Fresh

This is what happens when you let your 17 year old drive your car.
 - and ok, I cleaned it.

Almost a Year

It's been almost a year since I last posted.
What have I been doing?
I've been working on me.
See:

They Grow Up So Fast

So, Dylan needed a physical for school.
He's 16.
We still take him to the pediatrician.

So, we're sitting in the exam room and the nurse says:
"Can you make pee pee in a cup for me? The cups are next to the potty"

Dylan's response:
"We're done here."

DID IT!!!!

LOST 46 POUNDS
BY MY 46TH BIRTHDAY!!!

Mini Goal

I set a mini weight loss goal for myself:
to loose 46 pounds by the time I'm 46.
Well, my birthday is Monday.
I've lost 44 pounds.
Will I make it?
Maybe, maybe not.
That's ok.
It's still 44 freakin' pounds!

Cranky Day

Knee pain - no gym.
Cloudy day - no tanning.

I'm cranky.
I'm going to stay home and
watch the Godfather marathon
and eat.

Cranky.

Latest Workout Playlist

I've been doing HIIT workouts on the elliptical.
HIIT stands for
High
Intensity
Interval
Training
....meaning you kill yourself for 4 minutes, then go easy for 4
then back to killing yourself and then easy, and so on.
Here is my latest playlist to help me out:

Payphone - Maroon 5
Raise Your Glass - Pink
Somebody That I Used To Know - Goyte
Drive  By- Train
Who Knew - Pink
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Firework - Katy Perry
Brokenhearted - Karmin
My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna
Glad You Came - The Wanted
Everybody Talks -  Neon Trees
Part Of Me - Katy Perry
Tongue Tied - Grouplove
Starships - Nicki Minaj
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
Give Your Heart A Break - Demi Lovato
If We Ever Meet Again - Timbaland, Katy Perry

Dylan will NOT let me play this in the car.
He is so embarrassed.

Look, at least I don't have any Justin Bieber on there!

Wow.

So today at the gym
a woman I've never spoken to before came up to me and asked...
"How much weight have you lost??"

42 pounds.

She said how terrific that was and that
I looked great.

I asked, "You really notice?"

She said,  "Of course, your face, neck, you look great!"

I thanked her and told her she really made my day.

And she did.

Keratin!

I have totally ignored my blog for waaaay too long.

Let's see, what's new....

I
HAVE
STRAIGHT
HAIR!

Yup, I had a Keratin treatment and
I LOVE IT!!!!

Here I am right after the treatment:

I couldn't believe how straight and thin my hair looked.
I confess, I was worried.
I had that drowned rat look which is exactly what I didn't want.
Since I had to wait 3 days to wash it, it looked
worse
and
worse.
But.....
day 3:

AWESOMENESS!!
and
this was AFTER the gym.
My hair even looks like that when I wake up!!
I love this.
I will always have this!!!
Lovin' the straight hair!!

Yum!!!

So, all that trolling on Pintrest worked out.
I found this TERRIFIC recipe and tried it tonight!
SPINACH BURGERS

Recipe:

1 bag of frozen spinach, thawed, squeeze out excess moisture

2 egg whites

1 whole egg

1/4 c diced onion

1/2 c shredded cheese

1/2 c bread crumbs

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tsp salt (next time I'll leave out the salt, too salty for us)

1/2 tsp garlic powder

Mix well, use your hands!!

Form into burgers.

Spray non-stick pan with cooking spray.

Cook on medium high heat until they brown a bit.

Before you flip, spray the top with cooking spray.

So good!!!

As I said, I found this recipe on Pintrest by way of
The Domestic Mama and Village Cook
These are her pics but my spinach burgers
looked just like hers!!

That's Me!

Excellent Day at L&T!

Well, it's that time again.....

FRIENDS AND FAMILY at 

Lord and Taylor

and I totally scored!!!

First, I needed a pair of white Jack Rogers.
I am hooked on these shoes.

 Then I needed a pair of navy espadrilles. I've been looking  at
a different shoe, but decided to try these on.
LOVE THEM.

Ok, so with Friends and Family, I received %25 off both pairs.

I had 3 gift cards.

I ended up paying $11.54.

Now THAT is a good day!