This week, I stopped at the bar and had some tacos for Taco Tuesday and a couple of margaritas. Bad idea, because they were salty as hell and caused me to bloat and go up 2 pounds the next day. EEK! This is why you should eat Nutrisystem food before you head to some place like that, because then you’re full and don’t want to eat nothing else. But, sometimes I feel like I deserve a cheat day. When my…

Full view of Multnomah Falls. This week, my sister came up since she missed my birthday and we decided to do a family BBQ, which actually turned out somewhat decent with only one dramatic altercation. IF you knew my family, you would know that this is a miracle. But, I did cheat by indulging myself in pasta salad, potato salad, a turkey burger, and some good ol’ corn on the cob fresh out of the garden and cooked on the grill! So…

Summer has finally started to emerge here and I must say that working out upstairs in a room without air conditioning is quite dreadful. However, you do sweat more than usual, so I guess that is a plus. This week, I am going to talk more about the Nutrisystem food, in particular what my favorite and least favorite meal currently is. Favorite this week: I must say, the chicken and pasta in caccitore sauce is heavenly, but I am somewhat…

Since I was on summer break, I tried to work out on the elliptical every day. Sometimes it was daunting, and sometimes I just got the spurt to get up and do it, which made it easy of course since I had this unknown energy. I decided I need to work on my incline and set it at 75% instead of my usual 25%. To me, it doesn’t really feel like going uphill, but it surely does work your legs…