One Question

Friday, January 06, 2012

One Question
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Bubba applied for an engineering position.

Jim applied for the same job. Both applicants, having the same
qualifications, were asked to take a test by the manager. Upon
completion of the test, both men only missed one of the
questions.

The manager went to Bubba and said: "Thanks for your interest,
but we've decided to give the Jim the job."

Bubba asked: "And why are you giving him the job? We both got
nine questions correct!"

The manager said: "We have made our decision not on the
correct answers, but, rather, on the one question that you
both missed."

Bubba then asked: "And just how would one incorrect answer be
better than the other?"

The manager said: "Bubba, it's like this. On question No. 4
Jim put down; 'I don't know.'

You put down, 'Neither do I.'"

(from MountainWings email today)

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Yup! I gained more than

Monday, January 02, 2012

I have adjusted my tracker for the gained weight.

What goes up will come back down.

Y'all just get back on track with me and together we will make 2012 awesomely SParktacular!


**I went up to 123.5 - I know, not a lot of weight - but if I don't stop, I'll be 210 again.
We really are all in this together - and together we are all learning healthier habits while still being able to live.

***the trick is not staying on track - it's knowing to get back on track!

****just keep on trying!! YOU are worth it!!

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flavored coffee made at home

Saturday, December 31, 2011

I have several salvage groceries locally and I started stocking up on coffee last February when I learned about the impending coffee shortage.

I found many "individual" packets of coffee 6/$1 which equates to a can for $1.00!! Most were regular roast and I prefer flavored.

This started my quest for "how to" make my own flavored coffee. Of course, nothing comes easy for me and I learned I really love Pumpkin Spice Coffee! They too were 6/$1 but I am almost out of them.

Well, I discovered that I can use regular Pumpkin Pie Spice and just put it in the basket before my coffee grounds - Voila! - Pumpkin Coffee!

My dad left me 2 cans of Apple Pie Spice and since the spices are the same, I tried it - hmmmm. Ok, not as good, so I added a bit more cinnamon and again, Voila! - Pumpkin Coffee!! When I checked out some recipes, sure enough - Pumpkin calls for more cinnamon.

I also inherited quite a bit of Unsweetened Cocoa but hadn't had much success making chocolate coffee. So this morning I tried by putting the cocoa in the basket before my grounds but added a bit of cinnamon to cut the bitter and it is wonderful!

You will have to experiment but I am using 3 tsp of spice to one 12-cup pot of coffee. I can hardly wait to try cocoa in my next pot of Hazelnut Coffee!
If you find other variations, please share!

For the tea drinkers - my favorite is Nutcracker Tea and according to Celestial Seasonings, it has Vanilla and Cinnamon in it - not sure how you would do it, but yum!
P.S. The chocolate tastes best with some cinnamon - at least it did to me.

P.P.S. a tsp of cocoa and a tsp of cinnamon in my pot of hazelnut is awesome!

P.P.P.S. a pinch of cherry koolaid in your pot of chocolate coffee is also nice! My sister had given me a packet of Cherry-Chocolate Coffee that was really expensive - koolaid is really cheap!

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it's all about maintaining!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

no matter what you weigh - it's all about maintaining.

once you can comfortably maintain your current weight, you can also adjust your caloric intake to start ridding yourself of excess weight.

2012 is our year to learn maintenance, at any weight!
Oh Yes YOU CAN!!

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OMG! If it wasn't nailed down... !

Monday, December 26, 2011

Yup - I ate ... and ate ... and ate ... I dug stuff out of the freezer

But the "scale fairy" was so good to me today!

Hopefully the "holiday binges" will now be all over!

I can't even blame it on company since Ray & I were totally alone.
Today is the new first day of the rest of my life!

Happy Day After Sparkfriends!!


**so yesterday was more of the same - imagine that - if you go over by 1000 calories 3 days in a row - you gain weight?! hehehehe - it was still worth it!

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