I just finished reading a booked called "Mindless Eating - Why We Eat More Than We Think"
This is a truely wonderful book by Cornell University consumer behavior professor Brian Wansink.... interested? here his website - you can also find... Read more
I just finished reading a novel by Louise Penny called Still Life. It's set in Quebec and centres around a Detective and a small village called 3 Pines. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have already reserved a few more of her novels that are set in... Read more
I am SO excited. I usually weight myself Sundays, but wanted to take a peek today.
And I'm 199.3!! Just 2.3 lbs shy of 80 lbs GONE!
Now, it's taken me a while to accomplish this - with many slip-ups along the way - however I think i'v... Read more
I think that the dogs think they're in heaven. I'm on vacation this week, and since Friday night I've been taking them to the beach for our walk.
I even managed to get my oldest daughter to go with us yesterday morning. It was such a love... Read more
Well - I decided to post my january goals - hopefully it can be seen ok with my lack of technical savvy - haha
Going well so far this month. Tonight, it's just my younge... Read more
Oh boy... this month is going to be TOUGH.
I have a cookie exchange at work with some of the girls - I need to make 6 dozen cookies (packed in 6 - 1 dozen sets) to exchange. We'll do this over our lunch, which is good because I can simply ... Read more
ok... here's my plan...
1.) ensure that I eat my healthy planned meal - which is a 6" Subway Roasted Chicken breast sub PRIOR to going to the show with DH
2.) pack my FINN Thin crackers and a 1/2 oz of low fat cheese for a crunchy snac... Read more
Well - since taking the advise of a number of my Spark Friends, and having a snack in the evening that consists of protein, my Morning blood sugar has been 5.9 twice out of the last 3 mornings!... the one morning that it wasn't, I was 6.3... so ... Read more
I'v been focusing on trackin my blood sugar since the middle of September - this is when I also came back to Sparks.
I use Excel to track my weekly Before Breakfast average and graph it week over week with a goal to get this number to under... Read more
Well, you know you're out of shape (wait - round IS a shape!) when giving 2 Labs and 1 cat a bath makes your butt hurt the next day. Good grief!
We noticed everyone scratching lately, and discovered a case of fleas. Yuck! I started with ... Read more
Back to work today and attempting to catch up after been off Monday and Tuesday.
SO many e-mails to wade through! Left work an hour later than planned, and needed to stop off at the grocery store before heading home for a few items.
Th... Read more
Sunday started out as any other, with a lovely walk on the beach with DH and the dogs. We can upon 2 sets of deer tracks walking along the shore - and were even able to catch a look at the deer with the binoculars that we always take with us th... Read more
My DH drove into the city today and had lunch at Montana's before heading out grocery shopping.
Thank goodness for websites and nutritional data!. I checked out Montana's prior to leaving the house so that could plan what I would order, an... Read more
My little voice was louder today.
On the way home from work, my daughter and I stopped and picked up groceries. I stuck to my list, so no worries. I was starving, and knew that what I had planned for dinner would take about 45 minutes to ... Read more
My 6th day blogging! I'm surprising myself!
Another wild day at work... only left my desk to visit the ladies room. Good grief. But I did eat my dinner at the table with DH again tonight.... and even though I've been working on an presen... Read more
Well - I decided to post my january goals - hopefully it can be seen ok with my lack of technical savvy - haha
Going well so far this month. Tonight, it's just my younge... 