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I started Monday with a 4 mile run plus some hill repeats. I had to wait until I got to work to eat breakfast. I don't like to do that because it's over an hour after I finished my run and I think it makes me hungry for the rest of the day. I made oat bran with a naner and brown sugar. I also topped ... Read More about Monday Recap

Almond Butter Announcement!Have you guys heard that Justin's Nut Butter will be available at Starbucks? Yes, the 100 calories packs are for sale at the 'bucks now. Isn't that cool?! ... Read More about AB – Announcement

Ha, I found this picture online and thought it was perfect to kick off my oatmeal challenge.Don't get too excited it's not actually that challenging actually. I am challenging myself to eat oatmeal for breakfast for the next 6 weeks. I want to start everyday on a positive and healthy note and I ... Read More about Oatmeal Challenge – Not that Challenging…

Made it through another week. This week was tough because I didn't have any rest over the weekend to re-energize. Well, hopefully I will have some time to relax this weekend. I am getting my hair cut on Sunday and maybe doing some highlights - so I'm super excited about that. I also have to watch ... Read More about TGIF!

Lunch Thursday was kid style - PB&J with watermelon. I call it kid style because this is Matt's favorite lunch and because I made a mess with it. Dessert - my last piece of dark chocolate. Well, not my last last piece because I have dark choc at home, but my last piece at work. I had some ... Read More about Thursday recap…

I have always voted Foe, and a recent article in SparkPeople seems to agree.To break it down very simply - it says that your body reacts to Fructose differently than other sugars. Normally sugar sparks something in your body to tell you when you are full. High Fructose Corn Syrup does not have this ... Read More about High Fructose Corn Syrup – Diet Friend or Foe?

I am so happy it's Thursday since I get to work from home tomorrow. But I am bummed that the BF is going out of town this weekend to party it up. I should party it up over here to make me feel better... First, look at my cat. He has had this black spot on his side for 2 days now. He does this all ... Read More about Happy Thursday!

So how is every one's week going? So far so good over here. I have a lot to accomplish this week and the BF is actually going out of town on Thursday so I will have to weekend to get a lot done. I don't think I am a girly-girl, but I am pretty excited to get my hair done this weekend. It's been ... Read More about Happy Tuesday!

Monday calls for chocolate, so I ate some. My afternoon snackage was Kashi Trail Mix - my mom swears by this stuff. It is Kashi Go Lean, almonds, raisins and of course chocolate chips!!! This stuff is the best. I used to eat this stuff all the time, I would make a huge gallon zip-lock bag full of it ... Read More about Rest of the day…

Hi! I hope everyone had a good and restful weekend, because I didn't. I took an "Express" GRE class because I am planning on applying to grad school soon. So it was Saturday and Sunday 9am to 6:30pm and on top of that it was about 60 miles away so I had to add major driving time to that. After this ... Read More about Back in action

I know this is not a dog, this is my cat. I don't want to reward my dog Bailey, with a pic on the blog considering he just freaked out when I took him to get his rabies shot and squirted his anal gland at the vet's office. I didn't even know dogs could do that until I saw the Vet Tech guy cleaning ... Read More about My dog is gross

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