I had such a fun weekend! On Friday night I went to a get-together, not really a party. We had my favorite frozen cocktail “Pink Panties“ I’ll give you the recipe under 2 conditions….1) You acknowledge that this delicious adult beverage is not in any way shape or form healthy, low fat or wholesome and 2) you don’t tell anybody you heard about it from me…. Now that we have that understanding, First, you fill the blender about 80% full with ice, then add 1 can of frozen pink lemonade, then fill the same can with vodka and pour into the blender. Then blend, pour and enjoy!…After indulging in a few pink panties, I didn’t roll out of bed until 11 AM on Saturday, just enough time to shower and make it Girls Spa Day and happy hour. All 7 of us ladies met at the nail spa. I had a pedicure last week, so I just got fill-in on my nails and my eyebrows waxed. The nail tech was such a flirt, he said “I know you, where have I seen you before?” I replied “I’m not sure, this is my first time here.” To which he replied, ”Oh I remember, I’ve seen you in my dreams!” LOL! He was working hard for his tip. I got a pretty gold color on my nails, but I felt so Plain Jane and boring. All of my friends, got orange, lime green, hot pink and even yellow. I don’t think that I could ever be that daring and bold. After the nail spa, we went to a local restaurant bar & grill. I really didn’t need anymore alcohol, but it was girl’s day, so I had a Berry flavored Cosmo. After that I was done. That was more than enough drinking and empty calories for one weekend. We had so much fun! Even though it’s girls day, you know all we did was talk about men. You can’t live with them, and can’t live without them…. After happy hour, I went shopping with my shopping cousin. I did really good, I only bought a white fedora hat that I plan on wearing during my cruise to the Bahamas next month. I was supposed to go with her and watch the Mosley v. Mayweather fight, but I was too tired. I did more than enough for one day. When I woke up this morning, I thought wow, I can’t really blog about drinking, partying and shopping. So, I decided to get up and go work out. I took Nyah to the park and we walked and jogged for about an hour. I’m hoping that things will at least balance out on the scale tomorrow. But if not, at least I already know that I got back on the healthy eating track. For breakfast I had a toasted VitaTop muffin top. It was surprisingly good, and only 1 weight watcher point (100 cal, 2 fat and 5 fiber). I hope your weekend was just as fun, and little more healthy than mine.
Hello my name is Carli, and I’m a soda addict! The first step is admitting it right? I already have enough addictions (food and shopping) and now I get to add soda to list. Ugh, I can’t believe it. I knew I liked soda, and I knew I drank it pretty much every day, but I didn’t realize I was addicted to it. Not until those ladies called it liquid Satan in their book and I continued to drink it. I thought I was safe and I proudly declared, “I drink diet.” But nope, diet soda is just as bad, if not worse with all of its cancer causing agents. It was such a wake up call. So I decided hey, I’ll just quit drinking that crap, no big deal right? Day 1 being clean and sober was Sunday, no problem, I even drank water with dinner. But yesterday whew! It was awful. I had a headache, I was grouchy and sluggish and irritable. I said no way can this be from not drinking soda. So I Googled caffeine withdrawal, and found that my issues, among others were side effects that occur when you stop drinking coffee and soda. I was still in disbelief, so what did I do? I drank a soda after lunch. My headache went away and I was more alert and awake. That’s when it really became real, I’m addicted to caffeine. I also read online that caffeine addiction is one of the most acceptable forms of addiction in our society. The mandtory morning cup of coffee has become common place for many people. I felt this was something I have to conquer. Roni (my blogging & running role model) only drinks water, and my Mom quit drinking soda a couple years ago. My Mama said her doctor told her to stop drinking soda to alleviate her knee pain. When I asked her yesterday, she said it worked, her knee doesn’t hurt anymore! I had no clue that was why she stopped drinking “liquid Satan.” Anyway, I went the gym after work. I forgot my knee brace (which maybe I won’t need any more since I’m kicking the soda habit.) I went up to the track and put on my Week 3 podcast. The first half wasn’t too bad at all, and I laughed that I actually put the 80′s hit “Push It” by Salt N Pepa 
on the play list. One of the ladies who were walking around the track, slapped me a high five during one of my running intervals, and later told me she was doing the couch to 5K plan. Of course I had to let her know where she could find a much cooler podcast than the one she was listening to. The last half of the routine was a little lot harder, I kept saying “talk to me, Miss Carli, tell me it’s time to walk.” Then finally it was over. I took a 10 minute break and then hit the eliptical hard and heavy for 15 minutes. Moving on to Day 2 of Week 3.
What Did Carli Eat Today? NO SODA! Yay!
B- Fiber One Muffin & Low Fat Yogurt
L- Tortilla Soup & Side Salad
S- Apple
D- Weight Watcher Smart One Pizza (not nearly as good as the Lean Cuisine Pizza) and ½ cup of Kashi 7 Whole Grain Pilaf. 
I used to laugh at people who ate food that looked like bird seed, now I’m one of them. I boiled the pilaf in fat free chicken broth instead of water for flavor, and mixed in some salsa when it was done. It was kind of like Spanish Rice. It was very filling.
S- Skinny Cow Ice cream sandwich
Ouuuuu! That’s a spicy blog post title. Today I started reading the New York Times best seller Skinny B!tch
. It’s a fun tell it like it is diet and natural nutrition book for women. I’ve gasped out loud several times when the authors said things like, “Taking medicine will make you feel better for the moment, but f*ck up something else in your body.” If you’re easily offending, this ain’t the book for you. One of the things that stuck with me was “soda is liquid Satan.” They even discuss all the bad stuff that happens from drinking diet soda (or pop depending on where you live 
It’s like you know this stuff is bad, but they make so plain, it’s hard to make excuses. I love Diet cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper, and Coke Zero isn’t too bad either. I normally drink at least 6 glasses of water every day, but a soda or two is also usually in the mix. I’m going to try to make an effort to cut back. When I finish the book, I’ll let you guys know what I think overall. I finished Week 2 today. I’m almost scared to say it was easy. It just wasn’t really hard. I guess that means I’m ready for Week 3. My little sister went with me to the gym today, and she asked me, “Why are you going so slow? Why are you on week 2?” I had to explain to her with running, if you don’t use it, you lose it, quick! Just because I ran a 5K, doesn’t mean I can run a 5K right now. You have to continue running if you want to keep up your speed and endurance. After our workout, we came back to my house and ate a delicious salad, I put southwest flavored chicken and apples in mine, with Kraft Fat Free Ceasar Italian dressing. It was so good! Then, later this evening, I took my little sister (from Big Bro Big Sis) to see Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. It was cute; it made me laugh little bit. In the beginning, I kept asking myself, why is it okay to have 8 inch singing chipmunks in the class room? Then I just had to let go of my adult common sense and enjoy it like I was one of the kids!
P.S. Do you lke my new Logo? I think it’s FIERCE!
