Domestic Chicky

Well, Christmas is over, and New Year’s isn’t really an indulgent holiday for me, so I have been doing some hunting around the web for diet advice, tips, tricks, etc…I plan on doing the weight watchers for the most part, but I have come across some great tools no matter what method you choose!

If you’re having trouble deciding which program to follow, check out Diet Television. I found this link on one of my favorite new (to me) blogs, Buzz Off. You pick the preferences you want in a diet, and it gives you 5 options to choose from! From there, I checked out the SELF Diet Club-it’s free if you subscribe to self, which I decided I needed to , and has all kinds of charts, meal planners, exercise counters…

I also found a link to Hungry Girl, an amazingly cool site where the “hungry girl” has tips, ideas, polls and even a game called “Whack-a-snack”.

One of my favorite healthy meals is Chicken marinated in Italian Dressing, a little parmesan, and grilled with a bit of Paula Deen’s house seasoning (1/2c salt, 1/4c garlic powder, 1/4c pepper), brown rice and veggies. Sooo yummy. We’ll probably have that at least once or twice a week. Any more and DH will protest . I usually make a little extra chicken and put it on a salad the next day. It’s also great on a half of a baked potato with a little lowfat ranch dressing or salsa….

Ok, I have made myself hungry…The Great Hot Mama project begins January 5th! See this post over at Mom-o-Matic for details and the list of participants!

While I live in California, we are at a bit of an elevation, and about 5 minutes up from us the weekend storm left about 4-5″ of snow. We went and played a bit, and I played around with the camera on my Treo…enjoy!

Edited to add: It was 46* at 1pm yesterday, and 26* last night…GAH!!!!!!

Posted Via Zoey the Treo….

For the last 3 months I have been swimming in the Deep End of the Pool, and lost almost 22 pounds of baby fat (well, I DID get it FROM my babies!!!)! Since variety is the spice of life, I’m gonna do a change up and Lotta from Mom-O-Matic and I are gonna join Weight Watchers, post about it (the good the bad and the wayyy too ugly for words), and report our results. Reduce the junk in our collective trunks so to speak. We have the lovely mama from O the Joys helping us on our WW crusade, as she has lost a whole buncha junk and looks so pretty up on the pedestal we put her on…

So as of the first friday in January, I will be counting points, kvetching with Lotta, and thinking up a good reward if we meet our goals…Makeovers??  

Here’s what I’m working on…

In here somewhere is 3 bags, 3 scarves, a couple of aprons, a book I’m dying to make something out of, and my so-far halfhearted attempt at knitting…

I’m also trying to convince my 18 month old that no, he is NOT a hothouse flower…

…and I’ve been playing around with my new MP3 player. It comes from Best Buy, and it has 2G, an FM radio, AND plays videos! I have downloaded my Audible books to it, so I can listen to Amy Sedaris while I’m walking or puttering around. And the price is quite a bit cheaper than the iPod. Ooh, I think I need to make a soft case for it now!! Back to the sewing table…

PS-We were looking at those ambilight tv’s the other day, and I found out you can watch movie previews on the computer with a simulated Ambilight background…it’s kinda cool! Look here…The new Ben Stiller movie looks pretty funny!