May 17, 2012

Nino Salvaggio’s Pantry Essentials Presentation Event

by Toni on May 17, 2012

I am really looking forward to attending Nino Salvaggio’s Pantry Essentials Presentation Event tonight with my sister! We’re going to have a blast.. some much needed sister/food/wine tasting time together. I’ll report back later.

We will be featuring cooking tips, wine tasting and much more! Nino’s Wine Sommelier, Jennifer Laurie, and Director of Culinary Development, Pete Loren, will be on hand to answer questions and share their expertise!

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May 14, 2012

Fad Diets Suck

by Toni on May 14, 2012

As you may have noticed, I posted twice about starting the HCG Diet a couple months back and then didn’t post about it after that. I ended up getting Strep Throat on day 3 and realized that eating so little and taking those drops that are made up of who really knows what was not the smartest decision I have made. Perhaps if I was 20-something years old and didn’t really need to eat in order to keep my blood sugar at a reasonable level, I might be able to pull it off. But this late thirty-something (creeping up on 40) woman cannot do such things to her body anymore.

I remember back in my twenties, when I didn’t even need to lose weight, I used to take those Yellow Jacket pills they sold at gas stations that were filled with the now illegal Ephedra. I wouldn’t eat breakfast and I would have a couple bites of something at lunch and that was it for the day. I became sickly skinny.. 115 pounds at 5′ 10″ tall. I look back at pictures from that time in my life and think, “ewwww.. what was I thinking?!?” Sunken cheeks and dark circles under the eyes is not a good look for anyone.

Now at the ripe old age of 39 and four kids later, I’m still 5′ 10″ (not so old yet that I’ve started to shrink) and weigh 180 pounds. It doesn’t look horrible on me, but it doesn’t look great either. I keep putting off exercising because I think, “it could be worse,” but I feel disgusted with myself for procrastinating. In all honesty, I think it sucks that I have to worry about my weight after spending most of my life (even after three of my four kids) in a size 6 with no effort at all. I could eat all day long, whatever I wanted, and not have to worry about gaining an ounce. I miss those days.

To sum it all up.. most diets suck. The best thing I could possibly do (I know this, but still.. procrastinating is so simple) is eat healthier most of the time and exercise 5-6 days a week. I know it wouldn’t take long to get the weight off and start feeling better about myself, but it’s hard to do and crappy to deal with the first few weeks of feeling weak and out of breath while doing it. Somebody please kick me in my big-ish behind and get me moving!!

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 13, 2012

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful mama’s out there! I hope everyone has had as fabulous a day as I have! I lost my blogging mojo a couple of months back, but I’m trying to find it again. I guess I’m a little lost on what I want this blog to be, therefore, [...]

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HCG Diet – Phase 2, Day 1

March 13, 2012

Today, as I suspected, was not so easy. I didn’t stress about it or get myself worked up, yet it was still very hard to get from one tiny meal to the next. I had an apple about 9:30 this morning, because you can give up your fruit from lunch and eat it for breakfast. [...]

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Starting the HCG Diet

March 12, 2012

My husband and I are starting the HCG diet. Today is day two of Phase 1 (the “loading” phase). Phase 1 consists of two days of eating as much as you can while taking the HCG drops or injections (we’re using the drops). You would think such a task would be simple.. eating whatever you [...]

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Welcome Home Daddy Dinner

January 16, 2012

I’ve been an extremely lazy blogger lately. I guess that’s the good thing about blogging, right? It’s my blog to update as I wish, with no deadlines to deal with. Anyway.. My husband had to unexpectedly leave town on Thursday evening to help out our brother-in-law. He’s been staying in hotels and eating out for [...]

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