Archive for the ‘Weight loss’ Category

Happy National Trail Mix Day! (Contest Over)

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Happy Trail Mix Day! It’s 8:30 so you have three and half hours on the east coast to eat some trail mix. You won’t regret it.
A couple of weeks ago Em from Bear Naked Granola emailed me asking if I’d try out their new line of trail mixes. Yes indeed. They came last week with [...]

It Ain’t Pretty

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

This is not for the faint of heart. Before Couch to 5k:

After Couch to 5k:

This body is hard to move, it is hard to “jog” for 90 seconds. Truly hard. It is hard just walking up our hills. And I know this is why we (me) give up on exercise. When you’re overweight, it’s not [...]

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Oatmeal

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

My favorite cookie ever is white chocolate macadamia nut. Salty, sweet, buttery. It’s a good one. And truth be told I really wanted to make a batch. I even gathered the ingredients. BUT what happens when I want to innocently bake 3 dozen cookies? I end up eating at least a dozen. Not good.
So instead I make [...]

Deep Fried Air

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

That oatmeal yesterday had me full until about 2:30. Right when we were headed out to get our car tires balanced and go to Josh’s eye exam. I love it when that happens. Luckily I had some Bare Naked apple and pecan trail mix to snack on in the car.

The thing that I noticed about [...]

Apple n’ Oatmeal Breakfast Bake

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

I’m not kidding around folks, it was 93 degrees yesterday, but my soul is feeling 73 degrees with a slight crisp fall chill in the air. I know it’s here and just to make sure I made this apple bake. Oh, and I dyed my hair back to brown last night, but that’s another entry [...]