Saturday, February 16, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Weight Check-in Week 1
So I did weigh myself on Tuesday but neglected to post it here. Here's the catch up so that I'm on schedule for the next weigh in on Tuesday.
It was a disappointing 140.8 lbs. how can it be - I gained a pound! Hope to be going in the right direction next time.
It was a disappointing 140.8 lbs. how can it be - I gained a pound! Hope to be going in the right direction next time.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Reality Check and Goal Setting
Well, after months of avoiding the scale I finally decided to step on it yesterday and see what the damage was from a European vacation, two major eating holidays and the onset of winter. It wasn't pretty, y'all. Tuesday morning 1/8/13 I weighed in at 139.6 pounds. Not cool. Ive got my work set out for me, that's for sure.
I'd like to lose 15 pounds by March 15th - that's in two months so it should be a reasonable amount of time - we're heading to a wedding and seeing a lot of my husband's family that we haven't seen in years. I'd like to look reasonably good, so I hope that's motivation. I'll do a weigh-in each Tuesday to see how I'm progressing. Wish me luck!
I'd like to lose 15 pounds by March 15th - that's in two months so it should be a reasonable amount of time - we're heading to a wedding and seeing a lot of my husband's family that we haven't seen in years. I'd like to look reasonably good, so I hope that's motivation. I'll do a weigh-in each Tuesday to see how I'm progressing. Wish me luck!
Friday, January 4, 2013
Another New Year's Resolution
Another one of my New Year's goals is to get our grocery spending under control. We spend an embarrassing amount of money on groceries and I know that we can cut it down a lot. To start I'm going to try and spend $400 this month on groceries - that might seem like a lot to some people but its quite a cut for us. My strategy has two main pieces 1) use cash only for our grocery purchases and 2) make things from scratch as much as possible. I guess there is also a third component which is to cut back on our meat consumption. We've been in a rut lately of meat being the main component of our meals so I'm going to try and get it down to an accent or a smaller piece of the whole instead of dominating the meal.
Today I'm making a savory strata to serve for dinner, using a rosemary rustic loaf and some leftover ham and feta cheese, plus some of the overabundance of eggs from the dairy delivery service we use. I'm making up the recipe, since every recipe I looked at had different proportions of eggs to bread to milk, so we'll see how it goes. I think it might be delicious though - if it turns out well I'll post a recipe either here or at my other site. I'm not sure how the kids will like the strata, so they're getting english muffin pizzas.
Today I'm making a savory strata to serve for dinner, using a rosemary rustic loaf and some leftover ham and feta cheese, plus some of the overabundance of eggs from the dairy delivery service we use. I'm making up the recipe, since every recipe I looked at had different proportions of eggs to bread to milk, so we'll see how it goes. I think it might be delicious though - if it turns out well I'll post a recipe either here or at my other site. I'm not sure how the kids will like the strata, so they're getting english muffin pizzas.
Friday, December 28, 2012
New Year's Resolutions
I've been thinking about New Year's Resolutions the past few days - one resolution of course is to lose weight (sooo uncreative, I know)! Another one is to learn German. I speak English and Spanish right now, and ever since I learned Spanish I've loved knowing another language. This year I'd like to make a real push to learn German.
Last summer I came across the site Duolingo, which is a free language learning site. I used it a bit before our fall trip to Germany, and now I'm ready to really dedicate some time to it. Its pretty fun, because they have points and levels, kind of like a video game. I'm a lowly level 4 right now, but my resolution is to get through the course by the end of the year. What are your resolutions?
Last summer I came across the site Duolingo, which is a free language learning site. I used it a bit before our fall trip to Germany, and now I'm ready to really dedicate some time to it. Its pretty fun, because they have points and levels, kind of like a video game. I'm a lowly level 4 right now, but my resolution is to get through the course by the end of the year. What are your resolutions?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Back to Business
I think I'm ready to come back to this blog - I left it as I was just getting started because I wanted it to be something it wasn't, or maybe because I thought it needed to be something more than it was. Now I'm just looking for an outlet to express myself, and on this dreary day after Christmas when some of the holiday glow is already starting to wear off I'm in need of a project.
Something I do need to start back up with is weight loss - after a series of events this fall I've gained a ton of weight back that I'd lost over the past few years and its time to start putting in the work again. Of course I'm already telling myself it'll have to start after New Years, which is a damn poor excuse actually. A better excuse is when I've eaten all of the Christmas cookies in the house, obviously.
I'm going to check in here with my progress and document what's working and what's not - maybe if I'm brave enough I'll post one of those horrid before pictures.
Something I do need to start back up with is weight loss - after a series of events this fall I've gained a ton of weight back that I'd lost over the past few years and its time to start putting in the work again. Of course I'm already telling myself it'll have to start after New Years, which is a damn poor excuse actually. A better excuse is when I've eaten all of the Christmas cookies in the house, obviously.
I'm going to check in here with my progress and document what's working and what's not - maybe if I'm brave enough I'll post one of those horrid before pictures.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Summer To-Do list - is it a To-DONE list now?
Checking back over my to-do list from earlier in the summer, I find that some things are done, some are in progress, and some have fallen by the wayside - let's see what's what!
1. Finish the kitchen remodel! DONE!
2. Add an exterior outlet to the front porch area that's tied in to the porch light, and then string decorative lights along the porch ceiling. This will be done this weekend, along with changing out our dining room fixture.
3. Build the chicken coop, so its ready for occupancy next spring. We're back to debating whether or not to keep chickens at all - Little Buddy is terrified of them we don't want to be cruel and torture him with his greatest nemesis in the backyard. We'll see how his phobia is next spring and go from there.
4. Paint the porch chair, the picnic table and chairs, and the patio side table. After getting another porch chair (the rocking chair) and painting the wood crate table, we decided to leave both chairs unpainted (for now). We also decided not to paint the patio side table because it looks pretty great as wood, but it does need some time of finish to protect it from rain this winter so we'll need to do something to it soon. The patio furniture still desperately needs an update, but with the crappy weather we've been unmotivated to tackle it.
5. Plant, tend, and harvest vegetables from the garden. DONE! We've harvested strawberries, snap peas, blueberries, lettuce, cilantro, basil and turnips so far. I'm hoping to put in fall seeds this weekend, and even after our gloomy summer we do have a few green tomatoes, some tiny jalapenos and Italian roaster peppers so there's still hope one or two will ripen.
6. Go to a U-Pick strawberry patch, pick a bunch, and put up strawberry preserves. We didn't get to this and berry season is over.
7. Have a garage sale and get rid of some of the baby things we don't need anymore. I did sell the crib and mattress on Craigslist, but we haven't had the sale and there are still a ton of baby things to get rid of. Maybe there will be time for a September sale . . .
So out of seven items two are a solid done, two are partially done (or will be done asap), and three didn't happen. Not to bad, and there's still time this summer! Hope you're all having a great and productive summer as well!
1. Finish the kitchen remodel! DONE!
2. Add an exterior outlet to the front porch area that's tied in to the porch light, and then string decorative lights along the porch ceiling. This will be done this weekend, along with changing out our dining room fixture.
3. Build the chicken coop, so its ready for occupancy next spring. We're back to debating whether or not to keep chickens at all - Little Buddy is terrified of them we don't want to be cruel and torture him with his greatest nemesis in the backyard. We'll see how his phobia is next spring and go from there.
4. Paint the porch chair, the picnic table and chairs, and the patio side table. After getting another porch chair (the rocking chair) and painting the wood crate table, we decided to leave both chairs unpainted (for now). We also decided not to paint the patio side table because it looks pretty great as wood, but it does need some time of finish to protect it from rain this winter so we'll need to do something to it soon. The patio furniture still desperately needs an update, but with the crappy weather we've been unmotivated to tackle it.
5. Plant, tend, and harvest vegetables from the garden. DONE! We've harvested strawberries, snap peas, blueberries, lettuce, cilantro, basil and turnips so far. I'm hoping to put in fall seeds this weekend, and even after our gloomy summer we do have a few green tomatoes, some tiny jalapenos and Italian roaster peppers so there's still hope one or two will ripen.
6. Go to a U-Pick strawberry patch, pick a bunch, and put up strawberry preserves. We didn't get to this and berry season is over.
So out of seven items two are a solid done, two are partially done (or will be done asap), and three didn't happen. Not to bad, and there's still time this summer! Hope you're all having a great and productive summer as well!
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