Ugh, I have to face the facts Feathers; I'm JossFit, and I'm addicted to Arctic Zero... I can't have it in the house! I have to order it and then I have all these pints sitting there and I eats them all! LOL No more ordering it I guess. My husband has a grocery store right near the house that sells it so I'll eat in there when I can buy it a pint at a time.
I ended up going a bit over my calories today and yesterday, but nothing that really matters. I just ate too much AZ!
I'm getting used to the new running shoes and I'm loving how much better my feet feel already. Today was a cardio day for me so I did a lot of stairs and am slowly working my way back up to running a bit more. So far, so good.
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Back this evening for personals!
EDIT: OK it's later.

More food porn, although again, nothing super new. First up is a bacon pancake;
Made with 4 egg whites, wheat bran, bacon pieces, and topped with sugar free syrup and Brummel and Brown yogurt spread.
I also made a pasta with fettucini miracle noodles, pumpkin, chicken, spinach and eggplant;
Other meals today weren't very creative; protein shake with an apple, the same pumpkin mousse and caesar salad from yesterday, and Arctic Zero.
But, food porn was delivered as promised!
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Turbo - Thanks! haha I was feeling festive, but also kind of healthy and sort of frumpy so I found this picture and it seemed appropriate. I didn't make it, but it appears to be a cottage cheese snowman with carrot nose, raisin eyes and buttons with celery arms. Whoever DID take this picture is pretty creative!
I actually don't know how I manage to get out of that brace each night without waking up completely, but somehow I do! Just call me Houdini! hahaha
I know what you mean about not being able to hang like I used to. I'm tired now if I eat a big meal! I'm in bed by like 8:30 every night and I'm perfectly happy with that most times. I definitely can't drink and party and stay out all crazy late too often anymore. When I do it ruins me for days afterward.
Sparkly reindeer? Lets see!!
Leila - I was having rabbit poops for days and I don't know why because my diet was filled with lots of veggies and normal healthy stuff, but then I was driving in to the gym on Friday morning... OH MY GAWD. I thought "Oh wow, I have to go now. No seriously, now. Holy ****, today is the day... this is the day I'm actually going to $hit myself!" LOL I made it in time, but it was close! hahaha I get that scenario much more often than I get the rabbit turd situation. Pros and cons of being a fast pooping kettle bell swinger huh?
It sounds like you had a fun weekend though! Rabbit poops aside, I'm sure it was worth it right? Tasty stuff at least?
Pixelllate - Oh hunny, I wish I had some amazing perspective to share with you or some nugget of advice but all I can really say is just to hang in there! Do you have the extra cash to maybe go out and buy something new for your interview? I hate to think of you nervous on the interview AND feeling uncomfortable because you don't like your outfit. Maybe a friend has something fierce you can borrow?
Perhaps in the meantime you can battle that water retention as best as you can; drink lots of water, sit in a sauna and relax, try to put down the bread, do a little cardio, etc. I know you can get some of that off pretty quickly which will probably help your mood and confidence a lot.
OhThePlaces - Yeah, sometimes its a good idea to forgo the rest day and just do *something* to get yourself back on track. If you don't mind me asking, why were you having such a hard time the last few days? legit binges or a lot of social overeating?
haha my food pictures are funny because they always look like such small portions on my huge dishes. I actually don't spend much time at all cooking... everything is pretty fast and mostly one pan/pot meals. Especially the veggie/protein dishes; it all just goes in a pan and what comes out gets eaten!
Kakers - ROCKSTAR! Congrats on the weigh-in AND on winning the war with the dishes! You mentioned your hubby was 'in trouble' for something else... is that why he finally caved?
Bayzee - The brace is actually more comfortable than it looks. It's not painful, just awkward but as long as I'm laying down I feel okay with it. Evidently my subconscious disagrees and pulls it off when I'm sleeping though... haha
I love that you love your wine and really know what you like! I haven't ventured into reds yet because I don't drink that often, but I'm oh so slowly getting away from the super sweet stuff like Reislings and find myself going for pinot grigio or chardonnay now. I still love my whites, but reisling and moscatos are too sweet now. Maybe you could suggest a good 'beginner' red for me? Something sort of light and sweet?
Thebunneh - I find I do better when I set SPECIFIC goals, so maybe you will too! What have you come up with so far? I aim for a certain calorie range, plus a set number of weights and cardio sessions per week with a minimum amount of time spent doing the cardio (Otherwise I'll stop after 3 minutes... hahaha)
Mottainai - How is the homework coming along? I'm excited to go back to school but also nervous... I hate homework! You had scholiosis growing up? How is your back now?