Not Your Average Fat Kid

Let's get real for a second. Sometimes you need a cookie. But not some crappy dry cookie. You need that perfect cookie that's a delicate mix of salty and sweet. We have found that cookie. We. Found. THE. Cookie. It's here . That's the holy grail of cookie recipes. The best part? It's a recipe for cookies for 2. As in we don't have 5 dozen cookies laying around (CURSES!), and we could indulge in moderation. Granted, I wanted to smack my husband's plate out of his hands and eat his cookies off the floor, but whatever… Oh you like them cookies?? Yeah, OK, I was giving him the side eye. Or at least his cookies. And that's not some shady euphemism, this is a family blog! A family blog that's really passionate about cookies, anyway... So, I'm really proud of us that we even sought out a recipe for cookies for only 2. You know, instead of the typical 2-5 dozen. Hello self-control! I've made a new policy that we can't keep sw...

So there are 2 big things on my mind these days: money. puppies. Haaa you thought I was going to say something about babies, didn't you? Not for awhile, my friends.  So anyway. The Bearded Wonder has recently gotten himself a shiny new job, but prior to that we were saying "muchos gracias" to uncle Sam for unemployment benefits. Suffice to say, money has been a constant thought on our minds for 6-ish months. I started reading this blog, Budgets Are Sexy , and I have to tell you, it's cracking me up. It's real, practical advice, and the guy calls himself J Money. He basically teaches you how to make it rain by saving money and doing side hustles (see? I'm picking up his slang already. Holler. or something.) I've decided to pick up my own side hustle, and am in the process of getting a part-time gig with Lane Bryant . I love that store. They have fleece lined leggings for my booty, and super cute dresses that make me sashay like RuPaul. I won...

I've changed the look of the blog again. I know, I know, I went through a phase last year where I changed it regularly, but I think I really like this one and I think it's going to stick for a minute! =) New year, new blog look. Sounds good, right? Sorry there's been nothing but radio static as of late, but I've been mulling over revamping the blog… I know it started out as a tool in accountability with eating and exercising, but honestly, it's so up and down. I mean if you're a fat kid trying to lose weight or tone up or whatever, it's generally pretty up and down. But as I've mentioned before, if there's nothing happening on the blog, then there's probably not much happening with the food/exercise. I've been thinking of expanding the blog to be about any and every thing happening in our lives, but would anyone really read it? Then again I didn't expect people to read this blog, so who knows! =) I had started that 90-day thing w...

As my sweet Bearded Wonder is celebrating the week before my birthday, "counting down" if you will, we went to National Harbor since it's kind of "our spot". We had our first date there, he considered proposing there, we've had swing dance events there… It's been a pretty special place in our lives together. So imagine my surprise when some random stranger almost managed to completely ruin our date night tonight. We walked into this cute gourmet kitchen store that had food samples, kitschy dishes, fancy jams, etc. One sales associate was at the front of the store and greeted us, and we went about sampling the various spreads, oohing and ahhing over the different flavors. We meandered up front, and the bright-haired girl looks at us with doe eyes and says " Congratulaaations !" She had "aww there's a baby" face. I knew what the "congratulations" meant, but we both responded with "…For what??" Her doe e...

I've had a realization the last couple of weeks or so. I hate TurboFire . Not like in a "Bleehhh I don't want to work out" kind of way. Oooo girl, check out that five head. Bangs can't hide that!  But more in a "GYAH THIS IS SO OBNOXIOUS I CAN'T TAKE HER SERIOUSLY WHEN SHE'S NOT SWEATING!!!" kind of way. We started one of the DVDs tonight, and I swear we did the same stupid sequence for a solid 4 minutes. 4 minutes. So we switched to the Tone 30 DVD, and while I still don't understand how the instructor had a perfectly teased blowout and didn't seem to sweat, I hated it substantially less. We used resistance bands  and sweated like fools. I grunted. I yelled. She said "No frowning, you should be smiling!" and I yelled "I WILL NEVER SMILE!" My arms are trembling. My glutes are on fire. FIRE. Suffice to say, we made it through the workout. I think this is just a ridiculous thing where I'm g...

Hi everyone. My name is Redhead, and I haven't blogged in 3 weeks. <Hi Redhead> So it's been 3 weeks! Bearded Wonder and I have [mostly] been doing TurboFire, buuut stuff has been kind of incredibly insane the last few days, so we haven't been able to work out. That being said, this girl has lost 6  pounds. We've done some really exciting, yet really maintainable changes with our diet. The plan was to cut out sugar, fried food, super processed foods (basically all the good things in life), which we've been doing for the most part. We [generally] aren't eating bread with sugar (we just make our own*), sticking with whole wheat pasta, avoiding sweet sauces (bbq, ketchup, etc.), and the obvious: not eating cookies/candies/cake/etc. SO. Overall it's gone really well. But I've also had some really great moments working on my moderation . Yeah, it'd be great if I could cut this stuff out forever and just drop all the weight be...

Those are the thoughts that run through my mind during a zumba class. Then again, I'm also thinking: " Oh Lord, I'm so sorry I just bent over in front of you " and " Oh yowza- my feeties! ", or " Oooo forget it, I'm taking my shirt off! " (Yes, that happened tonight). I've joined a 90-day commitment to fitness on Facebook with some girl friends. We've all committed to 4+ times of workout/week for at least 30 minutes, being accountable with each other, and probably some kind of diet plan. Hubbins has said he'll do it with me, but he's not in the group since several of us (ugghhh) have posted "Before" pictures. We're (hubby and I) also going to take our measurements and weigh ourselves to see how this goes over the next 90 days. 90 days… Geez. That's no joke. It's not like the ~20 day things I've done before. This is through the holidays. This is through all the pies, mini candies, and CHRISTMAS COO...