Day 172 (Saturday 4/25)

<p>Happy Saturday everyone! Unfortunately it isn’t as bright and sunny here as it has been the past few days. It is actually pretty cold, windy, and rainy. Perfect day to stay in and get stuff done in the house!</p><p>I was hoping to sleep in a bit today because DH didn’t schedule himself until 10am, but Abby (my lil pup) had other ideas. She was hopping around and pawing on the bed at 6:40am. Oh well! I guess I have more time to get stuff done! I got up and let her out and I think that made her one happy little puppy. Lucky for her though she can crawl right back into bed and fall back asleep, for some reason I just can’t do that!</p><p>I cleaned a little around the house and got some laundry going. DH headed off for work and I bundled up and headed outside for a <strong>run</strong>. Boy oh boy was that hard today. Running against the cold wind, the cramp that would not leave me right side alone…but I pressed on. I did stop for a few more <strong>walk</strong> breaks than normal. I ended up going for about <strong>30 minutes</strong> total. When I got home I ended my workout with <strong>10 minutes</strong> of <strong>abs</strong> and <strong>lunges</strong>. </p><p>I noticed this morning that I never did a re-cap of my March goals and didn’t post my April goals. Now I know you are thinking that there is only 1 week of April left…but hey I still need to work towards something right?!?!</p><p align="center"><strong>March Goals</strong></p><p align="left"><strong>1. No cool whip for Lent</strong> – <em>ACCOMPLISHED</em> - <em>I didn’t have ANY cool whip during the month of March!</em></p><p align="left"><strong>2. Eat smart/sensible (don’t go overboard) while on vacation 3/18-3/25</strong> – <em>ACCOMPLISHED - I am happy with how I ate…lost 3.2lbs while I was gone!</em></p><p align="left"><strong>3. Workout 6 days/week</strong> – <em>ACCOMPLISHED - I worked out 27/31 days of March which averages out to 6 days/week!</em></p><p align="left"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">4. 158 lbs by 3/31/09</span></strong> – <em>Didn’t hit this goal, in fact today is April 25th and I still haven’t hit it. Hoping to very soon tho!</em></p><p align="center"><strong>April Goals</strong></p><p align="left"><strong>1. Continue no Cool Whip during Lent </strong></p><p align="left"><strong>2. Try 2 new WW friendly recipes</strong></p><p align="left"><strong>3. Workout 5 days/week</strong></p><p align="left"><strong>4. 158 lbs by 4/30/09</strong></p><p align="left">Yep you read that right I have not lost any weight this month…in fact I don’t think the scale has went down since I went to Florida in March. I am ok with that though. I have been maintaining. I would really like to maintain closer to 155 though. This morning the scale said 161.5. I would really like to be 160 (or less!) at ww on Tuesday, but we’ll see what happens. I am trying not to worry about the number so much but more how I feel. And right now I feel pretty dang good! :)</p><p align="left">Sorry for that little detour off my day! :)</p><p align="left">After my run I cleaned up a bit and ran some errands. I gave myself a time constraint to make it home by noon, but I think I gave myself too little time and too many things to do. And it is also IMPOSSIBLE to go to Target in my town without seeing someone I know! So I ran to the bank, post office, tanned, picked up a few things at Target (chatted with some friends! ;) ), and filled my vehicle up with gas…I was hoping to do all this in 45 minutes…but it was more like 1 hour and ten minutes! It’s ok tho!</p><p align="left">I rushed home and turned on the oven right away. Today is DH’s boss’ birthday and DH wanted me to bake some cookies to take in to them at work today. Now at first I thought “no problem”, but then I was like “oh crap”…"i love cookie dough!” But I am proud to say that I was STRONG and didn’t eat ANY cookie dough at all!! Well…back up a minute, actually when I was done I got a bit on my finger from the bowl so I went ahead and licked it like the “old Darci” would have done and before I could swallow I was “What am I doing?" and I spit it out!!! :) So pretty much I didn’t eat any cookie dough…unless there was some that absorbed in my mouth for those few seconds it took me to realize it wasn’t worth eating it! Here is a picture of my cookies…how mean am I?!?!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqzUOuXenYstelBs3_pcM8tJ0wOsJWEGKWWOsdjYNWx7dFpmwrR9ibydGPOJdH3UxSyPkw5pgkodOFbdnZSZYCEkfPI2TV7glMm0ZbUEBIjZa-vHlCZ5f32P1iEAf44ZjGSjqzCXjhwi6/s1600-h/DSC02322%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02322" border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUa9DeGozvGEO45jHpAEwADOkj_Wl3oYNtgL1QorWGlm3H-EimWsHVvxBK36DuDa7vx8NgDY_jwCX8bBI0iw1NML7Asg5Ybfg50U5gLUCKWMPauxhTEhMyzCLJYSwPyASKd5g9rEP04m5B/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02322" width="435" /></a></p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">While the cookies were baking I made <strong>banana</strong> <strong>pancakes</strong> again! This time though I took Cammy’s idea and had some <strong>chocolate PB2</strong> on them!! Wow…I think these are going to be my new weekend treat!! My brunch was a total of <strong>7 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYSZpRbcqRCbfOxcwGbm0kQt8v2-x8lBsE3Z3e2pkrqxK5NJHr8X_qTQE-kksqPL1kTCAwTXiE4u3VqeQoSuhZMKRW0Tbd2dNaviViRBpWTE1-8Q1frFL3nqwsWNWjo2AUoa76yd8g1wL/s1600-h/DSC02320%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02320" border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAt3s7XGQ36syvL4w9a0i6oRGWqJUjq2FF6Py7TAWbbn4PFyV-Nvg7MFA3fRlzZ3SlPPT2ImGk2XZuCWFtaBXGWXL28MUFv8mIo_l_6cdOYN4DNH7-G43GgNL3pgzHELeq9TfKYbO7H5wN/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02320" width="429" /></a><br />After I delivered the cookies to DH’s boss’ house I RUSHED home, showered, and we left for a Des Moines (about 1.5 hrs away) for a Iowa Barnstormer game. It is arena football. It’s indoor and the field is only 50 yards long. DH’s cousin plays for them. We got season tickets this year! </p><p>But before the game we did a little shopping. First off we stopped off at Hy-Vee (grocery store) to use the free coupons the great folks over at Stoneyfield Farms sent me. The Hy-Vee in my town didn’t carry the Oikos. :( Can’t wait to try them!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aalsTJlkyBBBzy0EICgUaj32qcb6uNB6gRtTjrSpVN-auqyz0s_l_wPgjaMXOKpoKGzx2gMepMKyJoSHbyJT0R1ExyO8d4PSXDI3B1hSqSqanirTX3MsrvNYUAI7oBZgw8UckWXv4o4a/s1600-h/DSC02323%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02323" border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT3gn_NwHv-3kTHAR-Ryalqu2qWOiApAUCJK1sIviOAAOzYDRjJQrEiUo-EaK862T7Ou27zQIgQk6FuSl0fXdPrnYP4wrwTSGmH1V1eBUD3g9iMcXNWrO-CIVnGqfLCkeM4347unvW3vr/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02323" width="417" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Then we hit up Sam’s Club. Forgot to take a picture, but we stocked up on Fiber One bars, Honey Nut Cheerios, strawberries, protein powder, string cheese, and razor blades. Odd combo huh?!?!?</p><p>Then we stopped at Cheddars for supper. We LOVE this restaurant. It’s pretty casual, but oh so good! :) We started out with the <strong>1/2 size of onion rings</strong> (i had 3), then I got the <strong>chicken</strong> <strong>tender</strong> <strong>wrapper</strong> with <strong>corn</strong>. They actually brought it to me with fries…I was tempted to just eat them ‘cause I don’t like to complain about food, but I figured this time it would be ok! I am estimating my total <strong>points</strong> around <strong>15</strong>. Do you think that sounds right? Oh I only had two out of the 4 wraps. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNa6vztM38tHmXcm50a1m-mWNA1hAUdzHUYZz3TZVzO1GY8uUvphOxzFoPzFUquwy_FzxCX67faBlBNEhfJTsydKLHTqNpYYo6hdXcwIHORcTTsJSaKRDJ-vnc22CCF4_MBKjdhRXwFliv/s1600-h/DSC02324%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02324" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXrFXf_csSw1q25SoJQ3zgsE1G264dQM6W875lPg0x4wxAplhRP_XeLJjaKWDddlQw3oQuGhDQuYUc5HiBe7biDglED5hWqZutY5x7Vb816II9g-cv6l7YEsy6DCKSO7wJ04TyVKJ2ViZ/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02324" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ngahHQD-Hpobv2OkQLXDrxcOhGEod9dg72U9pJPzH3IEP9CeeFJoeFpxlcwebtFzldCMdgl6LDPL2F7PzjnrztqBqbW0A7YhisPONuKivz3CLBSuag7jj8Xi05mDeX0AcRMI0U4XpOia/s1600-h/DSC02325%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02325" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRn7pdBZLYSUbfKrqnx_Zd5vVKGOHN7drVROMY4z4QghyDQxnqg8gzgP1ylIaI9J1j6RCyIFE2qVoaRCJC0eDkhLJx8Pkh3WdPOrOPj-wOfEk0fNbsQIyLgmYJbHtLQEjLDknbuV2Mlgi/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02325" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uAXgcmLeFh3LfLr6NGUaBzdSHPdVCVbeUWy7pxBvbsPftdX13KhMMJjpOAuAuNSacKPUG9wDcFC4KvaomkWwQcxwMd0xHEYeCJKF7ZGlAmk4zx1pvSxd6Xi_IlHdyxZKKMBns2D-hkn4/s1600-h/DSC02326%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02326" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTnn2yWka_Xpwu9UccEcF6EBDEGYLAvrC495DD5HuUlV89ta67to-b4Dg60KJ5GlEyLb0hGPc809e6kAWzG0XI2TTmLoT_iwXxg4iZh8pl5z9VjGfZJojFMpn0T4N-pwcbOn0uvLDdzRt/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02326" width="244" /></a></p><p> </p><p>The game was fun, but we didn’t play very well at all. And ending up losing by 2 when the other team scored a field goal at the last second. :( DH & I both had a <strong>fiber one bar</strong> on the car ride home for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI91ME-85ojCDog2Ucx7SOC_u7o_tsZL9If9RmPtPIeffTArABuXExMh_jN0ezNFtrt7N1s3-AE09Cp3TfTuxr5n7gvit1Djap_CbfmEJe-GSTYnKFdOwf1CLh0mI3cKJ4wxn0JOcx4sE/s1600-h/DSC02332%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02332" border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwT4qFqdielchp_Jy8AbN-4OXCeMdppnAHqy3Z_DaQNt39716yFPBYDDwsUpC9OaakjZEYO7iI1Mm6klRaZps5Yxkdmp8z3ugXDRfC3-Od4wnNnqNfIrXXrBVeUKcZwkfx5-4bJravCC4/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" title="DSC02332" width="422" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hope everyone enjoyed the first half of the weekend! I’m off to take my Sunday afternoon nap!</p><p><strong>SATURDAY’S STATS</strong></p><p>POINTS = 24/23</p><p>WATER = 84 oz</p><p>EXERCISE = 30 min run, 10 min abs & lunges</p>

Day 172 (Saturday 4/25)

Happy Saturday everyone! Unfortunately it isn’t as bright and sunny here as it has been the past few days. It is actually pretty cold, windy...

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