Month: October 2015

Yesterday was a busy day, and today has been no different. Today is Mike’s birthday but I’ll tell you all about what I did today, tomorrow, and tell you just a little bit about what I did yesterday, today. Got it? I’m writing this super fast today, so expect some errors (more than usual, I should say) Friday started off with a trip to Doggie Day Care (this is not a joke) since I was going to be gone all day and didn’t want to come home to pee….or poop….which I may have from one dog who shall not be named, but he’s the white dog, not the brown dog. Then off to my WW meeting. My weight stayed the same. I’m really tempted to count points, because even though we are doing 100% everything we are supposed to be doing, I’d still like to lose weight, and I’m wondering […]

I forgot to mention that I bought Halloween Candy a few days ago! Yep. Candy just sitting in my house. Of course I bought candy that I don’t care for much, but still, it’s in the house and I haven’t been tempted. As I’m typing this, I’m trying to remember where I ended up putting it? Yesterday, I registered for my last 2 5K’s for 2015. I had a lot of goals this calendar year, (they are listed at the bottom of my blog post each day) and while I didn’t meet them all, I feel like it’s been one of my healthiest years yet. I knew for sure that I would do Six 5K’s this year, I just hadn’t planned on waiting so late in the year to get them all in. Running in the cold is not  my cup of tea (ahhhhh….I love a hot cup of tea) and it […]

Yesterday, I made a yummy breakfast, I planned to eat lunch at the Food Truck, and that was tasty, I had a snack later in the afternoon that I ate mindfully, I made a new recipe for dinner that was awesome and the KC Royals won Game Two of the World Series!! Pretty great day you guys. While working at the Food Truck, I cut up dessert and put it in containers. Cobbler with peaches, blueberries, apples and cherries. I can NOT describe to you how awesome this smelled, and usually when I cut dessert at the truck, I lick the spoon and/or take a bite. Nope. Nothing.   We watched the game at home in the coziness of our PJ’s. These are the socks that I fell down the stairs in last week! I walked down stairs very S L O W last night. I’m wearing my KC Chiefs Flannel PJ […]

You guys, WE WON game one of the World Series!!  Yahoo! Yippee! Hoorah! Hooray! Whoo Whoo!! It was a late night too in extra innings. I admit, I dozed off, and woke up with bases loaded and got to see us win the game, then right back to sleep!   I hope it’s another exciting evening, but nine innings would be great! Okay….Whole30. I really was not sure what Paleo was. If you are unclear on the difference between Paleo and Whole30, and would like to know more, click HERE for a great description of both. My short version, the whole30 is a 30 day restrictive diet, where after 30 days, you begin to individually reintroduce food items back into your diet, and see how your body reacts to that food. If it’s a food that you chose to eat, and you experience no negative side effects (inflammation, gut issues, cravings), then it’s […]

This has only happened a couple of times during the last 15 days, but I had the munchies yesterday, and my snacking habit is one of the biggest changes that I am trying to make during the whole30. I woke up early and I was wanting to eat, but not cook……so I ended up eating a handful of those fat and juicy Holiday Grapes, then I had another handful. After two cups of coffee, I made my breakfast and watched Dr. Oz, because he just happened to have Dallas and Melissa Hartwig, the authors of the Whole30, on his show! I thought they had some great tips, and they make eating whole foods forever sound very doable. I got in a 3.5 mile walk yesterday afternoon, ran a couple of errands, and cooked a yummy dinner. Other than that, I decided that I had been going like crazy for the […]

No doubt, it was a challenging weekend at times. Friday beers while watching the Royals game would have been nice, and Saturday night while at a party, a glass of wine would have tasted good, but we skipped on the beverages, and we survived. 🙂 Yesterday, we went to our son and daughter-in-law’s house for a family get together. Before I talk about the food challenges, let me talk about this awesome house that they bought and moved into last October. The house was built in 1935. Jake and Jordan moved in one year ago, and this was their first official family get together. We’ve been to the house, but not with all of our kids and grandkids and Mike’s parents. Everything was cozy and perfect. I love the area of Kansas City that they live in. It’s an older part of the city with some beautiful old homes. I […]

Day 13, and weekend number two, almost complete! I started my Saturday morning off with a 8:00 am Hot Yoga class, and it felt great to get back there! We went to our grandson’s football game (number 34) before lunch, and they won 19-0, with him scoring TWO Touchdowns!! Of course, I didn’t get a touchdown picture! It all happens so fast!    After game snacks are super important! What a great kid he is.   His little sister entertained us between plays….”Nobody touch my hotdog!” The rest of our Saturday was filled with a few chores and errands. We had dinner at home, then went to a party where we didn’t even look at the food table, drank bottles of water, and focused on the people. I will admit that this weekend was a little harder than last wanting to have a glass of wine. Friday afternoon, a girlfriend came by […]

First, and most importantly…..You guys…..The Royals are going to the World Series!!! Yahoo! Whoo! Whoo! Yippee! I love following Salvy’s Instagram Page! He makes me smile. Last night was awesome. It did make me want to snack, but I didn’t!!    We watched the game at home, Mike’s favorite place to watch, and really…..with as emotional as he gets, it’s best. I’ve never seen anyone go from Happy, to Pissed Off, to Ecstatic, in such a short amount of time. Whew! During the game, I got off of the couch and got down on the floor and did about 30 minutes of Yoga. I was trying to calm myself down, and get in a little stretching.  At my WW meeting yesterday, we talked about activity, and different ways to spontaneously get some in. Exercising during TV commercials was suggested, so I figured, why not a little Yoga to calm my nerves […]

One of my readers, (that I feel like I personally know!) had some great questions on my blog yesterday and I loved answering all of them! I’ll certainly do a review of the whole30, on day 31, but I am trying to blog about the journey as I go too. I loved all of her questions, and I thought others might have a few of the same questions, so I thought I’d share, even though you can go to yesterdays post and read for yourself. 🙂 Q – “A few questions for you – what did you do with all the non compliant foods in your house?” A -I  had been planning on doing the whole30 for a while, so I was trying to use and eat up the foods that I knew we wouldn’t be eating while we were doing the whole30. Coincidentally, one of the kids in the […]

1/3 of the way there. The last 10 days have flown by.  I don’t have any complaints. I worked at the Food Truck yesterday from 10-2:30ish, and my stomach was growling at 1:00. That’s the first day that my stomach has growled in between meals since starting the whole30. I ate breakfast at 9:30, and planned to eat lunch when I got home. I don’t know if it was smelling the food or what, but I was hungry, stomach growling hungry. I had a small bowl of the pork and a few cucumber slices, all Whole30 compliant, I just hadn’t planned on eating until I came home.  When I got home, I ate my planned lunch of leftover Chicken Cacciatore, (which seemed to get better and better each day!). That was the last of it and I will for sure be making that again! An hour later, I was hungry. I […]