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Wow, what a whirlwind week it was!  From the James Taylor concert last Thursday night through my family reunion in Virginia, this week went by fast, but I packed a lot into that week, that’s for sure!  I plan on doing a vacation recap post tomorrow, but I wanted to thank my twin sister Jennifer for her guest post and continuing to inspire me to...

Hello! Hannah here. Hope everyone had a successful, relaxing & enjoyable 4th of July weekend- While Jacob and I both worked yesterday, we definitely still made time for relaxation and some good ole grillin’ for dinner. It’s funny because while I typically don’t like meat, there are times when I find myself cooking a bunch of it! Yesterday was one of those days- we decided...

Hi all!  It’s Jennifer – Biz’s twin sister.  Since Biz and our Mom were leaving at the crack of dawn to go on vacation – I’m taking over for today. I think what I will share is my weight loss success so far this year.  It’s going pretty well – I can’t believe I’m still at it!  Like everyone else in January – I was the “I’m...

Another gorgeous summer day in the books for Chicago yesterday.  Even though I knew it was my long work day, I knew I I had to get out and get some steps in, even before breakfast. My twin sister and I LOVE clouds and for us, you can’t have too many pictures of them!  Tony used to roll his eyes every time I took another...

So yesterday you remember how I told you that MY scale showed a 4.6 gain for one week.  In my head, I knew that wasn’t possible, but it really messed with my brain.  I kept going over my online journal, knowing that I couldn’t have possibly eaten 15,000 extra calories without realizing it, unless I was a sleep eater and didn’t know it!  I seriously...

I had more beef leftover in my fridge that needed to be used up or put in the freezer.  Um, turns out I can have steak pretty much any time of day.  I ended up using the same Black seasoning from Saturday night, but cooked it in my cast iron skillet.  Just as delicious as doing it on the grill.  My 4 ounce steak (4)...

Even though I had frozen pizza on Wednesday night, I decided I still wanted pizza for Party Pizza Friday.  I never have to convince Hannah to want pizza – Jacob doesn’t really like pizza at all, so he ate chicken fingers like a 7 year old I am sure I’ve mentioned it before, but Hannah isn’t very fond of red sauce on pizza.  I remembered...

Usually on the days I work the market, doing an extra workout isn’t even on my radar.  But because I was doing yesterday’s market with another person, I thought to myself “well, that’s 50% of what you’ll have to do if you were by yourself” and ended up doing a 45 minute walk yesterday morning.  It was cool and humid at the same time –...

The weather forecast looked pretty bleak yesterday.  It looked as if the brunt of the storms rolling through were right through the hours I’d be under a tent at the farmers market.  I texted the owner and was like “did you see the weather forecast?”  His reply?  “Be sure to bring rain tarps.”   Apparently the markets are a go, rain or shine! I made another...

Imagine that, I actually had a loss on the WW scale two weeks in a row! So in the 8 weeks I’ve been going back to meetings, I’ve managed to lose 1.2.  It’s funny and not at the same time.  I know exactly what I am doing wrong, but sometimes can’t get myself to change.  I know eating late at night on the days I...