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Yep, third day in a row I got my ass up and to the gym.  I have to say, just after a couple days it’s easier to get in the mindset that NOT getting up is not an option.  And it was 0 degrees when I left for the gym – I barely needed a winter coat!  Although 3/4 of the way to the gym...

I can’t believe it’s the week before Christmas and I haven’t put my tree up yet!  I probably will tonight, while Tony watches his Monday night football.  I had hopes of doing it yesterday, but since I worked in the bar area, I didn’t get home until after 1 a.m.  Tony waits up for me, which I love.  I don’t know if you’ve ever worked...

Thanks for all your wonderful comments about my WI after my ten day cleanse!  It is actually all of you who kept me motivated these last ten days – but now is the hard part.  Seems I need to have a goal dangling in front of my face to keep things interesting! While I am going to continue with my strength training program these next...

One reason I love weekends so much is that Tony makes me the best damn eggs for breakfast.  Saturday morning he made me sriracha scrambled eggs, Frank’s hot sauce hash browns and toast with jalapeno jelly!  How the hell did he know I loved spicy shit?  This ended up being my breakfast and lunch – so good. I’ve talked about our dollar rack at our...

My boss that I make breakfast for had dental procedures the day before so I decided to make soft pancakes for breakfast, just in case she was still sore.  I am loving non-fat buttermilk these days, so I decided to make another pancake. Banana Flax Seed Pancakes makes 10 pancakes, 2 pancakes per serving: 274 calories, 3.7 fat, 292 sodium, 50 carbs, 3.4 fiber and...

Thanks for all your well wishes about our basement.  I spent about an hour and a half to two hours shop vacuuming the rest of the water, and did TEN loads of laundry.  I still can’t open my dresser yet, so there is still more laundry to do if those clothes can be saved.  It felt like a Saturday all day yesterday since I took...

You’ll want to make these easy pork and shrimp egg rolls – make a batch over the weekend and reheat later in the week!  But first. . . Thanks for all the nice comments about my “do-over!”  It’s a clean slate, right?   And what better way to start the day than with an almond café mocha green monster. I drank it on the way...

Before I get to the recipe for literally the best Chicago Style homemade popcorn I have ever made (and total crack to both Tony and me, so I won’t be making this for a long time), I have to give a shout out to some more of my blog friends who sent me Christmas cards: If you haven’t read Ally from Sweet & Savory, you...

Can I just say that I wish every week is a 3 day work week?!  It will be Thanksgiving before we know it.  I had a wonderful weekend, the weather was amazeballs – temps in the 50’s?  Yes please! Tony made me two delicious breakfasts, I am being spoiled by his weekend breakfasts, and I love it. Saturday morning?  Spicy French toast.  Sounds weird, but...

Well I am on 8 of my 21 day challenge.  My first thought was to do 4 miles a day, and after day one, I determined that my speed wasn’t quite fast enough to do that mileage on my lunch hour, so I quickly reduced it down to a 5k.  I also said I was going to try to do a 5k every day for...