Since my last post I have finished reading what there is of the Lorien Legacies.
Some of you may have heard of the movie I Am Number Four.
This is the books series that the movie was based on.
Now I've become an addict but unfortunately, the next book won't come out till August.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself until then....
Any good suggestions for books would be greatly appreciated.
I especially need a good beach book. :) I have 6 weeks till I'll be soaking up the sun on the beach and I simply CANNOT WAIT.
With the beach trip being that close, I'm trying to get back on the exercise wagon. I went to bootcamp last Saturday and let me tell you, it KICKED.MY.BUTT. But that's what happens when you decide not to go for 2 months and then think it will be a piece of cake getting back into it. Don't get me wrong, it felt great to get back to it, but I had trouble sitting down and getting back up for 3 days afterwards. That's exactly what 5 full minutes of squats, 5 minutes of waling planks, and 5 minutes of situps does to ya. So today on my day off, I decided that I wasn't going to be lazy (which is what I usually do). So I woke up, ate breakfast and started to clean out the pantry (it's been 2 weeks since I did it, so it was time to do it again per my day zero project list). The pantry was surprisingly clean so I decided to clean out the refrigerator instead. Tell me if you can see a difference.
Oh, but before that, I made these delicious caramel cookies!
I got the recipe from Weight Watchers, so they're not as bad for you as normal cookies are. And the recipe is super simple!
Cream together 1 stick of butter, 1 cup dark brown sugar, 1 large egg, and 1 tsp vanilla. Add 1 cup all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup whole wheat flour, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp baking soda. Then scrape the dough out of bowl and onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Roll dough into a log, about 2 1/2-inches wide; completely wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 20 minutes or up to overnight. One you take it out, cut the dough into 1/8-inch-thick slices and arrange on several large ungreased cookies sheets about 1- to 1 1/2-inches apart. Bake until lightly browned around edges, about 8 to 10 minutes in a 400° oven. And voila. Delicious cookies.
After I ate a couple :) I thought that maybe I should actually work out so Denise and I spent some quality time together.
She also kicked my butt, but not as bad as bootcamp did. I think I'll try doing my video more often. Maybe I'll get better results when I weigh in every week. Which brings me to an idea that I saw on Pinterest. I know that I have lost a significant amount of weight, but I'm having trouble visualizing how much it actually is, so hopefully this will help!
Maybe it will help motivate me to reach my goal so I can finally cross something else off my list. :) Well, that's all for now. Talk to you guys soon. :)
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