Weigh In Wednesdays #10- Nothing

I got nothing to blab abt today as far as WIW goes. As matter of fact I am going to put them on hold till September once I can get back on track. No I am not quiting just taking a pause on the posts because though I have not really gained anything I have not lost anything either and really not sure how inspirational that is. SO once the kiddos are back in school and it cools off it will be back to business for sure! I lost 30 the first half of the year and I am determined to loose 30 more the last half! I may post from time to time when we try new recipes but other wise I wont bore y'all with the same ol same ol.

Now off to get some of this if I am lucky! Attempted to purchase some on Sunday but after wondering around an antique mall for almost 30 minutes looking for the Chalk Paint booth I found out I was in the wrong antique mall! Ha! The men folk only had patience to sit in the car for one place so I said I would go back out! Wish me luck and that I don't drive the boys insane on my quest! Ya can't take a mama into an antique mall without her looking around!;)
Have a grand one!

Weigh In Wednesdays #8- Desserts

Welcome to Weigh IN Wednesdays #8! Wow, I can't believe it has been two months since I started this series. Time sure does fly! This week I am focusing on healthy delicious dessert options. Everybody loves dessert and we are no exception over here at our house. So here are a few calorie friendly desserts we enjoy having. 

LOVE LOVE LOVE these not only for dessert but really anytime of day. They are super yummy and super easy to make. The boys bought me a Magic Bullet one year for Mothers Day and so clean up is even quick! Yoplait  has new flavors out that I can not wait to try! We usually buy just the Triple Berry in the economy size at Costco.

Another super yummy treat that even The Hubster requests from time to time is  frozen yogurt pie! Here is the recipe for the regular version but it is easily adaptable. Just buy low fat yogurt in any flavor you like, as well as the low cal cool whip which is just as yummy and then the low cal graham cracker crust and you are good to go!

Another fave among the boys and I is Hungry Girl's Peanut Butter Fudge! You can click here to get the recipe!

For deserts you can just get out of the freezer and not have to worry abt cleaning up from we like Blue Bells No Sugar Added Crunch Bars and also Dreyers Frozen Fruit Bars which come in several differ flavors.

So what guilt free desserts do you enjoy? If you have made a post to participate in WIW please let me know so I can add ya to the list!

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Weigh In Wednesdays #7-Thirsty?

Welcome to WIW #7! This week I am going to share with y'all what I like to drink. We all know that water is best for us and getting in the habit of drinking it can be hard for some us. I am not a straight water person. I have to have something in my water even if it is just a lemon wedge. When we dine out I always order diet coke and that is the only time I drink soda of any kind. To me good water at restaurants is hard to come by. There is only one place I will drink the water and even get refills and that is Mcallisters all the way across town. It is the BEST water by far yet I have no idea why.
So what do I drink when I am at home that does not pack on the pounds or hinder my progress?

Mio came out a few months ago. We tried it at Target and were hooked. It cost less than $3 back then.  I love the Mango Peach and the Peach Tea! Super yummy and the boys like it too. Mio I think is owned by Kraft foods and well Kraft thought they would be sneaky by getting ya hooked and then raised the price! Now they are $3.50-$3.85 depending on where ya shop. Sorry Kraft no matter how yummy I am not buying anymore unless they are on sale! Worth the wait though.

Sams Club...aka WalMart...flavored waters are always found in our home. This is what The Hubster drinks everyday and they have TONS of new flavors some even with antioxidants. There is one new one that taste just like a fruity wine cooler! No joke! We fight over it! For the life of me I forget what one it is though. They have been sold out the past few times we have been. If WalMart/Sams is reading this ya need to offer these waters in bulk at Sams!! If ya did we so would become members again! That is how much we drink it.

I just recently became a Snapple Lemon tea drinker since they have been on sale at Target the past few weeks! I will say though I have been drinking the non diet version which I shouldn't be doing but I swear the green tea gives me a major boost and so I think it equals out in the end. More energy to do stuff equals more stuff done which equals more calories burned! Sounds like a win win to me!;)

We are also a huge Crystal Light fan and WalMarts version is what we usually get . It saves  over 50 cents!

What are your fave calorie saving drinks?

If ya want to join in on WIW just let me know and I will add your link to the list! Though my party is small  I have faith more of y'all will join in soon!:)
Next week lets talk about dessert! YUMMY!

Let's get this party started!

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P.s. This was a great week! I am now back to pre vacation weight! I made a new goal for myself for the rest of the year. I will share that with ya soon!:)

Weigh In Wednesdays #6

Welcome to WIW #6!! I know it seems like I do not have a ton hopping on the band wagon with this party but trust me when I say I do have fellow bloggers who email me personally to let me know they are in the same boat! So I am determined to continue with WIW in hopes that eventually more fellow bloggers will want to join in on this crusade to a healthier better life! 

With that being said last week I shared that I gained 5 pounds while away on vacation. All of it was from eating pure crap and I must admit it is harder with summer being here to stay on track because it is sooo freaking hot outside ya really don't feel like doing any thing. Trust me I know!! I was though lucky enough to manage to loose 4 of those said 5 pounds I gained. How you may be wondering.

Well I waited till the cooler evening hours and got outside and did some of this! I may be the odd man out when I say I LOVE mowing the grass! Don't ask me why but I just do and The Hubster is ever so grateful for it!;) Now I have no idea how to trim or am I even able to turn the blower on but I do have to leave something for him to do! We also worked on removing more of our wood flooring which trust me is not an easy task! I was sore from head to toe for two days afterwards. Both things though helped me almost reach my goal.

So what have you been up to this week? Are you needing cheering on to keep you going? Do you have a favorite work out routine or recipe you would like to share? Have you been able to loose some weight or even been able to keep off weight already lost? If so write a post let me know and I will add you to my linky list so we all can cheer each other on!! Together we can do this even though it seems very daunting at first.

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Weigh In Wednesdays #5

Yep looks super yummy uh!? Well unfortunately I had a few too many pieces of Peanut Butter Pie while on vaca and gained 5 pounds!!! It was more than just the pie. We ate out dinner every night and we snacked after dinner too. Both not good combinations. I also had a few too many Diet soft drinks! I won't beat myself up terribly over them because now that we are back home I can easily get those 5 pounds off in the next week or so.
With it being summer we will be heading to the pool everyday which is wonderful exercise and to top it off we walk to the pool though there is some whining involved. So sad to bad I tell um. The grass needs cutting as well and that is always a great work out. So yep I think I can shed those again fairly easily.

With it being 100 out most days around here it is time to bust out the workout DVDs. I already have Slim in 6 but I am on the hunt for some Richard Simmons DVD sets as well. Nobody seems to sell them locally but I am so wanting his Disco one. He makes working out fun. The boys think he's crazy!:) The Hubster thinks I am crazy for wanting them!;)

Now on to Weigh In Wednesdays! If you link up please be kind enough to link only to your Weigh In Wednesdays post and NOT your entire blog. I look forward to hearing about other weight loss journeys the good the bad and the ugly! Nobody is here to be judged just to be supported so lets have some fun and start sharing and loosing y'all!



Ok y'all I just noticed my Linky Subscription expired and it will not allow me to pay by month only by year. So until this party gets bigger I am just gonna add the links myself. So if ya wanna link up leave me a comment and I will hop over to your post and add ya to the list!:) Hope that is okay with everybody!? It just means more work for me!;) So come on a long with us and lets start loosing!


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Weigh In Wednesdays #4-Vacation & Out of Town Guests

 Hope your week is going well! This week lets touch on vacation and out of town guests. I know these areas are always tough ones to stay on track with eating healthy! Thankfully back in March both sets of Grandparents came to visit and were very supportive of the fact that The Hubster and I were in the process of a healthier life so it made life all that much easier. We ate out less and if we did eat out of course we shared a meal or just ate half what we normally would. With it being vacation season what are some ways you stay on track on not being at home?

As for loss or gain this week holding steady. I may one day get brave enough to share actual numbers!;)

Thank you to Mary over at The Decorative Dreamer for joining the party last week! She got an awesome new step machine I wish I was lucky enough to have!

We look forward to having new linky buddies so don't be shy and join in on the fun!

If you link up please be kind enough to link only to your Weigh In Wednesdays post and NOT your entire blog. I look forward to hearing about other weight loss journeys the good the bad and the ugly! Nobody is here to be judged just to be supported so lets have some fun and start sharing and loosing y'all!

Weigh In Wednesdays #3-Hungry Girl

This past week was a busy one. Littliest graduated from preschool and Oldest was finishing up his last full week of school as well. I must admit we did not eat all that well and it resulted in gaining almost two pounds but that's okay. I am not gonna beat myself up over it. My new clothes still fit the same and I know I can easily get those two pounds back off just as easily as I got them. We ate out a tad too many times and so now I need to get back to cooking in the kitchen!

This is one of my all time fave cook books. I purchased it at the book fair for Oldest's school. I have made several yummy dishes from here and highly recommend it! Our fave is the chicken cordon a bleu on the grill!

Now this lady, Hungry Girl Lisa Lillian rocks! Her books amaze me and this one I have been cooking from for several years now. 

I just purchased Hungry Girl's 300 under 300 and have several recipes I am wanting to try. You can get any of her books on Amazon and the best thing is that when you spend $25 it ships for free!

Just in case you are wondering just how yummy diet/healthy food really can be take a look at these!! I shared this recipe awhile back and you have to try it if you like brownies and peanut butter! You can click here to read all about it! Do you have any go to recipes that help keep ya in line?

Now on to Weigh In Wednesdays! If you link up please be kind enough to link only to your Weigh In Wednesdays post and NOT your entire blog. I look forward to hearing about other weight loss journeys the good the bad and the ugly! Nobody is here to be judged just to be supported so lets have some fun and start sharing and loosing y'all!

Weigh In Wednesdays #2-Hard

Sorry this post is a lil' late this morning. Last night we had graduation for Littliest which kept us out till after 9! Then this morning I went outside to water the strawberry plant and noticed a trail of ants making a bee line for the house. Had to nip that in the butt immediately!! Hoping that I got it taken care of. Now on to Weigh In Wednesday!

 To be honest I have hit the hardest part of this journey and it is not the food part but the exercising part! I know I need to do it but I have had no motivation to do it. When I do do it I love it but it is the actual act of making myself do it. I know that may not make any sense to some because who in the world would not do something they love!? Crazy!

Now don't get me wrong we have still been out there sweating our butts off but not as often as we should or have been. We normally would go once a day sometimes twice a day and well now it has been more like once a week. I know I know really really bad! Good thing though is that I have not gained anything since I am still watching what and when we eat. 

To kick myself in the butt this past Sunday I went on a 5 mile + bike ride which was quite enjoyable at least the first leg of it. I thought I was nearly gonna die the second half because it was so hot and windy! I was so wishing a pool would have magically appeared in the back yard while I was gone. That would have felt so good!

To keep myself motivated I have to keep reminding myself how far I have come in such a short amount of time and that really I only have 25 more pounds to go to reach my goal by Nov 1 and that it IS really attainable. Now mind you it is not my ultimate goal but to make things seem more attainable I broke them down into mini goals. This works sooo much better for me than thinking "OMG I have to loose almost 80 pounds!!".

So what do you do to keep yourself motivated? I hope you have had more than me these past few weeks! 

I am gonna leave ya with one of my all time fave quotes I got from Jennifer over at The Magic Brush! Head over and see how Jennifer and her exercising buddy blingged up the work out room!

"She Believed She Could So She Did" 

Have a great one and I look forward to ya joining in on the linky party!:)


If you link up please be kind enough to link only to your Weigh In Wednesdays post and NOT your entire blog. I look forward to hearing about other weight loss journeys the good the bad and the ugly! Nobody is here to be judged just to be supported so lets have some fun and start sharing and loosing y'all!