Greatist, Pomegranate & A Giveaway!

Good afternoon Beautiful,

I took yesterday as kind of a second “rest” day. I worked all day and decided I didn’t want to blog last night because I really needed to spend a few hours studying and doing school work. Well, I didn’t get out of the office until late, had to go home and pick up C, then go to the grocery store to pick up food and C’s dry cleaning because he’s at a leadership summit for today and tomorrow so he needed nice clean clothes! Needless to say when we finally did get home I had about 2 hours to do school work. I finished the chapter about water, and basically how our tap water is an unnatural, processed substance and the best ways to filter water to ensure you are getting natural minerals and not as many chemicals. It was very interesting!

Now I’m on the chapter about carbohydrates (CHO) and monosaccharides and disaccharides and all those fun things that I remember learning about in college and wonder now why I didn’t pay better attention…. So because last night I was getting like 10000 different terms thrown in my face, I decided to start making study cards. What an odd feeling having to make study cue cards AGAIN. Tonight I’m going to be adding to my stash of study cards because C isn’t home and the only thing on TV is the election, so I think it’s a great way to spend my night!

Today Jenny and I did a fun circuit workout! We wanted to get in a quick workout because the both of us have a ton of work to do so this is what we did!

6 rounds, 10 reps of each
1. Assisted pull-ups
2. Kettlebell swings
3. Bicep curls w/ 10lbs dumbbells (Jenny did body weight squats)
4. Medicine ball bounces as hard as you can
5. Sit-ups on a stability ball
6. Push-ups

Both she and I were really sweaty by the time we were done! It was great – and after my work out, I got to use my new Sun Warrior protein! It definitely had a different consistency than my regular protein, but it wasn’t bad. I mean, protein powder and water isn’t normally delicious so I didn’t have high expectations. The selling point to me isn’t the taste so much as it making me feel ok and being organic and healthy and all of that fun stuff.

When C and I went to the grocery store last night I bought a pomegranate. Have you ever peeled your own pomegranate to get the seeds? I’ve done this before but I think I forgot how complicated it was. Basically you have to peel the whole thing under water so that the juice of the seeds doesn’t fly everything and stain everything it touches. So it looked like this…

But it’s great because it resulted in this….

They are so pretty!!

In traditional Sarah, holistic-nutritionist student in training fashion, I want to provide you with the reasons why pomegranate seeds are so great for you!

-          They are super low in calories… in about 100g (3/4 of a cup, give or take) there’s only 83 calories!

-          They are a great way to get Vitamin C and K (vitamin C aids in immune system function, wound healing, promotion of healthy gums and the manufacture of collagen and elastin. Vitamin K is important for maintaining strong bones as well as proper blood clotting).

-          They are rich in phytochemicals which are substances found in minute quantities in plant foods that fight disease (like cancer).

You’ve tried pomegranates before right? If not – I would highly recommend that you head on out and buy some while they’re plentiful at the supermarket now! J

In some recent news, today I was accepted as a Greatist Ambassador! Greatest is an awesome website full of healthy living, healthy eating, fitness and wellness articles! There are a TON of amazing resources on Greatist (click here to go to the website directly). On the website it says:

Everyone has a choice to be more fit, healthy and happy. And though our goals and ambitions are often similar, each person is unique, every story different! A greatest is someone who chooses better to improve their fitness, health and happiness. Are you a greatist?

Greatist.com is the trusted health & fitness source for the young, savvy and social. Health and fitness is hard. We want to make it easier. And so for starters, we believe you deserve better content than what’s out there now.

To read the whole “about” section, click here! I think I’m a great fit for a Greatist Ambassador because I totally agree that fitness and health is hard but I also know that what you get out of it only depends on what you put into it so being smart and having the right knowledge about it is essential! So yay for Greatist!

In some more fun news, tonight is the first night of my next giveaway. So for the next week, I will be holding a giveaway for a package of the new holiday tea from David’s Tea – Vanilla Orchid! The folks at David’s Tea know how big of a fan I am of their products so they supplied me with a fantastic 50g bag to giveaway to one of my lucky readers!  Check out the Rafflecopter below on how you can enter!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This is the tea:

It looks delicious and I wish I could keep it for myself!

Tell me - how is your week going? I'm taking Friday off to prepare for my birthday party so the week is creeping along fairly slowly!!

Stay sweet.
xoxo