Monday, again

So, nice weekend even though the weather was terrible Saturday and we cancelled snorkeling. On the plus side, we live here so we can go any time! Lots of yard and house work accomplished. The boy and I went for a nice walk last night – the dog park was voted “too muddy” to take the dog. Ha!


Saturday morning I went to the gym with hub (for cardio mainly – I do my weights at work or at home with the kettlebells). His weight routine takes an hour so I programmed the dreadmill for 60 minutes of hills. Each piece of cardio equipment comes equipped with a tv and a fan. I never understood folks who could read while on an elliptical or something, but I’m not averse to watching the tv to change it up from my mp3 player. I watched British soccer on ESPN 8 or something – that was the channel it was on and cute guys being sporty seemed like a pretty good choice.

In a week hub has lost over 5 pounds and his blood sugar has come down from the 180s to the 130s (137 this morning). Behold the power of food and exercise. It has to be over 125 to be considered ‘diabetes’. Granted, a reading of 80 is better, but he is on his way and thrilled with how quickly he is seeing changes. He already feels much better!

Tomorrow I go for a teeth cleaning and I’ll ask the dentist what the outcome of her consult was with the oral surgeon. That giant sucking sound you hear is money going from us to the dental professionals. I have shallow roots. I have great hygiene – just lousy roots.

I’ve lost 4.5 pounds since my last WW visit 2 weeks ago. Sweet! Workout today was kettlebells. I am doing the front and back side of the minute for the first 2 rotations of Tracy Reifkind’s “Give and Take” video – it works out to 20 swings per minute for 18 minutes, plus warm-up. I am currently using my 18 pound kettlebell.

In other news, I was a cooking fool this weekend. I made kale chips (in the dehydrator) and crackers. The boy pronounced kale chips “too weird” and the crackers as tasting “just like seeds” (considering the fact that the recipe is just 2 cups seeds to 1 cup water and a little seasoning, I don’t find this a shocking development). Hub loves the crackers and thinks they make a great snack with a little pb.

Dinner last night was a roasted turkey breast (cheaper than fancy Whole Foods sliced turkey), corn on the cob, and roasted green beans. Tonight is fish and salad and broccoli and quinoa. Death by green vegetable is the current motto in our house. Just kidding. But I’m not. I’m out of green vegetable ideas and I’m a woman who gets a CSA box! Luckily everyone loves roasted brussel sprouts.