Cha-Cha-Cha- CHIA

I have caved to the trend and have had my first Chia product. 

For those of you who dont know what Chia is or means, It is a seed that is mostly grown in mexico it comes from the plant Salvia Hispanica. The use of Chia seeds dates back to the Mayan's and Aztecs, more recently it is known by the fad Chia pets which is where many 90s kids know the cha-cha-cha- Chia comercials in which the Chia seeds were used in a clay mold to grow a grass that appeared like hair on what ever the clay mold was, I vividly remember my uncle buying my cousin a cat chia pet because she forgot to give him a list for Christmas. 

Now all this talk about seeds and plants my have you wondering so where does this come in with food? well there are many different ways to use these seeds they can be bought already in food, for example some Natures Path cereals are made with Chia seeds, it can also be bought in a drink form which is what I will focus on as I tried a drink from the company Mamma Chia, you can also buy it at your local grocery store and use it for baking or cooking on your own accord. 

Some of the positives of the Chia seed are that they can be used in products that are gluten free as well as vegan. They also contain Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids , Carbohydrates, Protein, Fiber, Antioxidants and Calcium 

The Chia product that I have tried out is Cranberry Lemonade by Mamma Chia

The Mamma Chia company started with Janie Hoffman the creator and now CEO who began using chia to benifit her own health and created the company to share these wonderful seeds with her community. The Mamma Chia brand has grown since its 2009 start, seeing as it has reached specialty stores such as whole foods in Connecticut it has branched pretty far since its San Diego beginings. The Mamma Chia Products range from the Vitality Beverage which is what I got as well as Mamma Chia Squeeze which Im not really sure what exactly they are but basically a squeeze togo pouch snack. There is tons more information about Mamma Chia and the amazing things that their drinks can do for you at mammachia.com

Now what you have all been waiting for I'm sure My opinion!  

So what do I think of this Mamma Chia drink? First of all I LOVE the flavor, I bought it in cranberry lemonade and it is delicious I also really want to try the Cherry Lime :) as well as many of the other flavors.

The texture is something unexpected I had heard of it before so I kinda knew what to expect, but for those of you who don't really know something with the chia seeds makes the drink almost gelatin like... not that I'm promoting drinking but I kind of think of it as a liquidy jello shot BUT HEALTHY FOR YOU !!! 

Also you may be thinking I don't really like the idea of a seed in my drink... but let me tell you , I hate smoothies that have seeds in them I just dont like there to be something crunchy in my drink call me crazy lol. But I really dont mind it in these the seeds go down really easy and once you get past the initiall omg this is really jello like its not bad at all! 

I hope this post was helpful!! If you have tried Chia in other ways besides these Mamma Chia drinks let me know in a comment below what you think of Chia seeds and other ways that you have used them! 

Stephaniexx

My Week 3/18-3/24

Ohhh hello there it is the end of another week so it is time for another week recap! This week went from being alot of fun to me being sick :( I came down with a cold yesterday had a really bad soar throat and was all sorts of congested today I am feeling better for sure but still not 100% so I have just been hanging around got my self a boston creme donut this morning because i didnt feel good and thats what i wanted diet means nothing when your sick in my mind lol but ill be back to running and working out tomorrow for sure!! 

What are my inspirational thoughts?
"You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one"

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" -Winston Churchill

Did i do anything exciting?

I did a couple things that were pretty exciting :) and alot of them had to do with food lol I went to taco tuesdays, wing night, and cheese burger in paradise damnnnn lol but they were all sooo good and youll see them more in the food section lol But the really exciting thing that i got to do this week was go to a country bar to go line dancing

Me and my roommate pre line dancing. It was so much fun and I cannot wait to go back!!! I am a pretty fantastic line dancer if I do say so myself ;) lol it took some time but I think I got pretty good and its deffiniatly a hobbie that I am thinking about taking up 

What did a stuggle with/ could improve on?

This week actually went pretty well and didnt have too many struggles things went pretty well and I feel as though I am doing well at organizing my time and remaining patient and trying to live a healthy happy life... asside from getting a cold obviously 

Favorite food/ snack?

Ohhh food :) this week was full of it and it was all delicious

first off are chicken tacos from taco tuesdays. So essentially taco tuesdays is when a local bar The Warehouse has special tacos for tuesday nights they vary from beef to chicken to pulled pork tacos and they are delicious!! each comes with five tacos either soft or hard shell we also at our table split a side of fries which are amazing there also!! and i really want to go back this week and try something different off their menu because they have over 50 types of burgers and that intrigues me :) 

Now on to wing night at the Golden Rail, they have about 6 different wing flavors my favorites are the BBQ and Teryaki now generally I am not a wing person because I dont like eating things off the bones... but I am working on broadening my food horizons and in this case I am really glad I did. 

And lastly Cheeseburger in Paradise for a bbq cheddar turkey burger. I am not a huge burger/ ground beef fan so the fact that at cheeseburger in paradise you can replace a burger with a turkey or vegy burger is aweseome!!! and this came with the turkey burger cheddar cheese, bbq sauce, red onions, pickles and lettuce it was perfection!

Drink?
Along with my burger at Cheeseburger in Paradise I got this gem

Frozen Sangria say whattttt lol and ofcourse it came with the adorable pineapple with sunglasses which was just too perfect! But this was frozen strawberry sangria and it was fantastic but went right to my head so I would suggest that you have someone else to drive you home luckly my roommate drove

New suggested products, movies, ect

This week me and Eddie went to see Oz the Great and Powerful it was a really great movie we saw it in 2D because 3D tends to hurt both of our eyes but it really was a great movie regaurdless the effects were amazing and the storyline was great there are deffinatly things that shock you and they throw in really great  twists that you wouldnt expect.... or atleast I didn't Im not sure if the plot is well known but I didnt know it going in and I really loved it 

Netflix hook?

Investigation Discovery shows they are essentiallys about like crimes and people who commit them so the first series I wanted who the bleep did I marry and now I am watching nightmare next door. So they are just really interesting to me

School stuff?

Two of my Four midterms have gotten back to me and I did really good on both so right now school is going fantastic for me and I'm really nervous/ looking forward to graduation in a few months 

Favorite app?

I just downloaded food feats which is essentially a bunch of restaraunts that have food challenges and I am really excited to start using that soon!

well thats about it for this week I think I hope you all had an awesome week and are refreshed and ready to start the next one!
later lovies :)

Spur of the moment target haul!!

So this afternnon instead of studying I decided a target visit was inorder I mean its been like a whole week come on... 

So lazy outfit day today im in an oversized hoodie and a yankees hat 

So eddies purchases were cool ranch doritos and cheddar cheese lol he want nachos when he get home from class.. 

I am sorry these are upside down but my much healthier food purchases blueberries and then a Naked juice which has blueberries black berries apples and bananas and then a arnold palmer pink lemonade now im joking about the healthy stuff because this is what i did with the blueberrys

yum!!

Again sorry I didnt edit photos today because I have homework to do so the pictures are sideways :/ but this is a pantene hair treatment that I am going to try and I will let you guys know what I thin kof it after I use it a couple times 

So these are three elf products I got and if you keep scrollign I will swatch the lip colors so the first is a lip stain in nude nectar a jumbo lip gloss in pink umbrellas and the blush is in the color tickled pink 

I am also really excited to try this mud mask which I will probably do sunday... maybe lol so I will let you know what i think of it 

lastly I got a nail polish from sally hansen in the color coral reef which i think i will be wearing alot for spring and summer 

So this is and okay picture of the swatches but the top color is the stain and the bottom is the jumbo lip gloss 

and this is what the combination of booth looks like on my lips sorry for the scary face :O 

Later lovies :)