Personal Training
Product Reviews, GIVEAWAY WINNER and Spin Certifed!!
Hey my bloggies!! How is everyones weekend going? Mine is just non stop, well until about now when I have had some time to breathe! Yesterday as you know, was my SPIN certification! It was 10:30am-7:30pm, but we got out around 10 to 7 which was nice. The day FLEW by, the presenter was amazing. She had such great speaking skills and she was funny too so she really connected with each and every one of us. I met some great girls around my age too, exchanged numbers, I was super psyched for this, I am always looking for new people who share my same interests to hang out with!
To start the day, I obviously brought lots of food with me! There is a Panera right near the gym, but I would have rather brought my lunch and snacks-tastes better and save some major $$
(obviously, more than I would have needed! I like to be prepared, ya know?)
Cashew Cookie Larabar , Strawberries, Kays Natural Honey Almond cereal, Nutz over Chocolate Luna Bar, Baby carrots, Fage 0%, banana, apple, string cheese
I packed some of these in a baggie- (I received a HUGE package of delicious Newmans Own Organic goodies which I will get to in a bit!)
Main Lunch- Josesphs Lavash wrap with low sodium turkey breast, horseradish hummus, tomato, baby romaine, lite havarti cheese
I ended up eating Luna bar before our first ride around 11:30. Then for lunch I had the wrap, Apple, Carrot sticks and Newmans Own Cinnamon Soy Crisps. Then before our second ride I had the banana. After the workshop on my way to Jasons I had the string cheese and strawberries. I didn’t end up eating the Larabar, Fage or the Kays Natural Cereal.
Not only was the certification well done, but extremely informative. I learned a GREAT deal of information about heart rate and spinning and aerobic base building and class construction.
PIctures of the symbols we learned and are supposed to use to construct our very own SPIN class
Some examples of class construction
Learning the 4 P’s of class construction. Population, Purpose, Plan, Progression!
The class ended with a great ride taught by our instructor. She told us about this great website to go to and download, so we can mix our own music. her playlist was great and she was so motivating. She teaches 21 spin classes in 3 days!!! This instructor really knows her stuff and was amazing!
If you would like to know more about anything SPIN related don’t hesistate to email me while all this info is fresh in my mind! Onefitfoodie@gmail.com
————————-
PACKAGE TIME!
I received 2 beautiful, filled to the brim packages from 2 amazing food companies! I am so thankful from the folks at Newman’s Own Organics and Vitalicous for sending me some of their goodies!!
(1) Newman’s Own Organics
COMPANY
Newman’s Own Organics was established as a division of Newman’s Own in 1993, and became a separate company in late 2001. Paul Newman has given over $200 million to thousands of charities worldwide since 1982.
Newman’s Own Organics was established as a division of Newman’s Own in 1993, and became a separate company in late 2001. Paul Newman has given over $200 million to thousands of charities worldwide since 1982.
There was organic O’s, 2 flavors of soycrisps (cinnamon and barbeque) LOTS of organic chocolates, organic Mints, organic spelt pretzels, organic hermits, organic chocolate chip and espresso chocolate chip cookies, organic cranberries, organic apple slices.
Jason said these were SO tasty. He made me take away the bag because he would’ve had the whole thing in one sitting. They are about the size of Famous Amos cookies but filled with much more flavor. Cripsy, delicious and made with all organic ingredients, these are the perfect dessert to any meal!
These cookies are made with an organic ingredient, palm fruit oil, and produce a wonderful cookie with no hydrogenated oils.
Organic Cinnamon Soy Crisps. I brought these in a baggie with me to spin orientation. They were SOOO good! I finished my baggie and seriously wish I had more! They were not overbearing with sweetness and had the perfect amount of cinnamon. They are gluten free and have between 7-9 grams of protein in 1 serving! (depending on the flavor) I can’t wait to break open the bag of barbeque soy crisps!
Organic dried cranberries & organic dried apples
from the website: The dried fruit line is 100% organic and contains no sulfites. “We are proud to partner with U.S. Certified Organic Farmers and Processors whose commitment to organic practices makes these wonderful dried fruits available to you. Purchasing our organic products supports their efforts,” states Nell Newman, Co-founder and President of Newman’s Own Organics.
THANK YOU NEWMAN’S OWN!!!
——————–
(2) Vitalicious
First to market with 100-calorie servings, Vitalicious® is leading the way to a holistic approach to maximize satisfaction with minimum calories, with products that are low fat and high in fiber and nutrients. Vitalicious® has created a unique triangle of need-satisfaction (All-Natural ingredients + Nutraceuticals + Weight Management), the only baked-goods company in this niche. Founded in 1999, Vitalicious® creates and sells a variety of unique, healthy, value-added baked goods under the VitaMuffin™, VitaTop™, VitaBrownie™, VitaCake™, and VitaMuffin Mix™ trademarks. Vitalicious® products are now sold at stores nationwide and at www.vitalicious.com (www.vitalicious.ca for Canadian Residents). Here at Vitalicious® our mission is simple: to make healthy and delicious baked goods that are fortified with essential vitamins and minerals.
Assortment of 100 calorie natural muffin tops and brownies:
4 Low Fat VitaBrownies
2 Low Fat Chocolate Fig VitaTops
2 Low Fat Banana Nut VitaTops
2 Low Fat Double Chocolate Dream VitaTops
2 Low Fat Deep Chocolate VitaTops
2 Low Fat Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip VitaTops
2 Low Fat Golden Corn VitaTops
2 Low Fat CranBran VitaTops
2 Low Fat AppleBerry VitaTops
2 Low Fat MultiBran VitaTops
2 Low Fat BlueBran VitaTops
I think I have enough Vitalicious products to last me a LONG time!
First up to try!
From the looks alone i LOVED the peanut butter chips! There could have been a few more in there, because they were sooo good! As soon as I opened the pacakage whif of rich chocolate filled the air. I could tell this was a good first choice!
Look at how moist and chocolatey it is!!
From others suggestions on how they eat their Vitatops. I decided to make a little snack of greek yogurt mixed with some PB2 and a warmed up Vitatop. This was the greatest idea ever! I love how I brought out the peanut butter flavor using the PB2 in the yogurt and the combo of the warm chocolatey Vitatop with the cold tart yogurt was a great snack! The top stayed moist and chocolatey I would say there is an overbearing flavor of peanut butter in this Vitatop but it certainly was delicious!
Thank you to the amazing folks at VITALICIOUS!!!
————–
Sunday Eats Thus far
Breakfast started off with a BANG…I will warn you, this is a ‘who’s is better’ post for Me and Jason’s Breakfast
Naomi’s Breakfast
1/2 C oats, blueberries, diced apple slices, walnuts, cinnamon
Jason’s Breakfast
Belgium Waffle made with Whole Foods mix, blueberries, syrup and whipped cream (he made the smiley so it was posing for the camera)
Who’s would you choose?
—————-
Lunchtime
AMy’s Organic Low Fat Vegetable Barley Soup…This is one of my favorite Amy’s Soups!
Amy’s Organic low fat vegetable barley soup
and a tuna Quesadilla
Layer 1-Josephs low carb wrap with tuna salad made with Dijon and diced celery
Layer 2-with sliced tomatoes
Layer 3 with mexican style Weight watchers cheese
Final product with a side of organic salsa and roasted red pepper hummus! (sorry for the terrible lighting)
Such a comforting meal for a rainy, dreary day!
How is your weekend going?? what is your favorite thing to eat on a rainy, gloomy day?
I also got some new products at Trader Joe’s this weekend. This being one of them
Reduced guilt filet of sole served with spinach and fava beans. I am not normally a frozen dinner person, but the nutritional status on this looked good and it’s very convenient to bring with me to work one day this week!
Do any of you have frozen entree favorites?
This being another Trader Joes new product for me
Frozen Cherries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries-awesome combo! this will be in some of my smoothies this week for sure! I love frozen cherries
XOXO
Naomi
MY GIVEAWAY WINNER FOR A COUPON GOOD FOR 4 DOLLARS TOWARDS A NASOYA PRODUCT IS….
#26:THE ACTORS DIET said…
#68:Libby said…
#14: The Candid RD said…
CONGRATS!!! email me at onefitfoodie@gmail.com so I can get your coupon out to you!!
Yum, I love Nasoya products!! I like their silken tofu, the chocolate flavored one is delicious. I make smoothies out of them, or sometimes popsicls!
MMm, Nasoya tofu. I should try their other products!
yummy – the won ton wrappers!
Yum yum and yum! Loving all the good foods and i am totally jealous of all the food packages you received! Way to go for the SPIN workshop. That woman is my idol for teaching 21 classes in three days! Needless to say she can eat whatever she pleases with a lifestyle like that!
Congrats to the Nasoya winners!
Great job in your SPIN class. Keep us posted. I’d love to take one of your classes!
I’m crazy jealous of your Vitatops. I’ve been dying to try them. Enjoy the rest of this rainy day!
You got some real great eats right there! I love the Newman’s Own Chocolate Bars. be sure to set aside a good hour for enjoying them, haha
love vitatops in my yog messes!
jenna
That tuna quesidilla looks amazing! I’ll have to try adding shredded cheese next time I make tuna!
I usually pick you but this time I have to go with the waffles lol.
congratulations!! That’s awesome, I love going to spin 🙂 You’re so lucky, I love Newman’s and Vitatops, yum! I got to try those last FNCE. I love a big, hearty stew during the winter months, but it’s still in the 80s here 🙂
what a review post, holy moley woman, nice work! I gave you a shoutout the other day too for winning your giveaway, thanks again 🙂
xoxo
yay! thanks dear!
Congrats on your certifications! I’ve never tried a spin class…they’ve always kind of intimidated me. haha
Wow, what a great post!! I love all your goodies from Newmans Own.. Im a huge fan of their pretzels!! Ya for you for packing your lunch instead of buying.. what a money saver (plus it looks super yummy) 🙂
your oats look amazing 🙂
oooh. how I would love to try those Vita Tops!!!
Thank you so much for your comment on my blog, that really means a lot to me…
Congratulations with your certifications! I’m a certified aerobic/dance instructor myself, but it’s more than a year ago that I was able to do that (wanna be stable at my goal weight first), can’t wait to start again: especially after your post! Thanks!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
i know. i wa slike ummm i’ll just eat it because I AM DYING AND CAN”T CONCENTRATE!
the fiber one bars are now a little too sweet and weird for me. i fel like a)i have to pick little bits of barley flakes? out of my teeth and b)chocolate is sticky.
=D
THANKS! i love the shoes too!
ahhhhh soooo much goodness here! first, congrats on the spin certification! that is soooo exciting! how many actual rides did you do that day? and that’s crazy that that lady teaches like 7 spin classes a day – she must literally get to eat everything and anything she wants 🙂
yay for packages – enjoy all the goodies!
http://www.thehealthyeverythingtarian.com
Congrats on getting certified! That’s awesome!
You are going to love teaching Spin! Congrats on getting certified!
Huge huge fan on pretty much all Newman’s products, I’m hoping I can still find a few more at the Whole Foods here because PUblix doesn’t ahve much.
I have to say Vitatops were ok, but I just never fell in love with them like everyone seems to have
wooowww i am way gald i found your blog! you got some good eats here girl 🙂
congrats on the certification!!!! tres exciting 🙂 and YAY for packages!!! i love both of those companies!!! veg barley is my fav amy’s soup as well!!
Congrats on your spin certification! So interesting about the symbols! Those Newman’s Own products are the best! It took me months to finish all that! So fun!
I think I’d pick Jason’s breakfast, just because of the creativity with the smiley face!
Though I scrolled up and looked at the oats again…I can’t choose!
Congrats on the spinning and SO jealous of the Vitalicious package. Looks so yummy!
congrats on the spin certification–that’s so exciting!! i’m getting my AFAA certification this weekend, and Zumba certified in a few weeks–i cant wait! all your eats looks delish. i loooove vitatops, and have been dying to try newman’s own (especially the chocolate peanut butter cups!) hope you have a great day!
Kristen@ http://www.simplysavor.com
Great reviews! I really want to try some of the Newman products; I keep reading about them… And a vitatop would go so nicely with my coffee right now… 🙂
Congrats on the Spin certification! I have never taken a spinning class, but I really should try it!
wow lucky you w/ all those fun freebies! they sound delicious! 🙂
congrats on the spinning cert!
I would have had the Belgian waffles! 😀
Hooray for spin class! Totally miss it.
Hey! Me again =) I just passed an award along to you on my blog =)
HI there…just stumbled onto your blog!! Love it!!
I have a goal of getting certified this year for spinning!! I love it! I also cycle a lot outside in the summer and am training for a century this year…did 75 miles last year! And I think getting certified would teach me a lot to that would help my own cycling!!! Take care~