Food – Raw Broccoli Raisin Salad – 4 WW+

raw broccoli raisin salad recipe with 4 WW+ points

so. i’m confused … i was under the impression that broccoli had 0 points, but apparently when added to a recipe, it has points. this recipe calls for 2 heads of broccoli, which add up to 3 WW+. i was unpleasantly surprised to find this out, because i wanted this recipe to be 2 WW+ or less per serving. oh well! it’s still pretty low in points, healthy, and raw. and yummy!

10 Things That Sounded Way Better in Theory Than in Reality

10 Things

you know those things that you think, “oh yeah. that’s definitely the way it has to be done.” or “oh, i wish i had that.” or “what if we did THIS? doesn’t that sound like such a good idea?!” and then afterwards or a day or two or a few years later, they turned out to be terrible ideas? i’m making a list, and i want to hear what makes yours.

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10 Tips for An Organized Move

10 Tips for an Organized Moving Day

for the first time in my life, i’ve been able to keep a big secret for more than a few months, but the other day i let the cat out of the bag on twitter when i tweeted “#ThingsIWillNotMissAboutNYC,” and i was officially caught. it’s true, the man rabbit and i are packing up shop here in brooklyn and moving back to NC in a few months. the house we’re buying is under contract, and if all goes well, we’ll be back in the south before the serious heat of summer hits. all this means that we’re moving … again. since i turned 20, i’ve moved 9 times, so that will make 10 before i turn 30. that makes me an expert on moving. 

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10 Things I Hate About Yoga

yoga studio is the best iphone app for yoga out there!

i never, ever thought i would ever enjoy yoga enough to try to do it every waking day of my life. in fact, i’ve spent pretty much every yoga class i’ve ever been to feeling inadequate and like i just wanted to get outta there. i’ve listed my top 10 things about hating yoga in this post, and then i talk about how i found an app that has solved these problems for me. as a part of my #takecare resolution for 2013, i’m trying to do yoga every day for at least 15 minutes. the yoga studio app, which you can get here, is saving the day!

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Oh God. We’re Talking About Food and Feelings Again?

foodtherapy

we all pretty much grew up seeing that little food pyramid thing that schools had up in the cafeteria  i grew up going to weight watchers meetings from the time i was 5. i’ll never forget the time they asked everyone what was something you could do to reward yourself, and, being the complete ham i was and desperate for the room’s attention, i smartly raised my hand, and when recognized said proudly, “A COOKIE!” to which i was met with laughter, and then felt shame and then embarrassment. because i so thought i was right. 

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