Where in the heck is SPRING and warmer weather? For crying out loud !

 

I WOULD LOVE IT IF SUMMER WOULD COME SOON! 

 

Brrr....It was cold today !  That WIND was unbelievably cold today.   Just wish I knew where Spring went?  It is SPring right?  The forecast was for it to reach 52 degrees.....well, didn't see anything higher than 43 degrees at least here today.  My family and I, and of course I think about 3/4 of the mid west, is yearning for higher temps and lots of sunshine !   This week has been pretty good as far as weight loss goes.  I had to get another scale since my old fashioned dial one decided to subtract and add six pounds here and there as I weighed myself this week.  I got a glass digital one that is fairly accurate, and I love it !  I just hope it lasts...in our house anything new is very eligible to be broken within the first few days of its arrival.  Today's weigh in was down a total of 11 pounds since the first week in March when I decided it was enough of the junk food/pop/and sporadic running sprees.  I did get to go out today and work on some sprinting.  For the past two weeks I have been working to get my speed up and to decrease my miles per minute.  I have been working on sprinting at full speed for 100 meters, then jogging 100 meters, lastly walking 50-100 meters...then I will repeat.  I only did about 2.5 miles total today, but half of it was sprinting.  WOW ~  What a workout !!  I thought I was actually going to get sick after all that sprinting !!  It felt amazing tho...so I plunged right through it. I forced myself and kicked my own butt !  I kept saying if you want this flab to stick....give up! Otherwise, suck.it.up Doobe! ( AKA:my nickname that most of my family & close friends call me)
and  JUST.KEEP.GOING!  

(I really need this tank for this summer)!!!

 This has been sort of a stressful week....(heck, when isn't at our house) just trying to get some painting done here and there. Kids went back to school today in full force...(yea, it is online but they still need me to guide them)  So as I was strolling the aisles at WalMart tonight after Church Family Night, I thought to myself..."Man I could really use a bag of candy, or maybe just one candy bar since I've done so good !"  I fought the urge and said ~"Nope, can't do it!"  I really don't want to go out and run 15 miles tomorrow to try and make up for that King Size Hershey Bar...or even that entire bag of Twizzlers !  No way, not gonna go back there !! From here on out.  I've gotta learn discipline as far as what I put in my mouth.  So I came home and had a bowl of Light Banana Cream Yogurt, which was about 80 calories.  I put in some sugar free (well fake sugar is what you call it)  granola in it, and totally satisfied my cravings and filled me up!  I'll post that recipe for that granola under this post if you would like to try it, its super easy and AWESOME !  I sometimes have to watch myself since it tastes so good and can be addicting!  Have a blessed Wednesday!  #Philippians 4:13    

Sugar Free Granola
1 C. Old Fashioned Oats
1 C.  Quick-Cooking Oats
1/2 C. Splenda Brown Sugar
1/2 C. Sugar Free Maple Syrup
Lots of cinnamon, because I'm a huge fan of it
2 Tbs of Olive Oil (just because it helps in the browning of it, and makes it sort of crunchy! Yummy !
1/4 C. Flax Seed (Optional) for more of a health boost...gives the granola more texture...I don't always have this on hand...so a lot of the time I skip it.

Put all ingredients in bowl and mix.  Spread in baking pan, bake at 325 for about 30-40 min or until light brown in color.  It will be sort of moist at first until you start baking it a bit.  It is soo good !  I usually double the recipe and put it in a large glass jar so I always have some on hand.  You can add it to your yogurt, eat it plain, or you can pour some milk over it and eat it for breakfast,  you can add it to your favorite trail mixes.  Enjoy!