It has been a wonderful 5 days off, but it's back to work tomorrow: BOOOO! Luckily it's only a four day workweek, since I'm going with my daughter's class to AUSTIN on Friday-woohoo!!!!!

Eating was preeeetty crappy today. I ate 1800 calories, which isn't terrible, but it was crap food. I was out shopping, so it was a frozen croissant-wich for breakfast, Arby's for lunch and pizza for dinner. Now I'm all salted out and guzzling water to try and offset the damage. Blehhhhh

We are going to go visit my sis tomorrow for one last time before they head back to New Mexico. They are staying the night in Dallas tomorrow, so we are meeting for dinner. Can I just say I am SICK of eating out?!

With Thanksgiving, all the cooking, the shopping, the driving, I hardly feel like this has been a vacation at all! Hopefully my kiddo's won't be toooo riled up at school tomorrow ;)

<------------ the kids turkey cookies!! :)










My sister and her family drove 18 hours to spend Thanksgiving with us. Usually they stay there, but we are going to NM for Christmas, so they came down.

Since I spent last year with my in-laws in New Mexico, I was reeeally looking forward to my mom's dinner this year. Now, most of y'all know I have an up and down relationship with my mom. Last night, around 7-ish, she figured since we were eating at our house it would just be "easier" for me to cook it. Over here. By myself.

It'd be funny if I were joking =/

It worked out fine. Well, I was close to tears a couple of times, but Howard was so sweet. He was there every time I needed him. We were up till 1 last night, making pies and cornbread. I woke up at 7:30 to put the 20 pound bird in!! And luckily everything turned out soooo good! We had turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, brussel sprouts (with a little bacon and maple syrup-YUM), cranberry sauce, rolls, black olives, rolls, and gravy. Plus sweet potato, pumpkin and apple pies (all homemade). I had never made a sweet potato pie before, and everyone thought it was really good. It's my daughter's fave :)

I had turkey, dressing, potatoes, brussel sprouts, one roll, and a bit of gravy. Later on I had pumpkin pie and a smidge of apple. I'm a pumpkin gal though :)

Now it's 7:15. The Cowboy's won, the kitchen's clean, and we are about to rockband it up. I hope you all had an awesome turkey day!!!!!!

A few parting thoughts!!!

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. --Irv Kupcinet

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. --Erma Bombeck

Thanksgiving, man! Not a good day to be my pants. --Kevin James

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious and your pies take the prize, and may your Thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs!




Happy Thanksgiving y'all!!

What a tiring day. I posted on Facebook today that Monday is a miserable way to spend 1/7 of your life. My students are in FULL ON vacay mode baby. They are not feeling my lessons, engaging or not ;) I feel like I'm trying to herd cats.

On to the good stuff!!

Today's totals:
Calories-1670
Fat-42
Carbs-242
Protein- 88

Thankyaverymuch!!

Now I'm a'going to bed at the ripe ol' hour of 8:00 pm!

So after my brief (and pricey) foray into Weight Watchers I am back to good old SP. It's so much better than I remembered! All kinds of fun new stuff to look at.

I have a hard time eating well during the weekend. My work week gives me structure, and my co-workers give me accountability. After all I don't want to scarf half a pizza in front of people I want to respect me.

Today was a pretty normal eating day, for a weekend. Pancakes for breakfast. I took my daughter to a matinée and grabbed a couple of dollar hot dogs to go with my popcorn and soda. Dinner was pasta, garlic bread and broccoli. I would have estimated that I went a bit over my calories but nothing terrible. After all I had no sweets and nothing fried.

*Pause-do you seeee the craziness here? I had a giant non-diet soda, 2 hot dogs, and half a TUB of popcorn, and it blew it off as "not too bad"*

Now, I didn't really want to track today, b/c I wasn't "on plan" but I want to start my streak so I did.

2,917 calories. 93 grams of fat. Two TIMES what I was aiming at. [facepalm]

Un-effing believable.

I cannot believe I was that much over. Have I learned nothing?? Why do I constantly misjudge what I put in my mouth? I want to lose weight as bad as I have ever wanted anything. I do not have time for delusional eating.

No wonder I am not losing weight. I eat well during the week, but my eating is so out of whack on the weekend I am setting myself up for failure.

My new goal is to constantly track. I don't want to overly focus on food, but I can't enter this la-la carb land and forget all my goals. I have a FIVE day weekend this week. *gulp* I have to eat low enough Mon-Wed and Friday so Thanksgiving doesn't kill me. Next Sunday my weekly average will be under control.

My day is planned tomorrow. It WILL be a better tracking day.

Good to my word I did indeed throw out/give away all the crap that had been infiltrating my pantry and freezer. I reorganized it all and it's much nicer. Also I haven't gone grocery shopping in two weeks! :O We spend way too much on groceries. And even though I menu plan, we sometimes eat out or do leftovers, so I have had this surplus growing. So lately we have had some weird combos but we are getting rid of the mystery frozen meat :D

Also I am loving the frozen Mrs. Ts peirogi. 170 calories for 4-and they are tassssty!

In sadder news I canceled my WW account today. I am really not getting my $18 worth a month. Which is totally my fault, of course, I just can't justify spending that moolah every month. So I'll turn back to my old standby, Sprakpeople, for tracking. I was checking it out this morning and I had not done been on the site since the end of 2008 :O

Today I have to grocery shop, hit Hobby Lobby and Dollar Tree for some Christmas stuff, and then we are going to the Dallas Gem and Mineral Show. Good times ;)

I don't know what happened last week. I didn't work out once. My eating was lame. I just kind of fell apart.

Of course I have excuses for it, but I'm so done with excuses. I have ignored my blog, the blogs I follow, WW, everything, because I am ashamed of how I have been acting. I've been acting like a spoiled brat, who wants to just do what I want, eat what I want, and to hell with the consequences.

My cabinets are appalling. Two birthday parties in a row have filled my cabinets and fridge with leftover chips, queso, cake, candy, nuts, cookies. Not to mention the big bowl of leftover Halloween candy.

It is time for all that junk to go. Tonight it is going, either with my hubby to work, or in the garbage. I will not be tempted anymore!

My goal was to lose 10 pounds in November. So far I am up 2. ¡FAIL! It's time to salvage the rest of November and get back on track!

<------Random pic of my kid cuz damn he's cute!












Crazy Tuesday I had myself.

Skipped breakfast-major mistake!-cause I was running late and had to get to some staff development. But-I only had HALF a doughnut at the meeting. The self-control!!

Later on, back at work, I ran over and got some LF choc milk and had a bowl of cereal (I have some individual packs stashed in my desk). Tided me over till lunch.
I packed my lunch-but then didn't feel like it so it was Spicy Mexican Casserole from the caf. Yum yum yum.

Snack-pudding and a fiber 1 bar.

Dinner-tamales. Is there any better food on earth? I don't think so! with beans and queso and some chips for cruchiness....tasty!

I then proceed to crash on the couch while my children ran amok. Hubby hustled them to bed and I woke up alone :( Hubby left for a study group. So now I wake up alone and go to sleep alone. EPIC FAIL :/

Pretty good eats today. No workout though. And I'm mad and sad at my hubby. So this day gets about two and a half stars.

And regarding Biggest Loser-a big BOO!!!!! I was NOT a happy camper :(((((

You guys have wondrous sleepy time and rock that Wednesday morning!! TTYS :)