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A simple day at home with baby Charlotte. My mom came to visit. The dogs barked at everyone who passed by. I remembered why changing pads were invented. I did laundry.  I ate yummy food. I worked out. Pretty much in that order. Here are the day’s eats!   Breakfast Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Waffle topped with Warm Cinnamon Apples Cheesy Eggs made with 4 Scrambled Egg Whites and 1 Slice of Kraft 2% Cheddar Cheese Coffee with Skim Milk 6 PPV   Snack Strawberries & Light Microwave Popcorn 3 PPV     Lunch It’s so helpful to keep cooked quinoa in the fridge! I cooked up some extra chicken breast when I was grilling the other day, so lunch was a cinch!! Oh, and I seem to be on a bit of a Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge kick. 1/2 C. Cooked Quinoa with One Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge and […]

I really don’t have much to say today. This whole month, I have the pleasure of watching my grand daughter, baby Charlotte, so I spent the entire day watching her sleep and coo. Occasionally I gave her a bottle and a dry diaper, then I watched her sleep and coo some more. She’s perfect.  Breakfast Every Morning! Coffee with Frothy Skim Milk. If you like frothy milk, you should get a Milk frother. Topped this one with Cinnamon 1 PPV   Toasted Light English Muffin with 2 T. Toasted Coconut and 1 tsp. Honey Drizzle 4 Scrambled Egg Whites, Salsa 7 PPV I put 2 T. of coconut in a skillet coated with Butter Flavored Cooking Spray and toasted it just a bit. Easy. I top a dry, toasted English muffin with the coconut and drizzle 1 tsp of honey over the two halves. Love this! It is 6 PPV, […]

After having breakfast with my dad on Sunday, I did a little shopping. It was time for a few spring colors. My closet consist of so much black and gray, it was literally screaming at me! “Buy some color!!” We are taking a trip to California Wine country at the end of this month with some friends, and I had an idea of a few things I wanted. Since gaining a few pounds, I haven’t bought anything because I was afraid I would have to buy a size 12 or a large, but I didn’t!! Yay! I bought size 10 white jeans (after trying on 20 pair!!) and a two pairs of size M pants that are colorful and will be fun to wear with flat sandals and a jean jacket. The tops I bought were a Medium and fit great. I was pleased. Check out these PANTS!!! Too much?? […]

Geezzzz, I have so much to say and instead of getting my blog post done first thing this morning, I met my dad for breakfast. Now it’s almost 5:00, and we have dinner plans with our son and daughter-in-law at 6:00, so this is short! Today’s post will NOT be a meal plan. I apologize. My idea for the “21 Days of Simple Weight Watcher Meal’s”….has not been so SIMPLE these last few days. I ate well and I tracked my points, but what I’ve had has been far from any kind of “Meal Plan”. On Thursday I had breakfast at 11:00, and literally never ate another meal. I had small snacks. Friday, I never had breakfast, and lunch was a latte and a banana. Mike and I had plans for Friday night and I didn’t feel so great, so I sent him along without me, and I had PB&J […]

Good Morning. I’ve had to take a two day break from the blog. Sometimes…. Life Get’s In the Way… I’ll be back tomorrow to continue my “21 Day’s of Simple Weight Watcher Meal’s”. Right now, I am headed out the door to participate in a 5K with three friends. This came up at the last minute, so I’m looking forward to having one more 5K to add to my growing list!! Have a Great and Healthy Day and I’ll be back tomorrow! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

Well, I did it. I left the house with baby Charlotte yesterday. Now, let me remind you, I have one daughter, and three step children. I’ve only had ONE baby, and as a teenager, I NEVER babysat. I had no interest. Maybe we just didn’t have any babies on our street. I really don’t remember. I don’t even recall being asked to babysit and turning down the job. It just somehow never came up. So, my daughter, Tess, was my first and only experience with a baby! There was so much I didn’t know. Then our grandkids came along, the first one, seven years ago. None of them ever spent the night until they were a little older. Or maybe they did, but I don’t remember ever requiring an infant seat in the car or carrying a diaper bag with me, so this whole “Gigi babysits Charlotte” thing is really […]

It was another great day of taking care of sweet Baby Charlotte! I think it’s gonna be a great month!   Actually, she slept most of the day…..so I watched.   Today, I’ll have to get out of the house with Charlotte for awhile. I had a bit of a hard time wanting to snack all day. Two days of being at home all day is plenty. When I planned out my meals for the day, I forgot to count the Olive Oil that I used for making dinner, so in my quest for making these meals total between 26 and 30 PointsPlus for the day, I went over a couple of points and looking back, probably should have had a salad for lunch instead of my burrito type thing’s.  I think I am over estimating on my entire dinner, but better safe than sorry. Breakfast This Bread is 1 […]

Today I had the pleasure of holding this little angel, as much as I wanted!   Guess who wasn’t real pleased about it? I swear he said….”What is it?”   I’ll be watching baby Charlotte every weekday for the month of April! She was perfect all day long.   Would you believe that I put out a message on Facebook that I was looking for a jogging/walking stroller and a monitor, and within minutes I had both items….FOR FREE!! I love my neighborhood! I’m looking forward to lots of long walks outside this month with my little Charlotte!   Breakfast Warm Cinnamon Apples over Oatmeal This is maybe a favorite breakfast of mine. 4 PPV       Lunch Leftover Chopped BBQ Chicken Salad 8 PPV   Snack PB Banana Quesadilla with Honey Drizzle Made with 1 T. Better n’ Peanut Butter  3 PPV   This Tortilla is only 1 PPV […]

March 30, 2014 I ran THREE miles today, outside. It may not seem like much to some, and to some, my excitement about this completed task makes perfect sense! When I was in grade school, running would only give me an asthma attack, which was scary. I remember I would get hot, my chest would start itching and stinging, and then a full blown asthma attack and me gasping for air in PE class, and I would be stuck at school with no inhaler. When I was in Junior High School, we did a lot of conditioning for Volleyball, and the running part was always difficult for me. I participated in Track, but I hated the long distance run. The asthma attacks that I had experienced when I was younger still occurred on occasion, but if they didn’t, I had so much anxiety anticipating an asthma attack, that made it […]

This started out as an awesome Spring Sunday morning with a cup of coffee on the deck! Of course I was in my big thick cozy robe, but still, it felt great to start out the day with fresh air! I love that!   I made myself a nice, big, low point Breakfast, then I put on my running clothes! That’s right, I said running clothes! I knew that Today was the day. This was the day that I would run 3 miles, outside, without stopping. And you what? I frickin’ did it! I guess I just never believed I really could. Honestly, I never really wanted to before now. Felt pretty damned good. I had been home from “my morning run” (hee hee….that felt good to say) for just a few minutes, bragging to Mike about how awesome I was, and he kindly agreed, when I went inside to get […]