A Treadmill Story

Hey guys! Did you all have a great Christmas? Get any cool presents? I got a Fitbit Charge HR and I love it. I'll blog about it soon once I learn all the niftiness of it. For now, I'm going to tell you a story. The story of the fitness gadget that stole my heart before the fitbit did a few days ago.

Are you ready to hear the story of my treadmill? Gosh, how nerdy am I? Haha. 

So, a few months ago, I broke down and bought a treadmill. My family had a really old one that we bought at a yard sale for $50 when I was 14. I’d guess the previous owners had already had it for four or five years, so when it started shorting out and dying after 20 or 30 minutes of running on it, I had mixed feelings. Bummed, of course, because on nights I didn’t feel like playing DDR, the treadmill was a great alternative and sometimes just what I needed to get a break from DDR. But then again, this treadmill seemed to last forever and I had bought it for next to nothing. It definitely had a good life with us and I’d imagine it did well for the people who had it previously! I couldn’t complain about the treadmill itself, but but the cost to buy a new one knowing that I would use it a lot was a bit unnerving. There are sooooo many out there, I research to the death, I’m wishy washy and a bit indecisive and, I’ll admit it, very frugal. If I’m buying something, I want to be sure I’m making the right decision. With that said, I’m the only person in my home that exercises regularly and eats healthily and frankly, the treadmill was my decision and mine alone. I had input and opinions about where and what to buy, but in the end, it was all me. And since I’m the only person who exercises, it was hard to get my family on board to go to different places and test out different treadmills. I drove to a second hand sports store one time but mostly the only other option I had were to look online and read different reviews. I also asked questions in a workout group I’m apart of on Facebook what treadmills, if any, that they have bought to get more opinions. 

In the end, I had it narrowed down to two treadmills. One from Walmart (which would have been bought on Walmart.com and unable to actually test out) with several positive reviews. It was a Weslo Cadence G5.9. The treadmill that was bought at the yard sale was also a Welso and it lasted a long time. It was reasonable (under $300) also, which made it an ideal purchase. The other one was a Proform Crosswalk 415 from Sears, which I actually got to test out at our local Sears when we made a random trip to the mall. I had no intentions of testing out the treadmills but happened to walk past and it seemed to be fate! The sales guy at Sears (shout out to Timothy at the Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati - you were beyond awesome and helpful!) was great and he was really helpful by letting me know how long the sale would last with the treadmill (it was on sale for just over $400) and also printed out something that I could take to another Sears which was a bit closer and buy it there for that price guaranteed. After coming home and researching it I was in a bit of a dilemma. The Proform was a bit more expensive, and whereas the Weslo had over 1000 reviews and a lot of information online, it seemed as if the Proform was hiding. There were less than 50 reviews on the Sears website, there was a video on YouTube that only had a few hundred views, and it was as if the Proform was virtually unknown. Phew. It might not seem like much, but I agonized over this for days! It seemed like the Welso was the way to go, I mean I had all the reviews I needed, ample youtube videos, it was cheaper by $100, my only option was to order online and that would help me earn Swagbucks* through Shop and Earn, and even some of the ladies from the group I mentioned previously had a Welso, although a few actually said they had a Proform and liked it. The Welso had a manual incline vs. the automatic incline on the Proform and that was a con, but still not sure what to do. But in the end? I bought the Proform from Sears. And seriously, I could NOT be happier with it! I sure I would have been happy with either Treadmill, but the cool thing about the Proform is that I got to try it out, I got to hear it run at the store. The sales guy at Sears was beyond nice. If something goes wrong with it, someone from Sears can come and fix it. I think I made the right decision.

I paid for the treadmill completely with money I earned via Swagbucks, which makes it extra awesome. If you’re not familiar with Swagbucks, here is a quick rundown: you earn “Swagbucks” for little tasks you do throughout their site and on their phone/tablet apps. One swagbuck (or SB) equals one cent. You can  one cent or 1SB by voting in a daily poll. You can take, say, a 10 minute survey and earn around 50SB’s (sometimes it’s more, sometimes it’s less. The higher paying surveys are usually a little longer). You can install the Swagbucks TV app on android and iOS and watch videos on your tablet or phone and earn at minimum as of this writing for the US 36SB’s a day. The other day I requested a brochure on a vacation to Alaska through their discover section and I got 68SB’s. I ordered something for my dog a few weeks ago at Petsmart and activated Shop and Earn via Swagbucks and picked it up in the store later that day, and I got 360SB’s ($3.60)! With very minimal effort (it usually takes me about an hour a day give or take a few minutes) I can usually made anywhere from $1-3 a day or 100-300 Swagbucks. Sometimes I make more, and sometimes I make less. But at the end of the month, I usually make anywhere from 3000-5000SB’s, or $30-50 a month. It’s not a lot by any means, but it definitely adds up! You can trade the Swagbucks in for several different gift cards to places such as Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, Ebay, Foot Locker, Bass Pro Shops, Kohls, a Visa Check Card, and so much more. I usually trade mine in for a Paypal gift card, which can be moved over to my bank account. That’s how I paid for my treadmill! While researching and trying to decide what was right for me, I was Swaggin’ away earning money to help pay for it, which definitely helped with my frugality! I definitely recommend Swagbucks if you’re looking for a quick and fairly easy way to earn a little bit of extra money. Sometimes I take the money and buy work out clothes, shoes, or groceries or even pay bills with it! I have linked Swagbucks with my referral (which is ArrowDancer - get it?! :D) and would love if you signed up to sign up with my referral. It’s not necessary, but I would much appreciate it!

So there it is, the story of my treadmill. All the research, the wishy washy thinking, the major Swag I had, and more was totally worth it. I actually haven’t played DDR once since getting my treadmill. I miss it quite a bit actually, but my workout playlist consists of DDR songs and I will watch DDR videos WHILE running on the treadmill. Oh man. DDR nerd for life!! 

Jillian Michaels' Shred It With Weights - Level 2.

Wow! It’s been a while. Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? Get any good deals Black Friday shopping? How’s Christmas shopping going? On the subject of shopping, I got tired of doing Level 1 of Shred It With Weights on Youtube, so I went Amazon shopping for myself and bought the DVD so I could move on to Level 2. I thought that would take a few minutes to talk about it! 

Like every Jillian workout, she has two girls doing the advanced and the modified versions. Basheerah and Maddie are back again, doing advanced and modified respectively. In this workout, Maddie used a dumbbell like Level 1 and Basheerah used a kettlebell. I used my 10lb kettlebell for this workout. Like always, it starts with a quick warmup that includes figure eights, hip thrusts, deep squat into a lunge and a couple more moves that I’m forgetting. You move right on to your first circuit. Be afraid. 

Circuit 1 has you doing awful, horrible split jumps (basically a backwards lunge while pressing up your kettlebell or dumbbell, and yes, I hate this move), halo while balancing on one foot, and Rock n’ Roll like Ripped In 30 and Killer Body. I’m going to be honest with you guys - Rock n’ Roll’s have always been really tough for me. Some of it was the limited space I have in my bedroom when I work out. One time I almost busted my head and face coming up from a Rock n’ Roll and while I even made a joke about it when I mentioned it, it was quite terrifying! That was always on my mind when it came to doing that move. I would always modify it, and a lot of times anyway I couldn’t go from the sitting on the floor with my knees up to a standing position (like a deep squat). I would cross my ankles or use my hands to help me up. I moved all my Jillian workout stuff downstairs to our living room, so I have much more room now to swing the kettlebell. I also have less chance of busting my head. So I looked on different websites such as Reddit and on Youtube and researched how to master the the Rock n’ Roll/Deck Squat/whatever you want to call it. I’m not 100% perfect, but I can now do this without crossing my legs or using my hands! It is an AWESOME feeling!! Anyway, that aside, you repeat this circuit on the other side and then finish out this one with star jumps while holding the kettlebell. Have fun, those star jumps are tough! ;)

Circuit 2 coming up! She has you doing Plank Rows. I’m not sure why this is so difficult for me, but I cannot do this with the kettlebell. It’s not because my kettlebell is too heavy, but I think it’s because it sits so high and I feel like there isn’t must to row with how high the handle comes up when I’m in plank! I used the dumbbell for this. Then she has you do something she calls swing throughs, where you do a regular kettle bell swing and then swing it through your legs, looking between them. Next is “plyo swings” where you start out taking steps forward and backward with the kettlebell and then jump forward and backwards. Repeat, and then finish the circuit with deep squats while holding the kettlebell.

Circuit three has you doing what Jillian calls Rotating Heroes, where you swing the kettlebell and rotate to the left (or the right when you do it again). You swing the kettlebell over your head and let it hang over your head for a few minutes. Then she has you do inverted pushups while holding the kettlebell horns (or handle). After that, she has you do what she calls punch swings, where you swing the kettlebell with one arm and punch it out. You repeat on both side and then finish this circuit with Russian Swings. After that, cool it down.

All right. I really want to trust Jillian. I really do. I love her DVD’s and they have changed my body in ways I never thought possible. But there are some moves on Level 2 of Shred It With Weights that just do not seem safe to me. I mentioned that I looked on Reddit and Youtube to try and learn how to do the rock n’ roll squat. During that research I also found a lot of people claiming that Jillian’s form with the kettlebell is wrong. I also read claims that her moves on Level 2 was unsafe. I have to admit that as I was doing some of the moves, I was a little concerned of the safety. With that said, I am a beginner to kettlebells; I’m a beginner to all of this. I have never been to a gym and lifted weights inside a gym, I have never been told if my form is correct (I sure hope it is! I think it is.) and pretty much what I’ve learned, I’ve learned by watching and researching and then more watching and researching, and mimicking the moves. So when it comes to circuit 2 and Jillian says it’s time for Swing Throughs, I just do a regular kettle bell swing. For Plyo Swings, I do swings again, but I will step into them more often than I will jump. I actually found a video tonight of a man doing a plyo hop with a kettlebell where he doesn’t swing his arms. I might give that a go. For rotating heroes, I swing and rotate, but I don’t go over my head. I’m trying to research and find a good way to add that into my workout. For pushups on the kettlebell horns, I just toss the kettlebell away and do regular pushups. For punch swings, I just do a one-armed swing. I’ve still done this every night for close to three weeks now. I really like Level 1, and it’s not that I don’t like Level 2. I’m still doing the work, but switching it up a bit. 

So now that I’ve reviewed the whole DVD, here’s what I suggest: Level 1 is on Youtube and it’s great. And Level 2 is a lot of fun, and I like it, when I feel like I’ve got alternatives to the moves and am doing it safer. Personally, I still would have bought the DVD for Level 1, but you could probably do just as well without Level 2. I actually feel like Level 1 is tougher with all the modifying I’m doing to level 2 to make it feel safer to me. 

So there it is: my review on Level 2 of Shred It With Weights by Jillian Michaels. Don’t shoot me, guys! 

My favorite kitchen gadgets

I know that the majority of my posts in this blog are about my workout, but nutrition is very important as well. Sometimes it’s not always easy to keep my nutrition on track but I have a few kitchen gadgets that make it much easier! So this blog post is dedicated to my favorite kitchen gadgets! If I mention a brand name, I’m just mentioning it for the heck of it. I’m not getting paid, I’m just sharing my opinion! ^_^

My food scale is super helpful. I bought a digital food scale (I believe mine is Hamilton Beach) at Kitchen Collections at the Cincinnati Premium Outlet in Monroe, Ohio. It was a bit cheaper than any other digital food scale I had seen at Target, Walmart, Kroger and other places. I think I paid around $15 for it. Total steal! And it’s so helpful because it gives me the exact weight of whatever it is I’m weighing up to 11 pounds. I totally recommend having a scale, whether it’s digital or not. I had bought two non-digital scales previously and neither one lasted a very long time. The first one was because I dropped it and the second one, I think it got messed up from having things at on top of it. I’ve had the digital one for about a month and I love it!

Another kitchen gadget that I love isn’t really a gadget, it’s a kitchen necessity. Measuring cups. They’re great and yes, a total necessity in the kitchen. I measure out everything to make sure that I’m not getting too much or cheating myself. ;). When I eyeball, I tend to give myself way too much or way too less and measuring cups just make things easier.

I love using blender and a mini food chopper. My blender isn’t anything special, it’s just your average blender but I can make so much with it. Smoothies, milkshakes, protein drinks. The same with my mini-chopper. I didn’t spend an arm and a leg, it’s just your average little chopper but it works great. I love chopping up chicken to make chicken salad. I want to chop up some cauliflower and try to make the cauliflower pizza crust sometime but I might need a slightly bigger one (or will have to do it several times!). Both are really helpful.

Another favorite of mine is my pineapple slicer. I got a pineapple slicer earlier this summer and that this is great. I got a really simple and cheap one from Walmart that I was really nervous about breaking but it works great! I have cut up a pineapple without the slicer one time. I never forgot. It was HARD. I’lll be the first to admit that dicing and slicing are NOT my strong points; it takes me probably a full five minutes to dice up a tomato for a salad, so that might be part of my difficulties with slicing pineapple but the slicer still is AMAZING. Plus it’s really fun to take the skin part of the pine apple and drink out of it. ;)

And last night not least, my all time favorite kitchen gadget is my julienne slicer/peeler. I’ve mentioned this thing before when I posted about my zucchini noodles but mentioning it again because IT IS AMAZING. I can take a zucchini or a summer squash and make some yummy noodles out of the vegetables and it’s just great. I’m definitely a pasta girl, but the zucchini and squash noodles are amazing alternatives and most of the time once I get a little bit of cheese and some spaghetti sauce on it, I don’t even notice (that much) that I’m not eating real pasta. And you can used the julienne for so much more, too.

So there ya go. My favorite kitchen gadgets (or kitchen necessities in the case of measuring cups). I truly believe that these things have really helped make a major difference in my journey. Really simple things, like making sure I have the right measurements or weight, having a tool to have food alternatives, a pineapple slicer to make life easier (and more fun, I mean, come on, doesn’t drinking out of a pineapple sound fun).

Do you have a favorite kitchen gadget?

Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown - Level 1

The other day I decided to take a break from the treadmill and Shred It With Weights since my knee and quad have been a bit sore. I went back and forth on what workout to do and decided to give Yoga Meltdown another try. I don’t own the DVD (I do own Yoga Inferno) but Level 1 is on Youtube. 

I still feel like a total n00b when it comes to yoga. I’ve never taken a class and I’m still not 100% confident that I have the poses down correctly, but with that said, I was definitely more confident this time around than I was the last time I did it. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m more flexible than I was the last time or stronger or because I’ve done Yoga Inferno, which from what I understand is like yoga on uppers. :P

Like all Jillian DVD’s, this one has a girl doing advanced moves and another doing modified versions. It starts with a quick warm up that includes chair pose, stretches to warm up your hips, and chaturanga pushups. After the warmup is the first circuit, where you go in and out of poses (“rep it out” as Jillian calls it) and then you do a power pose where you hold the pose for 15 seconds. Circuit one has you popping in and out of crescent pose, doing knee thrusts/donkey kick in downward dog, and then chaturanga pushups. You repeat on the opposite side. After you repeat on the opposite side, she has you do two sun salutations and then you’re ready for circuit two.

Circuit two has you popping in and out of warrior 2, going in and out of camel, and then side planks, where you hold each pose at the end for 15 seconds. You repeat it again on the opposite side. Afterwards, two more sun salutations and then you move on to circuit three. 

In circuit three you’re popping in and out of warrior 3, and then you’re in an ab hold on your elbows doing dolphin (I still love to hate dolphin! Reminded me of Killer Body core workout), and then in and out of locust pose. Repeat on the opposite side, and end it with two sun salutations. And then you’re ready for a cooldown. 

I’ll be honest: Yoga Meltdown is not my favorite. As gross as it sounds, I love getting hot and sweaty after a workout, I love feeling like my heart is about to pop out of my chest. I don’t get that with Yoga Meltdown. It does feel a bit too easy for me. BUT I did feel very relaxed and stretched out! But I will say that the next day, I noticed that my body felt a bit sore. What?! I don’t get that very often anymore, so that opened my eyes that maybe I’m using muscles I haven’t used in a while. So while there was no part of the workout I felt like I was going to die, I wasn’t gargling my heart (a favorite Jillian quote of mine, hahah!), the next day, I still felt it some. I think I might actually do this one a little more often, maybe once every couple of weeks. 

Non-candy Trick or Treat ideas!

All the best ideas come to me in the shower. 

Halloween is just a few days away! One of my favorites because for a few weeks at least, I can get away with dressing up like Sailor Moon, Mary Poppins, dress like a cowgirl… ;) Maybe not that crazy but I can be a bit more creative. And of course, in addition to costumes, there are also things like trick or treat and all that fun Halloween candy! I was thinking (while in the shower, of course!) about how growing up, I’d always get a LOT of candy, and how sometimes a lot of it would end up in the trash just because we got sooo much. I was also thinking about how Halloween opens the door to the holiday season. After Halloween comes Thanksgiving and Christmas and all the things that come with that special time of year: family, happiness, cheer, and a whole lot of food. Christmas cookies, all those Thanksgiving pies. Couple that with a lot of Halloween candy, wow. That’s a lot in three months! Then, of course, I got to thinking about this thing that’s been going around Facebook, reminding people to be kind during trick or treat, with reminders that some children may look disappointed because your bowl has something they’re allergic too, or one child might grab more because they’re hungry or reach in and search because of a sensory thing. It got the wheels turning in my head that there are valid reasons why it would be cool to think of something other than candy that can be given out at Trick or Treat. 

1. A clay charm. I’m very artsy, if you don’t know. When I was 9 years old, I asked for a pottery wheel for Christmas. I got it! ;) I’ve always been very into sculpting and clay and one of my favorite things to do is to make fun little charms out of polymer clay. it’s pretty simple to sculpt out some little ghosties that are in the top left of the collage. It's white polymer clay rolled out  and flattened and then cut out with a small cookie cutter. If you don’t feel like buying polymer clay, you can make your own clay. 

2. While on the subject of clay; you can just give a little bit of clay! You can buy polymer clay at your local craft stores, or you can make a big batch out of simple ingredients you probably already have! I used to make the water, flour, and salt version and keep it made up when I was babysitting full time. A small amount is still enough for a lot of fun for kids and a fun alternative to candy! Put an eighth or a fourth of a cup in a small baggie. The issue with this is that parents might be a bit afraid of it because it’s a bit messy. There are a lot of clay recipes at this link!

3. Another thing I thought of, mostly because I love scrapbooking, is to make little bookmarks. Halloween themed, of course! Cut out ghosts, witches, frankensteins, and so on with cardstock and paste them on another piece of cardstock that’s the size of a bookmark. On the other side, you can write an encouraging message. “You are worth it!” “You can do anything!” “You are a treasure!” Sometimes kids need to be reminded of their worth. You never know, maybe a child will flip it over and it'll give them a much needed smile or a sense of hope! You can take clear contact paper to protect the bookmark further. 

Sure, they’re not quite as fun as a candy bar. But I’m sure there will be others! And it’s not as boring as something like a rock. (Poor Charlie Brown!)

Can you think of any trick or treat alternatives besides candy? 

Thanks for reading!

Thanks to the junkies and fictional men.

The last few weeks have been tough! Man. First there was that foot injury. After a few days of rest from cardio, I was back on the treadmill. I also switched from my new shoes (which I’ve decided now are too small) to my old shoes. Knock on wood, things are great with that! Phew. Right as I was getting back into the swing of things, I ended up getting sick. Not crazy sick, but I felt like I was stuck in the coming down stages of something like a cold or suffering from allergies. I was constantly exhausted, my head felt clogged, and I just felt like crap. Not fun! Regardless of all that, I still ran on the treadmill every night for an hour, but Jillian took a back seat. Kind of strange, since the majority of the Jillian workouts I do are around thirty minutes or so and I opted to drop her rather than an hour on the treadmill. Honestly though, Jillian Michaels is a mean mean woman! And her workouts kick my butt! Before I came down with the strange never hit it’s max but sure packed a punch mystery illness, I was doing Shred It With Weights. I still love that workout, by the way, but man. Do those rotating squats while holding the kettlebell kick my butt. I have a love to hate relationship with all her workout programs. I love how I feel afterwards, and honestly, I do enjoy doing them. Most days. But up until recently, it was really easy to drop Jillian for a while. Plus, I love cardio, and when I run on the treadmill, I listen to a lot of fun music. Like, DDR and Disney and other nerdy stuff. ;) I’ll touch base on this in another blog entry later, but I like to make my cardio a lot of fun so I’ll keep going back to it. :D. Sometimes Jillian can get a bet repetitious even if you are switching back and forth to different programs. 

And then… it was getting to where it was getting a bit hard to pick Jillian back up. I took about ten days off doing any type of DVD, which is something I have not done since I started adding her workout programs to my normal routine. It’s not that I didn’t think about doing them; quite the contrary. I thought about Jillian every day. It was just hard to get back on the bandwagon, especially when I still wasn’t feeling quite 100%. What helped me though was a group on Facebook I joined that is dedicated specifically to Jillian Michaels workouts. It’s called Jillian Michaels Workout Junkies, and there are a few very nice women in the group. I’ve never actively posted there but I love reading what they have to say. Some of the posts there helped get me back on the bandwagon! I just decided, screw this waiting to feel better to pop in a DVD or open Youtube. Time to get back on the ball! So far, so good! Back to doing Jillian and getting an hour of cardio in. Reunited with my routine and it feels so good!

It’s times like these when I really feel victorious. It would have been so easy just to put all the Jillian DVD’s away and hide them for a few months, maybe until next Spring. I would have eventually forgotten how I let her run me down every day, right? I refused to let it happen, and that makes me feel like I’ve had a victory! I can’t completely take ownership for it, either, and here’s another epiphany I had. Most of my journey I’ve done alone. I don’t actively talk about it to many people (I actually just shared this blog on my personal Facebook page. If you’re reading this, hi!! Love you!) and I’ve been kind of a loner. And that’s what would have made dropping the DVD’s easier, because it would have been my dirty little secret, I guess you can say. Joining that group and seeing it pop up in my feed on Facebook helps keep me accountable. And I’m able to meet some people who’ve experienced what I’ve experienced, or I’m seeing ladies who are where I was at just a few years ago. And I know that if I am really struggling, I have someplace I can vent to, and that’s a great feeling. Not always something I had while being a loner, running all by myself, eating healthy all by myself. It helps remind me what my ultimate goal is. And because I’m a nerd, here is another thing that helped:  One of my favorite authors recently came out with a new book. Get my workout out of the way so I can read!! Well, actually, yeah, that’s kind of how it was - but wait! There’s more. I’m not going to say who the author is or what book just in case this might spoil (it SHOULDN'T spoil you never know!) but in the book, there are two main characters; a male and female. The guy is a total workout-aholic and an MMA fighter. I’ll admit it; part of me will always love wrestling. I touched base on that before when I mentioned twisting crescent pose reminded me of Hurricane Helms. ;). So in addition to the main character training for various MMA matches, there is constant talks about him being a the gym, training, working out. That helped. Of course, he's fictional. The photo below says it perfect. ;) 

What makes you feel victorious? 

Do you prefer to lone it out while working out, or do you need others around you? 

Thanks for reading!

Zucchini Noodles!

All right, it's about time I post one of my favorite recipes! And one of my all time favorite things to have is yellow squash and zucchini noodles. I love zucchini (and squash) as it is, just cut up and boiled in water or baked in the oven. I love how versatile it is and how you can just do anything to it! And then I learned about zucchini noodles and boom! I immediately wanted to try my hand at making them! So I went to my local  Kroger and I bought a julienne slicer to turn my home grown zucchini's into noodles. Yum!

It's so simple. All you need is a julienne slicer and a zucchini, and the slicers are not that difficult to fine anymore (I purchased mine about a year ago and I looked at a few different stores until I found one). And just slice up your zucchini. What you do afterwards is up to you, but I like putting my zucchini noodles in a skillet and sautéing them in a little bit of olive oil to heat them up. I will add in some tomatoes and some mushrooms and then after both the mushrooms and the tomatoes are heated with the zucchini, I will add in pesto sauce. I've never tried to make pesto myself (looking for a good pesto recipe) so I usually just buy a jar of whatever sounds most appealing at the grocery. I've tried olive oil, parmesan, and tomato basil and all are AMAZING with the noodles. I will season with garlic powder and salt. I love garlic. I don't have specific amount so of seasoning or how much pesto, but I usually go by serving size on the jar and add more or less depending on taste. I'll also sometimes cook up some chicken to go with it and make it a delicious meal! Sometimes I will mix it with spaghetti sauce and meatballs and have it like spaghetti. I love having a pasta alternative! If you need a visual, the image below can help. :)

Not only is it very easy, but it's fairly quick! And there is nothing more fun than sinking your hands into those noodles after you slice them all up. SENSORY OVERLOAD!!!! :D

Have you tried zoodles? What's your favorite way of making them?