Blog Postponed Until Further Notice...

After much consideration I have decided to take a time out on blogging or attempting to blog daily for a while...There is a lot going on with my family right now and the added pressure of trying to keep up daily and be somewhat entertaining is pretty much the needle in the haystack right now. Please know team hotness is still in motion and once I am able to wear my Supermom Cape with ease I will be back with vengeance- until then please feel free to email me with any questions you may have as I am still active on the program and helping others- another reason I need to step back so I can devote more energy to helping others change- thank you in advance for understanding :)



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Melanie
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Day 6- chili with a chance of snow...

Parky decided today was a great day to wake up at 6:30....why not? It is Saturday after all- why sleep in? I decided since I had to be up anyway when I didn't want to be, why not just get exercise out of the way, so Zumba it was at 7am this morning...





Had leftover red pepper hummus and egg white salad for breakfast, really wasn't that hungry so I just ate it by it's self and got to sneak in a nap while Parky napped :) YAY!



Had a snack bar when I woke up and later on knew I needed to eat lunch but still wasn't feeling a "meal" so I had a chocolate peanut AdvoBar Meal


Figured Parky needed some fresh air so headed out to the park in the stroller and our path was detoured by the AZ Giving Challenge Festival being held at main park and it looked a lot more fun than the park! They had snow, bounce houses, live music and a chili cook off- SOLD!

Parky spent about 10 minutes with the bubbles..






...and 2 1/2 hours in the bounce houses- we only took about a 30 minute break for some chili and music!



He even went down the giant mega-slide 2 times- of course I had to climb up there with him, and for the record I am counting that as another workout for the day- looks easier than it is- Geesh!








Parky and me in the pine tree and snow photo booth...it actually looks like we're cold!

Are you ever too old for slides? I say nope!



Day 5- Finally Friday!

If you are following along you know I had hummus for dinner last night and I've gotten pretty creative over the past few years in getting the most of the money I spend- especially food cause it really does add up. Breakfast today was my leftover hummus, plus 4 egg whites chopped.





Served it up with my leftover whole wheat pita bread, and only was able to finish about half of both- Parky ate the rest of the pita. I really wanted the celery in the background but my tooth is still bugging me so no super crunchy foods yet :/







Paul is on vacation all week and we had some errands to run to lunch was a treat- YC's Mongolian Barbecue- my FAV! I do mine with all white meat chicken, zucchini, cabbage, spinach, green onions, and broccoli- super filling!

This really was an awesome lunch, one of my favorite "eating out" meals while challenging- just really watch what you are adding for making the "sauce" so you don't get added sugar and they even have whole wheat noodles and brown rice you can add if you are on a refuel day.







Lunch was so filling I really wasn't hungry for dinner so I worked out instead while everyone else ate....McDonalds...yep- I'm that cool! I did steal 2 fries though, not gonna lie...



After my workout I had an Orange Cream Meal Replacement Shake for dinner. We rented movies earlier and got suckered into a popcorn tin at Walgreens, luckily my Carb Ease Plus arrived today (it inhibits the breakdown and absorption of the carbs you eat) so I figured I earned some popcorn with the move. It wasn't that great so I really didn't eat more than about three handfuls. Crappy popcorn is really a downer... :/

 

Is it even possible to watch a movie without popcorn? For me that would be like watching a movie with your eyes closed...what's the point?