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I had an awesome work out last night. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and a 42 minute kickboxing class plus I started my new weight lifting routine which took about 25 minutes. I did back and chest last night and I am sore!
My weight watcher's leader suggested putting a little chocolate syrup (you know the kind for milk) in my coffee for treat now and then. I did not have any chocolate but I did have the strawberry kind (Trevor loves it!). Well it was delish! I went on to the website for Nesquick and found out that syrup has 110 calories for 2 tbsp.! That is unreal! Trevor puts half the bottle in his glass ok milk, not that it would harm him, but holy shit. I then figured out that I only put in about a 1.5 tablespoons to make my coffee yummy and I count it has a half a point anyways because of the wee bit of milk I put in it. I am going to try and find a low fat chocolate syrup…. Yum!
I have added a few new journals that I read to my links page. One of them is Ashwee. I have never heard of her and I noticed on my page stats she was visiting my site so off I go to hers and she has a link bank to mine! Thanks Girl!
Wowsers I just heard that they are calling for a whole shit load of snow here tonight. 30 cm of that white crap! Nice, winter has arrived! Trevor and I will have to get out cross country skis from his mom's house! This will put everyone into the Christmas spirit! I am in the Christmas spirit. I am off for my 2 weeks of holidays tomorrow. Well actually not tomorrow, I have to work Monday so I can take Jan 3rd off but a 1 day work week does not count! This means I have a million things to do at work so everything will run smooth in my absence. Woohooo I am so excited!
Due to some unforeseen circumstances I now have some free time in the mornings from 7-9 so I have decided to sleep in yesterday and today and tomorrow I am going to the gym in the morning. So because I can get up at 7 and give Trevor a kiss goodbye and hop back into bed for another hour I staid up last night and got caught up on my journal reading and it looks like a lot of people with not be posting over the holidays for various reasons. I hope to be on here as often as possible, but like every one else I will be very busy and out of town for a week. Although I may get a chance to update at my in laws. I imagine though since everyone will be so busy they will not have a chance to read it anyways! So I won't feel bad if I end up not posting over Christmas. Either way I will be journaling on my holidays next week right up until Christmas and then I will be back in the New Year. As for in between who knows!
I have a confession to make. I am feeling guilty already and I have not even done it yet! My mother and Aunt and I have a twice a year tradition when I am on holidays. We go to the Pizza Hut buffet, yep that is what I said all you can eat ooey gooey cheesy pizza! It is so good and about a gazillion points and then if that is not bad enough we then go to the Hershey Chocolate Factory where, you guessed it, they make and sell chocolate! The smell of the place makes me gain weight and puts my diabetic mother into shock! It is so cheap though and on the way out they give you a free chocolate bar! It is like heaven! We may end up forgoing the Chocolate Factory, but the pizza buffet has been penciled written with permanent marker into our schedule next Thursday as to not have the damage show up on Tuesdays weigh in! You almost think we planned it that way! Who am I to forgo a family tradition :) I must be good from then until Christmas eve and then again until Christmas Day #2 and then again until New Years Eve. God this time of year involves a lot of eating! I think I will be fine if I take it easy on those days and be a little Angel on the days in between… I hope!
Holy Shit I am writing a novel here. One more thing and that is it. I am off to the gym tonight to do 60 minutes of cardio and Day 2 (legs) of my weight lifting program!
Have a great day!
Wendy
Last night I ate way too much and at a weight watchers meeting of all places!!! We had a blast though! We all brought a little gift to exchange and there were tons of different low point foods. So I am hoping that the damage done is not as bad as I think because it was all healthy!? I refuse to feel guilty, I had a great time and I discovered one of the yummiest things in the world which I will share in a few moments, but first I wanted to say that I gained. Yup, as I thought 2 Christmas parties wreaked havoc on my weight loss efforts. Are you ready for this, I gained a whole half a pound! This puts me back to 150… oh well at least I had a taste of the 140s! I will be happy though if I get through the holiday season and only go up a half a pound here and there! I will admit I was a little disappointed, I thought maybe I would get away with it two weeks in a row, but nope! I figured I would gain, but a girl can dream can't she? Considering all the food I ate at the parties, I guess I should be happy with only half a pound!
I am really going to be super good now until my weigh on Tuesday, to try and reverse some of the damage from last night. Although I snuck a peak at the scales today at lunch to check out the damage from last night and it said 147lbs fully clothed and with my sweater on… WTF? Not that I am complaining but why couldn't that show up on the scale last night instead of that dam old 150lbs! ! Gosh this weight loss thing is confusing. I have been really slipping with my water intake and those dam BLTs are sneaking back into my life. But I am back on track and feeling very motivated! I have one more weigh in before Christmas. Holy shit that snuck up on me! I doubt very much I will make my goal of Virgin fat before then, but technically I am already there because my lowest ever was 147 in the morning and this afternoon I saw 147 with my clothes on!
This time of year terrifies me because I know I can pack on the pounds with out even blinking an eye! I am eye the only one who gets scared this time of year? Last year I gained over 6 pounds and then it took me for ever (over a month) to loss it again and even longer to get my groove back! My New Year Resolution this year is to get to my weight watchers goal and become a lifetime member! My mom gave me some good advice; she said to just stop stressing over gaining weight over the holidays. Just take on day at a time and if I screw up then to make the next day better. This is very wise advice because that is usually what happens. I think "Oh well I have had a few days off program and I will gain anyways so I might as well keep eating!" I need to keep drinking my water, get as much exercise as possible and focus on what goes into my mouth. Inevitably I will eat more and work out less because it is Christmas and I am holidays but I will do my best.
Oh yes here is that recipe for the yummiest thing ever, you can make this in a 12 hole muffin tin (1 point each) or in one of those little tiny muffin tins (half a point each) and maybe even sprinkle with a bit of icing sugar…… (I have also put this on my recipe page)
Chewy Cupcake Brownies
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar, firmly packed
1 Tbsp unpacked brown sugar, firmly packed
3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp table salt
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp vinegar, cider
1 1/2 tsp margarine, melted
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In a second bowl stir together remaining ingredients. Pour water mixture over flour mixture and stir until batter is smooth.
Pour into a nonstick 12-hole muffin tin coated with cooking spray, filling until half full. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.
Remove from oven. Let sit 5 minutes, then turn out onto rack to completely cool.
1 point each if you make 12 or half a point each if you make in the little baby muffin trays.
Tonight I am off to do my usual 30 minutes of cardio, 42 minutes of kickboxing and my weights. I am thinking of trying a new (well one of my old ones that I have not done in 3 years) weight lifting program that will be 3 consecutive days in a row. You do focus on different bod2 parts each night for about 20 minutes. I will give it a try and report more about it tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Wendy
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