Chocolate Delight

This month I received an package from Robyn that is best described as chocolate delight!

After our initial contact, Robyn emailed me ..”I definitely stuck to your requests for chocolate, peanut butter and sweet things and focused a bit more on the quality of the products than the quantity.” Boy was she right!

I dug right into a one chocolate covered gummy bear and sampled some toffee too. Spot on Robyn!. Thanks to my 50 day challenge (which is going great by the way) I’ve had to resist my cravings for sweets BIG time.

Overall, this was a great 3rd Foodie PenPals package and I look forward to next months! If you are at all interested in what I sent out, stop on over to Amy’s blog!!

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And now it’s time for some details about the Foodie PenPals program. In case you’re a new reader, here’s a reminder of what the program is all about:

-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions. -You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal! -The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination! -You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!) -Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month. -Foodie Penplas is open to US & Canadian residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa.

If you’re interested in participating for June, please click here to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions.

You must submit your information by June 4th as pairings will be emailed on June 5th!
*If you’re from somewhere besides the US, Canada or Europe and want to participate, send me an email and I’ll see if we get enough interest this month!

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Getting To Know Me

I saw this questionnaire going around and it totally sucked me in. Anyone else always fill out those questionnaires when they were younger? I loved those — and probably still have a few of ten laying around somewhere — those would be hilarious to read now I bet.

Enjoy everyone!!

1. What did you eat for breakfast?
Today I had an over easy egg on top of gfree bread and about 5 sliced strawberries. Breakfast tends to be made up of… Oatmeal, strawberry smoothie, yogurt and granola, egg whites and turkey bacon and (if I’m motivated enough to make a batch) protein pancakes. I could devour eat pancakes everyday if they didn’t take so long to make!

2. How much water do you drink a day?
Oh jeepers. Water is just about the only thing I drink, besides tea of course. I should really Document it some day, I bet I would impress myself!

3. What is your current favorite workout?

Weight training! And I’m looking forward to the nicer weather to get my blades out 😜 Pretty much anything on the Live Fit trainer I’m loving… Especially legs day.

4. How many calories do you eat a day?
Not a clue! I don’t like to count calories, I find myself (negatively) obsessing over them. I’ve been practicing eating when I’m hungry, stopping when I’m not and making the healthiest choices possible.

5. What are your favorite healthy snacks?
Iced Oatmeal Raisin LUNA Bars. I could eat those all day! I also like puréed frozen strawberries, popcorn, sugar snap peas, greek yogurt, hershey’s bliss dark chocolate. … I’m sensing a theme. I <heart3 sugar.

6. What do you usually eat for lunch?
Oh gosh, this changes on a daily basis. Today I had guacamole with carrots and tortilla chips. I typically have left overs from my home (yes I walk home for lunch everyday) so generally whatever my patents had for dinner the night before. (I typically miss sit down dinners with the rents and snack when I get home). I always try to get some veggies in!

7. What is your favorite body part to strength train?
Legs. Legs. Legs baby!! Nothing gets my heart rate up like lunges and squats.

8. What is your least favorite body part to strength train?
Elbows in pushups. Ew. These make me want to cry. And not in a good way.

9. What are your “bad” food cravings?
Nutella, chocolate, ice cream. Again, I’m sensing a theme…

10. Do you take vitamins or supplements?
Yes! I take a multivitamin and a calcium pill daily.

11. How often do you eat out?
Eh, honestly not that often. Maybe once a week? I like to prepare my own food, that way I know what went into it. Ps I dot consider going to wegmans after the gym and making my own salad “eating out” – it typically costs me no more then $5 and I make it myself.

12. Do you eat fast food?
Is the occasional chipotle considered fast food? The last time I got fast food was when I was in a pinch and I got a baked potato and frosty from Wendy’s. Besides that, I’m not sure the last time I ate at burger king or mckydees. Gross. Well… I did get a soft serve off the $1 menu recently….

13. Who is your biggest supporter?
Hands down my parents. They have been my biggest fans my entire life Next up Marc, my sister, Swink and Lisa.

14. Do you have a gym membership?
Yes, and unfortuatly I have been unable to get to my gym since my job switch. Time to put that on hold or cancel it 😒

15. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?
I’m such a grandma, I LOVE my sleep. Some days when I’m straight exhausted I find myself passed out in bed by 9 or 10. I aim to get at least 7 hours.

16. Do you have a “cheat” day?
nope, I try to just eat what I’m craving when I crave it. I most definitely need to be smarter when it comes to portion sizes though.

17. Do you drink alcohol?
I never really used to, but lately when I do I most definitely enjoy myself 😉 this girl likes to dance.

18. Do you have a workout buddy?
I have a few! On a daily basis I do LiveFit with Sarah. Marco and I try to coordinate gym times so we can go together (I can always count on him for a pushup contest or playing catch outside). And my mom!! She motivates me so much! We really like to spend time together and exercise 😊

19. What is the best thing that has changed about your life since committing to a Healthy Lifestyle?
my energy levels have sky rocketed! When you stop eating junk, for the most part you stop craving junk.

20. What was the last healthy thing you did?
Ate breakfast, walked to work instead of driving an soon ill be headed to the gym!

What a Great Package

After initally writing the title, I debated if I wanted to leave it or change it.  Obviously leaving it won so please, to all you pervs out there.  Let’s get say it and get it off our minds okay… “that’s what she said”.  There… do you feel better now?

After quite an epic weekend with my ICFH alumns I am more then ready to have a low key weekend filled with clean eats, double digit hours of sleep time and long runs to shake out the sore muscles!  I will recap this past weekend sometime this week.  Tonight, I have more important things to share with you…

This is my 2nd time participating in the Foodie Pen Pals program set up by the great Lindsay at  Lean Green Bean Blog – head on over there and check it out – Lindsay is a sweet girl!  (you can check out my 1st post about the program here)

This month I received an unbelievable package from Cassie at Back To Her Roots.  After reading a bunch of her posts I knew for sure I would put her in my Google Reader.  A big shout out to cassie’s readers who have really upped my daily stats in page visits.  I hope you will give The Little Spoon Blog a chance and stop by again!      

Alright, enough yapping… lets get to the good stuff!

As if the goodies weren’t great enough, Cassie wrapped each and every item and attached a hand written note.  This aspect of her package really made a difference for me and I know that I will add personal touches to my future packages.  What a nice surprise!  I’m going to just post the pictures and let Cassie do the explaining

(I am also a sucker for Lemon, you better believe this was inhaled right away the first thing I opened)

this little guy came to work with me to add tea! Perfect size!

Here is a shot of everything opened up and ready to be taste tested!  You can probably guess which one I opened first….

Gosh I am so mean.

Overall, this was a great 2nd Foodie PenPals package and I look forward to next months!  If you are at all interested in what I sent out, stop on over to Taylor’s Blog!!

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And now it’s time for some details about the Foodie PenPals program.  In case you’re a new reader, here’s a reminder of what the program is all about:

-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions. -You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal! -The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination! -You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!) -Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month. -Foodie Penplas is open to US & Canadian residents.  Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa.

If you’re interested in participating for May, please click here to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions.

You must submit your information by May 4th as pairings will be emailed on May 5th!
*If you’re from somewhere besides the US, Canada or Europe and want to participate, send me an email and I’ll see if we get enough interest this month!

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