Back on the Wagon

After splurging on food and having fun this weekend, I decided that I needed to get back on track with my eating. It's been about 2 months that I've just been eyeballing it and not actually tracking my food. I picked Monday to be the day to start. First, I checked the planner that I had tracked my food in before and since it was free, it ran out of pages in July. With this, I needed a new planner and headed to the grand ole Wallmarche where I picked up this lovely!

It has plenty of space to write my food for the day and has monthly tabs on the side and a monthly calendar on each tab! It seemed perfect! And it's an 18 month planner!! Woo!

Since yesterday started Operation Healthy, I had a good dinner. I had two shreaded chicken and cheese with bbq sauce tortillas.

#2 b/c #1 was gone in seconds

I had butternut squash that I got at Walmart in a steamable package with butter and pepper.

For dessert while watching the B, I had a chopped apple, sliced banana with cinnamon and a cup of tea, of course!

Do these look like potatoes to you too?

Monday Night TV: I was excited to sit down to watch tv last night b/c I hadn't seen much over the weekend. I continue to watch the train wreck that is the B and can't help myself. I'm starting to feel bad for the girl that people keep leaving and creepers keep showing back up! If Ryan is the next Bachelor I am NOT watching that show! I hope the producers have more sense than that! I think I was bored with all of it by the time the Rose Ceremony rolled around. Can we drag reality tv out anymore?! GEESH!

When 10pm hit I was excited and ready for EMWLE!!! I was definitely sad that this was the season finale! I have come to love this show and it has filled the hole that not watching BL has left. I think the Bachelor Pad will continue to fill the hole as far as I can tell from the previews of Jake and Vienna! Oh the horror!! Muahahaha!!!

I'm planning on a run tonight but am not totally sure b/c my tummy has been angry at me from all of the delicious crap that I ate this weekend. Hello body cleanse with fresh fruits and veggies! :D

I think that the very least I'm going to get to work on reading all of the running magazines that I've been collecting. No tv tonight?! Maybe!

What do you think of Monday night tv? Is it as much of a train wreck for you or are you enjoying it?

It's gonna happen

I am running tonight!!! I was planning on running last night but was knocked down on the couch with a headache. So, instead of running I slept it off and then made dinner. I recreated this lovely dish b/c I was hungry for eggs. I wanted to do something fancier but ended up too lazy/tired to do fancy.

It did the trick and then I was fueled enough to watch my Monday night tv. I think I'm starting to hate this season of the B, but it's just like that train wreck that you can't walk away from! I know she's going to cry and the guys are going to get all huffy but I just can't help myself! I think I am looking forward to the Home Town dates to just new some new faces up in here!! I'm secretly hoping for some super scary jacked up family to go with a seemingly normal guy! Is that aweful?!

EMWLE just blew me away! It was all sorts of sad to watch Wally's struggle with food! I was all happy for him and rotting him on when he made his 3 month goal and got to go to Disney World b/c that is such a fun/awesome place!! As the show went on, I just felt sad and wanted to help the guy out! Then I was sad/mad at his wife for not being on his case all the time about where he was and what he was eating! You bet your rear if this was an addiction to drugs or alcohol that people would be all over him, but we will just sit back and watch him eat himself to death! CRAZY!!! I was glad when Chris stepped in at the end and took him to rehab b/c it was obvious that Wally needed more help than Chris or his wife could give him to beat these demons. 

Tonight, I'm planning on running to Laura's house and back, which is just under 6 miles. I think that is a good start to getting back on track b/c I feel better and am coughing less (it just sounds worse!). I will keep you posted! As far as I can tell, my girly bits aren't effecting me b/c it's that time. I'm hoping it doesn't since I only gett that time every 3 months. If you are super jelly and want to know how one pulls this feat off, email me and I will tell you what my Dr. told me. It's quite fascinating stuff!

What did you think about EMWLE? 

How is the weather where you are? It's only 76 here but feels super humid for here. I hope it doesn't aggravate my tummy while I'm running!

P.S. For all of your rock music lovers out there... I bought the new Theory of a Deadman album on iTunes today and am totally in love with it!!! They are my favorite all time band, so I am a little biased, but it's still really good! And the special edition version has 18 songs!!! Who does that?! :)

I've got a Golden Ticket!!

Ok. I don't really have a golden ticket, but that song from the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory came on as I was finishing my run last night. I'm not even sure why/how it got onto my ipod/phone but it was a welcomed surprise! That is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I ended up running to my friend Laura's house, which is on the other side of town (~2.75 miles), and back because I had to take her some Avon catalogs. It was surprisingly hard to run with something other than your handheld water bottle in your hands. They made it but were a bit sweaty and folded. I stayed and chatted/ hydrated for a bit and then had to leave about 7 b/c I had to be home by 8 to watch The Bachelorette. I ended up making the round trip in 1:19. I wasn't very speedy but it's amazing at how much warmer weather will slow you down. But I did have an 11:18 mile for the first mile and then I ran out of gas a little. 

While the show was starting, I made some dinner.

                   

                                    Ezekial bread, munster cheese, egg and salsa!

Hydration helper!

I had waited a week for this drama to go down and then was thoroughly disappointed. Did she really think he wouldn't take a free trip half way around the world just b/c it was a free trip?! I think she finally got a little glimpse of what a real douche waffle this dude really is! HELLO! 

Then I felt bad for the guy when she dropped the bomb but understood where they were coming from. I think I was most sad to see Mickey leave. Does any one have any contacts with ABC so they can hook a sister up? :) He is from my homeland after all!

I think by the end of the 2 hours I had seen enough of Ashley crying and wanted to punch her in the throat. I'm not usually a violent person but I can only take so much sniveling and 'Whoa is me. I'm just trying to do the best I can.' crap. Honey, if you're not cut out for this show, why are you waiting our time? B/c you are a natural born train wreck and you know that most of America just can't look away! That's why! UGG!

I enjoyed the latest episode of EMWLE! LaRhonda had an amazing transformation. I had hoped that she would have lost more weight from having her skin removal surgery but I'm sure there was a LOT of healing time and she's probly just getting back to her groove. She did an amazing job in a year and I hope they do a follow up show of how the people are doing later on. 

As of last night, I have 1.2 miles to go until I reach the GREEN level on my Nike+ account! I think I might try to knock that out tonight but we will see. I think my back is a little sore today so I might just do abs and push ups or something. But I HAVE to get that mileage in before the end of the month!!!

What is your favorite movie from childhood? Are there any songs that go with it? I of course love 'The Sound of Music' and any other Disney movie I can get my hands on. I think I have all of the soundtracks! Yes I'm a nerd! :)

Saved by the Denny's

I would never think of Denny's as being an establishment that would save someone, but in my case last night that's what happened. I think Mother Nature was all out to get me last night on my run. Since it has been over a week since I've run, I can understand her point.

Last night, things started out well. I used my new 'Tuneband' arm thing to attach my iPhone to my arm instead of carrying it around with me so I can use the Nike+GPS app. I love this app b/c it tells you your pace, a map of where you ran and how fast you went along the way! Soooo much better than the little shoe bean thing that I used with my nano. I had on my Nike workout shirt and my new Ironman running shorts that are from my TJ MAXX shopping trip a few weeks ago. These were amazing b/c they have a little band around the bottom on the leg that doesn't let the shorts ride up! Yay! No chub rub with these babies!

I started out my run just fine and felt great. At about mile 1, I decided that running in 55 degree weather is MUCH different than running in 70 degree weather. Those 15 extra degrees kick your butt! Good thing I brought my little handheld guy and put purple Powerade Zero in it. (I think it tastes like children's grape cough syrup.) I took a drink was was feeling good. Then the wrath of Mother Nature began! I got a BUG IN MY EYE! That little turd got up under my sun glasses and stuck itself in my eye! I tried getting it out. I even stopped and was rubbing my eye in a circular motion to try and get the stupid thing out! No luck! Just a few steps after I had finished messing with my eye (hoping that the bug was out), I felt like I got punched in the stomach!

I needed a bathroom STAT!

Where I was, there happened to be public places up the hill behind me or a ways down the hill in front of me. I opted for downhill. I jogged a few steps but decided that wasn't a good idea! Then I transitioned into the hobble-y walk really fast and squeeze your butt cheeks together with all your might motion. The next public establishment that was on my path was Denny's. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it and was think of the list of people who I could call that would pick me up from Denny's if I had crapped my pants! This was a very short list btw! Needless to say, I made it to the Denny's and bolted to the bathroom. Safe at last!

When I was washing my hands, I looked in the mirror and what did I see? That freaking bug was still in my eye! EWWWW!!!! So I fished it out and thought that anything that could have gone wrong on this run had and that the second half of the small loop would be easy. WRONG! I made it past mile 2 and felt like I was going to die. I slowed it down to a hopp-y walk and then totally slowed down to a quick walk. I had a giant stitch in my side and just wanted this workout to be over! I finally got my 4+ miles done is just over an hour! HOLY SLOW BALLS! Just the week before I had done 5 miles in 53 mins!!

Oh well. At least I got out there this week and gave it a good effort! I went home and had some more of my rotisserie chicken, macaroni salad, cookie dough and 2 stuffed twizzlers while I watched the evening festivities on the tube.

I think I got bored with the B last night and can't say there was anything memorable except her 'wanting closure from Bentley'. Dude! He left you! Isn't that closure enough?!
Then EMWLE was good b/c the guy lost over 300 lbs but he just didn't seem to have a good attitude and didn't seem amazingly grateful for the opportunity that was bestowed on him. I guess I wanted him to seem happier than he was at his reveling and he seemed indifferent to me! Losing over 300 lbs is a MAJOR accomplishment! BE AMAZINGLY HAPPY! Geesh!

Ok. I'm off to lunch with my friend Laura!

What did you think of the shows last night?

Gone Fishing

Yep! That's what I did last night! It was totally fun and I even caught 2 fish. They were both itty bitty trout but I caught them and my friend Ryan didn't catch anything. Girls win!!!! Here is a picture of me and the first itty bitty fish.

Me: It's so little!
Ryan: That's what she said! Haha!

I'm not sure why Blogger put in it upsidedown, but I can't fix it. So that was my evening. I had an awesome sandwich from Subway for dinner and then was covered in fish and worm guts and dirt from digging in the worm container to sacrifice the litter buggars! I did see some huge fish just chilling where I was fishing but they weren't interested in my worm. I think they were either carp or catfish but I really wanted to catch a big fish! Next time, Ryan is taking me to some lake where he said that he knew the fishing would be better. I'm looking forward to it!

Let's rewind a bit to Monday night's TV action...
The Bachelorette or The B: I am sadly totally sucked into this show and I'm not really sure why. I can't say that I loved Ashley last season, but I'm always hopefully for these people to find love. Or at least seem like they've found it. I'm glad that Bentley is gone. He was a total turd on a stick! And then he made her feel aweful for leaving! I don't know why or how he thought he was so cool and in it just for the game. Puh-lease! And why is he so obsessed with his hair? It's not that great anyway. He's no Bradley Cooper! :) Ok. I'm done with him. But maybe he kind of does look like him... Still, I don't care.
 
Another thing... I'm glad that The Mask came off and then thought it was funny that he ended up being older than she thought he was and sent his sorry self packing. You are too nice Ashley! You sent home some cuter boys than him before that. Silly girl!

EMWLE: I think I have fallen in love with this show and it is totally filling my BL void for the summer. I was sooo proud of Alex and how far he had come in his journey. I like that this show helps people tackle their emotions as well as losing the weight without someone always screaming in their face. I'm sure they have LOTS of help along the way but it seems like once the first 3 months are over and the Trainer guy moves out, you are on your own to do it for yourself. I will definitely continue watching this show!
     
How about you? Thoughts on The B or EMWLE?

Do you like to fish?
I'm no SR and don't have a fancy fishing boat but I totally enjoy just sitting out there with my pole in the water! Maybe one day I'll actually get to keep one! :)