Friday Favorites: 12/12

I’m linking up today with Friday Favorites & Fit & Fashionable Friday! Buttons are at the bottom if you’d like to check them out! :] Our theme for Foodie Friday this week is healthy hot beverages! With luck, I’ll be posting that somewhere this evening. I had a slight mishap with my apartment complex and was scalped for over $100 in unnecessary fees, so I am actually pretty dispirited right now. :[

This is my first time linking up with Friday Favorites, so I thought I’d include a mix of things I’ve always loved,  favorites from stuff that happened this week, and awesome finds!

• Super comfortable workout clothes
  I’m clearly in complete denial that it’s basically winter. (I guess it helps that I only really work out indoors…)Also, I’d just like to share that I actually really hate taking selfies (unless I have a cute animal around), but I especially hate taking them at the gym. It makes me feel like a total narcissist, and also like I’m just there to camwhore instead of actually working out. :[ Someone talk me out of this mentality please. :[
  That being said, I got that tank top from Chase Infinite last week and I love it! I ran my fastest mile to date in it the day I took this picture! The RBX capris were from Gabe’s, and I love the pattern on em’. :] I really wish I could just live in workout clothes. It’d make life so much easier!

• Kaylin‘s delicious healthy Banana Funfetti Pudding recipe that I need to try making!
• Trish told me about a bar in Michigan that doesn’t serve alcohol! <3 That would definitely be my kind of bar. Why can’t we teleport yet?!
• Giveaway goodies! <3
  

  Thank you so much to Annmarie, Debi, and Melissa! <3

• The “Dish the Fit” link up that I somewhat recently started participating in. :] I love how supportive and encouraging everyone is, and the weekly topics are definitely helpful for when I fall into a writing-inspiration rut!

• Being fed free lunches for the past two weeks. The cardiology office has definitely been helping me to keep my grocery budget down! I got to order whatever I wanted, so I got to keep it healthy too! :]
• Tissues & cough drops with pep talks printed on the wrappers. Being sick sucks. My preceptor almost sent me home on Wednesday because I sounded like I was dying. ;_;
• These articles on nutrition & healthier dietary habits! There’s a practical guide to eating healthy, eating healthy on a budget, grocery shopping tips, smart snacking…pre- and post-workout nutrition…good stuff!
• Pictures of adorable pets growing up!
  

  I did a spinoff with Ninja. (These two photos are 8.5 years apart!)

•  Earning my first stripe in BJJ!
  What with my super-wonderfully unpredictable rotation schedule, I don’t get to make it to classes as much as I would like (which would be twice a week for back-to-back TKD + BJJ classes). I missed a seminar with Rhalan Gracie last week because my preceptor for Cardiology is a magical human being who works for billions of hours on end. o_o His patients absolutely adore him though, and I can definitely see why.When I finally made it in again on Monday, Phil gave me a new belt and my very first stripe! <3 (In BJJ, stripes are kinda like an intra-belt recognition of your progress and skill.) I was completely shocked, but ecstatic! :] He told people to be nice to me, because I’d been sick last week, and we immediately moved on to positional sparring/mount escapes. I managed to not get murdered, and when we were rolling after class, I even managed to escape two arm bars and a couple mounts/chokes!I need to get a mouthguard though (+ learn to back down and tap out…). I forgot how we ended up the way we did, but I ended up landing on the side of my head while I was rolling with Brad. ‘Twas rather painful.

• What are some of your favorite things this time of the year? :]
• What’s one of your accomplishments from this week?
• What’s your favorite [healthy] + delicious drink recipes?