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For living in the “sticks” we sure do have a lot of traffic.  One problem is that since we live on the river, we have to take the bridge over the river to get anywhere if you are going east, which is how I have to get to work.  The roads have been so backed up lately, that I decided to go west and take...

I haven’t been eating a lot of cheese lately.  You all know I puffy heart cheese!  I had a jones for it yesterday though and made what I like to call zucchini soufflé English muffins.   I grated one medium zucchini into a paper towel and then squeezed it really dry.  I Pam fried it with salt, pepper and a pinch of crushed red pepper for...

For some reason yesterday morning, I was not hungry.  That hardly ever happens.  I almost always wake up with a growling stomach.  So around 9:30 I finally ate a Chobani. And then around 11:30 I ate some watermelon. Before my workout my blood sugar was 236 – perfect!  When I got to the pool I thought both the indoor and outdoor pool were closed, but...

In case you missed it over the weekend, I’ve made it into the land of the 150s!  I am finding my inner athlete that was in there the whole time, she just needed to be woken up, that’s all.    It’s hard for me to believe though that the lower right picture of me on the track team at O.P.R.F. was 30 years ago –...

There are some mornings when I get up at 6:30 and by the time I leave work a little after 8, it seems like I have all the time in the world.  Yesterday morning I was busy being the normal tornado of activities when all of a sudden it was 7:50 and I hadn’t taken a shower yet! I made the coffee granola for my...

I seriously love it when I get texts and emails from blog readers who saw something or want to show me something that they know I’ll get a kick out of.  Like snowmen and hot sauces, or dishes that turned out great that I would love (Hi Helen!) I laughed out loud when blog reader Lisa sent me this the other day – thanks Lisa...

One of the first things I do upon waking up is make myself a cup of coffee.  I love our Keurig if for no other reason than I can have stinky coffee.  By that I mean flavored coffee that Tony wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole.  I don’t like it every day, but once in a while I have a jones for it. Cinnamon...

I stopped by Walgreen’s on my way home from work to pick up my test strips.  Since they are so expensive now ($245!) I will probably only test my blood sugar 2 times a day vs. the 6-8 I previously did.  I mostly need to know what it is before I workout and before bed, so  I guess those will be the two times a...

Another whirlwind weekend is in the books.  Even with having half a day on Friday the weekend went by way too fast. Saturday I went to Chicago to Hannah’s block party on her street.  It had a live D.J., tons of food and the weather couldn’t have been better.  Hannah’s best friend Melody was there with her son.  I am so proud of Mel.  She...

This post is a few weeks late, but better late than never, right? I had the wonderful opportunity to taste test two new Weight Watcher products.  Long time readers know that I lost 70 pounds with Weight Watchers back in 1999-2000.  It took me fourteen months, but WW taught me about portion control, the importance of eating fruits and veggies and lean protein. Back then...