Rise and shine, pretty people! 
<—Isn’t that guy fun? He reminds me of Joey Fatone from ‘NSync for some reason. Oh Lord, my teeny bopper ways are showing again. I love you, JTT!
Workout
This morning started out with a sweaty workout at the hotel gym.
I began my morning workout with 20 minutes on the elliptical followed by a weights routine similar to the one I completed on Monday, only I incorporated some squats in place of lunges and did Ryan’s awesome shoulder move in place of the shoulder raises.
Breakfast
After the gym, Ryan and I headed to the breakfast buffet to snag some free food.
Today’s menu featured egg patties (um, what?), biscuits and gravy and French toast sticks.
French toast sticks are freakin’ delicious, but these were obviously fried and very greasy, so I limited myself to two glorious sticks before making a more nutritious breakfast of whole wheat toast, topped with banana slices and peanut butter.
PB & B in all its glory!
Quick and Easy Chia Seed Recipes
My latest freelance piece is up on Shape Magazine’s homepage today! Wahoo!
I think quite a few of you caught on to this piece when chia seeds popped up in every other meal on the blog last week.
You’re observant little creatures. 
To see the recipe compilation, simply click here.
And good news!!! They spelled my name right this time!
Great Fundraising Act Update
Before signing off for the morning, I must give a BIG, ginormous thank you to those of you who participated in The Great Fundraising Act on Monday. In the end, TGFA raised more than $26,000 for Susan’s treatment. Definitely check out Susan’s blog post following the auction. I cried big baby tears. The blog world is full of the most generous, loving and supportive group of people and I feel incredibly blessed to be a part of it.
And a shout out goes to the winner of my peanut butter granola, Katie, who donated $178 to TGFA! Another loving shout out goes to Gina who then matched Katie’s donation and will now be receiving a fun package of peanut butter granola (and lots of other goodies!) as well. You guys blew me away! That’s $356 from PBF readers. Unreal.
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French toast sticks … they remind me of kids meals at Burger King. Ahhh the good ol’ days
I could live on French toast sticks! Even the worst are still delicious!
Congrats on the chia seeds article! (and that they spelt your name right!) Can’t wait to sit down and read it!
Egg patties? ooo sounds interesting!
Must try to recreate 🙂
I noticed you were using chia seeds a lot there for a while! Great job on the article!
PBF readers = awesome. French toast sticks = also awesome. I think they sell them frozen at the grocery store…kiiiiinda want some now. Inspiration for a healthified recipe, maybe??? I bet you could totally do it!
The auction blew me away. I can’t get over how amazing this blogging community is!
That explains soooo much! I just started reading your blog a few weeks ago and I just thought you were REALLY obsessed with chia seeds. 🙂 Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I’m so glad everyone raised so much money. That is amazing!! I was trying to bid on something but people were going to high for me. Money is tight with the new house but I think I will just donate a little on my own.
I just laughed out loud at that smiley that looks like Joey Fatone! I was SUCH an NSYNC teenybooper back in the day! LOVED it!!
wow Shape! So cool! Congrats!
LOVE the compilation… I’m always looking for new ways to use my chias! 🙂
WOOOO SHAPE!!! I love dem french toast sticks. Addicted.
I was so excited to see this post, I just bought chia seeds and besides throwing them in smoothies (which I’m not really sure about the sliminess) I had no clue what to do with them!! Thanks!
great article! SHAPE?! woah! one of my favefave magazines 🙂
The blogging community is truly incredible and I’m so happy to see what a great outcome TGFA had! I’m so happy now to finally be a part of it too by starting a blog 🙂
Before I read your post I had put a shout out for requesting new ways to incorporate chia seeds into my foods, and now I got a whole new array of ideas from you, thanks!
Congrats on the Shape article! That’s so exciting!
Out of curiosity, do you ever use flax seeds? I was thinking of buying some flax, but now I’m considering chia instead (since I have such great recipes to use!). 🙂
Great article. I hope your readers will want to learn more about chia seeds and explore some chia seed recipes on my website: http://www.chiativity.org
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