It's Never Gonna Stop!

Well, winter's here. It snowed all last night and yesterday. It snowed the day before and the day before that and the day before that. I don't think it's ever going to stop.

My workout yesterday was...you guessed it, shovelling. I got the car stuck in the driveway yesterday afternoon and had to spend an hour digging myself out. Thankfully, our next door neighbour came along with his big orange tractor and scooped out the end of our driveway. I wouldn't have gotten out at all if he hadn't come along. My three-year-old was very impressed with the tractor, boys and their machines.

When my husband got home and cleaned the driveway up, I could really see how deep the snow had gotten. It's up to my knees in places, which is approximately the same height as my dog. I had to take her out in it.

It was priceless, watching her hop through the snow and the look of terror on her face when she realized the snow was up to her eyes. She tried to dog paddle through it. It was fantastic. She didn't last long before she wanted to go back inside.

It's just above freezing now (though it's still snowing) which makes it kind of crummy for Xcountry skiing. I guess I'll take the snowshoes out again and try not to get blisters this time.

I’m not sure if I have a losing week coming my way. Hopefully my weight at least holds steady. How’s everybody else doing?

Pancake Tuesday, yum, yum, I'm Still Hungry

We had pancakes for supper last night. Why? Because, it was Pancake Tuesday and I’m a sucker for food-related holidays.

I don’t like to brag, but my pancakes turned out perfectly. Non of the credit goes to me, however. My success is 100% due to the electric griddle I picked up at WalMart last summer. How I muddled through life without one is a mystery. Well, not really. I wasn’t muddling through very well. Up ‘til now my pancakes have been terrible.

We had chocolate chunck pancakes with natural maple syrup and fruit on the side. It was like eating desert for dinner.

I used Aunt Jemima Complet Original pancake mix and added a chopped up square of Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate. It wasn’t the caloric nightmare I expected. A serving of two pancakes ended up being approximately 180 calories, 3.5 g of fat and 1 g of fiber. Add another 60 calories for each tablespoon of natural maple syrup and it was still a really reasonable treat.

I was, however, absolutley STARVING by bedtime! I tried to temper my hunger with peppermint tea. I try to use peppermint tea to solve all of life’s woes, but it can only do so much.

Snowshoeing Update

I have the biggest, grossest blister on my foot from our snowshoeing expedition the other day. I have blisters on both feet actually, but the one is particularily disgusting. Just thought I’d share.

If you get The CW you might want to catch Dr. Oz today at 4:00 pm. I believe today’s episode is on weightloss. His audience will be comprised of people who have lost over 100 lbs and have kept it off for an extended period of time. It could be quite inspiring.