Back to blogging...sort of

Taking another extended hiatus from blogging...don't know if or when I'll be back.

later

i'm feeling a tad exposed, so it's time to relocate.

kepa,cmae - i'll let you know where to find me

and if you were just lurking along, i hope you can find your way to me again

Cookies...the other side of the story

A few weeks ago, I committed to make cookies for a meeting.

Fortunately, this is not one of my trigger foods.

All is well.

Smokin' Hot Red Dress Challenge

The Smokin' Hot Red Dress Challenge begins today. I kicked it off with a 2.27 mile walk. No, I'm not so anal that I decided 2.27 miles....I went for a walk and then measured it on www.mapmyrun.com. Yesterday, before I decided to do the challenge I went for a 4.95 mile walk. Since I have access to exercise videos thanks to On Demand Cable -I'm going to some ab work this evening.

In general, the plan is to make use of the exercise videos in the morning, do kickboxing twice during the week and get in a good walk on the weekend. I'll still be Beaching it for a food plan...phase 1.5 (not quite as hardcore as phase 1, but not quite as unrestricted as phase 2).

So, here are the starting pics.

My sister is doing the Fabulous Skirt Challenge. As I may have mentioned before, she too is on a path to create a fitter, leaner stronger body. Right now, her Fabulous Skirt fits over her hips, but she can't fasten it. She kicked today off with an ab workout followed by a 4 mile walk with her family. She found a website that has lots of exercise videos...so that will allow her to work out while the NMF are watching PBS kids. Since she's not very fond of posting pics on the web, you'll have to imagine her progress.

Smokin' Red Dress

Glam, over at See Glam Diet has issued a challenge.

Little background - Glam is dieting/exercising to lose weight, but she doens't weigh herself. Instead, she uses pieces of clothing as inspiration.

She's issued a friendly challenge to her readers - post a picture of yourself in a bikini on May 8th. Spend the next 9 weeks working on your body and show the results in a bikini on May 8th - even if you don't have your "perfect" body. I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to do that - but I am going to join her in the 4 week challenge.

I have a smoking hot red dress from Kiyonna that is begging to see the light of day. So for the next 4 weeks, I'm going to work on getting into that dress. I'll post the before pictures later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Oh yeah, since Glam doesn't weigh - I'm not gong to weigh for the 4 week period.

Update: My sister has decided to join me in the 4 week challenge!

Cookie time

It's that time of the year. Girl Scout Cookies.

Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs......[insert Homer Simpson drool sound here]

Instead of taking them home and OD'ing on them in front of the TV, I opened the packages at work and shared with my coworkers.

For those of you who don't know, Girl Scout Cookies are supremely awesome:

Thin Mints - chocolate mint wafers covered in chocolate

Samoas - shortbread cookies that have been dipped in chocolate (botom only) and topped with caramel and toasted coconut then drizzled in chocolate

Do-Si-Dos - crunchy sandwich cookies of oatmeal (cookie) and peanut butter (filling)

Tagalongs - shortbread cookie topped with a dollop of peanut butter and the entire thing is dipped in chocolate

Every year, for a limited time, the Girl Scouts raise money by selling boxes of cookies. It's a nostalgic treat that I look forward to every year. I sold them from 1981 - 1986 and still support the cause. But this year, I don't get so much joy out of eating a lot of Girl Scout cookies. So I share them with others.

bygones

this week has been pretty craptastic from an eating/working out/health perspective.

a stressful even occurred on tuesday...and i didn't eat.

wednesday was a different kind of stress...and i ate the wrong things, including some pork chops that were beginning to turn.

thursday morning found me glued to the throne with a crampy rumbly tummy...so eating that day was way off of the mark

friday was a long and stressful and full of meetings/appointments, so I ate what was around

and home hasn't been much better.

so it's the end of the week and i've eaten so many things that were not on my plan that my body started to rebel. yeah, and it didn't help that i didn't drink enough water.

But this week is over...and I'm looking forward to a better one next week.