Daily Archives: January 1, 2011

Going out in foodie style

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Yesterday was an absolutely perfect way to spend the last day of the year. It started with an early morning yoga class. The easy, relaxing class was perfect because I was super sore from Body Pump last night.

Yoga is officially back in my life, and I couldn’t be more happy about it. I’m going to make it a priority from now on, it just feels so good!

After that, I rushed home to shower and get ready for a special meeting!

I met up with Lisa and new friend Teri at one of my favorite Oklahoma City restaurants, 105degrees - a raw vegan place that I’ve blogged about several times.

Teri and Lisa

Why are bloggers so good looking? ;) They’re also fun to talk to and have great taste in food!

We were all so excited about the menu that we ordered a little bit of everything. Whenever I go to 105 I always have to have a shot of wheatgrass.

Then I started with the Kimchee Dumplings, which I shared with the ladies.

105degrees - kimchee dumplings

I’d had these before at an event a few months ago and knew I had to have them again. They remind me a little bit of sushi but they’re totally raw and vegan.

I didn’t like them as much the second time around though. Maybe they changed the recipe?

105 degrees - kimchee dumplings

The item I enjoyed next was hands down my favorite – Lisa’s Tostado Salad.

105degrees Tostado Salad

Oh my goodness gracious me, this salad was divine. DIVINE! I kept telling the girls that I would be thinking about it every day until I can eat it again. I assure you this is true. I’m pretty sure I’ll be devouring one of these guys within the next week!

For my entree I had the Heirloom Tomato Lasagna.

105degrees - heirloom tomato lasagna

This was different than I remembered it too, but it was still wonderful. The food at 105degrees is just fresh and full of flavor.

Teri’s Massaged Kale Salad was another perfect example of an extremely flavorful dish.

105degrees - Massaged Kale Salad

Seriously, isn’t she adorable?

105degrees - Massaged Kale Salad

I think they should put that picture on their website :)

We weren’t done yet though – bring on the raw vegan dessert goodness!

105degrees - tiramisu

Raw vegan tiramisu to be exact, with raw vegan ice cream. I died. I don’t really even care that much for tiramisu, and this truly blew me away.

I couldn’t think of a better meal to eat on the last day of 2010, or better lunch dates.

Lisa is one of my absolute favorites, I just adore her. I just discovered Teri’s blog due to this meet-up but I’m already in love with it. She has the cutest boxer ever (my dream dog!) and is just super fun and sweet! I’m so happy I was able to meet her!

I hope you’ve all had a great first day of 2011. It seems my cold has come back for round two so as soon as I finish watching the Fiesta Bowl (BOOMER!) I’m hitting the hay!

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Resolution Success!

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I’ve never been a big resolution person. To me, they seem to bring out negatives in our lives. We take a long look at ourselves, look at all the things we sucked at in the past year and then resolve to do better this time.

Not exactly productive.

So last year I approached my resolution from a different standpoint. I simply made one broad statement that encompassed the kind of person I not only wanted to be in 2010 but also the kind of person I felt I was starting to become in 2009.

I wrote: “I want to challenge myself in 2010.”

I love the way I stated this: I want to challenge myself. Not I should challenge myself or I will challenge myself. I showed that I truly desired to be a person who challenges myself on a regular basis.

And guess what? I totally succeeded in this! I believe it’s 100% because it was something I wanted on a primal level and not something that I arbitrarily felt I should do that helped me succeed.

I gave myself the following guidelines to assist in the resolution:

  • Run in more races. Yep, totally did that! An 8K and two half marathons under the race belt in 2010.
  • Confront my issues with the opposite sex. Yep, did that too! I awkwardly dated three different guys before finally settling on the new bf. Granted, this isn’t totally cleared up, I still have relationship issues - but I’m confronting them daily :)
  • Expand my cooking skills. I went to lots of cooking classes throughout the year and created a few tasty recipes. Not as successful as I could have been, but I made the effort.
  • Be more friendly to the environment. This one may have missed the mark. I really do try to be environmentally friendly, but I don’t know that I can call this a sucess. I joined a co-op, tried to eat locally and recycled when I could but I could do a lot better here. More on this tomorrow.

But you see, those were just guidelines - suggestions if you will. The only goal of 2010 was to challenge myself, and I know for a fact I did that almost daily.

I made an effort to be more social even when I just wanted to isolate myself.

I attempted to run a marathon. Even though I didn’t actually run it, I trained hard and learned so much about myself in the process. It was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done.

I opened up to you guys in a long series about my experience with depression.

I let go of two grudges with friends and have welcomed those people back into my life.

I challenged myself to date even though I’d rather read the entire dictionary five times in a row before sharing an awkward meal with some guy I don’t know.

Most of all, I just focused on doing things that made me feel good about myself even if they were difficult or scary and the results were fantastic.

I’ve never felt more appreciative of the person I am or more optimistic about the things to come.

Resolution success!

I wasn’t sure I was going to make goals for next year, but as I’ve been typing this up, something has become very clear to me. I’ll fill you in about what this is tomorrow. Until then…