TGIF

I have had a crazy week!  Between teaching, school football (I run the clock), working at LD and all the season premieres I have been a busy girl.  And busy = less time to stuff my face.  I did manage to get a couple of work outs in and was definitely on plan all week.  I hopped on the scale this morning and was happy to see 147.5!  I am going to hit a WW meeting at lunch so I can use it as my official weight for the month (the scale at ww is usually 0.5 heavier than my home scale).  I am so happy, and my hard work is paying off.  140 here I come!

I am headed to the airport right after to work to fly up to Fort McMurray.  M's best friend for life is getting married tomorrow.  He's the best man so I will be spending alot of time with his parents and sister and future brother in law - I've met them before but it will still be interesting.

I am one month away from knee surgery and couldn't be more excited.  The replacement teacher who will be covering my class was here yesterday to meet my kids - some of them took it better than others, and I spent quite a bit of time reassuring a few of them that I am not going to die - crazy teenagers.

Have a great weekend
J

Brrrrrrrrr

What the heck is up with this weather????  It's not supposed to be winter until at least Halloween!

I've had a great week.  Tuesday was watersliding - so much fun!  Thursday I started my new job at London Drugs and I'm really liking it.  I find all the different skin care products very interesting.  I can't wait until my employee discount kicks in because I've got my eye on a few things!!

Food wise I've been making better choice and tracking.  I hope to be back down a bit this week - I was really retaining water because it was my tom.  I have to get a workout in tomorrow and I'll be on track there.

Just headed over to M's - I love the weekends because it means sleepovers (he only has one bathroom and that would equal disasters in the mornings if we had sleep overs during the week).  We're having KFC (which I love but never have) and chilling on the couch :D

Talk soon

Jenn

The best part of Mondays.........

Is when they are over, lol

Had a good weekend.  It was long with my London Drugs training but I wrote my exam this evening and got 100%.  I am looking forward to starting as a "beauty advisor" on Wednesday :)

Exercise wise I am on track.  Food wise - not so good.  I have been tracking everything, but that doesn't mean I've been eating good things :P.  I really need to get my act together!!!

Tomorrow one of my best friends will be in Calgary so me and M and another friend are going watersliding at her hotel.  I love waterslides!!

Will weigh in tomorrow and update (but expecting a gain)

Jenn

TGI (almost) F!

I like Thursdays almost as much as Fridays.  Fridays are a short work day (done at 2:06) and the day always flies by.  And Thursday night is TV night.  Soon Grey's Anatomy will be back and there are some new shows I plan to check out (I love my PVR and time shifting channels!)  Right now my Thursday night guilty pleasures are Big Brother and *blushes* Jersey Shore.  It's like a train wreck - you don't want to watch but you can't look away.  And I'm absolutely in love with Vinny - I even think Marc looks a bit like him :P

Tracking and getting work outs in have been going well this week.  I am such a dork, I love being able to update my "goal stats" (cough**nerd**cough)

This weekend I have training for my new part time job in cosmetics at London Drugs.  I can't play sports or do anything fun because of my knee so I might as well make some extra cash.

Talk soon

Jenn  

Same Old, Same Old

So I weighed in this morning and the stubborn scale is still on 150.  I am not surprised, we ate out Sunday and Monday nights and I hardly drank any water after Friday.  I've also upped my activity level and my body takes a week or so to figure out what's going on (and to figure out that it's not starving).  This weeks' plan - drink all my water, keep moving as best my gimpy lower body will allow and go out for poutine and a bucket of bacon on Friday (yes, a bucket of bacon at a restaurant called The District - I have seen pictures of this amazing phenomenon and I am so excited)

I saw the doctor today and she prescribed me "the good pills" aka Tylenol 3.  I am very hesitant to take many pain killers but my knee surgery is only 48 days away so it's not like I will be taking them forever, and hopefully will have better sleeps so my body can rest.

Making mini pizzas tonight - english muffins with a bit of meat, cheese, pizza sauce broiled until golden.  They were a lunch box staple when I was a kid and I'm already looking forward to eating them!

Having a pity party

Ugh.  Had a great weekend but am having such knee troubles.  Like keep me up at night pain.  I have an appointment at the doc tomorrow to get something a little stronger than advil so I can sleep.  To make matters worse I tripped of the curb this morning and twisted my ankle.  Currently I have ice on both my knee and ankle, FML.

Will have to change my fitness goals again for this month.  No more lower body workout videos for now.  So I will do my upper body videos and try to get some bike in.  I can't wait for my knee surgery - only 49 more days!

Will weigh in tomorrow AM and post the results.

What's Cooking Good Looking?

So I might love to eat but I don't really like to cook.  Since I've got some free time this weekend I decided to try a few things out.

First, I made a half recipe of Weight Watcher 1 Point Chili  I halved the recipe because my slow cooker wasn't big enough.  I used crushed tomatoes instead of diced, omitted the green peppers because I don't like them and the zucchini because I couldn't find it in the store (and there was no one to ask).  It smells fantastic and I had a small taste and it's pretty good.  Will be yummy for lunch at work!

Next I tried out Corn Chowder and failed miserably.  I burned the potatoes a bit and then the finished product tasted yucky.  I plan to try again because I like Corn Chowder.

Third attempt was Hungry Girls' Grab and Go Breakfast Cookies  I omitted the raisins and craisins because I'm not a fan and I couldn't find the pureed peaches so I used mixed fruit.  They taste yummy and are going to make a quick breakfast.

My last challenge was Hungry Girls' Swirls Gone Wild Brownies  I used my hands to mix the cake mix and the pumpkin because it was hard to do it with a spoon.  I didn't understand the "swirling" of the topping so just spread it around.  They are cooling right now but I'm hoping they will be a yummy treat!!

Tomorrow I am going to attempt Hungry Girls' Red Velvet Insanity Cupcakes  I love red velvet so hopefully they turn out.

My freezer is going to be full of yummy heat and eat treats!!

A couple changes

So I've been meeting my fitness goals so far for the month but have realized I need to cut them back a little.  It's been too hard on my knee to ride my bike after doing my workout videos so I'm gonna modify my goals to

Bike 60 minutes (5 times)
Abs of Steel + Legs of Steel (10 times)
Buns of Steel + Arms of Steel (10 times)

I am so glad it's the long weekend.  The first days back at work are a bit of a gong show and I'm tired.  M is out of town until Sunday afternoon so I'm going to enjoy some "me" time.

Talk soon
J