Eating Paleo

Keep Calm and Eat Paleo

So yesterday, I posted my first edition of What’s Up.  I got a few responses from people who were interested in exactly what I have been eating and how I have been eating Paleo. Let me start by saying I am not a Paleo expert.  There are a lot of people out there who REALLY [...]

What’s Up – May 2013 Edition

Jennifer at Field Day

How crazy life is right now!  We are in the throws of trying to finish up the school year with a mere 10 school days left…OMG!  10 school days?  Where the heck did this year go? I just wanted to pop in and give you a brief update of What’s Up in my life lately. [...]

VitaPizza – Review

Vita Pizza

Sometimes for lunches, I like to take a frozen meal or a frozen pizza if I am running late and didn’t plan ahead to make my lunch the night before. I enjoy the little frozen pizzas that you can heat up in the microwave.  It satisfies that pizza craving with the added bonus of portion [...]

I'll Just Have A Salad – Weekly Weigh In

Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh In

This week at Weight Watchers, I was expecting a good number.  I had a good week.  It’s amazing how that works.  You do the work, you get the results.  You don’t do the work, you don’t.  It’s not rocket Science people.  But, I still have ups and downs anyway!  So…this week I was expecting a [...]

March Madness

WOW!

March is here and I am calling this month March Madness because it is time to STOP – THE – MADNESS! To me. March means my sister’s birthday, my first half-marathon and getting one month closer to summer break! This month, I am going to make small, meaningful goals to try and get myself back on track. [...]

Weight Loss is Like Marriage

It is ALL worth it!

I have been married to my best friend for 7 years. Making the decision to get married was one I took VERY serious. I was taught when I was little that you get married once and you stay married. Thank you mom and dad for that lesson AND example. With that in mind, I had [...]

No Point In Hiding – Weekly Weigh In

Photo from Pinterest

No point in hiding.  You will always have to come out eventually and when you do, it won’t be pretty. I spent last week hiding from reality.  I skipped my Monday night Weight Watchers meeting…which I never do.  I ate out almost the entire week…which I never do.  I drank diet coke…which I never do. [...]

Super Bowl Survival Tips

Photo from Fox News

Are you headed to a Super Bowl party tonight?  If so, you know temptation will be EVERYWHERE!  Check out my survival tips so you can have a successful night for your weight loss! Take a Dish – Check out my top 10 Healthy Super Bowl Recipes, make one of them, and take it with you [...]

NOTHING Tastes as Good as…

NOTHING!

Have you heard the saying, “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels?”  Well..I have a different saying. NOTHING tastes as good as being HEALTHY feels… I will never be “thin.”  I will be healthy.  I will be healthier than I am now.  And…nothing tastes as good as it feels to be healthy. N-O-T-H-I-N-G I [...]

Slow and Steady

I love this man!

We had our second weigh in at school today for our weight loss competition.  You want the good news or the bad news?  Okay…good news always first. I lost a pound!  Yeah! Okay…now the bad news… I dropped from seventh place to eighth place.  Yep…it’s bad! For those of you that know me, you know [...]