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Hola everyone! Hope all is well. I am so busy with work and life right now. I am sorry I haven't devoted any good time to the blog! It's just been a bunch of recaps lately. Boo to Monica :( I am trying to get organized and ahead of the game so I will have more time to add useful and/or interesting ... Read More about Wednesday Recap

So I am trying to eat healthy and bounce back from my weekend weight gain this weekend. Hopefully it's mostly water weight! I started Tuesday with a run, not sure the distance but it took about an hour. I was craving a smoothie for breakfast so I made one with almond milk, naner, ice and half a ... Read More about Tuesday Recap

I gained 3 pounds over the last week! I blame the cruise. I knew it - way too much good food and alcohol! Son of a bitch! (Sorry this blog is going to get profane really fast if I am gaining weight instead of losing.)Anyways, I don't think I ate 3,500 extra calories everyday of the cruise. (3,500 ... Read More about Weigh in 9/9 – Bad News

So I was supposed to weigh in for Chandra's Challenge Monday morning but I was kinda on a ship with no access to a scale so I will weigh in Tuesday morning. We ordered breakfast and I had cereals and skim milk and a little yogurt. The BF ate the other stuff. Lunch was a LC meal with a salad. I went ... Read More about Monday Recap

I didn't eat soup for breakfast, but it's coming stay with me here folks...My day started with a long walk with the dogs and some egg whites plus an english muffin. Nice so far right? It gets better... Watermelon, because I love it when I got to work mid-morning. This was my planned lunch - a wrap ... Read More about This soup changed my life…

So, this is a picture of a blurry, but delicious salad. I have come to the conclusion that wheat berries are best eaten on salads - I love the chew they add! Dinner began with this salad... I ate a LC meal - butternut squash ravioli for the main course. I love this frozen meal, it's really delicious ... Read More about Wednesday Recap

Natalie Dee, your cartoons about pooping get me everytime! I think she is so funny! ... Read More about Natalie Dee does it again!

That, my friends, is supposed to be a pancake. I don't know what happened but apparently something went wrong. I used:about 1/3c oats1/3 c cottage cheese2 egg whitesbaking powderdash of saltdash of waterI think there were too many wet ingredients and it was hard to flip, so I had to cut it into 2 ... Read More about What the heck is that?

I guess I am crazy enough to just put it all out there: I weigh 160 pounds. Yes readers, it has gotten that bad. This is the most I have weighed since that year of high school when I was super depressed and let myself get to 170, outside of that I've been around 150 pretty steadily through college. ... Read More about Weigh in 9/1

So, I worked from home Friday again and it was less than perfect, but not totally tragic. I did stand in front of the cupboards a couple of times and eat chips out of the bag. I didn't binge on cereal or other crap. So, I am making progress, but not at where I want to be.I woke up hungry and had a ... Read More about Friday recap

The BF's B-day is coming up next week. He has requested lemon cake for his birthday cake. I should have never asked him what he wanted because I was hoping to make chocolate :) Just kidding, now I'm craving an amazing lemon cake...Anyways, does anyone have a good tried and true recipe for Lemon ... Read More about Recipe Question – Lemon Cake

I am working from home today, which means I will be a little too close to my kitchen and lots of foodies! Ahh! I am going to stick to my plan and really listen to my body and eat when I am hungry. I will NOT eat because I am stressed or bored or tired or lonely or mad or anything besides hungry. ... Read More about Happy Thursday

It is still crazy over here! Anyways, I was running late as usual, and decided to skip making cereal or oatmeal to eat in the car and just grabbed a yogurt. and some blurry strawberries. Nice photography Monica! But, really you should give me a break since I was driving. On the freeway. In ... Read More about Crazy Day – Wednesday