Month: May 2014

I rarely get in any exercise before my Friday morning WW meeting. For a long time, Friday was my scheduled “day off” of exercise. I liked having a scheduled day off, because it let me not exercise for the day without any guilt, which I was struggling with for a long time. I don’t seem to be on any particular schedule right now, but am trying to run more frequently. I decided to get out for a short run before my meeting on Friday! I must say…..it always feel good to get a little exercise in first thing in the morning! I ran the same route as Thursday, but I didn’t stop running until I got to the top of that darned sidewalk!! Whew! Then I walked about .3 miles home. It was quick, but it was good! I can’t believe how consistent my pace is at a 12 min […]

I’m playing with different routes in the neighborhood, and I’ve discovered a great one for a quick little workout. I left the house with Tucker to go for a ONE mile run. My route actually ended up being over a mile, and towards the end of it, I have a sidewalk I have to run up that is a pretty good little hill. I kept my head down and only looked at the sidewalk square in front of me. When I thought I could possibly die, I stopped, only to realize I was only TWO sidewalk squares from the top of the hill!! Arg! So I started back up. I was pleased when I got home to see that I had run over a mile.   My time doesn’t reflect how fast I felt like I was going though, because along the run, we had to stop for a poop. […]

I’m posting late today, and really, I have no “doggie drama” or “cleaning stories” to share about yesterday, so I’ll just tell you what I ate!   Breakfast 4 Scrambled Egg Whites, 1/4 Avocado 1 Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge, Salsa Coffee with Frothy Skim Milk 5 PPV   Lunch Pulled Pork Taco’s at the Food Truck (no tortilla) 8 PPV     Dinner I found a recipe for Avocado Enchilada’s on Pinterest, and it sounded so yummy, I knew I had to try it! You can check out the website and the original recipe by clicking HERE! I made a few changes. I only used ONE avocado, and I added a few extra black beans. I didn’t have any corn tortilla’s. but would totally use them next time. My low carb flour tortilla’s were a bit soggy? The filling was great though, and although the recipe did NOT call for chicken, I seasoned some […]

Yesterday was Tuesday, which means Yoga! I’m really liking the Yoga on Tuesday mornings! I might be adding another day a week! After Yoga, the carpet cleaners came and I practically had them do the whole house, and two chairs. They even did the rug under the dining room table for FREE!! They said it was because I was so nice. I offered them solo cups of Ice Water while I watched them sweat. I would have offered them a pizza had I known I was going to get something for FREE!! Anyhow, the whole house now feels so clean. Next week, I have hired a dog trainer and they will be here Tuesday. Tucker needs some help. Julie needs some help. It’s a pricey thing, and I can think of so many other things I’d rather spend this money on, but if it means a manageable and happy dog, and […]

A Great Lazy Day Monday’s plans were…..nothing. Not a thing. Zilch. Zero. Except for balancing the check book, and getting in some exercise. And that’s exactly what I did. Relaxed all morning. Made myself a yummy omelet, took the pups for a nice walk, then ran 1.25 Miles, and walked almost 3 after that. Looked at the checkbook for a long time and tried to figure out where all the money goes, then went out to dinner, and remembered that’s where some of it goes. 🙂 Not nearly as often as it used to though. Sangria? Late in the afternoon, I really wanted to sit on the deck and have a beer or two, or open up a bottle of our new wine, but I didn’t want to spend the Points, and since I did look at the scale on Friday, I’m anxious for a loss this week. I know […]

I woke up super early and my only desire was to cuddle up on the couch with my frothy coffee and watch a movie. So I did. It was so nice and relaxing, I watched another one. Mike had gone into the office for a few hours and I knew when he got home, we had a few chores to work on together for most of the day. I took a great walk Sunday after my movie watching. I headed out ready to run ONE mile, then walk. I had an idea of the route I would take. If I went the way I had planned, I could start out running my mille, and it would all be downhill. It was perfect! I kept a good pace and enjoyed the scenery.  I was going to run to the end of the path, then turn and come back, but there were […]

I had plans with my Little Sis to head to downtown to the big City Market for a fun Saturday morning, but due to the rain, we changed our plans. Samone snapped a few pics of us with my phone…… (I really don’t think in person that my hair looks THAT gray!!!)   It seemed like a perfect movie day, and we just happen to have a new Movie Theatre! Cinetopia! So we checked it out. We got tickets to the Parlor. In the Parlor, it pretty much looks like a great big living room.There was a fire place, book shelves with actual books, (we debated if we could actually pick them up and browse through them or not) and lot’s of cozy seating. You can bring food in from the concession stand, or order from the menu. We decided to order from the menu. I ordered the Mediterranean Wrap […]

Attending my weekly Friday WW meetings has been a part of my life for a long time now, and not going to those meetings for the last 6 or 7 weeks has felt a little odd. In April, I watched baby Charlotte, and getting there with her was not quite as easy as I thought that it would be. I made it to one meeting that month. The first weekend in May, we were out of town, the second Friday in May, I worked, and the third weekend in May, we were out of town, so honestly, I was really looking forward to getting back to my Friday morning routine of a Starbuck’s and my meeting! I stopped looking at the scale at my weekly weigh in several weeks ago. I really don’t even know when that was. Maybe March? The number on the scale was messing with my mind […]

I spent most of the day cleaning and disinfecting! Ick. I do feel better though. If you read yesterday’s post, then you know why I did this. I really need to spend some time meal planning…..and possibly shopping as well. I have milk, eggs and english muffins. They were on the counter when I took this picture. This is one sad fridge. Due to a lack of groceries in the house, I made up a pizza that I’d never had before for breakfast. For lunch, I had Breakfast Quinoa?? We ate dinner out. Maybe I’ll buy some groceries today……   Here are yesterday’s eats! I’m off to my WW Meeting that I have missed so much!!   Breakfast Black Bean and Egg Breakfast Pizza, Apple Un-pictured Coffee with Frothy Skim Milk 7 PPV Ingredients 1 Light English Muffin, sliced 2 T. Pizza Sauce 3 Scrambled Egg Whites 1/8 Cup Black […]

Okay, really there is nothing Silly about this Rabbit story at all!! My dog, Tucker…..   ….seems to be taking some backwards steps as far as House Training goes. We’re dealing with a few other issues too, but the house training is the biggest problem. I’ve tried to crate him, and he just poop’s in it and rolls in it, which is a really big mess for me to have to clean up. I’ve tried to confine him to the kitchen while I am gone, but no matter what kind of a gate I rig up, he seems to get out. Mike has designed a special gate for the large opening to our kitchen and he should have it put together and in place by the end of the weekend. Wait, he WILL have it put together by the end of the weekend. 🙂 Each time I go out of […]