Author: julesfarm@yahoo.com

Bahahaha! Sometimes, I crack myself up! Get it? Losing? I am losing, and it is a battle? Okay, fine. I am used to laughing alone. But I do have great news to report. I know that I have talked about seeing the 160’s a LOT! When I see 169, I am going to cry. I just know it. I was hoping for 171 today. That would be one pound down from last week, and I would be happy. I have decided to try the one pound a week thing, since it has taken me months to get through this whole 170 thing. Maybe instead of looking at the big picture and freaking out, I will just focus on one pound at a time. I have blogged about how goal setting totally stresses me out. I did remember to take my IPad for the “Weigh In” today. I always like to […]

I do love my Friday’s. Happy Hour with my friends, the end of the week, looking forward to time with my husband, coffee with the folks one morning, chatting with the neighbors outside…….but my favorite part of Friday? I get to start a whole new Weight Watchers week with my 49 points allowance to spend! Okay, maybe kidding a tiny bit here, but if you are unfamiliar with WW, each week you are allowed a daily points range, and you also are allowed 49 additional points to use, or not use, throughout your week. And because Friday Happy Hours are somewhat of an important event with my girlfriends and I, I tend to use a majority of those on Fridays. It is not an excuse to “pig out” or to drink a 12 pack, but it is the one day that I do allow myself to relax a bit and […]

So after a really frustrating weigh in last week, I had pretty much decided I was not going to my meeting tomorrow. It’s been a crazy busy week, and I just didn’t think I could handle the disappointment in myself. I haven’t tracked my food this week, which really just pisses me off. I mean, who do I think I’m kidding here? Who am I hurting? Yip, me. As disappointed as I was in myself last week, the meeting was really awesome. The leader had all of the members who were at Lifetime (goal weight and keeping it off) tell what they do that works best for them to keep the weight off. One member focused on power foods. Lean meats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Another member walked 30 minutes everyday, rain or shine. And another member continues to journal her food to hold herself accountable. One member said […]

The day before St. Patrick’s day was an awesome day! I was so pleased with the scale, and well, of course myself. St. Patrick’s day was also an awesome day! My biggest concern was figuring out just the perfect outfit to go with my kick ass accessories. I felt great about my successful week, and well, I thought I looked great! See? As i backed out of the driveway, i was amazed that it was snowing, Bradford Pear! So i had to snap a shot! Then I headed out with a girlfriend for a great afternoon in Kansas City in search of other stupid people, like ourselves. It didn’t take long. We found a local news anchor, John Holt, and he was more than willing to put on one of our hats and say “Green Beer!” The rest of the day was a blast! I must admit, I lost count […]

I just got off the phone with a friend I have had for over 25 years. Do you have that friend you like to have coffee with, or the friend you like to discuss books with, or the friend you like do projects with, or the friend you call to run errands with, or the friend that knows all the latest hot spots? Well, this is the friend I like to go out and about with and maybe get a little crazy with! We both just agreed that throughout the day, we are 32. We are both 45+. Kansas City is such a great place to live. There is always something fun going on and I am always willing to participate! Today we are headed to Waldo and Brookside areas for some “green beer” and most likely, some very interesting people watching! I thought it best to start off my […]

It really has been a great week! My “at home gym” that I created has really worked out much better than I had expected. I was pretty nervous about making myself work hard at home by myself. I always have known I work a little harder at the gym. I think having other people around you working hard can be really motivational, but on my quest to save some money by cutting back on a few monthly expenses, I told myself I would just do it! In order to know I am getting in a great workout, I always put on the heart rate monitor! Huge help! I am doing 60 min on the treadmill whereas before I thought 30 was sufficient. I also found a great idea on Pinterst! If you don’t know Pinterst, you should! I wrote down what i found on a legal size sheet of paper […]

My last post was a total Debbie Downer! Thankfully, with the incredible encouragement of my awesome husband, (I really don’t know how I got so lucky!), I have recovered! It has been an awesome few days since with a great Girls Night Out on Friday. I counted all points and made great choices on my food and limited my beers! I actually RAN Intervals on the treadmill Friday morning! I NEVER do that! I felt great afterwards, on top of the world, really. Saturday I hit the treadmill again and then decided to pass on a party because it was an entire crowd of some of my favorite people, but they like their adult beverages, and in keeping with my goals to only have alcohol once a week, I really feel like I know myself well enough, it was best to stay in and have Movie Night on the couch. […]

Things were going along so nicely too. I came home from 4 long hours of errands, and no, I did not exercise before I left my house, which I am supposed to make myself do, and I……was……starving! I unloaded the car with items from the grocery store and Costco. I picked up a WW cheese pizza and lots of stuff to make a salad to go along with it for my lunch. I had a small breakfast 6 hours earlier so I had planned on a bigger lunch than usual. As I was putting everything away, all I could think about was EATING! So I opened the pizza and put it in the microwave and made my salad. I ate it. Then I was craving something sweet, so I had a WW mini fudge bar. Then I wrote down my points. The pizza was TEN POINTS! I hadn’t even thought […]

In Junior High (back in the old days, before Middle School) I had a girlfriend named Ashley. She lived really close to the school. Several times we would all go over to Ash’s house to play pool, make up dances, and of course, have a snack! One that I really remember as a favorite was her Mom’s milkshakes that we would top off with granola! They were so yummy and creamy and delicious! Here is my equally tasty replacement! And it is only 3 PPV! It’s the WW French Vanilla Smoothie! I make it with 1 cup of cold water, 1 cup of ice and 1 cup of frozen strawberries (whenever they are on sale, I load up and bring them home right away and wash them and freeze them). I top this with 1 PPV worth of Kashi Go Lean Crunch! Ahhhh, the memories!

I have a lot of childhood memories that are related to food. I am sure many of us do. Family trips to the DQ, favorite birthday dinners and favorite birthday cakes, after school snacks of Little Debbies perhaps? Many of my childhood memories involving food are when I was in grade school and I spent a lot of time alone. That might be where the Little Debbies came in, or the bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos! I used food to fill the void. I still struggle a bit with that when I am home alone. I notice I don’t eat too much in public. I guess I don’t want anyone thinking “No wonder she’s fat, look how much she’s eating!” I never have a hard time at a party with all the food choices, and eating out is usually easy for me to make the healthiest food choices, but I […]