My fifteen minutes starts now…

My fifteen minutes starts now…

Jan 08

I can’t tell you much but I can let you know that I’ve been selected to be on a TV gameshow! It’s actually a crafting competition. Filming is very VERY soon. I will let you know more details when I can.

Super psyched!

So what do you eat anyways?

So what do you eat anyways?

Jan 03

If I’ve said it before I’ve said it a million times. I’m a year out from surgery and probably should take a moment to reflect on where I’m at as far as my eating. So today I decided to take pictures of what I ate so you and I would both understand a bit better then seeing me write it out.

B-fast in the car while driving to work (6:45): One Premier Protein Drink

Lunch (11:30): I didn’t prepare to be honest so I just bought a school lunch
Before

After

Snack (4:30): low fat (not non-fat I can’t stand it) cottage cheese with a bit of sea salt

I also had a fat pinch of shredded cheese as I put back the cottage cheese container but I didn’t take a picture of that
I was FREEZING so I jumped into bed while I waited for my baby and husband to get home and decided I might need more calories
Snack (5:15): Cinnamon Sugar Graham Cracker

My husband was craving some Korean food so we went out to try a Korean place in Denton I read about on Yelp. It wasn’t very good to be honest I ordered the bulgogi.

Dinner (7:00): Bulgogi, Rice (very little) tofu and one small piece of candied potato

I split the order with my very VERY hungry son

And this is what was left. Honestly I know my son ate more then me

Then I came home and ate two marshmallows

On top of that I drank probably six glasses of water. Water is my struggle.
So that’s my day as far as food is concerned.
I didn’t workout tonight. I have something going on with my knee and I don’t want to press it and jack it up anymore.

Jawbone: the good the bad and the more bad

Jawbone: the good the bad and the more bad

Jan 02

So not that you need to know but my husband is a technology junky….actually that’s being to kind.  Anything that is within the walls of my home must be able to connect to something else. Computers  talk to each other without letting anyone know. At any point in time zeros and ones are streaming into other ones and zeros and all this while getting cross matched and backed up. Once you cross over the threshold of my home you can feel your fillings vibrate with the potential energy of the next big thing in the internet just bursting out of the rooftop and spilling out onto the primitive world below.    

When we met I was a nature loving hippy child without a care in the world. Overalls and flipflops-I’m not saying it was pretty- we all have pasts you know. So just picture it me with no phone, no tv, no real goals, I was an art making hippy dripping with patrulli oil and a lackluster view on government. My simple goal was to make soap on some mountain top and commune with nature as much as possible. Well now five years into our marriage he has slowly carefully manipulated me into a person who can’t live without it. I see my iphone as an extension of my soul.

What’s my point?

We bought the latest technology who-ha in weightloss. It’s called the Jawbone from Up. I use it with my iphone.  I was very excited about it when I found out about it. I almost brought out the jazz hands mind you. Just check out the commercial.  

I know what you are saying. You are saying you would like to be a non-speaking white person too right?? It’s a bit zombie-ish I’ll give you that but it does a nice job showing off what this little thing can do for you while being pretty noninvasive to your lifestyle.

So we pre-ordered two of them and waited…..and waited and waited. We finally got them in the same day they announced that they were having major problems with the technology. They introduced a “no questions asked” rebate to everyone who ordered one which was a nice way to say “sorry it sucks”. It took about a week and a half for my first one to bust. I’m now on my second Jawbone- hopefully this one works out a bit better.

 

It’s a pedometer, sleep monitor and food log all in one. Did I mention it even wakes you up?? Ya, crazy I know. Visually on the edge of  “what the heck is that” and minimalistic jewelry. I went with the black. You take pictures of your daily meals, upload them and rate them two hours later based on how you feel. So far it’s been great (when it works) I find that mine has a hard time holding a charge (and I’m on my second one) for an extended amount of time – it can’t make it an entire day without a recharge. My husband has had to reset it a few times for me.

One of the features that I like about it is that you form “teams” of people where you can check up on how people are doing and you can also set challenges (how many steps? how many glasses of water ect.) So I spy on what my husband eats and he checks out how hard I’ve been working out- kinda nice, kinda big brother.

All in all- even with all of the problems I still like it. I realize it has some major problems. I want to see where the developers push this towards next because I know it will be a winner for me. If you get one and would like to be on my team please let me know.

 

A year (plus some) in photos: what does 97lbs look like?

A year (plus some) in photos: what does 97lbs look like?

Jan 01

So I went looking for photos for this post and I have two things to note
1. I don’t take pictures of myself very often
2. If I take pictures of myself they aren’t full body shots
You will need to use some imagination for this but here’s a year in review of my first year with the sleeve

January ’11 First snow for my son to play in

 

 

 

A happy gift from the people at Premier Nutrition

A happy gift from the people at Premier Nutrition

Dec 31

I got a nice little gift in the mail a couple of days back. The kind people at Premier Nutrition sent me a package with a selection of Titan cookies, some premiere protein vanilla drinks and a cute little stainless travel mug.

Isn’t that nice of them?
I love free stuff!

I must admit I’m not a big fan of protein bars but I do eat them when I’m traveling. I find them chalky and a bit medicine like for my taste. I haven’t really found one I like- so, I stick with the protein drinks and to be honest with you I drink the Premier Protein Chocolate. I buy a case of them at Costco about once a month. I drink it on the way to work and I’m 30g into my protein count for the day. Not bad for 6:00am.

Anyways….I’m getting distracted…..I tried one of the Titan Protein cookies (the peanut butter one) and it was…..it was……downright delightful. Yup, I’m telling you people it was downright good! So if you are in the store give it a try. At 10g of protein and 150 calories it’s not exactly a “lean” choice however I see them as a treat with a bonus. The come in packages of two so hold yourself back from eating both of them as a 300 calorie snack might just bite you on your ass.

Below I pasted some of the nutritional information I found off Premier Nutrition’s website