A few things

                                    What’s for dinner?

I have a few things to share; so I’ve been hearing all about Quinoa.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa  I had never heard of it before and it was on sale at Acme in the organic section of the store. I wanted to try it out and my darling kids wanted chicken alfredo for dinner. I didn’t want anything to do with the alfredo or the pasta. So I bought the Quinoa.

I already had mushrooms and have been trying to cook veggie into everything I make so I heated them up with garlic cloves and olive oil, set them aside and then cooked up some chicken breast. I needed some broth for the Quinoa so I added low sodium organic chicken stock just a little (gave the rest to my dog for a treat) it helped more then I expected since I only had one jar of alfredo for the kids. I set enough of the chicken and broth aside for myself and continued to make theirs.

I know what you are thinking I should have just feed them what I was eating; but everyone knows how hard it is to change things for kids. So I want to start slow with them. The important stuff first, no more fast food, lots less sugary things, no more soda. I will slowly introduce them to more healthy foods. I don’t want them to be resentful and want to make this change smooth so they will stick to it as adults. They shouldn’t be punished nor should we fight because I allowed bad habits to start. 

I feed them their Chicken alfredo with mushrooms, spinach and bow tie paste with fresh tomato chucks on top. I ate all that with out the alfredo sauce and with Quinoa instead. It was super good. It feels like rice and tastes kinda like rice and a noodle. I didn’t miss having the pasta at all. It’s going to be a staple in my cabinet for now on.

EXERCISING

                       

As far as exercising I’m still so in love with Body Pump; I have been going two days and week and this week will be going three. On the opposite days I jog on the treadmill. I'm still at 2 miles in >30 minutes. My goal by September is 3 miles for the 5k I want to run. http://www.run4shelter.net/index.php So I am exercising everyday. I am considering adding in an hour of WII active in the am. I’m not getting the results I want; no movement on the scale. I know it’s not about that but I feel that if I lost pounds running would get easier.

Only time will tell; one day at a time!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

Sorry it has been a long while; I have missed you. Things have been super crazy a lot going on. Some day maybe I will be able to write about it. But today I'm just going to fuss my self out a little. I
haven't worked out in days and feel LIKE crap. I need to get myself together. This should be an example of how working out and eating heathly makes me feel so much better and should be #1 priority in my life. With that being said though; I'm still making excuses. I have so many #1 priorities. My job, my kids, my housework, my projects, my mom, my bills, my pinterest addiction. I truly need an intervention. HELP ME PLEASE

I feel myself weakening and my gut full with junk. It started 4th of July with a movie and a bag of popcorn later, then ice cream and a hot dog. And soda soda soda.  I haven't ate like that in months. So disappointed in myself. It didn't stop there 4 days later my amazing son's third birthday. Crabs, hot dogs, burgers, cake, ice cream AND of course more soda.  Now I didn't eat all of that; however I did have my fair share. I'm lucky I didn't gain any LB's back. I truly hope for my sake this is a wake up call for myself to get it together.
'' GET IT TOGETHER"


I found this website yesterday( yes on pinterest) http://muffin-topless.com/ that has a list of groceries we should buy and how many of each we should eat. It is very simple. So MY plan is to make a list for a week to include BRKFST, LUNCH, DINNER and TWO SNACKS. If I can manage the week I will do a two week plan; so on. I really need to get this into gear.


My goal is to loss 60lbs by Christmas. Wish me luck.

I will you luck GF; you can do it you are stronger then you think.

Ps I won two tickets to the DC festival


Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

http://muffin-topless.com/2012/06/23/healthy-eating-grocery-list/