WIAW!-Last Friday Edition

What I Ate Wednesday Last Friday

Friday is a work day and then school, so lots of meals on the go!

Meal#1- 7:30am
Thursday night I was too lazy to pack up my breakfast. So it started with something I could grab while running out the door. Lots of water + protein = easy breakfast.

Meal#2- 11:00am. While at work I needed a snack to hold me over until lunch. I grabbed a Greek yogurt. Decided to venture out from the plain vanilla flavored and into a blueberry one.

Meal#3- 2:15pm. On my way to school I put together a chicken, cheese, and tomato spinach wrap. 

  
These wraps were new for me. I had a coupon while grocery shopping so I picked them up. Honestly, the wraps just weren't my favorite. They were kept in the freezer so I've been taking one out at a time and microwaving it for 20 seconds. They keep breaking apart and I didn't even attempt to fold it over.
 

Snack- 5:15pm. After leaving school I had to run to the store to get a few things so I didn't want to be starved for dinner. I grabbed a Rise snack bar out of my glove box. I never used to keep snacks in the car, but when you're absolutely starving they come in handy. I have to remember to replenish my glove box with some goodies.

Meal#4: 7:30pm. This was a late dinner for me. Friday night ended up being a cheat night with lots of pasta. I could seriously eat pasta every day for every meal. (And I'm not even Italian!) It was that good.
 

I have to share this video with you guys that I found making its way around Facebook this morning. It is too funny not to share.

I love comments, so tell me

What are you eating today?

What is your favorite food for a cheat meal?

Some Eye Candy For Your Tuesday

Is it Tuesday already?! What happened to Monday? This week is flying by for me and I'm at home doing nothing. Since I wont be getting any workouts in this week. Here is some extra gym motivation for y'all.

 

Ohhhhhhh Ryan Gosling. No other words needed.

One of my goals as of lately has been to drink more water with lemon in it. Clear skin, helps with digestion, and boosts immunity? Count me in!

Before I knew it, it was lunch time. I swear checking my email, showering, and getting ready takes me a really long long time. 

Lunch ended up being a salad beast covered with tuna, almonds, raisins, carrots, my favorite balsamic dressing, and whatever else was lying around.

Yesterday's dinner was oh so delicious.

I wanted something quick and easy, but still filling. I decided on Campbell's Skillet sauces: the Chicken Marsala one.

 

Some green veggies got added to the mix too. YUM.

 

 Some ideas to think about:

The Six Trendiest Foods of 2013 

To Love is to Allow Something to Flow Through Us

Effects of Lemon Water 

Are you a Ryan Gosling fan, if not who's your favorite actor?

Do you drink lemon water?

What is your go to meal when you are feeling lazy and don't want to cook?

Have a great day! 

-Ash  

Baking Overload

Happy Monday Guys! 
Back to the work week for many, but this girl is still home sick. Even though I'm under the weather, I have to say I'm enjoying being able to do all the little things I always say I'm going to do, and then never do. Feeling accomplished/organized is the best for type A people like me.

Great food did make an appearance this weekend. Mom and I went out to eat Friday night and our food looked something like this. Gluten free pasta with ala vodka sauce. Mmmmm...

Saturday night is when I started feeling gross so the boyfriend got us some take out. Chicken parm. hero for me. The reason it looks messy is because I forgot to snap a pic was totally starving and dug right in. Sometimes the best food can look the worst. Like chili, sloppy joe's, sherperd's pie? Anyone else agree?
 

One of the items I needed to check off my to-do list was to finally wash my make up brushes after a great tip from Amanda. (Thanks!) If you're anything like me, you continue to use your makeup brushes, oh for about forever, and keep saying you're going to clean them next time. And then next time never comes...

Ahhh so much cleaner & not a bad cleaner for $2.50

  
Next up on my list was painting my nails so I can stop biting them! I'm sooooo bad with it.

  
As you can see my nails are super tiny. Hoping they grow quick.

As far as meal planning goes for this week: no planning happening. With not feeling well and being away for half the week, I'll probably end up eating frozen leftovers from last week. However, I did prep alot of snacks for the week. Yesterday was baking overload.

 Amaze Ballz

  
It was my first time making them and they came out a little too wet. Into the freezer they went. They turned more into amaze turtles, but balls or turtles, delicious either way.

Homemade Protein Bars

I have to be honest, wasn't my favorite. I dont know, they just came out mushy and they were in the oven for wayyyy longer than the original recipe called for.

And, last but not least, the famous 4 ingredient fudge!
This went straight into the freezer and is not coming out until v-day or else it will be gone in a day :)  If you follow me on twitter @LifeAndFitByAsh you might have seen this treat during the Superbowl.
 

 

And some things floating around the internet that made me laugh

 

Have a great day! See you guys later

Did you have any amazing food over the weekend? Along with the chicken parm. hero, there was garlic knots. YUM.

Do you know what you're getting your Valentine this year? I usually go with a couple's massage for my Valentine, but am thinking of switching it up this year. Any ideas?? The boyfriend is the hardest to shop for!

Home on a Sunday

Goooooood Morning, 

 Ahhhhhhhh. <-----That's how good I felt this morning when I slept in. I'm home sick from work today so sleeping in on a Sunday is a very rare occurrence around here. Somehow, someway I got the chicken pox. When I was younger I never got them, so I have absolutely no idea how I got them at 22 years old. Verrrrry strange.
These are my plans for today

A whole lot of nothing! Clearly, Wishbone feels the same way <3

 

This morning I wasn't very hungry at all and just needed something light. So I went with a good old Cliff Bar. Chocolate Peanut Butter is the clear winner out of all the flavors.

 

And a surprise treat from Mom. I'll never pass that up! Starbucks is too expensive for me to branch out and try a new drink. So, I always stick with the tried & true favorite: Skinny Vanilla Latte.

 

One thing I do need to check off my to-do list is read through some of this book. Blah

 
When I picked it up from the library yesterday, I started cracking up when I looked it over. Maybe some of you guys noticed it in the photo above. Here's a closer look:

 
The author's name is Seymour Lipschutz. Really?! I thought Dr. Lipschitz only existed in Rugrats haha. Poor man for having a name like that through high school. I'm sure hes making millions being a genius and writing textbooks.

I'm off to bake up some goodies with PB2. How did I not know about this product before last week? Can't wait to try it, since I am a huge peanut butter lover.

 

Have a relaxing Sunday! I'm sure a nap will make its way into the agenda later.

Tell me, what is your go to food when you're sick? I'm not a big soup person, but love crackers when I'm not feeling too hot.

Are you watching the Superbowl or just go for the snacks? I don't plan on watching it this year. Not a huge football fan by any means. 
 

Catching Up

Friends we have so much catching up to do !

Mid-week the boyfriend and I went on a little date. In the middle of the week? I know, I was just as shocked as you were. Usually we get too lazy and always stay inside. But I'll get to that in a minute.

Let's talk about some food shall we?
Before our date since there was no food ready for dinner, we needed something fast, convenient, and healthy. That left hardly any options. We chose Chinese. I always get steamed chicken, steamed mixed veggies, and brown rice. The boyfriend goes so "cat, cat, and dark brown cat?"

Don't let the overload of chicken fool you, there was a ton of green veggies hiding underneath.

Oh the rice. There was so much. We have leftovers for a good three days. We both got a container, but could have easily split one.
 

Anyway, we went to Dave & Busters. For anyone of you that don't know it. It basically lets your inner 7 year old become greedy & competitive to the best of your ability. Haha just kidding, but for real I def. got the most tickets. (I'm sure the boyfriend is rolling his eyes if he's reading this) I let him think he won ;)

Of course I dominated Ski-ball. Won bragging rights about my skills.

Next up was the CLAW MACHINE. Friends, I used to down right dominate this game when I was younger. I was in beast mode last night trying to get all of them.

 

But, it seems when you don't practice your skills for 15 years, you kind of lose them. At least I ended up scooping up one stuffed item. Wasn't sure if it was a little pillow or a stress ball? I guess you're supposed to think about money while looking at it.....  (Wishbone has been eying it so it might become a dog toy within the next week)

 

 After our $25 ran out, we called it a night. We cashed in our tickets and ended up with around 700. The boyfriend wanted to save up for better prizes, but I really really needed new headphones since my usual ones broke. I found a pair of Apple headphones lying around, but they hurt my ears. He reluctantly gave in and I got some new headphones, and my ears thanked me.

I'm off to do some shopping for my trip to Lake Placid. Can't believe it is next week already!

What are you doing this weekend? Sunday is a work day so I hope to get lots of baking in on Sat. I plan to try some new protein recipes.

What type of workout are you doing today? I'm hoping to take an early morning spin class, but depends if I feel like waking up early. Ahhhhhh decisions decisions.

**** I'm putting together a list of You Know You're Gluten Free When....**** 
so leave me a comment or shoot me an email with your answer

<3Ash

Friday Favorites

Happy February!

Cheers to sleeping in and relaxing this weekend :)

First, I want to say thank you for reading! I started the blog a week ago and have had more than 300 views. This is craziness!!You guys are the best <3

Last night I finally caved and made a twitter. Chat with me friends @LifeAndFitByAsh

Here's some of my Friday Favorites from the week:

Tea! Crazy right?! I don't know what came over me this week since I'm a HUGE coffee lover, but I'm been loving the tea this week. Especially the orange spicy one. On Monday I brought a tea to work in this to-go cup & it is seriously the best hot cup. EVER. My tea actually burned my lips because I was not expecting my tea to be hot four hours later. 

A sparkly top & two necklaces. There is one trend I can't get enough of the past couple of weeks, and that is layering necklaces.

This week was just kind of gloomy all around. I'm blaming it on the weather. So my fortune cookie was a good little pick me up. Perfect for days when you are being your toughest critic.

 New snacks!!! Super excited because they were delicious and cheap. Only $2.50 on sale last week, which is an outright steal for gluten free crackers. I put a couple of these in my cart thinking they would last awhile. The boyfriend already ate half a box on me. Womp womp.

My favorite Valentine's Day card. I buy it every year haha. I'm sure my family is not surprised when they open it, but it's too cute to pass up.

 
Also, the puppy has been under the weather this week. :(
We thought she was getting better after her allergic reaction to the Chinese dumpling, but it seems to still be affecting her. Send her some love in your thoughts today. <3

 What made you happy this week?
 Love to hear what made you happy so leave a comment or shoot me an email at lifeandfitnessbyashley@gmail.com

What are you up to this weekend, any fun plans? 

**The Gluten Free page has been updated **

xoxox
Ashley