April 30, 2015

It felt so good to start my day with stretching – it kind of eased my way into the day.  It’s been in the low 30s in the morning still around here, so it was nice to be comfy in my pjs doing stretches. I had a low carb breakfast yesterday.  Not that I am doing a low carb diet at all, but I think...

I know I am only on Day 3 of this intuitive eating thing, but I can’t tell you how free I feel not having to type everything I put in my mouth into a program to see how many calories, how many carbs, how much protein.  I’ve been doing this a long time (shit, since I started this blog in 2008!) and I don’t know...

My alarm went off yesterday morning and I was so nice and cozy.  I was under not only my sheets and comforter, but also our down comforter because I slept with the window open – perfect sleeping conditions!  Until I lifted off the covers and damn, it was cold!  I turned off the alarm and checked my weather app – no wonder – it was...

This weekend was the perfect balance of fun, relaxing and productivity.  When my friend Alison and her husband invited me over this weekend for a BBQ, earlier in the week it looked like Friday night was going to be the best weather night.  I ended up bringing the food and they provided the beer.  I ended up making marinated steaks with this beef marinade, grilled...

I had to laugh because on the way to meeting Ally, I called my sister at work.  She said “did you know that your blog title said “Blogger Meat Up – didn’t you mean to say Meet Up?!”  Well, yes, yes, I did, but I guess I do have meat on my mind a lot – beef, it’s what’s for eats!  Hannah bought a new...

I have the day off from work today, because I am meeting up with one of my long time blog buddies, Ally from Sweet and Savory Eats!   She emailed me and said she’d be in the Chicago area and had some down time before her blog event with Aldi Foods, and wondered if I’d be able to meet up with her.  We’ve always talked about...

Thanks for all your sweet comments yesterday on my transformation Tuesday!  I have to tell you, just seeing that comparison photo has given me even more inspiration to keep doing what I am doing.  Making this a lifestyle and not a diet.  Truth be told though, it doesn’t really “taste” like a diet.  I haven’t really been counting calories – I only put stuff into...

I am happy to announce that my final WI with Dietbet has been verified, now just have to wait and see how many people met their goal to see how much of the pot I won.  I weighed in before work and Hannah wasn’t up yet to take my full body picture yet for me to submit with my final WI.  When I got home...

I had a great weekend.  The weather was awesome on Saturday and for the first time in a while, I had the whole house to myself until nearly 2 p.m. in the afternoon!  Both Hannah and Jacob were working, so I slept in until about 8:30, made my coffee and of course, started getting bizzy in my kitchen.  I was finishing up my meal plan...

I know a few of you were concerned if I could keep up with 20,000 miles (thanks for proofing my blog Momma!) steps a day, day after day.  Well the answer to that is.  No.  I am in the final three days of my DietBet, final WI is on April 20, but I have declared Fridays to be my rest day.  A day to rejuvenate, drink...