Showing posts with label nutrition tracker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nutrition tracker. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Release Day-Excerpt and Giveaway: Savor by Alyssa Rose Ivy (The Empire Chronicles)


About SAVOR:

Jared is Vera's perfect man—until he opens his mouth. An incredible body and set of wings can only go so far when everything he says seems designed to make her mad. Still, she can't deny her intense attraction or the fact that he is the closest thing she has to a friend.

Jared doesn't go for bear shifters, especially ones that are related to his ex, but he can't resist Vera's charm or the way she understands him better than anyone else.

As suspicions build and loyalties are tested, Vera and Jared realize that they may not be able to trust anyone but each other. 




Excerpt

"I'm glad you don't want me dead."  He smirked.  Even his smirk was sexy.

"I'd be on my own if you were."  I put my hands behind my head.

"And you don't like being alone?"  He studied me in the darkness.  Sometimes I wished neither of us had night vision.  It left you so naked, never having an opportunity to hide.

"I do most of the time."

"But not always?"  His eyes raked over my body.  The fact that he could make such a platonic conversation feel sexual gave me even more reason to resist him.

"Why does it matter?"  Often the best way to avoid a question is to ask your own.

"It matters because I asked it."  And there went his mouth again.

My annoyance gave me back my willpower.  "Put a shirt on."

"Why?"  He grinned.  "Am I distracting you?"

"No, but we should go.  The sun will be up soon enough."

"Maybe I shouldn't go with you."  He sat up, swinging his legs off the side of the bed.

"No Way."  I moved to standing.  "You're not backing out."

"Why do you care?"  He stood with his back to me.  "You can do this alone."

"Of course I can."

He turned to me.  "Then why does it matter if I go my own way?"  He pulled on his t-shirt, and a little part of me missed the view.

"Because we agreed to help each other out.  I stick to my promises."  That was one of my good traits.  The not so good traits weren't worth reflecting on.

"Maybe I don't."

"You do."  I put a hand on my hip.  I didn't have time for Jared's games.

"How do you know?"

"I just do."

"You're infuriating."

I groaned.  "And what are you?"

"Charming."

If I'd had liquid in my mouth I would have spit it out.  "Not exactly the word I'd use to describe you."  

"Says the girl begging me to stay with her."

"I never begged."  I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Would you bed?"  His grin was his undoing.

"Is that how you like it, Jared?  With your women begging?"

"I wasn't talking about how I like my women."

"Are you sure about that?"  I grabbed my backpack and headed into the cabin's small bathroom.

"Where are you going?"

I paused with my hand on the door.  "To shower."


Alyssa Rose Ivy Bio:
Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.





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Monday, June 17, 2013

Week 2 mini-success; tip for staying on track; other random things

I am happy to report that week 2 finished with a 1-lb loss.  Not spectacular and amazing like week 1's 4 pound loss, but heck--after coming out of the gate with that 4, I'm not going to knock the 1...after all, that's still 5 pounds in 2 weeks.  Only one sorta-iffy eating day last week-several of us had a training class on Friday at work for a new program we're going to be using (not that anyone's interested, but it's going to be for paperless online on-boarding of new hires-can't wait, should be a HUGE timesaver for us), so our boss had us order in lunch, her treat.  The group decided on Italian and I found a spaghetti/salad combo to get.  The portion of pasta I got?  Heaping.  The portion of salad I got?  Teensy-weensy.  And I hadn't had any of my snacks yet-I keep healthy snacks in my desk drawer like carrots, grapes, pretzels and such-so I was really hungry.  Ate almost the whole thing.  But that was my only bad day, and I tried to adjust my dinner but still hit about 2000 calories for the day instead of my recommended range (which tops out in the 1800s).

One tip I use to stay on track is using the nutrition tracker on the Sparkpeople website to track every single thing I eat.  I know it may seem tiresome to have to enter everything, but it really does make a difference.  It's way too easy to just say, "eh, that's about X calories here, another X there, I'll be fine today" and not track, but then if you go back later and enter those same things on the tracker you suddenly see the OMG amount you REALLY ate.  Thankfully they have a mobile app so that makes it even easier for me to track even if I'm not near a computer.  Plus, you can makes groups of food, or copy meals from one day to another....like for me, I often will have a breakfast of cinnamon swirl toast (sprayed with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter), yogurt and orange juice.  I can just copy that whole meal to another day and not have to enter each thing individually.  There's many good food trackers out there in cyberspace, many of them free (like Sparkpeople's), so whether you track online or use paper and pen, try tracking your food-it really can make a difference.

In other news, my work wardrobe has been getting kind of tired so this weekend was a shopping weekend for me (YAY!).  Got some great buys at Sears, plus two extra $10 award cards and 20,000 extra reward points-worth another $10-from their loyalty program from a promotion they were running=successful clothes shopping trip!  Oh, and did you know JCPenney has workout gear?  And in WOMEN'S sizes?  Yup, scored a running tank top on sale for $8.99.  And while the sizes I got this weekend weren't my ideal, I look forward to watching my new stuff get baggy on me by the fall ;-)

One last thing before I sign off for tonight...you may (or may not) know that I have another blog all about Walt Disney World stuff called The Disney World Files.  I've got a giveaway going on over there for a cool Color Block Goofy Vinylmation figure...when you have a moment, head on over to check it out and get yourself entered.  The figure would make a neat addition to any Goofy medal display if you have one, or just a fun thing to decorate with, or even use to trade for other Vinylmations with friends or while you're at WDW.  I'd love it if you'd take a look and share with others!