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2009-05-16T19:57:00.001-07:00

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A detox of sorts.

2009-05-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

So I am finally going to post some pictures...
This week...has just been a bad one for me.
I'v eaten too much...and things that I shouldn't be eating...I'v slacked on the excersise (near the end of the week) I have a bad headcold/sore through...and this acne fest on my face has seriously put a damper on my mood...I feel disgusting when I leave the house every single day. I have no idea what is doing it to me...it hasent been this bad in like 3 years!! And this is JUST since i'v started to eat better!! Ah... Bleh.

I'm just going to post some pictures from the past few days...not really in any real order..they might be special things that have come in the mail, meals, treats...SNACKS (need to stop) etc..

Here we go!

bfast a few days ago...peanut butter puffins and green monster

Yea...don't ask :S

Have you got YOUR free box of kashi???

more snacking...addiction must stop

annnnd thursday..this surprise showed up at my door...and I think its what pushed me over the deepend..lol and lead me to a detox (more to come) not the detox you are thinking

a few boxes like this (cudnt even eat them all..they wud have went bad..ended up giving some away!)

Im getting a tummy ache just looking at these.
no more!

seriously .. you don't want to knwo about my weightgain the day after eating those babies...not pretty. good thing its water weight.

On to...not eating so much (I literally felt like throwing up when I woke up the next day...sugary food just doesn't sit well with me!)..I learned.

Dry toast and lemon water. :|

this lovely package came in the mail for me..can't remember which day...
creamed cinnamon honey from a farm in winnipeg..mmm

these also came for me in the mail...
The popular book everyone is reading..so obviously I had to! Great recipies..am going to try some later!

and

A CHEESECLOTH

Cuz us canadian girls aren't as lucky as all the american bloggies who can waltz out to their local grocery store and find greek yogurt waiting for them..no no...we strain our own. lol

My lunch on detox day 1...all organic/gluten free...(literally made of honey seeds..nuts.flax..etc)

I found these to be ok for what it was..kind of plain though...

Now onto detox day 2...

My detox isn't STOPPING eating..it's just..cutting out every single piece of junk I can think of...sugary foods...and getting back on track with WW POINTS...I literally felt so grose after all those sugary chocolate dipped fruits and snack foods...so yea...motivation is coming back..I hope.

almond honey butter with flax...? mmmmm.
- one slice of whole wheat toast with the honey butter and cut up banana on top
- lemon spritzer -no sodium (yum)

It is currently RAINING here..boo
but it is a long weekend in canada..nice eh?

I get Monday off..and i need it..
I'v been feeling really down about the fact that I doubt I will be able to take a holiday before the summer...(i should be able to) but for some reason can't.. I would have liked to take a week off to visit Lee before the craziness of summer camp starts..I'll be working 50 hours a week during the summer..with no chance of a hooliday except weekends.

Blah.

Anyways..thats about it..Today I plan on doing some yoga..NAPPING alot (because it's raining and the weekend..and I can) and also cuz i want to sleep away this head cold I have :(

Hope you all are having a great weekend...

RIP

2009-05-15T22:09:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys..again no picture post (meaning tomorrow will be a doozy)

Just wanted to say..

RIP..to 2 good friends...Jeremy and James..passed away two years ago today..in a tragic car accident.

It was a relationship that shouldn't have happened..but some how, it did happen..this accident shouldn't have happened, but it did happen...and I will always miss you boys!

Jer - I will think of a good Lou dobbs put down to honour you today..because I know you wouldn't have it any other way. I will always remember you as the well dressed guy in the back of my english lecture :) The funny guy, smart guy and all around amazing guy! I told Lee, that I will always have a crush on you...and now that you are in heaven...I know we will meet again...So many people think about you and will always care for you...

Today I'll play Hinder on repeat in memory of you!!

Peace out!

big grump.

2009-05-14T19:50:00.000-07:00

warning.
Im grumpy tonight.
I'll picture post tomorrow...

Does anyone even read this? lol

My face hurts so bad ... :( seriously what is wrong with me! I eat clean and get monster break outs??? dude! not fair!

Tomorrow is gonna be a long day of work..

I'm bloated

what else can I complain about? lol

:(

ZITzilla. please help

2009-05-14T06:01:00.000-07:00

SO I thought after I had been eating ( a little bit better) then before..trying to eat healthy and clena and drink lots of water..that my skin would improve...
but its getting much much worse..

Like big pimples under the skin (that you cant see) but I can feel..and ugh..sorry for tmi but they hurt...
My boyfriend thinks it might be the hormones in all the greens im eating (protoestrogens) or something...

what do you think? any advice??

Snack monster

2009-05-13T18:26:00.000-07:00

Today I definitly went far over my point limit..
i was just on the go so much..walking everywhere for work...
i walked SO much today..
and felt hungry..I don't think i'v had a snacking day like this in awhile

snacks included
-12 kettle cooked jalapeno chips
-snack cracker with cream cheese
-1 banana
-1 apple
-one cup of hickory sticks
- trail mix

(all throughout the day..) along with bfast lunch dinner.

sigh. oh well ...tomorrow is a new day!

I took SOME pictures of food today..(b/l/d)

So bfast...

whole wheat english muffin with pb loco peanutbutter/banana and some pinapple...

Lunch

went from this...

to..

Some snacks...(but not all)

Raw cookie goodness

fruit goodness

Dinner!

I also made this fun dip to go with it
I used
-1 avocado
- a few hot peppers
- 2 green onions
- just short of one cup of low fat /light sour cream
- lime juice
- one small tomatoe chopped

annnnnd blendy blendy

altogether...

and..to add to my day of over indulgence :S

no sugar added icecream with blackberries

yes it was one of those days lol

I'm so so tired so im going to get to bed. have an earlyish night..because my alarm is set for early to do some yoga..

Tomorrow WILL be a better day.

Goals for today

2009-05-13T04:03:00.001-07:00

1. not fall asleep
2. drink lots of water
3. Even though i work all day - get in 30 minutes of treadmill and 30 minutes of yoga
4. have a nice relaxing dinner after working all day

HAVE A GREAT DAY GUYS!!!!

p.s

2009-05-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

HAVE YOU ALL SEEN MIKE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? LOOK AT HIM NOW GUYS!!
if that isnt motivation then...what is. lol
he's hot. lol

I hurt.

2009-05-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

Activity for today

60 min yoga
30 min treadmill
30 min curves gym
walk to work and back

I am really noticing my arms hurting from yoga I think!!

Didn't take any food pics for the day...but
food was as follows

b: green monster
-spinach
-icecubes
-cocanut butter(warmed up)
-agave/cinnamon/splenda
-banana
-pineapple
-strawberries

- wholewheat english muffin and white chocolate pb (pbloco) mmmm

s: 12 kettlecooked chips and a few yogurt covered raisins

L: swiss chalet: veggie burger OFF the bun with mashed potatos

s: trail mix : bananna chips/carubs/yogurt covered raisins

d: toasted sandwich on ww multi grain bread with spinach/pickles/spinach spread/cucumber and a bowl of sugerless icecream with blackberries

I find that to be alot (but it was all portion controlled) I think I ate more cuz of the more activity I did..

oh well...

Watchin the biggest loser finale 2nite..go tara go!

My body woke me up at 5:30

2009-05-12T02:51:00.000-07:00

awake 5:30
shower 5:30-5:38
Dressed and ready for yoga: 5:52

ya! this morning routine is better then my old one... I leave the house at around 7:15 for work today...I'll be all stretched and limber ;)

what is your morning routine??

Long day..productive day...

2009-05-11T19:27:00.000-07:00

Today has been a long day folks..not really a hard day..just..long.
I got up early and was cravin some eats

I posted the recipe earlier..for spinach and potato fritatta..

mmm

My dad even enjoyed this! I would make it again (and try different variations) but even though i cut the recipie in half..I would cut it again!

After I let that digest for a while I did some workin out!
-stretch
-30 minutes treadmill
-10 min eliptical

I was feelin the burn!!

Had half a larabar afterwards...and oh...what is that!? special packages?? for me???
WHAT COULD IT BE???

thats right! My stuff from www.oneluckyduck.com came today!! mmmmmmm it all looks so delishous

all natural raw raspberry honey..mmm

this stuff is HEAVENNNNNNNNNNNN

I had to try one of the free samples they also gave me right awway!
The raw granola chewy bar..mmm (I also ordered a few of these)
It was DELISHOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

For those of you who don't know..one lucky duck specializes in raw food products..they are all pretty tasty..again look em up..lots of great stuff/good reads..www.oneluckyduck.com

Another package came for me!! (a few did) lol
What is next??

could it be??

yessssssssssss a laptop lunch!! (featured on Oprah)
http://www.laptoplunches.com/ check it out!
I used it today..and the kids at program LOVED IT..They were all so curious..and said it would be more fun to eat out of a laptop lunch! lol

Anyways...after this excitment..i was on to lunch time

Had to be quick and easy because I had to be at work for 12.

Green monster and crackers it was!
In the green monster (was heaven)

- 1 mango
- 1 banana
- lots of spinach
- agave nectar/cinnamon/splenda brown sugar
- dollup of melted cocanut butter mmmmmmmmmm
- ice

and

2 rvyteea snack crackers with almond butter and blueberries

I then packed a few snacks to take with me to work..because I was there until 8..including teaching a tap class..so I needed some energy!

LAPTOP LUNCH!!

-gogi berry crackers
-strawberries
-trailmix : bana chips/carub chips/yogurt raisins
-half a larabar

Off to work I went!
i walked there..did family playgroup.
Walked up to afterschool program.
Walked from Afterschool program back to teach the tap class..

Which was the last tap class of the term..
and look what I got from one of my students! AWWW

I have a nice picture of me and the girls..but I won't post that on here..(saftey reasons)..I love teaching tap! I have a class this summer as well :)

After the tap class I had a meeting that went for around an hour..and finally...HOME..

Dinner..something quick and easy (leftovers really)

Put together makeshift taco salad using left over turkey ground round..just added mexican spice and cheese to it...

- greens
-ground turkey
- dollup salsa ranch and light sourcream
- avocado
-guiltless gourmet nachos

Dessert? Had to break open the raw chocolatechip cookies!! Omg..they are sooooooooooooooo yum!

OMG AND MORE STUFF FOR ME..

4 tubs of pure heaven..(pics are weird..kinda blurry..dont know why)
all from http://www.pbloco.com/

- peanut butter with chocolate chip cookie dough (yea im serious)
- peanut butter with coco banana
- peanut butter with raspberry white chocolate
- peanut butter with dark chocolate

wow..well..Im set for about a year for peaniut butter..BUT ITS ALL SO GOOD and we can't get it here where I live!!

ok bloggies..thats about all the excitment I have for ya today..Tomorrow I am going to swiss chalet with my grandma and mom..I'v already decided what I am going to eat..to try to stick within my points (as today I went a bit over) but at least it was all good food.. :)

Night night!!

mmm

2009-05-11T05:26:00.001-07:00

Protein
Carbs
Greens

what a way to get the day started!
I'll have pictures for you later..but this was amazing!

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 small red potatoes, sliced
1 cup torn fresh spinach
2 tablespoons sliced green onions
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
salt and pepper to taste
6 eggs

1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place potatoes in the skillet, cover, and cook about 10 minutes, until tender but firm. Mix in spinach, green onions, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes, until spinach is wilted.
In a medium bowl, beat together eggs and milk. Pour into the skillet over the vegetables. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, or until eggs are firm

thats right..spinach and potato fritatta! Now I cut this wayyyy in half cuz it was just for me (and it still made a lot) I used 2 eggs..3 mini potatos and halfed everything else (cept I did use alot of spinach) :) I also used soy milk instead of regular milk

I'm gonna let my tummy sit for an hour and then my work out plan is as followed..

-30 minutes yoga
-30 minutes treadmill
-10 minutes eliptical
-Walking to work and back - I'm gonna say an hour and 20

GO ME and go YOU hope you have a great day! (pictchas and updates tonight)

Joc

p.s canadian bloggers

2009-05-10T18:34:00.003-07:00

WHERE can I get chobani..or fage

or any type of greek yogurt like this!!
why can't we have good stuff here?? lol

p.s this is edited..

I got my answer

Good morning Jocelyn,

Thank you so much for contacting us regarding Chobani being available in Canada. Unfortunately at this time it isn't in Canada, however we do hope it will be in the future.

:(:(:(..Guess I will hve to attempt to make some greek yogurt myself!

Green Monster Mania

2009-05-10T16:52:00.000-07:00

Whattt a day. I'm not sore yet from the workout...maybe tomorrow? I really hope I can keep that up!! Every day! Woo.

Happy mothers day!! I woke up..around 7:30 today. Gave my mummmm her prezzie. I had printed off a bunch of pictures of Maggie (rip) our old dog who passed away this year (we had her for 18 years..yes..18!!) anyways had a bunch of her pictures printed onto photopaper..and had it framed for my mom!!

Here it is!

and a cute card :)

:)

Happy mothers day!

So I already told you about my work out earlier...I was sooo tired after, but thats ok. Had a shower...did some running around with mom...and then cleaned for a few hours!!! But I did have time for a few snacks ;)

Before working out

After workout/shower...I had the LAST chocolate/banana muffin with peanut butter on top and a zero calorie diet pepsi :)

Lunch
- wrap with left over ground turkey/veggie stirfry - feta cheese bbq sauce and organic lettuce...all baked to yummyness with 12 kettle cooked jalapano chips!! mmm

mmmmmm

This was so good that I had it for dinner..(had to use up the stirfry I made anyways)

Can I also just say that..I bought organic yogurt covered raisins the other day...and i am now addicted..HIDE THEM FROM ME!!! hehe.

Now onto dinner...

Ok so, you know what I'm talkin about when I say green monster..I'v seen a couple fantastic ones on several different sites..(oh she glows) being one of them...there are a few others but I can't remember them all! Anyways I decided to make one!

I used

- a big handful of spinach
- one chopped mango
- big juicy strawberries
- goatsyogurt
- skim milk
- splenda brown sugar
- cinnamon *this was so yummy in it*
- and a touch of agave nectar

voila!

My dad was gagging when i added the spinach to the blender...I asked him to try it..so he did...oh wow..you should have heard him!!! His reaction was priceless...he LOVEDDDDD IT...I wanted to take a picture of him but he was like no wayyy..haha...That just goes to show....green monsters..yum yum.

For dinner (with the green monster..I had the same wrap I had at lunch, because it was so yummy!)

and I just enjoyed 25 minutes in the hot tub!! wow it felt great!
Great day!

I'll leave you with one of my favorite songs..
Just give this band a chance!! (they aren't singing mmmbop anymore!) If you haven't listened to Hanson in awhile (since your teenybop days) ..They write/play/produce their own music..and its great!!! They all are married now AND ALL HAVE CHILDREN!! Taylor also has a new band called tinted windows..check em out..
p.s I'v been a huge huge huge hanson fan since I was 11. lol :P
www.hanson.net

This song is great...I think it talks to me through this journey of weight loss..and lovin life!! No matter what..no matter what has happened in the past :)

Enjoy!

Joc

where is this motivation coming from?

2009-05-10T07:17:00.000-07:00

"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon." - The Dalai Lama

I think I'm going to add in excersise...sorry Dalai Lama..just one change lol

I'm not sure where my motivation is coming from today. God knows it usually takes me awhile to feel this motivated...

I'll update tonight about how the day went (had a good mothers day morning)

but for now..
here is what my workout plan looks like for the day

Had a larabar for fuel and soon...

- 30 minutes of beginner yoga to start
- 30 minutes treadmill (fast walk..5.0)
- 15 minutes of eliptical (haven't been on this for awhile) - we have one at home
- stretch for around 10 min

wow! This is alot for me..I'll let you know how it goes :)

warning: lots of yummy food. Nom.

2009-05-09T16:46:00.001-07:00

I'm beat.
Getting up at 6 will do that to ya!

I got up early to do some running around with mom...

- Farmers market
- zerzh
- southern pride poultry (ontario)
- Witiveens meats

Was a good little outing and just wait until you see the noms I got..
To clear something up: I haven't done a big shop in awhile..I'm really not being gluttonous..I did need all this stuff! :P lol

I ate before we left, but didn't take a pic of it..tsk tsk

Bfast was a nice bowl of
- half cup honey nut cheerios
- half cup peanut butter puffins
- some goatyogurt mixed with splenda brown sugar and honey
- chopped strawberries..

all mixed up..YUM

We then left for the Market. Seriously...I love the market

I ended up getting

- toasted chives
- pack of dillweed
(from the organic farmers)
- organic granola
- organic buckwheat flour
- organic locally grown applesauce
- chia
- honeycomb
- no sugar pear jam
- regular apple butter
- no sugar added apple butter
- chocolate cream tea
- organic pancake mix - ready to cook/eat

and more! ..Wow this trip was successful..I can't wait to try baking with some of this stuff!

Next was Witiveens/southern pride poultry

- new honeybbq sauce
- blueberry cheese
- mild meatstick
- kettlecooked jalapeno chips
- 6 stuffed chicken breasts..- ones with cheese and apple, cheese and asparagus..and blue cheese
- seasonings

Annnnd then finally Zerzh

- cucumber
- avocado
- larabars
- new organic chocolate bars i found (oh so yummy)
- blackberries
- raspberries
- blue agave
- gluten free pretzels
- gluten free chocolate chip cookies
- sugar cane
- bobs flaxmeal
- new beeswax energy bar
- 3 magazines
- cook yourself thin cookbook

take a look at these!

elderberries! - anyone know of any good recipies for these? i'v come across fritters..muffins..smoothies...!! For more info on elderberries..go
here...
http://www.elderberries.com

The locally grown (apples) applesauce

The organic grassroots pancake mix..

Tryed the gingersnaps of this brand last week...they were majorly nommmmm..so decided to try a new kind! They are so good..I'm thinking about doing a giveaway!..I thnk I need more readers for that! lol

Good old Bob - I love his oats..so I know I will enjoy the flax!

After I got back..i was famished!
Lunch time!

a toasted sandwich
- weight watchers bread
- cucumbers
- crunchy pickles
- organic greens
- spinach/roasted red pepper and artichoke spread

with sliced cucumber and a banana chocolate muffin with peanut butter on top

After lunch I zipped over to Jess's for a summerstaff planning session..for a few hours..it went well..and hopefully we will have a few more of these to come before summer!!

I walked home (good saturday excersise)..and again famished (few hours since lunch)

so I had... a small bag of smartpop and one of the new dark/organic chocolate bars..it was real thin..and i believe choco-cocanut..it was so tasty!

I chillaxed for a bit and decided what I wanted to have for dinner..
I had bought ground turkey at southern pride poultry..soooooo decided to use it!

It turned into a lime/citrus ground stirfry..it was so yummy and juicy...even my dad who HATES ground turkey...loved this!

Here is what I used..

In the ground turkey
- baja citrus spices/marinade (just stirred it into the meat)
- ginger
- limejuice
- toasted chives
- garlic
- olive oil
- touch of chilli powder
- salt

I just eyeball all of it :)

I'll definitly be buying this again..it would be great on chicken!

also added...
- mushrooms
- tomato
- garlic
- sweet onion

Note: this meal will do me a few meals..:)

The smell as it was cooking was divine..mmm

TO go along with this I made my lemony dill potatos! These are a huge hit with my parents...ya! I dip them in low fat dill sourcream dip :)

very delish, not to mention satisfying AND I can use the leftovers for all sorts of stuff, taco salads...wraps...yum yum yum

Dessert???? oh yea! I was ready for it!!

no sugar added/lactose free vanilla icecream with blackberries MMMMMMM

Soooooo that was some serious yummy eats..and I feel great..but tired..good sleep tonight?

Favour ..if you are reading this? ..Send me your favorite elderberry recipies..I'd really love to have a few to get started with..as I have not done much cooking with these!!

Last but not least..I'll leave you with the song of the day!

Joc

Weekends aren't for work.

2009-05-09T05:02:00.000-07:00

Up at the crack of dawn today. But no...not to workout. My brother and dad got up early to watch a live european soccer match...and so yea..not likely that i would get a chance to sleep in. On Today,s agenda...Farmers market (yum), groceryshopping, getting mothers day present (eek..late lol), WORK...work!!!..work!!! on a saturday?...yep. Have to meet with the girls to do some planning for the summer from 1 to 3...and somewhere inbetween there i will be hitting up the gym. And then I will probably be taking a nice long afternoon nap!!!

I didn't update yesterday because it was quite a long day...but I do have some pictures...

Also as you already know I had my weigh in on Friday and verdict= 2 pounds lost! yahoo!

Friday's Meals

Breakfast
Cheesy dill eggs with onions
2 slices of wwtoast with artichoke/roastedred pepper and spinach spread
sliced strawberries
water

Lunch was delishous oats (and it held me over for a good while)
- bobs traditional scottish oatmeal
- skim milk
- peanut butter on top
- dark organic mint chocolate melted throughout (YUM)

I also recieved a package in the mail today. I ordered from American eagle online last week...one pair of shorts..one tank top (its so pretty) 2 layering tops from aerie and sandals... I got so many compliments on these babies..I love em!

So I walked to work (in the glorious heat)..no kids showed up today, so it was rather boring...but we did get some cleaning done. I had a lemon weight watchers cake for snack... I then walked back up (around 20 minutes) to my other worksite to meet the kids afterschool....and before they arrived enjoyed a yummy snack of carrots with dill dip. We did lots of baking with the kids for mothers day...they decorated mini paper plates with heart stickers and happy mother's day...decorated brownies and made a nice plate up for the moms :) So cute! But needless to say i was on my feet the entire time...running around like some sort of soccer mom...I'm not sure how they do it..after 2 and a half hours I was beat!

When I finished at 5:30...it was off to youth (another group I lead) sooo back down I walked..20-25 minutes (geeze alot of walking today..but thats good) Not tooo much to talk about here...I had 2 mini banana chocolate muffins for another snack (they are so good)... I walked home from here..SURPRISE SURPRISE! (my buns better be in great shape in a few months)

Dinner was simple
orange seseme chicken and rice weight watchers meal
and a salad with sundried tomato feta cheese, black olives, squeezed lemon juice and dill dressing.

So this will be a long morning/afternoon...I have vowed that I am going to treat myself to a late afternoon nap!..Cheers! have a great Saturday :)

This is me world..size 14-16 now, but it won't be forever

2009-05-08T07:32:00.000-07:00

A package came for me today. A package from American eagle! Now I usually don't buy alot of clothes from there because I find the fit not to suit my body type (pear pear pear) but recently, I took a chance. The weather is getting warmer...and I'v worked hard. I started at 215ish and have lost almost 30 pounds since! I deserve new spring summer clothes. So I ordered! A pair of shorts size 16..they are tan and the longer style (which I like) They look good on me! And I don't dwell on the size. Last summer I wouldn't have been able to fit into these shorts nor would I have had the self esteem to wear them in public. Lots of girls worry today that they are a size 8-12...wow...how I would love to be there! I'm rambling...but I just feel like we should embrace how we are NOW...if we are a size 16 now..then lets dress our bodies and be proud of that ...if we are a size 8..fantastic...lets dress our body with clothes that fit us and that we can feel proud of!! I'm going to walk out the door today beaming..because I feel great...and I know it is just going to get better (and the number on the pant is going to get smaller) :)

Have a great day everyone
Pictures to come after work (9pm)

WI Friday!

2009-05-08T04:24:00.000-07:00

Down....TWO pounds this week!
wooooohoooooooo
It's been like this
WI week 1: down 2 pounds
WI week 2: down 1 pound
WI week 3: down 2 pounds

I added my weight into weight watchers online this morning and a little star bounced across the screen with a 5 in it..yahoo. I like that.

:)

"You're such a foodie"

2009-05-07T17:16:00.000-07:00

Someone said that to me today... and I took it as a compliment ;) I come alive when i talk about my interesting food creations! mmm..food.

Today started off with me hunting around for honey nut cheerios. I KNOW I had purchased a box. I KNOW I saw them in the kitchen last week. I KNOW my tummy was grumbling for them! But.......not there!! Someone had eaten all of the cheerios! And nobody would fess up. grr. So, I settled on peanut butter puffins :)

I love these! Has anyone tryed them? mmm they are so good!

After brekie...off to b-club I go to feed the kiddos..
I got home around 9:30 and went over to Witiveens Meat market out in the country! My mom got some interesting meat products... and of course I did not go home empty handed!! (Some of the stuff is pricy..but well worth it) Such great quality in their meats. I however did not get any meat. But I did get...

I'm a sucker for a good soup..mmm split pea...

mmm heaven.

and

feta cheese with roasted peppers and tomatoe mmmm

So that all looks delishous...and I already cracked open the roasted red pepper/spinach/and artichoke spread..and cheese and put some on my...WRAP!! (I snacked on an apple with peanut butter before this)

Addiction:
small whole wheat wrap
herb and garlic cream cheese (just a tiny bit)
Tiny bit of the artichoke spread
2 slices of feta cheese
black olives
lettuce
one slice smoked turkey
baked in oven...

mmm..served with crunchy carrots and some of the artichoke dip

what a delishous mess!

afterwords I had an organic manderin sorbet bar and I rolled it in granola :) It was yummmyyyyy

I went to work from 3 to 7:30... took a carrot cake cliff bar with me for a snack. It was delishous. I again must say how impressed I am with those bars! They are moist and yummy and filling and good for ya too! I wasn't too hungry when I got in...but it was getting late and if I don't eat..it just leads to eating bad things late at night. I was craving something sweet. I opted for..

A fruit/vanilla smoothie with a toasted english muffin

In the smoothie?
- frozen fruit (strawberries peaches)
- fresh fruit: strawberries
- skim milk
- half cup of sugarfree/lactose free vanilla icecream

On the english muffin?
- one half almond honey butter with flax
- one half light strawberry cream cheese ( YUM i haven't had this in forever..it was a nice treat)

this was filling and hit the spot!!!!

I also thought I would share with you one of my favorite cookbooks. Now, this wouldn't really interest the healthy cook. lol This would interest the old fashioned cook :) I come from a scottish backround..(dad, grandparents etc)...and I love anything and everything to do with scottish cooking. My grandma was the best cook when it came to traditional scottish meals. Anyways there is this cook book out called Maw Broons Cook Book. Maw Broon is a comic book character popular in Scotland...The Broons family was a comic published every sunday in the newspaper in Scotland. I grew up reading these comics. The broons family is based around war time era in Great Britain. So someone decided to put together an entire book of old fashioned scottish recipies..you know..how our great..great grandparents would have made them. It is a great read...and although some of it isn't that great for us..it's a nice change/treat sometimes :)

Some of my favorite scottish recipies?

- empire biscuits
- mince and tatties (meat and potatoes..with gravy etc)
- cheese n egg
- vegetarian haggis
- stovies
- scottish shortbread

Wellll it is weigh in Friday tomorrow. For those of you who don't know..I try to follow the weightwatchers points and most days I am pretty successful with it! I also try to walk everywhere I go/ drink mostly water.. curves gym a few times a week and as of late..60 minutes of beginners yoga a day. I am just waiting on the 30 day shred video coming to me...so when I get that..that will be more activity on top of it. I'm hoping to have lost a pound this week. But if not...if I just stay the same..I will still be happy :)

Night all!!

Thursday means tomorrow is....

2009-05-07T03:53:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is WI Friday!
I have to keep reminding myself today...to ... eat well, eat well, eat well....

off to work I go. (eat well....eat well....eat well!!)

p.s

2009-05-06T19:23:00.000-07:00

check out this give away..
it's amazing!
I entered it..who wouldn't! :)

www.lifeloveviolin.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-first-giveaway.html

Emotionally exhausted.

2009-05-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

Hello folks..happy wednesday!
I'm so tired.. living here stresses me out. I think it will be soon time to find other living arrangments. It should be possible for a family to function together...or at least live in the same space without wanting to kill one another..but I'm not so sure about here :S

Work was...work. Always something new.

I had to have a quick easy lunch because I was only off for around an hour this morning.
Lunch was..a turkey wrap (whole wheat) with roasted red pepper dip, black olives, lettuce and pickles.

had to take these on my mac cuz my camera wasn't charged.boo.

also had a tiny bit of no sugaradded/lactose free icecream with raspberries mmm

For work I packed 2 snacks. Some guiltless gourmet chilli and lime chips and an oatmeal/raisin clif bar. MY GOODNESS..THIS WAS DELISHOUS...seriously...I am so impressed. I am glad I picked up a few more of these in all different varietys. Can't wait to try the others out!

We have snack time with the kids...and their snack today = bologna sandwiches. I hate bologna..sooo I took one slice of whole wheat bread and put some low fat pb and j on there! :) You can also see the delishous scar on my finger from cutting myself with my new sharp chefs knife last week. OUCH :(

This pretty much kept me going until I got off of work at night. I came home..and made a delishous simple meal!
Lemony/dill roasted potatoes with a light salad. OH BOY the potatos are a dream..my new fave thing!! You can alter them to your own tastes...
I added
Squeezed juice from a lemon, dill paste, fresh dill, touch of butter, ground pepper and salt..baked for around 45 minutes...and i dipped them in light creamy dill sauce...WOW SO GOOD. I have an obsession with dill!! ..(and black olives) :)

and simple salad with black olives and cheddar cheese (and dill sauce) :P

Well that is all for now..I'm surprised I have even got this far...my eyes are closing as we speak!

nightnight!

Plan for the day

2009-05-06T03:41:00.001-07:00

Already up and at em: 6am

- had brekkie: over night oats (not pictured) made with half cup bobs old fashioned scottish oats, half cup skim milk, mashed up banana, honey and spleda brown sugar. I also added a big dollup of peanut butter to it. It came out delish and I feel as if I will be satisfied and full until lunch!

Here is my plan for the day, as it's a long one.

- 7:30-9:30: first part of my work day

I get from 9:30 to 11:30 off...and then I'm workin from 11:30 to 8:30... eeee. I always feel so relieved and TIRED when I get home at night, but I will do some yoga...it relaxes me. I do get alot of activity on these long days tho, because I walk everywhere and the way my job is set up...I have different jobsites for different programs (schools,churches...etc). All in all I will probably walk over an hour today outside. So walking and yoga it is!

Question for ya today: What is your excersise plans like for the week? Do you plan it out in advance...or just do it when you feel motivated?? and what sort of excersise do you do? I'd love to know :)

samasthiti

2009-05-05T19:15:00.000-07:00

Yes..samasthiti indeed. I feel at peace after 30 min of yoga! Wow after only a week of doing 30-60 min of beginner yoga per day...i feel great! Yes..my body feels tender..but great! I suggest everyone try it ;) Yogadownload.com! They have some free classes!

During work I had another *truely bar* for snack, this time it was lemon coconut and oh boy...it was so good! i also enjoyed an apple. After I got home from work tonight, dinner had to be rushed, because I don't like eating late at night and I had to make it to the gym (curves) sooo just put something little together! But it was yummy! I'm pretty sure I managed to stay within my points today, for all those ww gals checkin this out. Some days it's hard to do...but not if you stick to good healthy colorful foods :)..

guiltless gourmet chili/lime chips with all the fixens : onions, black olives, cut up lettuce, liv active light cheese and tomatoes... on the side a lil bit of everything good! Light sour cream, avocado, mango/lime salsa, guiltless gourmet black bean dip.

party in my mouth!

I had 2 gluten/wheat free ginger snaps afterwards! They are so small..chewy and yummyful!

After this I went to curves! I have been a member of curves for a year now...and although some days it can get repetitive..it has worked! Since last year I'v lost well over 20 pounds and am much more toned! I recently reached 100 workouts! ya!!
After curves I completed 30 min of beginner yoga...oh man my body hurts but it is all good lol...I am lovin yoga!

After curves I managed to get one more healthy snack in..juicy pineapple with some dark mint chocolate mmm.

well thats it for now. I won't be bloggin till tomorrow eve..it is my long work day..7:30 am to 8:30 pm :( Oh well..keeps me movin!

I'll end with this!

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

I wanna know who you are!

2009-05-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

If you read my blog..leave a comment..let me know who you are, what you are about and if you have a blog..post the link! I'd like to read what you have to say if you think my blog is interesting enough to keep reading :)

Today i woke up at 6 am and had breakie before breakfast club... (I help out in the mornings at an elemntary school that provides healthy food for all who wish to recieve it!)

My own bfast included a whole wheat english muffin toasted - one half spread with almond butter and the other half grape preserves that I picked up from the farmers market! Chocolate soy milk rounded it all off nicely :)

mmm

Work was ok..i walked home because it was glorious out. Nice and sunny. But now it has clouded over :( boo. Guess I should put my sundress away!!!

For snack I wasn't craving anything really "snacky" I opted for lemon spritzer mixed with pure cranberry juice and blueberries and a tiny protein shake: whey protein powder, chocolate soy milk, goat yogurt, brown sugar splenda and a touch of pure vanilla straight from costa rica! (parents brought it back for me) mmm innnnn the bullet!

this held me over nicely until Lunch time. Now I feel as if the sandwich 2 days in a row is a little repetitive but... I hate wasting food. So I use up what is on its way out so that we don't have to throw any of it out! That included the whole wheat buns and turkey!

Lunch: Whole wheat bun, sliced turkey, livactiv light cheese, roasted red pepper spread, light herb and garlic cream cheese, lettuce, pickles, cucumbers and green olives.

Gettin it started!

I also enjoyed a 70 calorie frozen treat! It was so yummy! smooth, creamy, frothy, all in one..mmm loved it!

and that sums up my bfast and lunch adventures..I'm off to do 30 min of yoga..and work till 5:30...then I am gonna go to curves gym!
Have a nice day!!

Check it out!

2009-05-04T20:37:00.000-07:00

Another contest..and it looks serious yum
check out the blog and put your name in!

http://healthyontherun.wordpress.com/

the link thing doesn't work for me! How can I remedy this?..lol

so just copy and paste that..and check it out!

The Simple life

2009-05-04T17:22:00.000-07:00

Today was good.
Family playgroup - got to hold the new baby..he projectile vomited his baby food up on me. It was excellant. lol. After family playgroup - it was on to afterschool program, where I learned a new song. It involved a bad word. Enough said. :)

This morning I went on a yoga shopping spree on yogadownload.com and got some fantastical classes for free and also bought a few longer classes. But I am starting with yoga for beginners. My goodness. Downward facing dog - leg high, will be the death of me!!!!! After I write this, I shall tackle that class again.

Onto Noms!

Lunch

Greenzilla sandwich with cut up veggies and roasted red pepper dip

This was delish and I was satisfied all throughout work...until around 4ish. I had packed a banana cut up with some chocolate spread..mmmm. Was so good!

I got home around 6:00..checked some emails..and let me just say...I have awesome plans coming up for my blog...you just wait and see!! :)

I was so excited about dinner tonight. It was simple, fresh, and delish.

A crunchy dill salad with half sweet potato/asparagus and creamy dill sauce (made with light sourcream/fresh dill) I added olive oil to a bit of sour cream and fresh dill to the salad as well :) Was so good..I definitly love black olives and avocado in my salads!

lol sadly dining alone tonight. Sigh. How I wish my man were home with me. Thats ok..I made it fun! Lemon spritzer with strawberries and raspberries mmm

Dessert was simple but yum..I haven't had icecream in so long!!

alright...I am off to do another round of 30 min beginner Yoga and Tommy Europe is gonna kick my arse! 10 pound shred! ciao!

Some people choose to dive, I'll tiptoe.

2009-05-04T04:08:00.000-07:00

Good morning folks!
Looks like a pretty good day out there to me! I didn't have as long as sleep as I would have liked. So that is a goal for me tonight - be in bed by 10! (Especially since I have to be up at 6 am)
So what is the title all about?

Simple

I can't be like those people who choose to dive right into to being healthy all of the time from the get go. Meaning, working out at an advanced level every day...skimping foods just to lose weight (not healthy). I'v been there, done that, and failed. No. This is a lifestyle change. It doesn't require me to dive and then at the last minute bellyflop because I'm sick of the routine. I want to be in this for LIFE. Slow and steady WILL win the race.

With that being said, the small healthy choices are adding up. Like walking to work and back! Today I work family playgroup and then afterschool program. My tap class was cancelled, very sad about that, but oh well. That means shorter day. 12 to 5:30 :) I will walk to work and back (includes a hill)

I'm also pretty stoked for some things that might be coming to me in the mail in the next few weeks
From Amazon
- "Bright Lights Big Ass"
Jen Lancaster; Paperback

- "Such A Pretty Fat"
Jen Lancaster; Paperback

- "Skinny Bitch"
Kim Barnouin; Paperback;

- "Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook"
Isa Chandra Moskowitz; Hardcover;

- "Beginners and Beyond Yoga for Weight Loss"
Michael Wohl; DVD;

- "AM PM Yoga for Beginners"
Michael Wohl; DVD;

- "Jillian Michaels: 30 Day Shred"
Andrea Ambandos; DVD;

- "Shiva Rea: Flow Yoga for Beginners"
James Wvinner; DVD;

- The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Boot Camp"
Cal Pozo; DVD;

woooo...Yes, that is alot. But, it might help to spice up my workout routine, which has been a little slack lately :S

Oh well...

breakfast was goooooood this morning.
Over night oats!! soaked in silk soy chocolate milk??? YEA...I WENT THERE!

The characters that completed my wonderful b-fast?

mmmm

the chocolate soy milk was a good choice...it was very thick and hearty and had a good flavour to it, I'm sure I will be full until lunch!

All mixed up!

delish!
I am now off to take care of business...aka get myself clean, laundry, workouts, lunch, work time!

I'll be back at the end of the day with a recap of it all ;)

Distance makes the heart grow fonder...or something like that.

2009-05-03T16:27:00.000-07:00

Well today has been a lazy Sunday. Just what I wanted! I did clean though...my room...the bathroom. Chatted with Lee, which is nice. I work all day most days during the week, so the weekend is a nice time to talk without any distractions.
Oh right, I guess i should fill you in a little bit about Lee, since I will probably be mentioning him alot in this blog!. Lee and I met at Nipissing University while at a party at my house. Which was more then a year and a half ago..We have been dating for a year now :) He is 24 and currently completing his masters degree in environmental engineering, a long long ways away from where I live :( But that is ok, we have been making it work! Lee is wonderful! He is intelligent, quirkey, fun, creative and so much more. I'm not sure why we work..but we really do. lol. He has been so supportive of my weight loss journey as well. He knows my story and how hard it has always been for me...and I just thank him for that support and love through it all!

Oh, how I miss Lee!! I can't wait until he is done school. I'v been looking at christmas pictures of our vacation, and it brings up such great memories!

Me in Miami Florida, at the cool chess board outside our hotel!

Caught my man sleepin!

Chillin in the ocean!

My family and myself have all agreed that Lee is the biggest eater we have EVER met..hands down. And look at that figure! lol

Now onto the food part of my day!

Lunch consisted of a healthy serving of crunchy carrots, celery, cucumber, cherry tomatoes with a slice of swiss cheese from the farmers market! It went well with roasted red pepper dip and hummus! mmm!!

Yummy hummus!

Snack late afternoon was this gem I found at zerzh! YUM. This is the chocolate peanut butter kind. I have a few others... I really think you should go out and get some...NOW!!

I cleaned up for a bit and just relaxed and enjoyed the day!
Dinner was definitly yummy and I am oh so full! Leftovers are awesome!

Healthy taco salad
- healthy serving of lettuce with radish
- half of an avacado
- chopped carrots
- cucumber
- onions
- cherry tomatoes
- left over chilli some cheese in it
- a few guiltless gourmet chips
- salsa ranch dressing (spoonful)
- light sourcream (spoonful)

YUM

and a bit later for dessert, I enjoyed a beautiful bowl of strawberries, pineapple and blueberries!

Sooo that is about it! I work tomorrow from 12 to 5:30, so that is not bad at all. A short day for me! Still going to try to get to bed early so I can perhaps wake up early and get a work out in!

Have a great evening!!

Good morning!!

2009-05-03T06:21:00.000-07:00

If I had it my way, every morning would start with a dance party to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43jIt9p4g8

throw in a beautiful sunshining morning like today...and well, you've got the perfect match!

I got up at a decent time today (aka not 6am..more like 8:30!!) Great for a Sunday! I heard the birds chirpin so I went outside and took some sunny pictures for you all to see! Us Canadians aren't always buried under snow :)It was even wayyy to bright for the setting I had the camera on. The Sky is an amazingggg color of bright blue :)

After basking in the glorious light for awhile, I heard my tummy grumble. Onto breakfast it was! I had planned last night to have a delishous crazy monkey protein shake. I find planning my meals out ahead of time really helps me!

This is what I used this time around for my crazy monkey!

I really enjoy this goatsyogurt..has anyone ever tried it?
And this is the most delishous protein mix I'v used!

-goatsyogurt
-silk chocolate soymilk
-splenda brownsugar
-whey protein
- 1 banana
- a few icecubes

This was so delishous!! Oh my goodness...it was nice and sweet and gave me the boost I needed.

Well I am off now..I have quite a bit of cleaning to do today!!
Hope you all have time to relax!

Lets have a flavour party

2009-05-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh Saturday. You know what Saturday is for in my opinion? RELAXING. Serious. I work so often during the week, when the weekend comes...I just feel like vegging out. No worries, Sunday I clean and work out :) So today has been a pretty chill day. Yesterday on the other hand...long long day. The dove campaign for self esteem girls night was last night. Twenty girls showed up, way more then we had expected. I would have preferred to split into 2 age groups (10-12 and 13-15) and have 2 seperate nights because I found that the 13-15 age group sort of brought the younger girls down, which is very sad... they made fun of the yogurt and oatmeal facemasks we had made...literally gagged at it, gagged at our veggie and dip snack, and basically just came for the free stuff... and you could tell they HATED the no put down rule. But the younger girls...were so excited...had great answers, and some did try the face masks...but some were just too embarrased to be seen by the older girls...oh man this really makes me feel sad. Anyways.... yea..thats about it. Dove is pretty sweet for sending all of those swag bags over. Every single girl got one! It had soap, body wash, hand wash, shampoo AND conditioner :)

So onto some exciting stuff...
some of my favorite stuff
I thought I would post!

and now onto dinner.. Now it may not look appitzing, but it was so tasty!
2 whole wheat wraps with black bean and soy refried beans and some left over homemade chilli topped with LOTS of lettuce, tomatoes, fresh avacado, onions, light cheese, mango lime salsa and low fat sour cream :) I call that a party in my mouth!!!!

annnnndddd something sweet for dessert..that won't push me over my points :)
These are amazing folks..try them!
5 small cookies for a serving, but I only had 2 :)

have a great night all!!

late dinner

2009-05-01T19:05:00.000-07:00

I am so exhausted..so blog to follow tomorrow..
I'll just leave you with some...food for thought ;)

(add a little hummus to this and you've got ALOT to think about!) :D
p.s that is just taken from my mac, sorry for the poor quality!

Sorry folks.

2009-04-30T19:21:00.000-07:00

Work and life just exhaust me.
I really need the weekend to come...so I can do better things with my time, like BLOG.

Menu for today...wasn't so good (just added soome extra things I should not have) but at least i realize that right?

b: cup of peanut butter puffins with sliced banana in skim milk YUM..I think everyone should go out right now and buy peanut butter puffins..they are like over sized captin crunch...but crunchier! and taste like peanut butter!..low in sugar..and fat..and just fabulous ;)

s: one snack cracker with light cream cheese...half a banana

L: grilled cheese sandwich using light livactive mozza cheese and weight watchers bread with sliced onion....cut up celery with roasted red pepper dip

s: smart pop popcorn, cup of yogurt with granola and fruit

d: one black bean sausage

extras: fruit cup and 100calorie peanut butter thins

You might say wow..all those snacks and extras..yea..I fail. but I'm a woman and this is my time of the month...and dare I explain more?

peeeeace out.

I WON

2009-04-28T19:10:00.001-07:00

P.S I WON
THE TOMMY EUROPE CONTEST on amy's quest to skinny blog!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDD

"less cheese burgers and more sandwiches and salads ladies!"

2009-04-28T18:02:00.000-07:00

An old dance teacher once said to my class .. "LESS CHEESE BURGERS AND MORE SANDWICHES AND SALADS LADIES"... At the time, I hated him...but now I understand where he is coming from, and am proud that I have been filling up on the GOOD HEALTHY stuff! So cheers to me..and YOU for doing the same :)

Today i walked to work in the morning, walked to work and back in the afternoon...pumped it up at curves gym! I was seriously sweating after that work out...because I jog on the matts and that takes alot out of me. I then went grocery shopping and picked up lots of good stuff!

*veggies
*fruits
*skim milk
*puffins peanut butter cereal (low in sugar)
*almond/hunny butter
*avacados
*low fat refried beans
*whole wheat mini wraps
*low calorie sour cream
*mango lime salsa
*organic bean burritos
*gluten free pizza
*larabars
*cliff bars

ohhh and probably more i can't think of it.

Later on this week I am going to start taking pictures and what not of meals and upload them on here...it keeps things interesting :)

Todays menu was...

B: one slice of weight watchers multigrain bread toasted , some peanut butter and chocolate spread on that..with half a banana... cut up apple slices with low sugar peanut butter, low sugar grape juice

s: 2 ryvtea snack crackers with light cream cheese and sliced turkey, weight watchers brownie

L: sweet potatoe fries, smartones meal and asparagus

S: key lime lara bar (YUM)

d: one cup cut up cucumber, one cup cut up celery, 2 tbsps skinnydips hummus and a toasted turkey sandwich stuffed with lots of lettuce

I think i did pretty well today..I had wanted to get on the treadmill..but I think the walk to work and curves will do me fine

Tomorrow is my long day! GOTTA BE STRONG!

I will remember happier times...lol

Me infront of the stardust theatre on the norwegian jewel cruise ship :)

i am eating ENOUGH!

2009-04-27T17:34:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am sunburnt!! how did that happen! It was so beautiful here..I walked like..over an hour today...to work and all over! it was great.

So earlier in the WW forums..people were telling me I wasn't eating enough..yet I ate all my points and a few extra..so not sure what they were talking about..here is my menu for today...

b: 2 eggs(scrambled eggs) with chill powder and REAL full fat swiss cheese (these took alot of points up) 2 slices of weightwatchers bread

L: large smoothie: mixed frozen fruit and skim milk with splenda and a bowl of goatscheese yogurt mixed with honey, granola and a banana

S: ritz crackers

D: cup of baked beans with 2 slices of weight watchers bread

I really honestly feel like thats enough for me...lol I KNOW my body can't lose weight if I ate more then that!!

Food.

2009-04-26T15:32:00.001-07:00

Food log for today..because nothing else really interesting happened!

B: small bowl of chia goodness! with a cup of manderin oranges
S: 100 calorie pack of peanut butter thin cookies
L: turkey sandwich (on weightwatchers bread) with swiss cheese/lettuce and pickles with one cup of cucumber on the side
S: half a larabar and some stuffed olives
D: gluten free pizza and skinny cow dessert

Not great but also not bad. I also did 40 minutes on the treadmill.

Tomorrow I will be eating light...because I am hitting swiss chalet Tuesday and I am not going to deprive myself. I am going to enjoy what I usually get. 8 chicken wings with a ceaser salad...which = almost 23 weightwatcher points YIKES thats what I get all day!...So I guess I will be snacking on veggies after that!

Good find

2009-04-26T05:46:00.001-07:00

Had this for breakfast this morning...very good!

Go here for the info!
http://www.ruthshempfoods.com/chia.html

:)

boo

2009-04-25T20:06:00.000-07:00

seriously..I hate this blog lol
How can i delete old blogs????

http://amysquesttoskinny.blogspot.com

Just go there..scroll down a bit..and you will find the contest!!

WEIGH IN FRIDAY!

2009-04-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

DOWN TWO POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!!!

"I'll follow your lead"

2009-04-23T17:44:00.000-07:00

Do you have a little girl or boy (for that matter) that looks up to you? as a mentor?

Let me tell you... I have about..20..give or take.
I work at a community centre and I am involved in various programs with all ages...from birth to 16. Next Friday I will be help leading the dove campaign for True beauty self esteem girls night, and it reallly got me thinking...I need to be more positive about my own body image. These girls are looking up to me...and I can't even imagine what goes through their head on a daily basis about their own self image. So that is what I am going to strive for...to be a good role model for those who look up to me!!

Weigh in tomorrow!

Menu for today:

b: honey bran muffin, one cup of grapes and a delmonte peach cup packed in water.

s: whole wheat crackers and light cream cheese with stuffed olives

L: cuppa soup and 2 slices of wholewheat weightwatchers bread toasted

S: smart pop popcorn

D: lean cuisine cannalonies, weightwatchers brownie.

Activity: Walked around 40 minutes outside today and 30 minutes on the treadmill.

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/dsef07/t5.aspx?id=7373&filmno=0

bleh

2009-04-22T18:16:00.001-07:00

Not much to post today.
Had a long day.
and
Having a rough night at home.
I wish I could move out... (need more funds)

Here is the menu for today

B: 2 slices of whole wheat weightwatchers toast with sugerless peanut butter, delmonte peach cup

S: 3 wholewheat crackers with light cream cheese and stuffed olives

L: Bag of smartpop popcorn and weight watchers carrot cake

S: fruit cocktail

D: orange sesme chicken and rice weight watchers meal and weightwatchers brownie.

walked EVERYWHERE today..so that was enough excersise for me.

Fierce girls WORK IT OUT

2009-04-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

Todayyyy is finally overrr...I can finally relax!
I worked out hard today!
Did 30 minutes on the treadmill, went to curves, walked to work and back (twice)
So yea..earned lots of activity points today!
I hope I can keep this up! :) and I also hope I don't get sick. Today at work...it smelled like rotten eggs..I was like wow what is that smellllll...and one of the little boys in program was talking to me and he BURPED like right into my mouth as i was talking ..and it was one of those smelly flu burps :S then I find out he is not feeling well, had the flu for a few days now...so I PRAY that I do NOT get the flu..yuck!!!!

I think I stayed on track with my points today... I might have been over by 2 or 3..nothing to really worry about as I worked out like crazy today!

The menu today=

B: half cup of honey nut cheerios with banana slices on top/cinnamon and low fat milk/delmonte peaches packed in water

S: whole wheat snack crackers with light cream cheese and 3 stuffed olives

L: one cup of veggie and chicken stir fry/chocolate chip bran bar

S: skinny cow popsicle snack

D: one cup of tuna pasta salad

Tomorrow is my long day :(
I have breakfast program from 7:30 to 9 am...then I am going to curves..then I have family play group 12 to 3.... 3 to 5:30 is afterschool program and 6 to 8 is youth drop inn... whoa I'm going to need some strength!!

WEIGH IN FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This day better be over.

2009-04-20T17:25:00.000-07:00

I hate Mondays!!!!!!

I woke up with that mentality :

I had work from 11:30 to 6:45...which included family playgroup, afterschool program and teaching a tap class..

My tap class is awesome..I have a little 4 year old who is amazing!! It blows me away how talented she is :)

The family playgroup mothers put on a potluck ... It could have been bad for me...but I only had a few healthy choices (and ended up being my lunch so that was good).

With that being said, I think i ate a little more then i would have liked too..but oh well, such is life.

Menu for today ended up being:

B: half cup of mixed fruit with a breakfast egg and veggie wrap.

S: bag of smart pop (small)

L: half a cup of tuna pasta salad with a slice of red pepper/cream cheese ontop

D: cup of chicken/veggie stir fry and sweet potato fries

s: half a cup of sugerless icecream.

I also walked to work today...lead a tap class and was on my feet most of the day. I WILL go on the treadmill tomorrow and to curves!! So that is good!

I went on a little grocery adventure with my mom tonight..and I discovered stuffed olives..green olives stuffed with light blue cheese...anyone ever had these?? wow..I love olives! lol

Also ... does anyone have a good recipie for light tuna pasta salad? I bought black olives to put in it and low fat/light mayo with light chunky tuna and whole wheat pasta...just need to put it all together i guess!

Ok I guess that is all...

I miss my boyfriend guys... :( I hate long distance relationships!

Is tomorrow really a new day...

2009-04-19T19:07:00.000-07:00

Today has been ok. I didn`t over-eat today...that makes it...a good day.
My meal plan for today was not planned out, but it was ok.

Lunch: Mini bag of smart pop popcorn.
Snack: Mini cube of cheese
Dinner: Homemade sweet potatoe fries and a stirfry with lots of veggies in it..
Lots of water...

My goals for this week, besides stop feeling like a lazy lump...are quite simple.

1. Clean room: I really find if my surroundings are in order, my life follows suit. If I feel like a slob then I`m going to start eating like a slob... it makes sense to me.

2. Get in 5 days a week of cardio. I don`t care what this cardio may be..30 minutes each time, treadmill...walking outside, jogging on the spot! Whatever..I have to do it!

3. Drink more water : Improves skin...aids in weight loss.

4. Lose 2 pounds for next weight in.

5. Smile more.

So this seems pretty simple right....right. (In my head it seems simple, here is hoping it all works out as planned)

I know alot of WW gals will be following this, and I`m glad. I need to be held accountable for my actions.