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 Friday’s Weight Watcher Meeting Friday’s Weight Watcher meeting was about Late Night Snacking, which for some reason has never been an issue for me. My snacking issue is from about 3:00 pm until dinnertime. Always has been. If I can keep myself busy when I am at home, then no worries, but if I don’t seem to have a lot going on, or if I find myself in a stressful situation, then that’s where the afternoon snacking can really take me over on my points for the day. There have been days that I ended up eating a much smaller dinner due to my afternoon snacking, or there have been evenings where I had snacked so much during the afternoon, that when dinnertime came around, I wasn’t even hungry, so I skipped that meal all together.  Here are a few tips for Late Night Snacking…or Afternoon Snacking 1. Keep a […]

 All a mom wants sometimes is a day to herself, no matter how much she loves her kids.   After going out of town last weekend, these two have literally have been driving me nuts! They are SO much like two little kids. They want my constant attention, especially after we have been out of town, and if they don’t get it, they are either at my feet whining, or pouting on the couch, which is exactly what is happening here.  Oh, and Mishka would like a treat.   I dropped them off at the groomer’s this morning, then planned out my day. Exercise…. mow…… paint the chairs in the basement and put new fabric on them…… laundry…..ahhhh, a nice long list to keep me busy throughout the day. Yesterday, Wednesday, was the one day a week that I work at the Food Truck, Beauty of the Bistro. It was […]

I had this great plan for yesterday. Eat well. Eat light. Drink lots of water. Exercise.    Okay, if you read my blog daily, you know that the above words are EXACTLY how I started out yesterday’s blog. Then I stated that I would make “No Mistakes”!!!! Well, unfortunately, yesterday pretty much went exactly like Monday went. My breakfast was perfect, my lunch was perfect. Then after 12:00 p.m.,  I ran a few errands, just like the day before, one of which was at the new grocery store, “The Fresh Market”, where I sampled something from about TEN of the bulk bins!!! Sweet, salty, you name it, I had a taste. Then, while at the Deli Counter, picking out my Honey Roasted Rotisserie chicken, they asked me if I would like a sample of Chicken Salad. Well, I didn’t want to be RUDE! Then I had a sample of Pumpkin […]

  I had this great plan for yesterday. Eat well. Eat light. Drink lots of water. Exercise.  Sometimes the first few days after a vacation, no matter how short it is, can be really tough. I have a hard time getting back into writing down what I am eating and getting back to my regular routine. I’m not trying to make any excuses. I just suck at it. Breakfast and lunch went well. Then I ran a few errands, one of which included picking up a few groceries. I picked up a variety of almonds and nuts.  These are great snack foods, but sometimes Trigger Foods for me! Um, like yesterday!!! I just couldn’t seem to stay out of them. By the end of the afternoon, I knew I had no idea how many points I had eaten and I decided not to eat dinner. I probably wouldn’t be hungry […]

Tess has been wanting Mike and I to come visit her in Dallas ever since she got hired and moved into her apartment! I have been able to go a couple of times, but Mike hadn’t been able to get away. We finally got it on the calendar and Tess got busy planning all sorts of things for us to do.  Before leaving town……I kinda needed a pair of jeans, but I didn’t want to get more than one pair, and I didn’t want to spend a lot, so I headed into Kohl’s immediately after my WW meeting on Friday, and tried on a few pairs. Everything there is always on sale, and I just wanted a simple pair of Levi’s. I grabbed a few 10’s, then just for the heck of it, I grabbed a whole armful of 8’s. WHAT???? I know. I totally freaked out when I realized […]

Tomorrow’s Weigh-In The Scale was very kind to me this morning, and I’m feeling fairly confident about weighing in at 154 tomorrow! Whoo Whoo! You guy’s, that’s the LOWER side of the 150’s!!! When I talked to “coach” last week about going to weigh-in after enjoying too much cheese at Happy Hour the night before, she suggested I go for a 30 minute hard core walk/run before I went to my meeting.  I was like…..”Um, no thank you. If my weigh-in isn’t great due to the salt and fat intake of the cheese, I’m sure it’ll be fine in a couple of days.” Well, my weigh-in wasn’t great, but after lots of water over the next 2 days, I was where I thought I should have been last Friday morning, but it would have been nice to see my “Happy Number” at the actual meeting instead of at home by […]

I do have plans to get out of the house today, and it’s a good thing. I’m honestly on some kind of cleaning frenzy, and I can’t seem to stop myself. I’ve basically been cleaning since Friday, and making list of “projects” that either NEED to be done, or things that I WANT to do at some point during this Fall and Winter. I still haven’t even stepped into the basement to clean it, and I’m on day FIVE! It seems as though, not only am I obsessed with Pumpkin, but I am currently obsessed with cleaning as well!! I feel like I’m nesting. No. I am not pregnant. I think the closer I get to my goal weight, I feel like now that that part of my life is finally in order, I need to make sure the rest of my life is in order too? Not sure, but that’s […]

I literally spent most of the weekend in my p.j.’s cleaning and organizing and rearranging. It felt so good to have the windows open and fill up the house with all that fresh air! I must admit, I can’t seem to stop the Pumpkin Madness. I opened up a can of Pumpkin to add to whatever it was I made first, and now I can’t seem to stop until all of the pumpkin from that can is gone!! I’m soooo close. Saturday Breakfast – Pumpkin Butter Oatmeal Saturday Lunch – I have eaten almost all off my Butternut Squash Chili   Saturday Dinner I never actually ate dinner. The day literally got away from me and I was so busy, I simply wasn’t hungry. Not something I would advise, and I did find enough room for a few glasses of wine while sitting around a Fire-Pit with friends, but I […]

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Pumpkin Butter Oatmeal I was going to post this Monday morning, but it was so delicious, I ate it yesterday AND today, and couldn’t wait to share! The secret to really making this Oatmeal taste like the best bowl of Fall you could ever have on a cool morning, is the little jar of deliciousness that I buy each year at Louisburg Cider Mill!   They have pumpkins galore!   I had a hard time picking out just the right one, but I finally found it!     Not only do they make Apple Cider and Apple Butter, but they make all sorts of butters and jelly’s here, and as much as I do love the apple butter, the Pumpkin Butter is by far my favorite! If you take a trip out there this Fall, you can ask for a tasting, and they will bring out all sorts of butters […]