December 6, 2013

Oh my gosh you guys.  I am horrible at keeping secrets.  Before I get into my news, let’s just go back a couple months, shall we?  They always say things in life happen for a reason! Remember my Beef Counsel weekend in Chicago in early October?  The best and final stop for me was when we cooked at The Chopping Block.  We were put in...

This week is going by so fast. I can’t believe it’s Thursday already!  I decided to make another taco omelet for breakfast yesterday.  It’s so good and filling – this plate with the Chobani is 307 calories and 36 whopping grams of protein!  I may have gotten a tiny bit carried away with the hot sauce though! I put on Instagram that I am still...

Since I have been getting up so early before work for over a year now, I almost always wake up right before I hear the CD turn on my alarm to wake up.  And yes, there are days I want to just shut it off and crawl back into bed, especially when its cold out, but I just grab my glasses and I am out...

Since I had to be to work early yesterday, I was happy to see that my strength workout could be adapted at home, well, except for the calf press – turns out I don’t have one of those at home!  I adapted that by doing calf presses while standing on my hand held weights.  I used 10 pound dumbbells. barbell squats: 30 reps leg press:...

I woke up late.  That never happens to me!  Post will be up around lunch time.  I have news!

When I started this blog in September of 2008, I really thought that by showing what I ate, what I did for exercise, would motivate, er, guilt me into making the right choices because I wouldn’t be able to hide anything.  I remember Biggest Loser was starting up, and I thought – “I will just take it slow and steady and be at my goal...