Author: julesfarm@yahoo.com

One week ago, I bought a beautiful blue 10′ kayak.   A few days later, a friend and co-worker of mine bought kayaks for her and her husband. She sent me a picture of them loaded up in her van and she was all excited. When I realized that she had them in her van, I knew right away that they must be shorter than mine and I was eager to get all of her info! I thought that a 10′ kayak was the smallest one that you could buy for an adult. The smaller kayak’s that I had seen were youth kayaks and had a weight limit. After a little searching and a few phone calls with my friend, I decided to return Big Blue for Little Red. Less expensive and it fits inside the jeep! No need now for tie downs or straps! Yay! Simplicity! I ordered several things […]

StepBet I completed my first StepBet last week and I loved having a daily goal to work towards. I won my $40 entry fee back plus another seven bucks. That’s not much to win back, but really it just means that most of the people that entered completed their step goals too, so YAY to steppers everywhere!!! I loved the idea of it so much that I signed up to do another StepBet! I realized that in order to meet my daily goal of about 10,000 steps, I really only needed to get out each day and walk about 2 miles. Easy, right? There is a one week break in between the two StepBets and I was curious how much walking I would voluntarily get in between the two. Well, seems like this bet thing really does motivate me and remind me to get out there because I have only […]

I’m a little behind in sharing this story, but I think it was worth the wait. Several months ago, I wrote a blog post titled….Shonda Smolley. Here are just a few lines from that blog post. “I love this little blogging corner of my world for so many different reasons. I’ve formed relationships from this blog and my Instagram account that I never imagined were possible. The relationships are great for support, accountability and even a good a laugh, but I have actually made a few friends too. One blog reader of mine has truly become a friend of mine. Since I didn’t ask her if I could blog about her today and I do respect the privacy of others, I’ll call her Shonda Smolley. She’ll know I’m talking about her and the name will make her giggle. Her comments on my blog really started to connect us. She saw similarities […]

Weight Watchers has partnered with Fresh Realm to bring fresh food to your door! You pick the day and once a week your meals will be delivered to your door in a refrigerated box. Unload the box, peel the delivery label off, revealing the return label, set the box outside of your door and it will be picked up the following day! Snacks – $3 Breakfast – $7 Lunch – $8 Dinner – $9 As a WW employee, I was given the opportunity to try it out! I don’t really think I’m a “deliver to your door” person, but being given opportunity, I was excited to give it a try! My order was delivered to my front porch on Thursday in this refrigerated box.   I totally had forgotten what I had ordered, so I was having fun pulling these trays out.   Kinda cool, huh?   Here’s my order!   Unload, […]

So much to catch up on! I didn’t track my food Friday or Saturday. I should have. I just didn’t take the time to do so. Friday. I ran errands all over, didn’t plan well, skipped breakfast and ate very little during the rest of the day. In the evening I went to a girlfriends house for a drink. I know for a fact that I ate too much popcorn and over indulged on the chocolate covered almonds. When I came home, Tucker had vomited and had diarrhea all over the house. Mike had been home to witness it all and clean it up. On one hand I felt really bad that Mike had been home dealing with it all and on the other hand, I was glad that Mike had been home dealing with it all. Saturday. Saturday Mike and I were supposed to go visit our daughter Anne and her family […]

StepBet Before I talk groceries, let me talk steps. This week is ending my very first StepBet and I am so happy that I did it! My plan was to get in a Yoga class this week as well and I did that. I’m feeling really good about figuring out how to get more steps in and it has certainly become a more important part of my daily plan than it was before. When I have challenged myself in the past to Walk 100 Miles in a Month, that seemed to be more difficult because I was giving myself the whole month to complete the challenge and I would end up procrastinating, then having to walk 5 or 6 miles several days in a row to complete it. That’s just dumb. With the StepBet, you have a daily goal that you need to meet, and because I work better with short term […]

I’m keeping this post a short one. Basically, I like Taco’s. Taco’s on Tuesday, Taco’s on Wednesday. I think I want a Taco Month! Here are yesterday’s eats…. Breakfast – 6 SP Egg White Omelette filled with Turkey Taco Meat and topped with Smashed Avocado and an Orange for something sweet!   Lunch – 7 SP Un-pictured Chicken Salad on a small corn tortilla while working at the Food Truck (not really a taco) and I took the last of the Roasted Chicken, a few Carrots and an Apple to eat.   Snack – 2 SP Banana, Blueberries and Kiwi with 1 tsp Almond Butter, 1/2 tsp honey and a sprinkle of Chia Seeds.   Snack – 6 SP I won’t go into detail of how I ended up with these, but they are a total trigger food for me and I never buy them anymore. I ate THREE of these!!!   […]

Yesterday was an unplanned Taco Tuesday and pretty much an unplanned everything. I thought I was going to be getting a new At Work WW Meeting yesterday, but it didn’t pan out. My meeting that I did have on Tuesday has now been moved to Thursday, so my current schedule is two meetings on Monday (one as a leader, one as a receptionist) and two meetings on Thursdays (one as a leader, one as a receptionist). Tuesday is now an open day. I don’t think that will last long, but I will certainly enjoy it for now. After coffee on the deck and pondering my “to do” list for the day, I decided I should go to a Yoga class, so I did. After Yoga, and only coffee in my belly, I thought working on my “to do” list a little longer, while having breakfast outside somewhere sounded like a great […]

If you are a WW member, then you may or may not know that drink recipe SmartPoints are calculated differently than food recipe SmartPoints.  I did not know this for a long time. If you are making Smoothies on a regular basis, it’s good info to have! Here’s the deal. If you are making smoothies, you are likely adding more fruit than just a serving of berries to your smoothie. Those calories that make up that one smoothie can really add up, even though a piece of fruit is zero SmartPoints. Calories are calories, and making sure you are tracking according to the Weight Watcher guidelines will only help you along your journey. Now, according to the Weight Watcher guidelines, if you are using blended fruit as an ice cream type snack, eating it with a spoon and the serving size is 1/2 Cup or less, then you can count that […]

Yesterday was a really good Sunday. We slept in. I made a simple breakfast. I went to a Hot Yoga class at 10:30. I ran a few errands. I got my steps in throughout the day. I planned for the week. I roasted a chicken and the house smelled like grandma’s. I went to bed early and got 9 hours of sleep. Pretty good day, wouldn’t ya say? Week 5 of the StepBet is now complete and I’m feeling really good about figuring out how to work steps in on a busy day. I was at Trader Joe’s forever stocking up on a few favorites. I always stock up on the raw nuts. These are great for salads, homemade trail mix or just for snacking!   I finally discovered why so many people are talking about this seasoning. I am loving it on so many different foods!   Loving this […]