Month: December 2013

I’m not quite certain, but I think it’s going to be a quiet night in tonight. The Holiday’s have been super busy, as usual, and the last few days have been full as well. Not having real specific plans tonight means no temptations of party foods and party drinks, and losing weight last week over Christmas, and looking like I am going to lose weight over New Year’s week also? Well, I’m thinking staying in is a good idea….Don’tcha think? I’ll get in an extra long treadmill workout today, and plan a great dinner to have in tonight! If YOU are going out tonight, please be safe! Breakfast   Lunch I went out with a friend, and forgot to take pictures. I ordered the oatmeal and fruit, just like I did when we ate out on Sunday!   Snack   Dinner A few Un-pictured Snacks (turkey tenderloin, shrimp, 2 stuffed […]

If you have been reading my blog, you know that I am trying Weight Watcher’s new Simple Start Plan to get off the 10 pounds that I have put on through the months of November and December. I think Simple Start was designed as a 2 Week Plan for New Members so they are not overwhelmed with calculating points.  Now, I’m not certain that is why WW created Simple Start, but it makes sense to me to make things as simple as possible for those just starting out on a weight loss journey. Change can be hard, and why not make it as easy as possible. (Any Weight Watcher member can do Simple Start.) I like Simple Start because I like having the list of food’s that they give you that you can eat and not have to count or write them down. It’s Simple!  I am enjoying pushing my […]

Over the summer and into the Fall, I was getting in some awesome long walks outside. Then the weather got cold……and the outdoor walks seemed to dwindle…..and eventually disappeared completely. With the weather predictions being in the upper 50’s for the day, I knew I was going to get in a good walk outside on Saturday. I asked a friend to join me, knowing I would walk even further if she went. She did, and we walked over 7 miles!!   It felt great to get in a good walk and breathe in the fresh air. I thought I’d be a little sore when I got home, but I felt great! With the single digit weather predictions for the next few days, it’ll likely be a while before that happens outside again. It feels so good to be back in control and feel the puffiness in my body disappearing. It’s […]

Well, it was nice to go to a meeting and see a loss for a change. AND, it’s Christmas Week! So I will do a second week of Simple Start and see how it goes. Simple Start is being officially introduced at next week’s meeting, so I’m really excited to see how Joan, my leader, presents it at the meeting and hear what she thinks of it! I lost a pound and I feel like I ate a lot! I worked hard on Friday to make sure I was eating only items off of the approved list for Simple Start.  I had plans with friends in the evening, and I planned on using a portion of my 49 points for drinks. The only food that I ate that was not a part of the Simple Start list, was the cheese on my salad for dinner. If I had been paying […]

Our son, Jake, did a great job of capturing a few Christmas memories…… Anne got her dad an awesome Canvas with a picture of her and her dad on her wedding day…..   He is the “Best Gift Opener” ever, because he say’s “It’s just what I’ve wanted for my whole life!” ….a lot.      Papa Mike coloring……..     Anne and her two beautiful babies…..daddy had to work. 🙁     These two kids….      This nativity scene was my parents when I was a kid. I love that I have it!      These were my favorite, so I had to share…..   “love the life you live, live the life you love”

Every year I say, “Now THIS was the best Christmas Ever!” And then it happens again the following year. I picked up Tess late at the airport on the 23rd and we got in a couple of our favorite Christmas Light Displays just before midnight. It’s hard for me to imagine a Christmas without Candy Cane Lane!   Christmas Eve day was spent preparing for a houseful later! We made mulled cider…..in my Great Grandmother’s Cast Iron Pot!! We made Christmas Punch, and we set up a bar with a variety of Christmas spirits! We made meatballs with grape jelly and chili sauce in the crockpot (a favorite party food!), and I watched Tess assemble her Gingerbread house. It was one of those Christmas’s that I just wanted to enjoy every moment and be in the moment, so I didn’t spend a lot of time taking pictures, but everyone else […]

Playing Catch Up I never did get a blog post written on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and after reading this post over and over and over, I apologize in advance for the ridiculously boring post that you are about to read. Between a watching a full Season of “Black is the New Orange” and not feeling well, I seem to have lost my sense of humor. I’ll rest up and try to find the funny in me. I did go to my Weight Watcher’s meeting on Friday morning, and I learned a LOT! I spent the rest of Friday running last minute errands. Friday night, we did a little spontaneous entertaining. Saturday and Sunday I spent sniffing, coughing, sneezing and sipping a lot of hot tea with honey to sooth my sore throat. Not feeling like doing much, I introduced myself to Netflix. That may have been a mistake. I […]

Ten Pounds So, I told you that it was bad when I weighed Friday morning, but I didn’t tell you that it was “Ten Pounds” bad. In the last six to seven weeks, I’ve gained 10 pounds. There. It’s out. The horrible news is now in print. I let myself get off of my plan and eat and drink a lot of things that literally don’t do my body any good at all. I ate things that I didn’t write down. I pretended that I was in control and that I was fine. Now I’m paying the price. When I weighed 205, and I lost 10 pounds to get me to 195, I really didn’t feel that different.  195 to 185 did feel a little different. 185 to 175 made me feel more confident about my physical self. 175 to 165? I enjoyed 165 a lot! It was hard to […]

In a time crunch, so this post is written a little differently than usual and in a huge hurry. The last two days have not been the best variety of foods. Basically I’ve been eating Chili! Today will be a better variety of foods and I will exercise as much as I did yesterday, because it felt great to walk outside!  Monday  I didn’t get my blog post written yesterday, and this morning I overslept, so this is going to be super short. I say that all the time, then I have a story to tell, (like today) and I start typing, then I just keep typing and typing and typing. I’ll likely be late for the Food Truck today!! I went to the doctor on Monday morning for my girly annual exam. Fun, right? On the way there, I knew I was going to say that I didn’t want […]

Have I mentioned in the last two post how I feel in control? Oh good. The mind really can be such a powerful thing! We had plans to go to the dinner theatre on Sunday afternoon, and aside from being a little nervous about the food choices, I was really looking forward to the show! Norm! This was a great play, and his co-star was his real life wife of 35 years! The show was a cute little comedy and it was a great way to spend a December Sunday afternoon relaxing after spending the week in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas shopping crowd. I was worried there would be nothing point friendly on the buffet. I had coffee and a banana in the morning, then ate some protein before we left the house around 11:00. While seated at the dinner theatre, we were served our salad with […]