Skinny Cocktail

So I decided to try making my own skinny lychee cocktail. Brian usually makes my cocktails for me, he's such a good bartender. He can think of any drink right on the spot. I just tell him what I'm in the mood for and he'll think up something very unique. I love it!

Well that night he was on an overnight shift (for those who don't know, Brian is an ER resident so his schedule is always very wacky) and decided I wanted a skinny cocktail. I read on a different blog that to help cut calories in a drink you could use water or soda water as a filler. I had heard of using soda water before but never water. So I decided to give it a try.

I thought the drink turned out great! The water helped dilute the alcohol taste a bit and I felt good knowing that I wasn't taking so many calories from adding too much juice, because we all know juice = liquid calories!

Try it out for yourself, let me know what you think! 

Recipe:

 1 1/2 shot vodka

 1 shot water

3 generous splashes of lychee juice ( I used Ceres Lychee Juice for World Market. It's 100% natural pure fruit juice with no added cane sugar, colorants or preservatives.

 Shake in a cocktail shaker

Pour into a chilled glass

Squeeze a lemon wedge in for added flavor and garnish your glass with one to make it look pretty. 

xo

P.S. The drink isn't actually green, it's just the glass. 

Beach Body

I'm really dying for a great beach body. It has been struggle since... well I can't even remember, I guess always. I have a pear shaped body (large thighs  small upper body). I feel like it's so hard to lose the weight on your lower half (*I'll post my workout schedule in a later post*). But hey, Rome wasn't built in a day.I plan on losing my weight through 80% diet and 20% gym. I plan to eat clean. Fresh fruit and veggies, and good fats like avocado and almonds. I'll eliminate wheat and other processed foods, and of course *sigh* alcohol. 

I also want to start juicing.  It's great for your body and mind. I especially love green juices. You can find a great jucie recipe here at my favorite blog: barefootblonde.com 

 Of course, I went to pinterest to help motivate me. Well it has worked, at least gym wise- I just need to clean up my diet. Here are some of my motivators:

INSTY: @KARIMULADORE

Grandma

Hi All! Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. I've been going through some tough family struggles recently. On March 20th my Grandma Betty passed away. It has been extremely hard for me. I've lived a very sheltered life, I've never really lost anyone close to me, except for family pets. I've been lucky enough to really get to know both of my Grandparents. This feeling doesn't comparing, it's pure raw emotion and it really sucks. I miss her so much!

My grandma and grandpa have always been there for me and my siblings. My dad is an only child so we were their only grandchildren so they always made sure we were taken care of. They were always giving us money for clothes and groceries and sending us letters via snail mail (I still have all of them). I remember onetime my grandparents were heading up north to visit my parents and they had to pick me up along the way. My Grandma knew raspberries are my favorite fruit so when they came to get me she had two containers waiting for me! Another fond memory I have is when I was young I would go over to my Grandmas house and I would head straight for her jewelry (she had the best costume jewelry)! I would wear her clip on earrings and necklaces while sing and dancing on their fireplace hearth (aka my stage).

It's so sad how fast time flies, seriously I feel like it was just yesterday we would go over to their house for Halloween or Christmas. Please, cherish and make memories with your loved ones while they're still around, because we never know what the future holds for us.