I'd like to think I am just plain smart with my latest adventure. Grocery shopping online! Yippee. Does it get any better than that? There is little I hate more than loading up the kiddos, trucking through the store, wasting at least 30 minutes filling our cart with junk, loading it all up again, and unloading at home. Yuck. Groceries and laundry. No thank you. Much to my delight, I was reminded of an on-line grocery delivery service. peapod.com. I am trying it out next week. I searched through my cookbook of the week (Biggest Loser), typed out my list online and loaded up my virtual cart. Wednesday, the nice man will bring my groceries to our house in his cute, yellow containers where I will give him a big ole thank you and put them in the cupboards. I am all about simplifying my life and this could be wonderful!!! If nothing else, I'll be experiencing one less headache and one additional hour of freedom.
Yes, indeeedy do. 0.0 is exactly the amount of weight I lost this week. Irritating! Here's the breakdown: number of times I cheated on my diet--ZERO! number of times I worked out--FIVE!! (running, no less). Now that is a mean, mean slap in the face. After I picked myself off the floor and resisted the urge to throw the scale through my window, I've come to realize that it is time to call in the big guns. There will be no messing around. Through a very valuable (HA!--sense the sarcasm) inservice this year, I've learned that I am "Green," meaning logical, research based, problem solver, mathmatical thinker. I am applying the same thought and strategy to my 'get fit' adventure. There will be no relying on the treadmill to tell me how much I've burned. That thing lies, LIES, LIES!! Take for example, the fact that each time I worked out, I burned at least 300 calories--most often 350, my pulse was around 87 (which is pretty much a near death resting ...
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