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It was another great day of taking care of sweet Baby Charlotte! I think it’s gonna be a great month!   Actually, she slept most of the day…..so I watched.   Today, I’ll have to get out of the house with Charlotte for awhile. I had a bit of a hard time wanting to snack all day. Two days of being at home all day is plenty. When I planned out my meals for the day, I forgot to count the Olive Oil that I used for making dinner, so in my quest for making these meals total between 26 and 30 PointsPlus for the day, I went over a couple of points and looking back, probably should have had a salad for lunch instead of my burrito type thing’s.  I think I am over estimating on my entire dinner, but better safe than sorry. Breakfast This Bread is 1 […]

Today I had the pleasure of holding this little angel, as much as I wanted!   Guess who wasn’t real pleased about it? I swear he said….”What is it?”   I’ll be watching baby Charlotte every weekday for the month of April! She was perfect all day long.   Would you believe that I put out a message on Facebook that I was looking for a jogging/walking stroller and a monitor, and within minutes I had both items….FOR FREE!! I love my neighborhood! I’m looking forward to lots of long walks outside this month with my little Charlotte!   Breakfast Warm Cinnamon Apples over Oatmeal This is maybe a favorite breakfast of mine. 4 PPV       Lunch Leftover Chopped BBQ Chicken Salad 8 PPV   Snack PB Banana Quesadilla with Honey Drizzle Made with 1 T. Better n’ Peanut Butter  3 PPV   This Tortilla is only 1 PPV […]

March 30, 2014 I ran THREE miles today, outside. It may not seem like much to some, and to some, my excitement about this completed task makes perfect sense! When I was in grade school, running would only give me an asthma attack, which was scary. I remember I would get hot, my chest would start itching and stinging, and then a full blown asthma attack and me gasping for air in PE class, and I would be stuck at school with no inhaler. When I was in Junior High School, we did a lot of conditioning for Volleyball, and the running part was always difficult for me. I participated in Track, but I hated the long distance run. The asthma attacks that I had experienced when I was younger still occurred on occasion, but if they didn’t, I had so much anxiety anticipating an asthma attack, that made it […]

This started out as an awesome Spring Sunday morning with a cup of coffee on the deck! Of course I was in my big thick cozy robe, but still, it felt great to start out the day with fresh air! I love that!   I made myself a nice, big, low point Breakfast, then I put on my running clothes! That’s right, I said running clothes! I knew that Today was the day. This was the day that I would run 3 miles, outside, without stopping. And you what? I frickin’ did it! I guess I just never believed I really could. Honestly, I never really wanted to before now. Felt pretty damned good. I had been home from “my morning run” (hee hee….that felt good to say) for just a few minutes, bragging to Mike about how awesome I was, and he kindly agreed, when I went inside to get […]

It was a great Saturday Spring Morning spent with two of the Grand Kids here. They spent the night on Friday, and I had all sorts of great things planned for Saturday morning. Pancakes at IHop, Downtown City Market, then to the park that I played at when I was a kid. None of that happened. So much for a plan. Here’s what we did do. After some good early morning cuddling on the couch with the dogs and lots of blankets, I made French Toast, which apparently neither one of them had ever had. They are both great eaters and always like my food. They both thought the idea of bread dipped in egg was “weird”. One of them didn’t want syrup, even after I explained that’s how you eat it, and the other one wanted a big pile of syrup for dipping! They both ate a LOT of […]

It’s been a busy day of playing with the Grand Kids outside and enjoying this gorgeous sunshine! Two of the grandkids spent the night last night, and we haven’t stopped playing since they walked in the door! Well, except for a few short hours of sleep. Breakfast 1 C. Kashi Cereal   with 1/2 C. Skim Milk and a Banana 6 PPV   Snack Nonfat Latte 3 PPV   Lunch Salmon Caesar   8 PPV   Snack Apple Sticks (10 for 1 PPV!)     And Hot Tea Love these little treats! 1 PPV   Happy Hour Un-pictured Red Wine 13 PPV   Dinner Tilapia Taco’s on Corn Tortilla’s Brown Rice, Black Beans, Corn, Salsa and Cheese 10 PPV   Weight Watcher’s Points Plus I can eat 26 PPV a day. I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose. I have an allowance of […]

(Revised March 29, 2014. It was brought to my attention by a reader, (Thank you Rene!) that I was off on calculating the points for my Blueberry Pancakes. I was counting the 1/4 of Dry Oatmeal in the pancake mix as I would count 1/4 of Cooked Oatmeal. The Blueberry Pancakes are 3 PPV, not 2 PPV. Sorry about that! Still a yummy plate of food for 3 PPV!) Thursday I got on the treadmill to run my first THREE miles in preparation for the upcoming 5K on April 12th. I ran 31 minutes straight the day before, and 30 minutes straight the day before that. I felt like I was ready! The 5K training App that I have been using on my iPhone suggest that you train only three days a week. Yesterday would have been three days in a row of “running”, which most of you know, is […]

So, I ended YESTERDAY’S post with this….  I’ve never really thought I’d be a runner, even a 1 mile runner, or a 2 mile runner. I’ve never liked it. And I still don’t think I’ll be a regular runner, but it does feel good to know now that I can head out for a 1 or 2 mile run when I’m in a crunch for time and can’t get in a long workout! It has felt good to be training to complete running a 5K. It has felt good to have a goal, and to be working towards something. The first time during the training when I ran for 8 minutes without stopping, the thought of running for 10 minutes, or 15 minutes sounded dreadful. I just knew I wasn’t going to like it, and I actually doubted that I could do it. Training to do this with Tess has […]

This is how I ended yesterday’s post when I wrote it. I needed it to be a good day. I planned for it to be a good. You know what? It was a really good day! I had coffee with a couple of girl friends and got caught up. I got a few errands in. I had lunch with my mom. Ran a few more errands. Then the best part of the day happened. The Part that made it a really Great Day!! I planned to run for 25 minutes. One minute longer than the last time. I didn’t get a run in since Friday, so I wasn’t sure how it would go. I ran for 30 minutes!! Yep. At 25, I decided to go for another minute, then I just kept adding them. I had figured that if I ran for 30 minutes at the pace I was going […]

The whole idea of this 21 Day Challenge is for me to get back in the groove. I’ve been in Spring Break mode now for (let me check the calendar……..) yeah, like a month! We went on our vacation in the middle of February, and I just keep celebrating. Before vacation and right after vacation, I was really struggling with a mood funk. I had decided when we got home that I was going to keep my social calendar full to help me pull myself out of my funk. That has helped me immensely with my mood. Now that I am feeling better, stronger and happier, it’s time for me to plan my socializing food and beverage into my Daily Points, which is doable. I know. I’ve done it before and made it work. When I had this idea a few days ago to do “21 Days”, I didn’t put […]