Saturday, November 7, 2009

80 degree Saturday mornings are not meant to be spent in Urgent Care!

My husband got me sick...finally. He's had bacterial bronchitis for the past 2 weeks and it's finally caught up with me. We live about 2 miles from an Urgent Care Clinic, so I headed over to get checked out this morning. Ends up, I'm a mess.


Apparently, I have a polyp in my NOSE which could explain my excessive snoring here lately (does anyone else snore?? Badly...?). I also have the standard cold with chest congestion pretty deep into my chest. For the first time, I got a cortisone shot and some beloved Z-Pack. Hopefully I'll be back to good here soon!


I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss cortisone shots as my initial thought was, "Ahh! Weight gain!" Cortisone is naturally produced by the body, so noted or adverse side effects are rare. The most common systemic side effects included elevated blood sugars (caution with diabetes), facial flushing, injection site soreness, and/or some generalized pain after injection. Doc said maybe some increased appetite, too.



Has anyone else received a cortisone shot for cold-like symptoms? 
It was my first shot I've ever received in my tushie!! 

My friend Andrea sent me this AWESOME article on loving your body and I wanted to share it with you all. Here it is:




How to end 'fat talk' and why you should love your body


So we all like working out to lose weight, maintain weight, look good and keep our tummies tight, but how many of us do it simply because it makes us feel good?

Sure it may be a happy side-effect… ya know, the endorphins and all that science that proves that exercise makes us feel better, but for most of us, it isn’t THE reason that we work out.

The more I started thinking about this, the more I realized…it SHOULD be! Why shouldn’t the main reason we work out be that it makes us feel better about ourselves? Let the fitness level and lowered body fat be the happy side-effect!

Once we start switching our focus to the positive energy that exercise brings, our increased fitness level and tighter body will come with it.

According to Heather Hausenblas, a University of Florida exercise psychologist, “people who don’t achieve workout milestones such as losing fat, gaining strength or boosting cardiovascular fitness feel just as good about their bodies as their more athletic counterparts.” Hausenblas study is published in the September issue of the Journal of Health Psychology.

“You would think that if you become more fit that you would experience greater improvements in terms of body image, but that’s not what we found,” she said. “It may be that the requirements to receive the psychological benefits of exercise, including those relating to body image, differ substantially from the physical benefits.”

The study analyzed all previous (from June 2008) studies on the wide-ranging effects of exercise on body image. From the 57 publications, the researchers found conclusively that exercise improved the way people see their bodies, regardless of the actual benefits.

“While the frequency of exercise mattered for boosting body perceptions, there were no differences for the duration, intensity, length or type of exercise, the study found.”

I find this study so interesting because it really does drive home the fact that exercise, if we allow it, will make us happy! So why is it that so many people make it such a negative thing? It’s their focus.

Too much focus on exercising to lose weight or “having to lose this last 5 pounds,” or “not wanting to be fat anymore,” or “being able to fit into skinny jeans.” Stop making it all about your looks! STOP the fat talk.

I invite you all to think about why you love your body and what makes it beautiful. Why are you thankful for your body?
START letting the reason you exercise be that you want to feel good about yourself. Not only will those endorphins start working for you, but before you know it you’ll have the body that better represents your mind-set: healthy, strong and beautiful.



Half-time is over. GO ILLINI! Resting up this afternoon...sad not to be out for a run, enjoying this GORGEOUS day! Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

PB Cookies with Chocolate Kisses

Get these cookies away from me. For reals.  These are so good! I can't think of a better way to get me off my weight watchin' plan.  It's the whole peanut-buttery, milk-chocolatey kissy, slightly crispy sugary thing that gets me. Every time. I'm gonna type out this recipe for you, and then go get my workout clothes on.   See ya!


Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

makes 37 cookies

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1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1  3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 9 ounce package milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped


Preheat the oven to 375° F. Cream the peanut butter, sugar, butter, and brown sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Sift the salt, baking soda and flour together. Combine with the wet mixture. Shape into balls; dip into additional white sugar.

Flatten balls with a fork. Bake 8 minutes, remove from oven and press a chocolate kiss into each cookie. Return to oven; bake another 3 minutes.
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Hints:

♥  We put the additional sugar in a ziploc storage bags and toss 3-4 dough balls around in there at a time.

♥  Flatten the dough balls with a fork, but not too flat! Barely flatten the cookie. Makes for a better peanut butter cookie...

♥  We keep our chocolate chips and chocolate kisses stored in the freezer...(must be a thing leftover from our Texas days) and it works well for this recipe. We unwrap the frozen kisses and plop them on the cookies. They keep their shape and don't melt.

♥  Stick to this recipe. Click here to see what happened when I tried to substitute candy corn kisses for the chocolate ones! LOL

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sooo... sunday sudah. aish. cptnye mase berlalu. dlu, rase lmbt je. ngantok amat.
tp sdeyh jgk. bkn sdeyh. tp terkilan. so, this is where, i can talk bout almost-anything about.
but, owhhh. i had a great day. and, totally, full. let see. i woke up at 6:22am.
solat, and, on9 fb baby! ahah. farmville + barn buddy itu penting. aha...
then, baru cik, mama, kak sally, mama ngah, aisyah semua bgn. yup. relatives here~!
but, mrka sudah pulang. uhuu~ kma? awww. kerja. sian aisyah, dtg nak jmpe kakak die.
tp kakak die bz amat. imagine, friday shift - 3pm to 2am. and sat - 7am to 430pm. grrr~
tiring kan? da la drive dr damansara ke setiawngsa. but lucky her, ade DUKE.

so. memandangkan aisyah sorang2 aje. sy melayan die cam, put3 taw! serious x buli skit pun.
sy tman die mewarne buku warna die. pgang pensel warna pun sy rase janggal dah!
then sy tman die tgk astro ceria - fukuchan. kapten boleh. tom tom bak.
tlg lapkan badan die pas mandi. sikat rmbt. bedak. bagi die air, basuhkan tgn die pe sume.
ambilkan nasi utk die even die mkn 2-3 suap je. ptg cheese cake even pon mkn skit.
bukakan rambutan utk die. dgr sume cite2 die yg mostly ttg skola. ahah~
layan die tnye soklan sains standard 4 - fully english. setgh term tu dlm bi mane ingt. wahaha...
nasib dpt jwb sume soklan die btol taw x! tercabar la kalo salah soklan bdk drjh 4. haha XD
and yar, went to carre4 sbb cik [nenda] nak beli kain. time ni. tman aisyah lg. whoaaa.
die maw jeruk. timbang2, beli. maw burger king. ok jom comel! haha. baikk nyee sy hari ni.

then. ptg. kma pon blk. lepas dah tnggjwb sy. tp, less than half an hour, mrka pulang.
yup, hari dah lewat ptg. hujan pun lebat. kene la mrka blk. and guess what.
i did make a comparison between aisyah and my colouring skills, well, she's better.
rase cam buruk gleee weyh sy mewarne!!! HAHAHAHAHA. busyukkk je. and then.
it was almost 6pm. siap2 pe sume, 7pm gerak ke area PWTC since mama dinner d legend hotel.
kma sampai tukar shift utk hantar mama sbb, idk jalan nak ke sane. ahah...
so, we arrived @ legend hotel around 728pm. thee. on time kan mama!

and, utk buang mase sementara tnggu mama, we went to ampang point just now.
bowling 1 game. and dang~ it was a bad but fun game. haha. bad, obviously sbb x terror.
and it was 85opm when it's over. so, karok lah till 10pm. whee~ love it bby. i mean.
love spending my time with those i love even, all the VG stuff was stuck in my head.
and, 1005pm, gerakkk ambil mama di legend hotel itu. awal gile kan habis dinner? LOL.
mama kate bosan. haha. and, stopped by dkt gerai char kuey teow since, sy n kma lapar.
blk, around 11pm td, makan! yummy. best best. hantu kuey teow~


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well yar. on my way home from legend hotel, i've got a few stupid SMS(s).
which was, pissing me off. and, more to terkilan kot. dang dang~~~

mcm ni je lah citenye. pendekkan~
i was close with this one guy. lame jgk kenal. then, it's over. but still kami kwn. well hey, sajela kdng2 main2 comment fb die. and suddenly ade this 1 girl lain yg nak sebok between mine and his conversation nih. and, thw worse part, this girl mcm kasi sarcastic comments lah kan. as if i'm that-dumbo-who-know-nothing at all larh. i was like, daaa? u're annoying. ok fine. i've told this guy, that i hate that kind of person. and yup, he said he's going to warn her bout that. and guess what happened? the opposite of it.

here's a few words of his ;
jgn bg kwn2 sy y lain pndg slack kt sy.. awk x yah comment la wall sy lg k..

then he apologize.

and thennnnnnn.... he said ;
awk ni mmg r.. dia dh pndg slack dh kt sy.. bncinya.. skit ati toi.. jgn contact sy dh pasni..

i was like. OMG. i've told u earlier bout her. and then. still u put all the blame on me?
fine. i'm totally FINE without u and i believe, u felt the same way too.
and yar, for god sake, few days ago, u told me, that u regret everything u've done.
and keep on saying sorry. and now, just after a few days, buat sy cam sampah kan.

well hey. congratulations!
sbb buat sy on9 gune hp dlm kereta on-the-spot just utk delete comment dkt profile awk.

and. congratulations!
for being the 1st person yg sy delete dr friend list FB sy.
for being the 1st person yg sy dah delete dr YM utk tahun ni.
and congratulations, 4 showing me that i'm nothing to u. NO-THING.
and yar, go go go. just, sumpah terkilan. that's all.


btw. esok ade tournament bowling office kak sally. but, ade org tarik diri.
so sy n kma akan jd bidan terjun. erkkk... nak tertulis payung terjun plak td. haha.
doalah jgn dpt no last sudah. haha. nunite everyone. =D



and u. i happy dgn u.
n jgn gedik nak majuk lelame lg eh.
kene flying kick je. haha. buekkk =P