Food Trap Alert! BelVita Biscuit NEW Flavors, Subway Veggie Patty, Ore Ida Sweet Potato Fries

belVita Breakfast Biscuit (New Flavors!): belVita will not back down. First they delivered the goodness with their Gold Oat biscuit. And now? They’re hitting us hard with two new awesome flavors: Chocolate and Cinnamon Brown Sugar. (Holla!). I’m partial to the Chocolate, because it served me well in the midst of the need want for a little bit of chocolatey pleasure. I was able to get a great tasting, low cal chocolate fix, then keep it movin’ without spoiling my sensible eating plan. Yet the Cinnamon Brown Sugar caused a mighty disruption of greediness in my home.

Husband tasted the belVita Cinnamon Brown Sugar, then snatched the box away from the kids. Then he tried to hide the box for himself. The gremlin child-spawns fought back with uncivilized protests: Furniture was broken, drinks were spilled, biscuits got crumbled. Just like a bar fight. (did I really see this happen?) It was anarchy, my dear friends. All because of the tastiness of belVita.

Their biscuits are made with whole grain as the primary ingredient and contain zero hydrogenated oils, no artificial flavors or sweeteners, and also contain no High Fructose Corny-ness. belVita provided me with the samples that ultimately led to the uprising of turmoil in my home.

Subway Veggie Patty Sammich: This an ode to the Veggie Patty for its tasty sensibility. It’s not a new item at Subway, but some of you may not have considered it yet.

Do not resist the patty. It’s hearty, stomach-pleasing and downright delicious. Way more delicious than those pricey hand-marinated roadkill sammiches you’ve probably tried. Veggie patty is much more delicious than that. I can’t find the ingredients on their website, but according to Livestrong, the patty contains a host of veggie ingredients that include water chestnuts, mushrooms, green peppers, black olives, carrots, and onions, plus brown rice, rolled oats and egg.

Yep. I used hearty Italian bread instead of wheat. What’s it to ya?

Go on and stalk Subway’s nutrition info. It lists a 6-inch Veggie Patty as having 23g of protein (yay!) yet 890mg of sodium (boo!). If you opt to build your patty using 9-grain wheat bread, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and cucumbers, you’ll only be chewing on a grand total of 390 calories. With low-cal splendor such as this, you could quite possibly unleash your greedy side as you gnash your teeth into a Subway chocolate chip cookie for dessert (220 calories). Those things are pretty damn tasty, but you didn’t hear that from me.

Ore Ida Sweet Potato Fries: Due to the euphoria caused by the Ore Ira Sweet ‘Tater Fries, I did in fact allow myself to be filmed while doing MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Tough This” dance. Yet that film footage was destroyed by a talent scout whom I shall not be hearing from again. The fries are flavorful, crispy, and bake so nicely. In a nutshell, other Sweet Potato products I’ve tried can’t touch how good the Ore Ida’s are. I’ll spare you a bunch of additional rhetoric. Just go on and try the fries for yourself.

 

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Food Trap Alert! Shortcake Biscuits, Joe-Joe’s Vanilla Creme Cookies, Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Pops

Warning: This is a Delectable Desserts edition of Food Trap Alerts. If you possess an untamed food trap or haven’t quite perfected the art of greediness in moderation, please click away from this page. Click away RIGHT NOW!!! (maybe go here instead?)

Joe-Joe’s Vanilla Sammich Creme Cookies: Holla!! Best dang vanilla creme sammich cookie I ever chewed on. Every product at Trader Joe’s, including this here sammich cookie of wonderment, has no artificial crap, no GMO’s, no MSG, and no trans fats. It even has real vanilla bean specks in its creme center. You can taste the fine quality of the ingredients, which make this cookie high class compared to other vanilla cremes. But watch out for the high calorie count. Two cookies rakes in 130 calories of fattening that might stick your booty, thighs or stomachs. If you know some gremlin children who deserve a healthier cookie treat, then give them the Joe Joe’s. You can even have one cookie. But don’t you dare shove these into your food trap in mass quantities. You’ll be doing yourself a disservice of tasty destruction. Moderation only, please.

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Nutrition: Calories 130 for 2 cookies, Fat Cal, 45, Total Fat 5g, Sat Fat 1.5g, Sodium 120mg, Carbs 20g, Sugars 11g, Protein 1g

Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt: Excuse me, but Yasso is a no-no. Great concept. Bad delivery. This frozen Greek pop is nicely oversized and low in calories, but the taste is so dang invisible and bland, even the Greedy Kids were searching for the flavor. Ever slurped on a watered down cup of Kool Aid? Ever drank a can of Pepsi with zero fizz? Ever poured a bowl of cereal, only to discover someone drank up all the damn milk? Yasso is among those kinds of food disasters. Something’s just…missing.

Nutrition: Calories: 70, Fat Cal 0, Total Fat 0g, Sodium 35mg, Carbs 12g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g, Protein 6g  

Trader Joe’s Shortcake Biscuits: Can you haz a biscuit? You bet your ass you can! …and you must. Just like the front of the bag says, shortcake biscuits are “wonderful with fresh fruit and whipped cream”. I did that ya’ll — fresh strawberries & a touch of TJ’s whipped cream on top. The biscuit might seem hard when you first grab it, but cut it open and you get a dense, moist biscuit with a perfect touch of sweetness that knows how to get the dessert-job done right. Now please sharpen the claws of your teeth and go gnaw on one of these for yourself.

Nutrition: Calories 310, Total Fat 16g, Sodium, 430mg, Carbs 37g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g, Protein 4g

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Food Trap Alert! Fanciest Spork On The Planet

With all the chomping, chewing, gnawing and hee-hawing I do while eating at work, I’ve been on the hunt for a fancy, portable spork. Although I am a brown-colored woman on the outside, I’m turning really green deep down in my heart. It started with recycling, and then wanting to reduce wastefulness in general, which means those cheapy plastic, throw-away utensils get the boot.

The matter of spork shopping was very serious. After taking my time with searching, the Light My Fire Spork jumped out at me as the fanciest and cutest of all. There’s lots of cool colors to choose from – more than what you see pictured. It’s also BPA-free and made in Switzerland (you know those Swiss peoples know how to roll).

I’m using the green spork.

It gets overall good reviews, but a minor few mentioned that it broke. What da hell? The damn thing is many times stronger than a basic plastic utensil. My guess is these people probably possess super human jaws that munch down with 1,000 pounds of pressure per square bite. Just keep in mind that it’s durable, yet still plastic, so keep your expectations fairly reasonable, especially if you have heavy jaws. Or you can always opt for the titanium version.

I also bought a Light My Fire Spork for every member of the Greedy Family. Ya know, just in case we’re forced to camp out in nature due apocalyptic events that melt our stainless steel utensils and force us to flee from our home. We will be armed and ready with sporks to feed on wildlife delicacies, such as dandelions, tree bark tendrils and moose carcass.

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Food Trap Alert! Voskos Greek Yogurt, Dr. Praegers Sweet Potato Pancakes and Dole Fruit Smoothie Shakers

Voskos Greek Yogurt: Huh? Who? What’s this yogurt? Can it compete with that big dawg, Chobani? Voskos is thick & silky. Tastes pretty good, too. But it has less fruit chunks than Chobani and a bit more tangy tartness on the taste buds. That tang actually points to less sugar, but it also has less protein than Chobani. Voskos is nice and fancy with the “no GMO’s and no artificial hormones” hoopla, so why the hells does strawberry flavor contain modified corn starch? It’s more than likely used as a thickening agent. Because it can’t get thick on it’s own? Modified corn starch is like Viagra for yogurt. Be careful because the Voskos label warns that the product “contains milk”. Are there really people out there with such deep levels of stupid that they can’t figure that out?

Price Paid: $1.50, Calories 120, Fat Cal 0, Total Fat 0g, Sodium 50mg, Carbs, 16g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 15g, Protein 12g

Dr. Praeger’s Sweet Potato Pancakes: Excuse me, but no. These are not the kind of cakes you drench in a tsunami of syrup. These cakes are made for healthy snacking, a light meal, side-dishing, or something along those lines. They’ve won a place in my stomachs that can’t be beat by any other sweet potatoe-ish packaged product. They’ll remind you of a hash brown. Nice and hearty, too. Just bake it up for a few minutes on each side and begin to bask in tasty clean eating gone all kinds of wonderfully right. The fine list of acceptable ingredients is “Sweet Potatoes, Egg Whites, Potato Flakes, Onions, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Arrowroot, Brown Sugar, Salt, Pepper”. Ahhhh. Now go. Go enjoy some for yourself.

Price Paid $4.29, Calories 80, Fat Cal 20, Total Fat 2g, Sodium 140mg, Carbs 12g, Fiber 1g, Sugars 6g, Protein 2g

Dole Fruit Smoothie Shakers:  This is a “fruit & yogurt kit” that you pour juice into. Then you shake it up and it transforms into a smoothie. No blender required. The concept is great, but there’s too many gray area variables that can screw with the final result. My freezer is apparently freezier than the one at the store. I had to semi-thaw out the contents before it would even shake & mix. You pour the juice of your choice up to the “fill zone” before shaking. I did that. But the shake tasted more like the juice than anything else. It did achieve an impressive smoothie consistency, but overall, it’s not a win. People who don’t usually do smoothies might think the world of Fruit Smoothie Shakers, but if you’re a smoothie-making connoisseur like I am, it might just piss you off.

Price Paid: $3.99, Calories 90 (w/o juice), Fat Cal 20, Total Fat 2g, Sodium 35mg, Carbs 17g, Fiber 3g, Sugars 23g, Protein 3g 

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Greedy Island Alert! Low Cal Belgian Waffles

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Huh? FREE Shakeology from the Yum Yucky?

The requests for free samples has been overwhelming and I want to share with as many people as possible. Soon I will reveal how YOU can get your own free sample, courtesy of the Yum Yucky! (and I am happy that the Shakeology t-shirt makes my boobs look bigger)

90 Days of Shakeology: Days 42-62 It was a rough 20 days. I got super busy with just about everything – work, home, kids, blogging, ebook writing – I’ve been late for work, running on about 4 hours sleep each night, and NOT slurping my Shakeology consistently. In the time when I need it most, I slacked off and made excuses why I couldn’t take 5 dang minutes every day to make the shake that has personally proven itself to give me the energy I so desperately need. In the last 20 days, I’ve had my Shakeology probably 10 times. So that’s basically every other day instead of consistently EVERY day. What’s wrong with that, you say? Welp, I do feel the difference. It’s had a backwards affect and been serious energy drain. I’ve skipped days of Shakeology here and there before with no lost affects, but to skip days for such an extended period of time does not work for me. I’m glad I know this now. I’m listening to my body and back doing what I need to do, so perhaps this was a necessary lesson. I’ve always looked at Shakeology in terms of what it can do for ME and me only, but it’s benefits were actually helping me to also do what I need to do for my family, while giving me the natural boost I need to do everything that my crazy days demand….. Check out what a Twitter bud of mine says about Shakeology. And if you haven’t watched this video yet: See What Doctors Are Saying About Shakeology, do yourself a favor and watch it.

Weight Progress

Day 1: 172.8 pounds

Day 62: 166.4 pounds

I’m not intimidated by slow weight loss, especially since I’m building muscle, and that affects the number on the scale. I’m in a size 6 and have noticed more muscle definition. My abs are especially coming along nicely.

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Arctic Ease (review/party alert!)

By now Ive yammered ad nauseum about the fact that I broke my booty.

An injury which rendered me like this:

& caused a never backs down from anything misfit to bail on the Las Vegas Half-Marathon.

When I finally figured out what was wrong I stretched, rolled, & clam-shelled my way back to normal (for reals. Id say Im 70% MizFit again!).

And I wrapped.

My lower-hip glute-booty region (TMI?) with Arctic Ease.

(Ill pause and letcha peruse that link.  Here’s where I announce I was 100% a cynic but ready to give anything a shot.  FTC? I received my sample for free.  The glute-relief found within is all my own.)

Sure whether Arctic Ease is what lessened my piriformis-pain is debatable (quite frankly if it was placebo effect Ill that that too!), but the fact Im wholly smitten with the stuff (as are Ren Man & the Tornado) is not.

What did I like about the Arctic Ease Cryotherapy Wrap?

It is cold & ready to use right out of the package. As bizarre as it initially seemed there’s zero refrigeration necessary.  This is a bonus both for use on the go & the fact this scattered mama can forget to put ‘need to freeze’ ice packs back in freezer after use.It uses absorbed body heat to cool covered area. Call me easily impressed but I thought this was pretty cool (rimshot?).  The heat the wrap absorbs is then lost to evaporation which allows it to stay cool for hours (!) without the drippy mess of ice-packs or, if you’re me, frozen bags of peas.I could still run frolic & be free! Unlike my bags of peas which limit me to couch-time the Arctic ease wraps are precisely that: cryotherapy wraps you place on and go! I adored not having my life/mobility limited.  In addition it wraps on to itself (no tape etc needed).Green Green GREEN! The wraps are reusable & environmentally friendly.  They contain no latex or adhesives & are 100% biodegradable.  ‘Nuff said.

What didnt I like about the Arctic Ease Cryotherapy Wrap?

The lack of pink, princess or sparkle accents. Yes I kid (I need to have something I found disappointing and for me the wraps were a wear under my clothing G-dsend)…and I dont.  While these work great for the hardcore runners among us (waves at Tricia) as mom to a tomboy of a girl I love them for her constant bonks & bruises.  She likes how they feel but wishes they accessorized her tutus moremore.

Why am I sharing this today? (thanks for asking!)

Because Im so wrap’smitten Im throwing a party.

A Twitter party. (not sure what one is? VOILA!)

And youre all invited.

The event will include women wiser than myself Lisa Johnson, Joyce Cherrier, and Ana Picazo.

It will take place 1.13.11 from 7p-8p central and will use the hashtag #coolwraps.

And there will be many fantastic prizes including a superflybigone for RSVPing below & attending.

Confused? Perplexed? Plain ole party-befuddled?

Please to hit me up in the comments below.

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