I’ve been on Nutrisystem for about a week. I’ve had good days — I’ve had bad days but I stuck it out (even when my kids got McDonalds and popcorn and cotton candy). Now, I lost almost 4 lbs from the time I ordered my Nutrisytem food to when I actually got the food and got to start the system. So I lost 4 pounds without even trying! (If it could only we that easy all the time!!) Now, from last Monday to this Monday (while eating the Nutrisystem food), I have managed to lose an additional 4.2 pounds! Not bad for a week.

I should be happy about that. However, I know that this is a long process and that I won’t lose that much this week. I’m figuring most of that is just water weight. Things I need to do better this coming week is to add exercise to my routine and drink a lot more water.

The #1 question I have gotten this week from people wondering about my journey is how is the food. Honestly, it is pretty good. That really surprised me. I thought I’d hate the protein shake. It’s not too bad (a tad rich). I have learned that my stomach does not understand correct portion sizing though. In the past, I would have eaten 2 of the meals as one meal, so my stomach has a learning curve too. LOL

The other really hard part of Nutrisystem is that I still have to cook for the rest of my family. It is sometimes hard to watch them eat something you love. That being said, there is a lot of the Nutrisytem Food that you can match. For example, my kids and husband ate hamburgers the other night. There is a hamburger meal for you. On Friday night, the kids had pizza. Nutrisytem actually has several pizzas you can pick from (which is good because I love pizza).

So how do you think I’m doing on Nutrisystem?

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR: 8.2 lbs.

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How was your Halloween? Here is Chicago we had a beautiful day. The last two Halloweens it was so cold that we have to dress the kids in layers of berghaus clothing, and they were still cold after about an hour. Not that they wanted to quit trick or treating or anything, but I was worried about how cold it was. However, this year, we didn’t have that problem. I think it was almost 70 degrees out.  I definitely had the kids and myself overdressed.  I actually found myself sweating at times.  Isn’t that crazy?

We went with my neighbors and their kids and ended up trick or treating for about two hours.  About half way through, we went back to our houses and got a wagon.  Will was getting super heavy a that point.  Bill would have been here to help, but he got stuck in a huge traffic jam trying to come home (obviously, everyone had the same idea to leave early).  After the third house, I quit walking Will to the door.  His 27 pounds gets quite heavy when you have to walk up porch steps several time.  However, Madison made sure he was taken care of.  She asked at almost every house for candy for her little brother.  Then she would run to Will and put it in his pumpkin.  It was cute, but highly embarassing for me.

After two hours, Bill ended up getting home, and we went to his brothers house.  We were suppose to trick or treat over there, but the kids were pretty much done (which was fine with me, because I was beat).  We just ended up ordering pizza, and the kids just played together.

All in all it was a pretty good day.  How about you?  How did you spend your Halloween?

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You all know that I love to shop.  Well, actually, I like to shop when things are on sale or when I have a coupon or a voucher to get a better deal.  Now, I do some international purchases, but I do know that I have several readers who live in the UK, so this post is for you!

Now, the best spot that I have found to get voucher codes for shopping is a site called Discount Shopping.  They have a voucher code for pretty much anything you could want or need:  5% off character toys, 10% off Dell Computers, and free delivery for Woolworths.  As you can see, they have a great selection of places that you can get these voucher codes for.  I know it makes me want to shop more.  How about you?

Not only do they have great voucher codes, but they are way easy to find.  There is a great search feature on the site.  Also, along the left sidebar, there are listing for hot offers, popular retailers, PC’s and laptops, and gifts and gadgets. Right now, under most popular this week, they have an awesome Pizza Hut deal (which all of you know is my favorite pizza place ever!). The voucher code would allow you to get 3 pizzas, 3 side orders or 3 cookie dough deserts all for the price of 2! What a great deal!  This is one of the easiest sites out there to navigate.  If you aren’t quite sure what you are looking for, you can search by categories or even by store.

If you are wanting to do some shopping, make sure you check out Discount Shopping first for voucher codes, so you can save some of your hard earned money.

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