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It’s been a few days since I’ve sat down to blog, so I have a little catching up to do. Wednesday was a Food Truck day, and I wanted to eat everything that we serve up in the truck! There is something about that cooler weather setting in that makes me want to eat big servings of hot and delicious food! Cant explain it. Comforting I suppose. The weather was a little cool and dreary on Wednesday, and we were not super busy, and I just wanted to eat. I didn’t overdue, but I thought about eating the entire time I was in that truck!! After work, I walked 4 miles with a friend and that put my eating choices back into perspective for the evening. Thank goodness. Thursday, I worked early morning at a WW meeting, so I grabbed a Larabar and cup of coffee and headed out the door. Right […]

Yesterday was a full day and it felt good to get back to training and working at a few Weight Watcher Meetings. I’ve never been to a Weight Watchers At Work meeting, but I love that they have them to offer and yesterday I started training at one. I love the concept of being able to attend a meeting At Work with co-workers, This particular group was awesome, chatting about walking together at lunch or afterwork and sharing different trails to walk that are close to the office. I even heard chatter about a frisbee game at lunch! I was just busy enough yesterday, that lunch never happened. That doesn’t happen often for me. I always have time for food! I weighed my potatoes and counted my points for breakfast, then had an apple in the car for lunch. I did not take the time to weigh or measure my […]

What I did not get done on Sunday (Basically, I did nothing at all on Sunday), I made up for yesterday! I did make it through breakfast and lunch before I absolutely HAD to go to the grocery store. That cooking and freezing thing can really come in handy! I went to Yoga and plan to continue to make it to more than just one or two classes a week. It was a great Monday! I ate great yesterday and I drank a lot of water, but i still didn’t count points. My brain is not fully back from vacation?? I could not decide what sounded good for dinner, so I filled up my grocery cart with a ton of veggies and plan to eat Roasted Veggies all week long with some Grilled meat. How easy is that? Roasting and Grilling keeps things simple and makes for a quick clean up after […]

I feel like no matter what age your children are, you feel a great sense of pride and joy when you see them makes decisions that show personal growth in who they are and what they want out of life. Tess (my daughter) is a Weight Watcher member and was lucky enough to find a Friday morning meeting in Dallas that she loves just as much as I love my Friday morning meeting here. This is what she posted on the Weight Watcher Connect App just a few days ago. She also posted a shorter version of this on IG, but I like this version. Way to go kiddo!!   I am so proud of her for finding what works for her in her young and busy life. I have watched her eating habits change and I have watched her teach herself how to eat healthy without giving up the social life that is the reality […]

We didn’t do a whole lot yesterday. Honestly, our trip was one of those that you come home from feeling a bit wiped out from. We were both asleep by 10:00 on Saturday night and slept until almost 8:00 am Sunday morning! The rest of the day was mostly spent on the couch watching football and that crazy debate. I missed my pups, so I snuggled with them a lot. I did get out for a long walk with a friend. It was about a 5 mile walk and it was beautiful outside! When I got home, I was ready for the couch again. I never even made it to the grocery store, which must happen today! Since I almost always have some sort of cooked meat in the freezer, I figured out meals for the day. We ate well yesterday, and we ate all of our meals at home. […]

This trip truly could not have gone any better. We met so many incredibly nice and interesting people. We kept our trip relaxed and let each day simply happen. We saw a lot more than we expected to see, and we can’t wait to go back and do some more exploring of New York City. This was the first trip that we had taken with just the two of us since we have been married. We decided that we should try to do that more often! I mentioned in my last post that a friend of mine has a son that lives in New York. He sent me a lot of information that included restaurants, places to people watch and the best mode of transportation based on the area that we were staying in. We took him up on a lot of his suggestions and we were so happy that we […]

I have spent way more time in the last three days pondering what to pack to take to NYC than I’d like to admit. I’ve packed, I’ve unpacked. I’ve bought clothes and shoes, and I’ve returned clothes and shoes. I finally think I’m ready! I made it to Yoga on Saturday and Sunday and today I did yard work. I’ve had lots of water to drink over the last two days along with a little wine and a beer. I’ve made good food choices, but I haven’t been tracking or counting any points. These next few days I plan to just enjoy myself and splurge a little, with a few good choices thrown in there too. Maybe Mike and I try that “share a meal” thing?? It sounds like we will be getting in a lot of walking! Drinking my usual water might be tough during the day….you know….with it going right […]

  I love doing a challenge, even if I’m not 100% successful at the challenge. I used to spend a lot of time criticizing myself for what I did not accomplish, and very little time giving myself credit for what I did accomplish. I have learned that when I challenge myself, even if I do not complete my challenge 100%, I’m doing more than what I would have done had I not challenged myself at all, and through my challenge, I continue to learn more about myself. My goal was 15 days of Yoga for one hour a day. I had been doing a one hour Yoga class, one to two days a week. I completed 11 of those 15 days, and 5 of those 11 days were only 30 minute Yoga videos at home in the evening. Did I complete 15 days? No. What did I learn? I know that I want to do […]

Twenty years ago, yesterday, Mike and I went on our first date. I have no idea where the time goes. Sometimes it feels like I have known him  for my entire life, and other days it feels like we just met. I could go into this long sappy story about why I love him so much, and how much I appreciate the fact that he gets me and this story about how I try really hard to get him, lol, but I’m not going to do that.  All that really matters is that it took us a long time to figure it all out, but once we did, we knew we would always be able to count on one another and that we would always be together.  He truly is my best friend. (This was taken a few months ago, but we couldn’t get a good picture of the two […]

I loved the cool morning that we had yesterday. I had coffee out on the deck and the chill in the air was a great way to start of the morning. I went to Yoga class, then immediately to the grocery store to shop for Turkey Chili and Zucchini Soup ingredients. You guys….I feel Fall.  I updated several recipes on the blog, including the Pumpkin Pancakes,  Pumpkin Oatmeal, the Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal and the Blueberry Oatmeal, which all sound delicious right now! I walked 3 miles in the afternoon while my soup and chili simmered. It was a happy and healthy day! Gotta go! Have a great day! Here are yesterday’s eats… Breakfast – 9 SP Larabar and Black Coffee on the deck enjoying the chill in the air.   Lunch – 6 SP Scrambled Egg and Egg Whites, Leftover Caulirice, Diced Chicken Breast, Bell Peppers, Avocado.   Afternoon Meal – 4 SP Betsy’s Zucchini Soup […]