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2023

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Word of the year: Lighten

Why: By definition lighter in weight, pressure, or severity. Make or become more cheerful.

Since the end of October 2022 I’ve been on a wellness journey. Until Christmas I’d been steady in the gym 2-3x a week and have lost and maintained a 20lb weight loss. I’m working to continue down this path of lightening in weight- to help my confidence. It’s for me. Not for anyone else. I need to learn some of the other weight machines- they terrify me if I’m being honest, but in 2023 I will learn at least 3 of these new machines.

I believe mental health is an incredible piece of life you have to work at daily, and my current state requires that I remove anything that makes me feel anxious or pressured instead of joy and happiness. Some of my current relationships for instance feel tedious to maintain instead of exciting. I’m not myself in those relationships because of that pressure and I need to either communicate my stance better or decide to let those relationships go.

I need to lighten my life of “goods”. I’ve acquired far more “things” than one needs to live life. Consumerism is great economically however I am slowing my involvement in the fashion industry and purging what I do not wear. In general I’ll be purging items I own that I do not wish to take with me in my next home.

I spent 2022 trying to figure out how to spark joy in my side business again. I went to several retreats, events, and believed I wanted certain things at the time. I maintained consistent in my personal piece but I needed reflection and to pull back and look big picture at what was causing me to feel like nothing I did was good enough. I didn’t set enough boundaries- even after establishing boundaries. I let customers walk on them. In 2023 the key to my happiness may be to fire customers. And that’s okay. I need to communicate to my customers better about how the online shipping works and how pick up works. Less deliveries. I cut back on events- it’s a lot of work to do and I only want to do the ones that yield higher results. I rather work 1:1 than carry a ton of stock in my home.

So I’m going to stick to my 2-3x a week gym sessions, add in learning 3 new machines. I’m going to downsize my wardrobe, belongings, purge excess items. I’m going to move in 2023 and live alone for the first time in a LONG time. I’m going to work on being even more communicative in my relationships, and I’m going to help less, and mainly if asked and able. In my business I’m going to focus on beating my last years numbers and clearing out stock from my home. I’m going to gift collected benefits instead of sit on items to sell and storing them. I’m going to talk to more people about the direct ship options so I don’t find myself driving an hour round trip plus to deliver a 30$ set of wax melts with the cost of gas.

That’s 2023 for me ❤

xo, Kel

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The month after vacation

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STRUGGLE BUS. Those are the only words that can fully describe getting back on the Weight Watchers wagon after a vacation.

I first must apologize for the month long hiatus from the blog. You are all about to find out why it has been a struggle for me to write a Weight Watchers post.

On July 15th I flew from Columbus, Ohio to Anaheim, California. Since I would not be home nor in a location where I could cook for myself I knew this week would be a difficult week to maintain Weight Watchers. I opted to not track from the second we stepped off the airplane until the second I hit the airport July 22nd. Yes a full 7 days not logging, counting points, thinking about what I was putting into my body. I also knew I’d be walking at least 10k steps per day. In my head I figured I’d come back gaining a few pounds. Between Leadership events, Convention events, presenting, and my team members being there meal prep would be too much of a time hog.

One of the things I did well in California was small amounts of food. For instance I took bites of cakes or higher pointed foods and consumed the lower foods first and in entirety. I did eat some bread- which is something I typically shy away from. I drank a flight of margaritas as well! When I vacation food is something I look forward to as much as seeing the sights. I wasn’t disappointed at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles or Marri’s Pizza. The last night I had a Short Rib Grilled Cheese that was AMAZING and right in our hotel. These are all things I don’t get to eat on Weight Watchers due to point values.

Somehow- Someway, I ended up coming home weighing 10 POUNDS less than I left at. It makes 0 sense (even if I did walk a 5k and walk over 15k steps a day for 7 days). It was an amazing feeling that didn’t last long. By the next week I had gained some back. Why? That next week was a struggle bus. Since I didn’t track and I lost- my brain went rogue. It decided I didn’t need to put what went in my mouth in that app. It also wanted richer foods that it was fueled with in California- and that meant more carbohydrates than I normally would eat. Uggggggh and the time zone differences! It took me over a week to get readjusted to Ohio time. My body was hungry at 10pm since that is 7pm Cali time. Meaning I would eat something right before bed.

So for almost exactly a month- I’ve been working on getting back to “normal”. Pointing, meal prep, recipe manipulation, going back to the gym, and getting back into the community pages on Facebook and Connect.

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The day I blew a tire on the freeway

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Oh have mercy. I know I’m behind. Bare with me, as this isn’t your normal blog.

Those familiar with Columbus, Ohio will have more insight into the story I’m about to go into- simply because they’ve experienced these freeways (interstates/highways).

My route to work takes me 33 to 270 North. Easy Peasy commute it’s just time consuming in traffic. I crawl on 33 because it’s 2 lanes. It opens up once I merge onto 270 North as it’s a 4 lane. As I gained speed there was a suspect noise. Finally there was a vibrating feeling and I realized something was wrong. I pulled over but not in an area where it was safe to get out of the car. I did my best and finally got the car to a safe area. It had already been a morning:

  • Last night was Scentsy month end
  • I fell asleep fully clothed
  • Did not set my alarm clock
  • Woke up late
  • Scentsy launched a new collection this am

So- as you can see I prioritized Scentsy, posted the new collection (you can see it at here), and then got ready for work. My tire was not flat, and since I did not go over 30 mph on 33 well the tire didn’t lose much pressure. Climbing out of my 2010  silver Kia Forte I knew it was passenger side something. Guess which part of my car was by the rush hour traffic? Yeeeeeeeeeeeeep My passenger side. It’s okay because I could see the wall caved in from the back of my car. Drat. My trunk was full of Scentsy items from events.

I yanked up the trunk and back door and started shoveling stands, baskets, table clothes, even a diffuser into my back seat. Finally I got to the point where I could get out the tiny doughnut tire and Kia supplied jack/tire iron. Several attempts to place the jack, unscrew the lugnuts, a stranger appears and helps. SO nice of him too! Getting back on the freeway was NOT fun but happened and I eventually ended up at a tire place, with two brand new front tires. I was on my way to work when I saw it. Chick-Fil-A. I live 25 to 35 minutes from one either way you go. It’s not a common diet staple for me. It also happened to be breakfast and I was on my way to work. I’ve never had Chick-Fil-A breakfast. I pulled in excited to eat chicken in the morning. Then I saw it. Fluffy, buttery, cloaked in cheese, with an egg and SAUSAGE. Weight Watchers who? It’s the day before my weeklies disappear, (I have 62 right now) and I have ALL my points for the day. My planned lunch 0 points (which I haven’t consumed and it’s 3:35pm because I’m still FULL from breakfast!!) so I knew I had some wiggle room. I didn’t think about them coming with hash browns I just wanted that sandwich now. So I did what every girl would. I ate the hash browns too. What’s 8 more points when the sandwich is 15? So lol 23 points/29 gone. I ate a banana at lunch. I still have 6 points and 62 weeklies with plans to go eat Nachos for the first time since maybe February? I think I’ll be JUST fine with 68 points 😉

I mean I will be going to the gym. I entered a Scentsy Wellness challenge to walk 10k steps a day for 30 days. Since my job has a lot of “sit down” moments it will be hard.

I have to make it through work first. My job does summer hours and I’m like the ONLY ONE here right now. 1 hour, 15 minutes to go! Happy Weekend everyone ❤

What’s your favorite points splurge?

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The week we love(d) carbs…..

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AS per usual,

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Disclaimer- I’ve had a hate/hate relationship with carbohydrates my entire life. Sure they are tasty, but some bodies just do not break things down as they should. If you haven’t been here before:

Hi. My name is Kelly and I have PCOS. PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and I was diagnosed at 16 years old as post-menopausal. To save us all time if you are interested in more info I typically link people to the Mayo Clinic for understanding- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pcos/symptoms-causes/syc-20353439

Basically for me it’s hereditary. My two cousins on my father’s side also have it and it’s very possible my sister has it and hasn’t been diagnosed officially. One of the side effects of PCOS can be excess insulin. As I am well… let’s just say it’s been 15ish years of my life watching my carb intake so it’s become somewhat 2nd nature to me.  To say from Sunday to now has been carbolicious… would be an understatement. Here let me show you.

Monday- Well you read the seed in eyeball story last blog. I decided to treat myself to a Popeye’s biscuit after that traumatic experience. That and I had the points. I ate lots of white meat protein that day looking back. Trying to hit this blue dot has become a challenge for me. Had I not ate the biscuit I would have had 15 points left. I don’t know if I’m just not doing this correctly but 30 points is A LOT.

Tuesday- Work drama resulted in my team missing lunch and the company ordering us Domino’s pizza. Hello carbs. I didn’t just eat you Sunday or anything. Wellll 2 pieces of cheese pizza and 14 points later… Lucky for me dinner was soup and low points. We love our copycat Olive Garden Chicken & Gnocchi soup. It is 4 points for a 1.5 cup serving so it’s a lot for little. It’s also 5$ movie night and we got amazing seats to Infinity War. No spoilers here folks. Members get free popcorn but they do not tell you how many cups it is. I believe it was approximately 2 cups so I pointed it as 3 points. Finished my day with 8 points left- AND I ATE PIZZA?!

Wednesday- A random fruit cup was on my desk because my boss brought the team in Breakfast pizza which he knew I wasn’t about to eat given I ate pizza yesterday. I threw out the melon (yuck), and ate the grapes and pineapple because I’m 5. I had another gnocchi (1 cup), a Laughing Cow pepper jack cheese wedge – kind of love them, and Boar’s Head Cracked Pepper Turkey (0 pts) for 5 points. My sister made BBQ Chicken Flatbreads using Joseph’s oat bran and whole wheat lavish bread, G Hughes hickory flavored bbq sauce, free mozzarella & fat free cheddar cheese from Kraft, bacon bits, and jalapenos. It was tasty. We had hummus with Joseph’s oat bran and whole wheat pita chips (we made them in our air fryer) so dinner was 10 points. I also had a light string cheese, flavored Greek yogurt and PB2 yogurt for snacks (3pt) so that brought me to 11 points left for the day and no blue dot. Sigh. I just WASN’T hungry and was 1 point off from a blue dot. I also hit my 47 fit points today.

Wednesday was gym night. High inclines, lower speeds this go round. 35 minutes was all I could squeeze in. It’s a busy weekend so going to be night hours for sure to get it in.

Here’s what the weekend looks like:

Thursday- Work, Scentsy Session, Event Prep – Gym Skip

Friday- Work, Scentsy Event Set Up, Grocery – Gym Night

Saturday- Event, Scentsy Meeting – Gym Skip

Sunday- Scentsy Drop, Scentsy Pickup, Scentsy Party- Gym Night

Saturday is pot luck day…. We’ll see how that ends up J

Question of the day-

What’s your favorite pot luck dish?

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The day the post was late

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I know it’s been a minute. I have to try to figure out if I want to do these daily or weekly. Want to see updates more frequently? Find me on Social:

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So since today is Thursday I think I’ve bi- weekly. I’m going to do Monday-Wednesday post on Thursday (Which obviously I missed this week). Then Thursday through Sunday, post on Monday. So there you have it- decision made.

Ah Monday, the start of a new week. Most dread it. I’m okay with it.

Breakfast- Banana

Total Breakfast Points: 0

Lunch Time! I am living for wraps currently. I found super low carb Ole Mexican Foods Xtreme Wellness High Fiber, low carb wraps (1pt) and they make life easy peasy. I just fill em, put em in a baggie and out the door I go. Here’s what mine has today:

Boar’s Head Fully Cooked Bacon – 3 slices (2pt)

Boar’s Head Chipotle Chicken Breast slices – 2oz (0pt)

Trader Joe’s Lite shredded Mexican blend cheese- 1/8 cup (probably less but this is what I track) (1pt)

Total Points for wrap: 4

I added a side of Baked Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream chips (4pt)

Total Lunch Points: 8

Snack time- I’m mad at myself still for spending so much on Hormel Turkey Pepperoni sticks (1pt) but they are good, quick, and great for on the go. Same with Frigo Light String Cheese except those are cheap (1pt).

Total Snack points: 2

Dinner Time- This was a chore. We had plans but they got busted. The swister ended up cooking and it typically goes two ways: Asian or Mexican. This night it went Asian.

Trader Joe’s Kung pao chicken (1 cup prepared 6pt)

Veetee Dine In Long Grain Rice (1/4 cup 2pt)

Ikea Foods Vegetable balls (3 balls 2pt)

Total Dinner Points: 10

Ended my day with a blue dot and 10 points left.

 

Tuesday Try it out day

Ah new stuff try out day. I adopted this mindset. Every Tuesday I will try something new to me. Today it’s Kind Fruit Bites – Cherry & Apple are the only two ingredients. It’s a small bag and I added it with breakfast today with a banana.

Total Breakfast Points: 3

Lunch was 1/3 cup long grain white rice (2pt), bell peppers, grilled chicken breast chunks and a little bit of soy sauce.

Total Lunch Points: 2

Snack #1 was a Frigo light string cheese- are we surprised? Later I had ½ a cup of Halo Top Vanilla Bean Light Ice Cream with Walden farms 0 calorie Caramel Dip, and fat free Redi Whip and a Banana (2pt)

Total Snack Points: 3

DINNNNNNNNNNER TIIIIIIIIME and it’s close to Taco Tuesday lol Turkey Enchiladas. We put these in the recipe builder and it’s 1 for 3 or 2 for 7 pts and they are decently sized. We use the following items:

99% Lean ground Turkey 0

Diced Green Chiles 0

Corn- drained 0

Low Sodium Black Beans not in any sauce drained. 0

Seasoning Packet

Ole Wellness wraps (1pt each)

Red Enchilada Sauce (top) 0

Trader Joe’s Lite Blend Mexican cheese 2 for ¼ cup

Kraft Fat Free Mild Cheddar cheese 0

So good. So easy. Not a lot of points.

I was SO low in points that when we did our Popeyes Blackened Chicken Tender run for lunches the rest of the week I got their Cajun Mashed Potatoes and gravy (individual size ya’ll) for 4pt.

Dinner Total: 11pt

Ended the day with a blue dot and only 20 points consumed.

 

Wacky Wednesday

You’ll see that when we hit dinner time today there was a snafu. Failure to plan left us in a pickle.

Breakfast- I bet you already know what I had for breakfast.

Total Breakfast Points: 0

Lunch: Wrap Wrap Baby Same as Monday but substitute 2 Popeye’s blackened chicken tenders for the chipotle chicken and not enough bacon bits to hit points, plus a spicy pepperjack cheese wedge. 3pt and baked Cheetos 3pt. I had some fresh fruit as well for 0 points

Total Lunch Points: 6

Snack Time means string cheese time 1pt! I also had a Buddig Chicken pack for 2pt. To try to get my points higher (Two days at 10 points under typically leaves me without a loss) I ate a tbsp. of Jiff whipped peanut butter for 2 pt.

Total Snack Time Points: 5

The day we all were late for dinner…. My sister and I both got stuck in horrific traffic. Neither of us made it home until almost 7pm and at that point what we had planned for dinner would have taken too long to make, we would have eaten late as well. Kylie stopped at Wendy’s to grab her dinner while I headed to Taco Bell. What- I had 24 points left!

What I get at Taco Bell sometimes changes. Note there are lower point options. The Fresco style shredded chicken taco is only 3 points and the fresco style crunchy or soft beef tacos are 4 each. . I hate tomatoes and onions, so that option isn’t for me. A chicken taco is 5 points and when I eat chicken every day of the week it’s nice to get something “beef”. I urge you to go on the app and look at Taco bell because they have several items in the 3-7 pt range so you can actually splurge a little bit J

Doritos Nacho Cheese Locos Taco (5)

Pintos & Cheese (6)

Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla (6)

Total Dinner Points 17

I ended Wednesday with 2 points left.

Wait until you see Thursday’s randomness. I’ve been craving some weird combos (nope not pregnant) and things are getting creative to say the least. Saturday is Cinco De Mayo and will be the first time I’ve had alcohol since starting Weight Watchers at the end of January. My weeklies reset on Saturdays of course so we’ll see what happens hah. ❤

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The day that just didn’t go right.

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Let’s start from the very beginning; it’s a very good place to start. (Who has this song stuck in your head now?) Hi friends. Today just… isn’t a glass half full day.

  1. I woke up late.
  2. We were out of coffee! (Insert scream face here)
  3. I was running late. (Which means no stopping to get coffee)
  4. My blog post about my day yesterday- gone. My system rebooted and I didn’t save it or send it to my phone.

So here’s how this is going to go. This post is going to be way less funny and cool than what I originally wrote.

Thursday

I closed ALL of my activity rings. This is an apple watch thing but I believe you can do this with your iPhone. Don’t shoot me if I’m incorrect there. I did 874/380 calories, 45/30 minutes of exercise, and 15/12 stand hours. I did 11,490 steps. I also got to try some more of the Weight Watcher branded snacks. Thursday it was Sea Salt & Hummus Chips and a Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar.

0pt Breakfast: Boring today as it was just a banana.

2pt Mid-Morning Snack: Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar by Weight Watchers. NOT.A.FAN. Cardboardy taste. Not getting this one again.

5pt Lunch: White Chicken Chili (1pt) which is only points because of seasonings. It’s a McCormick seasoning packet, water, chicken breast, and cans of white beans (make sure you scan yours).

Hormel Turkey Stick (1pt) Now I like these but a bag of 5 were over 5$ and so we won’t buy these again. Not unless we find a coupon or they are on sale. It can just eat 16 pieces of turkey pepperoni from the bag and call it a day.

Sea Salt & Hummus Chips by Weight Watchers (2pt) but 0 flavor. I ended up using a Spicy Pepper jack Laughing Cow Wedge (1pt) to make these edible.

1pt Afternoon Snack: Frigo Light String Cheese. We love a staple low point food.

14pt Dinner: Hear me out on this. You’re going to say “Kelly, how did you eat pizza for only 14 points?” Jet’s Thin Crust Pepperoni & Cheese Pizza. It’s only around 3pt per square. It’s in the tracker as 14 points for 5 squares. I also ended up eating 2 Popeye’s Blackened Chicken tenders after our walk which I counted as part of dinner. 2 is 0pts.

3pt Evening Snack: Maybe I bit unconventional- a Buddig Beef Packet. I wanted extra protein because of all the walking I did today and I needed to kill 3 more points. You can only roll over 4.

On our evening stroll my sister told me about a cult in Oregon that somehow flew under the radar called Rajneeshpuram. She apparently watched a Netflix documentary called Wild Wild Country. Let’s just say it’s pretty crazy to listen to. She went into how they picked up homeless people and brought them to their town in order to try to stay in control politically and sensing there was fraudulent behavior they stopped voter registration. That’s only happened twice ever to my knowledge. She saved me from having to tune in though. Check it out if you’re intrigued. If you prefer to read apparently there is a book called The New Republic and also The Oregonian’s 20 part investigation. The things you find out when you get outside.

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What I ate on Weight a Watchers: It’s a Monday!

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April 23rd, 2018

Let me preface. I’m a weird human. Most reading this already know this and I’m writing this for those just now dippin’ their toes in my realm. It feels like I always doing stuff and it’s never a dull moment.  I work full time as an Applications Engineer (Fancy IT title) as well as own and operate my Scentsy business full time with a team of over 60 people. I’m in an accelerated leadership program as well with Scentsy currently. I am on the go a lot. Things happen after 5 pm quickly and sometimes weird combos happen. 😉 Disclaimer over. Let’s go!

I drink a 32-ish oz coffee every morning throughout the duration of my work day. It’s Starbucks Blonde Roast Iced Coffee that you can purchase from the grocery aisle and it’s 0 points. I add 2 tbsp of Torani Sugar Free Smores Syrup (also 0 points), and 1 tbsp sugar free creamer or unsweetened almond milk for 0 points- because I personally do not like to drink calories or points. This is a personal preference. I drink a LOT of bean juice as I am in IT and it’s like a job requirement basically. Now let’s start the day!

0pt Breakfast: I eat around 9:30-10. I get to work between 7-8:30 am but I do not get hungry before then typically. I have a 9 am meeting daily so this works out.

2 cup fruit (mandarin orange segments, strawberry slices, red seedless grapes)

This gets me through to lunch. I switch my fruit up so some days it’s a banana. You’ll see as you read on.

8 pt Lunch: 4 oz Boar’s Head lemon pepper chicken breast lunch meat, 1 Laughing Cow cheese wedge Asiago flavor, Thomas Bagel Thins in Everything Bagel flavor, and PopChips BBQ flavor potato snack.

This was a new flavor we found at a supreme grocery store near Cincinnati, Ohio. It was super tasty with the Asiago cheese wedge so I hope I can find it somewhere in Columbus. I toasted my bagel thin the night before to keep it from getting soggy. I didn’t miss mayo or mustard because the cheese wedge was so creamy. The PopChips were a great swap for real potato chips. It’s 4 points though just for a serving.

7 pt Snack: So snack 1 while at work. That 3 pm need something to not crash snack was a Frigo Light Cheese Stick for 1 pt. It reminds me of my childhood and you basically get to play with your food. Nothing wrong with that.

I also had a guilty pleasure splurge snack. I do not typically eat a snack over 4 pts. The grocery in Cincinnati also has the most amazing Pepperoni & Cheese bread. I ate 1/8th of a serving which calculated to 6 pts. It was worth every.single.bite.

My life is semi crazy. You can plan and things go wrong. Tonight we were supposed to have black pepper chicken and peppers. Peppers were prepped however the chicken did not thaw. IN FACT- it was still frozen solid after being in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Lesson learned. This meant scrambling around. Which led me to this lovely dinner.

8 pt Dinner: Egg Whites, scrambled with Lite Trader Joe’s Mexican blend cheese. 2 oz Boar’s Head Cajun roast beef fried in a skillet with 1 slice thin sliced provolone cheese (we used Meijer brand). 1 piece Aunt Millie’s Lite potato bread spritzed with I Can’t Believe it’s not butter spray. 1/4 cup Bob Evans Mashed potatoes with 1/8 cup Heinz Fat Free Savory Beef gravy. Like a deconstructed Beef Hash with a different kind of potato. It was good contrary to being written on a screen. It was quick which was important because out the door I went to deliver Scentsy to a customer. I also was gifted some fun Weight Watcher branded snacks to try so stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog! ❤

**Eventually I will remember to take pictures of my food before devouring it.**