Fitness Friday–May 10

Happy Friday, friends! I’m especially happy today, as my grandfather was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon! THANK YOU ALL so much for the prayers! He appreciates them and so does my family. Over the past few weeks, I told him several times how many friends were praying for him and he was so grateful, he asked me to thank you guys! He’s now in a Skilled Nursing facility (we found one that is not connected to a nursing home…which seemed to satisfy him) while he regains his strength. The adjustment will be hard for him as he could be in this facility up to a few months. He’s not thrilled about it and was having a hard time yesterday afternoon, but I know he will make the adjustment in time.

A recap of my week:

Saturday – 6.5 mile bike ride with a few running friends – they ran, I biked. Still taking it easy on my ITBand
Sunday – Rest Day – Saturday night, I woke up at 11 p.m. with the stomach bug. It was awful. I was awakened again at 2 a.m. with severe nausea and dry heaving. YUCK. Needless to say, I stayed home from church and attempted to rest all day.
Monday – Rest Day, recuperating from the bug! Ugh.
Tuesday – No Workout, still didn’t feel 100%.
Wednesday – Jillian Michaels Shred it with Weights – Kettlebell Level 2
Thursday – No Workout
Friday – Biggest Loser Power X-Train and Ab Blast x 35 minutes before work

This past week, I changed up my breakfast routine a bit. Instead of my usual egg whites and turkey bacon, I decided to drink green smoothies instead!



Yesterday, my smoothie consisted of pineapple, mango, banana, almond milk, and spinach. I also had a strawberry, blueberry, almond, almond milk, and spinach smoothie earlier in the week. Smoothies are definitely a favorite of mine, especially as the temperature outside is heating up for summer! I see a lot of green smoothies in my future!



Last night, I met up with my running pals for sushi night! It was long overdue and we had a great time catching up!



On Tuesday, I enjoyed a little frozen yogurt from Orange Leaf…for free! They were so nice and gave nurses a free 8 oz cup of froyo! Yum!

I’m SO excited for a fun weekend ahead! We have tickets to see Wicked in New Orleans on Friday night. Jason surprised me with Wicked tickets for our anniversary and I cannot wait! We also get to hang out with these guys for the weekend! I see lots of laughter, yummy food, and fun stories ahead!

What do you have planned for the weekend? Hope you have a great one!

A So Delicious Treat

Looking for a cold, refreshing, delicious treat on a warm Spring afternoon?

If you are as much of a Frozen Yogurt fan as I am, then you gotta try this one!

I stumbled across my last remaining So Delicious Coconut Milk Yogurt container while cleaning out the fridge one Thursday afternoon and noticed that the expiration date was approaching. I placed the container in the freezer with big plans for a yummy treat the following afternoon.  I wasn’t sure how my “creation” would turn out, but my brain sure liked the idea. I love to experiment with food, so I decided to give it a whirl…and boy am I glad I did!

Here’s how I made my own “So Delicious Fro-Yo”!

Chocolate Banana Frozen Yogurt

Ingredients:

1 container of So Delicious cultured coconut milk, frozen
1 ripe banana
Splash of So Delicious coconut milk
Handful of Cacao nibs for sprinkling on top

Directions:

Place yogurt in freezer and leave until frozen solid (mine stayed in the freezer all night). When ready, remove container from freezer and gather your ingredients. Remove yogurt from container (I had to cut mine out with scissors) and place in blender along with banana and a splash of coconut milk.
Blend until all ingredients are mixed well.
Pour into a dish, sprinkle with cacao nibs. Serve and enjoy!

Frozen yogurt and banana of choice – you can see where I began cutting with scissors on the side!

So Delicious coconut milk.

Mixed and ready to pour!

Almost too pretty to eat…but I devoured it anyway! :0)

This afternoon snack was so delicious (literally speaking), I even tweeted about it!

While writing this blog post, my brain came alive with endless possibilities of frozen yogurt opportunities!  Any type of yogurt (Greek, coconut milk, regular, etc…) mixed with fresh fruit, almond butter, dark chocolate, honey…sprinkled with dark chocolate chunks, almond pieces…..the list goes on and on!

Have you ever created your own Frozen Yogurt? If you have or if you try out a new combination, please let me know what you came up with!

Disclaimer: So Delicious is a dairy free brand of milk. I had all of these ingredients on hand and was not compensated or provided free product for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.