Healthy Living

Down 7 Pounds in 2012

January 20, 2012 15 comments

It’s official.  I’m under the 200 mark — 196, to be precise.  Seven pounds lost since my last weigh-in (December 30th) of 203 pounds. Happy, happy, joy, joy! 7 pounds lost in a few weeks?  I’ll take that — it is a good beginning to a new journey of being healthier. I’ve been down the [...]

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I Defy Gravity . . . And NOT In A Good Way

January 5, 2012 8 comments

Oy ve, and again I say Oy VE! With great effort, I have worked these past two days to embrace my little two week challenge of knocking out some pounds with the end-goal of feeling better about myself. Little did I know when I took on this task that I would discover something absolutely shocking [...]

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It Is National Weigh In Day and I’m Weighing In

January 2, 2012 13 comments

January 2nd — we’ll disregard the year for a moment because, regardless of the year, this is deja vu for me. January 2nd — another resolution.  Another “I must lose weight this year” mantra. January 2nd — another chance to begin. A few weeks ago, I shared that Hubby and I are recomitting to a [...]

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Giving Lentils Another Shot and More Menu Planning Talk

November 28, 2011 15 comments

My husband gave me (what I think was) a compliment this morning: “You sure did a good job of using up all our food before we left [for Thanksgiving]. The pantry and fridge are BARE!” Bare? Um, methinks he was exaggerating a tad, but I did try my best to be diligent about menu-planning from [...]

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Time for Another Shop At Home Meal Plan

November 13, 2011 6 comments

Is it SERIOUSLY nearly the middle of NOVEMBER? Ugh.  Christmas is inching closer and closer and closer . . . and this Mama has barely begun planning out the Christmas gifts.  Eeeeeeek!!!!!!!! Maybe this is just how life is when you have a child in school but it feels as though our schedule is so [...]

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And, We’re Eating Pork for National Pork Month

October 9, 2011 8 comments

Growing up in a ranching family where beef was “what’s for dinner,” pork wasn’t a protein often served outside of breakfast bacon and Easter ham.  But. I married a pork-lovin’ Texas boy, making it a necessity to widen my protein palate to include the other white meat. Fortunately, for Hubby … and our marriage … [...]

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