Finding Radiance

Hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine was fairly uneventful, which actually was kind of nice.  Plus, I made it through my 7-day 1500 calorie challenge to myself! (more on that below)  Now I can get back to regularly scheduled eating on Monday.  Even with lowered calories, I was still able to eat my [...]

We enjoyed the concerts last night.  Here is a pic of the drums they played: Last lifting day of the week. Wahhh…. Maybe I will think about doing a split body routine next year for some variety. I had half a S’mores Balance bar before heading out.   I started with a 1/2 mile jog on [...]

I made it through yesterday!  I had one more date last night because I was hungry, but fine otherwise.  I don’t know how people who weigh more than I do eat less food than 1500 calories.   Maybe I will just need to get used to it again.  It’s been so long in maintenance where I [...]

It’s a newly minted, fresh and shiny week! I got some good sleep last night, which was nice. I had a quick protein drink and headed out to workout. Exercise Set/rep/weight Muscle worked Barbell Squat 1 set of 10 at 45# (warmup) 1 set of 10 at 55# 1 set of 10 at 65# 1 [...]

I really ate well this weekend! Well…. I still have to get through this evening, but I have a snack all planned out.Weekends really are hard, which is funny since I work from home – you would think that weekends aren’t any different than the rest of the week! I took today off from exercising [...]

Well, I am post happy today! Not terribly busy today, so I can play! Food totally on plan, and I got in all my exercise today. I have found my calories creeping up to around 1500 per day, and I am still losing, so that makes me pretty happy, although I have to be careful [...]