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I took a break from my blog, my phone and social media for the last few days. Okay, that’s not true. I posted a few things and took a few pictures, but much less than I usually do, and traded that time for some time spent with family. It was a great long weekend! My daughter can’t be here this year for Thanksgiving Day, so we had my parents and a few of my relatives over for dinner on Saturday, then a whole bunch of relatives from both sides of our families over later in the evening. We will be having Thanksgiving again on Thursday at Mike’s parents, so lots of food and family going on here for a while, and I’m loving it. My daughter and her boyfriend came in late Wednesday, and when we weren’t running errands on Thursday for our Saturday Thanksgiving Dinner, we were playing games, listening […]

Short blog post today. Lot’s to do this morning. I’ll be picking up my daughter and her boyfriend late tonight at the airport and they will be here until late Sunday evening. We pretty much have something planned for each day, so I’m taking a break from the blog until Monday morning so I can spend lots of quality time with my kiddo. Thanksgiving and extra people in the house can be a real food challenge, but I’ll do my best to drink lots of water and not graze! Other than just a few small bites, we still haven’t reintroduced grains, dairy or sugar, and we are going to try and stay clear of those through the Holidays.  Mike was faced with a plate of cookies at his office yesterday for the entire day, and he called on his way home from work to tell me he didn’t have one! […]

In yesterday’s post, I said that Jazzercise was on the day’s “to do” list, and it was. It was on the list along with two items that I wanted to return, and one hundred and two items that I needed to buy in preparation for our Thanksgiving Dinner number one at our house on Saturday. My daughter and her boyfriend will be coming in late Wednesday night from Dallas for a nice long weekend. They can’t be here for our big Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day, so were squeezing in a dinner on Saturday, then filing up the house with even more family for a fun filled game night! After reading through my blog about last year’s  Perfect Thanksgiving for decorating ideas, I’m not sure I can top that, but I started shopping yesterday. I did go back and read a few blog post about past Thanksgivings, and this Thanksgiving Blog Post and this Thanksgiving Day Blog […]

Now that my daily routine is back to counting weight watcher points, and eating clean is becoming much easier, I’ve GOT to get myself back to some regular exercising! Each time I get my bank statement, and see the fee that I am paying for Jazzercise, I think….I GOTTA get there!! I’ll be really frustrated with myself if I don’t make it to at least one class this week. It’s on the “to do” list for today. I went to my Yoga class on Saturday morning, and I loved it! Unfortunately, I did no exercise on Friday or Sunday. In my recap post, I didn’t really talk about the specific food challenges I’ve had over the last few days, or all of the great food that I did eat! While spending time with my girlfriends, I passed on two flavors of homemade bread. I’m not really even certain what flavors […]

It’s been a busy four days. The timing for our Whole30 could not have been more perfect. We ate every meal at home for 30 days, with the exception of one meal at our sons house, and one lunch that I ate out, and we kept those meals whole30 compliant. Day 30 was Tuesday, then I left on Wednesday afternoon to spend Wednesday and Thursday night with a few girlfriends. I took plenty of whole30 foods to keep myself whole30 as much as possible, but with plans to have wine. I made sure the fridge at home was stocked with whole30 foods for Mike. The reintroduction of foods, post Whole30, is supposed to be gradual so you can tell how your body is reacting to foods that you haven’t been eating for 30 days. On Wednesday night I had wine. On Thursday morning, I had a little breakfast casserole that […]

Day 30 What a great experience the Whole30 has been for my husband, and for myself. That 30 days went way faster than I was expecting it to! If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I like a challenge. I need a challenge. I get bored. I get off track. Occasionally, I need to press the restart button in a different way. I’ve said this several times, and it remains to be true. Doing the Whole30 was exactly what I was needing to fight my snacking demons and establish some new habits in my constant journey to a healthier me. Yesterday was great! I spent some time with my mom in the morning, and I spent the afternoon running a few errands. Last night, I went to one of the craziest parties that I have been to in a long time. I can’t even […]

If you read yesterday’s post, then you know I have a lot more to say on the subject matter of my digestive issues. However, I unexpectedly need to get out the door this morning, so I’ll have to delay the rest of that info for later today, or tomorrow. I am happy to report that the Probiotic may be starting to work, because yesterday, for the first time in 29 days, I had no diarrhea. I was “regular” yesterday. I hope that today is the same. I want to write about how great the Whole30 was on my last day, not about how great it was, and….oh yeah….I had diarrhea. Here are yesterday’s eats….. Breakfast – 5 PPV 1/2 Chicken Apple Sausage, Sweet Potato Rounds, Egg and 1/2 Apple   Lunch – 7 PPV Tuna Salad with a Chopped Apple, Leftover Roasted Carrots, Plantains   Snack – 4 PPV Coconut and Date […]

I can’t believe 30 days have almost passed since Mike and I decided to do this little challenge. If you are a regular reader, then you know that I get bored and I like to mix things up a little bit and challenge myself. Sometimes it’s a food related challenge. Sometimes it’s an exercise related challenge. Usually when I do a challenge, I learn a little something about myself. Occasionally, a reader will tell me that they were inspired and decided to do a challenge of their own, and that makes me very happy. While the Whole30 has gone great for Mike and I, I have had one issue from day 1, and only one. If you have no desire to hear about my digestive track, then you might just want to scroll down to see what I ate yesterday. I don’t blame you. In the first few days of […]

Whole30 Stuff I follow all sorts of Weight Watcher members, Health Food Nuts, Paleo People  and Whole30 Success Stories on Instagram. I’ve mentioned Instagram several times on my blog, because I find a lot of support and inspiration there. If you are not on Instagram, and you are looking for a support system in your weight loss journey, your weight loss maintenance, or just support in all around good health and healthy recipes and meal ideas, Instagram is an awesome place for all of those things! One of the accounts I follow on Instagram is WHOLE30ANNIE. She is in Week 2 of reintroducing foods back into her diet. Not only did she do a Whole30, but she did a Whole130. That’s right. She did the Whole30 for one hundred and thirty days! I’m super interested in how people feel when they reintroduce different foods, and her IG post caught my […]

(Revised…I forgot to mention when I originally posted this, I did not make it to my WW meeting yesterday since I had to work, but I think I lost this week. I will be at my meeting next Friday for sure, and i will weigh in.) What a busy and crazy last couple of weeks. October baseball, that leads into November baseball and celebrations, can be draining, and I wasn’t even drinking!! Today, we have absolutely nothing planned, and it feels so good. I went to my 8:00 am Yoga class this morning, and came home to make breakfast. It’s gorgeous outside, so I’m spending as much time on the deck as possible. I’m on coffee cup number four. It has felt really good to climb into bed early the last couple of nights. Yesterday was Food Truck day in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, and those days are […]