January 24th & 25th

We're just going to skip the 21st - 23rd, okay? Okay. It's not that I ate horribly, in fact, for the most part, I didn't eat all that much. When I did eat, it was soup. Soup makes me feel less sad. And I just don't have that many jokes about chicken noodles.

Saturday, I slept through breakfast. Then we headed to Lost Rhino for lunch because they have beer. I had a salad with avocado, a handful of nuts, beer (Rhinoel, specifically), and water.

I had a few of Chris' nachos and pretzels. Here he is looking sad. I think it was because he ran out of beer.

Then I went over to Amy's house so Amy, Diana, and I could talk about All the Crazy People. Which took 4 hours because we know LOTS of crazy people. (Not YOU, of course.)

Diana made us a 250 calorie Mexican pizza, which tasted just like the one from Taco Bell. Ingredients were a flatout wrap, fat free refried beans, 2% cheese, Taco Bell taco sauce, tomatoes, and red onions. It was very yummy. Thanks, Diana! #dolo She and I also split a Cran-brr-rita and diet 7-up. Because when you talk about crazy people, you must have pink drinks. It's a rule.

Exercise was Piyo. I should have had breakfast and more water, but I was doing the best I could. For makin' the most of what you've got to work with, we'll give it a Princess Anne. You know, back when she cared.

Sunday I got up for breakfast, then fell asleep on the couch. Nothing like taking a nap immediately after getting up. Continuing our beer trend, we went to Lost Rhino, where we had Non-Shame-Squad-Approved chips & queso and beer. It was yummy.

Then I ate about half of the below pictured pork loin with salsa, black beans, and brown rice.

Then I had another nap. For dinner, I made this super yummy dinner from Skinnytaste--asparagus, eggs, and bacon in a mustard vinaigrette.

Exercise was 35 minutes on the bike and Fitsugar's 10 minute abs. So a better day, but not the best day. We'll give it a Zara, looking perplexed.

Freezer Meal #2 - Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples

This is the second part of my foray in to freezer meals - the first part can be found here for Cheesy Shells and Italian Sausage. Today we're making a pork and apples recipe adapted from The Pampered Chef. I love this one--it's so easy to assemble in advance, most of the ingredients you likely already have, and it couldn't be easier to fix the day you want to eat it (dump stuff in pan, bake). So yummy. And pretty. Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples For this you'll need the ingredients below. You probably have the oil, vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, mustard, and bags in your pantry! You can also easily divide this recipe if you usually only cook for 2-3 people at a time (that's what I do when I make it). 2 pork tenderloins , about 2 pounds total - they can be expensive, so pick these up on sale 3 apples - I prefer honeycrisp but use what you like, or take one of these suggestions 1 small red onion 1/4 cup canola oil 1 clove garlic , pressed o

New Year, Old Me

And, after a brief 5 year hiatus, we're back! For those of you who are new here, for a number of years I wrote a blog featuring an assortment of things I found interesting: the British Royal Family, sarcastic hot takes on award show fashion, travel, and (the reason I started it) to help me keep stay on track with eating healthier food. Recently, one of my doctors suggested that I start the blog back up and I thought it was a good idea for a few reasons: chief among them to help with some health goals, plus I'd like to use it as a way to stay connected with some colleagues that departed at work. By way of an understatement, 2023 was a smidge rough. My dad got really sick in April, and after that, it was a slalom of the American healthcare system / in-home healthcare / nursing facilities / ambiguous loss & living grief . Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the company I work for turned 24 and, well, sometimes 24 year old companies behave like 24 year old humans. They're fun

Kate Middleton, Goofball

My new favorite K-Middy gif came out today. She and William went for a walk during their day off in Australia, and she totally did this: Big Willy and Babykins (their nicknames for each other) have talked about Kate's sense of humor before in interviews. Apparently she's funny and sarcastic--now we're more than just hair soul mates! Below are some of my favorite non-posed Kate pics. They're probably watching horses. So British of them. This is at the Olympics. She seems concerned. I'd also like to point out that I'm jealous of how good her ponytail looks. It sounds like she's saying "OMG no way!" Man, I hope that's what she's talking about with the fancy church people at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee service. Again, I suspect ponies are involved here. If you watch interviews with her (and I do) she makes this face all the time. I LOVE IT. Celebrities: they're just like us! They hide behind their

The Shame Squad

Search This Blog