Lazy Hump Day

Today was a lazy, lazy hump day. Tomorrow is a national holiday here in France so today kind of felt like a Friday. But not one of those happy hour, celebratory Friday's but instead a "get me the hell home" Friday. After busting my butt at work, I pretty much sprinted home to sit here and spend hours on the computer. 

I did try some new Pilates videos, though. I always like trying out something new to keep my motivation going. Followed up my workout with a Tone It Up PBBP smoothie - peanut butter banana protein - that was super delish. The recipe is below :)

Hump Day Munchies - 

Breakfast: Kellogg's Extra Fiber All Bran 

Snack: hot cocoa

Lunch: leftover fajitas and beans with 1 tbsp cheese

Snack 2: blueberry muffin

Dinner: PBBP smoothie

*This is absolutely not recommended as dinner, nor should be a replacement for a meal. I was just sooo not hungry and I don't think you should ever force yourself. 

Okay, let's whip up some protein smoothies!

1/2 frozen banana (I freeze my banana's because I don't have ice, but you can add ice with a fresh banana)

1 scoop protein powder (I use Trader Joe's vanilla)

1 tbsp appx. Bob's Red Mill wheat germ

2 tbsp appx. peanut butter

a splash of milk and/or chocolate soy milk

Blend everything together and enjoy a filling post workout shake!

Workout - 

POP Pilates videos

- Teeny Bikini

Bruised Up Fajita Time

 Friday night I had what the French call a "nuit blanc" aka an all-nighter and it was an absolute blast. The evening started off with a 50's costume party and ended with dancing all night and seeing sunrise at Montmartre. But in between all this goodness, I managed to hurt myself...or my friend managed to hurt me. While swing dancing the evening away, my friend took a little tumbled in her heels which found their way straight on my foot. To my horror, my foot suddenly started to bleed and swell up but there was no way I could start crying and limping around dressed like Sandra Dee at the end of Grease. Plus I didn't want to be a buzzkill for everyone with me. So...I kept dancing...and dancing...and dancing. I woke up Saturday morning afternoon with a seriously swollen foot and bruising everywhere. I could barely walk on it. This majorly killed my plans of going for a long jog that day. Or Sunday. Or Monday. Or today. I was on a roll last week, too! I was so proud of myself. And as they say, "a body in motion stays in motion. A body at rest stays at rest." That couldn't be more true for me this past weekend. Suddenly my janky foot has slowed my motivation. I did squeeze in some pilates and some foam roller ab exercises last night but man, it's just not the same. 

To make myself feel a little stronger on the motivation front, I've been perusing my favorite fitness blogs for healthy eating, since that's pretty much all the control I can have right now. Watching Tone It Up YouTube videos I found a video for fajitas...now, my boyf is Mexican and a seriously good cook, so we know good Mexican food in this house. Buttt, France apparently has a distaste for all things spicy so our ingredients aren't quite available. This fajita video did, however, inspire me to do a little modified, less spicy but still healthy version for dinner tonight. I was planning on taking a photo but ate it all up a bit too quickly! Enjoy!

Today's munchies - 

Breakfast: TIU protein pancakes - SERIOUSLY DELISH

Snack: two ricecakes

Snack 2: bread roll from the boulangerie 

Dinner: fajitas, .5 cup kidney beans, 1 corn tortilla

Snack 3: cherries

- Teeny Bikini

Lady Time

Nothing is more of a buzz kill than lady time - you know, that time of the month. In our house, it's "lady time." It always seems that just when I'm getting going, auntie flow comes to visit and messes me up. This month she is not going to get the best of me! Okay, so I caved last night with a few glasses of wine and some teeny petit-fours (bite sized desserts), but that's not so out of the ordinary for me ;) Thanks to my boyf who kept nagging and nagging at me today to get up and just go for a quick jog, "Teeny Bikini, GET UP NOW and go for a jog!"  I'm glad I listened because it helped kick the cramps for a minute and definitely made me feel better. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream cd always helps, too ;)

Wednesday May 25:

Food -

Breakfast: yogurt cup, apple

Lunch: white bean and tuna salad (cannelli beans, half can tuna, red onions, cucumber, vinaigrette)

Afternoon Snack: two rice cakes with pb and honey, square of Trader Joe's chocolate

Dinner: ground beef patty and side of fries (I didn't eat them all though!)

Dessert: white wine, two bite sized pastries

Fitness - 

30 minute jog

5 minutes stair sprints

TIU Sandcastle workout

Thursday May 26:

Food - 

Breakfast: yogurt cup

Morning Snack: apple

Lunch: spinach ravioli and cheese sauce (ahhh, I couldn't help it! I was in a state of lady time distress!)

Afternoon/Pre-workout Snack: two rice cakes with pb and honey

Dinner: bowl of veggie soup

Fitness -

30 minute jog

TIU arm pyramid

160 ab reps on foam roller

- Teeny Bikini

Motivation Monday

A few things motivating me today: the sun, new tunes, Dailey Method and, of course, bikinis! I got another break today between work and went on a 30 minute run with the boyf. As a former track and cross country superstar, he is the perfect running buddy. He can push me in just the right way to get me going but also knows how to take it easy on a beginning runner like myself. Each time we head out together, he teaches me something new and gives me a new challenge to add to the dish. Today, we hit "some" stairs - he loves stairs, hills and all things I find ridiculously painful and difficult. But of course no amount of girlfriend complaining can get me out of it. In the end, I'm always thankful because these little challenges always make me feel more accomplished afterwards. The challenge today? Next to Sacre-Coeur there is a set of stairs that's about 235+ steps...the goal today was to do intervals up half of the staircase. My lungs literally said "hell no, we're done" 6 steps from finished. But it gave me a new goal to set my sights on. If I can get to the top of those stairs (skipping every other - aka "hard" interval the whole way) without stopping I will be extremely close, if not at, my ideal fit level. So, that said, that is the new goal. I've got to keep the tunes coming and get going! 

Other reasons for motivation? The sun was shining!!! It's gorgeous outside! After running, we decided to take a bike ride around Paris (1.5 hours!). We rode along the Seine and spotted tons of ladies and gents getting their tans on along the banks of the river. Tans always motivate me! Especially tans in cuttte bikinis ;) Lastly, I am so pumped for my new Dailey Method dvd. I've just ordered it and can't be more excited. Dailey Method (or DM) was my absolute favorite workout back in California. I was a religious DMer because it was the first thing I've ever done where I saw and felt results immediately. I couldn't be a bigger supporter. If you've not heard of it, DM is a mix of pilates, ballet barre and yoga that encourages core and spinal strength and health. One word of advice: CHECK. IT. OUT. They just came out with a dvd and since I'm all the way in Paris, I'm thrilled to get some DM back into my life!

Monday Munchies - 

Breakfast: yogurt

Morning Snack: two rice cakes with PB and honey

Lunch: salad with cannelli beans, tuna, red onions and cucumber and balsamic vinaigrette

Afternoon Snack: McDonald's salad no dressing

Dinner: tba

Monday Fitness - 

33 min. jog

leisurely bike ride

- Teeny Bikini

You're Body Never Fails to Remind You

You always know when it's been a while since you've put your body into motion. Of course, you've probably had a mental reminder every now and again, "ooh, I really oughta workout soon..." but what never fails is your body. It tells you. And it tells you with serious soreness. This morning I went for a nice jog (thanks to some cancelled classes, I got to go to work late, aka find some time to workout that didn't involve me waking up at an insane hour) and my legs couldn't be killing me more. Every step I've taken since finishing my jog has been one of pure misery. But, hey. It's ok. It wouldn't hurt like this if I used my legs a bit more!

Friday Foodness - 

Breakfast: banana, strawberries

Lunch: picnic outside of the Louvre involved 1.5 glasses of white wine, salami and cheese sandwich, apple

Dinner: we're going to a restaurant called Chartier and I usually have a small grilled steak and haricot verts but we'll see!

Friday Fitness - 

35 minute jog 

- Teeny Bikini

How Much Is Too Much...

Yogurt? In my quest to maintain a healthier diet I have become a yogurt addict. I love love love some fromage blanc with fruit and dark chocolate chips (just a tablespoon, no more!) but I am starting to wondering if it's okay to eat sooo much yogurt. I pretty much eat yogurt twice or three times a day...I know it could be worse, I could be downing Cool Whip, but hey, I'm just trying to stay focused! Everything in moderation right?

Monday Monday:

Goodness Foodness - 

Breakfast: oatmeal with flaxseed

Lunch: lentils and quinoa (again!)

Afternoon Snack: cashews and apple

Dinner: filet of pollock (white fish), zucchini, steamed rice

Dessert: 1.5 cups (I know!) 0% fromage blanc with dark chocolate chips

For Real, Gotta Up the Fitness -

Not even gonna lie...

Tuesday Tuesday:

Food Sitch -

Breakfast: two rice cakes with peanut butter and honey

Morning Snack: tea and sparkling water

Lunch: lentils and quinoa (last day of leftovers!)

Afternoon Snack: cashews, hot cocoa

Dinner: pork chop and steamed rice

Dessert: two kiwis, square of chocolate with almonds

- Teeny Bikini

Chillin' Out Sunday

Things have been off to a decent start on Operation Hot Bod. I have been working out and eating pretty decent, though admittedly with room for improvement. Thursday kicked off with a good swim (16 laps, 8 breast, 8 freestyle) and then the Tone It Up slimming pyramid. Seriously, the TIU pyramid workouts are fantastic. It wasn't the tempo run or jump rope sesh I had planned, but moving is the point here. And I'm done with beating myself up over it. Thursday eating was pretty good, too. Oatmeal breakfast, as usual, salad for lunch, green beans and grilled fish for dinner. Friday was an AM meeting with the foam roller. If I haven't mentioned my relationship with my foam roller yet, let me break it down. It's a love-hate. No less, no more. Without it, I feel a constant pain (due to a lovely hereditary Scoliosis) and guilt because I know that each time I skip a day (and wear gorgeous shoes that give my heart joy and my back pain), I will regret it. But then, when I do say, yes, foam roller, I'm going to be good today and take you out for a spin (or roll, hehe) it returns the love with some serious pain action. I know, it's "good pain," you know, that pain that's actually not pain but your IT band yelling, "yo, why have you neglected me so long?!" but it still sucks.

Anyways. Friday was a serious foam rolling session followed by the TIU arm pyramid. Food could've been better though...oatmeal as normal, eggplant and chicken for lunch, lentils with quinoa for dinner. Anddd, a delicious strawberry vanilla mousse for dessert. But to be fair, the whole of the mousse was tops 3 oz. so I'm really not going to feel so guilty. Saturday....yesterday was supposed to be the day of the week. But life got hold and errands were a-callin'. Eating was great and finished off the day with a killer uphill 20 minute bike ride. Now, this bike ride was not my attempt at making up for the run. No, I must be honest. It was totally unplanned, but I'm glad it snuck in there. After visiting the boyf at work, I missed the last metro of the night. While everyone else was hailing cabs, I (or should I say my extremely frugal wallet) decided to haul it home via Velib, the bike rental system in Paris. Glad I did though, cause it kicked my ass. 

So here we are on Sunday...

Food?

Breakfast: 2 ricecakes with pb and honey

Lunch: chicken and broccoli stir fry over 3/4 cup steamed rice

Snack: 2 cups (I know) 0% fromage blanc with chocolate chips and strawberries

Dinner: I am in the middle of making some lentils with quinoa

Fitness:

I'm planning on a cardio workout video from Direct8...I'll report in later on how it goes :)

- Teeny Bikini

Teeny Bikini Bares All

Or so that's exactly how I feel. I cannot believe I'm actually posting pictures of myself - like this - online. For other people to see. Without sucking it in. Well...sometimes you've got to take the dive right? So, this is me. I don't have a scale so I'm not sure how much I weight right now, it's usually between 123-126 lbs. But the lovely ladies of Tone It Up say that weight doesn't matter, tone does. And I agree. So, I've taken my measurements and am going to continue to check in on my progress. 

Hips: 87cm

Waist: 74cm

Thighs: 50cm

Love handle mid-belly region (what else do you call that tire under your belly?!): 89cm

Upper arms: 25cm

And of course, my visual inspiration:

Tankini always told me and In-Betweeni that we really can have anything we want. We just have to want it bad enough. I'm finally ready to show myself what I've got.

- Teeny Bikini

May Madness: Operation Hot Bod

In-Betweeni got me to thinking, there has got to be a better way to handle our stress. Everyone has stress, big or small, and it's a killer. Literally. For my sis, it may be the never-ending saga that is our family and her upcoming prom, for me, it's being a host. And living in a country where communication is slim. Our family has always shared the exact same outlet for our stress: eating. Eating like crap. It's not a foreign coping mechanism, we know, but it's our black hole. So...this brings me to my point. I've been saying (for what feels like forever) that I want to get back on track. I'm going to put myself through a little test and I hope that In-Betweeni, Tankini and whoever else is inspired, will join along. I am going to begin OPERATION HOT BOD. A bit of a spin-off of the Tone It Up girl's Bikini Challenge, but it is customized to my needs. Through this I am hoping to find another vice for stress relief, confidence and, of course, my bikini body! 

I always say, "I'll start Monday" or "tomorrow is better, I already ate like crap today" but enough is enough. I'm starting today. Yes, I've already strayed a bit, and no, I didn't do the workout I planned, but today is the day I start holding myself truly accountable. Below you will see my general workout plan (mainly inspired from TIU and my athlete boyf) as well as some pics of where I'm at now to keep me motivated. Here we go!

Are you ready to join Operation Hot Bod?!

- Teeny Bikini

I've been so bad...

Oh god, passed couple of weeks have been the hardest. The stress has been piling up and of course what do I result to? Eating, munching, snacking, and all of the above. But after last weekend where I stepped into my lovely dress for senior ball, I realized that with my eating habits (plus some faults from the pill) I didn't know if I could maintain my weight, epecially with my lack of self control lately. And I was scared that I wouldn't be able to fit in my dress. To branch off that thought I felt horrible, tired, lazy and disgusting, so I figured I probably should get on top of my game. So I put together this new plan of mine where I am eating much healthier, I've cut most carbs and sugar out of my diet, and I do some method of exercise everyday. It's only been my third day, but I'm feeling pretty good!

I've been practically living off of apples, salads, bell peppers with hummas and some chicken, and let me tell you, it's been rough. Things were going good, but I just need more variety. Issue is my dad won't buy different selection of healthy food and I have no means of transportation to the store, only making my whole plan a little more difficult to accomplish. Although, I have been pretty good about my self-control, but this has been the diet lately..

Basically every day this week it's been the same breakfast and lunch

Oatmeal w/either blackberries, strawberries or bananas
Apples
Bell peppers w/Hummus
Celery sticks w/ Peanut butter
Banana's
Mango's
Salad w/ a light dressing, cherry tomatos, and cucumbers

As for dinner it has been the same salad as I had for lunch, or some kind of chicken dish with a vegetable.

In the beginning of the week I started off doing the Kim Kardashian work out video as well as some others on On-Demand. The only thing about using the same work out video daily is their side chatting can get a tad bit annoying, so I've tried to switch it up with the different videos on tv. Sadly, I have been banned from going on my runs, as wells as going up to the gym. It's my dad's rules not mine, why he started them, who knows?

-In-Betweeni

Can't. Get. Up.

Some days doing anything at all feels like I'm moving Mt. Everest. Playing host is an exhausting role and I will forever appreciate the tole it takes. I have been running from work to sightseeing spot back to work and then to family dinner...it sounds lovely, but don't forget, in Paris, this is all on foot. Go figure why I can't muster up the energy for a workout. Today was a good eating day though - it's so much easier to stay strong when you're eating food from home, no restaurant temptations to lure me away from the goal today! I was planning on rewarding myself with a proper at home pedicure but now, at 10:30pm, I can barely keep my eyes open. So here's the deal for today...

Eating sans regret:

Breakfast - Kellogg's All Bran 

Morning Snack - Tone It Up protein bar (the best fill-you-up-on-the-go snack ever!)

Lunch - homemade veggie soup, veggie omelet filled with spinach, bell peppers and mushrooms, 3/4 cup fat free plain yogurt with strawberries and 1tbsp chocolate chips

Dinner - caprese salad (tomatoes, mozzarella and basil), 2 slices smoked salmon and the same yogurt mixture from lunch

Fitness:

Okay, I'm still slacking. But what did I say? I'm exhausted!

- Teeny Bikini

Its Been Rough

It seems that I each morning I start off strong, have a good breakfast, proper snack...but somehow (once I meet up with family, of course) all my hard efforts go into the bin. Yesterday for example, I started off with some foam roller exercises - if you don't own one, you are seriously missing out - and topped it off with a delish bowl of oatmeal. Lunch was easy - I met with my (and In-Betweeni's) aunt for lunch. She is following the Dukan diet and has succeeded tremendously. Though I'm not a huge dieting fan (I know you can tell), eating with my aunt keeps me safely away from the junk food! I munched on a fantastic Thai chicken salad and yogurt with raspberries. But then....ice cream, authentic Italian pizza, wine...I fell into the blackhole of no return!

I started thinking this morning, we started Bonding Over Bikinis as a means to help each other stay motivated and be held accountable toward reaching our goals and I am doing far from that. How is my relentless, undeserved indulgence helping motivate my family? I need to start making a change. Pronto. I did so good for quite some time but with work and school and now visitors, everything I had accomplished has fallen by the wayside. Eating right is in fact not the hardest part of this adventure for me. I can whip up some delish and healthy goodies in no time, it's finding the time to work out - just like everyone else, right? But if I'm going to help my sis get prepared for her bikini, or shall I say prom, body, I better get my act together! Cause she's kickin' my butt right now!

So....the new plan? It's difficult now to start strong as my time is so thinly divided, but I am going to try my absolute best. A rockin', confident bikini body is a girl's dream!

- Teeny Bikini

Hello There Gorgeous

Is it possible, really, to have total self-control? You're thinking, but of course. I'm thinking, no. I think its actually impossible. Yesterday I gave in whole-heartedly and indulged while whole-heartedly full of guilt. I started off the day quite well, but as I got left alone to play tour guide, my passion for the (edible) delights of Paris took over. How could I not share them with our guests? We strolled through the 7th arrondissement, past Musée D'Orsay and through the winding streets of the Latin Quarter and Saint-Michel and landed, by absolute chance of course, at the best Greek gyro shop in all of Paris. Was I supposed to walk by without encouraging them to taste the staple meal of so many Sorbonne students? No way. I stayed remotely good, just picking at a few french fries while everyone else dug straight in to heaping sandwiches of greasy goodness. I stayed strong. Then we meandered over to the Tuileries - the massive gardens in front of the Louvre - and settled comfortably on a bench with a bottle of white wine and comté cheese. I could have been stronger. I didn't need quite so many pieces of cheese or that 3rd glass of wine...but it was so Parisian of me. Next stop: patisserie. Seriously, though? To deprive my guest of the perfect held within a French pastry is actually criminal. They're gorgeous. And you can never buy just one. That's just wrong. 

Tuesday's exhibition of anti-self control:
Breakfast - oatmeal with Trader Joe's vanilla protein powder, Red Mill flaxseed, 1/4 tbsp raw sugar, banana
Morning Snack - Tone It Up protein bar
Lunch - homemade asian salad (recipe below) and handful of french fries
Afternoon Snack - 3 glasses of white wine and a handful of compté
Dinner - 2 glasses of red wine (France is making me look like a drunk), eggplant ratatouille from Tankini, eggplant pesto parmesan, green salad, hand-sized piece of baguette, 3 slices of Tomme de Savoie cheese, 1/2 millefeuille (traditional pastry) and 1/2 strawberry tart.
Post Dinner Snack - 1 glass of white wine at O Chateau 

Exercise:

Does walking for hours around Paris count?

- Teeny Bikini

Those Darn Croissants!

Yeah...I was not so good today as I hoped, but hey! I was proud of myself for getting up in front of school and performing in front of them all that I just had to treat myself! So...I gave in and had a coffee and almond croissant with my lovely friend. Then to make matters worse, dinner wasn't much better, and exercise...yeah..

Brekkie

1/2 c. Oatmeal w/ blackberries

Green Drink

Snack

1/3 c. Almonds

Blueberry Yogurt

Lunch

Peanut butter & Jelly

Orange

Dinner

2 Slices of pizza...

Exercise

Uhm...none for today.

Not one of my best days,

In-Betweeni

Oh boy here we go...

Oh jeez, sadly this insane craving for amazingly tasty (but not at all good for you) food particles digesting in our tummy's runs in the family...but hey hey i'd like to see you try and go without a croissant or better yet a godly piece of wonder: CHOCOLATE. It's definitely difficult having to sit at Starbucks every day after school because I get picked up late and oh, what do I see sitting ever so lovely behind a glass frame? Food! But, I am proud to say that I somehow remain seated for an hour until I leave hell. I've also been eating slightly better and actually exercising. Whoo way to go me! So now it's goodbye nourriture and hello healthy protein drinks, cardboard food, and gym!

Wednesday:

Brekkie:

1 scoop of Green Healthy Drink (Yum Yum, Healthy Healthy...)

1/2 c. Oatmeal w/ Blackberries

Brunch:

Pumpkin Spice Bar

Lunch:

Classic Peanut Butter & Jelly

Green Apple

Home Snack:

Spiru-tein high protein powder (some good protein drink according to papa's lady. Hmmm...) 

Din Din:
Half of a burrito 

Work Out Time:

20 minutes of jogging

10 Reps of Seated Row x 4

7 Chest Press x 3

10 Reps of working out triceps x 4

10 Reps of working the obliques x 8

10 Reps of Crunches x 5

30 Seconds of plank on all three sides

Pshhh Teeny, and you thought I had no self control...sheesh.

- In-Betweeni

Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em

As I have previously professed, I am a lover of food and family. The past six months in France have highlighted the turbulent love affair I have with food, the love/hate/love/hate more passion. I have just started to "normalize" my eating habits (aka: taking a different route home as to avoid the delicious smell of fresh baked bread from the boulangerie) but am no doubt about to take a turn in the wrong direction. My boyfriend's parents are here to visit for a month and will no doubt want to indulge in the delicacies of the city - how do I just sit and watch? In the 5 hours his father has been in this town, I have completely let go of all my self-control (as if I had any to begin with). But family is family and you've got to do what makes them happy, right? Even if it means a few buttered pastries....

Tuesday's business:


Fitness:
Because of some strange back sprain, I only could do arm work laying down (weird, right?)
20 minutes of: skull crushers (tricep work laying down), fly (on the floor and on the edge of the bed for ab control) and foam roller toe touches.


Food:
Breakfast - raspberry, banana, pineapple smoothie
Morning Snack - Tone It Up protein bar
Lunch - salmon and 1 cup white rice
Dinner - eggplant ratatouille (delish recipe from Tankini), grilled chicken breast
Evening Snack - 1 bowl Kellogg's All Bran cereal


Today's total derailment:


Fitness:
Hasn't happened yet but planning on doing this Tone It Up Itty Bitty Bikini workout


The trouble maker:
Breakfast - Activia mango yogurt
Breakfast 2 - hot cocoa, buttered croissant
Lunch - went to one of my favorite cafés in Paris, Café La Fusée, and devoured veggie soup, half a tartine (bread with melted cheese and chives), green salad, 1/2 mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwich, 1 slice baguette and a handful of finely sliced salami.
Afternoon Snack (because for some reason I felt compelled to keep eating...) - a few pieces of white cheddar cheese, camembert, Tone It Up protein bar.
Dinner - grilled chicken breast, leftover ratatouille
Evening Snack - Activia mango yogurt, kiwi

Wish me luck in (trying really hard) keeping it together!

- Teeny Bikini

First Check-In

Saturday was when all this feel-good motivation came blaring out of me like some frat party on college game day. The sun was shining and I had just signed up for a women's only beginners running group through Bois de Boulogne. I have "run" all of 5 times in my life but as gyms in Paris are outrageously expensive, nothing sounds better than "cheap fitness." Waking up a bit too late - the group takes off at 8am! - I missed the group but decided I better just jog it alone since I was already there. After 50 minutes of jogging (a record first, might I add!) I was feeling on top of the world. The day continued on equally fantastic as I indulged in the first truly warm day of the season.

Just workin' on my fitness:

50 minutes of jogging

40 lunges

30 second plank x 2

20 push ups x 2

20 tricep dips x 2

And food, too:

Breakfast: raspberry, pineapple, banana smoothie

Post-workout: Tone It Up peanut butter banana protein smoothie

Lunch: quiche and green salad

Afternoon snack: 2 glasses of red wine (okay, okay, I know...) and 1 scoop pumpkin spice ice cream (ugh, I LOVE food ok?)

Dinner: homemade vegetable soup and Activia Kiwi yogurt

Today wasn't quite so successful....

Fergalicious fitness:

zero.

The eats:

Breakfast: oatmeal with flaxseed and raisins

Lunch: tabouli and tomato basil soup

Snack: Tone It Up protein bars and 3 oz. mocha

Snack 2: baguette

Dinner: 3 oz. grilled beef, 1.5 cups potatoes, Activia yogurt

- Teeny Bikini

The Start of Something New

The first post always starts off a bit rough, right? Good. I'm Teeny Bikini and I've got a confession to make - I am in love with my family and (equally?) in love with food. Thousands of miles away from my mom, sisters and brothers, I often find myself drowning my sorrows in one of Paris's many patisseries. The chocolate cake or eclair usually does the trick....until, it doesn't. And remorse sets in. And it ends even worse than it started. Which brings me to my point, why I am here. Together with my fantastic, hold-it-all-together mother and creative, free-flowing sis, I'm here to share my successes (and foreseen slip-ups) in the adventure to living a healthier, happier life. So following along for good fun we share each step of the way!

- Teeny Bikini