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When I first met Antonia and found out a few things about her, I was like Holy Sh*t! This woman is a real bad ass! Have I told you about her? I think that I have, but perhaps not by name. Antonia and I were hired on the same day by Weight Watchers and we have done most of our training together. We came home from Dallas just a few short days ago as trained Weight Watcher Leaders. Antonia is pretty awesome. She is a retired air traffic controller and also retired as a Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) after serving 33 years in the Army National Guard. For 18 of those 33 years, she was a helicopter pilot. Pretty cool stuff, huh? I also know that she volunteers in the community and at her church. She’s also a HUGE Nebraska fan (and alumni) and likes to talk football. I just nod. When […]

My plan for the weekend was to wake up on Monday morning and not feel frustrated with myself for losing control over the weekend with my food and beverage choices. As I sit down to write this post, I am reminded as to why this journey can be so damned hard at times. There were a gazillion food decisions to make this weekend. Do I or don’t I? How many bites? Does this look like about 1/4 cup? Should I have some of that? Should I leave it alone? How many points is that? Do I have that one or that one? Which of these looks like the best choice? Track that beer in your mental tracker and drink water now. Oh look! Wine!  Friday was my most successful and mindful day of the three. Saturday I wasn’t as prepared as I needed to be and I did not handle the […]

Most of the schools cancelled class yesterday and we had no precipitation all day long. When I let the dogs out before going to bed last night, the deck was a sheet of ice. Mishka would barely step outside at all and Tucker went down two steps, then turned around and looked at me and wouldn’t move. I had to go pick him up, leash him and takes the dogs to the front yard. Those kids. I’m glad I made it to the grocery store with all of the other crazies yesterday, but I will admit that I was surprised to see that there were no banana’s, no zucchini (I found some organic zucchini, and I really wanted to pull that organic sticker off!!!), very few potatoes and no chicken stock!! The canned tomato and bean isle was bare!! I guess everyone is having chili, potatoes and banana’s this weekend?? […]

Last night, the KC Royals won the American League Central Division, and it’s kind of a big deal. Last October was crazy fun in Kansas City with baseball fever everywhere, and here we go again! I’m looking forward to an October full of Royals baseball and Chiefs football and lots of energy in Kansas City! Yesterday was a busy and full day. Lot’s done at home before heading out to work at the Food Truck. We had a fun day with the food truck at the American Royal Youth Rodeo! I’ve sucked a good friend of mine into the Food Truck fun. That’s Renee on the left. We met almost 30 years ago.I think she enjoys this just as much as I do!   We made a new sandwich yesterday that we haven’t had on the truck before. I was in charge of actually making them, and after handing several […]

Yesterday was a full day at home of “to do’s”. After completing most of the “to do’s”, I met a friend at Jazzercise. This is just my second class since being back after the broken collar bone. The first class I did with no weights, and I felt great afterwards. Yesterday, I went with the 4 pound weights, and again, felt great afterwards! Yay! After Jazzercise, we went to the little neighborhood Mexican joint around the corner, where Monday is Taco night. I ordered two taco’s……..and a Bud Light. After some deep, good girlfriend chat, I had more beer. Sometimes a good long chat with a girlfriend over a few beers, out ranks how many points I’m eating for the day.  (I’m at the weird weight where I don’t feel fat. I want to get back to my goal weight of 160 and I know I will feel amazing when […]

You’ve likely all seen this before. One box of any flavored cake mix, and one can of pumpkin. That’s it! No oil, no eggs, no mess. If you have not seen this before, it really does work! I’ve tried this with a few different cake flavors, and I think this one is my favorite! These are the easiest Weight Watcher Friendly Pumpkin Spice Muffins EVER! It’s only TWO ingredients!   You don’t even need your mixer!   I like to make mini muffins…I made 30.   I put most of them in a container to take to Book Club! Who wouldn’t like to have a Weight Watcher Friendly Pumpkin Spice Muffin??   I think they are best right out of the oven! My coffee with Pumpkin Spice Creamer had me in a Pumpkin Paradise.   Weight Watcher Friendly Pumpkin Spice Muffins Ingredients 1 Box of Spice Cake Mix 1 15 […]

If I did anything right in this crazy, unexpected life of mine…….it was raising this kid. When I was pregnant, I refuse to find out if the baby was a boy or a girl, and I insisted on having a drug free birth (call me old fashioned). I hated being pregnant though. When she moved inside me, all I could think about was the movie “Aliens”. My boobs were bigger than the rest of my body…….except maybe my ankles. I didn’t like anything about the whole “being pregnant” experience. Except that I KNEW in my heart I was having a girl, and I knew she would be amazing, and I knew one day, she would be my best friend. I didn’t go to college for many reasons. Sometimes I regret that decision, other times I remind myself that the decisions we have made in our lives, are the decisions that […]

My daughter called from college a couple of weeks to say….. “Mom, cooking is a learning experience, right?” She was making a Pinterest recipe that required her to roll out biscuit dough. She had no roller. She used a liquor bottle. I love that kid. I spent Sunday messing things up, adding things that didn’t belong, running to the store to replace my goofs, throwing out perfectly tasty things that looked horrendous, and thoroughly enjoying preparing for a houseful of family on a cold Sunday night. It was nice to spend the dreary morning in the kitchen baking and cooking. It was my dads birthday, and he picked the menu! (well, I gave him a couple of options to pick from that I thought I could possibly handle.) Spaghetti, Caesar Salad, Crusty Bread, Red Velvet Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream. I wanted to have everything ready when all the family […]

Saturday and Sunday, I was so focused on family and friends, I didn’t pay much attention to food…..or taking many pictures……so today’s post is mostly how I spent my weekend, and less about what I ate and it’s PPV. (I have not been diligent at all about posting my actual food and points eaten, and I know I am getting myself into trouble here. Bare with me. I mention it because I don’t want anyone to think that I think I am getting away with something. I was up FOUR pounds at Fridays weigh in, 169.6. I am still out of the 170’s, but barely!) Friday was a great night with Tess and her friends here at the house eating Chili and Chicken Corn Chowder and rinsing it down with a few cold beers. (I had two beers.) I had a good time listening to them talk about graduating, job […]