Weekly Weigh In

Well, not much to brag about today. I had a 0LB weight change. I didn’t gain so I guess that’s good. I wasn’t perfect and know what I want to work on for the week ahead.

Like just about anyone else starting a new journey I was all in that first week, I logged everything, weighed and measured everything I put in my mouth. The 2nd week I guess I got cocky. Thinking, “that was pretty easy, I got this”.. guess not. Even on the Biggest Loser week 2 is hard for some people. Oh well, I’ll dust myself off and get back on the proverbial horse.

One thing I can pat myself on the back about is going home everyday for lunch and not grabbing take out. It’s saving money and calories. I’m pretty proud of that.

Here’s what I’m going to work on this week. My monthly goals are kinda out of whack so I’m going to make a weekly goal that I can hopefully hit. Scratch that, I WILL hit. I’m going to walk 3x this week and get my 100 pushups exercises in. I’m also going to log everything, apparently those Weight Watchers people are on to something. I can do that right?

I feel like this snail stuck in some tall grass today...






Happy Hump Day Ya’ll!!!!

What else can go wrong???

How-Dee everyone! It’s Tuesday. Unfortunately I don’t have a whole lot to report. Eating’s ok, working out isn’t but tomorrow’s another day. I do have a story about Friday.


Friday was one of those evenings where everything Kb and I had planned went wrong. We went to the store and bought shrimp and veggies to put on the grill for a nice, healthy, relaxing evening. He was planning on going riding with friends on Saturday so after the store we stopped by his parents shop to pick up his motorcycle. This is also the place where we stayed in the trailer for a few weeks. I’m not sure what propelled me to go inside the trailer while he got his bike going but I did, to the pleasant surprise of no electricity. So the little bit of stuff I had in the fridge was ruined. I had left butter, mayo and some other condiments since we’d be taking it to the deer lease soon. All of that was trash. I threw everything out and we headed home. Kb HAD to get his bike all shined up so after helping me unload groceries he started working on it and getting the grill ready for our healthy dinner. This is where things really starting going downhill… Any water hose he used sprayed water everywhere at the connection... while drying off the bike his battery started sizzling... I was trying to do some cleaning in the kitchen when I noticed the new hot water heater for the kitchen wasn’t coming on... When he went to check on the pit the electrical starter was on fire so he jerked out the gas tank and ran inside to get anything he could fill up with water saying, “the grill’s on fire!!”.... I had a wild hair and decided to make brownies. (I guess I thought with everything going on brownies make everything better, right?) It took me over an hour because my oven turned off in the middle of it....

By this time it’s almost 10 and we decided to have leftover pizza and beer on the couch and put the shrimp and veggies up for another day. Kb asked “What else can go wrong tonight?” to which I said.. “Don’t even ask that..”

One Tequila, Two Tequila....

Happy Friday! Here we are on the verge of another weekend. I can’t believe this week flew by like it did. I have to admit I wasn’t able to do a lot of the working out I wanted to this week but I’m not going to get myself down about it. Weather and life got in the way. This weekend should be nice so I’ll hopefully catch up. Good news though, I guess my knee has built some strength back up and isn’t as sore and it has been after my walks so I must be doing something right.


On the eating front I’ve been doing ok. I’ve been staying in my allotted points with a couple of splurges here and there. Speaking of splurge… I went to a tequila tasting class last night. Ay-ay-ay!!!, yep on a Thursday! We have this great new liquor store in town that’s doing classes every other week or so and a friend of mine and I signed up. So far we’ve done a wine tasting and now a tequila tasting. It was very educational. Now, I L.O.V.E. my margaritas but the calories in them are crazy. I had a few tequila shots in my day but never tried different ones back to back. Of course these weren’t “shots” but sips so you can learn the difference between the types of tequila and find what you like, much like a wine tasting if you’ve ever been to one. We had 7 total tequilas from Jose Cuervo and Don Julio. Here’s what I learned…actually what the tasting confirmed. I don’t like anything from Jose Cuervo. I kinda already knew that but I learned that it’s made form an area in Mexico where there are volcanoes and different minerals in the soil. I guess I don't like those minerals then huh? Who knew right? I also found out I have expensive taste. The bottle of Don Julio 1942 costs over $100 and smells like vanilla. Sooo good. More in my price range, I liked Don Julio Reposado the best. After the tasting, Kb and my friend’s husband had a healthy dinner of baked Salmon Croquettes, corn and super sweet and juicy watermelon. So all that makes the tequila balance out right?

Have a good weekend peeps! I’ll catch ya on the flipside!!

We’re going to need a bigger boat…

Ok, Tropical Storm Hermine.. that’s enough. We’ve had a record rainfall of almost 4 inches yesterday. ~yikes~ and it’s still coming down. Who knew the Money Pit came with a lake view??

Anywhoo…All this rain is really putting a damper on my walking. Oh well, I’m still watching my portions and logging everything and feeling pretty good. I wish ol Janky felt good enough for me to pop in a workout dvd but I just don’t trust it yet. I can still get in my pushups workout and pilates but I’m just not really getting my heartrate up too much. So for now I’ll just stay on plan as best I can. Speaking of plan… I weighed in this morning and was down 3.5 LBs! **Yeah!** I was afraid I did some serious damage this weekend. I like what Weight Watchers Preaches, Anything in MODERATION.

And here’s my LB ticker. I’m going to change it up each week depending on what I’m feeling. Right now, I’m feeling like this frog with all this messy weather.

1st Weekend on Plan and it was a LONG One

Well, I didn’t exactly plan out D-day right. I just had to start my journey right before a 3 day weekend. Weekends are so tough. We aren’t as structured during the weekends as I am at work. We sleep late, eat late or sometimes not at all and DRINK. O how I love my beer. And wine. And… well any other cocktail. During the week I’m pretty good at just saying “no” except for the occasional glass or red wine at night. The weekends are a whole other story. How can you play dominos and not drink a few beers? What do you drink with turkey bacon wrapped dove on the grill?? Beer of course! What? Are you going to have water? Not this gal. Other than a few drinks I really tried to watch my portions, and make better decisions, which I think is the best I can do on the weekends. We made breakfast burritos at home instead of going to our favorite Hole-in-the –Wall Mexican restaurant. Mmmm El Taquito, how I love your ~HOT~ salsa, that I have to shovel in my mouth for fear that if I stop my lips will burn off, but your lard laden refried beans do not love my waistline. I’m pretty sure that was a good idea and kept the cals and fat down. So being back at work is like a little safety net for me. I can log, and snack my good snacks and know when my next meal will come and be able to plan accordingly.


The weekend wasn’t a total loss, I was able to go on a couple of walks and get some pilates in before starting my 100 pushups program. It was raining this morning or I would have gone walking and got that workout in. Hey, only when I’m in serious training mode do I do ANYTHING in the rain. So I’ll it tonight, big deal, as long as it happens right?

My first weigh in is tomorrow morning. Wish me luck! Happy Tuesday, People!

Snack Attack

One of the hurdles I'm trying to overcome is eating when I'm not hungry. Why do I do this? Just yesterday I wanted something to eat. Anything, not even a craving, I just wanted to eat. I asked myself if I was hungry and decided I wasn't so I did the BL trick and popped some gum.

For all of the past 2 days I've been really good at journaling everything. I've been journaling temptations, and my work arounds. I've been planning out my meals and snacks. I've decided to give myself 2 snack times; 10:30 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon. I can only snack during those times and only if I'm hungry. Anything earlier or later is too close to a meal. At 10:30 I'll have a 100cal popcorn bag since that's when my salt craving hits and I can eat the whole bag since it's only 100 calories. At 4:00 I pack a green apple or some yogurt. We never eat before 7 at our house so this keeps me from raiding the fridge when I get home from work. At my snack times I ask myself if I'm hungry or eating just to eat. If I'm eating just to eat I'll save my snack for another day. Hey.. It's working so far.

D-day Recap

Don’t you hate it when you have a great plan and someone throws their 1year old yapping Maltese puppy into the mix? That’s what happened on Tuesday. We puppy sat Kb’s mom’s dog while they went out of town for a funeral. That dog was up most of the night and so were we. That led to the start of D-day as not so much “shock & awe” but more like a fizzed out roman candle. With the dog keeping us up and Kb going dove hunting at 5, I didn’t get much sleep so needless to say I didn’t get up and walk. I chose to do the peeps at work a favor and try to get a few more minutes of beauty rest. I knew Kb would be hunting after work too so I thought I’d just get my walk in that afternoon.

Tuesday I planned out my meals for the next day and that really helped. I find that if I plan what I’m going to eat I end up being completely satisfied since it was something I was looking forward to. I don’t know how that works but whatever. I stayed on plan all day and wasn’t really hungry. I knew what I was getting and when and it all went really well.

I also weighed in and measured yesterday morning. ~yikes~ I haven’t had a scale all summer and let’s just say I was shocked! It kinda brought me down a bit. Here’s a few of the thoughts that went through my head “how the hell did I let this happen” (even though I KNOW it didn’t happen over night and know good and well how I let it happen)“That’s the biggest number I’ve ever seen staring back at me”(Hopefully I won’t see it again) “I want a cookie for breakfast”. Realizing I didn’t have any cookies in the house to have for breakfast, I snapped out of it and thought “Remember how excited you are to start this journey?, Remember the time and research you’ve put into this?, Remember how miserable you feel?” and I snapped out of it. I stayed on track the rest of the day, I went for my walk when I got off work and I’m ready to do it all over again today. I mean, this is a life change and I'm ready to take it on. I got myself into this mess and I can get myself out of it.


It’s almost Friday people, we can do this.