Christmas Lights for Fat Loss

Just a quick note today to show you some of my holiday decorations.

I really love getting things decorate for the holidays it brings me
a lot of joy; and to frame it in exercise terms it can be an
excellent day of active rest.

I know it took me about 5 hours to prep and get my outdoor
lights up you definitely use a lot more energy(aka calories)
doing that than sitting on the couch watching football

As yo can see I still have some unfinished business
with the tree decorating but I will get to that this weekend.

The big stuff outside is done and that is what I take
a lot of joy in.

During our after dinner walk around the neighborhood last night
I was assessing my standings in the neighborhood I would say
I rank top 5.

I am already planning on what's to do to move up the ladder
for next year.

A couple quick take home points here on fat loss:

1. Getting out for a late evening walk is a great way to
spend quality time with a significant other.

At the same time keep you moving towards your goals with a little light
movement and way from the freezer or pantry where you might
otherwise be sabotaging your efforts with your 'night time routine'

2. Alway be looking forward and trying to improve whether it
is fat loss or christmas decorating.

I will definitely take time to enjoy my ligths; but I will be thinking
about what and how I am going make them even greater for me
next year.

Not to show my neighbors up, although I am very competitive; but
moreover to bring more from something I really enjoy.

As you can see I love my outdoor Christmas lights

I actually have more that I would like to put up

but I ran out of extension cords and I need a taller

ladder.

Wait till next year.....

This might be the best looking tree we have ever had the bummer is it doesn't have much smell which is a big part of the reason to get a real tree in my book

Just wanted to take a quick moment to share some personal stuff and few under appreciated tactics for fat loss.

There seems to be a lot of people with heads down this year of how bad things are or will be. Take some time to enjoy what you have, for me a few simple strands of lights, a little, time and a little money spent sure make me happy during the holidays.

If you have a moment please leave a comment below about what makes you happy

Enjoy

Troy M Anderson

Arizona Personal Trainer

We Could All Use More Friends

We all need more good friends you know the kind you call inan instant even though you hadn’t talked to them in 10yrs; and less hangers-on that are fake and full ‘oshit.

The above statement was something that I wrote in my 'I Believe' post.

Would you like to be friends or follow?

As you can tell I am big fan of having good friend; as a matterof fact you can't have too many of them, in my opinion.

I am lucky enough to good friend that live all over this country actually all over the world.

I love to interact with people probably one of my favorite things to do; for example a few weeks ago I noticed someone was having a bit of trouble signing into one of my sites, so I sent her any e-maila sking if she was having trouble by then she had it worked out.

By that e-mail led to a very cool 10 or so e-mail exchange I got to learn an awful lot about this lady.

She actually share some very good tips on raising kids and is actually quite an inspriation herself.
Anyway with all this technology I would like to share and communicate and today I would like to use it to meet few more of you.

I must confess I am addicted to facebook and subsequently TwitterI love these 2 brand new pieces of technology, and I constantly updatingwhat I am doing.

I am so addicted that I can even update my 'status' from my cell phoneyeah I have it bad, yet it is so fun.

Just last night I had like a hour conversation with a friend on facebookthat I haven't seen in probably 15yrs, but still very cool and fun.

Even my sister is now on facebook, of course it will take an act of god to get my dad up the the 1990's, I don't think he even knows how to turn on a computer.

Long story short I would like to either make you a friend on facebook or do a reciprocal 'follow' on twitter, either way it will be fun.

I look forward to meeting you

PS - I am also in a contest with one of the girls at the office her to seewho has the most friends on facebook, I am losing badly right now, soby becoming my friend you will help me close the gap.




Enjoy



Troy M Anderson
Arizona Personal Trainer

$70 or Bust?

Well, even among the "controversy" we made it... with $4.44 left in my little grocery change purse. I broke down and bought Troy 2 jars of salsa at Safeway for $5 total. I'll be rolling the $4.44 into next months grocery budget.

With the money we saved (we figure it was $250 based on our previous budgets), we bought laminate flooring for the babies room. Total for the flooring was $240.72 and hopefully we can take one of those boxes back if the cutting and laying goes well.

Troy is off on another challenge, just him for a week. Maybe we'll try another grocery challenge in January using no meat from the freezer :) Then again, it will all depend on when this baby decides it's time (due date: January 28th).

Shelle Anderson, CBCS
AZ Personal Trainer

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7 Days to Go - Is There Real $9.44 Left??

This weekend my mom is in town... so I took her to the market, Fry's and Albertson's with me this morning (Saturday). First stop, the market.


1 bunch kale (.79)

4 - 4.4 oz containers of blueberries (2.00)

6 - Orange bell peppers (2.00)

1.17 lbs broccoli crowns (.69)

2.32 lb naval oranges (.78)

3 - Yellow bell peppers (1.00)

1 bag celery hearts (.50)

6 - cucumbers (1.00)

1.24 lbs zucchini (.42)

1.75 lbs Granny Smith apples (1.73)

2 - 12oz blackberries (1.38)


Total Bill was $12.29


Then off to Fry's. Love having mom along because then I can actually use 6 of each coupon. We got 6 boxes of Celestial Seasoning tea bags (20 ct) for.... FREE.

The tea was on sale for $1 a box and then I had .55 coupons which doubled to the $1.00 max. Troy has been brewing his own tea at home instead of buying it at the store to save on his allowance $$. The non sale price of each box of tea was $3.79. I have 3 more coupons to use later today at another Fry's store :)


Final stop was Albertson's. I was able to use my $5 off $20 purchase from Fresh & Easy making this a good trip. Total before coupons was $20.44.


3 - boxes Swiss Miss Cocoa

3 - Betty Crocker frosting (donate)

3 - bags Green Giant Steamers frozen veggies

3 - dozen Large eggs

1 - 1/2 gallon fat free milk

3 - 4 pack of Scott TP

1 - 3lb bag of frozen chicken


Total after coupons: $3.92


So, with 8 days to go we have $10.54 left in my little grocery "purse". Looks like Troy may get some of his favorite salsa or some chicken sausage before the end of the challenge :)


Moving ahead to Sunday, had one last $5 off $20 F&E coupon that expired today and we got new coupons in the paper today. Took mom along for the ride again. We hit Albertson's first:


3 - Betty Crocker Frosting (donate, $3.00 before coupons)

3 - Green Giant Steamers ($3 before coupons)

3 - 4 pack of Scott TP ($3 plus tax before coupons)

3 - bags Fress Express Spinach ($3 before coupons)

1.64 lbs of pork chops ($4.08)

1 - Crest Weekly Clean Toothpaste ($4.29 before coupons)

1 - pack Orbit gum (1.19)


Total before coupons went to -.09 so we had to throw in a pack of gum in order to bring us above a negative $$ amount. Total out of pocket was $1.10 which now leaves us with $9.44 in the budget.


Then we headed to Fry's, we got more coupons for Celestial seasonings tea bags so we grabbed another 6 boxes (3 each) and paid $0.00 each again.


Tonight dinner is going to be pork chops, steamers veggies and a mixed fruit salad for dessert. Yumm-o!

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Arizona Personal Training

Is My Wife Going to Bust the Grocery Budget?

Moving on... and still within budget. Although, there is a dilemna on the horizon which I'll go into later.


This weekend at the market, I bought:

1 bunch Kale (.79)2 Large Avocado (.68)
1 Mango (.50)
1 Cantaloupe (.50)
3 Packages of Sliced Mushrooms (1.00)
1.57 lb Bananas (.53)
1 Jicama (.53)
2 Red Peppers (1.38)
1 Yellow Pepper (.89)
12 oz Fresh Blackberries (.89)
2 Packages Fresh Blueberries (1.00)

Total Spent: $8.52

Which leaves us with $26.75 in the budget with 11 days left to go.


I'm going to head to Fry's later this week to get some freebies and try to work in a bit of free chicken with my $5 off $20 Fresh and Easy coupon. In case you're following along, Fry's is taking all competitor coupons including those Fresh & Easy ones, until 12/30.

Now the dilemna, my mom arrives on Friday.


We have a brunch scheduled for Sunday with some of my girlfriends.


Now based on the rules, that should come out of my $20 allowance. Or should it?


Since its a special function... votes from anyone?


Can I use my "ladies lunching" fund to pay for me and my mom's brunch, or do I need to use my allowance?And if I use my "ladies lunching" stash of cash... did I break the rules?


I say no since its not grocery money... but Troy says yes since its food.

Thoughts... input.... comments welcome.


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Troy M Anderson
Arizona Personal Trainer