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Sorry blog ladies but there is something that I just don’t get the appeal of: Oats in a Jar. I don’t know who started this phenomenon but it can be seen here, here, here, here, here, and probably a lot of other blog posts. The idea is that when you’ve finished off a jar of read on ..

Okay, so technically my month 3 weigh in should have been last week, but since I was visiting my sister in Chicago I never got around to posting. I’ll compare today’s stats to my previous two months results. Start: Month 1: Month 2: Month 3: Overall Change: Weight 153.6 lb 150.6 lb 146.8 lb 149.4 read on ..

Since Monday I have been doing a “Green Smoothie Cleanse” much like what I was doing on the weekends during Lent. Basically that means that for 3 meals a day I drink a smoothie primarily made up of greens (swiss chard or spinach in this case since that’s that I have at home) with fruit read on ..

In spite of the fact that it rained all weekend, I had a great time visiting my sister in Illinois. Saturday afternoon after a 3 mile power walk, we headed into Chicago to walk around and to take our cooking class. We got a good deal at the Hyatt so we spent the night in read on ..

I’m currently in Illinois visiting my sister and brother-in-law. As Vicki and Sean were working today, Matt and I went into St. Charles and then into Geneva just to browse the shops. We found this cool bookstore in St. Charles We found these kids t-shirts when window shopping and I had to take a picture: read on ..

Today was day three of my new 4-day weightlifting routine. I didn’t make it out of bed this morning to do my cardio. I was awake, but my body felt like it was superglued to the mattress. I didn’t do cardio after work either. I just skipped it. I suck. My back is still sore read on ..

So my week 12 check in is coming up, putting me exactly halfway to my bikini birthday on July 27th. I’m going to warn you that if my weigh in is anything like what I saw on the scale this morning then it’s gonna look a lot like I’ve wasted 3 months. But, I took read on ..

I’m lying on my back on a hard floor as I type this hoping it will provide some sort of relief to my entire upper body which is absolutely killing after today’s workout. I could barely turn the steering wheel as I drove home from the gym tonight. I changed my weightlifting routine today after read on ..

This weekend has been awesome.  Last night Matt and I had my friend Daniel as our dinner guest and I’m sitting here chowing some leftover fattoush from the Lebanese inspired dinner that I cooked. Fattoush is basically a big chop salad with bits of seasoned pita in it and whatever veggies you feel like adding (usually read on ..

To know me is to know that I love all things peanut. Raw peanuts, shelled peanuts, salted peanuts, roasted peanuts, beer nuts, and especially peanut butter (even the processed stuff!). So imagine my delight when I “HAD TO” reintroduce peanuts back into my diet to see if I have any sensitivities. I eliminated peanuts during read on ..