Bullets, Beer and Twitter

I have lots to say today so we'll go bullet style. Yes! That's my favorite way to post hahaha.

• My best friend from first grade is in town visiting this weekend. YES! I'm so excited to hang out with her :)
• We are doing the Race for the Cure tomorrow morning! We'll most likely do a walk/run combo - I can't wait!
• My eating this week has been ALL over the place but I'm trying to be as good as I can considering I was on vacation Sat-Tues, have a friend in town this weekend AND haven't been to the grocery store in over a week
• I went to boot camp Wed morning and last night! I was crank city yesterday and did not want to be there but when it was over I was so happy I went. The workout was actually sort of fun, other than running up and down a huge hill and around soccer fields
• AND the website for boot camp is finally up. I'd link it but I'd rather not have it come up that it was through my site (I don't need TB knowing what I eat everyday hahahaha). There are pictures of TB and his GF all over, so very vain, but it cracks me up. It's topteamfitnessacademy with a little .com at the end. So take two seconds to type it out :)
• I joined twitter!!! My username is jeannie962. I don't really get it, but if you twitter (or is it twit?) too come find me.
• Date on Wed night went well. Not much chemistry, but we shall see. We did have a really fun time, drank a few beers and laughed a lot. I'll be sure to keep you posted.
  
• I had the BEST beer last night. I don't usually drink beer but I couldn't pass this one up. It's Cottonwood's Pumpkin Spiced Ale. AMAZING! You can really taste the pumpkin and spices. It was like desserty! Delish.
• I'm sorry that I haven't been commenting on all the BLBE blogs this week, it's just been a little bit crazy! Hopefully next week will be better but I've been reading along in my google reader and cheering everyone on in my head! Keep up the good work. Hopefully I'll have at least a little loss to counteract last week's GAIN.
• I've had two P-Spice latte's (translation: pumpkin spice lattes) this week. I made myself wait until Oct to try them so you bet your ass that after getting just 4 hours of sleep on Tues night and 6 on Wed night I was pumping myself full of caffeine p spice latte style on Oct 1 and 2. I LOVE THEM!
  
• I'm wearing jeans today that I bought FOUR years ago and have never fit into. Talk about a good feeling!!!!
• I'm obsessed with this birth control the dr. put me on. It's Seasonale where you only get your period once every 3 months.. which sort of irked me but she assured me it's ok. So uhm for the first time in THREE MONTHS I have my period and it's so much better than it used to be. Still have cramps but not nearly as bad and really... every THREE months? Amazing!! Sorry if that was TMI but I'm just totally obsessed :)

Whew... I think that's it. I hope today flies by so I can go home and hang out with my visitor!!! So evil that I have to be here today while she's in town. Stinkin work.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Positive....

I cannot WAIT until I go for my physical the end of April. I got my period AGAIN last night! I feel like I JUST had it. Granted I know it was roughly 28 days.... but thats from the start date. Not the finish date. ARGH!!! Birth Control HERE I COME! I really really really hope it doesn't make me gain weight. That would just be way too evil of the universe.

ANYWAY....

MORNING! How is everyone doing? It's Thursday, woohoo! Even if the high today is going to be like 50 and its supposed to be cloudy and rainy all day. Boooo. And it's supposed to T-storm tomorrow. Of course it will T-storm because I'm flying! (Going to NYC for the weekend for my cousin's bachelorette party!) Oh well, it is what it is and I can't change the weather so I might as well accept it.

I had a rough morning with cramps, running late, and I whacked my hand on the corner of the kitchen counter and it really hurts. What a wreck! But I still think today can be a good day. I'm attempting to stay positive!

As for last night it was a fun night. I went to Ar's softball game straight from work. There was a huge traffic jam so it took an hour and a half to get there and I missed the first 15 minutes of the hour long game, but oh well. The team looked good and they won! Score!! It was over at 7:30, we were home by 8 and I was in the car on my way to the gym by 8:15. I did NOT want to go, but knew that I wouldn't be able to get my run in tonight after working out with Trainer Boy. So I somehow pumped myself up to go. I did day 2 of week 2 of the couch to 5k and then some abs. My abs are still less than stellar, but I guess the more I do them the better I'll get? I hope so!

Today the plan is to eat what I packed! Nothing more. I weigh in tomorrow and with my period I'll be super bloated. So I'm going to be extra good and drink TONS of water/tea today. Hopefully that will help. After work I'll go home, grab a quick dinner and head to the gym. TB at 7 so I'll be home around 8:15 to pack (and hopefully do 2 loads of laundry) for the weekend!

Menu!

Bfast:
milk chocolatey ovaltine - 2.5
pumpkin waffles - 3

Lunch (from yesterday)
pasta, veggies, homemade sauce and a meatball - 4.5

Snacks:
pear - 1
turkey on light EM - 2
yogurt - 2

Dinner:
Not totally sure - but something that doesn't have much sodium. So maybe a faux grilled cheese or something like that. We shall see. It will be 8 points or under. Then no eating after the gym.

Baby It's the Freakin Weekend....

....Gonna have me some fun (fun)!

Ok... so we still have a few more hours until the weekend technically gets started -- but I'm still excited! It's rainy and gross today and tomorrow it's supposed to be REALLY windy and not too warm. But then sunny and 55 on Sunday so I guess I'll take it!

Not too much exciting on the agenda. Tonight my friend and her not-yet-boyfriend are coming over for dinner. I've never met him so I'm excited. We're doing home made pizza on the grill (using TJs whole wheat dough!) and Lily is bringing a salad and banana pudding for dessert. She made it with fat free cool whip, sugar free pudding mix, and light nilla wafers. She's the best! Then tomorrow morning is weigh in and the gym. Babysitting tomorrow night. I've met the kids a few times but have never watched them. So I'm always a bit nervous about that. They are cute though -- I think her daughter is like 1.5 and her son is maybe 3 or 4? Might be a handful, but hopefully it will be fun. And Sunday I have NOTHING going on. YES!

People have been bugging my since yesterday to go to Shanes RibShack for lunch with them today. But I'm going to hold strong and not go. I know there's nothing I'll get there that's low points and I've got a big dinner tonight and hoppin on the scale WITH my period tomorrow. I don't need any additional bloating thank you very much. So I've packed my lunch and have been ready to "just say no" since I woke up this morning. I'm trying to keep everything light today, but it will be hard. I'm already ravenous.

Bfast:
You all know whats on the menu, -- 3

Hopefully no snack! But we'll see. If need be I'll have my fruit salad - 1

Lunch:
barilla plus pasta - 3.5
home made sauce and a meatball - 1

Snacks:
PB bliss bar - 1
light pringles - 1
100 cal pack - 1.5

Dinner:
home made pizza w/ TONS of veggies - 8
free salad - 2 for dressing

Dessert:
nana pudding! - 4

That's 2 points over my daily -- but I still have 8 flexies so I should be ok. I'm not going to the gym today either because I have a million things to do after work. That means only ONE trip to the gym this week. But you know what? I'm ok with it. I will not let it get me off track. I've eaten well this week and I'll get right back in the game tomorrow!

I just need to be sure to drink a GALLON of water today to de-bloat as much as possible!

(And uhm, I just ate my waffles and my tummy is still not full. As in it's still GROWLING. It might be a LONG day. Wish me luck!)

Haning in there

The tea did NOT fill me up yesterday. But I did ok. I didn't eat anything unplanned at work. Skipped the gym and went to the foodstore. I got my period and was SO crampy and miserable. So I went home and made dinner... had a few snacks that I didn't plan on, but nothing horrid. And then... are you ready for this? I went upstairs, got changed and went to the gym in the pouring rain!!!!! I was so proud. I really wanted to just curl up on the sofa and watch a Netflix movie (No Reservations came in the mail yesterday). But I didn't. Woohoo. Did a quick workout. 15 minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the bike and then 10 minutes on the damn stair master thingy! Whew I walked up 33 flights.

I got home at 8:30 so it was perfect to watch TBL and fast forward all the commercials! So granted I still ate more than I should have yesterday, but at least I got off my bum and went to the gym! Tonight is Trainer Boy. Which is throwing my WHOLE week off. Last week when we went to schedule this week he was like how about 7pm on Wed? And I was like dude! You're messing with my routine! Thurs night is my night... but he was already full. Said he'd try to move some people around but honestly I have nothing to do tonight so it seemed silly. And now I can have a nice dinner at home with Ar for Valentines day.

Menu for today!

Bfast:
2 waffles w/ 1/2 banana and 2 tsp pb - 4

Lunch:
yoplait light - 2
BIG fruit salad (apples, 1/2 banana, strawberries, grapes, blueberries) - 1 (I put it all in the recipe builder thinking it would be like 2 points but its only 1!!!)
light EM w/ laughing cow light - 2

Snacks:
orange - 1
vitamuffin - 2
quaker mini delights (mint chocolate) - 2

Dinner:
Not sure -- I have chicken defrosting so something with that. Maybe on the grill? Or maybe I'll run home at lunch and throw something in the crock pot. That was my plan but I didn't get up in time to get it together this morning. I'm pitiful. Ha!

Hungry

I'm hungry. I feel like I've eaten a lot today. But my tummy is still growling. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that over the weekend I ate all the time.... and ate a LOT. Also might have something to do with the fact that TOM started today. Yippee.

That being said I'm trying to be good. Trying REALLY hard not to eat some chocolate, or anything else laying around this place. I'm sipping on a mug of hot tea. It's no chocolate, but I guess it's something. Here's my menu so far...

Breakfast:
honeybell orange (someone was on vacay in fla and brought them in SOO yummy - 1
2 low fat waffles w/ little bit of pb - 4

Lunch:
TJs pasta (I forget what it was called but came frozen and i just cooked it up last night for lunches this week -- its penne w/ a RRP sauce) - 6
Bell Pepper and tomato soup - 1

Snacks:
piece of chocolate - 1
100 cal pack - 2

That's everything I've had so far. I'm thinking I'll have another 2 point snack before leaving work today. But right now I'm trying to just drink this damn tea to fill me up. It's not working.

For dinner I'm going to stop at the store and get some fruits and veggies as I'm out! I'llprobably make my new fave, TJs pita pizza.

Then I'm hoping to do a fruit salad or something else with it. We shall see. But I've gotta keep it light since I've been eating through points like mad today!!

So after work I'm going to the gym. The a quick stop at the foodstore. Then home to make dinner and watch TBL! Woohoo! Jillian's mom comes tonight! So fun.

Who Needs Apple Pie??

Another great day is in my future! I can feel it. Yesterday I skipped the gym, but don't worry I only skipped the gym so I could go home and walk/run with the pups! I still haven't mastered a way to take both out at once (though both suggestions were great -- I'm looking into getting some sort of two-dog leash) so I took Maddie out for 25 minutes. Then I got home and Fiona was SO pumped to see me with the leash so I took her out for 7 minutes. Clearly she got the short end of the deal, but she doesn't really know that. I then made an awesome stirfry for dinner. Then got my meatloaf ready for tonight's dinner. Now I just need to cook it when I get home from work. I treated myself to home made smores for dessert as I had some points and my APs left to eat. And I didn't use ANY flex points. Yippee! So I'm still riding high off of yesterday.

It's going to be a crazy day as we have a wine and cheese tonight after work for our new board members. The wine isn't a temptation... it's the cheese, crackers and nuts that worry me. But I've already declined a McDonald's HOT apple pie. Even after a coworker tried to lure me to the kitchen to eat it. I did go to the kitchen, walked RIGHT by the mean old apple pie and fixed my breakfast. So bring it on wine and cheese.. or should I say crackers, nuts and cheese!

After the wine and cheese, I'm hoping to scoot out around 5:45 and head to the gym. Get in some strength training and elliptical time. Even if it's only 15 minutes on the elliptical (since I'm technically 'off' for my 5k training). Then home, to get the meatloaf in the oven and watch The Biggest Loser! See how great my day is going to be?

And I even got my period today, and I'm not letting that slow me down. I am armed with tons of advil for my cramps and backaches (got I love being a girl) and WILL work out. I will not let this get my off track. (Though it does explain the 40 points of chocolate and cake I ate on Saturday. Woops!)

Ok, menu for today!

Bfast:
Yo Plus van yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, fiber one - 2.5
Light Waffle - 1

Lunch:
leftover stirfry over couscous (Mmmm) - 4
live active cheese (it's ok, but not amazingly delicious) - 1
wheat thins - 2

Snacks:
100 calorie pop corn - 1
WW peanut butter bliss bar - 1
fruit leather - 1
Wine and cheese - I'll give myself 5 points

Dinner:
2 servings Meatloaf - 6
Sweet potato fries - 2

Snack:
Something for 2.5-3.5

I REALLY want to see 180-something on the scale Saturday. Even if it's 189.8 :) Though that does mean that I'll lose 1 point per day. Yikes!

The week is OVER

I think my horrible, crappy, dreadful week is FINALLY OVER!!!! Which is exciting. Because last night when I knocked a full glass of ice water on the floor I about lost it. I screamed profanities quite loudly, and poor Ar was like we have neighbors and our windows are open! And I was all I DONT CARE! Poor Ar -- I've been a monster this week. I'll have to make it up to her somehow.

BUT -- I got up this morning , weighed in and I'm down a pound!!! I'm ecstatic as I was just hoping to maintain what with my big loss last week. So another pound -- I'll take it! I'm ready for this week, and I'll be weighing in on Friday morning as I have the MS 150 this weekend. ARGH! I'm not quite ready for it... but oh well :)

I havent eaten anything yet today, but when I get home (I'm at work til 10:45) I think I'm going to have eggs and toast. A nice, hearty breakfast.

Have a good weekend!

The end is in sight!

It's finally FRIDAY! Woohoo! I'm super excited as this has been a CRAP WEEK! I'll try to keep my complaining to a minimum, but it was just one of those weeks where one thing after another just kept going wrong... and on top of it all I'm PMSing AND have a nasty cold. So I've basically been a big crank head all week.

I can't wait to just go home tonight and say goodbye to this week! I do have to come into work tomorrow for an hour to answer the phones. We have tickets going on sale for A Prairie Home Companion and people have been going nuts over it. We had a presale yesterday and I got a MILLION calls with people who were pissed because they didn't get tickets. I dont get what the fuss is about the show -- but either way I figured I'd be a good employee and come in to sooth the pissed off people. Better than coming into to 400 angry voicemails on Monday morning, right? ha!

I can say that my appetite has diminished quite a bit from my cold. So I've been eating pretty well. I have 5 flexies left for today and I'm hoping to not use any of them. I weigh in tomorrow and am just hoping to maintain. I had such a big loss last week that I know this weeks won't be huge, so I'm just hoping I dont see a gain. Eek!

I DO need to drink lots of water today as I've been slacking on that.

Ok todays menu....

Bfast:
life cereal (3)

Lunch:
crock pot chili w/ 1 tbsp light sour cream and 1/2 oz cheddar cheese (5)
2 pieces whole wheat bread (2)

Snacks:
pretzel slims w/ laughing cow light (3)
grapes (1)
apple (1)

Dinner:
chicken and veggie stir fry w/ brown rice (6)
biscuit (3)

Ok - off to drink some water! Have a good Friday everyone...

Good Ride

Just did 19.6 miles. I wish I would have checked before I got in the house or obviously I would have ridden around the block to make it an even 20! haha. Oh well -- I'll take it. Took me just over an hour and 20 minutes. So thats not the fastest ride, but I enjoyed it either way. I'm slowly starting to gear up for the MS 150. As in everytime I get on my bike I think... how the heck am I going to do that this year??? (Insert: small plea for my fundraising efforts! I'm trying to raise 1000 bucks for the ride. Sooooo click here and empty your pockets! Teehee. THANKS! End shameless plea for money)

But yes, it looks like I'm off to a good start for another successful week! Lets just hope I can keep it up!

We have our inspection for the new house tomorrow at 9am... keep your fingers crossed that it goes ok!

Menu for today will hopefully be up later. So far I've only had Carrie Delight (toasted english muffin with peanut butter and honey) for 3 points. And considering I think I got at least 5 APs for that ride I've got some eating to do today!

[Heres the updated menu as promised]

Bfast:
Carrie Delight - 3

Lunch:
double fiber bread - 1
1.5 oz white chicken breast - 1.5
2 pieces center cut bacon - 1
mayo - 0.5
fat free chips - 2

Dinner: OLIVE GARDEN... eek
salad - 3
2 breadsticks - 4
I forget what my entre was called but it was the sausage and ravioli theyve been advertising like mad (and yes... it worked because I went just for it haha) - I only ate 1/2 but I'll still go with 15 points!

I'm going to throw in 3 points just for good measure today -- because I estimated on dinner :)

Total Points: 34
APs: 5
Flex Used: 5
Flex Left: 26


YESTERDAYs menu looks like this...

bfast:
choc chip cookie dough - 4

snack:
chocolate covered peanuts - 3

lunch:
samples at costco - 5

snack:
vita brownie - 1

dinner:
peanuts - 3
sushi - 8

snack:
choc chip cookie dough - 4

Total: 28
Flex Used: 4
Flex Left: 31

So it wasn't the healthiest but I got my period yesterday... so CLEARLY I ate tons of comfort food :)

Bring on June

Yes... May BLEW. Big time. And I even spent 4 days of it at a freakin health spa! But alas... its a new month, a new week... lots of new beginnings. I ended up with a big ole gain at the end of May, so I certainly need to step it up this month to get rid of that, and a little more if at all possible! And mini newsflash to me... bathing suit season isnt 'rapidly approaching'... its HERE!

So lets see... some goals for this month:
- ride my bike at least 3x's per week
- count points NO MATTER WHAT... even if I eat 60 points in one day, I will track :)

I think I'll leave it at that. Because I think that enough to keep my busy for a month! My challenge partners this month are: Amethyst, Maria and Natalie. So feel free to stop by and wish them luck as well! I think the 4 of us are going to do great this month!

OK... and now onto a weekend recap and the like :)

I did ok with eating this weekend, but not as good as I'd hoped. Weighed in on Sat and was up 1.2. Not bad considering that the past 2 weeks Id pretty much eaten anything I watned and didnt work out at all. I tracked points this weekend, but the food that I ate was so unhealthy. TONS of cookies. It was a rainy weekend so Ar and I did some baking and LOTS of sitting around watching TV/movies. We both had our period... not a good combination haha! But yesterday I went to the store and got lots of healthy food. A WHOLE pineapple (I'd never bought or cut one before but they were on sale so I went for it), watermelon, blue berries, strawberries, bananas, green beans, broccoli, asparagus, peppers, onions... whew! I went NUTS in the produce dept. Got home and cut up ALL the fruit and have it ready in Tupperware in the fridge to just grab and go. And I stuck to the outside isles only getting cereal, pasta and pasta sauce on the inside! I was proud of that :) And Sundays rotisserie chickens are on sale for $3.99 so thats my new fave thing to get. I got home and deboned it all and now I have TONS of chicken for stirfry, chick salad or whatever else this week. And 4 bucks? A steal!!!

Ok menu today....

bfast:
cheerios w/ 1/2 banana - 3
vitamuffin - 1

Lunch:
chick salad sammy w/ little bit of avocado on top (not sure how it will be, but i think yummy) - 4
yogurt - 1
HUGE fruit salad (see above!! im so pumped) - 2

Snack:
100 cal pack - 2

Dinner:
not 100% sure yet, I'm thinking meatloaf and some veggies and brown rice (my other new obsession)

Thats all I got for today! Happy Monday :)

Trying to Focus

I was a MESS yesterday. I think getting my period just threw me all off track. I dont even know what I ate, but some highlights are: a frosty from Wendy's, oreos (though the reduced fat ones), ice cream and LOTS of other stuff that wasnt necessarily bad for me its just the AMOUNT of food I ate. I feel gross today. And the cramps arent helping haha. But I'm not letting my food fest from yesterday screw up my whole week. I dont weigh in until Saturday so I have time to turn it around! I'm owning up to my nastiness and moving on!

In other news I got all sorts of good produce and other yummies at the food store yesterday. When I dropped my parents off at the airport my dad gave me some 'gas money' which I thought was going to be 20 bucks... but it was 100!!!! And since we are tight on our budget this month (I'm still trying to catch up from the $752 Honda bill from last month that screwed me BIG TIME) I wasnt planning on going to the food store this week and was just going to make do with what we had. But I figured with the money my dad gave me I could go and get produce!!! So I did! And I splurged BIG TIME and got 2 boxes of Vita Muffins! (they are 5 bucks each for 4 muffins, so not really something I'll every buy normally). I got the chocolate ones and the banana nut ones. They are ONE POINT and so yummy.

I'm excited for my food todays... heres my menu:

Breakfast:
strawbs - 0.5
vitamuffin - 1
tea w/ honey - 0.5

Lunch:
double fiber bread, light mayo, mustard, lite turkey, avocado and tomato sammy (YUUUUUUUUUUM) - 3.5*
light chips - 1
apple - 1

Snack:
akmak and light cream cheese - 2
100 cal pack - 2

Dinner:
Ar has to work til 9 tonight because there some Bike! Week event going on -- so its just me! [EDIT] I think I'm going to make these yummy pancakes for dinner!!! I have tons of strawberries and bananas that I'll have with them. Perfect!

* Note that theres no cheese on this sammy! This is a FIRST for me so I'm anxious to see if the tomato and avocado make up for it. Heres hoping!!!

Ok -- thats about it for today. I'm just really trying to eat 24 points ONLY for the rest of the week... and to get some APs. Focus is the key....

Not much to report today. I did alright this weekend with mom and dad in town -- but am down to about 15 flex points to last til Friday. I should be able to do it by getting lots of APs... but we'll see.

I'm heading out of work in about 15 minutes to go meet up with my parents for lunch before taking them to the airport. Then I'll be back to normal eating and planning my meals. Whew! That makes me happy.

In other not so happy news I got my period today and dont have any drugs!!! I ALWAYS have Advil in my purse but I must have finished up my stash recently and not refilled! So I'm sitting here doubling over in pain with cramps. Thats what I get for being unprepared! I just asked someone for Advil and she assumed that I had a headache and gave me Excedrin Migraine -- which would be the ultimate medicine if I had a migraine! But I have cramps! I felt badly being like oh no I dont want that -- so I just put it in my drawer for someday when I DO have a headache. haha.

With that I'll leave you with a funny picture of me showing off my 'start' for the 5k this past weekend (and thats tea not coffee in hand -- not to worry!)

Back to the Plan

I thought I was doing so well all weekend at my parents house... and I came home to a gain. Technically I dont weigh in until Saturday so there is still a bit of time to do some damage control, but I was still bummed. I did get my period today though -- so perhaps some of it is bloating? And not all of the chocolate I ate over Easter? heehee.

Other than the flour less chocolate cake that I had for breakfast (someone at work made it and brought it in -- HEAVEN) I am back on track today. And I dare say I've gotten in a bunch of veggies as I had veggie soup and a salad for lunch. Go me!

One thing I really want to work on the rest of this month (other than my previously set goals) is to get back to exercising regularly. I cant remember the last time I put on a sports bra... and thats just not ok! So tomorrow the weather is supposed to be warmer (windy, but in the low 70s), so I'm going to bring stuff to work and do a little walk/run around the lake after work. Then head to the Y to meet up with a friend for a yoga class. I just need to get my body moving again. I feel so much better when I'm working out on a regular basis.

And there's talk of possibly doing a 5k (I'll most likely just walk it though) in the beginning of May. Two of my friends are doing it, and my parents will be in town that weekend so I've emailed my mom to see if shes interested in doing it. If she is then I'll sign us both up. And if she isnt, then I'll just look for one later in the summer to do.

A quick shout out to the A-Team (Carrie, Michelle and Robyn) who have been awesome team mates this month! Go say hi and cheer them on :)

Oh -- and heres my menu so far for today. Not sure what else I'll be having with my faux grilled cheese and light chips for dinner. I have ceramics tonight and will not come home and have a late night eating fest like last week. I figure if need be I'll have some strawberries with cool whip or something like that -- as eating dinner at 5 and not again until 8am will be a bit rough. So I'm going to allow a healthy snack :)

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(from SparkPeople)

Weigh In

Well... I was up AGAIN this week. Only a small gain: 0.4 pounds. But still. Thats two weeks in a row that I had a teeny tiny gain. If I keep it up it will all add up eventually. I figure between having my period and the Ben and Jerrys I had for dessert last night didnt help (though I did get a 'low-fat' smoothie). Though I did do well at dinner. Ar and I passed on the spinach and artichoke dip and I just got my salad and put my own fat free dressing on it. It was HEAVEN!

Anyway, I'm bummed about my gain but am trying not to let it get me down. I've started today off well -- went to Aveda and got my hair cut and highlighted. It does look adorable if I do say so myself. I will most likely not work out today as my hair is looking adorable and I dont feel like ruining it. But I will try to get on the bike or to the gym tomorrow.

In other news it looks like I'll be signing up for the Philadelphia/New Jersey City to Shore MS 150 which is in September. I didnt do it last year but did it the 2 years prior to that and I think our team is going to try to reunite again this year for a good showing! So I need to get my butt in gear and start training so I'm not the slowest one on the team again!

Starting Thursday of this week is our membership drive at work. Which means that we have breakfast, lunch and dinner donated everyday starting Thursday and going through the following Thursday. Here are just a few of the places donating food: Shoney's, Burger King, Smokey Bones, Breuggers Bagels, Boardwalk Billys (home of the hamburger that made me sick haha), Gourmet Burgers, Panera, Dunkin Donuts... the list goes on and on. Its a rough week and I'll be working like mad (6:30am-5:30pm Mon-Fri and then probably 10 hours over the weekend) so it is quite nice that we have food available. But it's NOT diet friendly at all. Not to mention all the snacks that are out for the volunteers constantly. So I dont know what to do. Do I just say I'm above all that and pack my lunch everyday? Do I pack healthy snacks and try to just have a little bit of the free food? HELP! I'm stressing about it already. Also doesnt help that I'm in charge of picking up breakfast and lunch everyday... ugh ugh ugh.

Oh well. From now til Thursday I wont have too many obsticals so its time to be and angel and get back on track! Heres hoping...

So far all I've eaten today is a light english muffin with an egg, 2 slices of center cut bacon and .5 oz of cheese on it. Yum!

Weigh In and Stuff

I didnt get a chance to post yesterday as it was a bit crazy (and by crazy I just mean I was kind of feeling lazy haha). I was up. No shocker there. But I was only up 1.2 pounds. I think I can deal with that. And this morning I got my period. Which is kind of nice as I wasn't the normal super bitch the week before! But it DOES explain the cupcakes, cookies and chocolate. So I at least feel a tiny bit better about everything. Generally I know I'm PMSing and I'm conscious that I'm eating like crap because of it. But this time it kind of snuck up on me.

So hopefully I'll be able to get it together this week. Tracking points. Working out. And actually eating MEALS... not just whatever snack is out at the time :)

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Ohhhhh and my old picture gallery is gone and has been replaced with a nifty flickr button! Which I'm secretly all pumped about heehee.

On the sick girl front, Arleigh seems to be feeling a bit better. We sort of diagnosed her with mono. I had it in college and seems like she has lots of the symptoms... and she's been tired and run down for about a month so we think it just all caught up with her. So we're going with it :) But of course none of us are Drs. and there was no blood test involved... but it makes us feel better to have a diagnosis. But thank you for all the well wishes! And hopefully since I've had mono before I wont get it! This way everyone wins.

Righ on Point!

I can't believe the January Challenge is almost over! But not to worry... this just means that there's a new challenge right around the corner. I believe that Michelle is accepting new people... so if you're lurking out there and wanna get in on the fun DO IT! It's been a great motivation throughout January and it's also been wonderful getting to know all the other challengers.

My goals for Feb have been submitted... but I'll keep the hush hush til Feb 1. Just trying to build a little suspense. haha.

I havent been to the gym in a few days... but I have been painting - so I feel like that has to count for something! The living room and bedroom are now both finished. And I'm hoping to get the whole kitchen done tonight! And as soon as I finish and get the apartment back to looking clean (furniture has been moved around and in the process my clean apt from Saturday has diminished a bit) I'll take pictures so you can see. I'm mad that I didnt think to take before pictures, but oh well!

Yesterday I did great with my points. I stayed right in my limit. And I wasnt hungry at all! I'm hoping to do the same again today. So far... so good! And my cramps are finally gone... WOOHOO! Just a few more days and I'll be totally human again (because I'm sure you guys have all been dying to know all of that heehee).

I have been slacking on water the past few days. So I'm going to guzzle some big time today! I stepped on the scale this morning and saw that I was up .5. Hopefully most of that is bloating which should be gone by Saturday. And hopefully getting back to drinking tons of water the next few days should help. Keep your fingers crossed.

Weigh In

I'm up... but thats no big surprise. Have you read my blog at all this week? haha. But I'm getting back on track right now. I think I killed the sweet tooth (and salty tooth and fast food tooth) this week. Whew! The end result is up 1 lb. Honestly, I thought it would be more, so I was a bit surprised :)

I'm ready to have a successful week!

Today I'll be cleaning the apartment from top to bottom, hitting up the gym, and maybe even painting our bedroom (right after I clean it from top to bottom.. only to dirty it up again).

Someone (totegirl maybe?) asked for the Mexican Soup recipe I made yesterday. It's posted below. I really enjoyed it. YUM!

Other than that... drink lots of water this weekend. Eat lots of fruits and veggies and go get some APs :)

(I swear I'm like a changed woman this morning... and I'm STILL PMSing... crazy I tell you)

Watch out!

It's official... I'm PMSing. I'm crabby, craving crappy food, my face has broken out, my lower back is killing me and I woke up with a killer headache today. Oh how I love being a girl. All I know is that it all better be worth it some day when I have kids!

Last night I caved and made oatmeal butterscotch/choc chip bars. And I ate 1.. ok 2. I get all nesty and like have to bake when I'm PMSing. I know, bizarre. I'm thinking whatever is left on Monday I'll bring in to work. Or let Ar bring them to work on Sunday.

I cant get back on track. I cant stop myself. The PMS has just taken over my body completely!! But I'm trying my darndest to get back on track today. I know I'll see a gain this week, and thats ok. I just hope its not more than 2 pounds. And if I start back on track today then by my next weigh in I should be down again!

Breakfast:
smoothie - 3
dry life cereal - 2

Lunch:
didnt pack it, but something good, either grilled chicken and rice from sushi 101 or soup and baguette from panera - 7ish

Snacks:
pretzels - 2
100 cal pack - 2
strawberries - 0

Dinner:
Mexican Soup (in the crockpot right now... love it!) - 4
Cheese - 1
Crackers - 2

Exercise:
Spinning: 5

Please let me just get my period and move on with my life!!!!!!!!!!