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Anyone around? How was your weekend?
Did you all have good weekends?
H is driving people to MEPS today so I'm home with the pups. I just kicked today's ass. I grocery shopped, walked the dogs, made 5 dinners for the week, cleaned up, worked out, did laundry, and now I'm going to update the blog. I'm also going to finish Bossypants today.
First- if you're around- can you give me some ideas for healthy in between meal snacks? I usually eat fruit and hummus but I feel bored lately.
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Re: Anyone around? How was your weekend?
Wow Hike I am totally impressed. I am home from the bachelorette weekend and I can say that I am not 21 years old anymore and my body feels it. So basically I am laying on the couch wathcing Lifetime Halloween movies. HAA
YAY Binx! That is great news!
[QUOTE]Wow Hike I am totally impressed. I am home from the bachelorette weekend and I can say that I am not 21 years old anymore and my body feels it. So basically I am laying on the couch wathcing Lifetime Halloween movies. HAA YAY Binx! That is great news!
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My hangovers are INSANE. The. worst.
Binx- I like Kettle Corn. Thanks for the advice and yay for FI coming home earlier!
I have to admit I have become a sucker for the whole "kale chips" although they are easy to burn! I'm also a big sucker for apples/cucumbers/celery and Almond butter (I don't do Peanut often).
I know people swear by cottage cheese... I'm not a fan so I just can't jump on that wagon, but I do love those 100 calorie packs of nuts you can buy.. They come unsalted and it's sooo easy to overeat nuts since they are "good for you". They are, but at some point, fat is still fat, and you can't have crazy amounts of it.
I'm probably not super useless because lately I have gone really simple... raw veggies and such. My new kick is a banana right after the gym or for breakfast. I hate bananas, but they are filling and filled with great stuff for you.
If you're needing something a little heavier as a snack, go pick up some whole wheat pretzels and use a spicy mustard to dip them in. It'll control your palette so you won't want to eat anything else (which is good if you're a sweets craver) and it'll fill you up in a not-so-bad-for-you way.
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My weekend has been good, but really busy and now it's already noon on Sunday. boo. Seahawks are playing a rough rough game... It's just all kinds of messyness on both offenses *sigh*
I still need to take care of my name change and it's kinda stressing me out. I need to do that, my tabs expire TOMORROW, but the car is in my mom's name and I need to switch it to mine as a "gift" which hopefully won't have a crazy expensive tax on it. meh... Totally stressing me out.
I like "spice" as in spices, not fire burining in my mouth hot, which is why I love the pepper. It's surprisingly awesome! Definitely worth giving a try
Saturday we went back to the fair (please do not ask me how much money was spent this weekend, it makes me slightly ill) with one of FI's friends from school who is a mechanic in the AF and his wife. It was fun, we mainly walked around and ate. The wife is fun but a little bit Stepford, and coming from me, that says something. I'm glad we got together because it sounds like she isn't making many friends on base (they're at Hurlbert, about an hour away).
She didn't exactly have an inside voice, though, she kept talking crap about this "friend" of hers who sounds pretty awful (whoring around while her husband's deployed, making him miss work, threatening suicide, talking trash to his CO,all that fun stuff). The friend, more like frenemy, is the wife of a Navy man, so she kept making these "Navy wife" comments, which was really embarrasing because: a) I know lots of really awesome Navy wives, and b) we live in a Navy town, and the last thing I want to do while out with my FI is diss on that. I would just change the subject quickly when that came up, but (a big) part of me thinks that an attitude like that is what is keeping her from making friends.
My Beautiful roasted Chicken.. I've never roasted a whole chicken before so I'm still excited about it!
The Cheesecake Brownies
Theo in his Halloween Costume!! So stinkin cute!!
He's a CATerpillar!! haha.. It's really short on his because he's ridiculously long. He's not even a year old yet and he's so long and skinny!!
Did anyone else watch the Alabama/Tennessee Game last night?! Holy Moly. It was intense.
Hike- My go to snack is the 100 calorie packs of whole almonds. They have flavors, but I like the plain ones. That or some fresh fruit (PLUMMMSS!!! I love plums!) but I only let myself eat 2 servings per day. If you like cottage cheese, in the summer I make a cottage cheese salad with sugar free jello (my favorite is raspberry!) and pineapple and mandarin oranges (some people add whipped cream, but that kind of defeats the healthy aspect... although you could use lite cool whip)Oh! and I use Low or Fat Free cottage cheese.
Now I'm putting a pork roast in the oven, drinkin a beer (Rolling Rock Light!!) and trying to finish up some math homework..
[QUOTE]My Weekend in Pictures!!! My Beautiful roasted Chicken.. I've never roasted a whole chicken before so I'm still excited about it! The Cheesecake Brownies Theo in his Halloween Costume!! So stinkin cute!! He's a CATerpillar!! haha.. It's really short on his because he's ridiculously long. He's not even a year old yet and he's so long and skinny!! Did anyone else watch the Alabama/Tennessee Game last night?! Holy Moly. It was intense. Hike- My go to snack is the 100 calorie packs of whole almonds. They have flavors, but I like the plain ones. That or some fresh fruit (PLUMMMSS!!! I love plums!) but I only let myself eat 2 servings per day. If you like cottage cheese, in the summer I make a cottage cheese salad with sugar free jello (my favorite is raspberry!) and pineapple and mandarin oranges (some people add whipped cream, but that kind of defeats the healthy aspect... although you could use lite cool whip)Oh! and I use Low or Fat Free cottage cheese. Now I'm putting a pork roast in the oven, drinkin a beer (Rolling Rock Light!!) and trying to finish up some math homework..
Posted by SamiJoeB[/QUOTE]
Rolling Rock is right near my hometown! That made my day!
You can make a jello fruit salad with sour cream. USE THAT. I swear. It naturally takes on the flavor of the fruit, and cool whip is so bad for you />_< I grew up on sour cream layered fruit jello salad for holidays.. soooo yummy
mmm Plums.
Sami you have been a busy woman! The brownies look awesome! I like kittys costume
Binx- that's awesome!
I honestly didn't do much this weekend. Went riding Friday night, cleaned yesterday, and just relaxed today. We went to a gun show but it wasn't any good
you girls should try Orville redenbochers (sp) lime and salt 100 calories its really yummyyyyy!
[QUOTE]Oh, Hike, if you like to literally LOL while reading, check out Augusten Burroughs's "Possible Side Effects." I'm pretty sure the people on the bus thought I had lost my mind.
Posted by divinemsbee[/QUOTE]
I love his books! I don't think I've read that one yet though. That's for the rec. If anyone is looking for a funny book, you must must must read My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler.
[QUOTE]Oh I've heard Chelsea Handler's book is funny but she just creeps me out, her show is NOT funny.....but youre the third person who suggested the book so maybe I'm wrong. There is lime and salt popcorn??? I really need to eat more popcorn, it's such a good snack. High in fiber!! I'm trying to convince myself to get off the couch and on the treadmill. But then I have to wash my hair......ugh such a process. But then I'll already have one workout done for the week and I'll feel good. Gah!
Posted by Irishcurls[/QUOTE]
Improbably bias because I do like her show but that book is definitely funny. Her other ones, not so much.
I'm a total food network addict, and it's pretty much constant back ground noise in our house. I was watching it tonight, and saw a pie called the "Fat Elvis" It looked AMAZING!!!!!
FTL-My Chicken was amazing!! I used a roasting bag so it was super moist.. yummm. I seasoned it with fresh herbs since my mom has a ridiculous garden. FTR, I never use cool whip, I know a lot of people who do, but I never do. I usually only make that in the summer anyway, cause I don't generally eat a lot of dairy. Are you making a pumpkin pie? I Love pumpkin pie. It's a good thing that it's cooled off here so now it's perfect running weather so then I don't have to feel as bad for tasting all the yummy treats!! I was having to get up ridiculously early to run..
I have been told that the roasting bag is the only way to go and that basting is
totally overrated :P So I'm glad to hear that the chicken turned out well for you! I'm' envious of your mom's ridiculous garden. I have a great herb pot garden going but that's about it.
I want to make pumpkin pie but I bought the wrong pumpkins!!!
I'm glad it's cooling down for you now so that running is easier and now crazy freakin' early!
[QUOTE] If anyone is looking for a funny book, you must must must read My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler.
Posted by LetsHikeToday[/QUOTE]
<p class="MsoNormal">
I have that book. It's hilarious! My favorite of all of hers.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I haven't done too much this weekend. I did set up an appt with our caterer and I did buy 4 new dresses! FI's OCS graduation week is coming up. 1 for Family Social, 1 for Formal, 1 for graduation, and I really liked this other dress so I made an excuse and said I would be wearing it for my rehearsal.</p>