Monday morning at 1:00 am, we were awaken by the sound of the warning sirens, we gathered the animals, closed the interior doors and sat down on the floor of the hallway. Ten minutes later the sirens were done although the hail was still pounding the roof, I have to say that my initial thought was, what an inconvenience, the sirens, Abby barking, the pounding hail and no sleep, but it wasn't long that I was sound asleep in my nice warm cozy bed.
We woke up around eight in the morning and the sun was shining, what a beautiful day, the weather forecast was for severe thunderstorms late in the day though. Monday was set to be a fun day at Horses of Hope as the following week was the last day of the school program and since we were not going to have any programs for a few weeks we had a potluck with the volunteers and staff. We rode horses, learned how to drive a cart and played horsey games, everyone had a great time and the directors presented the volunteers with a Most Valuable Volunteer trophy.
Learning how to drive a cart with a miniature horse
Riding Romeo, a champion show horse
Yeah! My trophy
It started raining around 2pm and by 3pm the thunder was really rumbling. We put the horses away and headed home, by the time we got home it wasn't raining very hard so we planned to go to the store a little later. It was around 7:30 that we started out the door and it just started pouring and as we watched it for a few minutes the warning sirens went off again and for a moment we actually thought about going but quickly came to our senses and got back in the house. By the way everyone's fine, even the animals.
Weigh in today was a surprise as I lost 1.6 pounds, I'm not suppose to be losing on maintenance so I better increase my daily points again, this week I will be at 34 points hopefully that will let me start leveling off. Jan had a great week with a loss of 2.8 pounds and is looking forword to another great week. The next installment of Mind Tricks to fool yourself into eating less is:
7. Cue the Ambiance - Dim the lights and turn on some music, a 2012 Cornell University study found that doing do caused diners to eat 18% less. They also rated the food more enjoyable.
8. Keep Your Mouth Busy - You might be factoring in the calories of your dinner, but did you include all the sneaky bites you took while cooking? Try chewing gum or sucking on a cough drop during meal prep to keep you from eating the ingredients.
Remember "The time is always right to do what is right"
Water is so important for good health and we should make sure and drink at least 48 ounces a day, so make sure you drink water that tastes good and that you like. On that note me food find is my favorite bottled water, Glaceau Smart Water.
What! Were you expecting nutritional information
You know I'm a sweet freak so here's this weeks recipe.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
Servings: 10 • Serving Size: 1/10 • Calories:
217 • Fat: 6 g • Protein: 3 g • Carb: 33 g • Fiber: 1.5
g
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 5 oz reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup Better n
Peanut Butter
- 8 oz fat free frozen whipped topping,
- reduced fat graham cracker pie crust
- 3 tbsp Hershey's chocolate syrup
Directions:
Beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar together in a
medium bowl
Mix in Better 'n Peanut Butter and beat until smooth. Fold
in whipped topping.
Spoon into graham cracker pie shell; cover, and refrigerate
until firm, at least 2-3 hours. Drizzle with chocolate syrup before
serving
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