Tripping the Organic Fantastic
I wrote up another article for
Weight-lossArticles.com and I just wanted to give you a taste (forgive the pun)...
"My neighbor, Jan, and I went to lunch today. The kids were in school, the day was bright and we needed to get out of the house. We were just two women with time on their hands and debit cards in their purses.
"Usually, we go to Olive Garden for salad and soup, but today we decided to try ethnic food. So, with coupon in hand, we descended upon Taj Mahal, an Indian/Pakistani restaurant in Orland Park, IL. I had always wanted to try Indian food, so this was going to be a real treat..."
Go read the rest over at Bill's site, whydontcha. Looks like I have a little column going on over there as no one else submitting any diet humor. I can deal with that. ;)
Walking for Health
I have been trying to be more active this school year since both kids are in school full-time now. Walking is about the only thing I can do at the moment because I am so out of condition. Right now, walking outside is possible, but soon it will be winter and not too good for outside exercise.
I found a DVD at a sports store, it's called Get Moving, Walking for Weight-Loss by Gaiam (
www.gaiam.com).
I wrote up a review over at
WeightLoss-Articles.com. Go check it out. I'll be writing more in the near future as I experience the DVD to it's fullest.
Hey fellow bloggers! I am feeling so guilty. My neighbor and I went to lunch today to Olive Garden.
I love Olive Garden!
Now, I was pretty good and had the soup, salad and breadsticks lunch. But, seeing as I only had two cookies and some coffee for supper last night (3-hour meeting and didn't have dinner before-hand) and was too nauseous this morning to eat breakfast, I ended up eating more than I had planned. One small plate of salad, but two bowls of the pasta e fagioli and too many garlic breadsticks to count.
It was yummy, but now I am in my guilt stage.
You dieters know what I am talking about. Guilt. We have all experienced it.
But what to do to make up for it? Nothing, except try to do better next time. Limit myself to one bowl and only a couple of breadsticks instead of eating like your life depended on it. Actually, my life depends on me NOT eating like my life depended on it.
So, lesson learned. I just hope I can act on it next time.
Hey, I'm back!
Just got back from Alabama again. I am seriously sick of driving cross country! Had to take the kids to visit grandparents before school starts, you know. I am beat!
All that southern food has plumped me up some more too. I look like a turkey at Thanksgiving! Jeez! Hubby has the exercise room all cleaned up so I can get to the treadmill again and I am looking forward to walking these pounds off! I think I will do some yoga daily too. I really liked that before.
Oh, and I have a product review over at
WeightlossArticles.com. It's about a weight loss program called
My Pet Fat. It's really something, that's all I can say. LOL
Another Weight Loss Article of Mine
Hey y'all! I have been having a busy summer and finding myself lazier than usual when I do get some free time. Anyway,
WeightlossArticles.com has another one of my humor articles up called Mind over Muffins. Go one over and check it out and while you are there, check out the site's other articles on weight loss. It's an awesome website!
We went driving around this past weekend with my parents and decided to drive up to Smith Lake near Cullman. I spent many summers there and my parents had a place there once. One of my essays, entitled
Plucking Feathers (if it doesn't load onto my page, click on Dana Sieben), was written about one winter there.
One of the many marinas and stores on the lake. This picture was taken at 'Big Bridge'.
Everybody is having a hot 4th of July! But the lake is cooling everyone off.
Dave and the boys on the banks of Smith Lake near Cullman, AL. One of my favorite places to go when I was growing up. (this is only a finger of the lake, there are over 500 miles of shoreline)
A rare family picture...
Rickwood Caverns State Park
I had to post some pictures of our trip in the cave. My mother and her siblings used to take tours down in the cave many years ago. It is beautiful, but very strenuous for me. Especially the 100 or so stairs going back up, but it was a good workout.
Heading up to the cave entrance.
Rickwood Caverns is just right down the interstate from where I grew up. It is a nice state park.
Going even deeper into the cave.
...on the tour
Jamie and Sean in Rickwood Cave.
Hey!
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! We went back down to Bama to see my family for a long weekend. It was nice, but so hot and humid!
Whenever I get back south, I usually go nuts eating the southern foods my grandmother makes. I mean, that woman can make a mean chicken and dressing, biscuits, you name it. I was surprised this time when I didn't eat as much as I usually do.
My dad made scrumptious smoked BBQ pork, and I had one helping. I was so proud of myself that I also stuck to one helping of my banana pudding (made with fat free pudding mix and fat free coolwhip) which tasted yummy!
However...today I didn't eat all day due to just being really busy and when I did eat, I pigged out on Taco Bell.
Bad Dana! Bad Dana!
So, it is true to eat small meals more times during the day than skip meals and then be so hungry you pig out and mess up everything you are working towards. I Learned a good lesson today.
My mother and I have a contest going to see if we can lose 15 lbs by Christmas. So, it's off to buy a digital scale. Wish me luck!
