I weighed in at 133 lbs. today. We’ll probably test my body fat again next Thursday.  I talked to my trainer about carb cycling.  Since I’m still trying to build and lose body fat at the same time I’m not going to go to the typical 3:1 (low carb day:high carb day) ratio. I’m going…

{my water bottle} Ben and Will write on my water bottles. Ben does it to distinguish mine from his. Will simply labels everything in the house.  He’ll write the word wall on the wall so we remember it’s a wall! I taught indoor cycling tonight. My trainer took my class. It made me a little…

{Halo Top Every Night!} I was listening to Dear Sugar Radio (one of my favorite podcasts) yesterday and a listener said he/she was going on a backpacking trip and asked Cheryl Strayed if she had any advice.  Sheryl told the listener that backpacking was “Retrospectively Fun.” She said something to the effect of, “While your…

{Happy Anniversary! Date Night at the GYM!} Ben and I were talking, the other day, about when we were first married. It reminded me of a time, over 10 years ago, when I could only run 100 steps at a time! Way before Will was born. We were still drinking and partying a lot! I…

{Last Night’s Dinner} Back to work, and normal routine, tomorrow. I was able to stay on track with my diet and workouts throughout my holiday break. It wasn’t too hard. I had a couple of (mentally) tough food days. But, I thought about my weigh-ins and I thought about having to post a food journal…

{Scene from the Jazz game we went to last Thursday, December 29th., 2016} I was just reading a recipe for “Skinny Raspberry Shortbread Bars” on Pinterest. They looked amazing! The recipe called for a low calorie sugar  alternative. This made sense because the calorie reduction had to come from somewhere. Usually a few different ingredients…