Cookie Making

One of my favorite things in the world are Penguins, reason I renamed my blog to "The Penguin Diaries" anyways Saturday my mom and I spent the day making cookies. Everything from sugar cookies, gingerbread, oatmeal raisin, and even some chex mix. I saw these cute cookies on-line and knew I just had to make them....We used a gingerbread cookie as the base but we think that next time we'll do sugar cookies instead. These little guys were not all that hard to decorate. Next time i'll do a step-by-step on how to make these cuties!

Weekly Wi

Since Saturday is my normal WI day I WI again this morning. I was still at 155 which I'm very happy with now. Since I'm back on track I need to go plan my menu for the week and look up what I'm going to eat tomorrow when I go out with my mom and grams. We'll probably go to Panera so I can stay within points there plus I think they have a good website for looking up their nutritional information.

 http://www.paneranutrition.com/

It's Been A Long Time

Wow I can't believe it's been so long since I've WI, tracked, and posted. I actually didn't do as bad as I thought knowing I had gone off track. I weigh-in this week on a random day but I was at 155..I can't remember the last time I've been at that number and it feels wonderful. My mom said the other day that she is gaining the weight I'm losing, its not true but she is doing WW too and needs to get back on track as well. We'll I will WI again on Saturday for my normal and and I will post as soon as i step off the scale..until then

Weekly Weigh-In

The weather has been amazing here the past few days and I'm so glad Fall Weather is finally here. I don't know if I could handle anymore 90 degree days. Plus the best part of fall is Football Season! Let's Go Colts!!!! Hopefully this year I get to go to a game.

So this week I gained a pound which I'm totally fine with it. My plans changed last night and Mom and I went to Mexican. I always eat more than I'm suppose to at that place. Mom and I haven't had Mexican together in years! But I'm getting back on track today and starting fresh.

The plan this week is to make sure I track everything and get more of my daily checks in. On top of that I'm planning on going to the gym on Tuesday and getting all set-up so that I can finally go workout after I get home from class.

New Idea

So I've decided that I will try and post everyday something on my blog. Well to make things easy on myself I figured I would just post my menu and maybe stuff I was going to be doing that day and say how I plan on staying on track.

Menu:
B: 8 oz. Skim Milk, Orange Bliss Yogurt
S: Special K Fruit Crisp Bar
L: leftovers from dinner: Steak on a bagel thin, peas, string cheese, a few potatoes
S: Pineapple
D: not sure yet - what mom is cooking

Today is my first Quiz in my Stats class hopefully I don't eat just because I get nervous plus I really have no clue what is going on in that class. So I'm going to spend the morning at work studying. Yes I can study at work perks of working on campus..haha

Blog Award!

So I received a blog award and If I would make this more of a habit I would of posted this sooner.

But Thanks AMY from Brand New Hoosier



Here are the 3 rules:


1. Post who gave this to you

2. State 10 things you like

3. Give this award to 10 other bloggers and notify them with a comment

My Likes:
1. Cooking
2. Colts Football
3. Reds
4. my VW Bug
5. Cupcakes
6. Miami most of the time
7. Friends
8. Pictures
9. Everything Fall pumpkin patches..festivles..farmers markets
10. My family


I'm giving this to:
1. Beauty is imprefection - Jeanne
2. Healthy Hoosier - Kelly
3. Making My Way to a New Me - Marie
4. Marshmallow Butt
5. Amanda's Cookin - Amanda
6. Truly Into Fitness - Jess
7. Woman Vs. Food - Jennifer
8. Craftiness is Happiness - Becky
9. Incredibly Sassy Sue Bee
10. Gettin' Skinny in the City - Kristen

You should definitely check these blogs out! They are my daily reads and give me so many good ideas and inspiration!

I did it!!!

So today I met my fist goal of losing 5 pounds! I did it in great style too losing a total of 3 pounds this week! It's amazing how WW works. So today I'm treating myself to my first reward of getting my nails done. I was surprised I lost so much this week because it was TOM and I'm still trying to get my school routine down.

The challenge this weekend is going to be to not over eat at the family cookout and on my date Sunday. I'm taking WW friendly cupcakes to the cookout plus we are having hot dogs and hamburgers plus whatever else the family brings. I'll update you on this hopefully before next Saturday.

Hopefully this week I will also start a gym routine and start toning up a little bit. I'm going to try and get there at least 3 times a week in not more and use it as a source to clear my mind and think about stuff. Since I moved home it's hard just to have some time to myself before everyone starts talking to me.

Well I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

-M