"Please, sir, may I have another?"

Hi, I hope everybody who was interested enjoyed the SuperBowl. I'm strictly Anti-SuperBowl. I was just anxiously awaiting the return of Glee after the SuperBowl. If you don't watch Glee, you should. It's more fun than football!

 I've had some exciting things happen this week. First, there is a new man in my life. His name is Anthony and I'll be seeing him twice a week at the gym so that he can kick my ass. Week 1 was kinda hard. To start with we are mostly working on strengthening my core using my own body weight. Looking forward to our session tomorrow.  Today was my first ever Zumba class! OMG! It was so fun! Can't wait to go back! I feel like I have been adequately trained to shake my ass. Crazy dancing fun I tell ya!

I also wanted to share the recipes below, just follow the links.  These are from Eatingwell.com. The Turkey Mini Meatloaves are awesome and I've made them for the second time today. Love them. I'm just trying out the Yukon Gold & Sweet Potato Mash this week. I tend to have marathon cooking sessions on Sunday's to prep for the week. So, after Zumba and cooking I'm wiped out. Hope everyone has a good week.

Turkey Mini Meatloaves

Yukon Gold & Sweet Potato Mash

Jaime:)

A Year in Review

Hello out there! I know it's been a while and I'm sorry about that. My intention for this blog was to make myself accountable to all of you in the hopes that it would push me to reach my goal. This was a hard year. Now, I have a general facebook/blog policy of not talking about work or the people I work with but I feel like I need to examine what went down at my place of employment. About this time last year I was left in a difficult work situation. There was a parting of the ways so to speak and I was left some very large shoes to fill. So, I went from working 40hrs a week to working 50 or 60. Working on Saturdays,Sundays and late at night. It felt like everything was on fire and I put alot of pressure on myself to do a good job. Also going on this past year, my sister Melanie is no longer in Atlanta and is going through a tough time with something I can't help her with. I miss them being so close and the fact that I can't help makes me frustrated and angry.

So, I sacrificed the time I spent at the gym and running for work. My eating went totally out of control. Ben & Jerry was my BFF and we spent many a night together. So after a year of hard work what do I have to show for it? A 40lb weight gain, a one year prescription for anti-depressants, my blood-pressure is under surveillance, and a raise. Now that I've written it all down, it doesn't really seem like a fair exchange. I didn't handle the stress well. I just went into panic mode and freaked out. What can I learn from this so I don't make the same mistakes again? I mean the stress of my job isn't going anywhere so I've got to learn to cope with it better. I think that is Lesson #1. Stress Management.

I plan to make 2011 a better year. More to come...