Massage For The Cure

Today has been the most hectic relaxing day of my life!! Haha what an oxymoron! I popped up at 6:45 am pretty awake (I won’t go as far as saying wide awake). I had a TJ’s Berry Mango Muffin slathered in almond butter and an iced coffee to drink in class.

I really wasn’t hungry at all and getting this in my tum tum was all I had time for. As a result of eating too little, boy did I have the JITTERS all morning!!

Jitters=awful putting performance! Today was the final day of our putting contest in Golf class. Sadly, my partner (the instructor, ha! I’m so lame) and I didn’t win .

Afterwards, I came back to the apartment to finish up my Kefir post and made a Kefir-mazing Grass Monster:

In the mix:

-1/4 cup kefir (which Katiemoo and Lauren both informed me is pronounced keh-fear, hey bro you were right!)

-1/2 cup TJ’s Greek Yogurt

-1/2 banana

-1/2 packet of Berry Amazing Grass (see below)

-1 cup frozen spinach

-1/4 cup pomegranate juice

I like putting in a little bit of many different ingredients if you haven’t noticed!

I used to drink these guys (and wheat grass too) before they appeared in the blogosphere and then for some reason stopped. I like them in my smoothies in small doses! I’ve never tried it straight w/ water though–Good Idea?? Yes? No? Maybe so?

I had a crunchy lunchy today. I ate these as a full sandwich but I wanted to show you the insides first. Good thing I took this photo because when I went to flip the sammy on the pan, some of it came tumbling down!!! I need want a George Foreman grill!!!

Cucumbers, avocado, goat cheese, smoked salmon and broccoli slaw….whew! Say that 5 times fast

Post-operation and toasting i.e. desperately piecing all the ingredients back together.

One more photo for good luck…

I opted for a new bread–not cinnamon raisin Ezekiel–this time. Instead, I branched out and got this loafer. Sprouted Flourless Whole Wheat Berry Bread--try saying that 5 times fast too!! 2g of fiber and 5g of protein PER slice, cha ching!!

THEN…DUN DUN DUN….I got a massage!!! My sorority’s philanthopy is Breast Cancer Education and Awareness so we were informed of this amazing deal a few weeks ago–$35 for 1 hour!!! The event was just for today. $10 from each massage today will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. They are hoping to raise $500,000.

The. Lady. Obliterated. My. Back. And. It. Was. Amazing. She warned me that she tends to massage verrrrrry deeply….it was just what I wanted and needed though! She said what she did on me wasn’t even comparable to the deep tissue she performs on her other clients. O. M. Gaaaahhhh!!! With some of her clients she walks on their back (the deepest)!!!!! WALKS!

Apparently I have looooads of tension/knots in my ENTIRE back and up around my traps and neck. This is probably due to a combination of me bottling my stress there, my horrid posture, and neglecting my upper body when I stretch! I usually only stretch my legs and hips.

I wish you could have seen me squelch and mouth curse words while my face was in that hole-pillow. Then she flimzied my wrists and they cracked in multiple places…she said that was NOT good. She could tell that I regularly spend a lot of time on the computer or more like .

-She suggested I stretch a do yoga. She also said to pull rolled towels underneath my wrists when typing.

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Massage Envy is conveniently located in the same shopping center as Trader Joe’s….hehehehehehe. My friend, who also got a massage, wanted to go!!! I SWEAR! I mostly got produce and kefir. Oh and some surprises I’ll show you later.

One of my assignments for Health, Fitness, and Wellness was to take a yoga or pilates class on campus. I have been meaning to take the Tuesday night Ashtanga Yoga class because it is taught by instructors that teach at a local yoga studio (not students). So I went! I figured I would wake up in the morning totally unable to MOVE so it was now or never.

It was pretty good! I liked it enough that I’ll probably go back again. The lady was very instructional, which I like because I want to know when I’m doing something wrong or how to better my form. I also like learning about yoga in general. Probably the main reason why I like Dave Farmar podcasts. And Caroline was there too!

I hope I didn’t undo my massage though : /

I had my sorority meeting shortly after so I grabbed some fruit to hold me over. I was shaking with hunger at this point! Since lunch, all I had were Annie’s Bunnies samples at WF’s. Oh we stopped there too It was right next door!!!

Shot of the gym…plus the rock climbing wall that I NEED to try before I graduate.

At chapter I had probably twice this amount of melon. Hi Erica!

While typing this up, I had 3 of these: Tart Frozen Yogurt drowned in Kefir...lalalalalala!

Dairy and fruit for din din. It happens…

I’m impressed if you made it all the way through this hectic/relaxing post! Time to do some work….wahhh!

Tagged as: Almond Butter, Amazing Grass, Avocado, Banana, Bread, Broccoli Slaw, Canteloupe, Cucumber, Frozen Yogurt, Goat Cheese, Grapes, Greek Yogurt, Honey Dew, Kefir, Mangoes, Muffin, Pomegranate Juice, Smoked Salmon, Spinach, Strawberries