Today is my 2 year wedding anniversary with my husband Peter! I cannot believe that it has been this long already. WOW! Time flies so fast. We have been together for 7 years! It’s amazing. I am just as much in love with him as I was 7 years ago. He is my everything, my best friend, my confidant, my life. I don’t know what I would do in this world without him!

So I thought I would post some pictures to show how much we have changed since the wedding. Peter’s hair is longer (In a pony tail now!!) and mine is going back to my natural brown colour ( ). I am 70lbs lighter than I was too! Here are pictures of our wedding day, our 1st anniversary and then today, our second anniversary:

I hope for many more happy years for us. I am glad he is the one I am growing old with. I love him so much

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I am currently banana crazy. I make sure that I have at least one banana a day, usually at breakfast. I get a little upset if I don’t have a banana in the morning. It’s a little scary how crazy I am But then I find that one of the most delicious and healthy snacks that I indulge in while being on WW is a banana with peanut butter at night! I am currently obsessed. And it’s not an unhealthy snack either. PB has so much protein and I get a fruit in with the banana. Anyway, the reason I am writing all this is because for the past 2 days, all 4 grocery stores that are around my house have had only GREEN bananas! It’s horrible. And let me tell you that I am very picky about my bananas. I won’t eat them if they are green. I won’t eat them if they are black. They have to be perfect. A little bit of green near the stem and the rest of the banana has to be a nice golden yellow. We bought some organic bananas yesterday (which were almost the perfect Carolynne colour) but they were 40 cents more a pound. They were out today when I went to look. UGH! Why can’t there be a surplus of perfect bananas! I am in banana withdrawal. *ahem* I am crazy, I know.

When I was shopping today I noticed that the stores are putting out their Halloween candy already! I suppose it’s only two months away….but still I don’t know how I will do with all that candy around. I mean it’s kind of perfect for me actually…because they are all small individual bags. So instead of buying a big bag of fuzzy peaches and eating the whole damn bag, I can buy a bag of individual packages and only let myself have one at a time. I am going to look into the WW points values for my favourite candies and see what I might be able to buy and what I definitely shouldn’t!!

Speaking of WW, I am 94% done with my weight loss. I am almost at my goal. I only have 4.2lbs left to go. When I started in January, I never ever thought I would get this far. I thought for sure I would give up like I do every time I try to diet. But for some reason, I was really motivated and committed this time. See, it really shows that if you stick to something and your mind is in it, it really works!! And WW shows you how to eat properly while allowing you to indulge in your favourite foods every now and then. For example, I had Mcdonalds for supper tonight and it was so yummy!!!

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Last week Peter and I took a trip down to Great Falls, Montana. It’s about a 5 hour drive from Calgary. The reason we went was for shopping. Peter had some vacation days that he needed to use up before the end of August (because they expire September 1st) so I thought why not take a trip instead of sitting at home doing nothing. He was reluctant at first because he has never travelled to the States. He really has no desire to travel anywhere. But I managed to convince him…beg him really! LOL

We had a great time and the weather was AWESOME! I found a lot of lower fat foods that I can’t buy here in Canada. Including some WW Smart Ones. I got some frozen ice cream pie things which are super yummy. I checked the grocery here and we don’t have them Boo. Oh well. Peter also found some clothes and some Magic game cards that he wanted. There were TONS of dvds that we go too! I even found Family Matters: Season 1 on dvd!!!! I have been waiting forever for it to come out! Ah, now I hope they don’t wait too long to release the remaining 8 seasons.

We went to the most delicious Mexican restaurant while we were there. It’s called On The Border. I think it’s a pretty famous chain in the States owned by Chili’s. I want to move to Great Falls just so I can eat at OTB every week!! It was phenomenal food. I also had 2 margaritas which were to die for. AH! I desperately wish we had a Mexican restaurant here in Calgary that is half as good as OTB!! AH. I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and saw a huge container of OTB Strawberry Margarita mix. I might have to pick it up next time I am there….although it’s not a good indulgence for WW if I have it on hand all the time

So I applied for a US Mastercard because I have been taking quite a few trips to the States lately and I have even more planned. I am going 3 more times before 2010 is over. The credit card will be way easier than carrying around tons of US money. Safer too! YAY.

On a different note, I made a new couscous recipe for supper last night that called for pine nuts. I went to buy them yesterday and found out that they are extremely expensive little buggers! All the other nuts were between $0.40-$1.50 for 100 grams and the pine nuts were $6.59 for 100 grams!!! I couldn’t believe it. I bought them anyway and the couscous was so delicious. I guess they are worth the price. But I won’t be buying them very often, that’s for sure. I wonder why they are so expensive anyway?! Maybe they are really hard to extract from the tree or something. Who knows! Oh well

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It’s that time of year again where delicious roma tomatoes are in season. Therefore it is time to make some homemade sundried tomatoes Have you ever gone to buy them at the store?! They are so expensive and you get such a little pack. Also, half the time they are packed in oil. Ick. All you need is a huge box of roma tomatoes (which we bought at the market for $20), a dehydrator and a little bit of seasoning salt (the stuff without msg if possible). Here is how I did mine:

I started with my big box of tomatoes:



I cut the ends and sides off so they sit flat on the dehydrator:



A little seasoning salt sprinkled on goes a long way just before starting:



About half way through:



Almost done:



And the final, delicious, yummy finished product:

Yay! Wasn’t that fun?! I definitely recommend everyone taking advantage of the short tomato season and buying a dehydrator. They are super low in fat and 0 Points on the WW system

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