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.

Hot Dog Deliciousness!

Hey loves! Sorry this post is a little late getting up but I was at Mom's last night visiting!

Ok so yesterday I had waffles because we are low on groceries and I didnt feel like eggs or oatmeal.

Had it with some light syurp drizzles.

 

Then of course I had to have a yogurt when I got to work...I have been trying the besties fave kind and i like it, its not nearly as tart as normal!

 

 

Then for lunch me and the brother met up to eat at D'Moes which is a great little spot in town that is known for their amazing hotdogs.  I had never been, Jonathan suggested it and had a coupon so off we went!

 

I was overwhelmed with all the choices so I went with what my brother suggested, the 6-D'Moe's Original: Wrapped in Bacon, D-Moe's Mustard sauce, Texas Pete, Onion, Jalapeno's & D'Moe's Blue Cheese Coleslaw. 

 

It did NOT dissapoint!

 

 

I also got a diet pepsi and sweet potatoe fries! SOOO DELICIOUS!

 

Blue cheese coleslaw yall.  That is what got me!!!

 

And I got to talk to this sweet boy!

 

 

We had a great time!!!

 

Sweet tater tots live on plus new snackage.

Hey loves!!!

I hope you all have had an amazing Tuesday so far.  Today it marks one week until my brother has to go back in to more training :( .  It seriously makes me an emotional wreck.  I don't know how y'all military families do it....

When he is NOT here, I keep thinking about him and worrying about him until he gets here. Then when he gets here I worry about him having to go back and how many precious moments are slipping away ...how much I am actually missing.  I think about how much I will regret not spending those minutes with him when he goes back! He is the only brother I have.  He is the only sibling I have.  I am older and I feel very protective over him and now I feel utterly powerless to protect him from anything.  And the News.  I have quickly learned to stay away from it. 

Anyways I don't want to put a damper on this post so lets get to the food shall we?

I had a pack of crackers for breakfast because I was utterly out of ideas and plans and groceries.

 

Lunch was this fett. alfredo with broccoli from smart ones and then I had a side salad with about a tbsp. of light honey Dijon and a garlic breadstick left over from last night.  It was very satisfying!

 

Then I got some awesome ideas from my girl Sam...I ate the whole can for 120 calories as my "desert".

 

Had this deliciousness around 4pm...another Sam snack haha.

 

 

Dinner was salmon patty topped with one slice reduced fat pepperjack cheese and green beans, one serving sweet tater tots, and mushrooms with a bit of Brummel and brown heated in the microwave.

 

I freaking love those tots.  

 

SO GOOD!

 

Then I still needed a little something...so this is also an idea I got off instagram from Samantha haha. She said she got this idea from her grandma!

 

Saltine crackers, topped with marshmallow (I heated mine in the oven and added mini chocolate chips-a teaspoon's worth). 

 

Well kids, that's all for tonight.  Laterz!