An OP Weekend on the Move!

<p>Happy “spring ahead” Sunday! Hope everyone remembered to “spring ahead” last night!</p> <p>Here is a recap of my last three days!</p> <p align="center"><strong><u>FRIDAY</u></strong></p> <p>Friday morning I did not go to the gym and I planned that because I wanted to get to work early because I knew I would be leaving early. </p> <p>I sliced up a <strong>cantaloupe</strong> for breakfast. Only <strong>1 point</strong>, but very filling. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0u8MkMB-9Gogrf4IfJzJaKh_Nj81QdkkNX6hMA6bNsxMiSNnEeBSCdqyewkpYOBTxHXM3qDAIF37F9vfvLLT0luLsbvS18cdWioZG1fDAXafW4cEFwfHVxEVGQdyllZowAPTEpDG33Lg/s1600-h/DSC06353%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06353" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK9Q1K19VWc5H3NGSINltRk5YO_cFHdcTkl213u3JLrvpaYDRl2LfePTL-flFKE4RrSbFGvAGbcpfzQS6JWb-a3e110PcJtwFmFAiYio7NFkjg3y7jP3tmguGGhoMKP6UXlvLoMXj_GS-/?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="DSC06353" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>Since I had a light breakfast, I had my morning snack earlier than normal. It was the usual combo of<strong> ww vanilla yogurt</strong>, <strong>1 c strawberries</strong>, and <strong>1/4 c grape nuts</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmh0POZm0kHer8oQLxVrNPPIRVRFExL7UFw-h5k2xBiCoJp5NhcUL4V_Xzk_qMfnKHnlcUKmImSBhWTazu8diaeQkbFrEvYrZadFPVHrPFFN4CN8ZrAuIPBEzSTmKNd1rt5TvjhziQXU4/s1600-h/DSC06354%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06354" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIIrxAjuHSu-n60xw2fqfVVQQHkOQ5QxXJUeZCsQxmOnEDOdqcLVCf6_C6YaSbd5BVuJdk-aTMkRLDo2aJ2LZBfsn2KaItk-ZPo7Jz6nOLZ9iL0l6E424BBrxLi_ogRA08t0GCrNJJXO-/?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="DSC06354" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>Lunch was quick & at my desk since I left work early. I had a <strong>turkey & cheese sandwich </strong>for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsOKetlZLcX_zOcrl1O9MyPDN1me4W_gDKmyWcQyURCh0HgKlOkxMNSw0z2CmOCfnrFifwKchWOta9ZuLRcpC3YHnvUqZBlohns7Hr4CELdtgKj8IX-jFuHk3b8KpPlGQZBJhLMHNioYd/s1600-h/DSC06355%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06355" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsQof25DcJQz9SuOUt3W_P5M-gJ8i-nzeSt_A9nEfpbslQkLJDdy4-R720iXERK5wlGjUl0dnJ3zZ7QwVAf8Tb8j09pmfLr2DHnvZga15Yh7Kf6HyEn2Kf2jxiA7cdSncZxBIWL8Lmla4/?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="DSC06355" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>And I also had some <strong>cantaloupe</strong> with <strong>1/2c cottage cheese</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3bjTMXj-8C0djEMXe07TL6WG93AZPxqkBRQoKlckvne5jPd3x1Pvtlv_Lm54mmfxqjTYdSVMGzB78pdxs9Xd8fF8id8NAc9vYe2tLOEDRp8AybBOJOa9d6WkU3U2wywPCksOHXulhMfC/s1600-h/DSC06356%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06356" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2re4ukinJC0nqWrkadzc1y77lqiF5os47qZwu2fKxbqTcBQ4Pudi0JVyxhmdGuLykrXDfiT-NMafAiopeXz-F0UtVmpJmc0vwgwtaAPpCmFqjQSwunSe6QqIwYxM_8UmUZTQQGF-slGvt/?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="DSC06356" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I left work around 3pm and headed to meet my Dad. I rode with him to my sister’s in Omaha. If you missed my Thursday post, I went there to help her and her husband move to their new house!</p> <p>On the way I had a <strong>fiber plus bar</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZznxYBo9DxH-0Cmtv-ynfgPfdYMLrJPS8ISu4iLtvWMrmrH3gbTTTgdZu6yXhA8o-YeWBrBUi7kHy7sXEv5ONX6fr0XXwjRMR4TQC5fadTxbhyphenhyphenAvf-CtH1RxviCE6-_5NeJgHhdGlxPpJ/s1600-h/DSC06358%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06358" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGhLSZCCV78wcrmEHoJodo_wNe4LVjUvYRPUKrIzZOsGHmHE25RfE5S4UJgdoIuKmU3R3DTsuF6a1C7J3pR_btFkazg6ddfd8UJ2VUMfqiFHdviFKRposWrGXjA1tQx2Hm8AV6OJBJ_PU/?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="DSC06358" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>We made it there and met up with my sister & her husband at their new house and then headed back downtown to their loft to get some supper. </p> <p>One perk of living in the city is that you have a restaurant in your building! ;) So we ate at Barley’s, the restaurant on the main floor of the building they lived in. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj8YeZ0o9yfudEm-VEFpZVQxOauGT0CcmzwF1TkTzNhAHuknIOGN3fExgDYpf-t1BUoRNo8yYdWwZHMt08Lregri7Wm8jw6iJDqojupNoydu20xExwMl4hAGux-RbJqfON9g7Dex5tJgv/s1600-h/DSC06361%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06361" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxRPKMdc3I3RqaAnWErkLCI0rZuTTDzvGzKHwJZli57CywDydy3sSm4CTdzDaOTGgjLkD0mJC1QqML2As8WEkayllCBmRf4ihySiUGBshvZY-NzPvnA7Oe68UAbv2C7JZ4SQtdMH7acHq/?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="DSC06361" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>They ordered homemade chips, salsa, and dip. To know how much of a portion I ate, I took<strong> 3 chips</strong> & a scoop of <strong>salsa</strong> and put them on my plate and enjoyed them slowly. I am going to count them for <strong>1 point</strong>.  The homemade chips were SO good, light & crisp!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcu4EfwYdUYfiq9ie5YecwoUw9arSUuHoM2wH_vjUuzgWZcXtiTDlKPwurJcmDKvszgZg6fB0XW6-MDF1Q2Muh8ro1eP6INM77TZZEfAsLn2JiUgyRDSbBeuBm4E828OvCjOWCKpUWR6O/s1600-h/DSC06362%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06362" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQA1UjD14DBZybA2U70a2VIUKsP0CVBPwQ2xReuiC4Fkl4vOVZ52ktanvbOZly-0jsQzalEaw296F4Wl6JGLvkNWuBUIlpVXpx2iJpCz27JaCivS44BG_YXpxCwM7W9CcFRGPfk1FqtsJq/?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="DSC06362" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>This is what I ordered:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwIYWkIQ0dLtjkuVcLb6SndYG0PSMsxfpVSfCH321DQ4shVE6apiRy61sQmtuB_SsiSC6ZThj5ZtpuuQJyaW-ovr4AwdZ7paovJq6XhZ3WXrpB3aFYy7-7bhcwFSoRa1WtKRc7tB1mSXE/s1600-h/DSC06367%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06367" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEy2SxR6V1pF7IqVgCcXFUrE32LQweThO_SlBB65_kI8KO1wxf7oL6B7-fDUzymWvgYQ3UtmE3IITatxzKP_Pm9GoDHcBribZs3K_6gc-9sjZJIs_MalgxQQ6DulKkuvEH-UGwh5slJyL/?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="DSC06367" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Here is my plate…<strong><u>before</u></strong>:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum36ATvvoyVcm271tTebBFnH4FCAV96bd3D1n2rQM0v2tuV4VQ3yhWVOScAYF9QUW3wK9LS4X-qRJ7QG7Uwr790U_77QNWJxGV2t_5uWXvpfZrpw8__3bDmjd1uX0-KF9xgHOwO1dh04R/s1600-h/DSC06364%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06364" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzla65xYSA2r57UNTYzwm8QSkzn5xaEmQ427svILO4j5-R85XC3AUBatlkEyZkMv1YXlyBcZ0wgBf1AAUa135LyVLQPLmw1-gbkKlfaOpA_yw3vAiCYOURaExvCrAueHc7ZHiAesZG8MgN/?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="DSC06364" width="404" /></a>  </p> <p>And <strong><u>after</u></strong>! I ate about <strong>2/3</strong> of the <strong>chicken</strong>, the<strong> steamed veggies</strong>, a few bites of <strong>cottage cheese</strong>, and about <strong>2/3</strong> of the <strong>rice</strong> as well. I am going to estimate high that I ate <strong>8 points</strong> worth. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYIk2ZPwUtxNqLHviDsTJ2HCDRJSFOl3ITEKJ0iFecEiKBxkhnMtWOq7LLWpKFMAeY9g9M5gAQ1oZR61soVjNUQRkV8J2q6arkG72bzz8ED2EknhkrFYTNeyLmaur9HrcmdoAfwnF98CX/s1600-h/DSC06366%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06366" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hUfXf3WqkymBE7g83cfrodxNi0mBnSvR5GHtkQ1C4zmr_R76h4LRZmJ2_4AwITT3S7wi8qYmBJj6AuyDSmGpTf4EOeB2ls_GamEDso6HqXO8zGEuRfR7EvsVitwN3tCTLv-zpOWiFu3I/?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="DSC06366" width="404" /></a>    </p> <p>After supper my other sister, BIL, and my Mom also arrived. We enjoyed our evening together! Family time is always good!</p> <p><strong>FRIDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 20/23 <br />WATER =  104 oz <br />EXERCISE = none</p> <p><u><font color="#c94093"></font></u></p> <p align="center"><strong><u>SATURDAY</u></strong></p> <p align="left">We got up fairly early and got right to work packing up a few last things of my sister’s. She made sausage & egg burritos for everyone else. I decided to make my own breakfast:<strong> 3 egg whites</strong>, <strong>1/8 c 2% cheese</strong>, <strong>salsa</strong>, sliced <strong>apple</strong>, and a slice of <strong>ww toast</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtftJGe8G6AH8JLa3SD-W0cKJEKZ1wZiw2RxoxzZ6ELWArBU6uHFChCezDfqSPNsyVJZD6Pt69M4YOPQESxmD2St3lcXPPZkhwNcvRElsVnVKgjktbAHN4C48vLw3pTSxQvwiktETSqJhk/s1600-h/DSC06370%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06370" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPV4s2x_GeMU7jgKnmDRsk1M9yLhJXlPpyEJeOjgpDEMgxE4nHsKZAkumYW-l8a2NcIsqw9-AvW7We0t6BKuH9aS127cAPG5Wci8aOF3AnWDb9onPOESf1NB4bdJBYiVv8R6woIPtdpNPE/?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="DSC06370" width="404" /></a>         </p> <p align="left">Once breakfast settled everyone got right to work loading the trailer. They lived on the 3rd floor of their building, so there were lots of trips up & down the elevator! They had a total of <em>10 people</em> to help and it went <strong><u>GREAT</u></strong>!</p> <p align="left">It took 2 loads to get all off their stuff to their new house. Once we got it all un loaded at their new house my sister & I went to get lunch. Thankfully she chose Subway!</p> <p align="left">I had <strong>1/4</strong> of a <strong>foot long turkey & ham</strong>, <strong>12 sunchips</strong>, a few baby<strong> dill pickles</strong>, and<strong> 1 c grapes</strong> for a total of<strong> 7 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33IhhyphenhyphenYER7zl31SAw2MEERWpEpQIKvNffvBnJdM-IT0TarQfpwSoWaS7YrcBZ9V3BgynH0y1atoR4A4cdtOTx5lvnQbktJSU6MLRTEW2ZTRiwoTuVkaDSxDsIUCSfMYl9ponzhY7s0LlU/s1600-h/DSC06379%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06379" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_0ClrJDqQ6jnmUPvfh6338WQbk3aOOxm3s5P52h41ae4DIweHeSpiNcDaZjht-rIwreEpoBIKxRDC9_mgQyD8DVi6-PDwXvd20MwALzNXbtxImiaBkAkM_dYMxosbTBGYHY20oOhb8Be/?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="DSC06379" width="404" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirON9rTDKpRgMiVoqv5tohgXcUlAmMl-XppQgSr4dI_rLZI-mPGsMWaQ3doTvs7RCQYypFjnLmniUu4hZzWrizt1P22dbdMLa7bCpXc9tSldUBaGzjPBHOZ9Z5GWLHLzR1vA4E8mahUQwr/s1600-h/DSC06380%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06380" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1WFKxeICinuhEYkic-a4-UgW53QJLkQEOww6WfSPOWM1eQokxGStPZMbxdKTcA05xIvrbChg3wqT_XhjHY_GZQX8JFV2czZFHHTJF2Se1d5U1KaUaQT4t_U02-U0XDopdKVFZS15Uasm/?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="DSC06380" width="404" /></a> </p> <p align="left">And I couldn’t resist desert, a slice of a <strong>rice krispie log</strong>! They are pretty much my family’s specialty! I am estimating it as <strong>4 points</strong>. I am sure that is high, but I would way rather estimate high than low! I need to sit down & figure the points sometime, these are always at my family gatherings!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaV_SiOPPPf3y_qxjs_n6mggt7DVgchGSfp125YBToKvWO7z6D_Ny6sE6C5e94F1J3q5t_x5E3G_S2eWqChEiboxnvfEq7aRf2ps9x8SWzd_6EzyJDrlWI6LEkl5wEQbNw9_ZJYE6yi5zz/s1600-h/DSC06381%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06381" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zWqqcqA4ntB1lxSnqfuQgCAKEBpkzkwip3-zQxqMcv6JfoXcTdScbc9KEzh39_aZG64FSOySeQYXLEOBXGOaCIYLTHBZBRWIv69qVMZIJphbrhLOUr0PjTULLXf2jY5XA9EtRxv1Q-Nn/?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="DSC06381" width="404" /></a></p> <p align="left">We got a few of their things un packed and then hit the road. The trailer my Dad & I pulled didn’t have working lights, so we didn’t want to be traveling the entire way in the dark. </p> <p align="left">I can’t wait to come back to my sister’s house and help her pick out decorating ideas! Oh and I forgot to mention the best part…their house is on a <strong><u><em>lake</em></u></strong>!!!</p> <p align="left">On the way home I snacked on a serving of the <strong>100 calorie girl scout cookies</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkIHN47VPpeBnDCMHdmplOIKl1JNGGPpkZG5zipLT9Rk359R_6VcDikGYSrDw_kfpR6IboKqHULSLB5JlFKGo69DSMHBRcsIxSX1chR_6CK8uPu8f6F7TYHuiqeKBiOBuhqQCCcdPjipW/s1600-h/DSC06389%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06389" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3dhwGu8sDN7p4a8xWJ5tk0tE4bvZzAIxPJnqrWCJsPs5EP2DRd1jXse9rAZMZ3j2ebbKZc0DYUvfw8jyBXrdiOoQpiL8OMY5zStuzkYToaSPtx0USY8UmV25iPs_Uvg3QoBCHRqRgK2s/?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="DSC06389" width="404" /></a></p> <p align="left">When I got home I had a <strong>peanut butter fiber one bar</strong> and a few <strong>animal crackers</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. </p> <p align="left">When I got back to town I showered up and Kyle got home and we met up with some friends for a quick beer. I had a <strong>Budweiser Select 55</strong> for <strong>1 point</strong>. And then I realized how incredibly tired I was and we called it a night early at 11pm…which was really midnight! ;)</p> <p align="left">When we got home I realized I really didn’t eat supper, I ate a few <strong>random leftovers</strong> in the fridge and I’m going to estimate I had about<strong> 3 points</strong> worth! </p> <p><strong>SATURDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 25/23 <br />WATER =  104 oz <br />EXERCISE = 4 hours of packing, boxing, & lifting!</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><strong><u>SUNDAY</u></strong></p> <p>Even though we had a little bit of a late night Kyle and I still got up for church. Aferwards we went out with Kyle’s family for his twin brother & sister’s 23rd birthday!</p> <p>We went to a local brunch buffet and I SO proud to report the following pictures of what I ate!</p> <p>My first plate was loaded with <strong>fresh fruit</strong>. I am counting this for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbl0TQfn9wuXxzyy61-fejiJDFSVsJv6tnBzNdVXJmLvuvfNO-NDN3ZO8dPF5jJs2H3yAjaBwc51oYShdzjgyGfNFgmzem2t2dERQoQszuDab3hVg6-24YKq3ukvXEu4EsU0FNv6dQ07Z/s1600-h/DSC06390%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06390" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuGsYx_o2kI0tP_78n9jk8Szbl5NnLJSVDC4gI-MgkRcT0tuAnIzEEz6QmRoaVZqo4yeSPUT38agdD4FAFvevS7b7C_2NrPGIk_Bg-CY2H8ntw0qTQwE3EG0Ee1vACSyBHCOR74I9J8XR/?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="DSC06390" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>The buffet had an omelet & waffle station, I asked if I could get an omelet with only egg whites & they were<strong><u> more than willing</u></strong> to accommodate my request! </p> <p>I am counting my <strong>eggs</strong> with <strong>salsa</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7KX3aX4DLxlCZacB68ALIihj_u03M_08vl7Lhgj6HZVBTvXjK8oRK-bs36fP-SWijCc3LrFFYXBd9oc7_cHDP6i4RYBlfTTI1nXeWNRLAxEmroZVhr8UJ-ki3p9rRmupu6Wa6ILOvYpk/s1600-h/DSC06391%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06391" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAM7RTH7ipcUwc1Luqoedn6pS20F88keLOW7oXqGKIVkiftEOpQ27CrPG0E7u5klPA9ncBC4qIBM5IbFXqVbcXu3SnufvvCXF1bUsn31yYtFh22ulVvVsjotO7x8pZBozHc293jPdf2uq/?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="DSC06391" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I ended with a <strong>1/2c vanilla ice cream</strong> with <strong>strawberries</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>…mmmm!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlECJpVP1kyNCTH3ZrgMr77fN4cntmHECu-Ju6IRPwH8_q1fW_ApL07mzsj8nP0JlaaX8UOBkVOcff7yhdAIKbD1VTRebLr-N8OB3JPRKWcbOy-rHVT36rtiQNKArSXfY09wHCb1oahU0V/s1600-h/DSC06392%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06392" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJC2hO6mpOhRPfc1Wt466TNlwHTniLjMumVzxj1TaVgfnhbydr-5F68943Dd9hFy_ZhjaHGXmJDVfoEoUQ0ghU4Ejc_zmp0olA0Izo_7QAwzWLsvPCRdqrT7L80mwzz7X5RA-B0fcrDEk/?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="DSC06392" width="404" /></a></p> <p>After brunch Kyle and I got a few groceries. Not many though…we are only 3 days away from our <strong>Florida trip</strong>! :)</p> <p>I sample a few bites of ff cottage cheese…no points there though! I didn’t eat the entire sample. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GVq4csu6Qno2MCEP6-dg_4pQZs2eD-3qwLgJoov1jc7XLhGcq7HSXZwB4Cjqx4wgzVg3nRHmDoj_8JCzQbz3Bn-nLsbeJm0zc5292UUEVmrq3O5sjL3r6PzHIzbyJ6TnwjEPELlbu3dE/s1600-h/DSC06393%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06393" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLAMt6Zyjpmt1fLyssPKAtzxBBGH1vGJPELMZrB41ed6Kdz5E3FjXkz5iFBDHz6WKJFGVTj1TSve4nZ_K3qChKc40bJMMmYc88LalVkz7DHfqqeTNWDD0gee4hQlpURk2uWuwZnmld8Me/?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="DSC06393" width="404" /></a>  </p> <p>We got home, unloaded our groceries, and napped! I LOVE Sunday afternoon naps!</p> <p>I did have a few <strong>animal crackers</strong> when I got up for <strong>2 points</strong>. </p> <p>After our nap we got up and cleaned up the house and couldn’t believe it was after 6pm and still light out!</p> <p>Supper was a cleaning out out the fridge meal! Don’t want to let food go bad when we leave for a week!</p> <p>I had <strong>cantaloupe</strong>, a <strong>turkey & cheese sandwich</strong>, and a few steamed <strong>veggies</strong> (I didn’t finish them though because I cooked them too long and they were mushy) for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoUw5tUm2PjthkUqhxSH0cO0kmnKymggKq3Hxq_7b2lUe-PrQ_pNMt0tG1arx9QXQyRirjht4vkXyvU6-BPJHMMFy-i4NkNpBwne2_XmHkAaP0S94hTaj5JDxPCJSXNcQJlrkr8ZT9XPx/s1600-h/DSC06394%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06394" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFDYkjCCWWSLpv1xsE815X0ZE-bVlVJXyuMepsTwDAgDusMjN4bjQwcQGpRtje3yKt1F3k96IR6C9BLUiki79UH-trZLDaEFK8NwBkDHgQcxFTpFTPCD21iDyQH-xUFXsJuITZhp-6HaO/?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="DSC06394" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I am going to finish my evening the laundry room! Only 2 1/2 more days of work before we leave for Florida…I’m SUPER pumped!! :)</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></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></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <strong>SUNDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 16/23 <br />WATER =  96 oz <br />EXERCISE = none <p></p> <p></p> <p>It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my weight. Last Monday when I got back on the band wagon I weighed in at 166lbs. Sad…I know. I was down to 162 before my <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2010/03/10-days.html">bad week</a>. I’m happy to report the scale said 161.5 this morning and my goal is to be 159 Thursday morning when we leave for Florida which would mean I would <strong><u>win</u></strong> the <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2009/12/sister-challenge-is-on.html">sister challenge</a>!! Fingers crossed!! </p>

An OP Weekend on the Move!

Happy “spring ahead” Sunday! Hope everyone remembered to “spring ahead” last night! Here is a recap of my last three days! FRIDAY Frid...

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Planning de la semaine du 15 au 19 mars 2010

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Permanences<br /></span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 15 mars de 9h à 12h30<br />- le mardi 16 mars de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 17 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br />- le jeudi 18 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br />- le vendredi 19 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> (sur rendez-vous)<br />- lundi 15 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br />- vendredi 19 mars de 09h à 12h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a></strong> - mercredi 17 mars de 10h à 12h30</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Ateliers</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 16 mars de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 17 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 16 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Préparation à l'entretien</strong> - jeudi 18 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 19 mars de 10h à 11h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 19 mars de 14h à 16h</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Information collective</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/03/information-collective-sur-le.html">Dispositif Local d’Accompagnement</a></strong> - jeudi 18 mars à 17h</ul>

Planning de la semaine du 15 au 19 mars 2010

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 15 ma...

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I've reached my breaking point

Yesterday morning I stepped on the scale, 181.6. What the heck am I doing to myself!? I honestly don't understand this self-sabotage. Yes, I'm beating myself up about this because it's about time someone did. I'm angry for letting this happen, and it has to STOP!<br /><br />I've been down this road so many times in my life, lose a ton of weight and gain it all back. This cycle has been repeated numerous times in the past 40 years. This time I refuse to be defeated. Not again.<br /><br /><strong>The best advice I ever heard on losing weight</strong><br />About two years ago I was in a Weight Watcher meeting when our leader said something I've never forgotten. He said we get the best results when we make drastic changes. Little changes give us little results. No changes, no results. Big changes, big results.<br /><br />When I think back to each time I lost weight consistently, I was tough on myself. I weighed and measured my food, I ate within my Points, I tracked everything, followed the healthy eating guidelines. I tried to be perfect every single day.<br /><br />I was a Nazi with my eating. Nothing past my lips that I thought might hinder my weight loss. Every week for months I consistently lost weight. Maybe a small gain every few months, but I was the poster child for Weight Watchers. <br /><br />When I hit 85 pounds lost I thought, as we all think, I WILL NEVER GAIN THAT WEIGHT BACK! NEVER! Famous last words.<br /><br />Some people might say who can live a life like that? Always watching what I eat, always trying to be perfect. That's the point, "try" to be perfect. I know I won't be perfect all the time. There will be times I'll eat junk I shouldn't, or eat too much, but I have to at least make the attempt. Lately I haven't even been trying that hard. I kind of do, then I kind of don't. Enough already. <br /><br /><strong>Rules</strong><br />I need rules. I'm a big rule follower in my normal life. I need to set rules for myself for weight loss. Rigid, solid boundaries, and I need to adhere to them. <br /><br />Rule #1 - Weigh and measure everything I eat. After all this time I should know how much is a cup of milk or 4 ounces of chicken without the measuring cup and scales. Actually, I do know, but I want to eat more so I cheat. Kind of silly when you think about it. The only person I'm hurting is me with my cheating. No more guessing.<br /><br />Rule #2 - Stop eating at 9pm. No more binge eating at midnight. Fight the urge with everything I've got.<br /><br />Rule #3 - Drink water! This is so easy, but somewhere along the line I stopped drinking water.<br /><br />Rule #4 - Cut out the processed crap, like Weight Watcher ice cream bars. It's crack! <br /><br />Rule #5 - Treat my Points like gold. Budget them, make the most of them. <br /><br />Rule #6 - Get some sleep! I'm running on 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night. Very bad. I have a new bedtime. 10pm or earlier.<br /><br /><strong>Exercise</strong><br />I'm good on the exercise but I can still be better. I read an article today in More magazine about stepping up the exercise. The article was <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Are you pushing yourself hard enough?</span> It said even if you may think you're working out hard, but you could probably work out harder, and should to get the maximum health benefit.<br /><br />You have to keep pushing yourself, heavier weights, different exercises or different variations of the same exercises. The book I bought at Costco, <a href="http://www.more.com/2028/11680-debunking-workout-myths" target="blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Women's Health The Big Book of Exercises</span></a>, is the best $12 I've ever spent. I love this book! <br /><br />My plan for exercise is to have a plan before I get to the gym. I spend too much time deciding what I want to do. I should know what I want to do when I walk in the door, not plan as I go. I could probably squeeze in another exercise or two if I had a plan. Pick out the strength training exercises before I get to the gym. <br /><br /><strong>Conclusion</strong><br />I can do this. I've done it before and feel confident this is doable. My first goal is to get down to 172 by April 15. Eight pounds in four weeks. I know that's aggressive, but I'm making some aggressive changes.<br /><br /><em><strong>Update - 3/12 6 a.m.</strong></em><br /><em>Yesterday was the first day of my new plan. It was a success! I even slept eight hours last night.</em><br /><br /><em>I'll admit I felt kind of hungry most of the day, a feeling I'm not use to anymore. </em><br /><br /><em>I measured and weighed everything. 21 Points isn't very much food, so I used 5 of the weeklies and 4 of my Activity Points (I earned 7 yesterday). Still didn't seem like a lot of food. </em><br /><br /><em>No night binge since I was in bed by 9pm. I'm down to 180.0 this morning. Down 1.6 from yesterday.</em><br /><br /><em>I also started wearing my pedometer again, trying to get in 10,000 steps a day (Of course, I don't wear it at the gym :). I didn't even come close yesterday, only 3,000. I'll try to do better today.</em><br /><br /><em>I'm feeling 100% more like myself today. I wonder if a good night's sleep had anything to do with it. :)</em>

I've reached my breaking point

Yesterday morning I stepped on the scale, 181.6. What the heck am I doing to myself!? I honestly don't understand this self-sabotage. Ye...

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Printemps de l'Apprentissage 2010

<BR><br />Cette année, le printemps de l'apprentissage aura lieu :<ul><li><strong>Place d’Arc les 12 et 13 mars</strong> : stand animé par les apprentis et représentants des CFA (centres de formation d’apprentis) et UFA (unités de formation par apprentissage) du Loiret<br /><li><strong>Place du Martroi le 13 mars </strong>: car podium de la République du Centre</ul><br />Les objectifs sont :<ul><li>de présenter toutes les formations par apprentissage dans le Loiret<br /><li>d'informer sur toutes les portes ouvertes (dates, horaires et lieux) des CFA et UFA du Loiret qui seront organisées du 13 mars au 5 mai 2010.</ul><br />A télécharger : <ul><li><a href="http://www.jeunesocentre.fr/images/stories/documents/guide-apprentissage-2010.pdf">Guide de l'apprentissage 2010</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.etoile.regioncentre.fr/webdav/site/etoile/shared/Upload/Agenda/2010/printemps%20de%20lapprentissage2010.pdf">Plaquette d'information</a></ul>

Printemps de l'Apprentissage 2010

Cette année, le printemps de l'apprentissage aura lieu : Place d’Arc les 12 et 13 mars : stand animé par les apprentis et représentants...

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Information Collective sur le Dispositif Local d’Accompagnement

<BR><br />Le Dispositif Local d’Accompagnement du Loiret propose aux associations une <strong>réunion d’information sur la mise en place d’un accompagnement à la création et à la gestion de l’emploi</strong>.<br /><br />Cette réunion s’adresse en priorité aux <strong>associations </strong>susceptibles de créer de nouveaux emplois, avec notamment la mise en place de <strong>contrats aidés</strong>. <br /><br />Elle aura lieu :<ul><br /><li> le <strong>Jeudi 18 mars 2010 à 17h00</strong><br /><br /><li>à la <strong>Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans</strong></ul><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&source=hp&ie=UTF8&q=Maison+de+l'Emploi+du+Bassin+d'Orl%C3%A9ans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=Maison+de+l'Emploi+du+Bassin+d&hnear='Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&ei=mc2MS7fECJKj_AbSyejpBg&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&source=embed&ie=UTF8&q=Maison+de+l'Emploi+du+Bassin+d'Orl%C3%A9ans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=Maison+de+l'Emploi+du+Bassin+d&hnear='Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&ei=mc2MS7fECJKj_AbSyejpBg&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Agrandir le plan</a></small><br /><br />Le <strong>Dispositif Local d'Accompagnement du Loiret</strong>, porté par la <strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion d'Orléans et du Loiret</a></strong>, accueille et apporte un accompagnement de proximité aux associations qui développent des activités et des services d'utilité sociale, dans leurs démarches de consolidation et d'autonomisation économique. Ces services sont gratuit pour des associations qui s’investissent pleinement dans l’accompagnement proposé. <br /><br />Dans un premier temps, il s’agit d’établir un <strong>diagnostic des besoins d’accompagnement</strong> et de construire ensemble un <strong>plan d’accompagnement </strong>pour répondre aux problématiques mises en évidence. Les pistes de progrès formulées peuvent alors faire l’objet d’accompagnements spécifiques individuels et/ou collectifs.<br /><br />L’information collective organisée le 18 mars 2010 à la Maison de l’Emploi du bassin d’Orléans doit permettre de :<ul><br /><li>recenser les associations intervenants dans les quartiers prioritaires de l’Agglomération d’Orléans qui souhaiteraient créer un emploi au service de leurs projets d’activités.<br /><br /><li>repérer les besoins d’accompagnement de ces associations en matière de gestion de l’emploi et de développement d’activité.<br /><br /><li>préparer un accompagnement collectif des associations dans leur démarche de création et de gestion de l’emploi.</ul><br />Pour en savoir plus et pour s'inscrire : <a href="mailto:pmorisset-bg45@orange.fr">Contact</a><br /><BR>

Information Collective sur le Dispositif Local d’Accompagnement

Le Dispositif Local d’Accompagnement du Loiret propose aux associations une réunion d’information sur la mise en place d’un accompagnement à...

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Priceless!

<p>Hey everyone! Friday is just around the corner…if that doesn’t make you smile then I don’t know what will?!? ;)</p> <p>Maybe this: </p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:71d4267a-af6a-426a-9507-908b6c99a5c3" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><div id="7f544d04-226b-4701-99f9-a643e5f54389" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urJYcTdVCiU" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('7f544d04-226b-4701-99f9-a643e5f54389'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/urJYcTdVCiU&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/urJYcTdVCiU&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhschOKq9_-c6o5oz7yc87zkDydy8fLB2kVjzDjhua_q5jKK_lkDIKgtHDzY1_pJp0flDSQdODEq4a33zinplU042zHKT_aQpuEpe1Q804jkP4nZFo14E-eiNu8Tc6vLRTlXC36iHPCIHXp/?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none"></a></div></div></div> <p>Once again I didn’t workout this morning…but I can still open pickle jars! I did get up early though to head to my office to do some more prep for my class that I am teaching.</p> <p>Since I went in early I made my breakfast there also. Back to the usual <strong>oatmeal</strong>, <strong>PB2</strong>, and a <strong>small sliced banana</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOQ3tW-2YCkBNq9ONYKU58gsSZZKcMw-U_2c9BToAYPoDIFlvj5SwibsQIJf-mAtj6csLhyphenhyphenbD96EY-cPLYX9raImcj4mWmHzk7wb8Chg1MQxdPKAPXDud_nGTpvj7lKxR_t2aIycDEP3X/s1600-h/DSC06347%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06347" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ6zMkbswFu5c8KG6ij5HEMuLfU8XLhuMYoI46a9k38yhXA1VFLzpatBgNaRSxhxe8cHeKAh0G47V8721vE-aY9y2y43xZkfAZbHDjfMFBsdaxTUlqScpO7-MuMoB1mOL33Tc1xpCEUzy/?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="DSC06347" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I got so much done this morning…it felt great!! I was so busy I didn’t eat my morning snack until 12:15pm! Maybe I should call it my <u>appetizer</u> for lunch rather than a morning snack! ;) The same as always: <strong>1/4c grape nuts</strong>, <strong>ww vanilla yogurt</strong> (that was rude & took up the entire picture!), and <strong>1 c strawberries</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV_50hkobuPrD0zkEJ1pxFjuJe9uvrc6VOPR3JywnGFKjOJsFnQVfrY01kDuXgX9putf34rN6gbZgl2OSr_sjO1QRScTAHUph4J1aXYBWRknr7M-SfIsvd6haHwWdYNiX6Kix9mZ4amNF/s1600-h/DSC06348%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06348" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGssSyg3i4d8gs6PHviIw0FjCzDHXfjcyJSCkcYt4uklTCQoxz0Y-GbmBjnyYJuhI9kH14uwWCCZW6MzSQLL5hNXr5i8_ozUDHWOcMulsyZN4NTyMqca06RumeqCvXJjRk39NxbLomG19c/?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="DSC06348" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I ran home quick for lunch to see my husband and get a quick bite to eat! My wonderful hubby made me a delicious lunch! An <strong>egg</strong> and<strong> cheese sandwich</strong> (made with<u><strong> 3 egg whites</strong></u>), a <strong>sliced apple</strong>, and<strong> 1/2 c cottage cheese</strong> for <strong>6 points</strong>. The sandwich was <u><strong><em>egg-ceptional</em></strong></u>!! Might have to have the hubby make this for me more often! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVketnSzyaZVpNCeseUJS7ncD55MpLQveNgUU-A9mKjep5c0sxjtfKrqKfPH6EyPFaMs_ApShpmhINVPwr2a2BGuXyfEqsA9fRbZXIzwZCjqf_I949jdVftFm2YLHeWt_gOtzworg3Hion/s1600-h/DSC06349%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06349" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Th8rLlH9wwnsQV0vNo7VIhdhkhAT2amjX6U83gFsKXBfL0v9T3uLqCzJJ6O3zZdccR-WxczTsjQ-XKAsWIpKXMJShUZrA9x9KXWrw_u_MryfYNMvy82miFrorKRx85x5fC6TAUM02YdU/?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="DSC06349" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I spent my afternoon training my new staff member and then headed to my class at 5pm. I’m going to have to figure something out because I cannot wait to not eat until my class is over at 8pm! I’m thinking of having a late afternoon snack before I head to class. </p> <p>When my class did get over I snapped this pic in record time and tore into this <strong>oats & strawberry fiber one bar</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VqWlUJlo2gfTrNvm20P_Q9b69DI04llHY99PnDCNeLvLXZSoixG1jXFjStRNWgyEWDtB8GmnjVrOVQvURwkLfgZobIruzhFVfcNBKp4RP5AbsVxJe2lLZKQzOqpTcfzgUOGH_S0wmvXS/s1600-h/DSC06351%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06351" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigClQXsFqtdHmLHtfSitHEKSgQKiLecc9sIa1Ixgoel2FHpywfqssdeKvfz3Un-J2N6eirsLUf8DNIIh0tdZlTtIhrwmi0HBPvqPgER01OXNN1URBbikmGT33hyqCaUefDkIN6J2LtVPiY/?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="DSC06351" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I think it was good I ate the fiber one bar on my drive home. It made me <strong>not eat my kitchen</strong> all at once! I opted for some <strong>steamed cauliflower</strong> for <strong>0 points</strong>! Keep in mind it was almost 9pm by the time I ate this and so I didn’t want to eat anything more since it was so late in the day and I feel more than satisfied. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_03AxeXVcmHhhxIfxCKhHv0Um_kCNJ5jREVarvoWmn5e5M-fgAL_wqrdBOthsMpOU082EAh8UAOwNQ1edKkHWl78MOObsz6D2rIUE6kpVnOJqLx0jQi8cv8qQ62DFaPO3tD5Hff8yKoKG/s1600-h/DSC06352%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06352" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UGDaFUTKb7vT-5CUpeXwzCCs9reAOsikGnKXCCVPLhoUZJDUwc3FOdbJl4YtHjJHfYEHvnrCVXCa9LQRsAihbz78xzG0Rci-ZZ62l8Or2HdMMQfYPWB2Mp6Hk4QnG5FqiZAWGO40c3CQ/?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="DSC06352" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>Well friends, sorry for the quick post. I need to get packed. I’m headed west this weekend to help my sister & her hubby to move into a house they recently purchased!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><strong>THURSDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 15/23 <br />WATER = 136 oz <br />EXERCISE = none</p> <p>Hope everyone has a <u>WONDERFUL</u> Friday!!</p>

Priceless!

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Better late than never!

Hey everyone! I had a full day Wednesday, hence the late post! :)<br /><br />The fog & rain is still hanging around! It made it super hard to get out of bed yesterday morning. So instead I decided to curl up next to Kyle for an extra hour! Totally worth it! ;)<br /><br />I switched up breakfast and had 1 cup of crispix, 1/2 cup ff milk, 2 sliced strawberries, and 1 small sliced banana for a delicious 4 points bowl of fruity cereal!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8T7oCr_qb8iXWTggJHyjvYb_70WFrQNnpz8p-13pbGs2D2Z02qhtdsmr4dfcG8AOFxvPslC24fIZyMICoTSrmWTyTPlix8GJLuvGpWzGsTUiwEk_UNEmxQmBCdvd9Yy7Hbv-AtqP5iPX/s1600-h/DSC06342.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447440587603371666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8T7oCr_qb8iXWTggJHyjvYb_70WFrQNnpz8p-13pbGs2D2Z02qhtdsmr4dfcG8AOFxvPslC24fIZyMICoTSrmWTyTPlix8GJLuvGpWzGsTUiwEk_UNEmxQmBCdvd9Yy7Hbv-AtqP5iPX/s400/DSC06342.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />Wednesday was one of my staff's last days. It is a tradition in my office to send our employees out with a food day for their last day. Well I was bad and didn't participate. I didn't even want to go back to the break room to see what kind of calorie filled foods there were! NSV!!!<br /><br />Mid morning I mixed up my snack of ww vanilla yogurt, 1/4c grape nuts, and 1 c strawberries for 3 points. Much better option than those full fat foods that are filling the break room! ;)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO4NottanKS7oa8BTD-Zt3nKjafWOmtvkA6X9WNvQb2S7SvclW1cr7JxaHuI6MjwxlQLhyToHNFMEs_Uw8gqE1_rfLk9sPpVV3BpRB16bPZCPbvm02lqzndMujRsIdk402fbWn7ZCqAau/s1600-h/DSC06343.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447440597443197362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO4NottanKS7oa8BTD-Zt3nKjafWOmtvkA6X9WNvQb2S7SvclW1cr7JxaHuI6MjwxlQLhyToHNFMEs_Uw8gqE1_rfLk9sPpVV3BpRB16bPZCPbvm02lqzndMujRsIdk402fbWn7ZCqAau/s400/DSC06343.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />Lunch ended up getting eaten at my desk! I made a turkey & cheese flat bread with pickles for 3 points. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYzlimQP54IUDC4TPiaUMyf0fm5yhEyp-3PMtVeFCX9EAqN6ngLmewAVncbJ15Fn3cedDJoXZidv4AEFnt6v1e4J7NzHcfqO_96RoU-C3YMKlLfRElCK3betDsDcEF6D7KhVm5U_DKFrV/s1600-h/DSC06345.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447440603687800562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYzlimQP54IUDC4TPiaUMyf0fm5yhEyp-3PMtVeFCX9EAqN6ngLmewAVncbJ15Fn3cedDJoXZidv4AEFnt6v1e4J7NzHcfqO_96RoU-C3YMKlLfRElCK3betDsDcEF6D7KhVm5U_DKFrV/s400/DSC06345.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />And I also had 1/2c cottage cheese and some pineapple on the side for 3 points. Simple, but great lunch!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_U0CH96O2cxY01UEIIrUcjOjgF9AnZyhnlTplIeVUuKaZguXVGbpgtkd8Zh6QwuTg3WCN_LBIEEcT7ZhEwEzTyAAyVYRLfpRHzkKxpcSnslnkyTMfNlb_LkjV5VDGuFiVbHXeHnC7uB4/s1600-h/DSC06346.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447440614227880002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_U0CH96O2cxY01UEIIrUcjOjgF9AnZyhnlTplIeVUuKaZguXVGbpgtkd8Zh6QwuTg3WCN_LBIEEcT7ZhEwEzTyAAyVYRLfpRHzkKxpcSnslnkyTMfNlb_LkjV5VDGuFiVbHXeHnC7uB4/s400/DSC06346.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />We were lucky enough to hire someone to replace the open position in my office from within. So I spent my afternoon training our new person! Boy did that make it fly by and I didn't get much done!<br /><br />After work a bunch of us went out to a local Mexican restaurant to have a "last night out" with the person who was leaving. I decided before I went that I would just order a diet pop and only eat a few chips & salsa. No ordering anything! And I did fairly good. I am estimating that I ate around 9 points worth of chips & salsa...we were there quite a few hours!<br /><br />After wards I headed home and did some prepping for my class tonight! Kyle likes to call me "Professor Darci"! I just think that sounds silly!!<br /><br />WEDNESDAY'S STATS<br />POINTS = 22/23<br />WATER = 80 oz<br />EXERCISE = none

Better late than never!

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Let's not talk about it until it's over

Turns out I shouldn't post how my day went until the day is completely over. I didn't quite make it through last night without eating four of these (which started a little something):<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIAdwp8Kj7PBLaMNSmQEQSr0WgGCzZoQeKX5to_iE0AVEZxWBoYL-yP0GgUuPSBwLeDeohlZm8iylO-dVjRd3lS6Z55C41UVQmkmNwVcOyJz04QtbVEtGZS3cHKBAi7nE-1CTW5BuT1_5/s1600-h/toffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIAdwp8Kj7PBLaMNSmQEQSr0WgGCzZoQeKX5to_iE0AVEZxWBoYL-yP0GgUuPSBwLeDeohlZm8iylO-dVjRd3lS6Z55C41UVQmkmNwVcOyJz04QtbVEtGZS3cHKBAi7nE-1CTW5BuT1_5/s320/toffee.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><br /><br />Each of these things are <span style="font-size: xx-small;">tiny.</span> I haven't had them in several months. I thought they were one Point each. I think I thought that when I use to eat them all the time (the picture is deceiving!). I ate four, and knew the fiber max would probably make four of them about six Points. Wrong! Each one is two Points and four are TEN Points. Then I had a couple pieces of bread and some leftover shrimp. <br /><br />I threw the other eight bars into the garbage. I can't have these things in the house!<br /><br />It wasn't a full-blown binge, but it was definitely quite a bit over my Points allowance. So much for my brownie theory.<br /><br />Today was a new day and so far (it's 11pm), so good, but I'm not talking about it until tomorrow. At least I have the water down, and the vitamins. <br /><br />I read an interesting <a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity/valerie-bertinelli?src=rss" target="blank"><span style="color: red;">article</span></a> in the April 2010 Good Housekeeping magazine at the gym this morning (that's why my workout took two hours! I read for 15 minutes). It's an interview with Valerie Bertinelli. I read her first book and wasn't very impressed, but I really liked this interview. It's a good read with some good information on weight loss. It's not about Jenny Craig propaganda.<br /><br />I walked at lunch (in addition to my gym workout) but because it's the same place I walk every day, nothing to post that was was new. Maybe tomorrow I'll walk around Angle Lake and get some new pictures.<br /><br />Have a happy tomorrow!<br /><br />~Diana<br />179.2

Let's not talk about it until it's over

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Baby steps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It's 10:40pm Tuesday, and I've been really good today staying on my "skinnied down" version of Weight Watchers where I'm doing baby steps to get back on track.<br /><br />I used the little Weight Watchers paper tracker today. I've never used one before, I've always posted my food online. The paper tracker has a space on the cover to write three things you commit to do this week.<br /><br />This week I commit to:<br /><br />1. Track Points and stay within Points limit ✔<br />2. Drink 64 ounces of water a day ✔<br />3. Vitamins ✔<br /><br />I'm good on all three so far today. Since I'm going to bed in a few minutes, I think I made it through another Day 1.<br /><br />I'm a bit puzzled by my lack of desire for sugar. I really have no craving for it, or for that matter, no craving to even binge. This is a polar opposite of how I usually feel after a big sugar binge like last night's brownies. Could it be possible that by indulging in what I consider bad food that it actually satisified some sort of demented craving I had for sugar? I'll probably never figure it out, but it's a pleasant surprise.<br /><br />The only picture I took today was of the moon at 5:45am. This was in my front yard before I took off for the gym. It's just so perfect and pretty. A perfect little sliver of a moon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGUJqEJdjNQsj-DWBGJQXelsfayCT7ljP2xUhSERCGG8QWZUjOs7u_HQwqpeu-2Oyy9lHE_qIcJXzBH6failUJOFiJG9kwiy6l7eYMO8-o3y3WVjZIMg2khE4_rJ9YbokHIynXDaZ_6eI/s1600-h/mooon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGUJqEJdjNQsj-DWBGJQXelsfayCT7ljP2xUhSERCGG8QWZUjOs7u_HQwqpeu-2Oyy9lHE_qIcJXzBH6failUJOFiJG9kwiy6l7eYMO8-o3y3WVjZIMg2khE4_rJ9YbokHIynXDaZ_6eI/s640/mooon.jpg" vt="true" width="640" /></a>

Baby steps

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Foggy Tuesday

<p>I slept like a rock last night and it felt great! Woke up, hopped out of bed, and hit the gym for a quick <strong>20 minute interval run</strong>! Boy do those really get my heart pumping.</p> <p>Did you know interval training not only elevates your metabolism for a longer period of time after exercise (so you burn more fat when resting), but it also keep  your body from using muscle as fuel! Learned that in my Oxygen magazine last month!</p> <p>After my quicky run I made my usual <strong>oatmeal</strong> with <strong>PB2</strong> and a <strong>small sliced banana</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdPNdx-bpdgB32Suof-a2xSk3dy1ZRGqtDHBes4oK69dOV5AfaB8rZ_256jaTbZ0ftuu_ShlmIRStqYyXvn3bJsHIxm4wmNub4JaJ_lOYmwFkpKkK02kyvG4oS9er1mGvmSN29qccetYC/s1600-h/DSC06333%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06333" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjws6xiG0r36mydzZZBOiCqZgFtcke_HnowKd4OHmLroLrRZ7YdTzU3OHnpqnD_GgbxBVhLRkaLGY4bOzeoKQaGYjyPz2zptXSeTJU7D92X4t_frTEEd4P5Hi5tn5sDh7fXFhAk-44CstkQ/?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="DSC06333" width="404" /></a></p> <p>I was <u>uber</u> productive this morning at work. Not that I am not always productive, it just seemed like I was <u>EXTRA</u> today!! :) </p> <p>My first morning snack was <strong>1 cup</strong> of <strong>grapes</strong> for <strong>1 point</strong>. These are some of the smallest grapes I've had before, but they are SUPER crisp! Doesn't usually happen that way. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MU98NZAfITg2cWSQjxWiOARyQ3O31Sze0oncRLFunGzmYzSfUZlqFRZNO-C2EyDv177HoaOygW3ydvpy_s3B-CdMOiKwxUIyGcJqQN1s5BYr9aUsZNkt4PlcFdHOkSW_cc9BNpWPJ-Fr/s1600-h/DSC06334%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06334" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuiNH3aNp0Qf3I6-bioKKP8jqI_zgA-IT2eDPzDbt4y_gjovMT3w67E2QhQSdcAYZjcyWOOkpGrZpDum9YHX_EiMp3uh7CX4lgcf9kg63VJh1Y2R15WDJVrx0b2O12V6_ROw5RA1vQFTv/?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="DSC06334" width="404" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>About 1 1/2 hours later I had<strong> ww strawberry yogurt</strong> with <strong>1/4c</strong> of <strong>grapes nuts</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb0A2ROQuM0FTK1diFTfrjOZLlMAAIo8aNyp3_96uO9mrHTS_oyvTBMBg-C6H0_PmTrQd_yJBbQkSoGEuvo7Ml3XsnCb6yHuUBJSUGGXxwyFrAkH9uIbZCwKKvekfhfcLwjgFQgM6JeQs/s1600-h/DSC06335%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06335" border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43fQtD7SAxwkb2Rf2VQaO03pp599qV_roZhKQQiyIlSOiAgP6-6jQP4It4CRoS_eFy0J4-fEXXwGrj9Ni_7P_z4z9GVFOzj13nJNNpL4fw7710zmTf9erNDJVZTLw2PDd6XyoEkb4cXa5/?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="DSC06335" width="284" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>I ran a few errands on my lunch and stopped home to let my pup out. Since I had minimal time at home I went for a<strong> SmartOnes</strong>, not the best choice, but still within my points.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnv8YhjI-pG3M2NKIIF3Gq1kvIiaUNLg2wxELcaO5vuQsW9KadcKaX83eTwWBrxWajzLOeJi8R_Bfny4CSDj5R6hTNifLpjHiNDSLZnJeoURCYN3CvbWcxnbijKVRfq73VEURvLwwwsHI/s1600-h/DSC06338%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06338" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVCvDE5hZTkK0e3RB9bX4dZ5Eosj6ZUa3DdvhjAcV2qjUuVSJ51bqhLsq7kt8ToPcOW3YSje3hEY2P_JG3qIrVAKk62esf7WiZ3gWp_iHAIPwcDQFntYCnzax9zGKg5DZvdeFjmHkuvwS/?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="DSC06338" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>While it was cooking I had a few slices of <strong>fresh pineapple</strong> (<strong>1 point</strong>) my sweet neighbor gave us! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZsGJ70kNjF-jl1rDhOPlLrJPxdFyZAGQuKDA4dEp4hh44EgzunL6hLp9TcMWhv7vMrvDl8FMfbplqm5TkShUz2t3myhbD8jGnR8BPKDnIh0XLSbqgPiiacFckk0oioRRTWwr3jOgTLsv/s1600-h/DSC06336%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06336" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBb2mLCFvn48vdM74GRxc935NGj6nOSvay70OuhyphenhyphenC4xaOzdMomU8LMTQMTkyYLuXIpnyIznhzk5KAtHkyaDH2rKd3HflBA8AJRqmKFBfcLSvD635a3bG4WJ1toP3H5W5qloT3tF6AOtdh/?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="DSC06336" width="404" /></a></p> <p>And the main course was <strong>creamy rigatoni</strong> with <strong>broccoli</strong> and <strong>chicken</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZSB4RSNinloqhpMQsUQNIS91dYfeP-9pbnft-zZe0dK0sPaRO_04pFzIO64WUo5gs5zkfKQrj_6zZQBzt85jZViT4Ho9FJ-icZy-yXh4S51-H_4nK62mh_p_B0AWzkLQShInKOYZREbF/s1600-h/DSC06337%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06337" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24cnIamGRkKVVnyeQXeedR8q4h9ctNgIE4oDGeRZuKH6lYcrmjqT1WYeOxTE170YDzdhB4gRDl5dNm-3CuSA8E75R2CjNft8Fr1XhzhpdBbJwzB9-8JGpnDbwUSVIYE10z4QAKDO6UeIN/?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="DSC06337" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Check out how <u><strong>foggy</strong></u> it was today? This was about 2pm…are you sure this is Iowa & not London?!?!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRD5oDIKWG4rUkOMGsCiwMCTfwJK9ST1R6B7O3aixXJUsmMX3ZiDK7odKZskcRKJsEhqdfbuStLN0IMPAcVNcAFvxqYNmZl4lN9WTvxF6y24it14eIAnMESvKlHKWaJc2wewNwvwvj8Gc/s1600-h/DSC06339%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06339" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfl_o5TQfXAHACrC7A1VCVirDY0S-U-ZxsUPjBRX_Plomtr7WMXx0TWJ9ZtgKDSzCjKkCJ5kpWznoISdjQWledMDJI3pgtRC_a1sE636KNUMS3x5IEJIuF-ZEWfv0xSizK87fOJIAabb9/?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="DSC06339" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>My afternoon flew by and I headed home. I had a<strong> Fiber Plus bar</strong> for <strong>2 points</strong> to hold me over while Kyle & I stopped over at a friend’s house. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHFecT7KbO6nwoGVCckFHKQ1le3ms7l8v2KfRvOABAdzkWOfF4RWowRYl8KoJqMDyO4tVWqpC7DFsgRbgrEE6ocHUyquIwRKt7rVj4yTTME_Ea7_dueaLb_GoktrjgjjG4SOjPauJcSR7/s1600-h/DSC06340%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06340" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXavvQtjY4U40uVU_QwA4U7sIOg8_ZHVA3sDvJxjIR8bGiXzKF92m2e1odU1OqqfqVlDZtEgiysFn_UANlnF8VxkPBcO9PkRGzHshpa0hTC5qZXtQmxNgEh026uQxB6HPLxU6FxTCftcBN/?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="DSC06340" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>We ended up staying a little longer than expected so our supper was quite late! So I made a fast supper. I had <strong>1c cooked whole wheat pasta</strong> & <strong>1/2c marinara sauce</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymIuyDjVS8YZHatnAKRaeWyaAZAIXMB0g4GfE6a8k7cn70q9WrhvoHxK1U4x3ygqfL0YlP1Z-c2976Dd9CFIddBXBohQJs1xP4mhmgtuCQjYC56iSmJkRNxKuSlb-YPb4X3O3P4PppQwm/s1600-h/DSC06341%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06341" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIjV02en6NGKODFwIi7c49Ym1ZHBWBcvVUW8sL1m9O3v03RWzGx1hSR8zbkoeMUySaMHC2ewkcNlIxTd0xbqkh1AvG_SXZ8rwbI13KX19l6PtOOLn5M6PufNxgnkpedXgVCnbxSRrLyJH/?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="DSC06341" width="404" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>We are now settled in watching the Biggest Loser. Which makes me think I need to get my gym bag packed…later friends!</p> <p><strong>TUESDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 18/23 <br />WATER = 112 oz <br />EXERCISE = 20 min interval run</p>

Foggy Tuesday

I slept like a rock last night and it felt great! Woke up, hopped out of bed, and hit the gym for a quick 20 minute interval run ! Boy do th...

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Fighting the good fight

Thanks for the great advice yesterday. I know I need to get back on track and sooner rather than later. <a href="http://mepschronicles.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Mary</a> suggested picking just one thing to change, just one thing for one day. One day at a time. I know she's right, yet I didn't do it today. <br /><br />In fact, I just made No-Pudge brownies (the ones made with yogurt). I'm sure they're no pudge if you eat just one, but I ate half the batch. I have no idea how many calories or Points. Honestly, I don't even want to know right now. <br /><br />My decision to make the brownies was based on when I binge, I'm binging on things that don't really satisfy my cravings. My rather weak theory is once I've eaten something I wanted, brownies, then I'll feel like my craving has been satisfied.<br /><br />The hole in my theory is that history has shown once I eat sugar, I want more and the craving becomes even more intense. I'm a sugar addict, just like a crack addict has to have crack, I have to have sugar once I get started.<br /><br />However, I have a plan for tomorrow. My plan is to get back on plan and TRACK MY FOOD. I usually do online tracking, but lately I just can't seem to bring myself to do it. For a change, I'm going to write it in one of the paper tracker booklets the rest of the week. <br /><br />The good thing about eating all those brownies is I feel really sick. Like if I never see another brownie for the rest of my life I'll be fine.<br /><br /><em>Update, the day after the brownies incident, 3/9 - 5:22 a.m.</em><br /><br /><em>I'm up and dressed for the gym, leaving in just a few minutes. Amazingly I don't feel any ill effects from the massive amount of sugar and white flour and chocolate I consumed last night (about six hours ago). I'm ready to go workout and actually feel somewhat engergized. Probably still on some kind of sugar high.</em><br /><br /><em>More amazing though is even after I weighed at 181.6 I'm not kicking myself in the head over last night's binge. I'm ready to fight this devil to my death. I will track today, stay within my Points, and drink water. I don't think I had any water yesterday. Funny how when one thing goes to hell for me it all goes to hell (I skipped the gym yesterday too). </em><br /><br /><em>Yesterday is past, it's history. Today is a new day and damn it, I'm going to do it today. Make it through just this one day doing the best I can!</em><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />It snowed today. This is a picture taken through our office window. The snowflakes were huge, but they melted as soon as they hit the ground. It was pretty while it lasted. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzvmjOCW2zoEKk7iFf04t7PwkiILtLbJpuRhBLuIWUiwQ6jTaVqvdt68cd6ap3lRaoUZMCjphu_bDbH6gYyzzcL9kUiYLVQxQjOGYgxVs0oq-3RiQSqKtyX9mb6LXKzVNdfHTQJojn4sO/s1600-h/snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzvmjOCW2zoEKk7iFf04t7PwkiILtLbJpuRhBLuIWUiwQ6jTaVqvdt68cd6ap3lRaoUZMCjphu_bDbH6gYyzzcL9kUiYLVQxQjOGYgxVs0oq-3RiQSqKtyX9mb6LXKzVNdfHTQJojn4sO/s640/snow.jpg" width="596" /></a></div>

Fighting the good fight

Thanks for the great advice yesterday. I know I need to get back on track and sooner rather than later. Mary suggested picking just one thi...

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Pressing toward the goal!

<p>Sunday night I did <strong><u>NOT</u></strong> sleep well at all. Not sure if it was the 4 hour nap that threw me off or nerves. Tonight was my first class (I'm teaching at the community college were I also work)! </p> <p>I didn't let me bad night's sleep sway me from my workout though! My alarm went off and I was up and <strong>hit the gym</strong>. I cut my workout short to do some more preparing on my class. I got in <strong>25 minutes</strong> on the <strong>cross ramp</strong>. </p> <p>Breakfast was my favorite old faithful <strong>oatmeal</strong> mixed with <strong>1 sliced banana</strong> (a fairly large one), and<strong> PB2</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1i0VpBrLJl416aFzYicVcuUnSsuQeB0sgixde6fPskzLpiejSM0EXKqnmX8DvtchEneVwwCmzBwJAepdkwXsKTqmKOXuZzXT_tDWo1MkjoO0ol53mKHYkk1Z4iCURtiPIkakJh7-g7ea3/s1600-h/DSC06320%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06320" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENs5dcHzPGnCrUGHeLgu7GtT1_ayP8klauzNN44NHWRiv31n34xMOz_YIFNeRBa_nfCNzYzXoWPJioOrxEV8yESV2mbYr-9SVKW3CrL7hhS5eD_iG-tj9fN-e0KzWhTfgCavLwvWki3KT/?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="DSC06320" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Strawberries were on sale at the grocery store so I was quite excited to mix up my morning snack! I had <strong>1 c strawberries</strong>, <strong>ww vanilla yogurt</strong>, and<strong> 1/4 c grape nuts</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. It was wonderful! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4egzSB0dH6ctoiHA_Nps22Fd04i1eUSg9hHFqMaLvMaX6wsPsDkKYEH8rbeThp7XNfW1aKEBJ3OT3XZMLyt4JLpIBPPgBNLiI2JilPXgVRkAV4snxAgY7AHUqkJueBJvSOmKePYlXiLy/s1600-h/DSC06321%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06321" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29MZAArHsBd85RtHAyzsMlkexqGJmq4IfumUZvDcqZwB4B_twgKrsqC5LD31vP0OErvu4wmwngHT7uB8aaTQ85sHiiYa2JtvEwR3GCz5vf244EWtpWDH6DWDbgR9gjxWR-sXTnlPiJMW5/?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="DSC06321" width="404" /></a></p> <p>I ate my lunch in courses. I usually take a late lunch break & I knew I had a few errands to run so for my "<u>appetizer</u>" I started out with some<strong> veggies & ff ranch</strong> for<strong> 1 point</strong>. I forgot how much I love cucumbers w/ranch...makes me think of <u>freshness</u> & <u>summer</u>! :) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSsvWVjfN6tRGA5bfjaV0imtZEHfx0YzNrOwcQrFbOkZd1XcxJZv56ycbzrp439DmtSdFR-5TIqH_VmGv_qLhZ85OCyz2cmhkNb_tGyiMOa3z1Ux54YB2QOzi-aHp37gXuvpfmzqpiuyR/s1600-h/DSC06323%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06323" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMp5UOzyVX0Ye5jbZWPjNsC6oHiPhXluRjdTjl0X38isI44nEdPwhAR33AId2iymDUedfm2O3tODiSPR49HKyUyVBY5yNSIuNrqjL2zPd0qFLjL91VngqqR9TpQPqAn9w7PwrO5JoWAUq/?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="DSC06323" width="404" /></a></p> <p>My 2nd course was <strong>1 c</strong> of <strong>grapes</strong> for <strong>1 point</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm22zd876v596BJCdtIppDB4czpTn318RKiO0vHAUZJvLxzolimH6SrvXFUcxMpFirbrNJa63KKsvEGM0xb1It7cQfbGD3LeE8pYuGpwsl1cf2LO_unoSa-4JA1CV1zTvuRmDqCcSp0wPm/s1600-h/DSC06324%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06324" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTh6mxmwsayUlOx59A_yfbfWwVcuRK4Oe3d6c_JluYzE4jRtf9U8L0PPTTV2EId8LC7Wsj8gNNFvOBm0fcv1gC7H1QQg5nWU8Qc0OZWCeSYsNlZ7eibmcEKRup9mq1kPJXghAOeKSvdy3B/?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="DSC06324" width="404" /></a></p> <p>And the last part of my lunch was <strong>cottage cheese</strong> with <strong>peaches</strong> and a<strong> turkey & cheese sandwich</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir90T9rB9UQk7GAxYz_7VFZlbDhpSV1LvNLHuCLHMgs57K6anEvkATTge1D2JFN2-394OwcJvZfW0bh7UP-hm5Juvj95D2nCi79iVMkEOqK4w7C1uYcJ2QHfmNz7fXZTHmkDwOw9P50w_8/s1600-h/DSC06326%5B7%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06326" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbwSLgCNuLLLOqKIa-_newqXCP3wjM6Jxuq_otCUWbUeLWTGLHWWqSJrI5Y_4z0RmbvR-JA4MjRveY90LrIi-9GfQtZ1SqKh9r79fQl4aQKp1etpOxbvHO2XRry_YCkIPqV7sW4cbBDYU/?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="DSC06326" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Even though I wasn't 100% OP last week...that doesn't mean I was a lazy girl!!Wednesday night I went out with my work friends for Mexican, Thursday night we had supper at a friend's house & then I came home and stayed up till 11pm making treating for my bosses bday the next day. And on Saturday Kyle & I went to Des Moines (a much bigger city an hour south of us with better shopping!) with a friend to do some shopping & just to do something different! It was a successful shopping trip to say the least! </p> <p>I picked out a new water bottle at Bed Bath & Beyond. My old water bottles were plastic, but had straws. I've been wanting to get a BPA free one, but still with a straw! And I found just the one...it was even pink! :) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ASLLhb-NwgEfcliiocmujweYrzwA8NTC8pXG-oOix0T5PtfA_KEbEMlixZ5_p8GXWvtOrekZTy5aeMLnlXgS8-EaXbXajgTP9WCVCOWhZOiVSaxDW16RQ9zS1Q__V-68SE6HCg2Xs1Ms/s1600-h/DSC06322%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06322" border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52NUl_OgxlBtrMSb11y6-PYM0l85wbBvZf-ItS9WP9vogen0ZJPDZuUIJVBdjoD8MS-BHym-CeKTxPxxdom4fMbDvOUx6_XSz1NztonaMguWdGXUfDJy0UdlTindTyK-aGPMFFBUlQTJZ/?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="DSC06322" width="354" /></a></p> <p>We also picked up some of these things! Look it’s even orange to match my Diet Sunkist! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gTJunuvoVQB5nPhhluAbnK83TQ51vbS1YlLjU2WX5DtGKYQvaZjsWC_2w53UiHkXlLHMVGETQL5lMd07ru_jo8D22dFfl6l6yHRv5vnSo3a33_4japjISIRgQEfOAdEJLYqXcPJByKAD/s1600-h/DSC06331%5B7%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06331" border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTod8Dbxyq6fqE49vWBZINktedaFLvqU-MTW5qDJ-AE8VCWxwc_e9dIq0PjIZCy2ahKEWOS75m4LBBce8356aVlifbBDgjJiW3CgFgYjjF2BcBWK-dZT8qgkY4oNnNWwwH_qaV2fZMq56C/?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="DSC06331" width="279" /></a>Not sure what the right name for them is, but they work great to put on pop cans so you don't spill! And the main reason we bought them is because our local grocery store had a pop sale last week, 3 12packs for $6!!! Needless to say we stocked up! </p> <p>I also picked up a fun sundress at Old Navy to wear in Florida! I've been on a gray kick lately w/my clothing choices! What do you think of it?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAAXQrmutiKyuaMbF6aKNnb6xB30ptWWZbOwtnCVv5d0MvfnH_egigi5UP2TmW68WxQnjT4Hf9Moa6PU4_iCreOVLL3G-s739sn5eb6ejuY72leinpVppGqXk-1ylNoJVLc79wi9AZBvz/s1600-h/DSC06332%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06332" border="0" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq789GetufLYQthTSkhCkLfLkJOCfAWWVOruy0yren4yElPq2kiw_MNE4U0pJUjrevBSnj1Mbnt-p6JOsc86VT3uSW_DYZ4FIOoZNzOxG-__jZlzz4-6_GQWXNJIfR-1Q69eOSp27Ik0BL/?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="DSC06332" width="354" /></a></p> <p>After work today I headed right to class!! But I wasn’t the student…I was the <u>teacher</u>! I’m teaching computerized accounting! I managed to sneak in a <strong>banana</strong> in between things for <strong>1 point</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiY1JrZ563LCXt3rD4xzAtlHOHkvIpDbn4S2cEAWQ2yNt7oLEPaNcW31gnk6Ck3Se2A2Rh_tOMlknUVbUgYLiZqtDaXXdLFpNLjIKEoA5tjf5HYFYQf1U9veUdO3Ac8IdDgrTXpsFKdJY/s1600-h/DSC06327%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06327" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQoQkG3r7LwWofiOCfaeans0GbJfsFgaYDvtMo1T6UNi8FO2BSdpWtJwJdNsAvQh3tQDzJQPzcStqYcjvdt9rZtaLVdgGTaZW5mENNPHSwu9c9J14VU8k_jChC50tW5Dbp-oPGzo-sfWW/?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="DSC06327" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Class went well. For some reason I don’t feel old enough to teach college students! On the way home I ate <strong>2 points</strong> worth of <strong>animal crackers</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxLQmFTXhCnrifiH7P6nSv_1r5wyNOCfpphyzQZXf1u0gszDxdhe4mtnBTRHc9ua9RrsbA-bWyxH-pSrsaPuErw30xXeXdLWDCGKDa9TI01XP0oAj2cS1Li_QSuxfJCy9pgtzbP8a75Fo/s1600-h/DSC06328%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06328" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mP5IXk4tdpuwVUyVlAk_EvLOw-z-sp5wcWPADMyJuxl9OsJJtkyCAqVdiyANaFHBj_QhVS7r6fy8vM-6jIXuQP963VFY_fykUVKFdF1QkFojD6bo52Gba_FOK19U-TJeAOFaWGx2BAtY/?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="DSC06328" width="404" /></a></p> <p>It was after 8:30 when I got home so I wanted to eat something light. I grabbed these I found last week at the grocery store. They are flatbread made by flatout! And still just 1 point!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMo05f1GIF2c6WgTSIj31q1U-t0Zxg4qdyrK1S2UAGshfrGT2OY5e3OwU8kjg7H2eNlXZMDkT0OTQzf08POHjBnO7bFJKXSW_E5MtnMJVi76X1YYFN0Mc9jIALpjuNajbO4vF5D4-RGhX6/s1600-h/DSC06329%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06329" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaHMil-opfigUulWPIIdcZNWpybdT-V1hQnkYPgTKA9EgrB-FM3CIn0OmHYEGBkQC7NZrpXhJliYe2X8nEVvuiRFLitQXyOZrc-rkhmhutyHf2P1yD9RU2-kSFAbGAba8IC9g2C3f18f-/?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="DSC06329" width="404" /></a></p> <p>I made a <strong>chicken salad sandwich</strong> with <strong>cheese</strong> on the <strong>flatbread</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. Mmmm delish! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNwxRxQCeozwLB9crfTz-SowYXhqT1V0KAtArc9iwze_VJ9vaweH1GuYgxCQpCnVGYPdlGmetq6LfOqcmYFA3f56ef0r7HE_6OppKTgzu3y-515FBmF0RS1DR6AAdnZKXfV_ZJRjKIx5t/s1600-h/DSC06330%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06330" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh719PiWH5hERC5HPf3dpSggkfPpBlgSD96UlSkhN2-eEBgbU1xHjJtCBkNG3PTuUr_DwwinaRykXMXonKSlhxx8Lt02lLjNGd-CW91azwL53Vn4PL3zc28p84I6m1dB5_gQ_blqjJ0gIty/?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="DSC06330" width="404" /></a>  </p> <p>It was a long, but good day! I’m off to bed! <strong><u>Thanks</u></strong> for your sweet comments on my post earlier today…I <strong><em>missed</em></strong> you guys too! :)</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></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><strong>MONDAY'S STATS <br /></strong>POINTS = 22/23 <br />WATER = 128 oz <br />EXERCISE = 25 min cross ramp</p>

Pressing toward the goal!

Sunday night I did NOT sleep well at all. Not sure if it was the 4 hour nap that threw me off or nerves. Tonight was my first class (I'...

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10 days!!!

Obviously I've been MIA the past week. I could go into all kinds of details and really come down on myself for not working out everyday and eating lots of bad food. But would anything positive come from that? Probably not. The only thing I do is move forward from here. And that is just my plan!<br /><br />Over the past week I've gotten some really sweet comments from a few friends I don't see often and that really sparked something in me & got me motivated again. And also I'm only 10 days away from my trip to Florida! If that isn't good motivation, I don't know what is?!?!?<br /><br />So I hope you all are ready for Darci...'cause I'm back and ready to tear it up!! My goal is meet my weight for the "sister challenge" by the time I leave for Florida!!

10 days!!!

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Getting down to some serious business

You may have noticed lately that I haven't talked much about weight loss. No goals, no "I'm going to do this!" and no revelations as to why or how I got to where I am now. Nothing about how I'm struggling or much I want to get to my goal weight or about how much I've gained. Barely a mention of any binge eating.<br /><br />Just lots of pretty pictures and nothing serious. Light, fluffy, shallow. <br /><br />Here's the truth and what I really didn't want to talk about, but I need to face reality:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I'm really struggling on a daily basis to barely maintain under 180.</strong> </div><br />My lowest weight in the past ten years was 154 on February 2009. I maintained pretty close to that weight until September 2009. My size 10's all fit and I worked out almost every day. I still wanted to lose another 20 pounds, but I was comfortable at that weight. <br /><br />Then life happened. My crazy job had me travel extensively. I used that as an excuse to barely exercise and eat like a the maniac food addict on an expense account. I self-medicated myself with food. I quickly gained 20 pounds which is now 23 pounds. <br /><br />The last two months I haven't made any progress on losing that weight. Every day I wake up and think, "I really need to lose this weight!". It's a repeat of what I said to myself when I weighed 240 pounds. I would say the same thing every single day, but do nothing about it. Until one day I actually did do something about it and lost 85 pounds in a year. That was February 2008 and by February 2009 I was a comfortable 154, fighting to lose another 20 pounds.<br /><br />So here I am, March 7, 2010. Sitting right at 178 pounds. I don't like this weight. My size 10's do not fit. My size 12's are getting tight, and I even bought a pair of size 14 jeans last week. I feel fat. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate my body like I use to hate it. I'm strong and I like being strong.  I just prefer to weigh about 20 pounds less.<br /><br />I don't feel sexy or attractive at this weight. I want to feel pretty and sexy. As shallow as that sounds, it's just as important to me as being strong. I know some people will say that feeling sexy is a state of mind, and I agree to a certain extent. For me it's a combination of the mind and the body.<br /><br />The big questions are: How am I going to fix what seems to be broken in me? How am I seriously going to get on track with losing weight? What can I do differently that might work?<br /><br />Right now I don't have the answers. I'm trying, but my trying is half-hearted. I guess I have some soul searching to do to figure this out. I need answers and only I can come up with the answers that will work for me.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />Now for the light, fluffy stuff and my annoying talk about my exercising. :)<br />I decided to bike to the gym today instead of driving my car. It's only 6 miles round trip, although it's kind of hilly. I stopped quite a few times to take pictures pictures, but still in two hours of biking and strength training my heart rate monitor said I burned 643 calories. Not too shabby for two hours of exercise and one was super fun.<br /><br />I was surprised how much more difficult the hills were for me compared the last time I biked the trail in October.. Could it be because of the 20 pounds that was weighing me down? The hills were almost more than I could do (but I did do them).<br /><br />On the way home the sky was overcast and gray. Really not much to take pictures of that was interesting.<br /><br />One thing that's kind of weird is this sign. My bike trail goes past the Federal Way Aquatic Center and they have a sign out front with the weather and time, but it also has a weird face on it that it took me a few minutes to figure out.<br /><br />Any guesses? Actually, it's suppose to be Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2007 his face became the emblem of King County (Seattle and Federal Way). Some of the lights are burned out and it sort of looks like a skeleton. Personally I think it's kind of disrespectful and they should remove his face from the sign until they get the lights fixed. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLhfReob-0SDXhDYbNPKXW4HCVPCsfCguiuvkaL4Kar70Cb-qKBQHAAwLaiHFAA9vNavGm_sBIi8ArnIN1DbFoE3oCTUyvN-gvGeu9_Mw1HYEwz7OOsAPst3jdVobajBEdSPjEGM1Fg8O/s1600-h/7mar2010+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLhfReob-0SDXhDYbNPKXW4HCVPCsfCguiuvkaL4Kar70Cb-qKBQHAAwLaiHFAA9vNavGm_sBIi8ArnIN1DbFoE3oCTUyvN-gvGeu9_Mw1HYEwz7OOsAPst3jdVobajBEdSPjEGM1Fg8O/s640/7mar2010+013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see all the lights that are burned out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QI_1SiHvuoRcZENk06nnHL7m9_ugHX-3x9abxS9Nam12hq1DahRq0YCHrJ09AzHrHIJtjEix1Fq1B7hfcEQXMcURUDeH46nPsuw4_7xmtpVknUB0JMmHqogVSdY-hpbJGoxXViWCu_RU/s1600-h/7mar2010+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QI_1SiHvuoRcZENk06nnHL7m9_ugHX-3x9abxS9Nam12hq1DahRq0YCHrJ09AzHrHIJtjEix1Fq1B7hfcEQXMcURUDeH46nPsuw4_7xmtpVknUB0JMmHqogVSdY-hpbJGoxXViWCu_RU/s640/7mar2010+007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Across from the aquatic center is the hill form hell. It's so much fun to fly down it my bike, but it's torture going up it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraITIN6iMK3CtQ_fkc8oMged1ZC6GYOfAkU28YIKiBRX_3JCf7jgcc5_B7iVnKmelsil6eH10UxpVJAtbY0Oc1938YEVACqPYEIhuxl3f9Du6bXHW3AuGRR1q1tw-XbCd4cfrIC60gHrW/s1600-h/7mar2010+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraITIN6iMK3CtQ_fkc8oMged1ZC6GYOfAkU28YIKiBRX_3JCf7jgcc5_B7iVnKmelsil6eH10UxpVJAtbY0Oc1938YEVACqPYEIhuxl3f9Du6bXHW3AuGRR1q1tw-XbCd4cfrIC60gHrW/s640/7mar2010+016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Really not much to take pictures of today. You can see how gray the sky is and the sun is just barely visible through the overcast sky. This was at 1pm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx25ZYfuQxNrSr1r6lf2LjHDPqcrWpJGp1wacVluc5DoWrfOLGtwHXf9nuNYzV9rTUtOn4r1Iwhj4zpuzwjt_jWiuD6_gZZvLr0X0j01WE9VScS_zP9pe3iRw2EW35qZzNpGTFC0Y3W_jl/s1600-h/7mar2010+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx25ZYfuQxNrSr1r6lf2LjHDPqcrWpJGp1wacVluc5DoWrfOLGtwHXf9nuNYzV9rTUtOn4r1Iwhj4zpuzwjt_jWiuD6_gZZvLr0X0j01WE9VScS_zP9pe3iRw2EW35qZzNpGTFC0Y3W_jl/s640/7mar2010+022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Getting down to some serious business

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Virtually Awesome: How Smart Companies Use Video Games to Recruit, Retain Employees

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/video-game-300x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/wp-content/uploads/video-game-300x225.jpg" /></a></div>As a former Super Nintendo addict enthusiast, I was both excited and surprised to come across this recent Go magazine article about the growing number of companies using interactive software and video games as employee training and development tools.<br /><br />Excited, of course, because it seems like a cool, fun way to engage employees (and brought back fond memories of watching Mario hop around in a Frog suit)…But also surprised by just how many companies are embracing this trend: A reported 70 percent of major domestic employers used these ”serious games” to train employees in 2008, according to the Entertainment Software Association. That figure is estimated to increase to 80 percent by 2013.<br /><br />It’s encouraging to see employers move away from more traditional training methods like white papers, PowerPoint presentations and training calls - many of which seem as if they were designed to be tuned out (apologies if this is news to anyone) – and toward more engaging methods. According to the article, those who use these training techniques say that video games help employees build business skills by putting them in situations that require critical thinking and decision making. <br /><br />Not to mention that being able to interact through computer simulation programs helps employees retain complicated information better than they would using other, more traditional training techniques.<br /><br />Of course, the obvious downsides to using video gaming techniques to train is that the time and cost spent setting up and designing the customized software could be significant, depending on the complexity of the project. And then there’s the not-so-minor fact that simulations can’t completely replace actual human interaction…But none of this is to say this technology doesn’t hold value (so long as its viewed as a supplement to, and not a replacement for, real world training) – and many will argue that the business benefits ultimately outweigh the costs.<br /><br />No Longer Just a Training Tool…<br />In addition to helping companies develop employees’ business skills, more companies are utilizing video games in their recruiting and branding efforts as well. Here are a few examples:<br /><br /><ul><li>Candidate Attraction: The MITRE Corporation, for example, enables job seekers to download a 3D video game that gives players a better understanding of the company’s campus, how the interview process works, and view examples of company projects. Similarly, staffing firm Kelly Services has a virtual community in Second Life that gives job seekers an interactive experience to see what it’s like to work for Kelly, create buzz and differentiate Kelly from its competitors. In August 2009, the U.S. Army opened its Experience Center at a Philadelphia shopping mall, where potential recruits can play military videogames and learn about military bases and career options in an interactive way – helping the Army meet and exceed its recruiting and retention goals. </li><li>Employee Engagement: Kansas City-based benefits provider Assurant launched the gaming suite, “It’s Your Business,” in 2007 with the goal of helping employees better understand the business in order to boost sales. What it ended up with was increased employee engagement and knowledge retention. Today, employees are even more involved in the project, as they are the source of input for developing new training games. </li><li>Employee Retention: In efforts to help employees relieve stress, refocus and (most importantly) avoid burnout, companies are increasingly relying on video games – turning their ordinary break rooms into game zones. At the offices of the Chicago-based tee shirt company Threadless, taking a break to play a little Guitar Hero is an everyday occurrence for employees. And recently, Phoenix-based Multi-Systems, Inc. gave its employees a $10,000 budget to design a game room for them to unwind in, as a thank you for making various pay and benefits sacrifices the previous year</li></ul><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=rockfordlink"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=rockfordlink" type="text/javascript"></script>

Virtually Awesome: How Smart Companies Use Video Games to Recruit, Retain Employees

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Latest Employment Report a Mix of Good and Bad (But Mostly Good) News

Anyone else looking forward to the day we can say that we’re actually out of the woods with the current financial crisis (if only so we can put a moratorium on the phrase “out of the woods”)? <br /><br />Well, we might have to hold out a little while longer, because as the latest employment report indicates, we’re, um…well, you know. Today, the Labor Department released its Employment Situation report for the month of February, and, as is often the case lately, there’s both good news and bad news.<br /><br />The good news is that the number of jobs in February fell far below analysts’ expectations and that the unemployment rate did not go up. Despite this fact, the bad news, of course, is that unemployment is still at a remarkably high 9.7 percent and that employers cut 36,000 jobs.<br /><br />Among the highlights of the report:<br /><br />Employers cut 36,000 jobs in February (below analysts’ expectation of 50,000), compared with 26,000 jobs shed in January. <br />Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed Americans has nearly doubled to 14.9 million and the economy has shed 8.4 million jobs. <br />The U.S. unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February, and nonfarm payroll employment dipped slightly (-36,000). <br />Severe winter weather in parts of the country may have affected payroll employment and hours; however, it is not possible to quantify precisely the net impact of the winter storms on these measures. <br />Looking at various industries: Temporary help services added 48,000 jobs, while Health Care also continued to trend upward in February. Construction and Information both fell, at 64,000 and 18,000 jobs lost, respectively, while both Manufacturing and Retail were essentially unchanged. <br />Despite the up-and-down numbers over the last few months (36,000 jobs shed in February…26,000 shed in January…109,000 shed in December… 64,000 added in November, etc.), conditions are stabilizing overall.<br /><br />“The large declines are behind us,” said Joel Naroff of Joel Naroff Economic Advisors in a podcast interview with MarketWatch today, in reference to the job loss numbers. Naroff added that the latest report gives a strong indication that, while we may not see strong job growth anytime soon, we will see positive growth.<br /><br />In fact, employers are expected to add as many as 100,000 jobs a month later this year (and if President Obama okays the House’s new $15 billion plan to offer tax breaks to employers, it could further impact job growth in the coming months). <br /><br />Thoughts?<br /><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=rockfordlink"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=rockfordlink" type="text/javascript"></script>

Latest Employment Report a Mix of Good and Bad (But Mostly Good) News

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Planning de la semaine du 08 au 12 mars 2010

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Planning de la semaine du 08 au 12 mars 2010

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 08 ma...

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