Happy & Healthy Saturday! =)

Well, this Arbonne protein shake was my "brunch" meal this morning (brunch only because I slept till noon, which was amazing). lol  A banana, baby spinach, kale, blueberries, strawberries, avocado and/or PB2, chocolate protein, and cashew milk!  I'm fully aware that doesn't sound like it'd be any good, but once it's all blended together, it's a creamy, filling chocolate shake with a hint of fruit and peanut butter. :)  The chocolate really overpowers everything else, and you don't taste the spinach or kale at all, (which is ideal and the only way I'll ever get those nutrients consistently).  Anyway, I need to order more Arbonne powder and make it a regular meal routine - it's a LOT of good nutrition and only 6 (w/PB2) or 8 (w/avocado) WW points!! #winning  (It's pretty cute how I'll look up the points on something like this but just 'forget' all about tracking when I go to Olive Garden... hmmm.)

"Possibly the most impressive thing about a salad is that you can eat tons and tons of it and never be satisfied. After I’ve eaten a salad, I always feel like I’ve earned something, like a meal..." ~Jim Gaffigan

I so thought of this exact quote when I stopped by Sonic for chili-cheese tater tots after eating an unsatisfying salad at Chili's the other day! lol  #dietfail  Truly healthy eating feels like the impossible dream to me apart from shakes that mask the healthy stuff with chocolate flavor.

Chettles posted this the other day, and it made me laugh:

It's funny because it's true!! I know it's hard for a lot of people, and I'm definitely one of them. I heart chocolate and pizza and pasta and cookies. And enchiladas and candy and cake and ice cream. lol  I was doing so well on WeightWatchers over Thanksgiving and Christmas that I assumed when the new year hit, it would just be a breeze... but somewhere between Vegas and Big Cedar and everyone in the world having a birthday, I got way off track and have stuh-rug-gled to really get back on consistently... kind of a long two-steps-forward, one-step-back dance. Which is why I haven't posted much on that subject in a while, but I promise another update at the end of April.

My mind works in mysterious ways sometimes, and over the last couple months, I'd been having visions or daydreams (not sure what to call them - just things I would randomly picture while fully awake) of myself falling, hard and dramatically. Like down an entire flight of stairs at the courthouse (or outside if I was thinking about taking a walk, or at the BOK Center if I was thinking about going to a concert or something) or I'd picture suddenly losing my balance and severely twisting my ankle -- things that have never actually happened to me, as I'm not super-active or super-clumsy. (I've had a few falls, but nothing too awful, and have never broken or sprained anything in my life.) Anyway, it kept happening and seemed odd to me, so I finally googled it and read that falling dreams/daydreams often reflect inner anxiety, feeling out of control, and a fear of public failure. Umm, awesome. lol I knew immediately that it was probably diet-and-weight-loss related for me, so that's another obvious motivator to get back on track now. When I feel like I'm taking control and on a consistent solid path, not putting people-pleasing pressure on myself or trying to overcompensate for bad choices, then I don't have those creepy falling daydreams! 

I'm off to a better start this month, and I have just under 7 months till my November one-year mark, by which I hope to have lost a total (for the year, including the 30 I've lost already) of at least 70 pounds - which should be doable - so get excited!!

In other news, I have the cutest niece and nephews EVER!!!

Not even kidding. Here's Kyndal Faith at the dentist recently - I can't even. SO ADORABLE!

The Jaceman and Rach at his B-day lunch (I think)... cuteness!

And here's Carter Lee, Rach, and Triston Michael the day they got back from their Disney trip!

So happy - this is one of my favorite pics of them, ever!!

And here's a pic I just love of the Miss K holding her baby doll (named "Babydoll") and watching from Mom and Dad's backyard as Dad and Jace go golfing (as Jace looks back at her and Mamaw in the backyard)! =) The grass is always greener... lol

Mmm, I need to see and hug them all ASAP!!

That's all for today. Happy Saturday, and hope you have a lovely weekend! =)