A mish mash Saturday. Some new car parts, a visit to LL Bean, our favorite pizza haunt and some returns.

Errands are not my Larks favorite pastime.  I basically have to coerce him into coming with me. But I always try to make it fun in some way.  I had some furniture to return to LL Bean.  After the dirty work was done and one painful visit to the woman’s dressing room (might I say it was painful for both of us) we had a chance to check out the more fun things in LL Bean.  Like the big fish tank, the bikes and best of all the TENTS!!

As we were heading over to the tents he did admit to me that…

Today was not my typical Thursday. It was Jury Duty for me today. Did you know that it was the state or Massachusetts who led our country in the one day one trail process? I learned that today. In 1982 the laws were changed so no one was exempt from jury duty and every registered voter would serve one day or one trial every three years. And in fact women did not participate in the jury process until…

Eleven years ago today I met my husband. It was a day that changed my life forever. Like weight loss surgery, this fateful event has lifted me up and changed my life for the best.

I met him only eight months after weight loss surgery.  I was certainly not at goal.  I can remember the night like it was yesterday…

As you know I love it when I find a new tool to help me with my healthy living.  This weekend I stumbled upon this Measure Up Bowl Set
at Wholefoods.

There were lots of life lessons this weekend. We attended our second karate tournament this weekend. My Lark, a new blue belt had registered for the forms event and the sparing event. At eight years old, awareness of winning seems to be growing but the clarity of comparison of self to others is still unclear.

When we attended the event last year there was delight to just to attend. Although I recall my nervousness last year, I do not recall my Lark being nervous. He was a gracious contender and enjoyed the event without taking home a winning.  This year there were butterflies…

Wow with the nice weather comes energy. Isn’t it funny how the warm weather with the later sunset always gives you more energy. I love it!!

After a long work day I was outside playing with my Lark after school. We were…

I started today in an ok mode, but as the morning lumbered along an increased sense of overwhelmingness (I know that’s not a word) came over me. I was trying to do so many things for so many people that I felt as if each of my four limbs was being pulled off.  I started to feel very angry and grumpy!

It was a spectacularly warm day out and it was approach mid day.  Why was I still inside? 

We started the next Accountability Mondays session this week. My goal for the next 6 weeks is to improve on my water consumption.  I’m hoping not only to improve my water intake but that this increased water intake will replace any snacking. The evil snacking, BE GONE!  I’m going to start by reducing my Iced Chai Tea Latte habit to one in the morning and then the rest of the day is water.

There is truly something to taking the time to doll yourself up.
It shows yourself that you believe you in fact are worth it. It can make a day that may have not started out the best turn into an “I’m looking damn good!” day.

Taking the time to make yourself up is all worth it. As you are losing weight, take the time to go out and pick yourself up some new clothes. Check out the consignment shops. Or do what I did

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is about what vitamins I take. I am a long term post op weight loss surgery patient and therefore my vitamin needs are very different from a newly post op patient. You should only take supplements based on your doctors recommendation.

The vitamins I take currently are

Just a quick video I did early this morning. Still working on my Vitamin Regime. But I’m getting there. Will soon be a page on my blog. Good information to refer to. It is one question people always ask me so I thought I should document it.

I’ve never been great at drinking all my water and in fact I’ve never really pushed myself.

I do drink quite a bit of liquids so hydration has never been an issue for me. And in fact I do like water. I follow quite a few weight loss bloggers and some of them are champions at consuming water. Those people are typically also athletes too and when working out you must drink water to stay healthy. In fact I find my body demands water when I am working out. This is not new news. But does water help with weight loss or healthy living?

We all have to deal with temptation at some point in our existence.

I seem to deal with it ALL THE TIME.  I’m not good at overcoming it either. My husband is a ROCK when it comes to temptation.

Me, I just……

I learned something new today.

Well we eat Chipotle once a week. It is my one cook-less night and it’s usually the night I grocery shop. I was there tonight. I love watching them cook. And yes I always take a picture or two.

While I waited to order I chatted with the prep chef. I saw all the chicken on the grill and I realized…..

I’ve been trying to write a post about my vitamin regime but I’m just not into it.  I went to my primary care physician a few weeks ago for my annual physical and my labs were not stellar.  My iron is always on the low end and I actively manage that with a hematologist.  But for some reason my calcium is low.  What’s up with that.  So it made me put “Revamp my vitamin regime” on my To Do list.

I’ve been working on it.  But I have to admit it has not felt urgent.  That’s not a good thing……

As some Mondays can be, it was hard to get out of bed this morning. See what I found in my bed today upon waking.

Like each morning my day begins with…..

First before we get to  the winners, I want to thank Jen at Big Train for sharing the Fit Frappe products with us!!  That was just darn right awesome!

And the winners are…..

And the WINNER is…..I love my monthly raffle.  It is so much fun to give away my favorite things.  I know they are not BIG BLINGY PRIZES but they are things that help me in my weight loss journey and I know they will help you!  All you have to do to enter is subscribe to my posts by email HERE and leave a comment on a post.  that’s it.  And each time you comment it is an extra entry!

oh YEAH,

And the WINNER is…..