C25K

Started Couch 2 5K last night... the first day is the hardest, right!? UGH! It was rough! My shins were killing me, and I was huffing and puffing up the hills... but I made it through!! Go me!!

Wow... been gone a week...

I've never said I was good at keeping up with a blog! LOL I always have good intentions... but it just gets away from me! Anyway, still tolling along. Got a new iPhone app called Sworkit. It looks pretty good. Haven't actually tried it yet... but you choose your workout, your time that you want to work out and it tells you what exercises to do every 30 seconds... they have full body, upper body, lower body, core strength, stretching, back strength, yoga, and anything goes, which I assume is a combo of different exercises. I think I will like it alot... just have to start DOING it!! Also, am thinking of doing the Couch to 5K program again... now that it has cooled off a bit! I have an app for that too! lol

Tomorrow is Xander's birthday, and he wants Red Velvet Cake, but he wants me to make a glute
n free one, since I cannot eat regular cake! So, I found a recipe here: http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/primp-my-red-velvet-cupcake/# and I am going to try to make it... without an oven... hopefully my toaster oven will work out for me!

Still working on getting into the carb cycling thing... I always do so well WHILE reading a health book... but once I am done with it, well, I am done with it!;) I AM going to do this though!!!

UGH - editing day...

Well, I didn't really eat well yesterday, AND I had a LARGE mocha java chiller from Sonic... I didn't drink all of it though, I stopped when I was full, so I guess that's good. We had an open house to go to last night, so we went to that, and afterwards, we decided to go to Whole Foods. I LOVE that store!! I could spend hours just wandering around looking at all the great stuff they have!

So, I spent too much, but I bought organic sweet potatoes($1.99 lb), white rice flour($1.69 lb), brown rice flour($1.99 lb), almond flour($5.99 lb), gluten-free baking flour($7.69 box), Raisin Almond Crunch gluten-free granola($4.00), and Xanthan Gum($11.99 whew!). Now I can do some gluten-free baking! AND I now have a list of what these things cost at Whole Foods, so I can shop around for cheaper prices!

Also, we made a decision to stop eating out except for special occasions! We are spending way too much money eating out! So, I need to start cooking more at home!

I found something last night that is going to make our chalkboard backdrop idea even easier!! Chalkboard FABRIC!!! Woot! I can't wait to get it!:)

1.6 lbs gone... even after the buffet!

So, my husband and I are photographers, and I am wanting to do a chalkboard backdrop, but not just any chalkboard backdrop, I have to make it insanely difficult! LOL So, we decided to take my ideas and go to Home Depot and see what we could come up with. We decided on our plan of action and the entire thing is going to be under $40!! Woot! We didn't buy the stuff yet, because the painting is kind of involved, and we don't want to lug around this big piece of board until we can find some time to paint it!

Anyway, we decided to go out to dinner, and I suggested Jason's Deli, because they have gluten-free bread and I am gluten-free. Well, as we were pulling into the parking lot, I had this brilliant idea to go to Golden Corral instead... so we decided to do that... mainly because I had not gotten enough protein yesterday, and I really felt it!

So, I MOSTLY ate protein last night, but I did have some corn, sweet potatoes, a Caesar salad with chicken, and a bit of dessert... I could have skipped the dessert, truthfully I could have skipped Golden Corral. About halfway through eating, for some stupid reason, I started thinking about the entire buffet concept, and how anybody could have had their fingers, hands, sneezes, whatever on my food... ick...

So, I think we are DONE with buffets! LOL

Anyway, I am down another 1.6 lbs, even though I had dessert and ate way too much last night!