Entries from June 2008 ↓

I heart Hungry Girl!  They just put out a new post on foods that keep you looking gorgeous and I was stoked to see my fav CHOCOLATE on the list!!! Basically to keep zits at bay, you need great blood circulation.  Well, CocoaVia just released a new line of chocolate products that are loaded with cocoa flavanols, which boost healthy blood circulation.  HG recommends  CocoaVia’s Artificially Sweetened Milk Chocolate Flavored Cocoa Flavanol Beverage Mix (I know it’s a mouthful lol).  One packet is 20 calories, o grams of fat and ZERO POINTS if you’re on WW!!! As of right now, no stores in Sac are carrying these products BUT you can buy them online by clicking here.  For more product info click the pic above!

You know how your hair looks and feels after a day at the beach?  You just have this hot texture to your hair that’s gives you a sexy “I was just at the beach” look.  LOVE IT right?  Well now you don’t have to go on vacation to get your sexy, beach hair.  You just have to pick up some of Bumble and Bumble’s Surf Spray.  Click the pic above to find a location near you that carries it, plus check out Bumble and Bumble’s other products!  Lurve this line so much!

I was doing some grocery shopping the other day and I’m not gonna lie I have been a heffer this week lol!  So I decided to find some healthy or somewhat healthy snacks, instead of the cookies I enjoyed earlier.  I wanted chips in the worst way, but didn’t want to be bad…so when I saw these Light Pringles sitting on the shelf I snatched them up real quick!  I haven’t had Pringles in forever and OMG 15 of these crisps are only 70 calories and get this FAT FREE!!!  I have found my new best friend.  Dieting sucks I’m not gonna lie, but these help you stay on track and give you a little taste of the junk food we all love so much lol!  Enjoy!

GREEN TEA baby!  It is quickly becoming one of my fav diet tricks!  I have been super crappy about working out lately…probably because I’m temporarily crashing at my boyfriend’s house and I can’t do my Comcast workouts there.  I haven’t really mentioned this on air or in this blog yet, but long story short…my apartment building caught on fire a couple weeks ago and I’m homeless for the time being.  Hopefully I can move back soon, but the firemen saved my little Lulu and that’s all I care about:)  I’m very lucky, it could have been WAAAY worse.  THANK YOU to all the SAC Fire Stations that did an incredible job!!!  OK MOVING ON lol!  According to the latest issue of SELF magazine, sipping green tea between your workouts can help you lose weight faster!!!  A study done at the University of Birmingham in England found that exercisers who drank 3 1/2 cups of decaf green tea with each meal before cycling for 30 minutes, burned 17% more fat than those who did not.  HELLO HOT PANTS!  So to help me ditch the diet soda, I’ve been downing green tea and I totally feel the difference.  Plus when I start working out the bootie on top of it, I bet the results will be even better! I need to start jogging my happy ass around the block or something lol! Bottoms up!

According to the readers of Self magazine, this stuff is the ISH!  I looked everywhere trying to find out where you can buy it, and finally…behold…your portal to a cellulite-free world lies here.  The pic above will take you to Soap & Glory’s website which is super cute (you just can’t shop on it yet).  Soap & Glory Slimwear Puff-Draining Peptide will run ya only $13 and will considerably reduce the bumps and dimples in your cellulite-prone areas.  One reader wrote into Self and said she lost half an inch on her butt and thighs!!!  Holy Toledo sign me up!  So get shopping and enjoy:)

Soup is super duper filling and if you’re on a diet, Progresso Light it the way to go!  I love the Veggie and Rice light soup.  So good!  Plus Progresso is putting out NINE new light soup options yaaay!  They even offer low sodium now which is AWESOME!!!  Hungry Girl has the full write up on the soups, so to read more click here or the pic above for Progresso’s site.

So I was at 7-Eleven this morning getting some coffee with the boy and saw a little blueberry muffin sitting in a basket at the checkout.  As soon as I saw the Weight Watcher logo, I was like hells yes!  I put back my granola bar and grabbed me a muffin!  Lemme tell ya…IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!  The cool thing…one muffin (good size too) is 180 calories and 3 grams of fat.  If you’re on WW…that’s 3 POINTS.  There are tons of flavors too, click the pic for the list.

So Jillian Michaels put in all in perspective for me the other day. Why do you feel bloated and gross? Why do your jeans still fit tight after you’ve been exercising and eating right for a week? One word…SODIUM! Yup salt, aka sodium, is the little culprit that makes us feel that way. Booo! Here’s a video of Jillian explaining how to limit your sodium intake to get that bikini bod!  Click the pic to watch.

How many times have you popped some wonder drug to help you on your quest to a size 2? Uhhh I know I have. I’m sure you’ve tried a few crazy diets as well. Still, the question remains…is it safe? This book The Healthy Skeptic is a fantastic guide to losing weight in a healthy, safe way. It tells you what to believe and what to pass on. Plus it’s under $20! Click the pic above for more info and to order your copy.

So I got a few samples of Olay’s Quench Body Wash a couple months ago and I fell in love with it.  Then I went searching for a refill and couldn’t find it anywhere:(  Not even on Olay’s website. WTF!  Then I was in Target in Citrus Heights this past weekend and was surprised to see it sitting right in front of me.  I totally bought it of course.  I love this body wash because it’s more like a lotion.  It hydrates and softens your skin, plus it smells so flippin good.    My boyfriend touched my arm and even said “God you feel really soft”…see and that was only after one shower;) It works!!!  The only place I have successfully found this stuff was at the Target in Citrus Heights just an f.y.i.  So happy shopping!