Sometimes you just want to stick to liquids. My Tiny Tank was not happy this morning so I decided to stick with liquids today. I need to keep the protein numbers up but stick with liquids. I decided to go out and grab a tea but not just a tea but a Chai Tea Misto.

Funny thing happened one day on Pinterest…  I must admit I am not a social media lover.  Some of you may be surprised by this.  Well I’ve always loved Twitter.  It’s easy and can be local or global and if there is any thing you want to know that is going on you can immediately find it on Twitter.  Facebook has been a love hate relationship

My mom was a depression baby.  You may have heard that term before.  She was born in 1932 and has great stories of how her family of 12 lived off the land in the berkshires during the depression.  Ten kids.  That always takes me back a bit.  Impressive. Growing up my mom always lived in a manner of simple resourcefulness.

A few things have come into my life recently that have helped me slow down. One of which is drinking tea.  As I’ve mentioned before, I discovered at the beginning of the year that I in fact create most of my own stress. With this out in the open (everyone knew except me) I began to make some changes. Slowing down was one of those changes.

Today was a total wash. But not in a bad way. It was a slow start and I sat and sipped my first hot tea of the season. Fall is here. It was so soothing and delicious it was a hot chai tea. I’ve really come to like chai tea. As you know from this summer I can’t say enough about my Iced Chai Tea Latte that I make at home.

Many mornings I share this smoothie with my son.  It is VERY kid friendly.

This is my go to drink in the morning during the summer.  The half & half gives it some staying power to hold you over if you can’t eat much in the morning like me.

This protein shake is by far the best way to get fast protein into your body.  I wanted to write about my favorite smoothie, it is the best one I have created so far.  If you’ve ever had the Starbucks Chocolate Vivanno  Smoothie, it rivals THAT!  And I’m not kidding.  I have tried many protein powders along the way.    If you are looking to make smoothies for weight loss I think