No one will MAKE you do anything you don't want to do. No one will make you get your butt up and do what has to be done.  YOU are the only one that can and will do it.  Every morning ( mon-fri) my cell phone makes this god awful noise at 3:15 am. YES I said 3:15a.m!  I hit snooze on occacian and lay there talking to myself.
Get up, come on baby you can do it. Just a few steps to the restroom and then it's all down hill from there.
It is a hard thing to do but even harder to lay in bed and continue to hear the voice in my head keeping me awake. 
DON'T let anyone stop you from reaching yours goals. Get wih some girlfriends and give "happy hour" a different meaning.

Form Form Form

I am big on this at the gym and outside the gym (read Posture post). The girls I workout with in the gym will tell you I am constantly telling them WATCH YOUR FORM, WATCH THOSE ELBOWS, CONTRACT THOSE ABS!  I see so many people lifting more than they should in the wrong form and wonder why they have injuries.  There are two men in our morning session that are constantly lifting and slamming down the weight.  First, if you can not control what your are lifting and are alone DO NOT LIFT IT and if you know someone and think you can or can not do it have a spotter, someone that can help and spot your weights.
Safety first no matter what you are doing.

In a green kinda mood

Day look for the office

I love playing with my make up. As stated before I don't go crazy with colors due to work. Today however, I wanted something pretty and spring-ish. Green is what I choose. Maybelline makes a great set of eye shadows.
The colors are bright and vibrant.

Wetting your brushes will give you a different look verses dry. My day look is dry brushes. Night time is wet brushes. Just dap your brushed with a wet cloth, do not submerge.

Night time.
Add alittle more for the rich color and lashes

St. Patty's Day Look



Gym Time

OK people the gym is for working out. It is not social hour and not a night club.  There is nothing worse to me than a woman or man disrespecting the gym by going there looking for a hook up.  I have walked into our locker room and seen women apply and reapply make-up respray their hair, lift their boobs. REALLY!  All that is unnecessary.  We are there to workout. The gym is not a beauty contest.  Men, you are just as guilty.  I get looking in the mirror and checking out your improvements, but to stand there and fix your hair and watch yourself walk. What in the world is going on. 
The gym is the one place you should not care what you look like. Sweat, have no make-up on, have messing hair, if you need to blow your nose on your shirt while running....DO IT. 
Respect that gym and your fellow members, do your sets and move the hell out the way.  That bench your butt is on is not a recliner..MOVE IT.
What is your gym rants.?

Chicken

With the cost of EVERYTHING on the rise, we try to make as much as we can with what we buy, chicken being the item we buy alot of.  We usually buy organic chicken breast as it is not filled with crap and the taste you can not bet. 
Now you will spend a pretty penny for organic chicken but you will also be surprised at what you can get out of one pack.
When u get your pack of chicken breast home cut all the half breast right down the middle into halves. One pack of 4 breast will give you 8 pieces of chicken.  Don't worry it is more than enough and will fill you up.
The idea is to make do with what you have at home so you are not spending hundreds of dollars at the grocery store and to be as healthy as possible.

Panko and pareman cheese crusted chicken

Add Couscous, brown rice and black beans to any of the recipes. Not only will you have enough for dinner but also lunch the next day and possibly another meal.
Check out the Chicken Recipe page for all these recipes.  More will be added so please check back.

Simple Grilled chicken breast

Posture

Feeling tired and sluggish...Well sit up straight stand tall look straight ahead.  I get made fun of doing this all the time by my better half .  Having a prissy posture and a bun on the head is what he laughs at. 
Whether at work sitting, in the car or even on the treadmill you will 95% of the time catch me up straight. Why... Well one it is good for you, looks so much more better than hunched over and most important it makes me feel more awake and alert.
So as your mid morning sleepy feeling creeps up on you I challenge you to stand up, reach for the sky and straighten up. 

Breakfast Nom Nom

Oatmeal and sweet potatoes

I am filled with sadness knowing that the weekend has officially came to an end. With that said its time to think of the most important meal of the day...BREAKFAST..mmmm mmm.
This meal is easy and can be made the night before. 
Here is two different egg options.  One is made with oatmeal and sweet potatoes and the second one with bell peppers and chicken. 



bell pepper and chicken

Use any cupcake pan spray with non-stick spray. Pre heat oven at 325.

Mix 2 egg whites and 1whole egg

add chopped green bell peppers and chopped chicken. ****( great when you have left over chicken ) ***

For the oatmeal and sweet potatoes, add chopped cooked sweet potatoes and the oats.
Bake for 15 minutes or until firm.

Cool and refrigerate.

To heat place in microwave for 30- 45 seconds. 

It is time to enjoy. 

 

Lunch

Lunch time is a chore for my better half.  He is always on the run between jobs and never really knows what he will be doing for lunch.  So when I am liking him (JOKING) i try to come with yummies that he can't wait to eat.  Last week was a hot one and he works outside alot. So what better way than a nice cool greek salad with a little extra carbs to get him going and my money coming in.

Idea:
Grilled chicken left over from your greek wrap? Add some veggies to your mix and some quinoa. You have an extra meal for dinner.

Hello, I am Mia.  I am not one to keep things to myself so when a great friend suggest that I share my recipes, make up ideas, fitness pictures and workouts I hesitated.

I will post as much as I can on a daily basis if I can.  If there is something you would like to ask or see just let me know.

  I LOVE to play with make-up. I dont get to apply as I want due to work but I do get to play dress up with my friends.

I enjoy all things girly and what soothes me is my make-up, food and workouts. 
This is my world I live it and would love to share it with you.