Buffalo Cauliflower "Wings"

Buffalo sauce.  Good.  Cauliflower.  Good.  Buffalo Cauliflower "Wings".  Good!
Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower ‘Wings’
-1 cup water or soy milk
-1 cup flour (any kind will work—even gluten-free!)
-2 tsp. garlic powder
-1 head of cauliflower,chopped into pieces
-1 cup buffalo or hot sauce
-1 Tbsp. olive oil or melted vegan margarine
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Combine the water or soy milk, flour,and garlic powder in a bowl and stir until well combined.
Coat the cauliflower pieces with the flour mixture and place in a shallow baking dish.
Bake for 18 minutes.
While the cauliflower is baking, combine your buffalo sauce and olive oil or margarine in a small bowl.
Pour the hot sauce mixture over the baked cauliflower and continue baking for an additional 5 to 8 minutes.
Serve alongside vegan blue cheese dressing and celery sticks. - I will be doing yogurt ranch and carrot sticks.

I'm with Maddie, Time to Get Serious!

OK.
The beginning of a new year means new chances. Chances to make our bodies what we want them to be (or close to it). I got on the scale this morning and after seeing the number (it wasnt pretty) I have given myself a goal of at least 20 lbs.
Tyler and I have made a motivational bet. We are going to set a date, probably around 3 months from now, and we are going to try to reach our goal by then.
This could be tricky, especially for me having clinicals 40 hours a week plus 16-20 hours of work after I get done at clinicals each day. However, I'm determined that if I stick to my plan, it can be done.
I exercised with Tyler on NYE sort of as a motivational jump start, now I am sore and am getting ready to hit the gym with Tyler and my brother as we speak.
I'm ready to do this.
ps. maddie. myfitnesspal.com- do you use it? i have an account and you can add friends through it. join, its a great tool to keep track of exercise, calorie intake, and weight.

This was my first blog ever! WAHOOO! :)
Stay Strong!

Bring it on 2013!

Well, I weighed in at 162.8.  How about that?!  Holiday meals and cookies and alcohol, and I lost weight?!  Great way to start the New Year!  So, my New Year's resolution is one we've all heard before: lose weight and quit smoking.  I know, right?  So cliche!  But it is so necessary.  I'm going to be 30 in less than a year and a half.  I envisioned my 30th birthday being spent in Vegas with my amazing boyfriend and all my besties.  I see myself wearing a flowy button up with sequined hot pants (it's going to be hot in Vegas in May).  If I were to wear this now...I'd be showing off more cellulite than even Kim Kardashian could be proud of.  I've got all the tools I need to make this happen.  I have Pinterest and it's endless supply of workouts, motivation, and healthful recipes, own Jillian's Body Revolution, a cable, free weights, etc, I have a supportive boyfriend, and I have this blog.

Best motivation over the holidays (besides losing 2 pounds), looking through my Christmas present from my Aunt.  She compiled pictures of every year of our lives and made these really great photo albums for us.  It was amazing to look back  and remember what an amazing (ly chubby) childhood I had.  It made me miss the days when I ran around in a bathing suit every single day (ages 2-5), the house I grew up in, the dogs of my past, my friends, high school, my grandparents, etc.  It was also a nice reminder that, DAMN, I wasn't just thinking I was a heavy kid...I really was.  It was pretty sad turning page after page, and seeing double chin after double chin.  It was a nice motivating factor.  Man, wouldn't it be nice to look back and think, I was a chubby kid, but look how far I have come?!  And you know, I may have been chubby, but I was always active between swimming, playing tennis and softball practically year-round, so it's not like I was all that unhealthy...I was just a big kid.  And it's time to turn it all around.  I refuse to be heavy from age 6 until I die.  Time to get serious about this.

Vegas, baby, Vegas! 5/19/2014