A Girls Best Friend

Dear Sisters,

The kids are in bed...finally.

I just ate a handful of chocolate chips.

Yummy.

Why is it that a dog is man's best friend...and our best friend is chocolate? It seems so unfair. You don't consume calories by having a dog for your friend, but having chocolate as a friend...especially a best friend. Now, we're just asking for punishment.

Just a thought.

Have a great night,

Erin

Success

Dear Sisters,

Almost two weeks ago Trevor and I decided to try out the paleo diet. I wasn't overly keen on the idea to begin with. Going without milk or grains was not something I thought of as 'fun', but I'm kinda tired of my frumpy baby/mommy body so I thought,

'What the heck, I can do anything for a couple of weeks'.

It's been 10 days.

I've lost 5 pounds.

All of a sudden I love the paleo diet and cutting out dairy and grains isn't so hard. I'm kinda proud of myself. I've even cheated a few times. I guess eating healthy just needs to become my lifestyle instead of something I feel forced to do. Hopefully by the end of all this I achieve the goal I'm working towards. I just want to feel better about myself...any fit into my favorite jeans again.

...I'm craving a peanut butter Oreo Blizzard at the moment. Did you know that they're on sale at DQ right now? I think that place is out to get me...

Have a great night,
Erin

Turkey and Tips

Sisters,

Holiday weekends are always hard for me. Our eating schedule is totally thrown off, there are more people around and definitely more food, the fun is usually planned around food, and well, that means more treats.

This weekend has been a typical Thanksgiving weekend. We've eaten:

Ham

Scalloped Potatoes

Jello Salad

Pumpkin Pie

Turkey

Mashed Potatoes

Gravy

Stuffing

More Pumpkin Pie

Fruit Salad

Pumpkin Loaf

Pumpkin Tarts

Steamed Veggies

Salad

Buns

And More Pumpkin Pie

Can you say YUMMY?! I love holiday weekends. Not a great weekend for eating healthy, but definitely a great weekend for food, family and friends. I'm so thankful for the good things in my life.

I thought I'd leave you all with a tip on healthy eating tonight.

*If you build a healthy diet buy simply paying attention to your portion sizes, you may be able to control your weight without counting calories. Healthy eating has a lot to do with awareness. Making conscious food choices goes along way to overall weight and health.*

We had a great weekend.

Erin

Hard Times

Sisters,

Holidays are hard for me when it comes to sugar.

We just returned home from a weekend away in St. George where Trev completed his first marathon. How fun and exciting.

He did awesome and in all the excitement I had a brief desire to run one myself...never thought that would happen.

We ate out lots, and at treats a few times. On the drive home after flying into Great Falls we stopped at a gas station to grad some gas and some munchies for the long drive. I bought a large Twix bar with intentions of 'sharing' it with Trevor. In my mindless chatting and munching....

Confession: I ate the whole thing.

Whoops.

Why is it so hard to stop when it tastes so good?

Erin