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Food Journals?

April 13, 2009 11 comments

Monday was such a good day, got the house cleaned up from the weekend, went for a half-mile run, chased ducks around and when Hubs got home we did the 30 day shred, made an awesome dish from the Biggest Loser cookbook, that I totally should have taken pictures of! It was Baked Ziti, SO GOOD!

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with Food Journalling. I don’t mind documenting what I ate, but having to figure out the calories, keeping a pen and paper/journal with me at all times and all that jazz would drive me nuts.

But… for me, there’s a solution! Here’s what I do now:

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Apple iPhone Application: Lose It!

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For an iPhone addict like me, this is the PERFECT solotion, I always have my iPhone with me, with with a click of the button I can search for the foods I’ve eatten, get the calorie/fat/carb/etc amounts for them and log my food for the day! I LOVE IT! No paper, no pen {or lack there of} just me and the iPhone. {and no this isn’t a plug for the iPhone, I really am just a fan} :)

So tell me, do you have a food journal? How do you keep it? Blog it? iPhone it? Keep a book journal with you? Lemme know what you do.

Weekend Recap: 5K, Cupcakes and Ducks

April 13, 2009 22 comments

Hello Everyone!
Hope you all had a fantastic weekend, I did!

This weekend really flew by fast! Friday night Rodney and I went to Dinner for my Sister-in-Law’s birthday, team-giles-045

much fun!

lashand my Friend Ashley came out for the fun.

Saturday Morning bright and early at 6AM, Hubs and I headed out for our first 5K run! I think I’m such a nerd, because {and I promise this is true} I dreamed about the 5K all night that night, from getting ready to running it, to finishing, it was ALL so exciting to me. I can’t tell you how much I wanted to do this, to prove that I can.

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We took an After photo:

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My mother-in-law had her camera the whole time and got alot of good pictures, I’ll have to post those later.
We did really good, we started out running, walked, ran, walked, ran and finished it running. Finished in 42 minutes, not to shabby I say for our first ever attempted. By no means do I consider myself a “runner“…yet! Hubs and I are determined to continue running and do more 5K’s until we can run the whole time and then go on to a 10K :)

After the run we went to a place in Tomball called Clucker’s that had breakfast Taco’s for those that did the 5K, and they had prize drawings… I kept repeating “say #262″ {as if the lady could hear me} but wouldn’t ya know, the lady drew my number and said “#262!” and I jumped up saying “it’s me! it’s me!” Good times. I won a basket full of bubble bath, lotions and other girly goods.

After all that, hubs and I went to get a few things for Easter, such as:
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The chicks like to hide behind the ducks, but the ducks love being photographed, regular models if you ask me.
Ya know, most people say newlyweds normally get a dog first… um… we got ducks and chicks {Friends anyone? if you know what I’m talking about…}

My sister came over and helped make some cupcakes for Easter…

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Definitely a very jammed packed weekend, but so much fun!..minus a few hiccups, broken disposal, major headache Easter morning and having to cancel family brunch get together, carrot cake not baking all the way and falling into pieces, but other than all that craziness, it turned out perfectly fine. Good Times!

So tell me, how was your weekend? What did you do? Have any of you ever ran a 5k, 10k, half-marathon, marathon? Tell me about it all!

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