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I stocked up on tea yesterday, and I added a few new flavors to my tea drawer. The only ones that I have not tried are the Vanilla Rooibos and the Gingerbread Spice. All of the teas below are caffeine free, which is great for me since I like to drink hot tea in the evening. They also have no artificial flavors and no stevia, which makes them Whole30 compliant!   I finally got a walk in yesterday.   I love the way the neighborhood looks right now.   The weekend exercise plan is Yoga Saturday morning, and a walk on Sunday. NO EXCUSES! (I can’t believe the whole30 is almost over!) Here are yesterday’s eats……. Breakfast Sautéed Asparagus, Zucchini and Red Onion topped with an egg, and a Clementine with a cup of Black Coffee.   Lunch I made Butternut Squash Chili, but with a few changes to make it Whole30 […]

A busy day today, but the whole30 is still going great, and I’m still sucking at getting in exercise lately. Here are yesterday’s eats…… Breakfast Leftover Chicken Breast tossed in the skillet with leftover roasted Brussels Sprouts, and some leftover diced Sweet Potato. A little Olive Oil and salt and pepper, and a few mini heirloom tomatoes with fresh basil, and my weird leftover breakfast was delicious.   Lunch Pork at the Food Truck with diced Apple (I didn’t think to pack lunch, and although there were no veggies here, I think I had enough at breakfast for an entire day!   Dinner  Cobb Salad. Chicken, Bacon, Egg, Avocado, Tomatoes all on a bed or mixed greens, with Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing. Exercise = none Water Consumed = 70   This is What I Will Accomplish in 2015 I will choose one occasion per month for Social Drinking (um..this […]

Lot’s of celebrating in Kansas City yesterday with a Parade for the KC Royals World Series Champs! This is Union Station, where the Parade ended. They reported on the local news that an estimated 800,000 people showed up downtown for the festivities. Look at that sea of blue!   Here’s another shot of downtown. All of the school districts, Kansas and Missouri side, cancelled school. The city went crazy with excitement. I’m proud to live in the Kansas City area, and report that out of all of those thousands of people, the only news to report was lots of traffic and lots of Happy Kansas Citians celebrating their team! I love this city!!   My daughter and I picked up a couple of girlfriends, and we headed towards downtown, not really sure what we were in for. The closer we got, the more traffic we encountered, the more I realized just […]

I only have a second to blog this morning. Tess came in town from Dallas last night, and we are off to grab some friends and head downtown to the big Parade for our Boy’s In Blue! Kansas City is lit up in blue! The fountains (did you know that we are the City of Fountains?) have blue water, everyone is wearing their blue, and you guys….even the sky is blue today!! (Actually, it’s a little grey and foggy out.) The City is really celebrating it’s Kansas City Royals World Series Champions. Yesterday morning, I hit up one of our Kansas City Shop’s for a World Series Champs shirt! I’m standing in line…….   Still in line….. Then I had a full day and evening. Mike doesn’t have a lot of things that he puts on our social calendar, but he does love Jamey Johnson, so last night, we went on a […]

This town loves their Kansas City Royals. We loved this group last year and we knew they’d be back to take the Crown this year!   Mike and I watched the game at home…..   Wide awake and very calm in the 11th inning! When things got crazy in the 12th inning, we decided to go back over to the neighbor’s house that we were at the night before for Victory Fireball Shots!! You guys, we just won the World Series!!! Tess wanted us to FaceTime her so she could do a victory shot with us! (I totally spit my shot of Fireball back into my shot glass, but they were the mini red solo cups, so nobody knew. I hadn’t planned to do that, but when it was in my mouth, I was like nooooooooo…….) Goofball. If you’re not a sports fan, the Mets have a player with the […]

Food We are 2/3 of the way through our Whole30! It’s been so much more pleasurable than I imagined, and I can’t stress enough that the first week was a little overwhelming making sure I had Whole30 compliant items in the house, but after that, so much easier. I still say that taking a little time out of one day a week to plan, is key! I have decided for the last 10 days, I will pass on the nut butters and dates, and I will eat less potatoes and more green veggies, and see if that makes a difference on the scale. (Thanks Roberta for all of your suggestions! It is greatly appreciated!) Fun Okay, a lot of stuff happened yesterday. I ran a 5K, I assembled an entire Foosball Table for a surprise for Mike’s birthday, I made a pretty dinner for his birthday, and we went to […]

Yesterday was a busy day, and today has been no different. Today is Mike’s birthday but I’ll tell you all about what I did today, tomorrow, and tell you just a little bit about what I did yesterday, today. Got it? I’m writing this super fast today, so expect some errors (more than usual, I should say) Friday started off with a trip to Doggie Day Care (this is not a joke) since I was going to be gone all day and didn’t want to come home to pee….or poop….which I may have from one dog who shall not be named, but he’s the white dog, not the brown dog. Then off to my WW meeting. My weight stayed the same. I’m really tempted to count points, because even though we are doing 100% everything we are supposed to be doing, I’d still like to lose weight, and I’m wondering […]

I forgot to mention that I bought Halloween Candy a few days ago! Yep. Candy just sitting in my house. Of course I bought candy that I don’t care for much, but still, it’s in the house and I haven’t been tempted. As I’m typing this, I’m trying to remember where I ended up putting it? Yesterday, I registered for my last 2 5K’s for 2015. I had a lot of goals this calendar year, (they are listed at the bottom of my blog post each day) and while I didn’t meet them all, I feel like it’s been one of my healthiest years yet. I knew for sure that I would do Six 5K’s this year, I just hadn’t planned on waiting so late in the year to get them all in. Running in the cold is not  my cup of tea (ahhhhh….I love a hot cup of tea) and it […]

Yesterday, I made a yummy breakfast, I planned to eat lunch at the Food Truck, and that was tasty, I had a snack later in the afternoon that I ate mindfully, I made a new recipe for dinner that was awesome and the KC Royals won Game Two of the World Series!! Pretty great day you guys. While working at the Food Truck, I cut up dessert and put it in containers. Cobbler with peaches, blueberries, apples and cherries. I can NOT describe to you how awesome this smelled, and usually when I cut dessert at the truck, I lick the spoon and/or take a bite. Nope. Nothing.   We watched the game at home in the coziness of our PJ’s. These are the socks that I fell down the stairs in last week! I walked down stairs very S L O W last night. I’m wearing my KC Chiefs Flannel PJ […]

You guys, WE WON game one of the World Series!!  Yahoo! Yippee! Hoorah! Hooray! Whoo Whoo!! It was a late night too in extra innings. I admit, I dozed off, and woke up with bases loaded and got to see us win the game, then right back to sleep!   I hope it’s another exciting evening, but nine innings would be great! Okay….Whole30. I really was not sure what Paleo was. If you are unclear on the difference between Paleo and Whole30, and would like to know more, click HERE for a great description of both. My short version, the whole30 is a 30 day restrictive diet, where after 30 days, you begin to individually reintroduce food items back into your diet, and see how your body reacts to that food. If it’s a food that you chose to eat, and you experience no negative side effects (inflammation, gut issues, cravings), then it’s […]