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A New Week, A New Opportunity

March 20, 2011

I’ve been off track for a week.  It started innocently with just one meal, but then it snowballed into a week of emotional eating.  The worst part, I knew I was doing it and I didn’t care.  I even skipped going to my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday because I didn’t want to face the scale.  [...]

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Tuesday Confessions

February 1, 2011

It’s time for the Tuesday True Confessions over at the Sisterhood.  I don’t have much to confess other than the fact that I feel a bit guilty for my lack of updates the past several days.  It’s actually not been by choice though.  I started having pain on my right hip/lower back area on Saturday [...]

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New Recipes for January

January 19, 2011

One of my goals for 2011 is to try at least two new recipes per month. It just so happens that this month, both of those new recipes happened in the same meal. My dear friend Terri came up to spend the weekend with me, so I decided it was a great time to try [...]

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Weekly Recap & Spicy Goodness

January 11, 2011

One of my goals for 2011 is to get my Weight Watchers weekly recap posted each Saturday after I attend my meeting. Unfortunately, that (naturally) didn’t happen the very first week of the year because I ended up being away from home for about 16 hours that day. Other than a few random tweets and [...]

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Weekly Weigh In and Taste & Tweet

November 15, 2010

I’ll start with my weigh in for the week. I was down 1.6 pounds this week at my Weight Watchers meeting. I was really hoping for a lot more after the huge inexplicable gain I had last week. Anything down is good though, so I’m happy with my loss. As you know, it’s that time [...]

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Little Things Make Me Happy

November 12, 2010

I realized yesterday that my priorities in life are clearly changing. In the past, I would dream of things like nice cars, jewelry, exotic vacations, etc. to make me happy. Well, these days it takes a lot less. Yesterday, this is all it took: I *love* KitchenAid appliances. I would love to have one of [...]

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Perdue Short Cuts Review & Giveaway

October 29, 2010

As many of you know, my life is pretty crazy and hectic these days. I work full-time in IT management, commute about 60 miles per day, went back to school this fall, and I try to make time six days per week to work out, even if it’s just getting out for a walk. As [...]

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Now Eat This (Giveaway)

August 20, 2010

I had the day off today, so life is good! Since I knew I would be off today, I’ve been planning all week to make one of my favorite recipes from Rocco DiSpirito’s Now Eat This cookbook which has quickly become one of my favorite cookbooks. Yes, I was indeed fortunate enough to receive a [...]

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Wednesday Weigh-In

August 18, 2010

It’s Wednesday, so that means it was Weight Watchers and time for another check-in for the Down & Dirty in 30 challenge over at the Sisterhood. I was down 0.6 this week. While it’s definitely less than I had hoped for, it’s still a loss and that’s all that matters. :yes: Here’s my weekly stats [...]

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Taste & Tweet

July 25, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, the folks from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! will be having a BBQ Taste & Tweet party tomorrow night, July 26, from 8-10pm ET. If you enjoy grilling, you should definitely plan to attend! Taste & Tweet will be a fun evening of eating, Tweeting, and sharing grilling and [...]

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