November 10, 2011

Thanks for all your continued support as I complete Day 3 of the Paleo diet.  I think I successfully raised my carbs enough to meet the RDA minimum for diabetics.  While I know Rich believes that this diet benefits diabetics, I still need to do what works for me. 😀 Long time readers know that I typically steer towards eggs/savory breakfasts.  I thought I would...

Having fruit before working out seems to be working out great.  My blood sugar was 90 when I wok up, so on the drive to the gym I had 1/2 a cup of grapes and 1/2 a cup of honeydew melon. All I can say about the workouts is that I now know I clearly have not been pushing myself very hard.  I mean, I watch the...

I was so excited to get to the gym yesterday that I forgot to pick a winner for the food scale giveaway last week! The winner is:  True Random Number Generator Min: 1  Max: 73 Result: 16 Blog Reader: amy marantino said: November 3, 2011 at 4:04 pm my goal is to take a vacation Amy, send me your mailing address to: mybizzykitchen@gmail.com – congrats!...

Day One of my Exercise and Paleo Diet!  It’s been really fascinating to read up on this diet.  Although I wouldn’t call it so much a diet as a lifestyle.  It’s not Atkins, it’s not South Beach. Richard Kreps is the CEO and Owner of The Zero Scale: A scale can be a great tool to make sure you are hitting your health and fitness...

So happy that BSI is back!  I think it just makes you more creative in the kitchen when you have to build a recipe around a particular ingredient. I am happy that pumpkin is approved on the Paleo diet too – I plan on using almond flour to make some pumpkin pancakes – they come together great in my head, so we’ll see later in...

No surprise in this weeks WI – I only worked out 4 times and let’s just say I ate a bit too much this week! So 162.4.  I want to be 150 by January 1, so that’s 12 pounds in 7 weeks.  I am super excited about my new eating plan and workout schedule – I haven’t incorporated strength training into my routine in ages....

Since deciding to try a Paleo diet starting on Monday, it’s as if my stomach and brain are revolting already and are telling me “eat it now while you can because you can’t have it next week!” I had two handfuls of potato chips (6 points) and a slice of apple pie (approximately 8 points).  I obviously could have done without both. Breakfast?  More carbs! ...

Hannah’s car had to make a trip to the repair shop yesterday morning, so I traded my over time Tuesday night and came to work late yesterday.  The day definitely goes faster when you don’t to work until 11:15! 😀 We stopped and picked up bagels on the way home – at Great American Bagel you get 13 bagels for $7.95 on Wednedsay.  Um, check out this...

Thanks for all your comments on my Guy Fieri Halloween costume.  I’ve done famous chefs three years in a row and am stumped on who I should be next year – let me know if you have any ideas! 😀 I still had leftover roast beef, so I made a hash – 3 oz. roast beef, baby spinach, roasted red pepper, 2 eggs, 1/2 ounce...

Yep, I won prize for best/scarriest costume at my office party – I give you . . . Guy Fieri! Pretty much everyone knew who I was – except one person wanted to know if I was Jimmy Buffet!  It was a fun day – hey, any time I can grill at work I am a happy camper! We recently hired another attorney at our...