I have become a big fan of Katie’s Gourmet Instant Oatmeal in the last few months and have finally tried all the flavors. Sunday Special has to be my absolute favorite, replacing Berry DeLite by a thin margin. I think why I like it so much is the chocolate chips! Who doesn’t like chocolate? 🙂  They melt when you heat it up and add a chocolatey flavor to the oatmeal that I don’t think I have ever had before and absolutely love. I was hesitant on the banana in this flavor at first as I typically only like banana bread and real bananas. Anything else with banana flavor, I shy…

Well, here we are just about a week shy of my finale of my Healthy Living experiment and I have to say that I am feeling really good about myself. Sure there are areas that I have not perfected and areas that I epically failed at (dang diet soda!) but I do think that I have definitely made a conscious effort to think before I put something in my body for nutrition reasons. Besides eating two Doritos chips off my boyfriend’s son’s plate at a cookout, I have not had a potato chip since Lent began. And I can say that I honestly don’t miss them. Tortilla chips are another…

This week was a lot better for me. Though I did have one quite indulgent meal, I really was very well behaved for the rest of the week. I really watched my portion sizes and made sure that I knew exactly what I was putting in my body. Friday night, my guy and I attempted to check out Tubby’s outside of Whitewater. We pulled into the lot and already realized we were going to be waiting. We got inside and it was very crowded and we just decided to go somewhere else as we were starving.  He suggested the Duck Inn and not being familiar with the area, I agreed.…