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A New Doctor I’ve been on the hunt for a new Family Physician. I think I found her yesterday! Yay! I went in for my annual physical. I know there are a few additional Dr visits to schedule when turning 50, and I want to get them out of the way as soon as possible. I had a fairly lengthy discussion with my (new and wonderful) doctor yesterday about my weight. I told her my story. She got the long story. The short story is….My goal weight with Weight Watchers is 160. I reached that goal in 2013. I have weighed 172 for the last two years or so and I feel great. Should I change my goal weight with Weight Watchers to 172, or should I try to get back to 160? She asked me a lot of questions to help determine what a healthy weight for me would be. […]

First things first. I went to Yoga yesterday morning. I took things slow, and my back was kind to me. However, off and on throughout the day, I felt weird twinges that left me wondering if my back is going to give me any problems this week. I really hope not. I have a Yoga challenge that I gotta complete!! Family Day I’ve been trying to have all of our kids and grandkids over at least once a month this year. It just doesn’t work out every month. Yesterday, we were all able to get together and as always, it was a fun filled afternoon of chats, playtime and food. Our parents were even able to make it, so we had a houseful! Fifteen people to be exact! You guys…..our family is growing! Grand Baby number Five is in this little tummy!! I am so happy for Jake and Jordan and so […]

Keeping it short today. The kids and grandkids are coming over this afternoon, and I’ve got some food to cook! I’m out the door here in a minute to try Yoga again today. My back did NOT spasm ever yesterday, just a bit of twinge all day. I’m crossing my fingers and thinking Zen. The scale said 171 this morning, and that makes me happy. Here are yesterday’s eats… Breakfast – 10 SP Chicken Sausage, Zucchini, Red Onion, White Sweet Potatoes all topped with an Egg   Lunch – 12 SP Leftover Shepherds(ish) Pie without the Whipped Cauliflower topping.  Un-Pictured Banana, Strawberries, Raw Cashews and a few bites of Chicken Salad with a few roasted Plantains.   Dinner – 12 SP Un-Pictured Red Wine Mom’s V-8 Soup, but I used Ground Turkey instead of Beef, and Butternut Squash instead of Potatoes. These are my 2016 Goals Make time each week […]

I hope everyone had a Happy and Healthy week?? I’ve been trying to establish some sort of a routine over here. It took me three days to get to the grocery store, so we ate out a lot more than I would have liked, but I kept my food choices in check and drank lots of water. Parade Wednesday after working the food truck, I went to my girlfriends house in my hubs new toy. We had a parade to drive in! Her daughter was nominated for Homecoming Queen and they were in need of a convertible. I can see how Mike’s new toy will come in super handy on occasion. I love a parade, so I had a blast! Concert Thursday morning I worked at two WW meetings, and I am even more certain now of how much I am going to love this job and connecting with WW […]

It’s time to get back to work! Back to work at the Food Truck, back to work in the Weight Watcher Meeting room and back to work in the kitchen planning meals and cooking at home. The scale said 173 this morning, so I was pleased to come home from a long weekend and only be up one pound. Now I’ve got some work ahead of me on the scale to find that 160 number. I’ll be at home for a few weeks, (no trips planned for a bit) so I’m putting myself at the top of my priority list as far as diet and exercise. Mike did all sorts of awesome things around the house this weekend while I was away, so I came home to an organized and clean house, but with no groceries. Not his thing. I plan to do something about that today. Yesterday morning I […]

I took a trip two years ago with three of my childhood friends. Some of us met in Grade School, some of us met in Junior High School. Since High School graduation, I’ve lost touch with each of these girls at different times with moves, job changes, raising kids and life, but I feel like I have been able to pick up where I left off with each of them over the years, and I am so thankful for their friendships. I love these girls, and I cherish our time together. One of the girls, Ashley, grew up spending the summer at her families beach house in North Carolina. I remember hearing her stories as a kid and imagining what it must of been like there on the beach in North Carolina. Two years ago, I got to find out! The four of us had such a great time, we decided to make that trip again […]

It was a super busy day yesterday! Blog, Food Truck, Weight Watcher Meeting. I had a great time working last night at the WW meeting. I was on my own working as a receptionist. I was able to greet members, weigh them, chat about their week, and I even got to sign up a new member! More training next week as a receptionist, then Leader training should be starting up soon. There is SO much to learn!! I am loving it and I feel so comfortable there. No time for the usual post. Headed to the airport to spend the weekend with these girls on the beach in North Carolina! Have a great weekend! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

Goals Yeah, I guess that I’m a bit behind on the calendar. Towards the end of August, I wrote in one of my blog post that I was pondering Walking 100 Miles in September, but that I had decided to switch things up a bit and now I was thinking about 30 Days of Yoga. Well, somewhere around the middle of the day on September 2nd, it dawned on me that it was September!! Where in the heck does the time go you guys??? I do have one trip this month, so I think in the back of my mind I was curious as to if I would do Yoga while out of town for four days. I guess that I put my Yoga goals in the back of my mind. Here is my plan….. 15 Day Yoga Challenge. I will do Yoga everyday (in the classroom, or at home) […]

I hope that you all were able to enjoy a long weekend, and if you did not have a three day weekend, I hope you were able to at least enjoy some time off, from Laboring. Me? I had these grandiose plans of knocking out a big “to do” list and having it complete by 5:00. Then I was going to relax, grill a steak, watch Netflix and sip on a glass of wine. At 7:30 or so, I finished my list, then I was cranky because it took the whole day to get done what I wanted to get done, and I never did get outside for a walk, and I still needed to make dinner. Here’s the good news. My whole house is clean, the laundry is all done, the fridge is stocked, I grilled my steak and sipped on a glass of wine, after dinner I showered […]

I am loving the cool mornings these last couple of days. I can not think of a better way to start the day off than with a cup of coffee on my deck on a cool morning. I can feel Fall a comin and I am ready! I spent most of yesterday morning catching up on the blog (while drinking coffee), and the next few hours playing catch up with my mom (again, more coffee) at her house. I think I had enough coffee yesterday for the entire weekend. I had a good caffeine buzz going!   I got a little meal planning in and some grocery shopping done in the afternoon. I enjoyed some time on the deck in the evening while making Chicken Kabobs for Mike and a Salmon Kabob for myself.   I had been thinking about making Kabobs for a few days now, and I am […]