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Meet Lisa!!  Weight Loss Super Star 110 pounds gone!

Meet Lisa!! Weight Loss Super Star 110 pounds gone!

I am having so much fun meeting so many great people who have completely changed their lives and have lost weight and loving life now! I would like to introduce you to Lisa, she’s lost 110 pounds and looks amazing!! Check out her site often 

Meet Tracey – Weight Loss Super Star!! 70 pounds gone!

Meet Tracey – Weight Loss Super Star!! 70 pounds gone!

I love that through reading other people’s blogs I meet tons of people who have already won the battle of weight loss and have started their own blogs because of it. I met Tracey through my sister’s blog and I am glad to know her! 

8th grade graduation!

8th grade graduation!

It’s been a crazy 2 weeks with end of the school year activities, but it’s almost over! My oldest son graduated 8th grade last night! And my other two kids just have 1 hour of school today and it officially is summer vacation for them!! 

Happy Memorial Day! +101 days of summer challenge hosted by my sister

Happy Memorial Day! +101 days of summer challenge hosted by my sister

It’s been perfect weather this weekend in Chicago and despite thunder and lightening over night, its sunny and gorgeous today! I’m glad the weather is nice because my daughter Claire marches in the local parade for Girl Scouts. It brings back so many memories of 

Easy breakfast! 5 ingredients!

I bring my breakfast to work every day for a few reasons. Getting 3 kids out the door every morning takes up my time and I don’t have time to sit for a minute! If I eat at my desk, I can check e-mails, and 

Portion Distortion

Portion Distortion

How many of you weigh your food? I moslty do, but I will go a few weeks or a month without weighing just to see if I stick to what I think a portion is. Today as I was putting my lunch together, I grabbed 

Biggest Loser Finale! + A major award for my son!

Biggest Loser Finale! + A major award for my son!

Busy day yesterday! I worked all day, ran home, went to T-ball for my daughter’s game, then ran back home to pick up my boys for my oldest son’s final concert in Middle School! (sniff sniff!) And he won an award! The award was for 

I survived the 8th grade dance!

I survived the 8th grade dance!

As the co-chair of this years 8th grade dance, and after months of planning, and 6 hours of decorating this weekend, and working at the party for 3 hours and then cleaning up after the party for 1 1/2 hours, it’s finally over! The kids 

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookie

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookie

As many parents out there know, the last few weeks of school for your kids (and you!) is super busy. I’m the co-chair of the 8th grade dance committee (the dance is this weekend), there are t-ball games, practices, field trips to remember, gifts for 

Biggest Loser + Salad Club

Biggest Loser + Salad Club

Okay, first off, let’s talk about Biggest Loser last night! It was so good! Everyone looked so great. That’s my favorite part of the show is when they go back home for the first time. I was surprised by a lot of things. Koli I 

Pretzel crusted chicken breasts

Pretzel crusted chicken breasts

You can ask my sister, my dinners have been super boring and repetitive since my husband’s jaw has been broken and he can’t eat any real food, I have gotten lazy in the kitchen! Since my sister and I talk about food on a daily 

Great weekend!

Great weekend!

This is where I was this weekend. The Warren Dunes in Sawyer, Michigan on a girl scout camp weekend! We stayed at in cabins (thank goodness not tents!) We did crafts, hiked, roasted marshmallows, played, ran around and had a great time! There are huge 

Product Reviews!

Product Reviews!

I am so far behind in posting free stuff I’ve been sent, I’m going to do it one post! Leave a comment and I have coupons to try the Pop Chips and the Chocolate Milk for free!! The wonderful people of Pop Chips sent me 

Lasagna for one!

Lasagna for one!

My eating has kind of been all over the place for the last 10 days or so. Since my husband has a broken jaw and his teeth have been wired shut, my dinners have been super easy and quick. He can only eat soups that 

Best ever breakfast sammy + butterscotch/toffee Chip Jumbo Muffins!

Best ever breakfast sammy + butterscotch/toffee Chip Jumbo Muffins!

A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for homemade turkey sausage for breakfast sammy’s that came from The Biggest Loser recipe archives.Β  This is the best ever breakfast sammy! It was super easy to make and this sandwich kept me full ALL morning. I 

Meet Lindsay!!  Another Weight Loss Super Star! 116 pounds gone!

Meet Lindsay!! Another Weight Loss Super Star! 116 pounds gone!

I would like you to meet Lindsay! She has done an awesome job losing weight AND keeping it off, the good old fashioned way of moving more and eating better! Wait to you see her transformation! So, without further ado, here are her answers to 

Meet Erica – Weight Loss Superstar! 100 pounds gone!

Meet Erica – Weight Loss Superstar! 100 pounds gone!

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their well wishes with my husband’s accident! It meant a lot to me for all the nice words you had to say! ************* I am so lucky to be meeting so many people with weight 

Taking a little time off

Taking a little time off

I have some sad news to report…my husband passed out yesterday at my daughter’s t-ball practice, and because of the fall, and not being able to stop himself, the brunt of the fall was his face and he’s broken his jaw… I’m at the hospital 

Meet Alison, another weight loss super star!!! 66 pounds gone and counting!

Meet Alison, another weight loss super star!!! 66 pounds gone and counting!

Hi everyone! I would like to introduce you to Alison. When I first contacted her to see if she would like to be a success story on my blog, she immediately said β€œBut I’m not done yet!” And I said β€œBut you’ve lost 66 pounds 

Turkey Breakfast Sandwich

This recipe actually comes from the Biggest Loser cookbook. Last week I made a breakfast sammy pretty much every day for breakfast and this week I am going to make my own breakfast patty to add to it.. I’ve been using The Arnold Thin bread, 

Guest Post!

Guest Post!

Today I am honored to have Felicia share 2 of her recipes with us! Couscous and Vegetables Serves 4 – Each serving is 125 calories, 7 grams fat, 10 grams carbs, 1.9 gram protein, and 1.5 grams of fiber Ingredients Couscous β€” 300 grams Ripe 

Happy Earth Day! + Give-a-way!

Happy Earth Day! + Give-a-way!

One of the things I am going to do this year in honor of Earth Day is to not use ANY plastic bags from stores! A couple of months ago Clean Eating Magazine talked about how the average plastic bag gets used for about 10 

All-Bran Cereal + Biggest Loser Re-cap

As part of the Food Buzz Taste-testers program I received 3 boxes of their cereal. I’ve tried their cereal before, but was really impressed with the recipes you can make with them. All of their cereals are high in fiber. In fact the cereal pictured 

Getting over my fear

Getting over my fear

One of the suggestions my Life Coach Karyn suggested was that I try yoga. She said not only is it a great way to tone your body, but the calming, stress relieving part is awesome too. The last 3 weeks I chickened out. There is 

Have you seen this yet?

Have you seen this yet?

I was watching tv last night and saw the commerical for these. It’s Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new β€œDouble-Down” sandwich. 2 battered and fried chicken breasts with bacon and cheese in the middle! Nice! My only advice….stay far away from this one! Actually, KFC has their