New week with healthy choices

This weekend was the first weekend in a long long time that we did not go out to eat! I made all meals at home and 1 night we went to a friends house for her delicious home cooked meal.

My sister is making holiday cookies and selling them and giving 10% of sales to charity. She brought some of them for us to try on the weekend. MM they were so yummy. She's making Italian Amaretti cookies. Look how cute they are. ;) I I just had 2 but oh could of had many more!


I got some suggestions for BF and Lunch ideas but still can't really see my BF without a carb. So for now I'm going to continue with a English muffin and Jam 150 cals and a medium coffee 75 cals.

This weeks goals.

1. NO FAST FOOD!!!

2. Limit Coffee and added sugars and creams in them!

3.Healthy home cooking 5 days a week or more!. :)

4. Limit sweets

5. 2 days a week Jogging

6. 2 days 10000 steps on pedometer

7. Count Calories

Crossing my fingers for some weight loss! :)

November Body measurements

Upper Arms: 11 1/2"
Waist above Belly Button: 31" (2 1/2' more than last month! oh grr!)
Waist below Belly Button: 36" (1 1/2' more than last month! oh grr again!)
Hips: 44"
Upper Thighs: 25

(hmm only the belly gained ahah NO, no babies here yet bloggy friends ;)

September 29 measurements

Upper Arms: 11 1/2"
Waist above Belly Button: 28 1/2
Waist below Belly Button: 34 1/2
Hips: 44"
Upper Thighs: 25


I'm not going to complain too much about the inches I've gained. I know what went wrong the last couple weeks and I'm already started fixing it!

Now that I have a new routine, I need to come up with a better eating plan. I'm learning slowly and really watching these calories! Some things I will be searching up the net today is low calorie BF and Lunch ideas for work.

Any of your suggestions are welcomed! :)

Show us your life - Pets!

Today on Kelly's Korner it's Show us your life - PETS! Anyone that follows my blog knows I just love my furbaby Zoe.

After I got married in 2007 we decided to get a pet for our home. I did a lot of research and decided that a ragdoll kitty would be a good fit for us. I love cuddling and I read the Ragdolls love to be held. Zoe loves being cuddled!

The day we got her she was already a talkative little one! (I'm at work with limited pics shh but when I get home I have a video of Zoe when she was 6 months so cute)

Right away she new I was her MOM! ;) Zoe follows me everywhere! If she isn't beside me I know that something is wrong, or that she must have escaped. (She always bolts for an open door ;(

When I say she follows me... yes she follows me around, but she also wants to do what I'm doing. She's a total COPY CAT! LOL She sits on the computer because I use it, she trys to get into the dryer, the dish washer, the shower, my bed you name it, and when she sees me go outside and see's which way I walk, the days she escapes she runs that way! She also thinks she owns the dining room and basement. Walk into those rooms and she will go crazy jumping off the walls letting you know the space is hers! ahah! I know she's like that with the basement because her food is there, but the dining room I can't figure that one out.

When they say pets take on their owners personality, I really think they do. Zoe has a little me and husband in her personality. Fun, loving, behaving and bratty at the same time. A girly girl yet macho when needed, relaxed and hyper. Messy when she eats yet will not use a dirty litter, no way! Husband and I are opposites and Zoe has a little of both in her ahhah! She's my little furbaby and is always there when I need a fur shoulder to cry on ;)

TGIF but feeling blue

Today's post is more on the mushy side, the mopey downer type post. Maybe my fellow readers can help me see things differently... Lately I have been having a feeling of overwhelming boredom. It's been creeping up slowly I'd say since the summer... I can't really understand it, I'm a busy gal... Now I work 9-5 come home and work on my online business and blogging which I love to do. Have many family and friends events I attend and I have fun (but i know my fun is sooo different than the fun I use to have... Is it age? getting older?) I don't know but the only word I can think of to describe my feelings is that I'm BORED! Ask me what I would rather be doing?... I don't know!? Even when I think of travelling, it's not that interesting to me and this is weird! Because I can put myself back in the 2007-2008 state of mind when husband and I traveled to Dominican, Cuba, San Diego, Bahamas within 1 year, even considered a move to San Diego! So I ask myself what has changed? I know many things have changed within the year, lost my job, moved, found my love for blogging;), found a new job, got another year older 2 more years to 30... I have many great people and things in my life and my days are always busy... So why do I feel soooo bored!? What am I missing?

Foggy Day!

What a foggy rainy day today was. Husband was home today so he took this pic from our office window this afternoon. Oh I miss the days when I was home! (Grateful I have a Job) But still miss my days at home with Zoeee! Especially on days like today, dark and gloomy a perfect indoor day wearing joggers. However I was at work, feeling like a joggers day but in dress pants ahah.
Tomorrow is Friday and I wonder if you are as happy as I am. I don't have much planned for the weekend but I look forward to my weekends so much more these days!

Saturday is weigh in day, fingers crossed on some weight loss! I've been watching those Cals all week!!!!

One smart move I do is to never buy sweets for the house, this works well for me, because if it's in sight I will eat it! I'm saying this as I sit here typing away wishing I had a cookie ahah!

Have a Happy Friday ;)

Jogging into lights!

Tonight we went for our jog and decided to take a longer route. We couldn't take our usual route through the trail because it gets dark too quick (altho, we did try ahha and it was tooo dangerous with all the branches sticking out and not being able to see!) We took a different route but still ended up and the end of our trail. This is what we ran into... Christmas lights everywhere!!!! It was so beautiful!


I really enjoy our outdoor jogs!

Hidden Calories Continued

Although my new pedometer is bulky and not comfy to wear at all, it does track calories burned too. I really like that feature and will use this one while I continue on the look out for a smaller one. ;)

Today I found out something that totally shocked me!... Yesterday I wrote about hidden Calories and how I dropped my BF sandwich from 270 cals to 195 cals. I also noticed that coffee could be a culprit of hidden cals... WELLLLLL I just found out that a large double double coffee is 230 cals! Can you believe that! The last 2 weeks I increased my Cal intake by eating 500 cals for BF!!!! So this week I started drinking a large regular which is 115 cals, now BF is a total of 310 cals instead of that dreadful 500! (I'm thinking I can definitely do with a medium coffee which is 75 cals so bringing it down to 270)

I'm already down 1 lbs and hopefully I will soon be back to where I was in weight and work on losing from there!

Learning lesson: Never underestimate the Cals! They are EVERYWHERE! ahahha!

Hidden Calories

Over the weekend I made sure to really focus on hidden Calories.

I bought a different type of English muffins 30 cals less than the ones I was eating. I also made sure to use only half a tbsp of peanut butter for my BF to cut added calories there. I brought down my BF sandwich from 270 cals to 195 Cals :) whoohoo.

Also I am making sure to only use a tiny bit of mustard for my lunch sandwiches and i will also be starting to bring in soups for lunch too.

Over the weekend husband figured out another item that has hidden cals.... My coffee! When I was home I hardly drank coffee out, I usually made my own or usually had tea. The past 2 weeks of working I have been having a double double coffee every morning! That's 2 sugars and 2 creams every day! I couldn't believe I never realized that. So today I got myself a Regular coffee no more double double. I also will only get a coffee when I feel tired, if not I will choose tea instead with no added sugar or cream!

It's a new week and I'm ready to lose weight!!

This weeks goals ;)

1. NO FAST FOOD!!!

2. Limit Coffee and added sugars and creams in them!

3.Healthy home cooking 5 days a week. :)

4. Limit sweets

5. 2 days a week Jogging

6. 2 days 10000 steps on pedometer

More holiday decorating

More decorating! Today we spent all day finishing up the Christmas decorations.
We put up all the lights outside as well ;) All that is left is getting our indoor Christmas tree!
We have not decided on when to get the tree yet, since we are going for a real one I don't want to get it too early.

Tonight I am pooped! I'm watching Brothers and Sisters ( my favorite show) then I'm off to bed!

Hope you all had a great weekend ;)

Up 3lbs!

I knew it! I was feeling the snugness in my jeans this week ;( I'm so upset! for the longest time of maintaining , I go and gain 3 lbs! How did this happen! My jogging routines are still in tact, my eating is not thaaat different than it was before.

Some changes: I am eating Rye bread sandwiches everyday for lunch (i thought Rye is ok) and I have been eating a peanut butter and jam English muffin for BF. I just added up the Cals in my BF and it comes out to 270 (160 EM, 20 jam, 90 peanut butter) hmm. I know these are added cals to my day, since when I was home I skipped BF many times. This week I need to really look at my daily meals specifically BF and lunch. Boo to weight gain, I hope I drop these quick!

Good news, I bought my new pedometer today, whoohoo! ;)


AND cutting carbs at dinner is a must now! Veggie Omelet with Veggies on the side! YUM! With Jasmine Green Tea.

Tomorrow we are going to put up the Christmas lights. We still have not bought a tree but we are thinking of going with a real tree this year so we will look into that in the endrt of November.

****Prayers... Praying for my best friend and her family, she lost her step-dad this week :(. Also praying for another good friend of mine's family, her sister lost her unborn baby twins and she is going through a really tough time, my heart aches for her so much :(

Hope everyone is having a safe and fun weekend.