Karina’s Day
November 13, 2009 at 12:35 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 43 CommentsTags: alice in wonderland, anorexia recovery, apple pie, broccoli cheese calzone, couscous, green beans, health food, hemp plus granola, italian sausage, jabberwocky, karina pinzon, larabar, lewis carroll, lightlife, nature's path, oatmeal, oikos, peanut butter, rose water, vitatop, weight gain meal plan
Good day, lovies! Despite my new and perpetual euphoric mood, I feel extra yucky today– healthwise, that is. My mother kindly passed her mysterious cold onto me, raw, excoriated throat and all. What a sweetheart… though we all knew that was bound to happen, seeing as that sickly woman has slept in my room with me every night this week.
Hopefully this ailment wont progress and I will be the picture of health for ballet tomorrow! (hah. hah. hah.)
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When Karina Pinzon’s eyes first opened this Thursday morning, she was all up and ready to take on the world… that is until her throat hollered at her with a sharp pain.
“OWIE,” she cried. “POR QUE?”
The Spanglish speaking femme fatale dragged herself out of bed to prepare herself a comforting bowl of hot oatmeal. There could never be a thing more fitting.
1 packet of instant oatmeal cooked in 1/2 c. hemp milk, 14g. whey protein powder, 2 tbsp. almond butter, 1 tsp. honey, 4 drops of rose water, and a trickle of maple syrup. After cooking, Karina added in an apple pie Larabar and 1/4 c. of blueberries, and then nuked the bowl for another 15 seconds. She enjoyed this delightful bowl with a cup of green tea and the company of her family.
Thursdays are the day of the week Karina always looks forward to. The day is 100% hers for every single hour is commitment free. Now then, what did she choose to devote her time to today? She chose to:
1. Blog-read,
2. “Sing”,
3. Dance like a caterpillar,
4. Movie-watch,
5. and rest.
“Little bread-and-butterflies kiss the tulips,
and the sun is like a toy balloon…..”
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When lunch rolled around, Karina warmed up one of her mother’s broccoli cheese calzones alongside carrots & guacamole, and a side of kiwi with a bit of peanut butter.
Left satisfied with her meal, Karina ran over to her Macbook’s iTunes library to switch on some of her favorite songs… which she got really into…
And somewhere between her hip gyrations and pelvic thrusts, Karina managed to fit in a snack:
Oikos with a 1/2 serving of Hemp Plus Granola.
Oh how she loved Thursdays! The rest of the day, she spent sprawled on the couch with Degrassi reruns and Lewis Carroll poems. There was one poem in particular that struck a chord with her:
Jabberwocky
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Can you guess who Karina’s Jabberwocky is?
because some day he’ll be slain.
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A queasy, slothful Karina stood in the center of her spacious kitchen, a look of bewilderment plastered on her face. Bedtime inched closer and closer, and as she looked back upon her day, she realized she did nothing and absolutely everything.
For the first time since “Jabberwocky” ED entered her life, she survived a sick day locked inside of her home: free of all exercise. And she did not restrict her calories either!
Her body hankered for some rest, some tender loving care. And she gave that to it. Love, care, and all.
To nourish her worn out body, Karina stuck her head in the refrigerator, scouting for leftovers, a piece of bread… anything! The best she could find were the previous night’s scraps. The challenge was that she couldn’t microwave any of the ingredients as they would dry out, so she was compelled to whip up a chilled new recipe:
1 c. Couscous
1 cooked Lightlife Italian style sausage, chopped and refrigerated overnight
3/4 c. chopped butternut squash, chilled
3/4 c. plain cut green beans, chilled
1 tbsp. olive oil
curry, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and salt to taste
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My day is over. In a few minutes you will find me standing in front of my food cabinets, eyes grazing the choices for tonight’s snack. I don’t know what I am in the mood for. I am not particularly hungry, to be honest, but thanks to the muddle I am in, I don’t have much of a choice now do I?
Before I conclude this silly little post, I want to answer a few questions asked in yesterday’s post, reveal another truth, and tag Nic for yesterday’s truth. I was so silly and forgot to tag someone after I posted my truth!
Truth: I never, ever just “listen to music.” I always listen to the song, analyze it, and create a music video inside my head, with me as the star. This never fails to entertain me for hours on road trips. & I tag… Tori!
Q’s & A’s:
Vanilla asked: Love your breakfast, and chocolate and blueberry: delicious combo! Do you take a lot of time to plate your food? Because when I do, my mom is sooo freakin annoyed and yells at me, lol.
-I actually don’t take any time to plate my food. I usually just throw it on there 9 times out of 10. But I DID take the time to assemble my sandwich platter.
For my breakfasts though, I never really try to make them look pretty! Hehe.
Delilah asked: How long does it typically take you to throw your breakfasts together? It looks to me you’re not only making them to eat, but for show. ;D
-It probably takes me about 10-15 minutes tops if it something really special.
I mainly spend some time to make them delicious so that I feel excited about eating the food. It is something I’ve had to do to get ED out of my head a little.
Kate asked: (Oh, and may I ask what kind of camera you use? I’m looking to buy a new one and I just love the way your pictures look! Top notch!)
-I use a Canon Powershot S51s. It is a really good camera but you will be surprised to find out that it isn’t as neat and advanced as some of the other bloggers’ cameras.
I really recommend this model though 
Well, goodnight to all! I think I will have a deep chocolate VitaTop slathered with PB tonight…
P.S. If you watched that video and no longer want to associate yourself with a weirdo like me, I understand 100%!
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i love the video so much, do you do media? you seem to be a bit of a computer whiz and as well as a bit of a comedian you are seriously to cute for words
Comment by jessica— November 13, 2009 #
First of all, I love your video. *falls over*
Kiwi with peanut butter is an interesting combination. Your dinner looks yummy (again). I just love throwing ingredients together and eating a meal as one big mess. It’s so much fun, and there’s variety in each bite~
Enjoy your snack; it sounds heavenly
I hope your throat heals soon! Scratchy throats make swallowing no fun :/ Oh, and I don’t mind chattiness at all. 
Comment by candice— November 13, 2009 #
You just made my night.
You really, honestly just made my night!
I was having confidence issues ALL day today, and after seeing you get your groove thang on, my confidence is sky high!
So thank you for cheering me up!
May I also say, you make one smoooooth and sly cat
Have a beautiful night/day/morning/afternoon.
Love,
Eleanor.
Comment by Eleanor— November 13, 2009 #
oh boo so sorry you have a cold! argh!! and LOVE your video..you are adorable!!
dark chocolate vita+PB = heaven!! sometimes i mix it up with some frozen cool whip and its like an ice cream sundae..somewhat
Comment by kbwood— November 13, 2009 #
Your lunch looks so delicious.
The video made me giggle.
<3
Comment by Amy— November 13, 2009 #
I loved that Jabberwocky poem! I presented in lit class…and ended up gesturing vaguely about it because it was just…nonsense.
Hope you’re better from that nasty cold! Oatmeal (especially your yumlicious-looking bowl) sounds like the best cure to me:) That, and your kiwi with PB. Ingenious, lovie <3
Comment by Rachel— November 13, 2009 #
That video was frickin brilliant. Who wouldn’t want to associate with such an awesome person? Loved it.
Comment by mayapamela— November 13, 2009 #
i loooooooooooooooooved the video! girl you have some really rhythmic moves there. you will be famous. i bet ya!
hope you feel better soon with your cold
love you
xoxo
Comment by crazylittlethingneela— November 13, 2009 #
oh em gee karina. you’re video is like the funniest/cutest thing ive seen!! haha
i sat in my room giggling like i was 2…hehe, i definately do things like this too
Comment by Rhiannon— November 13, 2009 #
OMG Karina LOVE that video it totally made me smile so much you are the cutest best dancer adn funniest girly ever omg i love you!
sorry you are getting a cold, same here, and it sucks, but we must take care of our little bodies to fight the cold!
and love the Q & A’s your breakfasts always are so great, and i love your camera by the way your photos are always so clear and amazing.
and
love you to bits !
xx
Eliza
Comment by eliza— November 13, 2009 #
Hiya! i just wanted to say as a new blogger that I think you are doing so well and your uber cool. You remind me EXACTLY of me when I was 15/16-im now 21, keep dancing, keep eating, keep being real, and keep blogging, yours is a joy to read!xx
Comment by strikingsomewheresunny— November 13, 2009 #
Oh M Gee!! Thank you sooooooo much for posting this VIDEO!!!!
You totally made my day!!! I would have loved to laugh out loud but I’m at the office so I just had the biggest smile on my face for the last half an hour (it took me so long to realize that I was being taged by you and hurriedly had to edit my post!!)!!
You are just beyond amazing, hope you know that!!!
And not to forget your yummie eats!! Do you even know that every time I finish reading your post I’m not only in a happy mood but my tummy starts rumbling?!
Have a wonderful day (once it started) and don’t ever forget what a great, kind, loving, beautiful and talented young women you are!!! Love you!! Hug n.
Comment by nic— November 13, 2009 #
Oh and I forgot to mention that you really remind me so much of the beautiful Jessica Stroup (which I think is uber talented by the way!) in this video! This though brushed my mind after seeing the cute video you left Maya on Facebook!!
Comment by nic— November 13, 2009 #
I love that video, in fact, it made me very impressed, but sadly, I can out weird you – sorry.
I did get a fright when you jumped up on the screen hehe
xx
Comment by Katie— November 13, 2009 #
Haha.That video was too cute.Oh your lunch looked so yummy!
Heheh.Awww.I am happy.Well, it looks like you’ve made lots of progress from a while ago.Stay strong missy.
Namaste
Comment by Robot— November 13, 2009 #
lovie!
anywhoo lol…ahh
sicky? ohh no! ur lovely mother lol..gave u a cold! ahh. (i love your mom, shes me FB Friend
i am soo proud proud proud of you for giving your lil body rest today! omg that is such a great step! to freeing yourself from ed’s rules!
Degrassi reruns love it! my fav! and all your eats looks superbly wonderful!
and! OMG teh video!!! i loved it, i couldn’t stop laughing because 1.) ur just adorable and 2.) ur juts such a weirdo (THE bEST kinda weird
) and soo cute and super silly! love it! so fun!! ahh it was the best and i want to associate myself with you forever 
cant wait to meet you one day soon..ohh wait, we have already meet duh…lol..jk..in my dreams. i had a dream about you last night…that my mom and ur mom and me and Eliza went on vacation to hawaii lol..OK that was soo odd rigth? ha..i loved it though! no joke lol..weirdest coolest dream ever. love you soo much!
talk later and have a great Friday! stay strong you are doing so wonderful, and inspire me everyday !!
love you more than this carrot cake oats i am eating right now,and its really darn good, so i love you Alot
xo
maya
Comment by maya— November 13, 2009 #
Love the video! Hahah. I knew when I saw that first quote that you watched my favorite movie ever – Alice in Wonderland! You have good taste.
Your body will thank you for the rest! You deserve it after all that ballet training you have to do.
As others have said, this post made my day. You’re so funny and witty, and talented too! You’re an amazing writer and artist. Heck, if you can do all that I KNOW you can defeat ED too. Just stay strong. We’re all here for you.
Have a great day!
~ Kate (abakersblurbs.wordpress.com)
Comment by Kate— November 13, 2009 #
Hope you’re feeling 100% better!
Comment by VeggieGirl— November 13, 2009 #
(: i dance just like thatttt
Comment by taylor— November 13, 2009 #
Omg… that video… I just fell in love with you. Can I eat you up please? Thanks
Get well soon my cutie pie. I’ve got a a sore throat too! <3
Hannah xo
Comment by determinedtoshine— November 13, 2009 #
Aww I can’t see the video on this computer, not fair! :p
I agree with you 100% on the Canon PowerShot… mine is around five years old, and I kind of want a new one, but I think I’d just go straight for another PowerShot!
Hope your cold is better!
<3 <3
Comment by blueeyedheart— November 13, 2009 #
phew nice double there
very smooth sailing around haha. i loved your video–it has definitely set my morning up before i head off to my crazy day at work/nutritionist appointment, so muchos gracias (i think thats the right language there lol)
im sorry you’re feeling sick but even with that, i think the true karina is starting to come back. yahooooo!
take care
Comment by glambaa— November 13, 2009 #
Ok never laughed soo hard
Your so random but lovely! Can you make a vlog?? Your awesome Karina!!
Love you,
Maggie
Comment by maggie— November 13, 2009 #
Haha I LOVED the video! I can definitely tell your a dancer with those pointed toes and impressive splits! I used to be able to do the splits too but lost them…haha
I hope you feel better asap!! At least you have some food to nourish your body. I absolutely love Hemp Plus Granola. I used to eat it all the time! The pumpkin seed one is great too and of course the peanut butter granola is to die for! It’s actually on my list of things to get next time I’m at Whole Foods.
Hope you have a great weekend
Comment by Tina— November 13, 2009 #
Ugh I hate having the cold, it can make you feel so miserable, have you tried echinacea? I swear by the stuff its brilliant.
Hope you feel better soon, xoxo
Comment by laurasworthlesswords— November 13, 2009 #
More like, who wouldn’t want to be associate with you after that video?! That was awesome
I love dancing around! I actually just got done tap dancing around my kitchen to this Big Band record I put on.
Thursdays are my free day too!!! I hope you feel better, love. I make music videos in my head too. I remember just laying down and listening to music with my best friend and we’d create music videos and just keep going and going for hours. It was so nice.
http://www.ohonemorething.wordpress.com
Comment by Katharina— November 13, 2009 #
Holy crap, you can do splits?!
Sorry, I’m just extremely envious of anyone can do them… as a tap dancer, it’s not an element to be known, but it terms of any form of dance and movement of the body I feel so… stiff, when I can’t do them.
Anyway, be sure to get plenty of rest, and you’ll be over that cold in no time!
Comment by Delilah— November 13, 2009 #
I LOVE Down in Mexico… Have you seen the movie Death Proof? it’s in that movie and it’s quite an awesome scene…
Your mom’s calzone looks fabulous. have fun in ballet tomorrow!!
Comment by merittothecarrot— November 13, 2009 #
So, I just came across your blog, and, WOW! Your posts are insightful, entertaining and just all around captivating. Thank you for sharing your most personal thoughts and emotions with the blog world– such a gift!!
Your video was badass and awesome and I loved it!
Hope you are enjoying this fine Friday evening, I can’t wait for your next post, lovely lady!
with love,
rebecca
Comment by rebecca lustig— November 13, 2009 #
Awesome video.
Only you could make something like that, Karina! Sorry you’re feeling sick though. :/ I was sick last week. Forced myself to go school though. Probably not the smartest idea.
Comment by Tasty Health Food— November 13, 2009 #
Ooh, I have a question for you!
What are some of your food staples?
Comment by Tasty Health Food— November 13, 2009 #
I do the exact same thing to music!
Only I do it in the bathroom, not out in the open.
I’ve always made up music videos in my head, too. Hah, you seem like so much fun!
Comment by Bee— November 14, 2009 #
Girl, you are freaking crazy and hilarious, and I LOVE YOU! OMG…how do you dance like that? Teach me!!! And how did you NOT burst into laughter?! lol, I was laughing and aching so hard!
Ah, my dear, you totally cheered me up!! Thank you!
Comment by burpexcuzme— November 14, 2009 #
haha that video was freaking hilarious! I loved every minute of it.
Comment by Haylee— November 14, 2009 #
Hello Karina =)
I have been reading your blog for a few weeks now, and I am in love with it ! I’m slowly making my way through your archives and while I cannot help but admire your amazing creativity and artistic skills, I also admire your amazing efforts towards recovery.
I am relatively new to the blogging community, having only started my food blog a few weeks ago. I am also suffering from anorexia and your blog is one of many that help me make it through each and every day.
Its people like you who remind me that a life without ED can be possible, that I have more important qualities than being thin. Thank you
Ps.. your food looks super scrumptious! Drop by my blog any time, don’t be a stranger, and keep on smiling!
xo
Tat
Comment by Tatianna— November 14, 2009 #
I LOVE this post and movie! Thanks for putting a big smile on my face:)
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
Comment by julia— November 15, 2009 #
I found this site randomly but I’m glad I did. You are absolutely hilarious.
Comment by vinh!— November 15, 2009 #
I’m glad I made you smile
Hehe..
Also, I moved my blog.. (if you are ever interested) and might have mentioned your name.. Hope thats ok? Be sure to let me know if it isn’t!
Stay Beautiful
xo
Tat
Comment by tatiannalives— November 15, 2009 #
I agree with the inquirers–your pictures are always fantastic!! I am jealous of the amazing lighting
Great post, as usual!!
<3 jess
xoxo
Comment by psychoj1— November 15, 2009 #
OH my gosH! i want to hug you! you are the cutest thing EVER!! I LOVE your video!! i smiled the entire time<3
your oats, look amazing. as per usual.
love you dahling
Comment by Devan Geselle Newman— November 16, 2009 #
Can I please just come over and have you make me that EXACT same bowl of oatmeal?! Or that dinner. And have another dance party, but with me?!! You’re adorable girl, and are a lip-synching PROFESSIONAL
Glad you enjoyed a day of sims, degrassi, dancing and food!! Ahh glorious, i’m in need of some of that! xoxoxo
Comment by Jessica (jesslikesithot)— November 17, 2009 #
Sorry, aber das bezweifel ich ganz stark…Baer
Comment by Reginald Szczepanek— January 17, 2010 #
good luck Roisin good luck Roisin with the new baby..named my daughter after ya..missed you last year cause i was preangnt but can’t wait to see you when you recover from the sleepless nites..best of luck from wet Ireland xxxx
Comment by Nati— May 22, 2012 #