Twas the night before...

Christmas

THE FINAL WEIGH IN!!!

I swear to you all, it's just as exciting to me, if not more than Christmas eve in my house tonight! I've actually been quite anxious all day. I know there really isn't much else I can do from now until my morning meeting with the scale but it has been on my mind all day :)

I am a slightly competitive person so this type of competition really motivates me, not to mention the stack of Jackson's I want to be to make it rain with in Chi-town next weekend. I am also slightly frugal so money motivates me a bit as well.

Tomorrow not only is weigh in day, ending with our final announcement party, but sandwiched in there I am participating in the St. Patty's Day Fun Run 5K with my seester, and gal pals Joey and Kelli! I.CANNOT.WAIT! In my anal tendencies to plan, and for those with a need to know, here is my day tomorrow:

7:15: First Weigh In (she has to work 8-3)
8:10-9:10 Kardio Flex with seester, a couple friends and a new comer from out of town to try KDT!
9:30: Weigh Ins
12: Girls to arrive for pre-5K pictures and cocktails?
1-3ihs?: Fun Run 5K (Did I mention this is a drinking 5K between bars? FUN!)
3-5: Get ready for announcement party
6: Party @ Felix & Oscar's party room (hey it was free to book, the food/big ass beers are cheap, and they had a groupon!)

What a fun filled day to celebrate the end of a LONG 10 week challenge that helped me get so much closer to my goal!!

That being said: breakfasts, lunches, & snacks are already packed for next to week to make sure I can sleep my hangover away all day Sunday stay on track to my next goal: another 15lbs lost!!!

Here is my menu for next week. FYI, it may seem like we eat a lot of the same dinners but if for some reason it doesn't work out this week, I will move it to the following week. If you cared to know :)

Songs of A Saturday

Good morning those that I automatically send an email to when this is published my faithful followers!

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and all things are rainbows and flowers in here in the heartland!

This morning, I had my 5th check in with the lovely folks @ KOSAMA Downtown to gage where my hardwork, sweat, and time has gotten me! I have been doing KDT for a total of 34 weeks so far. That being said these are my stats:

• Down 31 lbs.
• Down 11.5% body fat
• Down 33.75 inches
• 10 inches off waist
• 1.5 inches off arms
• 7 inches off hips
• 3.75 inches off legs

I am very happy with those numbers! I've put a lot of effort into them and deserve them! Now onto next session and new goal: lose 15 more lbs! Ia m hoping that this comes before the end of the next 8 weeks but ultimately that is my next mini goal!

I am going to stick with the 2 sessions a day @ KDT when it is a cardio based workout (Plyometrics, kickboxing, kardio flex, circuit, etc) but will only do once a day when its more of a kettlebell based workout (upper and lower body). Exercising that much might seem extreme or obsessive to some but to me it's the only way that I am getting change out of my body. You know what they say: In order to see change, you have to change what you've been doing! That I am! That I am!

This week is the last week also of the 2012 Biggest Loser challenge that I am facilitating! I am glad to see it end. 10 weeks was too long, in my opinion, and the motivation seems to wean off after 8 weeks or so! Oh well, live & learn!

On the new weight loss challenge, it looks like I won the first week weigh in! Down 6.6lbs from last Friday night to yesterday morning(morning vs. night has something to do with it but...still!) 11 more weeks to go on this one! Money is a BIG motivator for me!

This weeks menu is using as much as we can from the pantry and freezer. Side note, I failed my 90 day challenge of 1 salad per day on Feb26th. It totally escaped when I was in grilled cheese and macaroni cheese heaven @ Americana's Bombshell Brunch. TO.DIE.FOR!!!

UPDATED: Weekly Plan

Hi All!

A day late and a dollar short today folks! I think that's going to be my motto this week....VACATION HANGOVER!

Here goes nothing; this time I'm going to give my menu as well as my exercise plan for the day. We will see how that keeps me accountable!

Need to get smoochin' cuddlin' with the one I love on the couch with some facetime with JT-lake and the Social network. Heard mixed reviews and hope it can entertain someone (the hubs) who doesn't have FB!

Monday

• Breakfast: Strawberry Greek yogurt w/ bagel thin & garlic/herb laughing cow
• Lunch: Chopped veggie salad with pepperoni & ranch
• Snack: Valentine Candy (FAIL!)
• Dinner: BBQ grilled pork chops with steam fresh potatoes in chive butter
• Exercise: 15 minutes walking at lunch and 60 minutes on elliptical after work (fastest time yet!)

Tuesday

• Breakfast: Blueberry Greek yogurt w/ bagel thin & chipotle laughing cow
• Lunch: Chopped veggie salad with pepperoni & 1000 Island
• Snack: Nectarine and cherry tomatoes
• Dinner: Baked soy-orange code with steamed veggies
• Exercise: 15 minutes walking at lunch, 45 minutes on elliptical after work, 15 minutes weights

Wednesday

• Breakfast: Strawberry Greek yogurt w/ bagel thin & garlic/herb laughing cow
• Lunch: Chopped veggie salad with pepperoni & 1000 Island
• Snack: Nectarine and celery
• Dinner: BL Night-spinach chicken gnocchi soup with french bread
• Exercise: 15 minutes walking at lunch and 60 minutes on elliptical after work

Thursday

• Breakfast: Blueberry Greek yogurt w/ bagel thin & chipotle laughing cow
• Lunch: Chopped veggie salad with ginger soy dressing
• Snack: Nectarine and cherry tomatoes
• Dinner: Chicken panini with veggies
• Exercise: 15 minutes walking at lunch, 45 minutes on elliptical after work, 15 minutes weights

Friday

• Breakfast: Bloody Mary breakfast casserole with toast and juice (team b-fast @ work)
• Lunch: Chopped veggie salad with raspberry vinaigrette
• Snack: Nectarine and fresh snap peas
• Dinner: NEED IDEAS!!!!
• Exercise: 15 minutes walking at lunch and 60 minutes on elliptical after work

This weekend we are celebrating my grandfather's 80th birthday=lost of family time and one of my first cousin's are in from Connecticut! YEAH!!!

Stay tuned for an update to January and start to February on weight loss progress (right hand side of blog!) and WEDNESDAY....

...drum roll please.....my first time lasagna didn't fail!!! Sunday night family dinner part #1!

Is there anyone out there?!

Hello to all!!!

After a couple of months off with intermittent posts, I am back to blogging folks!

November and December were of course jam packed with ugly sweater parties holiday parties, social events, and extra time needed to get prepared for all of family Christmas celebrations.

Hubby with nephew on his first Christmas

The gang on NYE!

Sully all in his Christmas spirit!

Mom and I bowling on NYE!

Things that you can expect from the 'Goodies' in 2011:

• 3 times a week posting
• Updates on weight loss and how the exercise is going
• What I've been eating
• Nutritious recipes that I've concocted
• Fun social events that I've attended
• MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

Let's get back into it!

PLAN OF ATTACK TO LOSE THE 20+ LBS by February 26th:

I started back, balls to wall, on January 3rd (after a alcohol induced new years) and now I weigh in everyday but will be updating the progression chart on the left side of the page on Mondays only! UPDATE: This morning was almost 10lbs since Jan 3rd, less than I want as my visit by Aunt Flow should be starting here within the next few days and that can wreak havoc on my numbers! What can we do but keep on pluggin' away?

I also started back into really planning everything that I am eating for my mini goal of losing 20 lbs before Feb 6th AKA day we leave for STL for the Supberbowl (hopefully to root on our Bears!) and Cancun! This means I spend a good hour or more most of the time Sundays coming up with all of my breakfasts, lunches, and snacks that can be made in advance and ready to go in the fridge for my workdays as well as make sure the menu on the calendar fits our palettes for the week.

 January's calendar with the dinners filled in (minus a few days)

The week's breakfasts, lunches, snacks for the work week.

This week's work day menu:

Breakfasts: Canadian bacon and broccoli frittata with kiwi

Lunches: big salads with chopped veggies(cherry tomatoes, celery, onion, carrots, green pepper, cucumber, snap peas) & different dressings (raspberry, sesame, and 1000 island)

Snacks: either yogurt w/ light babybel cheese wheel or celery/ranch w/ mini babybel

This should run me roughly 600ish calories for the day, perfect for a 400-500 dinner and 100 calorie bedtime snack. PREPARATION IS KEY!!!

I also joined a gym, which I have access to 24 hours a day, so that is good. The only downside is that there are no structured group classes, except Pilates, which costs extra . BOO! I would like to try BodyPump and spin, possibly.

So far, I have been everyday, usually for an hour of cardio, and most recently threw in some light strength training to build muscle mass 3x a week. I am such a foolio when it comes to weight lifting so I google'd a plan and hope to get more into that once I feel like I am at a place when I can let up on the intense cardio to devote more time to that. I mean, I'm not a gym rat folks! I do go for less on Sundays, which is my designated rest day but still aim to hit the BodyBugg's calorie target.

To sum it up:

1. PLAN and be PREPARED when it comes to eating.
2. WORK OUT HARD!
3. NO ALCOHOL or RESTAURANTS (hardest one!!)
4. WATER! WATER! WATER! I'm trying to put down at least 150oz per day. Clear pee is the goal!

So that being said without further ado MENU PLAN MONDAY!!

1. Monday: Chicken Parmesan with garlic toast and roasted Brussel sprouts (hubby gets pasta too)
2. Tuesday: BBQ Chicken paninis with steamed mixed veggies (fries for hubby)
3. Wednesday: Panko breaded cod sandwich with mini tater tots
4. Thursday: Green Chile Chicken Soup w/ Naan bread & fresh veggies w/ dip (Friends for BL)
5. Friday: DATE NIGHT! Chicken strips with roasted Brussel sprouts (green beans for the hubs)
6. Saturday: TRIVIA Fundraiser event, bringing a cream cheese/turkey/cranberry puff pastry app for the table
7. Sunday: PLAYOFFS! I will be taking a healthified buffalo chicken dip w/ veggies dippers & rolo stuffed chocolate cookies (hey, the kids will love them & you only live once!)

Off to start the chicken Parmesan and watch The Town, courtesy of Redbox. Gotta love a flick for a buck!

AGAIN! Thank you for your patience and welcome back!

PS: Welcome new follower Sarah Davidson! Thanks for reading!

Gobble Gobble!

Hi all!

Challenge update: Since I posted about the challenge back last week, I will say that it has been a rocky time with Thanksgiving thrown in there! Overall, exercise wise, I was able to meet my calorie burn everyday except rest day(which ended up being Saturday) either through the *desired* 60 minutes on the gazelle.  There was a few days (Thursday and Friday) where I, probably like most Americans, used my cooking time (4+ hours) and Black Friday early morning shopping(8+ hours) as my form of exercise for the day. Otherwise, I have been able to get at least 45 minutes of gazelle in each day(only one day at 45 minutes the rest 60) so I am pretty proud of that. The scale seems to moving down but of course fluctuates daily (which angers me beyond belief) so I'll be updating that soon as well.

Don't get me wrong, I find nothing wrong with using those forms of activity as "exercise". I wanted to squeeze in 30 minutes of cardio each day(and had planned to by bringing my workout clothes with me!) I mean I was up on Turkey day at 6 getting things going, went back to bed for a bit, then got up at 8 for the day, where I proceeded to chop, saute, bake, instruct, and burn with lots of food items! Our Turkey day celebrations(we are lucky enough to eat and enjoy two giant meals that day, spread out about by 4 hours. Isn't that enough time to digest? NO NO NO!) went off without too many hitches (undercooked chicken at the first and blah gravy at the second) and good times had by all.  The pictures were accidentally deleted but I do have one that Chris made me take at his sister's house(gross pic, I'm EXHAUSTED!!!)

The entire Thanksgiving weekend went so fast! As always! We stayed in Polk City for Wednesday night and had movie night with my sister and niece(oh how she loves Toy Story 3!) and made some rockin' nachos(sans pics of course). It makes me warm and fuzzy staying in, making a delish din din, and spending time with the rugrats that I love the most! Thursday morning/afternoon was spent with my immediate fam, ending in the annual Michigan Rummy card game and I was able to score a victory narrowly but I still WON!! That's all that counts, right? We scooted off to the in-laws around 3pm where the father in laws bro and sis came to eat. We played a white elephant game that we normally play during Christmas so that was delightful. I was able to score a pretty huge draft dodger that I am for sure re-gifting at the next White Elephant party on December 11th. It still has tags people! I died when I got home around 10 Thursday night and was up and at 'em bright and early with the sis for deals to be found. A good recap is here.

Friday was the annual Foosball tournament for the all the men in our lives, from high school and beyond. It is always a good time, the girl usually start to congregate after giving the boys a good solid 4 hours alone. Hilarity always ensues, as these pictures can tell you:

Saturday we spent more time in PC, some in the hot tub and some not. Ended up watching Grown UP's before leaving for home. So so movie. Nothing too funny but just enough to keep me awake (sometimes just barely!) Sunday, the sister and niece went with me to Trader Joe's for their first time and I think that they picked up some good loot. She already used the pizza crust so I am totally JEL there but my time will come. I HEART TRADER JOE'S. I will get pics when I make my pizza. There is so much good, different stuff out there for decent prices. Locals GO THERE NOW!!!

Off to make some dinner(shepherds pie with leftovers from Turkey day--second meal--SCORE!)
Stay tuned tomorrow: restaurant review on Bang Bang Mongolian Grill!

Viva la...Holidays!

First and foremost, I would like to say SORRY to those that read and check this blog regularly. I’m SORRY! I know the feeling when you go to the website and there is no update or new blog post. The good news is that should not be happening from now on….

How or why can you believe me this time? Usually because I take weekend hiatuses (is that a word?) to do things like this:

75 days…75 DAYS!!! No, not 75 days until Waitangi Day. I am starting a new 75 day challenge!

WHY? There are ONLY 75 days until a much needed and spur of the moment recently booked vacation to Cancun!!! We are staying at the resort Riu Caribe for 4 glorious day and 3 beautiful nights in February for my sister's DIRTY THIRTY birthday celebration!

So far, it's myself and hubby and herself and spouse. We are hoping to see a few more couples or peeps book but I'm sure it will be an AMAZING time either way! Trip advisor reviews are mostly good(there's always that one guy who can't be pleased) and we got a good deal so I'm busting at my seams with excitement! Chris and I have been to Mexico before (a la Honeymoon) but never with anyone else so that will be a blast. I see margaritas, guacamole, and Miami Vices for everyone's futures! Hopefully nothing to do with a nature trail… for those who know that story, I DIE!!!

Holy crap Mama! How I am supposed to lose weight during the freakin' holidays? This is the time for friends, indulgence, family, wine, and hangovers ugly Christmas sweaters. I know that I can have all of these things this holiday season even with my 75 Day challenge goals that I want to obtain. There are 2 main things that I want in 75 days:

• Lose 15-20 lbs: This would put me at 45-50lbs lost and about a year since I started. Shut your mouth when you're talking to me! Talk about an accomplishment! I said that's worth a small trip to land of sun, fun, and salsa and chips galore.
• Go down 1-2 sizes in pants.
• Get a boob job

How am I going to get to that next step? Can you hear the move line "YOU CAN DO IT" ringing in your head? I CAN!!

• I will work out 6 days a week with at least 60 minutes of intense cardio(Px90 or Gazelle), 3 days of strength training(which is going to be Px90 or another DVD I can make my ass do), and 1 one rest day(most likely Sunday's) where I will still attempt to hit calorie burn, not sit in bed all day and look at pics of the Riu, dreaming of a Enrique Iglesias type masseuse rubbing my body!
• I am too late to register for another blogger's Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge but I am going to follow it and track my points and if I can come with 25 points of the winner, I get a new swimsuit for the trip. Or something that I would rather have!
• I am drinking booze only one day per week (if that) until end of new year then it's drinking is off like a slut bag's prom dress until I hit the airport white sandy beaches for the Mexico!
• We (hubs and I) are not going to go out to eat for the months of December or January for two reasons: calorie counting and penny saving. Both of these areas of been lack as of late so need to KICK IT INTO GEAR!!! Mexico doesn't pay for itself people!

What are you doing to maintain your weight this holiday season or are you going to attempt to lose too? Who is joining this challenge with me???

Wordy Wednesday!

Evening all my loyal followers and those that lurk in the shadows. You know who you are, see that button to the right that says "Follow" I dare you to click and it see what happens. You will be thoroughly impressed from here on out. I promise.

Anywho, stepping off soapbox. Today was a pretty good day, I think my body is getting used to the new shift(starting an hour earlier than I had previously) because I enjoy so so so much leaving work at 4pm. I feel like I have so much time after I get home! I LOVE IT!

Eats for the day:
Breakfast: Yoplait Greek blueberry yogurt with honeycrisp apple and small brownie (damn you bake sale!)
Lunch: Lettuce salad with diced chicken, cucumbers, green onion and tomatoes with Caesar Italian Dressing and some tortilla strips (for the crunch factor!)
Snack: 1 cup sugar free strawberry jell-o with 100 calorie pack of cheez-its (pictured are carrots but didn't eat them)
Dinner: Biggest Loser night at Sara's: Steamed broccoli with cheese, beef stroganoff (THE BEST)!

Over all, not bad for eats but a REALLY good day for exercise. After work, I rode the gazelle for over an hour(OK like a minute over but that was awesome!) and burnt nearly 850 calories AND went a little over 4.5 miles!!! I sweaty and it was good. With the new shift I won't hardly ever work out in the am (just not into 5 am anymore) and I'm fine with that as I feel like I work out harder and longer after work. This could be the start of something beautiful! So far so good for week 3 of working out at least 5 of the 7 days with 6 of those days hitting the calorie burn goal on BodyBugg! A girl has to rest! I am planning on not being a huge lazy anymore on Sundays and hitting goal but not doing anything structured, maybe a little shopping or some cooking.

Also, wanted to touch on my recent visit to Trader Joe's. Recently, a new store opened in the West Glen/Jordan Creek area. A friend and I went on Sunday afternoon thinking that the hype would have went down a bit. Sadly mistaken. It will still buzzing with peeps all hopped up on preservative free food! I can see what the hype is about though from the products that were left on the shelves. Good prices on produce, a very different selections from the normal stores around here and A LOT more vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options. I escaped with a few sampled and purchased green Chile Verde salsa (which is HOT) and a frozen roasted veggie enchilada dinner, which has been shown here a few times. These enchies are TO DIE FOR! And I'm actually not a big veggie only type eater. I topped it with a couple of tablespoons of sour cream and salsa but really could have scarfed it down the same without the extra calories of either!

I'm actually attempting a re-create this Sunday, I'll hopefully document the entire process, planning on making a couple of pans for the freezer! Sunday is working out to be a day filled of cooking for me! YUMMO!

Time to hit the hay. Trying to keep this house guest entertained but it's not working very well!

Stay tuned for a fun 50 random questions to show up tomorrow! Thanks for reading!

I'm ALIVE!!!

Sorry for the long lapse in posting!

 I've been going going going since last Thursday morning! I am EX-HAUST-ED so I'm just going to post an array of pictures over the last 5 days that I've been doing, eating, drinking, slicing, etc!!

Thursday mornings breakfast on my way to volunteer...WHEW! What a hard day, kinda appreciate the desk job more after that day...but really motivated to donate some fluids!

Side note, not sure if these small-ish size bars are worth the average of 200 calories per...although ate it at 8 and not again til 12:30 and wasn't hungry at all. Good for on the go for sure!

A Cake that a worker of the Blood Center baked for the volunteer appreciate luncheon...amazing. The de-headed it and separated for lots of peeps to take home to their kids. Everyone liked it a lot.

 Friday off from work and lunched in WDM with my sister at Biaggi's and think that I just ordered the wrong thing. I got the lunch combo of soup and salad. Ordered the veggie minestrone and was so unimpressed that I couldn't snap a pic. The bread however is to die for and ate 2 pieces of BOTH kinds!

 My salad choice was the wedge, drenched drizzled in blue cheese, bacon bits, and tomatoes. It was overall ok, I would have preferred a nice ranch but wanted to see all the hype.

 Friday night was my niece's birthday party at my sisters house and she had her first sleepover. I was supposed to bake a cake but time got away from me on Thursday night so ran to Sam's club and came home with this number for only $10!! It was a good deal as those sponge bobs were rings and the girls went a little CA-RAZY over them! It was a nice party overall and the important thing is the girls had a blast with each other!

 Saturday=HAWKEYE football. Went to Grimes, IA to a friend's house for a house party which eventually turned to garage/yard party but when the game got close it was ON! Tons of food to chow down on: veggies and dip, meat/cheese/crackers, pickle wrap dip, (not pictured: chili, hot dogs, prime rib sandwiches, cheese dip, pumpkin bars, chips/salsa/cheese dip, bloody Mary bar and beers of course!)

 Josh relaxing during the game!

 Buffalo chicken wraps that I brought, overall pretty good.

I'll be making again (with a different thicker tortilla) so stay tuned for recipe!

 Erin Miller and Aaron Wise

 Justin Frampton, Josh Taylor, Josh Gibson

 Aaron Wise and Josh Taylor

 Josh Gibson, Melissa Snyder and Justin Frampton

 Melissa Snyder and Erin Miller

 Wyatt and Josh Gibson

 Morgan Wise and Justin Frampton

Josh Gibson, myself, and Morgan Wise

Well off to shower, just worked out for 45 minutes, see daily mile widget to left for last workout. Got in 4 days last week and that again is my goal. It will be hard, my dad had surgery Monday so was only able to get in a 25 minute walk around the block of the hospital during his recovery and had to squeeze in tonight. As long as I can "watch" the food that goes in, shorter workout should be fine!

Thanks for reading and good night!

Baking Cookies

Good evening all!
Sitting here just waiting for the next batch of cookies to come out of the oven. Not such a great idea to start them so late but can't stop now.

Today was my Friday for the work week so I'm pretty stoked about that! Volunteering tomorrow until around 3 then going to hit a local bank here to see what kind of bargain they can give us on our mortgages. The interest rates are crazy so may as well take advantage right now and cut like 10 years of payments off! Who do you get your mortgage through? Do they offer online access?

Workout wise, I squeezed in a almost 45 minutes session of the gazelle again today. Am I going to get all 6 days in again this week? I KNOW SO! I am thinking about buying a CoreFusion DVD, anyone ever done it before?

Today's eats was pretty normal except we went to dinner out with a friend! Menu plan FAIL!
Breakfast: Gala apple and bagel thin with laughing cow cheese wedge
Lunch: Chicken Tortilla Soup with roasted Brussels sprouts (the last of them so sad)
Snack: FiberPlus Dark Chocolate and Almond fiber bar
Dinner: Chicago Speakeasy--see pics below

We really like this place not only because its 4 blocks from our house but because we have never been let down here! Tonight was no exception; actually we were outdone by our waitress who FINALLY allowed us to order the "lunch" fries instead of thick, non crispy steak fries that we just don't love. I definitely recommend a visit sometime soon.

 Started off with the hubby's all time favorite onion rings, not so much for me.

I like mine thick sliced!

 My salad bar trip. Words CANNOT describe what this salad bar is all about. Of course the salad itself is top notch but I also love the crab salad, macaroni salad, a weird yellow pasta salad, and the Oreo fluff. New addition since last time we went there was a new crouton type, soft and garlic-y like it was leftover garlic bread, which theirs is also TO DIE FOR! The husband and I are known to go here just for the salad bar. LOVES!

 My meal: The Speakeasy which is a piled high french dip with sauteed onions and Swiss cheese galore. I actually had 3 slices of cheese on and they were all the way ooey gooey so I actually took so off. I know me, the purebred American CHEESE FANATIC! I just couldn't had that many calories on Swiss. Now you had Havarti or Muenster or white American on there, WHOLE 'NOTHER BALL GAME FOLKS!

 The husband ordered the special of the night: BBQ Pork Ribs, a whole rack for $12.99. He didn't eat much so I plan to make a BBQ pork rib panini with onions and pickles sometime in our near future.

Our friend ordered the Alaskan king crab legs! This was her first time here and she had heard good things about these(I've never been with anyone who ordered them) so she bravely went there. And they didn't disappoint. Quite possibly the biggest crab legs I have ever seen and I've been to Seattle folks!

Oh the drawn butter! Butter holds a special place in my heart.
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Buzzer just went off for the cookies, gotta make the swap and keep the assembly line going. These cookies will be posted about tomorrow but are soft and cloud like, I may make a whoopie pie or two out of them just for shits and giggles.

Oh, and forgetful me forgot to weigh in this morning so will be posting something before heading out to volunteer tomorrow morning. Riveting I know but stay tuned!

Thanks for reading! I need to sleep!!!

Happy Thursday...oh wait, Tuesday!

Last day of work this week TOMORROW! LOVE IT!

We celebrated Tuesday tonight with a short version (darn elections) of the Biggest Loser Weekly Dinner party with Lindsey, Sara, and Matt...and it went down in STYLE! Thanks Lindsey!

First things first, the daily eats:
Breakfast: Triple Berry yogurt and a honey crisp apple
Lunch:  Roasted Brussells sprouts and a big salad
Snack: FiberPlus Almond and Dark Chocolate Fiber Bar
Dinner: Avocado BLTs with Steamed broccoli and apples/oragnes
Snack: WINE! with a few random chips and dip

Right after work I went to VOTE!  ROCK THE VOTE Peeps! Then came home and busted ASS on the gazelle! Highest mileage yet. 60 minutes for 4.4 miles!!! Something like 986 calories burnt! HOLY SHIT BALLS! I was sweatin' like a w**** in church!!! Oprah makes it a bit easier because I had count 'em 44 episodes to watch so I am flying through them!

Oh the dinner! It was a nice spread! Prepare yourself for jealousy:

 Apples and organes!

 Toms and avos!

 Best toast ever, steam broc, and micro bacon!

 Toaster oven sure does a good job!

This is your brain on wine and working out!

If you've never placed a slice if delicious avocado on your BLT I highly recommend that you run to the grocery store to get said ingredients and throw something together because it is A-MAZ-ING!

Heads up in the next few days (if all goes as planned :) )

• Butterscotch Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Icing
• SpongeBob Square Pants Cupcake Cake--I'm thinking funfetti cake dough
• PIZZA! My love!

On that note, this cutie was waiting for me when I got home: TO DIE FOR!!! besides his crazy eyes

WEIGH IN TOMORROW MORNING!

NIGHT ALL!