Paying the Price

Good afternoon!!  I hope you’ve had a wonderful couple of days.  Mine have been…boring.    Yesterday morning I weighed myself and the result was expected: a 1.8 lb. GAIN.  Considering I had McDonald’s, Chinese food, and Dairy Queen (don’t ask) last week and only worked out twice, I’m not surprised.   When I start seeing the [...]

Success!!

Dinner tonight was an absolute success despite my repeated attempts to ruin it. Before I get to that though, let’s go back to yesterday. My mid-morning snack was a banana. Lunch was vegetarian black bean soup from Panera with half of a turkey sandwich. Dessert was one of their irresistible brownies.  I even got a [...]

Good News/Bad News

Hello!  First things first, you won’t see a lot of pictures of food in this post.  If you see any they will probably be recycled because I’ve just been eating the same old food plus plenty of junk that “mysteriously” evaded the camera’s eye. THE GOOD NEWS 1) I lost one pound since last week [...]

Coming down with something

Boo!  Still feeling like I’m coming down with a cold.  No fever, though.  I tend to run lower than normal, though, so it’s hard to tell. Today for lunch I snacked on breakfast leftovers.  Spinach quiche, potato casserole, and some popcorn. I also ate two clementines.  Getting that Vitamin C. Later in the afternoon I [...]

Burrito My Hero

I have no idea what that means, it just rhymes.  You’d be surprised how hard it is to think of post titles. This week has just FLOWN by.  I hope that’s indicative of years to come at the new job.  Actually, once the new year comes around I will be back and forth between my [...]

In the News: Preventive Care

Good morning everyone! This morning I had a pumpkin muffin for breakfast. I’m so proud.  This picture is SO much better. In other news… Have you been following the announcement by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about the change in recommendations for mammograms?  Here is a list of their updated recommendations  for breast cancer [...]

News

Hello!!  So…here’s what we did at the gym for my last personal training session: 3 sets of the following: split squats (or static lunges) on the Bosu ball push ups on the Bosu ball bicep curls with body bar shoulder press with body bar tricep lifts with body bar Turn the Bosu ball over and [...]

Holiday Treats

Here’s some info for you: The first is a list of the WW points value of a lot of the goodies you may have leftover from Halloween: The WW Chick. Also, as the holidays approach there will be a lot of opportunities for cocktails.  Below are a list of drinks that are about 100-150 calories.  [...]