Up, Up and Away!

Well, it could have been worse! Up 1 lb. Still within my maintenence range though. Will have to work to keep that wiggle room that I so love :)
Anyway, short and sweet!
Happy day before Friday!!!!

Busy Bee!

When does the madness end?? Tonight I had to go out for groceries and baking supplies after I had gotten home from work and thrown some laundry in. Then made dinner and then started on my dessert creation for this weekend. It's now in the oven. Have to make lunches for tomorrow, get run stuff ready to go for a run after work and then maybe sit down for a minute after I fold the laundry!!! Geez!
Tomorrow will be running, part 2 of dessert, quick house clean and then L and little P over for the night.
Friday is another staff work thingy.
Saturday is 5K run and then finish dessert creation, then family Christmas.
Sunday is shopping in Newmarket. I'm looking for a new leather jacket and one saleslady invited me to family day at Danier. She said she doesn't have any family so I can come and be her sister. It was SO nice. Another 30% off sale prices!
Monday = start all over again!!!!
OK, enough complaints!
I'm so excited about this dessert. It's Dark Chocolate Gingerbread Trifle. How good does that sound??? Recipe in Food and Drink Magazine that you can get at the liquor store.
Anyway, that's my life for now. Scale is showing me AT goal weight which will be a gain but still OK. We'll see for sure what tomorrow brings :)

Same story...different day!

I'm a bad eater lately. That's all there is to it. No excuses. Just bad choices! I cannot imagine I won't soon pay for it on the scale.
In other news, I did two straight days of shopping and I'm still not done my Christmas shopping!
I'm running a 5K this Saturday so we went running today in a freakin' blizzard just to get our mileage in. Now that's dedication :)
We also have a family Christmas get together this Saturday. I WILL be good. Especially with the help of the 5K run in the morning!

Well a miracle it is!

Down a smidge (-0.4) which is absolutely shocking...but I'll take it! Maintaining was what I was praying for so a little loss is fantabulous!!
No run today due to weather conditions. We'll try again tomorrow! I have a work Christmas thing tomorrow so I need to get some excercise in as rumour has it, they serve my favorites....WINE AND APPETIZERS! Yummy but bad all at once!

Alive...and eating!

This has not been a stellar week eating wise. I did however get back on the excercise bandwagon so I guess that's something. We'll see what tomorrow morning brings. Expecting a gain, praying for a miracle!
So this week has again been busy. Yesterday was another shopping trip to the USA. MUCH less busy on a Tuesday compared to that frickin' insane Saturday! Lesson learned. Coming up on Sunday/Monday...another shopping trip to hopefully get the bulk of the Xmas shopping finished. We'll see how our luck is with that.
Here's my eats today:
B: bagel and cream cheese (3)
L: WW pita (1) with thai tuna (2), cucumber and lettuce, yogurt (1), apple (1)
D: Homemade Pad Thai (9)
S: Smart ones shortcake (4)

Tomorrow = Run and TV night with L & Little P :)

What? The weekend is almost over?

Where does the time go??? It seems like every weekend is a busy weekend lately. What's up with that? On Friday, I babysat little P. We had a great time. He's getting SO big! Then yesterday we had a get together for my Dad's birthday. Points went right out the window! We had drinks and then homemade pizza and caesar salad for dinner. Then I made Dad his favorite...birthday pie for dessert (with ice cream, of course!). I did go for a run yesterday morning though...YAY for that.
No big plans for today. I probably need to slip out for groceries but I'm not feeling like it at the moment. We'll see how it goes!

Holding steady

I've decided to officially change my weigh in day to Thursdays. So this morning was good. I'm down a touch (-0.8) to give me more of that wiggle room back. So I'm a happy camper. It was a crappy day at work today and I'm admitting that because of that I'm having nachos. I know, that's not the right thing to do but I'm doing it. And at least I'm aware that I'm doing it.
Enough said.

Why owning a house sucks...

OK, it doesn't suck all the time...just when fall comes around and you have a lot with 3 VERY large trees!! I wonder how much it would cost to cut down said trees??? All in all, it only took 2 of us 2 hours to finish raking the front lawn. But when I say finish, I actually cannot tell as it is dark outside! We'll see in the morning if we're really done and if I can move! 'Cause afterall, it is quite a workout (and that is the only real bonus in all this!!!).

THE best crystal light

I think I'm in love. This is my new favourite crystal light flavour!! I've been a fan of their teas for a while but this new one is awesome!
I don't have much else to report. My cold seems to be FINALLY clearing. Back to work tomorrow. I cleaned and did laundry today. The cleaning included scrubbing the floors, which was long overdue. I just can't get over how clean the house feels! And I've got a yummy cranberry candle burning and am just waiting for Biggest Loser to come on. All in all, a productive day. OH, and I got my voice mostly back. Good times...

Damn Cold...

I cannot seem to shake it. I'm at home sick today. I totally lost my voice yesterday. I don't ever remember having a cold this bad...it sucks!
In other news, I'm enjoying all my treats from the road trip to the states that we went on. Even though it was such a crazy trip...it was worth it!!
Also, Jen has me addicted to nonfat, sugar free lattes and that's all I can think about!!!!

Gain :(

Bad week is OVER. I gained 2.8 lbs. The good news is...I had some wiggle room. The bad news is...I liked my wiggle room and it's gone :( So sad. Oh well. I really deserved to gain this week. It's a good reality check. Just cause I'm at goal doesn't mean I can go and eat whatever I want. Lesson learned and I'm moving on!

From bad to OK

I've stayed in my points today. I didn't go for a run though. I've actually been settled in bed watching TV so I can stay away from the food. We'll see how much good it does considering it's already the night before weigh in. Better now than never, I suppose :)
Food today (haven't done this in a long time):
B - WW bagel and ff cream cheese (3)
L - Salad with feta (1), Melba toast (2), FF tapioca (1), apple (1)
S - Baked fries and ketchup (4)
D - Blue Menu roasted veggie pizza (8), Salad (0), Lifesaver gummies (1)
And now bed!

Bad weight watcher

Ok, why can I not stay within my freakin' points??? I have a cold right now and my throat feels like razor blades but does that stop me from eating? Of course not. What is my problem this week?
1. I know I'm up so now I don't care
2. Unfortunate left overs from the wedding - specifically the candy "bar"!
3. This is the week leading up to "that" time
4. I just keep making excuses
ENOUGH already. Get your hand outta the jellybeans and step it up a notch!!!!

The Weekend in Pictures...

The Girls :)
The Boyz!
Drunk Tara!!! We are family...yeah, yeah
Lee, bride, groom and moi!
You may kiss the bride!
May I introduce Dr. and Mrs...
Lee and Jay
T and J
Dad and his little girl :)
So other than pictures, not much new. I've been back on track today as the scale is showing that I'm up by quite a bit. But exactly what I expected after four days of eating, sleeping and drinking...and nothing more!!

Look...proof that I ran a 10K

Actually there should be a rule about taking pictures while a person is running. This is the only one that is post-worthy. The others are pretty funny. Maybe I'll change my mind later and post them. Still recovering from EXTREMELY busy weekend. Back to work and routine tomorrow.

Stress???

That's what I'm attributing this weird weight loss to. I lost 0.8lbs this week??? I did not run except for Sunday. I did not track my food. I ate Halloween candy and fries. Maybe in a few weeks when I'm used to my new job, this weight is going to creep back on! Not that I'm complaining. I just thought I was done. And I'm happy where I am. SO, I'm going to ENJOY the weekend and see where that puts me on Monday.
Weird how hard it was to get here and now the weight is just falling off. I'm confused!

HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY, JEN!

I'm a little early but I just wanted to take a moment and wish a very Happy Birthday to the greatest gal in the world! We've come a long way baby!! And next year's the BIG one! Scary stuff! I'm glad you've been there for me for my first 29 years and look forward to the next ones :) Not that there won't be any after that...well, you catch my drift! Have a great day, Jen :)

Slacker

Yep, that's me! I've been MIA for a few days now. It feels busy. Gearing up for a wedding in Baltimore this weekend PLUS Halloween last night = no time! We're big on Halloween here at my house so there was lots of decorating and lots of visitors! Little P came over for his first Halloween. THE cutest ghost EVER!
Food tracking this week had been pretty much non-existent. Things I did not track: pizza, perogies, a couple caesars, garlic bread. Wow, that's a bad week. My scale however, has not yet turned on me so we'll see tomorrow. The good thing about the unusual loss last week was that I now have 3 lbs to play with. Which is both good AND bad! We'll see how things go tomorrow and this weekend. I may have to tighten my belt and step it up a bit :)
I'll leave you with some pictures of last night: