Month: August 2015

I really do look forward to my Friday morning WW meeting. Yes, I need the meeting, but I also love all of the members that are there.  We talked about a lot of things at Friday’s meetings, but one of the things that we discussed was whether we eat our 49 extra Weekly Points or not. I have never been able to not dip into those. I’m surprised at how many people either don’t use them at all, or eat all of them, and have success in their weight loss. I usually eat them all, or at least half. My brain this last week or two has been on Weight Watcher thought over load. I’ve maintained my 172 pounds for over a year and a half now, and sometimes I would really like to be back at my goal weight of 160, and other days, I’m fine where I’m at. I’ve […]

I’ll be quick today. Heading out the door to my Weight Watchers meeting this mooring. Yay! Instead of Jazzercise class yesterday, I went to Hot Yoga last night. I love both of my classes, but I’m going to try to alternate them. That Hot Yoga class really makes me feel awesome, strong, happy, so many good things…..it was a great way to end my WW week. Last night’s dinner….Grilled Chicken Taco Salad. Mike requested Grilled Chicken Salad all week, to which I replied….”That’s dumb.” I like to mix things up and I get bored easily. I had no desire to eat the same thing for dinner every night. Then I thought, let’s just see how many different salads I can come up with this week! This Weeks Salads Greek Grilled Chicken Skewers served with salad.  Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Salad BBQ Salad Cobb Salad Here are yesterday’s eats…. Breakfast – 7 […]

Yesterday was an almost perfect day, and that makes me very happy. I ate breakfast at 9:30. I ate lunch at 2:30. I ate dinner at 7:30. I was busy in between meals and there really wasn’t any time for snacking. Yay. I walked in the morning. I planned a filling breakfast and ate it right before going to work at the food truck. (I’ve discovered that this helps me to not make bad choices while working there.) I had an awesome lunch of leftovers from the salads that I’ve been making all week. I went to Jazzercise class in the afternoon. I drank over 120 ounces of water, and dinner was delicious. The only reason yesterday was almost perfect….I planned out this great Cobb Salad, cuz ya know…I’m doing this salad thing this week. I planned it all out and listed all of the ingredients, so I didn’t leave anything […]

Yesterday I was cranky all day long. I haven’t had one of those days in a long time. I slept crappy the night before, I had a stiff neck, and I got a paper cut early in the day. I’m not even kidding. Let’s be real. A paper cut can jack with your whole day. Because of my stiff neck, I talked myself into and out of my 4:30 Jazzercise Class at least three times. After 4:30, I talked myself into and out of a 6:30 Hot Yoga class as least twice. After we ate dinner at 7:30, I changed clothes and put on my walking shoes. Then I sat down on the couch beside Mike (who also had a crap day) and never did go for a walk. We went to bed before 9:00 pm! Today? I’m rested. I’ve already been out for a 3 mile walk. We’re having […]

I rarely ask Mike what he would like for dinner, because… He tells me that he has too many decisions to make during the day and he doesn’t want to make another one. He tells me that he likes everything that I make, so it doesn’t matter. (He doesn’t want to make a decision.) He’s super sweet and tells me that we can just go out to eat. (He doesn’t want to make a decision.) He actually answers me and tells me that he wants Grilled Chicken Salad, and he really does! I’m going to see what kind of Grilled Chicken Salads I can come up with this week! I am loving this cooler weather we are having and it is making me anxious for Fall. I love having that first cup of coffee on the deck, so that’s exactly what I did yesterday before going to Yoga. After Yoga, I […]

The Fun What a fun weekend it was. It can be really hard to drag Mike away from work, but when I do, we always have such a good time. My daughter, Tess, and her boyfriend, Manuel, were going to be in St Louis for the weekend to attend the wedding of a friend of theirs on Saturday. Tess wanted us to come hang out with them on Friday because it also happened to be her birthday weekend. We headed out Friday morning for our road trip. It’s a 4-5 hour drive, depending on snack and potty stops. We hadn’t done a road trip together in a while, and it was good to spend that much time together in the car just chatting. Mike drove for an hour, while I entertained him with songs and stories. After an hour of that, I got antsy in the passengers seat (I am a […]

Mike and I are heading out the door for a little road trip to St. Louis. My daughter and her boyfriend are flying into St. Louis this morning from Dallas to attend a wedding there on Saturday afternoon. Tess thought it would be fun for Mike and I to come visit for a day. It also happens to be her birthday this weekend, so we have a little celebrating to do! We are just staying for one night, but I’m certain we will fit in as much fun as we possibly can. Yesterday was a great day. I went to my third Jazzercise class for the week, and it feels good to know that I completed one 3 mile walk, one Hot Yoga Class and three Jazzercise Classes this week. I am going into the weekend with a positive frame of mind, and I’m super excited to see my kiddo! Here are yesterday’s eats….. […]

Thursday is day 7 of my WW week, and although I wasn’t really happy with the way I started my week, I feel like I am ending my week strong. Yesterday was busy and full and happy and good and I was chipper all day long. Maybe even a little sassy. (It was in the 70’s, my absolute favorite temperature! Makes me giddy!) I woke up early and did a few chores around the house in the morning, followed with a Frothy Coffee on the deck in the nice cool morning air. I left just before 10:00 am to work the food truck for our regular Wednesday lunch crowd, then I went to an intense Jazzercise class. I pulled in the driveway after Jazz and decided to mow. By the time I finished mowing, it was 6:30, and I was now in the mood to do nothin. So I did. Well…..except watch the […]

No matter where I seem to be in my journey, sometimes I lose my spunk. I get side tracked. I forget to apply the things that I’ve learned. That’s when I start to seek motivation. I can find motivation in a lot of different places, but sometimes I need to remember to take the time to look for it. I like to say that my main motivation is my health, but sometimes that doesn’t completely do it for me, so I find motivation in other places. Sometimes I look at old pictures of myself at my highest weight and I’m reminded how I never want to be there again. Sometimes I’ll skim through a fitness magazine and read the personal stories of the people featured in the magazine. Sometimes I read my own blog around the time I reached my goal weight in the summer of 2013 and I am […]

I started my morning off yesterday with a Hot Yoga class, where I was reminded how strong my body has become. I was reminded to be kind to myself and to respect the body that I have, no matter where I am in my journey.  I left that class feeling really good about myself. Starting the day off being so conscious of my body and what it is capable of, made it easier to focus on healthy choices and filling my body with the right foods. Knowing that I was making healthy food choices, put me in a great place mentally for the rest of the day. That Yoga can be some good stuff! Here are yesterday’s eats…. Breakfast (Pre-Yoga) – 3 PPV Frothy Coffee and 2/3 C. Nonfat Greek Yogurt with Vanilla Stevia drops, Cinnamon and Blueberries   Breakfast (Post-Yoga) – 4 PPV One Egg, One Egg White over Smashed Baked Sweet Potato […]