They always seem to say something that resonates with me at the end of the class when I’m chillin’ in savasana.
Upright Savasana - Hi!!!
I headed over to yoga after warming up my legs a bit on the elliptical. I slipped off my shoes and got into the groove of the class very quickly. My body really needed the stretch from today’s class.
Before the class was dismissed, our yoga instructor imparted these wise words on our group:
“Everyday is a new opportunity to make new decisions.”
I think this statement is a powerful one and can give people renewed hope at the beginning of each day.
Maybe you said something hurtful to someone you cared about yesterday. Well, today you get a chance to rectify that situation and be kind and caring.
Maybe you ate 17 cookies yesterday (Hey, I’ve done it). Well, today you can hop back on the healthy living train.
Sometimes it’s easy for us to get caught up in bad decisions or unhealthy choices we make. Rather than beat yourself up over it, take the opportunity to change the situation at hand beginning with each new sunrise.
Go in peace, my friends. 😉
Breakfast
Okay, don’t go just yet!
We still have breakfast to cover!
Today’s meal was a pumpkiny mixture of protein goodness.
The Goods
Hmm… What to call it?
Pumpkin Protein Cheesecake Bowl!
To make this pumpkin cheesecakey thang, I combined the following using my fantastic new immersion blender (Thanks Aunt Barbara & Uncle Randall!):
- 1/2 c. 1% Friendship no salt added cottage cheese (regular cottage cheese will work too)
- 1/2 c. canned pumpkin
- 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 scoop All the Whey cup cake batter protein powder (you can use vanilla protein powder or omit this altogether)
- Splash of milk
- Dash of nutmeg
Thick 'n' Pumpkiny
Get in Close for the Good Stuff!
This mix was deeeelish and protein packed (more than 36 grams!).
Pumpkin Cheesecake Protein Bowl
This one will be made again soon, I assure you!
I also enjoyed a tumbler full of Barnie’s pumpkin spice coffee from my gym.
Guess what? I matched my tumbler yet again.
Too Matchy Matchy?
This is getting a little ridiculous.
And with that, it’s time to work!
Don’t forget to make this day a day full of new, positive decisions! 😀
Question of the Morning
What is one positive thing about your day today?
I’ll go first: I enjoyed a walk with a super-energetic dog who shows me everyday how happy we should feel to just be alive.
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I made some rock star biscotti. However, I’m always a little nervous to bring food to work because not everyone’s pallet is the same. But my co-workers tried them and loved them! It always makes me smile to make other people smile! Have a great day!!
At 2:10pm I will print the boarding pass that will fly me home to my family tomorrow!
#2, Jordan: That’s wonderful! Have a great time! 🙂
That quote is amazing, I love it and what a wonderful way to start your Thursday! 🙂 Which reminds me…it’s almost FRIDAY! 😀
My mom is coming to visit which I’m really excited about
I have to admit, I have not been having a good day. In addition to the terrible weather and delayed trains, I literally put on two different pairs of boots this morning and didn’t realize until I got to my train (how is this possible, you ask? I don’t really have an answer to that…). Anyhow, I’m super thankful for my amazing husband who is sweet, thoughtful, caring and willing to traipse to the train in the rain with one of his wife’s boots under his arm!
I’m making a new recipe! 🙂
http://www.minimalrecipes.com/recipes/oven-baked-bacon-pasta-0
I get to see some friends from back home. They are coming for a lunch visit. Yes!
Love that quote, do you mind if I ‘borrow’ it for my FB status?! 😀
The matchy matchy is super cute!
no go ahead! it’s a goodie! 😀
I’m taking 2 dance classes tonight – my favorite kind of exercise!
I have been trying to lose weight since July, and told myself I would get below 140 before our 1 year anniversary trip to Costa Rica at the beginning of Sept. I gave myself an extra incentive that if I got below 140 and stayed there for a week (I need it to STICK), I could get a massage. I didn’t make it below 140 for our trip, but today I weighed and was 139! I try not to focus on weight, but I actually have felt healthier and slimmer lately and the scale proved it. Hopefully this time next week I’ll be getting a massage! (PS: have been eating your greek yogurt breakfast bowls with peaches and a small amount of cereal and find they keep me much more full than my normal bowl of cereal. So thanks!!)
congrats!!!
How funny! I ate three large plates of my boyfriends spaghetti bake for dinner last night and wasn’t even full afterwards! Before, I’d have felt guilty, but not last night! So today I started my morning with a refreshing green monster! And I also wore my new turquoise sweater that I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on. 🙂
I usually sleep in on Thursdays, anticipating that I’ll do an extra workout on the weekend, but that never happens so I end up getting in only 4 workouts a week.
Today I decided to haul my butt out of bed get it to spin class. I really enjoyed it and I feel great!
Now I can workout 5 days a week and take the entire weekend off if I want to (or do something more relaxing or fun on one of the days).
Woo Hoo! I’m loving the cottage cheese and pumpkin recipe, thanks for sharing…lol, I have a whole can of pumpkin to finish off.
One positive thing about my d is that my workout is completed for the day!
Thanks for sharing the wisdom, the awesome recipe and your adorable matchy-matchyness.
Never apologize for it…..cheap thrills right?
I always get a secret thrill when I match things so I live vicariously through you sometimes. (0:
I wonder how much protein you get in a day? You seem like the picture of health and I am trying to figure out what I should aim for
~Missy
~Missy
i’ve heard anything from 1 gram per lb. of bodyweight to 0.8 grams per pound. i think it varies from person to person. i don’t monitor it closely, but i do try to have protein in every meal. i think i’m much closer to the 0.8 grams/lb. of body weight.
After a four day vacation, I got out of bed right when my alarm went off and did a 1.5 mile run. I’m keeping on track with my Couch to 5K program, and that feels wonderful!
I needed that quote today..thank you 😉 I ate too much Indian food last night and feel guilty. Boo.
And is it weird that when you named your pumpkin breakfast, I totally thought you wrote Pumpkin PORN cheesecake..hahaha!
I am already feeling better than I did yesterday. So I’m going to count that as a great thing! Hopefully I will get my blood work back soon so I can stop feeling so awful!
this was totally what i needed to read today. i’ve been so stressed out over the situation with my Papa being sick that i caught myself emotional eating last night and got really upset. but today is a new day. stuff happens, but i can move on. so glad you posted that quote!
1 positive thing about my day so far today?
Well there’s this little 5 y/o named Jack who had cancer. My fiance and I ran a 10K in May in his honour – the race raised over $1,000,000 all for a camp especially for kids with cancer (the camp is free to the families and also runs in the childrens hospital in Toronto).
Today we got great news. Jack has just been given the clear and he is now cancer free! 🙂 great news!
that’s awesome!
Julie… your outfits are always so adorable.. even that little pinkish orange number you have on today that i can barely see looks cute! where do you shop?
thanks! 🙂
Thanks, Emily! I buy a lot of my clothes from Banana Repblic & J.Crew Outlets, Marshall’s & TJMaxx. I buy a lot of my fancier dresses and designers jeans from RueLaLa.com.
I went to my school’s running club this morning without knowing anyone and made some new friends while running 🙂
Have a great day!!
I’ll turn something negative into something positive. I have a test in my Chemistry class today. Instead of looking at it as a bad thing, I’ll say that I’m lucky to have the chance to go to university and have the chance to get a good education.
The highlight of my Thursdays is the fact that it’s almost Friday. Lame-o, yes. But so true.
Cute top!! I love that salmony pink color!
thanks!
Ummm, I got paid?
I’ve joined a gym! And it was a great session, for the first time
I have a wonderful husband and two beautiful kids. 🙂
I just started following you this week and am so glad I did! Love this post. I’ve had a rough couple weeks but things are starting to get better, and that’s a perfect quote to put things into perspective.
Good things about my day: I have a dinner date with one of my best friends tonight, and I’m breaking in gorgeous shoes for my sister’s wedding next weekend!
i’m so glad you did, too! 😀
Love your shirt!
Positive things about today: Free Coldstone ice cream, job interviews, and sleeping in my workout clothes (makes morning workouts sooo much easier for me)!
That pumpkin cheesecake looks so good! I wish I could have that protein powder you use thats cake batter. It has artifical sweeteners that I am allergic too! I am dying to try it! THe name makes it sound so good!
the pumpkin cheescake looks delicous!..were did you find your cake batter protein powder? i would love to try it!
online at netrition.com.
I love that saying that your yoga instructor said this morning…I can see how it was a great way to start your day. Your breakfast concoction looks so delicious!!
It is thursday. It is fall. It is sunny outside. And I am making cookies tonight! Thanks for making me look on the bright side of things.
A friend got a new job, so I spent the morning baking her granola, granola bars, and my own version of scotcharoos (I used a layer of rice krispie treats, layer of heath bar milk chocolate toffee and a layer of peanut butter). I sampled 2 mini bites and moved on to eat a healthy lunch of tuna =)
I was able to get in some speed work this morning. And I get to go visit my boyfriend!!
woohoo!!!
I’m not working tomorrow, so I don’t have to make a lunch tonight. Sounds trivial, but it allows more relaxation time!
I realized this morning that I’ve lost weight. I put on and ZIPPED UP a pair of capri’s that haven’t fit me in months. YAY!! (They are still a little tight but I’m wearing them anyway:) )
CONGRATS!
Yummy! Can’t wait to “copy” your recipe. Looks delicious!!
By the way…cute outfits!
I always end up randomly matching and it’s a little embarassing sometimes! The other day I wore a purple shirt to school, andddd I had a purple water bottle and lunchbox!! lol Totally accidental.
My husband got an award/bonus at work today! Very positive thing!
Great post!
It’s one of my good friend at works birthday so I brought in cookies and cupcakes. Positive and well received by all. 🙂
my puppy–who was naughty naughty naughty yesterday—is sleeping peacefully on my lap.
looove your top!! where did you get it?
thank you! marshall’s for $15.
I had a killer lower body workout today and got a new client at the salon. Yippee!!
Where did you get your pink dress from? Its cute!
it got it from marshall’s a couple of day ago. only $15! 🙂
Thank you for this post! I needed it…school work is becoming overwhelming and your post allowed me to take a moment to be thankful for all that I have and know that it’s ok to put myself first! 🙂
My husband came and had lunch with me at work. 🙂
I made cupcakes for my co-workers birthday. And I also decided that I won’t give up on a student I’ve been working with who doesn’t want my help. Too bad for him I’m not a quitter 🙂