Month: October 2013

I do have plans to get out of the house today, and it’s a good thing. I’m honestly on some kind of cleaning frenzy, and I can’t seem to stop myself. I’ve basically been cleaning since Friday, and making list of “projects” that either NEED to be done, or things that I WANT to do at some point during this Fall and Winter. I still haven’t even stepped into the basement to clean it, and I’m on day FIVE! It seems as though, not only am I obsessed with Pumpkin, but I am currently obsessed with cleaning as well!! I feel like I’m nesting. No. I am not pregnant. I think the closer I get to my goal weight, I feel like now that that part of my life is finally in order, I need to make sure the rest of my life is in order too? Not sure, but that’s […]

I literally spent most of the weekend in my p.j.’s cleaning and organizing and rearranging. It felt so good to have the windows open and fill up the house with all that fresh air! I must admit, I can’t seem to stop the Pumpkin Madness. I opened up a can of Pumpkin to add to whatever it was I made first, and now I can’t seem to stop until all of the pumpkin from that can is gone!! I’m soooo close. Saturday Breakfast – Pumpkin Butter Oatmeal Saturday Lunch – I have eaten almost all off my Butternut Squash Chili   Saturday Dinner I never actually ate dinner. The day literally got away from me and I was so busy, I simply wasn’t hungry. Not something I would advise, and I did find enough room for a few glasses of wine while sitting around a Fire-Pit with friends, but I […]

“love the life you live, live the life you love”

Pumpkin Butter Oatmeal I was going to post this Monday morning, but it was so delicious, I ate it yesterday AND today, and couldn’t wait to share! The secret to really making this Oatmeal taste like the best bowl of Fall you could ever have on a cool morning, is the little jar of deliciousness that I buy each year at Louisburg Cider Mill!   They have pumpkins galore!   I had a hard time picking out just the right one, but I finally found it!     Not only do they make Apple Cider and Apple Butter, but they make all sorts of butters and jelly’s here, and as much as I do love the apple butter, the Pumpkin Butter is by far my favorite! If you take a trip out there this Fall, you can ask for a tasting, and they will bring out all sorts of butters […]

I’m Living in a Land of Pumpkin!!!! Literally! I’m not even kidding. This happened to me last Fall as well, and I just went Pumpkin Cray Cray!! I want pumpkins all over the house, I want pumpkins in the yard, on the deck, in the kitchen, in my food and in my latte’s!! I am dreaming Pumpkin! It’s just through early December people, then I’m all cinnamon, and I’m good until the following Fall……I think. I’ll Pumpkin Ponder that. Okay, let me go back to Thursday. Wait, really Wednesday. Wednesday when I stepped on the scale at home, it said 154. I bout fainted. Must be a fluke. 155 just knocked at my door LAST Friday, so I knew that it couldn’t be real. Thursday morning, 154 at home again. I put on this pair of shorts that fits, but fits snug at 157. They felt really good and I had […]

I’m now on a quest to see how many variations of Protein Shakes I can come up with using Protein Powder and Greek yogurt in ALL of them! The only problem I have found so far, is that the Greek Yogurt adds lots of bulk, and I can’t blend the whole thing in my little individual sized blender, so I need to use the regular blender, or blend in two batches, but they are so good, its completely worth the extra step! This Protein Shake is 42 grams of Protein. That includes the protein in the Chia Seeds. My Big Beer Mug was the only thing I could find that would hold it all! I suppose if you were in a sharing mood, you could do that too! 🙂 “love the life you live, live the life you love”  

I was recently asked if I used Greek Yogurt in my smoothies, and I said that I didn’t because I make mine with protein powder. 1 scoop of protein powder has 27 g of protein, so I never really thought about adding any more. Well, then I was curious about the texture. I assumed it would be really thick, and that the extra protein would really stay with me for a long time, so why not give it a try. I made one the other day with 1/2 scoop of protein powder, and it was really good, but out of curiosity, and trying to eat more protein anyhow, I made THIS one yesterday. Enjoy! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

Reflection I haven’t done a “Reflection” post in quite a while. If I’m honest, which I do like to be, especially here, I have to admit that my exercise habits these last few weeks have been terrible! I don’t know why. I have no good reason. I had gotten in such an awesome habit of exercising 5-6 days a week, no problem! I really don’t even remember what threw me off, or what excuse I made, but for some reason, the excuses continued and I completely have gotten out of one of the best habits I had developed!!! That changes today. No excuses. I remember learning from “coach”……For each day that you exercise, you strengthen your body, for each day that you don’t, you decay. I don’t want to decay!!! Well, the fat can decay, that’s cool, but not the good stuff!!! So, back to 5-6 days of exercise…..EVERY WEEK! […]

Monday was all about getting sh*t done! I was determined to get everything on my list done, including an extra long walk, which I hadn’t done in tooooo many days. I had laundry to do, the lawn to mow, blogging to do (yesterday’s blog includes all of my recipes from “Four Weeks of Chicken” ), miles to walk and a few more chores to get done around the house. It all got done! That 7.5 mile walk felt awesome!! I have a new list for today, so I’m keeping this short. Here are yesterday’s eats……     Breakfast   Snack   Lunch   Snack Dinner Refresh…I can eat 26 points a day. I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose. I have an allowance of 49 points that I can dip into if I chose. I should drink a minimum of 6 (8 oz) glasses […]

This is my first blog post since Friday and so much has happened!! Let me start with…..I finally broke through 157 and I now weigh 155! That’s 52 pounds lost and 5 pounds to go to GOAL!! I’m super excited! I spent Friday afternoon doing a little shopping with a friend in the West Bottoms, which is always a great time! I found just a couple more items to add to the new bedroom…… Love this…..     I really just needed something for this wall, and it was blue……but it makes me giggle….   I love this little skate case, but it makes me want to redo my Master, in Black and Cream…..     I had this vase, and I just keep bringing in sticks from the yard! (and little spiders….oops)  Um, had to have it…..   I needed to fill the empty space on this wall…….   […]