took a sip of regular coke!) PLUS I won three stuffed animals out of the crane machine with just the quarters in my wallet (Maybe two and a half dollars worth)

And last but not least we went to super target while my Dad was forced to buy new suites for job interviews (poor man, he hates spending money on himself, clothes wise, he feels weird) and I got some stuff for me and hopefully some things my sisters will enjoy (Good lord knows I try XP )

Woo! Today actually wasn’t supremely terrible today, nor all that boring ^^

My second oldest sister Nikki went with her friends to six flags fiesta Texas to see Michael Mueso in concert there (I am not big a fan but yay for them, they were real pumped. I think they stayed at the park all day since she got picked up at like eight).

Meanwhile… I went to a place nearby, that is still relatively new called “The Painted Plate”, guess what I did there, go ahead, guess XD Yup! I painted a special plate for my Mother as a thank you for going out of her way to take my to Disney world for my 16th birthday, I think the design was quiet fitting, no? 

(By the way, I drew the characters myself! I only used stencils etc, for the letters and the big leaf ha-ha. I think it turned out better/cuter than I expected ^^) They had other things to paint too, of course. Like my sisters (the two youngest came along) and Jesi painted a ice cream cone mold, and Dani, a Monkey. Sadly I didn’t snatch a pic of them so I’ll have to wait till wednesday to post some pics (they have to put them in the burner etc.)

Plus I tried on my new eeyore T-shirt I got from the Disney store along with a plush. 

Now on to the meals *munch munch*

By the way the Vitalicious package came today! I tried them through out the day (I got the new mint ones and the sampler) I first tried the PB chunk one, the only one I tried only this one heated (My verdict: Frozen is better, BY FAR, for vita tops), it was very similar to the original with a tiny tiny bit of PB chips, hmm, for the amount of chocolate chips I get with the original I think I still prefer it, hmm, maybe I’ll try it frozen later. Then I tried the new Mint one, witch people keep saying the first batch was TOO minty… I could have or have not gotten some of them… I am not that picky so I couldn’t tell? It WAS minty for sure but when I savored it, it reminded me of a girl scout cookie so I was fine lol XP Then last but not least I had one of the brownies, which I’ve had a while ago but not before I started eating um’ frozen. It was HEAVENLY frozen ^_^ So now I am debating witch was better, the mint or the brownie. Guess it depends on what your in the mood for.

As for breakfast… I had a sot Quorn chicken cutlet in a whole wheat la tortilla factory low carb wrap (is it just me or is that a mouthful? No pun intended.) w/ a garlic and herb laughing cow cheese wedge, green tea, baby carrots, and an apple (not shown). Oh, I think the swiss cheese wedge would’ve been better, it lets the taste of the Quorn cutlet (which I actually like) shine through better/doesn’t over power it. 

For snack I had a container of 2% Cottage Cheese and the PB Vita Top.

Lunch was after painting going to “Paint a Plate” and it was very filling and very yummy! Two Orange Roughly Fillets rubbed with chili powder and  H-E-B’s medium Pico De Gallo. YUM. But I couldn’t resist trying the new Mint Vita Top afterwords, tee-he curiosity killed the cat. But all that kept me full through my work out and grocery shopping to make my family chili and hot dogs for dinner. (I just had a plain old chicken caesar salad that I made for myself, then, of course, the Vita Brownie).

Over all though, it was a pretty good day~ Still pumped for Disney though ^^

But! As the title may suggest, we gave up looking for my old cell phone (May you RIP Mr. Instinct) and while my Mom and two other sisters Niki & Dani took a spontaneous two day trip to the beach, my Dad, Jesi, and I all went to get me a new phone: a Blue SAMSUNG Exclaim, I actually quiet like it. Which was followed by a night of bowling, crane game winning, and Alamo Cafe! (Plus SLEEP, interesting how having half the family gone makes the house so nice and quiet) 

Thankfully, with my new phone I will be able to ( for one actually become social with my friends again, GASP) just send my pics of my meals straight to my computer! So I won’t have to remember to go get a freaking camera each time, witch (next GASP) will able me to really do this whole food journal thing (Probably).

Sadly, I only got a couple shots of my last two breakfasts since, well, everything else wasn’t all that exciting and it didn’t occur to me…. With planning for Disney and all ^^; (WOOT we got tickets ready and everything, it’s actually going to happen!!!)

I’ll start posting pics soon!

Why? Well for many reasons but mainly: I love the concept and I love reading others and always collecting new recipes, and meal ideas from others. So I decided it might be fun to join in on the fun~

My name is Sam, or Sami if you prefer. I am a sixteen year old girl who loves cooking, color guard, art, music, exercise, design, dance, and much more. I am the eldest in my family and have three younger sibling (all girls/sisters). Since the 5th grade I have managed to go from being a 5’4 145  pound kid to sixteen 5’8 and 110 pound young women, and my goal is to stay there! And share my ideas on food, cooking, etc here while I try to balance my, to be perfectly honest, insane family and roller coaster life, and hopefully meet a few nice people along the way ^^