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Happy Halloween

Henry said he wants to wish you all a Happy Halloween. He's sporting Tatum's Super Girl costume from a few years ago. We are big on recycling around here.

Speaking of Halloween, Hungry Girl sent out a list of all the candy you could possibly eat over the next few days, complete with the calorie count and point values. I browsed for a minute looking for the little mini 3 musketeers bars I consumed last night after dinner. Phew...they are 1 point. Then I tried to remember how many I actually finished off while watching Survivor after dinner. It was somewhere around 6 or 7...but my memory is fuzzy...I was really into the show apparently. So today it's elliptical and cardio blast day for me. That's how I'm choosing to deal with this. And I probably won't go back to HG's list for reference. I think it's best to just do what you want (in moderation, right girls?) and then just make up for it with exercise. I'm pretty sure that's how Super Girl would handle this, too.

Have fun trick or treating out there this weekend!

pink is the new pink

happy october!

as most of you already know, october is breast cancer awareness month. there's a flurry of pink all over the internet and on tv. i had to run to sam's club this morning and the entire front of their store is lined with pink products and products with special breast cancer packaging. i thought that was pretty cool. they even had a bin with a bunch of pink roses for $6 - super deal.

we are all signed up and ready to walk the susan g. komen race for the cure next weekend in honor of my mom. so of course we have to shop for some fun pink accessories for our group. i know she'd like that. this race will always remind me of henry. we brought him home a year ago on this day.

speaking of henry...he was my helper this afternoon while i tried to get a decent photo of my pretty pink roses. here's my naughty little counter surfer...

 

 

ladies...have you felt them lately?

 

food find friday

Kashi Heart to Heart

These are basically just like triscuits, but the fiber content makes them a little more point friendly. 

For 7 crackers you get:

120 calories

3.5 grams of fat

4 grams of fiber

That's 2 points. I add in a stick of string cheese for a 4 point snack. Very filling, especially between lunch and dinner. In fact, I usually grab this on my way out the door to pick Tatum up from school - so it's like an after school snack all for me.

soccer season begins

i failed to get cute pics of iain after his first practice because frankly, he wasn't happy about bringing the cute. he's a sophomore now and can't be bothered with me and my annoying camera these days. so i'm breaking out the zoom lens on game day and will be back with pictures of him.

until then, here's our little soccer star on our way home from her first practice. this is her first year playing on an all girl team. i think i yelled "keep your hands to your side" and "pass the ball, tate" about 10 times. this is definitely going to take some getting used to her part. should be fun!

seeing

i had lasik surgery on friday. day 4 and things are going well. it feels like i need to unsharp mask* everything i see at this point, but it's getting better. i keep reaching up to adjust the glasses on my face and they aren't there. i feel like i'm missing a step in the morning when i'm getting ready - putting on my glasses before i walk out of the bathroom. that's going to take some getting used to.

i also feel a little naked without glasses on my face. it's a weird thing to not have them there to hide behind. i can see puffiness around my eyes and a few wrinkles that i ignored when my glasses were in the way. my hairdresser even mentioned maybe cutting bangs now that i don't have to deal with glasses. and wearing makeup might be fun again. 

for now i tucked all of my frames and cases away in my nightstand. it's like a little piece of my shell has been cracked. this is definitely going to take some getting used to.

*it's a photography/photoshop term. it makes things sharp and a little more in focus. sometimes it's a photographer's best friend. :)

food find friday

activia yogurt. It's not a very exciting food this week, but let me tell you...your digestive system will thank you for this little cup of love. i got the strawberry flavor and it's only 1 point for the cup. you could even add some grape-nuts or fruit or almonds to fancy it up a little - but it's good all by itself, too. 

and they have a money back guarantee on it - so you really can't go wrong. move those bowels, girls...move those bowels.

speaking of a load of crap...

 

i can't tell you how annoying it is when the scale says POINT TWO. seriously. even when it's a loss you just kind of shake your head and go "what the heck?" so i'm moving on and getting over it and stepping up my game a little. i already added another day of water aerobics, so that puts me at five days a week. and my goal for this week is to not be so sloppy with my eating on the weekends. i tend to look at thursday, friday and saturday as freebies and just try to maintain portion control. clearly that's not going to work for me so i'm putting a new plan in place.

make it a great weekend!

birthday boys

someone turned one today...

and someone else turned 15 on friday...

 

as  you can imagine...we partied all weekend long. that's how we roll.

one of us partied a little too much...

H O T

while waiting for my subway sandwich. i am so done with summer. done.

food find friday

Orowheat/Arnold Sandwich Thins

I mentioned these last Friday. They are fabulous and only ONE point. Plus, they have 5 grams of fiber which is fabulous! I like my fiber! :)

They are super versatile, too. Obviously you can make a sandwich, but you can also do pb&j; or make a pizza with a little sauce, low fat mozzarella and turkey pepporoni; or open faced with a tomato and some low fat cheddar and broil it; and they are great as buns for a boca burger. The ideas are endless!

I picked mine up at Costco, but I've also seen them at Wal-Mart.

food find friday

i'm not very adventurous with my eating. i tend to go for convenience more than anything else. we all have busy lives, right? sometimes i'll try a new recipe. but i mostly stick to quick and easy.

this is something new i tried this week.  jimmy dean breakfast bowls. it was actually pretty tasty. for 5 points it is a pretty filling dish. i added a sandwich thin (1 point), a glass of lactaid (2 points) and cup of grapefruit (2 points) for a really satisfying breakfast.

i will mention that it has quite a bit of sodium in it (as all freezer stuff usually does), so i drink a lot of extra water on days when i do eat something higher in sodium. and grapefruit is always a good thing to add to the mix.