Month: August 2012

We had a few birthdays to celebrate today, so we had a house full! I love to have everyone over to eat, but didn’t want to spend the whole time in the kitchen, so I was super lazy with the menu today, and not super point friendly either. I had a gift card to a local cupcakery, so I used it!Red Velvet, Strawberry Lemonade, Lemon Poppyseed and Birthday Cake!I ate 1/2 of a Strawberry Lemonade8 PPV? We did eat a little protein for breakfast so we wouldn’t be starving at lunch.4 PPV The frozen lasagna from Costco is Sausage and Beef and is ridiculously delicious! 12 PPV I can’t think of an easier salad than a Caesar.3 PPV Roasted Garlic Bread. 4 PPV The group at the table……. And more at the bar…… It’s time to sing “Happy Birthday to you……..” “Check out the tower I’m about to destroy!” “Ready?” […]

I spent the afternoon sitting in the garage with the door open so the dogs could watch the people drive by, walk by, bicycle by…..and bark at every single one of them, and listen to me say….”stop barking….let’s be nice”….over and over and over again…… While sitting in my garage…….studying my Grandmas Vintage Singer and debating exactly what I would like to do with it. I found a great blog where a lady had the exact same machine and made it look super cute. Don’t you LOVE it? So I am thinking something similar, but rustyish orangeish and brownish….ish….those colors would work well with the rest of our house…..I think. For breakfast today…..Oatmeal topped with a chopped apple and cinnamon.4 PPV Then a nice 3 mile walk with Tucker…… Snack? Blueberry Greek Yogurt topped with Kashi GoLean5 PPV Lunch?Egg White Sandwich on Toast5 PPV My buddies……. Later in the afternoon, […]

Thursday night I woke up after midnight and could NOT clear my brain enough to relax and go back to sleep! When I did fall back asleep around 3:30 am, I slept hard! So when I woke up around 8:00 am, I felt blahhh. I had a lunch at 11:30 in my neighborhood, so I putted around the house and got a few things done and ate nothing. Since my morning was really out of routine for my usual Friday, I didn’t make it to my WW meeting, but did weigh at home. I stayed the same this week, which is irritating, but I am trying to not dwell on it. I follow another blogger and she had some great information for me this week on my fruit consumption. I do eat a lot of fruit. I am going to take her advice and watch how much fruit I eat, […]

Blog, blog, blog…………coffee at home. Blog, blog, blog…………coffee with a girl friend. More coffee! With brunch! With who? With a girl friend! 8 PPV Snack…..At home……with my dog friends! 🙂3 PPV Snack…..More doggie time.3 PPV Took a long walk…..with a girl friend! Dinner…..not really hungry…3 PPV All that girl chat left me with nothing much to say today. I think I already said it all! 🙂 Sorry for such a dull post. I will attempt more creativity tomorrow! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

I have had a week of great food and awesome walks and a positive attitude, so I was excited to hop on the scale Wednesday morning to see how my week was going. Uh….did NOT expect a GAIN??? It doesn’t even make sense. I would say that 90% of the time, when I step on the scale, I know if to expect a gain, a loss, or to stay the same. I was blindsided, and quite frankly pissed off. Usually with a gain, I’m just mad at myself, but I wasn’t sure WHO to be mad at, so I chose the World. Then I spent the rest of the day completely sabotaging myself. Truly. What the heck is THAT all about? I was going to brunch with my daughter at 11:00, and had decided a banana would be all I would have before we met. Then I ate a Protein […]

All original members are still participating, which really makes me happy. (Two humans, one dog). I do hate getting up at 5:30 in the morning (unless it means we’re catching a flight to go on vacation), but I really love that feeling of having my exercise out of the way before 7:00 am. It just makes the entire day feel positive and productive and good. Today’s Best Body Bootcamp involves cardio and core. I am counting my morning walk as my cardio and hopefully I can make it through the scissor kicks and crunches without the dogs licking my face like last time. Again, I found myself at Starbucks while I wait on my car at the dealership. I bought tires just a few days ago, and I knew when I left the dealership there was something I was forgetting to have them look at. The next day, my brakes […]

Breakfast ….2 poached eggs, My “Nutella Coffee” experiment, strawberries and vanilla yogurt. (I wake up HUNGRY!)7 PPV Do you have one of these to poach eggs in the microwave? I’ve had it forever! Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes, and the perfect poached eggs! I was thinking about Nutella here……Hazelnut Flavored Coffee with Chocolate Syrup and a little frothed milk. I will be drinking this again tomorrow morning! I got another great walk in today with a couple of girl friends. A good 45 minutes of walking today. No where near the 6.6 miles like yesterday! I felt great when I got out of bed this morning, but my calves are starting to feel the miles tonight. Pretty sure Weigh In is going to go well on Friday. 🙂 I am beginning to feel bad calling the following a smoothie. It has certainly become a favorite after a workout of any […]

Friday Night was Happy hour with girl friends. I sipped on one very large tumbler of Sprite Zero with a little Diet Cranberry Juice…… Zero PPV …….followed by lots of water! Snacked on raw veggies and a few other low point options. Then Mike and I headed out to eat at our favorite Neighborhood spot for dinner. Lots of the regulars were there and we bellied up to our usual spots at the bar for some dinner, laughs and live music. I successfully drank water and coffee with my dinner, and left feeling really good. Saturday morning I was running late for my coffee date at my dad’s house with my dad and brother. When I opened the fridge, I saw the taco meat that needed to be eaten, so I heated it up, ate it too fast, grabbed a banana and headed out the door. I guess I was […]

Let me first start out with WW Weigh in results.169.8. I just didn’t want to weigh 170 anything. So it’s all good. That gives me 15 weeks to lose 19.8 pounds.That’s 1.3 pounds a week. Totally doable. No fluff today, just food, the PPV, and hopefully, a little creativity. On the way to my meeting, I grabbed a Starbucks Misto.2 PPV Cleaning out the fridge and looking for something healthy to throw together can sometimes end up a big glob of ick. Not today! Sautéed red onion, spinach and bell pepper, with a little taco meat added in. Tossed on top of egg whites with a wedge of WW jalapeño cheese. Folded over and topped with sliced avocado and salsa! All with a side of sliced peaches!6 PPV Afternoon sweet tooth craving……3 PPV After TWO hours of yard work in the gorgeous 80 degree weather, I was ready for a […]

Yay! A successful Quinoa Recipe! 6 servings4 PPV The recipe actually makes 4 servings, but I made it into 6 servings to reduce the PPV. Check out the recipe here. “love the life you live, live the life you love”