good morning :)

well geesh, its monday again already. but ya know what--im kinda excited! now before you think im some sort of freak since im glad its monday, let me tell you why!

okay...well...its a little anti-climactic, but im glad because its the last week of the month and i am going to try really hard this week to stick to my guns with food and exercise. my hormonal issues last week, i believe, are a direct result of all the crap i'd been eating. sometimes i hate WI...bombarded by all this friggin frozen custard that is SO ADDICTING!! heheh!! durn you, Culver's!!!

so, this week i am not going to...

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hey :)

well despite the fact that the weather is simply gorgeous here today, i am down and out! i had a long day yesterday driving and visiting a friend...5 hours total driving and a 5 hour visit. and it was stinkin hot here (AND there), and boy i tell ya, i just dont do well in heat and humidity these days. it zaps the heck out of me and makes me grouchy! i hate it! i feel like sucha wuss *LOL*

(before i go on, yes, i am admitting i am having a sucky day! i hate doing that, cause i dont want to drag anyone down with me...but, hey, im human, and this is my journey. and who knows, maybe your day isnt as bad as mine and reading this will actually cheer you up and make you glad for your not-so-bad day!! LOL!)...

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(courtesy of sparkpeople.com's Healthy Reflections)

If you met yourself, would you want to stick around and talk? Are you the kind of person others can be proud of? Hopefully you are, because that's who will be with you for your entire life. Your values and beliefs create a pretty good picture of what you want to see in the mirror. To be proud of yourself, do everything you can to make real life look like that vision. Find people that have the qualities you want and learn from them. Becoming a person you like gives you the confidence that you're someone worth being friends with. There's also a flip side to the friendship coin--you also need to cut yourself as much slack as you do your friends. You have friends because...

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good eeeeevening *lol*

so hey, this week is going great! i hope the same for you. i ate out some over the weekend but i tried to shy away from the worst--burgers and fries. and it paid off not piggin out--my weigh in yesterday showed a 2.4lb loss last week. YAY!!!

yesterday and today have been GREAT as far as food goes...and im not craving the fast food. *whew!* today i had yoga class for an hour, and then this afternoon i rode my bike around town for about an hour running errands and getting some ingredients for bread! so i got a good workout today :D

so, this bread im making...i hope it turns out! i actually didnt cheat and use my bread machine, either! i gotta freakin good upper body workout kneading this stuff...

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hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! =)

yes, yes im still here!! i know its been a couple weeks. but im sure you can guess what i’ve been doing after reading my last post…yup, hangin out at the fast food joints! ACK!!! okay well not quite that bad, but not very good, either. i definitely didnt get under 200 during the month of may. and im DEFINITELY never going to make another promise in this blog, because i think im hard-wired to break them!! LOL!! esp when it comes to food.

welllp lets start with the good stuff :) …

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