As per request, from my beautiful friend Fabiana, I am adding a new picture to the "Meet the Gang" tab on my blog. I am glad she did request that I add this photo, because I LOVE this picture of us, and my cousin, Liz, is in it as well! (Who I love to death and will be the Maid of Honor at my wedding!) Here's the pic:

Anyways, I tried out this new protein bar today as my 3pm snack! It was a Luna Protein Bar, which I have never seen before. I love Luna Bars, so I decided to give it a try.

Since it has Cherry in the flavor, I expected there to be chunks of dried cherries or something like that in the middle of the bar. Unfortunately, there were no cherry chunks, but it did have a very strong cherry flavor, and 12g of protein which I liked. So all in all, I would give them a thumbs up!

I finally made lettuce wraps that taste EXACTLY like my dad's famous recipe!
I was so proud of myself! This is one of my favorite meals that my dad makes for me whenever I go home to visit! It was like a little piece of home, right here in Orlando!

The Recipe is pretty easy to follow, and boy is it delicious!
The ingredients include:

·         Head of Iceberg Lettuce
·         Ground Chicken
·         Green Onions
·         Peanuts
·         Garlic
·         Hoisen Sauce

I think the key to it all is marinating the chicken in low-sodium soy sauce for 30 min before cooking! Yummmmm!

This morning did not start off like I had planned. I wanted to go to the gym early this morning to start off the day energized for work, but I ended up snoozing the alarm about 5 times! I layed in bed with win for about 20 minutes before finally getting out of bed to take him on a walk. I took him on a longer walk than usual to make me feel better about not getting to the gym early. It worked! I had enough time to make myself a nice breakfast and pack a lunch. For breakfast, I loaded a bowl of Special K Protein Plus with strawberries and blueberries and a little skim milk, for a protein packed breakfast.

I didn't feel too bad about missing the gym this morning, because I will have time to go today after work. I have to run 5 miles, according to my training plan, for the Chick-Fil-a Miracle Miles Race I am running next month!

So, it has been a while since I have posted, but since such a big occasion just happened I thought I would share. I got engaged this past weekend! Brett took me out to dinner on Friday night to Seasons 52, hint hint, and asked me to marry him! It was so unexpected! I knew he was thinking about it because we were talking about it and went ring shopping at the mall to get ideas. He said he couldn't wait any longer and had to do it! We sat in the restaurant for about 2 and a half hours before even ordering our food because we were so excited, talking about planning and calling EVERYONE we knew! He did say that for the next year of our lives, all we will be doing is planing our wedding! So far it has only been 5 days and it is all I can think about! It's so exciting!

The weekend was very eventful. After the proposal, it flew by! My good friend Nicole and her boyfriend came up to Orlando to run some errands (Jordan lives in Daytona) and we all decided to get together at my friends, Jessica and Michael's place for a BBQ and a mini engagement party. We got all types of apps like hummus and pita chips, chips and guacamole and spinach dip, and watermelon. Yumm! Then Michael cooked up this fantastic chicken, tomato, onion dish on the grill with roasted potatoes. It was so delicious, I was so stuffed! But the party wasn't over yet! They got Brett and I a gorgeous cake from Whole Foods, with raspberry filling! It was so delicious!!