What I'm loving Now...

Ooh, it's getting close to fall and I'm getting excited. That means fall shopping! Here's what I'm loving right now:

• Naturalizer Brown Riding Boots - being a wide calfed gal, I have a heck of a time finding boots. But when they were the favorite shoe of Facebook, I got a great deal the other day! I'm in love, they will be here very soon!
• Stripes! To compliment my boots, I'm getting this adorable outfit from the Loft. I love cardigan, and I love dresses (I'm going to have entire blog post about my ode to dresses)
• Card's hit 6 You Win! - That means $.25 coffee at Mobile on the Run - French Vanilla Be still my heart
• A weekend with nothing to do (For the first time in many weekends)
• Riley Sue at the Yuppy Puppy Pet Spa getting her Back to School Hair Do.

Goodbye Carbs.

So, the past couple of weeks, Jeff and I have been having some serious discussions about expanding the family. We've also been talking about the best way to go about doing this. After being diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in late 2009, and I was put on Metformin and Yaz. After having some issues with Yaz and my gallbladder coming out in April, we switched to Ortho Tricycle-lo. Basically the combo of the 2 would regulate my cycle and help me ovulate on a regular basis. Another side affect of PCOS is weight gain. It all comes down to insulin resistant issues. Yee ha. After doing some significant research on the matter, it sounds like a low carb diet is going to be the best option for me. That means no bread, cakes cookies and most of all Soda. I'm allergic to diet soda, so it's cutting it out cold turkey.

After falling off the Jenny Craig wagon for some time over the summer, I'm back on the train. Starting tomorrow, I am going to be giving the South Beach Diet a whirl. When we went to Hermann the other day, I  brought along the book and the cookbook because apparently I bought the book when it first came out. As I read the intro, it made sense. And if I am going to lose this weight that is associated to PCOS, then I should really stick to their reccomendations. The first 2 weeks are retraining your body. The good thing is that after 2 weeks, I can kind of eat normal.

Jeff is refusing to do this with me. He said he'd eat South Beach style for dinner, but he doesn't diet. He'll work out. The goal here is that the combo of South Beach and going back to the gym will help me lose hopefully 15 lbs before we go on vacation the first week on November.

 I did buy a bikini and I plan on wearing it regardless.

A Day in Hermann

A few weeks ago, I bought a Living Social deal for the Eco Zipline Tours in New Florence, MO.  We had gone on a zipline tour on our honeymoon, and we had a great time. I thought it'd be a great opportunity to do something different and then hang out in Hermann for the afternoon.

So yesterday was the day. After having some incorrect directions from Google Maps, we finally found the location and got started. Once we got there, we were harnessed up and we proceeded to knock out 10 ziplines. The cool thing was there were only 3 lines that you had to break. Meaning, you had to use gloves to stop yourself. We had 2 awesome tour guides and they were super goofy.

He's such a pro.

I actually did much better than last time!

Jeff decided to video his Zip - how cool is that??

Then on our way home we found Bias Winery & Gruhlke's Microbrewery outside of Hermann off of 100. I'd never heard of the place before, it was one of the goodies off of the beaten path. This is great because Jeff has a strong dislike for wine. So, he got to try all of his beers, and then I got this amazing wine with apple in it. So, we ende up with a Growler of amazing root beer and an apple wine. We enjoyed a glass before we took off and there were TONS of humming birds. It was so relaxing with the weather and just enjoy the moment.