Among the 1st things that I thought about this morning was that I havent eaten any vegetables in the last 2 days. That's bad, isn't it? By far this isn't the first time that I noticed this habit.

Now on the positive side I also didn't over indulge in any bad food either. Case in point, past night I allowed myself a treat for the past-- break & bake choc chip cookies. Drum roll please... I only ate 6!!! Why is this an accomplishment? I'll tell you. Back in the day I would have easily baked & ate the whole pack. So today, I'm celebrating progress and planning to eat lots of veggies over this Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Another Ab Product Temptation

How many products have there been? All advertising to be the BEST THING since sliced bread!

I was so close. I almost did the unthinkable--at least in my book. I mean, I was literally minutes away from putting the box in my shopping cart when a rationale voice on the other end of my phone unknowingly brought me back to my senses. It was after my son's soccer practice and I had made a stop at Target before picking my daughter up from drivers training. Let's see...I needed some dish detergent, sandwich bags, and a few other household products BUT my main objective was to purchase the Ab Lounger. Remember the Ab Lounger? Yes, I know this particular product is old news, however, I know too many people who swear by the results it produces--if you use it, of course. Anyway, as the product is old, it was no where to be found in the store BUT the Perfect SitUp was! Backstory: I was mildly interested in this fitness equipment when I first saw the infomercial but I always reminded myself of my firm rule against buying into the endless advertisements for abdominal exercise equipment. They all advertise the same thing, don't they? Providing money back guarantees, and everything to suck you in further. The key is--you have to use the equipment ALONG WITH A PROPER DIET in order to get the desired results and that's where most of us--okay, where I fail.


As my friend was advising me to check out the product reviews before I purchased the equipment, I was reminding myself of the Bender ball and the 8lb medicine ball for abdominal exercises that I had at home and had not been not using. "What makes you think you're going to use this?" I admonished myself. "Do you really want to spend $100 on something that's going to eventually end up taking up space in your house?" NO!

So, after about an hour browsing the fitness aisle I settled on a new jump rope. I figure I can use that while my son is at soccer practice before I walk the track and most importantly, it won't take up any space in my house.

Clearly, as they called out their preferences for where they wanted dinner from on Monday evening, my kids don't get it yet. They're not dealing with their mom of yesteryear. Gone are the days of mindless trips to McDonalds, BK, or Little Caesars. If I can AT ALL help it, we'll be eating every meal at home. And when I REALLY on top of my game, most of those meals will be meatless.