I'm on a roll......

Dang it feels good to be a gangsta....

HAHA sorry randomly thinking of that song.

Rare form tonight there folks! LOL

Ok so this morning I had another luna bar...

surprise! surprise!

 

Then I had a new snack...

 

 

eggs with salsa!

 

so good!

 

 

Lunch was amazing today.  I had a southwestern grilled Panini from lean cuisine (it really makes grill marks in the microwave, its crazy!) with broccoli and a serving of fat free sour cream pringles (70 cals). I didn't end up having that cheese stick.

 

Had my little treat again :)

 

Man my office was like a freakin sauna today!!! UGH I hate being hot!

 

One of my biggest pet peeves eva.

 

Another one is repeating myself on the phone to people when they ask for a number or want you to read them something so they can write it down.  I speak loudly and slowly and they still interrupt me half way to tell me to repeat it. ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!

 

Ahem.

 

Ok so then I went to the gym and discovered something. 

 

I am not Mama Laughlin.  Or skinny Meg. Or any of the other awesome bloggers that want to be fitness super stars.  I am sorry if that is disappointing lol. 

 

However I just realized this week that honestly, I just want to live a healthy lifestyle.  So I am trying to do something I wouldn't mind doing the rest of my life.  Which is 30 minutes of cardio, maybe next week I will use my 5lbs weights two days a week to get some muscle but honestly I want to devote my time to other things that bring me more pleasure. LOL.

 

Anyways. We all know my biggest problem is EATING. lol.

 

Ok so on the way home I gave into my cravings and it was HOT and all I wanted was iced coffee.

 

 

 

Parts of it tasted sweet, parts tasted very bland.  It was weird.

 

And I am not sleepy and its 10:26. Efff.

 

O well.

 

Then I came home, showered and ate the most delicious dinner...ever! (yes again)

 

I am on a flipping roll this week!

 

Caribbean jerk marinated chicken breast (so good, walmart marinade!) on the George foreman with grilled pineapple and onions, brown rice, and broccoli!

 

BAHHH.

 

I cannot tell you how much of a party it was in my mouth!  SO delicious. Especially the pineapple and onions and chicken!!!

 

Then hubby wanted desert so I made this

 

I made his with a bigger tortilla but I used a small corn tortilla and heated it on the stove in a non stick skillet, then added some canned fried apples (with cinnamon mixed in and heated in microwave) and then made it like a quesadilla. I sprinkled cinnamon on top, drizzled caramel and one squirt of whip cream on mine!

 

YUM!

 

Tommorow is Thursday which means Friday Eve in the English language. 

 

YAY!

Best breakfast dinner ever. EVER.

Happy Tuesday loves!

Man we had some crazy storms here today! I got caught driving in it unfortunately! But the Lord took care of me! I was driving down an interstate too...I thought about how Jesus calmed the storm on the boat though and just kept on going!

Those poor people in OK....I cant even imagine.

I was at the gym almost in tears watching it while biking!

Yes I went to the gym. yay. !

So last night (after blogging) my sweet hubby walks in brining me the most beautiful rose he picked from one of our bushes.

 

And a kiss :)

 

He is so sweet.

 

So this morning was the same as yesterday...!

 

 

And to answer Katie, yes I think they are more filling than the normal ones!  I was eating it today thinking how it kinda tasted like Reeses! hehe

 

I actually got them in a pack of like 5 or six at walmart.  But I tried them individually first.  They are good!

 

 

Morning snack, again!

 

Ok so let me explain lunch.  I cooked a salmon burger for hubby last night, who ended up eating bojangles. So I ate it for lunch with leftover green beans from last night, mixed melons and strawberries, a cheese stick AND the cilantro chicken rice from the michelenas lean gormet. 

 

I was kinda disappointed with this one to be honest.  The chicken was kinda weird and it was nothing near chiplotes LOL.  But they are one dollar so cant beat that...I didn't really eat the chicken in it though, but the whole meal is only 210 cals.

 

 

 

So then I had to run to the dmv and get caught in the rain and all that fun stuff but then later in the afternoon, I had my 90 cal fiber one cookie and coffee.

 

 

Ok so then I went to the gym and did same workout as yesterday.

 

I came home and ate one of these again...

 

 

so good!!! only 60 cals!

 

Then took a shower and fixed dinner!  For just me again LOL

 

 

OH MAN was this the best dinner ever!!!

 

Some time the simplest meals can be the most delicious!!

 

Ok, so I had a cup and a half of ore ida potatoes o brien, cooked in the frying pan with spray olive oil, then I cooked a scrambled egg and one egg white.  Then I heated in the frying pan, a half cup of turkey sausage crumbles...OH SO YUM!!!!

I had some avocado and salsa on the side!  Also some ketchup for the potatoes.

 

But I mixed in the crumbles with the egg and sprinkled some cheese on top..

 

....

 

YALL!

 

It was soooo freaking good!!!

 

So low cal too..figure about 100 cal for the egg, 120 for the potatoes, half an avocado, so like 100 something for that, salsa is basically nothing and maybe 25 cals of cheese and the turkey sausage was 70 cals for a half cup!

 

Then I was talking to my dear mother on the phone about fruit salads and decided to whip one up.  Mom uses cottage cheese but I didn't have any so I used cool whip. lol

 

2 big spoonfulls cool whip

3 large marshmallows (cut up or mini marshmallows)

2-3 big ripe strawberries cut up

1/4-1/2 cup of pineapple tidbits

 

 

Yummy in my tummy.

 

The marshmallows make this!!!

 

Thank yall SO much for your sweet comments on yesterdays post, yall keep me going!!!!

 

And Morgan, you "stalking" my blog is like the best compliment I have ever received!! Thank you!! :)

 

Thank you all...I love yas!!!!

 

Monday Funday!!!

This is the first Monday that has felt like normal in a LONG LONG TIME. lol.

Let me assure you, I took full advantage of it and had a nice NORMAL day lol.

Oh but good news, before we get started.  Mom got a letter from the brother and it basically said his graduation date is June 11th.  We also got his address so I need to write him a letter.  As far as I know, he is in combat training right now which means he sleeps outside in a field mostly, under stressful conditions with little sleep and food. Poor guy :(

I woke up this morning and made sure my lunches and breakfast was ready for on the go and headed to worky work.

I had this baby for breakfast! So delish.

 

 

Around 11:30 ish and between phone calls to annoying insurance companies I snacked on this with some water.

 

Lunch was PHENOM I tell you.

 

I had a bag of steamable asparagus.  It is 2.88 per bag at walmart, and I eat the whole bag...so this could get expensive but its DELICIOUS and fills you up for 50 calories! I had some melon trio, and a lean cuisine chicken parmesean! With a coke zero :)

Oh and a cheese stick!  This is a new to me kind, the super stringy. So good-70 cals.

 

Ok so then a bit later on around 5pm I had some more water and a 90 cal fiber one chocolate chip cookie brownie thing.

 

it was really good.

 

Then I left work and ...drumroll please....went to the GYM! holla!

 

I did 10 mins treadmill, 10 mins bike, 10 mins elliptical.

 

Starting out slow people. 

 

Dare I say, I enjoyed myself?

 

For 60 cals this nice refreshing thing was wisked out of my fridge and eaten as soon as I got home! Sugar free peeps!

 

I took a shower and made me dinner since hubby is STILL working.

 

But more work= more monies. So I cant complain!

 

 

Salmon burger, sweet tater fries (one serving! these aren't as addicting as the tots!)

Green beans, and tomato slices. SOOOO yummy!

 

And then I did dishes, cleaned the kitchen, put away laundry ( and folded ) and got the coffee pot all ready for in the morning.  I seriously love the sound of my dishwasher going.

 

In between all that I dried my hair and now I am writing a blog post.

 

Your welcome.

 

Bahah.  I am lucky if I have any readers left.  Anyone out there? 

 

Leave me a comment and I'll love ya forever :)

The freakin weekend!

Hey loves!

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. Mine was pretty good!

Saturday I worked and then went to a friends wedding, which was beautiful.  After that I went home and spent time with hubby.

This morning we woke up and I made us eggs with avocado and salsa and we had pretty nasty weather. We ended up missing church :( but we spent some great time together and got the house in order. Later on we went out for a late Mexican lunch :)

We also went by the new Gander Mountain and the hubs was like a kid in a candy store. LOL. He is so funny.  That place is like a Mans dream.  Its a firearm superstore and I think (not sure) its their claim to never be out of ammo.  Don't quote me on that though. But we looked around.  I also got a new purse at Ross. Its a pinky purple and I like it. 

Anyways it has been a lazy sunday and I am not looking forward to Monday morning. Bah. Anyways I hope you all had a great weekend.  I am fully stocked with groceries for the week and I am hoping to actually get my butt in the gym tomorrow.

Snow White

Hola chickas!

Its Wednesday and we are finally over the hump. Man what a week already!  Anyways breakfast was awesome this morning!

coffee yogurt and special k sandwich!

 

Then I got hungry a bit later and had an apple

 

Makes me think of Snow White, yo.

 

For lunch I had a very unimpressive lasagna and salad with sautéed zucchini.

 

 

Then I had some strawberries for a snack later on

 

 

And for dinner I had a hamburger patty with onions and mushrooms (not pictured) with sweet tater waffle fries and some roasted cabbage.

 

 

Definetly had one too many fries tonight...a few of the hubs too. BAH!

 

And then I had an 80 cal ice cream and a handful of m & m's.

 

 

 

This little miss was so excited waiting for her daddy to get home tonight, I had to take a pic :)

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday night!

 

Bittersweet Back to Normal

Hey guys...sorry for the absence again.  Things should be getting back to normal.  The brother just left today to go to Jacksonville for training.  10 days passed pretty quickly.

I actually got back on track today, I am very happy with my eating!

This is a Special K breakfast sandwich.  This one is 240 calories, Sausage Egg & Cheese.  It is sooo good!  They keep you full for a while too.

Lunch today was subway oven roasted chicken on honey oat bread with provolone cheese, all the veggies, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper and oregano.  SO good!  With a side of baked lays.

I chewed a lot of gum today but did NOT snack!

On the way home I stopped and got groceries, feels so good to have a stocked kitchen again!

Salmon burger-170 cals

Instant mashed potatoes-160 for half cup

Then I sautéed some zucchini in olive oil spray with salt n pepper and cut up a fresh tomato.

Such a light and delicious supper!

 

For desert I had one of these for 80 calories...

 

I picked these up for $1.99 at Aldis and they are delicious!

 

I wanted to share a few pics from the weekend with you all!

 

Saturday me and my mom, aunt and grandma and brother's girlfriend all went and had a pedicure/and or nails done!

 

 

 

Mommy treated me.  Thanks Mommy!!

 

Then for Mother's Day the brother donned his dress blues per mothers request :)

 

 

This was also to surprise grandma at church.

 

 

 

 

Then we went to grandmas for a lunch get together.

 

 

 

 

Ladies, that guy in the chair is single. Holla.

 

 

 

And yesterday night we just hung out at my parents with my brother for his last night at home.  Hubby gave him a fresh haircut and we had delicious sloppy joes and hot dogs made by Mom.

 

Happy (late) Mother's Day to my beautiful mother and all you other Mom's out there!

 

 

HALFing it.

 

If you are looking for a happy, jolly flowers and sunshine post today, this is not it.

I am feeling frumpy, and fat and particularly un-motivated.

I feel like I am half-ing everything. 

I am halfway doing things at work.

I am halfway doing housework.

I am halfway in a marriage.

I am halfway in my weightloss efforts.

I am halfway putting effort into my spiritual life.

I am halfway LIVING.

I HATE FEELING LIKE THIS.

I want to be super motivated. 

I want to be CONSISTENT.

I want to be FREAKING AWESOME AT EVERYTHING. 

I know I cant be freaking awesome at everything but I want to excel at at least ONE thing for crying outloud.

I was feeling so positive and so good about myself last fall. 

This winter has sucked for my weight loss and so has this spring. 

Maybe its just ME who has sucked for my weight loss. UGH.

Yall I just need to vent.  I am so freaking stressed out on so many freaking levels. I just want to SCREAM.

I had stupid waffles for breakfast and was hungry again when I got to work and I was hungry ALL DAY LONG. SOOOO annoying. 

And I have been stress eating. And sleeping. And thinking.  And I just need a vacation. 

I am not finding satisfaction or happiness anywhere I feel like!  Do you guys ever feel like that? I mean I haven't even had a particularly bad day or anything its just all falling on me at once. 

Then I feel like a big whiney baby with first world problems complaining about my gold ring not being shiny enough.

Well I hope someone at least understands how I feel.  Maybe you are there now.  Maybe you have BEEN there and know how to get back.  I just need my mojo back.  Maybe I am at rock bottom? I haven't weighed myself in like a week, and it wasn't pretty.  The 30DS was basically a waste of time for me to eat the way I did this past week. And every night when I get home I just want chocolate and marshmallows. EFF!!!!

Ok so I am going to leave you with a picture of my happy place...to calm my nerves <3

 

 

 

 

Gatlinburg, TN

 

My favorite place on EARTH.

 

Ok so leave me a comment if you feel like you are halfing something today. 

 

Misery loves company.