Day 4 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today is day 4 of this custom challenge and I woke up a bit tired still, so I used that time to sleep a bit longer this morning.   I do feel a lot better than yesterday though!  I am still drinking coffee with creamer throughout this challenge, as well as having my adult beverages. 🙂…

Day 3 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today is the third day of this custom challenge and I woke up not feeling the greatest.  Could be many factors… changing what all I am eating, something I inhaled while cleaning the greenhouse yesterday, or something I ate.  As the day went on, I did start to feel better.  I am still drinking coffee…

Day 2 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today was the second day of this custom challenge and I started to feel a bit sluggish earlier, but I feel as if that was from lack of fruit.  I had a pretty strong temptation to have one of the cookies with sprinkles on the kitchen table smothered with icing but I chugged some water…

Day 1 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

A friend of mine and I were thinking of something to try to encourage each other, so when the subject was brought up of the 75 Day Soft and Hard Challenges, I was quickly turned off by the challenge to drink socially or eliminate alcohol all together.  We then decided to create our own custom…

Potato Leek Andouille Sausage Soup

My fiancé and I had went to a restaurant in Charlevoix recently and we had this amazing potato leek soup.  I had never had anything like this before, and we told ourselves we would need to make it at home one day.  For some reason, it has been difficult to find leeks – until today!…

Blooming Chicken Quesadilla

As I was browsing Pinterest one day, my better half pointed this out… so I decided to try it out! I made a modified version of it – original is linked below.   I will be using the size down from the burrito style next time.  The fajita style soft shells are way too small for…

Italian Hoagie Dip

I ran across this recipe and made a modified version of it – original is linked below.   I did make some rosemary focaccia bread to go along with this and it turned out amazing!  You can also make this into a cold pasta salad as well.  If the bread didn’t turn out, that is what…

Weight Loss Journey Update – 9/5/2022

I am happy to report that I have officially lost over 10 pounds since April – and it is staying off.  Every day is a new day and I invested in being more mindful not just with what I am eating, but also for my mental sake by subscribing to an app called ‘I Am’. …

Weight Loss Journey – Day 52

As mentioned last Friday, I did start the Harley Pasternak workouts once again this morning!  It felt really good to get that first 32 oz. of water down as well.  When I started work this morning, I did pick out my two snacks for today – whether I ate them or not I didn’t know…

Weight Loss Journey – Day 51

Starting next week I’ll be continuing with the Harley Pasternak workouts once again.  I can feel a huge difference, especially when I can do the workouts in the mornings. Weigh In:  164.2 This time last week:  164.6 Activity:  My goal is to get to 12k steps… I’m under 10k still at this time!  We are…

Weight Loss Journey – Day 50

I did wake up feeling a lot better – however, the choices I made yesterday did impact the scale just a bit.  Today is a new day though! Weigh In:  164.2 This time last week:  164.2 Activity:  When I walked today, it was at a 2 for the incline, still at 3 mph. Breakfast:  Two eggs…

Weight Loss Journey – Day 49

I woke up not feeling the greatest and I really believe it’s my body trying to get back into healthy mode!  It was still nice finding that the scale went down again a bit!  The body water and musculoskeletal percentages also went up. Weigh In:  163.8 This time last week:  164.4 Activity:  Getting up every…