Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Today is a new day. Do NOT let yesterday’s unexpected lunch invitation from your husband sabotage your whole week. You know that it was a wonderful impromptu surprise for him to call and ask you & Megan out to lunch. No, you didn’t get a chance to plan. No, you didn’t get to think through [...]

This morning was Megan’s first day back in preschool which meant first day back to the gym for me since before Christmas break. Whohoooo! Before we even left, my plan was to run. I have missed running even though I have been working out at home consistently. My goal was to run 3 or 4 [...]

Just when I’m about frustrated in my weight loss journey to the point where I think I am going to throw in the towel once and for all, something small happens that reinvigorates me.  Sometimes it is a person I haven’t seen since I lost my weight saying that I look great.  Sometimes it is [...]

As I mentioned I am on a goal to get back to my WW goal. I have set a personal goal to reach my WW goal by spring break. We are going to Florida so I would love to nbe there by then. That means 12 pounds to lose in 10 weeks. I know that [...]

My Mom has made this soup for the past several months. The girls & I have fallen in love with it. After looking at the recipe, I decided to lighten it up. So here is my version. Personally, I don’t think you can tell any difference and my version has a lot less fat. Tomato [...]

As I mentioned before, I received the Zumba dvd set from www.Zumba.com. Yesterday, I got a chance to workout with the Cardio Party dvd. I really enjoyed it. I especially like how during different step sequences, the dvd shows the instructor’s feet. So it is easy to follow along while learning the step sequences. This [...]

It has been so cold in this area that soup just sounded so good. Yesterday morning before heading to church, I made my chili and put it in the crockpot so it would be ready for us when we got home. This is the first time that I have taken the time to figure out [...]

So far, 2010 has been all about making changes in the way I think about food and eating and exercise and moving.  My Daddy always used to tell me “if you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”  Well, in 2009, I always did what I’d always done [...]