Fall pics

Our annual tradition of taking fall pictures the day before school starts (wearing some new school clothes)...

First day of school

Abigail is in 7th grade and J.T. is in 3rd grade....

More fair

J.T. was pretty excited to be able to help his cousins and uncles show dairy cows and heifers....

2012 Fair

We survived yet another fair. Abigail and her lamb, Chopper, did well...

Fair results

I received a second place in the professional division on this photo.  I had an awesome model!  Thanks Melissa!!

Fair entry day!

Abigail and Chopper....

2012 Humboldt Co Fair photo entries

One color and one black and white....

Great weekend

The Albin family had a great weekend!  Andy and the kids left for annual horse camp on Friday morning.  And I was hope alone.... it was so nice and quiet.  I rented 3 chic flick movies, read, and just relaxed.  It was great! 

I drove down to horse camp on Saturday afternoon to have dinner and stay over.  It's my once a year tent camping.  It was fun, but I don't love sleeping in a tent, especially when J.T., Andy and I share a queen size air mattress.  Cozy!

The group left for their last ride on Sunday as I was getting ready to leave so I took a photo of all of them....

All over Oregon

I haven't written about our trip to Oregon last week for our Ranch Management meeting.  We saw a lot of Oregon, mostly parts that I haven't seen or don't remember seeing.  We lived in Pendleton, Oregon from the time I was 6 months old to about 5 years.    The meeting was actually in Pendleton so that was neat to go back... even though nothing looks familiar at all.

We toured around Pendleton a little bit after the meeting was over and took a few pictures.  Here's one of the famous Pendleton Round-Up grounds. 

Here's the route we traveled.... home to Medford (spent the night there), to stay with our friends in Brothers (and get a ranch tour of their place), to Pendleton via I-84.  We came back a different way.... from Pendleton we headed towards Ukiah (Oregon, not California) through John Day, and back to Brothers.  Then we headed towards Redding, CA, stayed overnight and came back home.  This was about 36 hours in a vehicle over the course of less than a week!  Great trip though!

What to believe?

Don't eat carbs.  Only eat high fiber carbs.  Eat only protein.  Don't drink milk.  Drink only full fat milk.  Eat 1500 calories a day.  Don't count calories.  Calories in=calories out.  Eat anything you want, in moderation.  Don't snack between meals.  Eat 6 mini-meals per day.  Avoid high fructose corn syrup.  Consuming artificial sweeteners helps with weight loss.  Stevia is the only natural artificial sweetener.  Artificial sweeteners increase your appetite.  Eat only low-fat protein sources.  Eat a lot of salmon.  Take a multi-vitamin.  Bread and pasta cause extra fat storage.  Use butter, not margarine.  Eat only good fats (i.e. nuts, avocados).  Don't drink coffee.  Caffeine speeds up your metabolism.  Caffeine makes you hungrier.  Take a cold shower to increase metabolism.  Use fat burner pills.  Fat burners give you jitters.  Eat 3 apples per day.  Apples have too much sugar in them.  Eat a high protein breakfast.  Don't eat until you are hungry.  Eat breakfast first thing in the morning.

Exercise 3-4 times a week.  Only do cardio for calorie burn.  Cardio is a waste of time.  Only do interval training.  Don't exercise because it makes you hungry.  Walking is the best exercise.  Lift weights to build muscle.  Muscle burns more calories.  Stretch before exercising.  Try Bikram yoga.  Aim for 10,000 steps a day.  You really don't need to exercise to lose weight.

Yikes!  I'd love to lose a few pounds.... who wouldn't?  How are supposed to really know what to believe when it comes to weight loss and/or being healthy?