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Weekend Food Prep!
5/18/2013 7:44:38 PM,  5 COMMENTS

SATURDAY/SUNDAY ------------ -Roast Chicken (& Chicken Bone Broth) http://tinyurl.com/5rlnnw -Butternut Squash Soup (using the bone broth to...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Nick's Sticks!
5/18/2013 12:50:53 PM,  2 COMMENTS

I love these little jerky sticks. I keep them in my purse for emergency snacking, to avoid the craving to get fast food / other terrible stuff. They'r...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Grilled Cubans and working on the half maratheon.
5/18/2013 11:05:37 AM,  2 COMMENTS

Good morning sparkfriends! I've been in the kitchen again, cooking up some yummy sandwiches. Definitely some fuel for my 500 mini practice! Check...  Read more

CARAFAE37

Derp -- Weigh-In
5/17/2013 3:00:22 PM,  10 COMMENTS

I gained 1 lb this week. Booooo. However, I feel GREAT, and have been eating very healthy foods, so yay!!! Also, my fitness is right on track (two ST...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Kick in the Baggier Pants
5/17/2013 11:57:09 AM,  7 COMMENTS

This is by no means a positive blog. But it is. I mean, that it is not full of unicorns eating snowcones and pooping rainbows, but it's flipping a s...  Read more

CAALAN23

Happiness is cool.
5/17/2013 11:07:58 AM,  2 COMMENTS

For all the complaining I've done about how cold it was so late in the year, I was looking forward to summer and its heat on a strictly air-conditione...  Read more

MOMMACASSEY

Feeling good
5/17/2013 11:04:14 AM,  3 COMMENTS

Today I woke up and I feel really good. For the first time in a LONG time I don't hurt. Maybe a really do have a wheat allergy. I talked to my mom and...  Read more

MAMAJENN1313

15 lbs! Yippee
5/17/2013 9:46:42 AM,  6 COMMENTS

Jumped on the scale this morning and yay! I've lost 15 pounds now. Only another 5 and I am pretty much halfway to where I wan to be. Also I think it w...  Read more

PEACHY78

Reading is Fundamental
5/16/2013 3:19:03 PM,  8 COMMENTS

Always remember, when responding to a blog or message board post, read the blog/posts completely....otherwise you will sound like a crazy person. ...  Read more

LILLIPUTIANNA

Love this saying
5/16/2013 3:05:18 PM,  2 COMMENTS

No matter how slow you go you are still lapping the person on the couch...  Read more

MAMAJENN1313

Happiness is yummy.
5/16/2013 10:59:06 AM,  5 COMMENTS

Yesterday afternoon, I picked enough blackberries to fill a small Folgers coffee can and then some, in spite of the berries that the birds and bugs ha...  Read more

MOMMACASSEY

Okay, Life, I'm ready for the upswing.
5/16/2013 10:54:33 AM,  10 COMMENTS

It's been a really rough few days: Warning...This one is for me. MAJOR VENTING. Quickie divorce will be done in about a week. Which puts it ri...  Read more

CAALAN23

First Day of Mini Training
5/16/2013 9:49:06 AM,  3 COMMENTS

Good morning sparkfriends! So as I said in my previous blog post one of my goals to accomplish in the next year is to complete the 500 Festival M...  Read more

CARAFAE37

Skipping work to honour my mother
5/16/2013 8:03:15 AM,  5 COMMENTS

I'm totally thinking about skipping work today and having an awesome workout day! Today would have been my mother's birthday, and she would have...  Read more

CHALEY3

Roller Mouse!!
5/16/2013 8:02:20 AM,  4 COMMENTS

I got my new Roller Mouse for home! I got one for work mid-January and it helped reduce my arm pain drastically. I finally broke down and bought one f...  Read more

CHALEY3

Butternut squash curried turkey sauce over zucchini
5/15/2013 3:47:57 PM,  6 COMMENTS

This was so good I just had to share it!! It's probably my favorite sauce ever. I froze some for later.. whenever I need a quick meal. Last night...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

bully advice
5/14/2013 7:56:56 PM,  2 COMMENTS

So the other day my son was coming home on the school bus and a boy two years older was picking on him and calling him names. Then he took my sons toy...  Read more

PEACHY78

Yep, missed a couple days. This cold weather really sapped my motivation.
5/14/2013 3:42:29 PM,  1 COMMENTS

We had two weeks of summer-like weather. It was simply wonderful and motivating! I got out of the house and got moving and logged every bite. Then...  Read more

SUPERDUPERKERRY

Enough
5/14/2013 2:09:29 PM,  2 COMMENTS

... is enough. I've eaten so badly the past week. SO BADLY. I'm puffy. Bloated. My mid section is so squishy and bloated looking. I totall...  Read more

LIBERTINE

Happiness is "gone."
5/14/2013 9:52:28 AM,  6 COMMENTS

Too funny and cute not to share: My husband put my little girl to bed last night, and when he came back, he told me that in the middle of the sto...  Read more

MOMMACASSEY

Back in the saddle again
5/13/2013 10:57:24 PM,  5 COMMENTS

I haven't been running regularly in a long time, but I want to get back into it. Today I did Day 3 of the first week of the C25K program. That's 3 day...  Read more

CLEARTRAMPOLINE

Housework Monday
5/13/2013 9:39:53 PM,  2 COMMENTS

It takes me most of the day on Monday to recover from my husband being home during the weekend. Really, he's worse than the children! So today I tidie...  Read more

PEACHY78

What do I want to do in the next year?
5/13/2013 2:55:22 PM,  5 COMMENTS

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about what I want to do when it comes to my health/physical goals. I haven't made any goals in what seems a r...  Read more

CARAFAE37

Reward
5/13/2013 11:45:01 AM,  8 COMMENTS

My planned reward for reaching my goal has always been an adult trike. I know that might sound silly, but I had one when I was 12 years old. I used it...  Read more

LILLIPUTIANNA

Tucking the shirt in today.
5/13/2013 1:06:42 AM,  6 COMMENTS

That's right, I did. I had a nice slinky black tank top that I tucked in instead of my normal hide my tummy wear the shirt to cover up. I wore my ni...  Read more

TAISIAKAT

Happiness is a Mudder's Day gift.
5/12/2013 11:57:19 PM,  6 COMMENTS

My husband told me a couple weeks ago that his sister asked what I would like for a Mother's Day gift. Disregarding the fact that, not being her...  Read more

MOMMACASSEY

Ain't No Mole Hill
5/12/2013 5:13:30 PM,  10 COMMENTS

Today, my son and I had plans for Mother's Day to climb to the top of local mountain. It isn't a very vast mountain but it's a quick and nifty workou...  Read more

CAALAN23

Sparkpeople Target Heart Rate Results
5/12/2013 2:53:07 PM,  9 COMMENTS

Target Heart Rate Results: Your heart rate ranges (in beats per minute) 55%: 143 bpm 75%: 165 bpm 60%: 148 bpm 80%: 170 bpm 65%: 154 bpm 85...  Read more

ACTIVEGODDESS

Sunday Food Prep
5/12/2013 12:25:59 PM,  11 COMMENTS

Hi guys! Time to post my food plans for the week. Today is my bf's birthday, so I'm making a primal carrot cake for him (his favorite!) 26 Flo...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Saturday's shopping
5/12/2013 2:53:47 AM,  4 COMMENTS

Walking around Costco today while shopping I realized I need a better refridg. As I stocked up on fruits and veggies in the large size containers to...  Read more

TAISIAKAT

Water with lemon: The secret to not snacking
5/11/2013 10:25:03 PM,  1 COMMENTS

I am a night time snacker. I need texture, I need salt, then I need sweet, and sometimes creamy. I crave the whole gambit. Once the girls go to bed...  Read more

SUPERDUPERKERRY

How has this much time slipped away
5/11/2013 8:40:30 PM,  1 COMMENTS

I just realized I haven't posted in over 3 weeks. I've been SO busy at work, managing soccer and with riding. And last week I took a pretty bad tumb...  Read more

LEGALLYBLONDE81

Five steps back
5/11/2013 7:46:20 PM,  3 COMMENTS

Last weekend I went and did a 5k with my sister. It was successful. I shaved off almost 3 minutes from my first 5k on April 6th. 35.20 ...  Read more

LIBERTINE

Random Thoughts
5/11/2013 3:21:06 PM,  1 COMMENTS

Just wanted to jot down my thoughts which are at the moment like flying squirrels. If my dog could actually see them as I pictured it...he'd be SOOO...  Read more

CAALAN23

Weigh-in Whoa!
5/11/2013 1:23:47 PM,  10 COMMENTS

As I mentioned in my last blog, I was hesitant to weigh-in, thinking I'd have a gain for sure after the 2 bad days of eating... nope! Last Week:...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Compliments and how to actually enjoy them
5/11/2013 2:56:26 AM,  7 COMMENTS

Most of us here don't know how to accept, enjoy and actually appreciate compliments given to us. We all turn around and add some comment of 'Thank yo...  Read more

TAISIAKAT

If only stressing out burned more calories
5/10/2013 9:33:59 PM,  6 COMMENTS

A short blog entry tonight because I have a lot of work to do. I don't want to take a night off from blogging though because I feel it is a small sou...  Read more

SUPERDUPERKERRY

You Get Nothing
5/10/2013 4:00:36 PM,  7 COMMENTS

I tell you, today I have zero patience for stupidity. Whining? Nope, not going to tolerate it. Bad driving? Forget it...I will yell at you....  Read more

LILLIPUTIANNA

Reboot Successful!
5/10/2013 10:48:21 AM,  8 COMMENTS

I think I had a major sleep deficit or something... but after a few days of going to bed early and sleeping in, I'm feeling so much better and not hav...  Read more

VALKYRIA-

Happiness is mothering.
5/10/2013 10:09:00 AM,  6 COMMENTS

When I dropped my girls off at daycare this morning, they gave me a card made around my baby's handprint, with a poem inside, and a photo of her [smil...  Read more

MOMMACASSEY

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