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I knew I had consumed too many points…calories….food…..beer, all of those, on Monday, so I wanted to have a great and successful Tuesday and keep the week on the right track. I walked EIGHT miles with a friend……   ……ate lots of fruits and veggies…..   ……drank extra water and stayed focused! I was home all day, and sometimes that can be a challenge, but I did every ounce of laundry that needed to be done, and I cleaned house, keeping myself busy. At the end of the day, I felt like I had conquered any food demons that were lingering in the back of my mind! Here are yesterday’s eats!   Breakfast Two Gluten Free Waffles 1 T. of Jiffy Whip’s Pumpkin Pie Spice Flavor Black Coffee 8 PPV   Lunch Mixed Greens, Salmon, Edamame, Avocado Balsamic Glaze 6 PPV   Snack Un-pictured Banana and Grapes Honeycrisp Apple and […]

Well, it was a good thing yesterday started off with a nice walk, because the rest of the day ended up being an unplanned pub crawl. Okay, it really wasn’t too bad, but we did go to three bars, and we did have three beers, but it definitely wasn’t a part of my plan for the week! Tess came in town to watch the Royals play on Sunday night, we spent Monday playing in the city, then I took her to the airport at 5:30 this morning! It’s been a crazy couple of days here! Yesterday, Tess and I had a productive morning that included a 4.5 mile walk. Later in the afternoon, we found ourselves downtown at Anton’s Tap Room, where I had a pumpkin ale, and we shared sliders and shrimp!   These little sliders were awesome!     The shrimp wasn’t too shabby either.   Our next […]

My daughter, Tess, lives in Dallas, and is a HUGE sports fan! She had decided that there was no way that she could NOT be in Kansas City watching the Royals play last night. So she hopped on a flight (yay for free flights!!) and came home! We met some friends up the street and cheered the Royals on to victory! It is seriously a great place to live, but especially right now! Since they won last night, they won’t be playing today, and that means that Tess and I have the entire day to play! We got our day started off right with a 4.5 mile walk this morning followed with coffee on the deck. It is a beautiful outside, and I’m really looking forward to spending the day with my girl!   My goal for the week is to eat no more than 30 points each day, and […]

This Week’s Food and Fitness Goals My plan for this week is to walk 20 miles, and keep my daily points for the rest of the week at 30 or less.   It’s been a really great two days. Friday started off with great results at the scale at my Weight Watchers meeting. I was down 4 pounds from last week! I knew that I had planned well, drank lots of water, and did a good job of tracking what I ate, and I didn’t do any mindless snacking. I had weighed each morning, so I knew it was going to be a good weigh in. I know I won’t lose 4 pounds a second week in a row, but here’s to another successful week! I had plans to spend the day and evening with a girlfriend, so I tried to eat low point options that would keep me full, […]

Well, it’s been a great week in the Weight Watcher World, and just in life in general. I’ve been getting things marked off the “Big Project To Do List”, and that always feels great! It’s also been an awesome week to live in Kansas City! The Chiefs had an awesome game on Monday night Football and the Royals made it into the Playoffs on Tuesday after 12 innings, then won last night in extra innings! It’s First Friday’s in the crossroads district downtown today (if you live here, and you haven’t been, you REALLY need to go and experience it) and I am spending the entire day with an old friend playing downtown! It is also the American Royal BBQ this weekend in Kansas City, which is a HUGE annual event! It’s just a great week to be a Kansas Citian!! I feel like I am back on track with […]

I am aware that nobody is nearly as excited to read this post as I am to write it, but I’m so HAPPY with my new Master Bedroom! We have lived in our house for fifteen years, and I’ve never really loved our bedroom. 1. It’s a big square with really only one option for bed and TV placement. 2. We have never purchased a bedroom set, so the pieces that we do have are completely random and nothing matches. 3. Mike designs cabinets for a living, so he did a great job of making sure we had “built ins” in our closet, so we really have no need to purchase a  chest or a dresser to fill up the big square! 4. There are three large windows along one wall. I originally wanted there to be a window seat, but after the house was built, I realized that I […]

The Kansas City Royals win! I finished up my “Walking 100 Miles in September” challenge I finished painting and redecorating my bedroom! The Scale went down! It was a late night in Kansas City last night and the adrenaline rush made it really hard to go to sleep! But after 12 innings, the Royals came away with a win!   I got the idea for the walking challenge from someone that I follow on Instagram! It was a great way to get me out the door on days that I likely would have made excuses. Now I need to come up with a Challenge for October! After several months of pondering what I wanted to do, and shopping for some inspiration, I found some curtains that I liked, and based the whole room around them. I’m really happy with the way that it all turned out! I’ll take more pictures […]

It was a great day as a WW Member. My day began with a 6.2 mile walk with a friend! After my walk, I met a friend for an early lunch at Panera. I ordered the Pick Two, 1/2 a Fuji Apple Salad and the bowl of Butternut Squash Ravioli. The bowl was of Ravioli was HUGE and I couldn’t find the points value online anywhere, so I only ate five of them. They were delicious! Only eating five of those ravioli was probably the most difficult thing I did all day long! But I did it! 🙂 After lunch, I ran LOTS of errands, then I began to put back together my bedroom. I am way more pleased with it than I was expecting to be. As I was painting, I was questioning my simple color choice, but I really think I am going to like it! I should […]

I spent the first part of the day painting my bedroom, and the second part of the day working at the Food Truck at a Church Festival. It was a full and busy day, and I almost forgot to eat! That seriously NEVER happens! I am paining my bedroom a cream color, and I am painting it over a deep red. This paint job also includes the ceiling. After getting the four walls done and about a 1/3 of the ceiling done, it was time to clean up and head out to work. When I came home, Mike had finished the ceiling for me! I was ecstatic!!  A girl can only paint so much! I am hoping to spend the next two days finishing up all of the extra’s. I have a curtain rod to paint, the toilet room to paint, curtains to hang, and pictures to hang. I’m excited […]

Weight Watcher’s At my meeting last week, I weighed 172.  One year ago, I got down to 154. I had been slowly losing weight for four years. I had plateaued several times, but never gained more than 3 or 4 pounds. After reaching a weight of 154, slowly, I was back at 160, then IN the 160’s. I hung out in the upper 160’s for a long time, and now this. It’s tough to write this blog sometimes. I have readers that I am trying to inspire and motivate to live healthy. I don’t like to let anyone down. I have people reading the blog that know me personally, and gaining weight back, frankly….is embarrassing. But, the whole idea behind the blog, was to share my story, struggles and all. Over the last five years, this is the first time that I’ve had a gain that has lasted so long. […]