Oh, the cravings!!

Wow, tonight has been VERY hard not to snack! I've been wanting my ketchup chips that have been sitting in the kitchen (UNOPENED) for the last week or so. Instead I had some watermelon. Not at all the same thing, but maybe it's satisfied my tummy for a bit. I find that the more tired I am, the more I want to snack.

Went to the big city fair today...did a lot of walking and tried to eat mostly healthy. I had Extreme Pita for lunch (grilled chicken), but had some cotton candy and some Coke, so I could have been better, but I suppose I could have been much worse.

Tomorrow, when I go to the gym, I will be weighing myself...it will have been a week since I last did that, so HOPEFULLY it will be a loss. I've worked really hard this week. Went to the gym and ate mostly healthy. We'll see what happens.

Found a very cool ticker to keep track of my weight-loss!



Thank god tomorrow is a holiday! I think the only thing planned is laundry and the gym. Ok, enough of this nonsense...time to go rest my tired self on the couch.

Ribfest! Mmmmmm!

It was a busy day here! Woke up early (before 9 a.m.)...thanks to the cat, the kitten, and the dog. They do NOT like to sleep in, but they will NAP all damn day long! Little bastards. Anyway, got up and had some breakfast and then headed out to get groceries and such. Came home, had some lunch, then SOMEONE (my better half) laid down for a nap.

I went to the gym! Had a really good workout. Didn't really want to go, but that's usually when I end up having the best workout. Weird. I even tried a couple of new exercises. I've been doing the same old routine for a long time, so I'm trying to incorporate something new every once and awhile. Found a really cool site that shows various exercises (www.physicalfitnet.com).

After the gym we went down to the lake, where they were having Ribfest! It was our first time going and it was pretty tasty! We shared a fresh sqeezed lemonade, a rib, brisket, and chopped pork plate, with cole slaw and beans. Good time was had by all! There were a gazillion people there, wow. Apparently it's the biggest Ribfest around.

Here's a yummy breakdown of my eats today:

• All-Bran Strawberry Bites w/ milk
• tomato sandwich w/ Miracle Whip
• bbq chopped pork (had a few tastes of the brisket and ribs, but the pork is more my thing!); cole slaw and beans

Now it's time for showers and then we're going to lay on the couch and watch the Reno 911 movie. We enjoy the show, so hopefully the movie will be good.

Almost the Weekend!

It's Thursday, which means it's almost Friday, which means it's almost the September long weekend! YAY!! So excited...nothing big planned, but after getting up early a few times this week, I'm very much looking forward to sleep!

May go to the drive-in on the weekend. It's an all-nighter, with 3 movies, so we'll see. Otherwise, just going to sleep, play, read, workout, etc.

Went to the gym this morning. I was the only one there for the first half hour. I love small gyms.

Food for the day:

• oatmeal
• watermelon
• chicken fried rice
• grapes
• egg salad sandwich

Pretty good day. I think blogging is helping me stay away from snacking in the evenings. I'm so busy doing this and entering my food and excercise for the day into The Daily Plate website, I don't have TIME to snack! LOL!

Ok, off to the couch I go. Need to lay down before I pass out!