Lose It!
So, I shared with Cyber-Land yesterday how I am trying to eat healthy for my body and read healthy for my mind/soul. Well, today, I had to go into work at 1:00pm. We were CRA-ZY busy and by the time 5:00pm hit, I was dragging it. Whew! Apparently the snow does NOT keep everyone home. (Are they NUTS?!) Anyhoo, I was also STARVING!! After eating when ever I wanted over the weekend, my tummy was a-rumbling. I sooooo wanted to hit Zaxby’s on the way home.
What? You don’t know what Zaxby’s is? My poor, fast food uneducated friend: Zaxbys is the BOMB-DIGGITY! They have chicken: chicken wings, chicken strips, chicken salads, chicken sandwiches… They have the most amazing crinkle cut french fries EVER and they put this season-all-type seasoning on the fries. Oh my GOODNESS!!!! I am addicted to the chicken strip meal which comes with chicken strips, french fries and Texas toast. YUMMY! I usually get ranch dipping sauce and I swear, the combination is pure heaven. I have a working theory that they put crack/cocaine in the breading or the fry seasoning or both. I am sure that Zaxby’s can take at least half the credit for my weight gain over the last year.
Anyhoo, I LOVE IT!!!
So anyway, after work, I SOOOO wanted to go drive thru and get me some of the Zaxby’s goodness, especially since I have not had it in 3.5 weeks!! (gasp!) But I resisted. I did! I went home and made a homemade chicken quesadilla with grilled chicken instead. Not quite the same, but very large for the calories it contained (477 for a WHOLE quesadilla!) And it filled me up. According to my wicked cool iPhone app: Lose It! I still can eat 383 more calories today, but I am gonna decline. I was thinking of having a lite peach yogurt, but it is already 9pm and I don’t like to eat this late.
So there you have it! Today’s success story!! I am proud of me! I may get this healthy eating thing down at long last…. especially since I have detoxed the Zaxby’s…..
Happy Wandering!
Add a comment February 10, 2010
Tags: Healthy, healthy eating, iPhone app, Lose It, resist, resisting, strength, tempation, weight loss, Zaxby's
Healthy Living….
WOW! I am SLACKING on the blogging. Shame on me. We have another snow day here in Arkansas today and this time, it is WELL deserved! I awoke to 2″ of snow that was not predicted and it literally snowed big, fat flakes ALL DAY long!! At 5:30 when I was out, there was about 7″. The snow has stopped as of right now, but another wave of it will come through overnight, about midnight, and go through the morning.
Apparently I am now a weathergirl!
My work was closed today and I have mixed feelings about it. We have been told that a financial institution cannot be closed more than 3 days in a row, however, we were closed this weekend and today. Now this concerns me because tomorrow will be WAY worse than today was. The original plan this morning was a 2 hour delay and I was 1/2 way in before I got the call that we were closing for the day. I feel like we should have just gone in, even for just a few hours, so that we wouldn’t have to worry about tomorrow. Well, time will tell…
On to HAPPIER things: It has been about 3 weeks now that I have been eating HEALTHY! Yay me! I have only “cheated” twice and it was for two meals. One was french fries at Chilis and the other was Friday when I had some MUCH DESERVED cheese dip and a margarita after work. Other than that, I’m healthy all the way. Even today, snowed in, I have stuck to it!!! I am way excited about, too. Almost an empowering feeling now. I am not so stupid to think that I will not slip up again, but I am trying to limit it to one meal a week. I figure if I drop about 30 pounds, I will be right back where I was when I lost almost a 100 pounds 5 years ago. I am not doing the same diet. That one was WAY too strict, but this time, I am just trying to be sensible. I was super excited today to learn that 31 Frito Chili Cheese chips are 160 calories. I have been craving them, so I adjusted my eating all day so I could have them with dinner. GOODNESS they were good!!! But that is more fat than I have eaten in a while, so I may regret it later, but at least I didn’t go over in calories!!!
Another healthy for the soul thing I am keeping up with: I am reading the Bible in a year. Now, I have tried this before but I always slacked off. But now it is February 8, and I have been at it for over one month! I started on January 1. I chose the Max Lucado Grace for the Moment One Year Bible and I really am enjoying it. I am really going to try to get it done this year!!!
What are you doing for you that involves healthy living? Watching your foods? Something for your soul? Share with me!
Happy wandering!!!
Add a comment February 9, 2010
Tags: Bible, Chili Cheese Fritos, food, Healthy, one Year Bible, snow
Fictional Crush(es)
Ah, my friends, you *are* in luck today! As I am “snowed” in (Arkansas standards=2″) I am bored out of my mind. Since I have already eaten 2 bowls of white rice (made in my FAB rice cooker!) I will now pen yet ANOTHER blog for your reading pleasure, as I am sure that you are as bored as I am!
As I have mentioned in the past, I am a ferocious reader. Even more so, I read on Amazon’s Kindle. I adore it and insist that you go look at it and watch the videos about how it works.
OK, so, now, back on topic. I read a lot and in my boredom, I have been contimplating the fictional “crushes” that I have developed. Quite disturbing (ok- and yes, a bit sad)
Crush #1: One of my first fictional crushes, from Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books: Ranger. Ah, Ranger. The quiet, fierce, mysterious, hunka-hunka burning love. I realize that Stephanie could probably never make a “real” relationship with him work…what with the fact that he is an unlawful bounty hunter-type and all…but when he shows up and hits her with “Babe.” I melt a little inside. And book #7? OH YEAH! Best Stephanie book by far! I highly recommend this series. Especially if you have a fondness for New Jersey, as I have.
Crush#2: When I stumbled on the fact that the HBO series “True Blood” is based on a series of books, by an Arkansan author, no less…I jumped on that! The Sookie Stackhouse series is the FIRST books I read on my Kindle and will always hold a special place in my heart. Now, as far as my fictional crush, you must read at least to book #4 to understand. And if you watch the series, you have no idea, but I *love* Eric! Oh Eric the viking vampire with his long, blonde locks and body of steel. How his commanding presence demands attention from a room. And oh, how the shower scene in book #4 is highlighted in my Kindle for quick reference…wait. What did I just say?? Ignore that….
Crush #3: Thanks to my Cyber-BFF Love4BRATS, I found the JD Robb “In Death” series. JD Robb is also known as Nora Roberts. Yup. Same person. Anyhoo, in the In Death series, we are introduced to Eve Dallas, who is a remarkable heroine with her bad ass cop self and tortured past….yet what I admire most about her is her uber rich, gazillionaire, ultra hunky Irish hubby: Roarke. Roarke who is as handsome as he is rich- also with his bad boy turned good background. His love for Eve is unmistakable and the lovemaking between these two married lovebirds gives hope to all wives everywhere: steamy!!!
<sigh> How sad is it that on my cabin fever days, I think about fictional men? Sadness, I know!
If you have a fictional crush, I would love to know who it is. Perhaps I will need to pick up a new book to see if I need to expand my list!!! Maybe you agree with me on mine, then please let me know! The best thing that you can do for me is to assure me that I am not alone in my fictional crushes. (Please?)
1 comment January 31, 2010
Tags: Assurance, Crushes, Fiction, Insanity, Kindle, love, reading
Snow Day….
What a fun, do nothing kind of day! I awoke to sleeting and a forecast of more as the day wore on. I immediately started calling my works weather line, even though it wasn’t due to be updated for 30 minutes. Hey I could hope, right?? Well, it wasn’t updated….and it never did update until 30 minutes LATE! Luckily, I sat in my PJ’s doing nothing in hope that there was no way we would be open. I don’t know what I would have done if we were…
I was correct and got the word that we were closed along with the rest of the state of Arkansas. I immediately went back to bed for 3 hours. Heh, heh.
The rest of the day was spent restoring my laptop back to workable condition from the factory reset I had to do to get rid of the fatal trojan/worm virus that made it’s way into it. It was sad. But it is kind of nice to start from scratch, you know? My big hurdle was iTunes and getting my music to play on the “new” computer. Ugh! Most of my songs I bought were when iTunes still had DRM on it. Long story short, it is 4 hours later and I have it all back to the way I love it. The only thing that I am missing is Microsoft Money. My sister had let me use her disk when I visited her years ago and now that she lives in WV, I am going to need to break down and buy it but GEEZ! It is $50!!! Ew. I hate spending that kind of money on something like that. I will sit on it a day or two before making a decision on what to do.
Well, the snow will be continuing all night but alas, tomorrow is Saturday. Saturday’s I really need to get out and about to the food store. Oh well. We shall see how it all pans out.
Happy Snow Day wherever you are!!!
Add a comment January 30, 2010
I OWNED it!
What a day! Went to work on day #2 in the new department I cross trained for last week. This was done to make me a more valuable/versatile employee. Officially, I still have my official leadership position but with 2 employees in the other department going on maternity leave back to back starting in late April and the other in early June, guess who gets to cover for them?? That’s ok. I was worried about it all but after today, I think that I will be OK. Between now and then I am supposed to work and “get comfortable” with this department so that it will be seamless when the first lady goes out on leave. I can do it! In fact, I am enjoying it WAY more than I thought that I would. That’s good, I guess! But I sure miss “my” department and my “family” of employees there. But growth is necessary and important, so we shall see how this all plays out….. Should be an interesting couple of months!!
By the way, read an excellent book in my newly discovered genre last night. Maybe that is why it was such a good day today?
What’s new with you? What are you living and learning about to better yourself this week?
Add a comment January 26, 2010
Lazy Sunday….
I love Sunday’s. Hubs and I always watch Sunday Morning on CBS and drink coffee while eating breakfast. We kinda lounge around. We are both Christians but are currently not attending a church actively. (Please don’t ask.) We usually do laundry and some light cleaning if neither of us has plans. Sometimes we watch a DVD of our favorites TV shows. Today was Scrubs season 8, disc 3 (makes me cry, every time.) and The Office Season 2, disc 2. I used to wonder about those TV show DVD’s, until I started getting them for my favorite shows. It is SO nice to watch a whole season back to back with no commercials anytime I want! I get it now!
We own all 8 seasons of Scrubs, the first 3 season’s of The Office, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That 70′s show, Newsradio (the Phil Hartman years) and for Christmas I got Glee!! (Love that stupid show)
Anyhoo, January 1, I started reading a one year Bible. I chose “Grace for the Moment One Year Bible” by Max Lucado. I am really enjoying it! although I love Genesis and Exodus and the Gospels and that I what I am in. Each day is an Old Testament reading, a Psalm, a Proverb, and a New Testament reading. There is also a short devotional in the beginning by Max Lucado. I have read a whole lot of the Bible, but not consecutively and I am praying that I make it through this time. I have tried this before. So far, it is January 24, and I am on schedule! Course, I have it on my Kindle and my Kindle for iPhone app and between the two, one is with me at all times. That is helping.
Well, I am mentally preparing for another work week. Many challenges lie ahead. I only hope that I can meet them one at a time with a smile and laughter. We shall see. Have a super week!
Happy Wandering….
Add a comment January 25, 2010
Tags: 3rdRockFromTheSun, Bible, Devo, Devotional, DVD, Glee, MaxLucado, Newsradio, OneYearBible, Scrubs, SundayMorning, That70sShow, TheOffice, TVDVD
Do you read?
If you are lucky enough to be my friend on Facebook (or real life) what I am about to say will be no surprise to you. (so quit rolling your eyes at me!!)
I love a good book. I read. A LOT! I become totally engrossed in books when I read them and have a hard time putting them down until they are done. If a book like that is in a series, you can imagine the trouble I get myself into. Sitting for HOURS reading only to finish one book and immediately pick up the next in the series. Back in the day, when I was reading the Twilight series, I finished one book only to put it on the end table next to me and pick up the next book which was stacked and waiting. My hubs said “How many of those ARE there?” Luckily for him, there were only 4 in that series. He wasn’t so lucky when I was reading the In Death series by JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts) But when I read that series, I wasn’t reading DTB (Dead Tree Books). By then, I had moved on to one of my greatest obsessions….Which brings me to my next proclamation:
If you love to read, you absolutely, positively MUST get an Amazon Kindle (6" screen)
I got the original Kindle in January 2009. Oh, how I loved it!!! I read, and read, and read some more! The thing that separates the Kindle from other e-readers is the free wireless capability to download books to it and browse from the Amazon Kindle store. All other e-books must have books transferred from a computer to the reader by USB hook up. Not to mention that Amazon has THE BEST selection of e-books out there at THE BEST prices. Me? I usually only spend no more than $6.49 for an e-book but have been known to spend the cap of $9.99 Amazon has for NY Times Bestsellers for a book that I know I absolutely have to have. But that is rare. Better yet? I frequent http://www.Kindleboards.com where they have a thread for the free books available, among a gazillion other cool Kindle info. I have found loads of excellent freebies out there which are the beginnings of a series so, yeah, then I buy the rest. Good marketing.
So anyway, in July 2009, the newer version of the Kindle dropped in price and I was able to sell my beloved Kindle 1 (known as Sookie to me) and buy the newest version without any additional expense (well, except for the cover and skin!) And the K2 is even better in so many ways, even though it does not have an SD card slot like K1 had. Now there is talk of a K3 next month. Uh oh. Hubs will get mad at me but since I am a gadget junkie, if the rumor is true, then a K3 may be in my future if the new features are worth it.
So anyway, if you have any questions about the Kindle or want to ask WHY it is so superior to every other e-reader out there, feel free to ask away. Or better yet, visit Amazon and watch the videos, read the reviews…believe me, I am NOT the only one on the planet with this obsession of all things Kindle.
Course, you have to like to read. Otherwise, it would be useless to you.
So now you know. I suppose now I can feel free to discuss books I read. Hrmm, that may need to wait for another blog, as I have discovered a new genre….
Happy Reading Wandering….
Add a comment January 23, 2010
Tags: Amazon, AmazonKindle, books, eBook, ebooks, ereader, freeebooks, hobby, Kindle, Kindleboards, read, reading
For the ladies….
So I had a rough day. All that stuff I learned the past 3 days? Yeah. Now I have to DO it. Meh~ I will get there eventually. And that is all I am going to say about that.
So, ladies: how many of you keep total track of your cycle? (fast change of subject, I know!) If you have an iPhone, I want to tell you about the best app since…well…since Words With Friends! It is called Period Tracker Deluxe. It has a wicked cute, little pink flower for the icon. The whole app is keeping track of how many days until you are due for Aunt Flow. After a few months, it starts to learn how your body ticks and is very, VERY accurate! There is also a spot on the calendar for every day to input notes, times you are intimate, headaches, mucsle aches, etc. If you are going for the preggo style then it will keep track of when you are fertile, symptons, etc. It really is an amazing application for iPhone and it only costs $1.99.
Now, for a really cool thing? If you have a google id, you can sync Period Tracker with it’s companion app, (Period Tracker Companion for $ .99, green flower ion) for the man in your life. No, it doesn’t sync the nitty gritty, like-symptoms and stuff, but it will sync as to when you are due for your ycle to start so he an check in and know what is up. Cause you know how it is an a Friday when it’s time for bed and he gets close only to have you say NOPE! If your hubs is like mine, he gets all mad (even though I remember one month that I was late and P-Tracker had in big, bold RED letters: 5 DAYS LATE and he freaked. No, I wasn’t preggo, just some meds and stress issues)
Anyway, I thought that I would share. I know that whenever I go to the doctor and they always ask “when was your last period” and I never have an exact date. Now, I do! It also helps when planning dates, evenings out and vacation…..
So, if you have an iPhone, I hope you trust me to spend the $1.99. You won’t regret it and it sure helps to be better prepared!
Happy Weekend and
Happy Wandering!!!
Add a comment January 23, 2010
Miracles…
Have you ever stopped to think about the miracle of life?
If you have children, I am sure you have at one point or another, but maybe your children are older and you haven’t taken the time lately to stop and realize.
I was lucky enough today to have a miracle moment. I dear friend of mine from my work (she actually works in another location but we talk often) came to my location for a monthly meeting. This friend is pregnant with her 2nd child, a boy, and is due in 5 days. She has a high risk pregnancy and today at the meeting she was saying that she went to the obstatrician yesterday and her blood pressure was elevated. She went on to say that she felt badly today as well.
When the meeting was over she, another coworker and I went to lunch. (We went to Mexico!) We had a lovely chat while eating our nachos and cheese dip and entrees. When we left I gave her a hug and wished her luck as I probably wouldn’t see her before she has her bundle.
About 4 hours later, as I was leaving work, I checked Facebook on my iPhone and saw this same friend was at the hospital awaiting an operating room to deliver her baby (via c-section)!! Four hours go we were eating, laughing and talking….4 hours later she will have a new human in her arms! It is a breathtaking thought.
This is not the first miracle moment that I have had in the last 3 weeks, either. A girl who works for me was pregnant with her first baby, a daughter. This strong lady stayed at work until the last minute. She was at work in the morning, left at noon for her obstration appointment, then I got a text at 2am stating that she was heading to the hospital cause her water broke (in her hubbys truck on the way to the hospital!) By 7am, her baby girl was here. At noon, I went to see her at lunch. As I held that 4 hour old baby, I thought, this is the little thing that I felt kicking her mommys tummy so hard yesterday morning!!!
How cool is that? One minute there is a baby bump, the next minute there is a living, breathing, beautiful human being.
At my place of employment, there have been 4 babies born since December, then the one today will make 5. In the coming months, two more will be born to ladies at my location (late April and early June) then more at another location over the summer. 3 others at my location are actively trying to get pregnant. You can bet that I do not drink the water at my company!! Babies, babies everywhere, plenty to hold and coo at. I am done having babies but I can be present and supportive for my friends and love on their sweet babies all I want!!!
Life. It is a miracle!! Think about it.
Happy Wandering…
1 comment January 22, 2010
Tags: babies, freindship, Friends, life, love, miracle, mom, mommies, support
Wednesday, Wednesday
What a fun day! This week has been a wonderful one for me. I am still in training at work and I am enjoying it soooo much! This time around I am with my absolutely, most favoritist trainer and I am happy to be there. I really am learning a lot!
I discovered that should a position open up in our HR department, I really think that I will apply. I would enjoy teaching others our companies policies and procedures. Huh. Who knew?
Today’s blog would not be complete without a mention of last nights amazing election results in Massachusetts! It is mind boggling to me that Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat has been taken over by a Republican! I mean, he held that seat for 40 years and, let’s face it: Massachusetts is kinda known for their liberal stance, you know? And they elected a REPUBLICAN!!! This news is restoring my faith in this country. Sometimes it is too easy to think that you can’t make a difference. Well, the voters of Massachusetts made a HUGE difference. One election has tipped the scales of the Senate. Now, Republicans can fillibuster. They can have their say. (Can you tell my sweet hubs is a loyal Glen Beck watcher? Of ourse some of it will filter down to me!)
Remember that each day is a gift. A chance to learn something new about your world…about yourself…
Happy Wandering…
Add a comment January 21, 2010
Tags: glenbeck, growth, learning, life, massachusetts, neverstoplearning, senate, senaterace, thankful, topical, training
