Living on Cloud Nine

WHAT I EAT IN A DAY

I know these posts may be silly to some, a “I don’t really care what you eat,” lol. I, however, love them. Not only do posts like this offer food inspiration, new recipes and snack ideas, I feel like they can keep myself and you readers accountable. It might make you look at “hey what am I putting in my body” on a daily basis? Or maybe just a “YUM!” Ha ha!

I will also give you the calorie and protein breakdown. I’m trying very hard to be in a little bit of a calorie deficit so I can get off the 5-7 pounds I gained over the holidays. I’m getting close.

Soon, I will be compiling another one of my healthy recipes round up posts and include some of these that I created. Like the one I did HERE.

Breakfast

I am now obsessed with the protein bowls I’m creating. And with making a batch ahead of time, I have 3-4 bowls ready for the week. I had Mr. Nine so intrigued that I created a peanut butter flavor for him, and he is in love! I always have at least a cup of berries total a day and in the a.m. I do have a cup of coffee with Stevia and 1 tsp. Chobani Coffee Creamer.

Total Breakfast Calories 282 and 26g protein

I will add that I do still loosely intermittent fast. I normally only eat between the hours of 10:30-6:30. There may be done days I grab breakfast earlier, but I stick to it in most days. I also don’t intermittent fast on vacations or special occasions.

Lunch

How I have been loving making my own Turkey sausage. Recipe

2 eggs, 2 small turkey sausage patties, a mini avocado and some strawberries and I’m good to go. I LOVE breakfast foods at all times of the day.

Total Lunch Calories 465 & 42g protein

Or should I say teatime, lol. I have a cup of tea every afternoon and I always need a little something sweet with it. This is usually when I have my one date a day with a little bit of almond butter. You may recall my Post on How I Lowered My Cholesterol with dates. Sometimes, I will throw in some fruit and this time of year, I am loving the sumo oranges, but I just have a half. And I also just have a half of a Barebell Protein Bar.

They are my all-time favorite protein bars.

Total Snack Calories 290 & 12g protein

Dinner

This Asian Chicken Salad is a flavorful delight that hits the spot. I used the ground chicken, slaw and dressing to make Asian Chicken tacos for Mr. Nine and I had the salad. So yummy. The ground chicken I use for this is a Recipe I’ve shared on the blog before way back my first year of blogging.

Total Dinner Calories 350 & 30g protein

My Target Calories is 1350-1450 and

118 grams of protein.

The way you calculate how much protein your body needs is:

Your Weight divided by 2.2 x's 2=

If you're not as active, do it time s 1.2-1.8

I’d say I did pretty good this day with a

Total of 1387 Calories and 112 grams of protein.

What do you eat in a day?

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xoxo

FRIDAY FAVORITES FEBRUARY FUN

Hi February Friday! We made it! Heading out boutique shopping with mama, brunch with family tomorrow and Super Bowl Sunday! But I’m not that excited about the game this year. Hopefully the commercials are good and TBH I don’t remember who the halftime entertainment is, (shrug shoulders) lol! I DO remember that I love Fridays, Favorites and YOU! Oh, and my tooth is better, yay!

Tea with The Twins

Of course, my ultimate favorite of the week involves the twins! All my life I’ve dreamt of a tea party with granddaughters. You may remember me talking about this on the blog that my mom got me a tea set years ago and told me this is to have tea parties with my granddaughters hopefully someday and it all came true. I wasn’t sure they were ready for it but boy, did we have a good time. Bear Bear joined us. And I had Mr. Nine jealous that he had to work and wasn’t there for it.

Grammy got them these Pink Floral Outfits.

LOVE the Cat & Jack brand at Target.

So cute and affordable.

Water Fountain Candle
Last summer when my mom and I were up in Saugatuck, Michigan, she bought the coolest water fountain candle, with a beautiful light and calming sound in a cute little boutique. I was admiring it over the holidays, and she surprised me the other day with one of my very own, including the beautiful champagne color on it, which I love. So sweet of her! LOVE hearing it trickle when I am reading. Can't find online but AMAZON does have them, they are just currently unavailable.

Sourdough Bread
Mr. Nine brought home the prettiest loaf of sourdough bread on Tuesday! My dear friend Lacey, who is the wife of a coworker of his has been cultivating and creating beautiful sourdough bread! It was just as delicious as it looks! All our sons gals have been on the sourdough train, and we got them cool sourdough starter kits but I have yet to make any, I’m starting to get the itch! Do you make sourdough?

Outfits

My favorite of these outfits is the one with the blazer simply because it is one of the best blazers I found! It’s From the Scoop Line at Walmart. The sleeves are a little bit shorter with ruching and buttons, and the color is darling!

Blazer HERE // Jeans HERE // Tank HERE // Pave Heart Necklace HERE

Sweatshirt HERE // Pants HERE // Sneakers HERE // Bag HERE // Hat HERE

Sweater HERE // Bag HERE // Shoes HERE // Jeans HERE

Mocha Mousse

The reason why I mentioned the blazer is because when you look at it, it’s could be considered a brown hue part of the mocha mousse family! If you don’t know, Mocha Mousse is the Pantone color for 2025 and it is lovely! Literally the color of Swiss Miss Cocoa powder, ha ha. The Blonde Squad and I are planning a very special blog collaboration next month that involves this lovely color!

Amazon

Did you see the Amazon Prime link up Post on Monday? We didn’t have a lot join us yet, but I had many messages saying that because they didn’t buy much in January they’d be joining us in the months to come. But I realize I also forgot to add my new Exercise Ball under $10 and 5 Star Book!

Blast from Last

Since we are talking a major sporting event this weekend with the Super Bowl, I thought I would talk about a fun baseball game. After the kids got married and moved from Baltimore last summer, we went to visit them in Cleveland and went to a Guardians baseball game! We had a “Ball.”

My Hat HERE // Tee HERE // Red Earrings HERE

Happy Weekend Babes!
Will you watch the Super Bowl?

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xoxo

AMAZON PRIME PURCHASES

Welcome Friends! Welcome to a new era in the monthly Amazon Prime Link Up originated by our dear friend, Tanya from The Other Side of the Road. Jill from Doused in Pink and I are happy to be hosting, and we hope you’ll join us whether as a participant or a reader garnering great Amazon ideas!

For me, not only am I including what I bought this past month from Amazon, but I’m also including some great gift ideas and all things hearts. I purchased several of these either for myself and/or gifts and they’re perfect!

Meat Chopper // Belt // Headbands // Produce Containers // Keto Hot Chocolate // Walking Pad // Make Up Remover // Wall Sconces

Walking Pad

This Walking Pad is one of my number one favorite purchases ever! I’ve had it now about three weeks and it’s amazing! There’s nothing that replaces outside walking but when the polar vortex hit hard in January, I knew I had to have something. I had sold a manual treadmill years ago and Mr. Nine and I had just never got one, although we keep talking about a peloton. With the price of this one you just cannot beat it, plus it’s portable and I truly can’t find any cons with it.

Meat Chopper

I melted the handle on my old one. It was time for a new one. Truly one of the greatest inventions to chop up ground meat. Use it at least a couple times a week. This

Is a GREAT ONE.

Headbands

One of the girls requested this set of Headbands on her Christmas list. With such an amazing price for a 2 pack, I decided to get them for all the girls. They shared the black ones with the boys, and it made for a cute group photo on Christmas Day.

Belt

A dupe of dupes. It literally identical to the one from Madewell and a 1/4th of the cost. Very high quality Belt.

Produce Containers

Holy moly do these babies keep veggies and fruit fresher for longer. Truly one of my favorite kitchen storage purchases. These Produce Containers come with 4 sizes and they stack inside each other when not using them.

Low Carb Hot Chocolate

I was indulging in hot chocolate over the holidays more than once a week. When January hit and sugar when bye bye in my diet, I still craved it on cold, snowy days. This keto friendly version is only 45 calories and blank net carbs.

Cetaphil Make Up Remover

I should call this Eye Make-up Remover as I only use it on my eyes. I use the Cleanser for me face. I just put a little on a cotton pad and gone so gently! Pixi stopped making my favorite remover pads, but this is the BEST replacement.

Wall Sconces

My mama got these Battery Operated Wall Sconces and were both loving them. So much so that I think Mr. Nine and I will get a set. They come with a remote control, can be set on a timer and have 3 light modes. So elegant and modern. Here are my mom’s that she put on either side of a mirror.

Hearts, Hearts, Give me all the Hearts

and for him, Check out this Jerky Heart Box!

Spoons // Blanket // Gift Card // Charcuterie Board // Necklace // 2 pack Glass Cups // Rope Basket // Bamboo Wood Spoon // Earrings // Slippers