Perfect Green Smoothie!

My absolute favorite thing right now are Green Smoothies! They're full of leafy green vegies which are powerhouses of nutrition. With Halloween coming up I love being able to toss all of this in a blender and take it with me on the go. Prepping this Halloween bod is a full time job!

Here's my favorite recipe for green smoothies, it makes the PERFECT delicious creamy sweet smoothie.

2 cups of kale
2 cups of spinach
1 banana(or 5 strawberries)
1/2 an avocado
1/2 c unsweetened almond milk

Put all ingredients in the blender and blend until completely smooth! You shouldn't see any leaf piece from the greens. Serve immediately.

This recipe is about 260 calories so omit the almond milk and replace the banana with an other lower calorie fruit to lower the calories for a smoothie as a snack instead of a meal.

What's your favorite smoothie recipe? Tweet me pics @Byebyelazybones or comment below with your favs!

When you're not feeling it, do it anyways.

I'm sitting here in bed, crying a little surrounded by unpacked boxes snuggling my roommates dog. Right now my life can go a million different ways.

I don't want to unpack and get organized to set myself up for success, or give my new house a good deep cleaning or even start August off right by going for a run and having a healthy breakfast or even pack for my photo shoot tonight. I just want to lay here and feel sad and lonely and miss my ex. God I hate saying that.

Why? Because its easier. Easier than sucking it up and accepting change.

I'm just not feeling it. But I'm going to do it anyways. I'm going to strap on some running shoes and run till my head clears. Maybe the endorphins will help me out. :)

How do you all bring yourself out of a sad place?

If you could do anything...

Pretty much just soaking in that my life is wide open right now. My boyfriend and I decided to break up. It was very mutual and definitely the best for both of us. While I am sad, obviously, I'm also looking to the future.

I now have absolutely no ties to this place. Nothing and no one holding me back. This is probably the last time I can ever be completely selfish. I have no real time invested in any one career path. I am open and free to do anything, go anywhere. Follow my dreams, follow a whim, follow the interstate straight to the coast.

Now I just have to figure out what exactly I want to do....

So tell me, if you all could do absolutely anything (which you can btw because you're all awesome) what would you do?

My Monday

Sunday night I was in a tizzy (a very real/frequent thing for me) because I knew my body needed sleep but my boyfriends friends needed to party. So here I was jealous(those bitches) & desperate for sleep.

So I texted my wonderful roomie A and she picked me up and took me home to my BED! It's not super comfortable or even on a bed frame but it's mine all mine! And I crashed for 5 hours.

THEN at 546 am I received a call that I didn't have to come into work. Naturally I was very productive and got up! NOT. I slept till 1230 & didn't actually make it out of bed until around 2. Damn twitter.

I nommed some steel cut oats & PB2 and then did a fun dance workout in and a bunch of strength training. Then an hour of SVU with A and some vegie meatballs & carrots with hummus.

Then a stressful an hour of learning to drive stick with my boo friend. His house to watch The Help(awesome movie & amazing book)!! Had a bag of 140 cal popcorn, smoked a bowl and it's now 1130 and I plan on passing out ASAP.

Today was a good day.

How'd your Mondays go?

Count Down to the Beach Day 1

There are 21 days until I leave for the beach and I am SO excited about being at the beach but not so excited that I let myself gain 2.6 lbs. I have 3 weeks so I can lose 6 lbs healthily. I'll be logging my progress daily!

Here's what today looked like for me!

615 got out of bed

32 squats, 50 standing ab twists, 1 minute plank, 6 push ups without stopping, and walked up 26 flights of stairs and down 33 flights at work.

Water: 67 oz

Green Tea: 1 cup

Breakfast: 3 whole eggs and a banana
Snack 1: 1 hard boiled egg & an apple
Snack 2: garlic hummus and pretzels
Lunch: turkey rolls with spinach and mozzarella & cup of grapes
Dinner : wheat thins and beer cheese with an ale8
Total cals= 1356

Obviously my dinner was a healthy fail but it was homemade and my grandmother might have cried if I didn't have some!

The ale8 as just my final cheat before I start the 10 day challenge! Tweet me if you're interested in joining me or for more info @byebyelazybones!

Ps: don't make fun of me for only being able to do 6 push ups straight! It was actually hard for me! And I attached my start picture!

Deliciously Clean: A Look Into What I Eat

I've had a lot of you fitties ask me what I've been eating on my weight loss journey. The truth is I eat differently everyday, if I had a specific diet plan I'd be so bored and probably cheat! So I decided to do a post on how I choose what I eat and give you all an a sample day for me.

Firstly here are some of the things that I think about when planning my meals:

1. Calories. I count calories using my fitness pal, it's an app and a website so everyone can use it. I eat 1200 calories a day but you need to use my fitness pal to decide how much you need. You should NEVER eat less than 1200 calories per day, no matter what!

2. Clean foods. If you can't pronounce something on the ingredient label, it's probably not clean. I focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy, and lean protein.

3. Portion sizes. Pay CLOSE attention to them. Nutrition labels are your best friend.



So here's an example of a day of my eating habits:

630 am: Spinach & feta cheese omelette (I use 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg) one piece of ww very thin bread with olive oil smart balance 350 cals
8 am: 1 piece of white cheddar babybel cheese, apples with almond butter 225 cals
12 pm: spinach salad with zesty light Italian dressing, 1 cup of organic potato and lentil soup. 200 cals
3 pm: 1/2 serving of crasins and 1/2 servicing of cinnamon covered almonds 125 cals
7 pm: lemon pepper tilapia with cooked carrots & an organic chocolate milk 300 cals

=1200 total calories


I try to eat 6 small meals every 3/4 hours and drink 2 glasses of green tea and 8 glasses of water but I am human and it just doesn't always happen.

Planning ahead is the key to success! So make yourself a plan and stick to it! I make mine a week ahead when I make my grocery list. Now get going!

First post! Some Monday Motivation.

Finally stopped making excuses and started a blog. Funny how giving up your excuses is exactly what you need to accomplish absolutely anything you want to do!

So today I'm asking all of you to make a choice to STOP making excuses and START making progress.

What are you going to accomplish?

Here are some steps I use when I want to accomplish a goal:

1. Choose your goal and write it down. I always do better when my goals are on paper or my cell phone, put them somewhere you'll see them everyday!

2. Make a plan. How can you realistically accomplish this goal? This is a good time to decide if your goal is so amazing that it needs to be broken into smaller goals. Remember to be specific! Want to get skinny? Make a meal plan, schedule specific times for workouts, and make specific weight loss goals and deadlines!

3. Tell your friends/twitter followers/family/co-workers to help hold you accountable or even join you! Having a support system is ESSENTIAL!

4. ACCOMPLISH IT. The most important key to accomplishing your goal is to not stand in your own way with laziness or excuses. Nothing is impossible, it might be difficult but if it was easy everyone would do it.

So get up right now and do this. Don't put it on your to-do list. Just do it and do it now. You'll thank me later when you're a skinny sexy bitch or a rocket scientist or both, whatever you're into. :)