November 10, 2009

I’ve decided to post my weigh-ins every Monday to give me motivation to not gain a ton of weight during the upcoming holiday season.  My goal is to be 155 by January 1.  I think that is completely possible!  Last week I weighed in at 166.  Today. . . I love this scale! After you stand on it for a few seconds, it blinks to...

It’s so weird to see Christmas decorations in stores when it feels like the beginning of summer!  But, true to Chicago weather, I predict in three weeks we’ll have a measurable snow – that’s just how it works in the midwest! While I had pumpkin pancakes on my brain, I decided for 1/2 bagel egg sammie with 50% reduced fat Cabot cheese, 1 egg, 1...

This weeks hostess is Julie at Savvy Eats and she chose Maple Syrup as the Blogger Secret Ingredient!  I cheated slightly because since I am diabetic, I chose to use sugar free maple syrup – but if you decide to try this soup, I recommend using real maple syrup if you can! Biz’s Spicy Pumpkin Bisque 4 cups chicken broth (I use chicken soup base)...

Holy cow – this weather is AMAZING!  Seventy degrees and sunny all day!  Tony bought me a big container of Pumpkin Pie Spice creamer – perfect way to start the day! Even though it felt like summer, I had to use my snowman mug! Since this creamer isn’t sugar free – I only used 1 tablespoon with a splash of 2% milk.  So good I...

I accidentally erased my breakfast pics!  They were spicy oats with a fried egg: 355 calories, 28 carbs, 19 fat and 19 protein.  I had every intention of hitting the gym hard at lunch today, but I forgot about a work luncheon!  It ended up being sandwiches and salad – not too bad, except for some odd reason after I ate 1/2 of a sandwich...

There is a theory that you should eat this way.  Breakfast being your biggest meal, then a lighter lunch and even a lighter dinner.  I believe my day went like this: Breakfast like a Prince, Lunch like a Pauper and Dinner like a King!  In the whole grand scheme of things, I met all my goals except going over in the grams of fat department...

Seriously, where did the time go?  I distinctly remember me and my sister looking at Hannah sleeping in her crib when she was about six weeks old.  We were still living together when I had Hannah at the age of 23.  We had every intention of continuing to live together until I lost my job the day I got back from maternity leave!  Luckily we...

There.  I said it!  While everyone around me knows that I am NOT a morning person, somehow I convince myself each and every night that I am!  But all was not lost.  While I didn’t wake up in time to go to the gym, I did get up in enough time to do Level 3 of 30 day shred AND take my dog on a...

Yep.  I faced the music this morning.  I stepped on the scale after a couple weeks of not weighing in and the number was 166!  I was 160.5 the last time I weighed in!  I know a lot of that is water weight – I ate more and had more cocktails over the weekend, so I can imagine my weigh in tomorrow will be around...

We had the best night downtown last night! We left the house around 2:00 and stopped at a place called Moretti’s for lunch. The place was huge and practically empty! When we asked the bartender if it was going to be a busy Halloween night, he shrugged his shoulders and said they’d be lucky to get 5 customers in! Tony said this place used to...