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I wish every day could be like yesterday.  I woke up at six when the alarm went off.  I already had my workout clothes ready to go, gym bag packed, so I was in the car by 6:15.  Ate a banana on my way to fuel my swim.  Swam 45 minutes without stopping. Hit the hot tub for 5 minutes, the steam room for 5...

After reviewing some of my eats the last couple days, I am realizing my weight gain has everything to do with what I am eating.  Saturday for lunch Tony and I went ot Nozumi for their calamari fries.  Holy cow, I dream about these fries – lightly battered and then mixed with a shaved vinegar slaw with spicy dipping sauce.  I stole that picture from...

If you read my post yesterday, you’ll know that in the last two weeks I am up 1.8 pounds.  While I am obviously not going in the right direction, there are non-scale victories.  I ran my fastest 5k in 34:10.  My size 12 pants are loose.  I’ve meal planned.  So what am I going to do differently this week to get a loss on the...

If anyone lives in the Chicagoland area, you know that Dominick’s and Jewel are the most expensive grocery stores.  I typically only stop by Dominick’s on my way home from work to pick up a couple things I might need for that nights dinner, like hamburger buns. I am a sale flyer menu planner.  Last week I had my whole meal plan worked out, Tony...

See that .99 cent bag of trail mix up there?  Seems innocent enough – some nuts, raisins and a few m&m’s.  Throughout the day yesterday I kept reaching my hand in, eating it, loving the salty/sweet combo.  In my head I thought it would be 5 WW points at most. Um, not so much.  My 3 ounce bag of train mix?  Try 10 points!  That’s...

I really suck at making omelets, yet just like scalloped potatoes, I keep trying.  So while I had visions of the perfect zucchini omelet, um, let’s just say I got a zucchini egg beater scramble.  Don’t let the looks fool you this was delicious! I shredded one whole zucchini (2 veggie servings?) and melted 1/2 teaspoon of butter and about 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic and...

I am so happy to report that Katie of Chaos in the Kitchen won my salsa gift basket at The Great Fundraising Act yesterday with a final bid of $100!  Thanks so much Katie!!  Send me your address at mybizzykitchen@gmail.com.  I love Katie and her blog – here are just some of my favorite things she’s made: Um, bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers! Chili Texas Red Cilantro...

I am very proud to be a tiny tiny part of the Great Fundraising Act that Janetha of Meals and Moves has put together for our fellow food blogger Susan of The Great Balancing Act. Janetha has put together the auction page – after spending days putting this online auction together. You can check out the auction page here. To bid on my donation –...

Six weeks left people!  That’s all that’s left in our 101 days of summer challenge.  If you read my post yesterday, I am up 1.0 for the week.  I can blame it on not enough exercise, too much wine and maybe a couple extra bites of cheese during the week. I had a goal of being 149 by Labor Day.  I am 158 now, so...

I completely overslept this morning and missed my WW meeting, but we made it there just before they were closing so I could weigh in.  Without exercising the last three days, I didn’t have a good feeling about the weigh in – look they already shut down their computers and had to hand write my WI! But I have only myself to blame – let’s...