So... This past Friday, Tyler and I went to Show Low to visit family and friends. The morning before we went to go, I decided I would get a little work out in. It was nice to get a little (A LOT actually! I'm a beast) sweat in!! Then we headed up to Show Low. Spent the day and came back down.
Then Saturday came around. I didn't work out first thing like normal. And honestly, I just didn't want to work out. Therefore, I didn't! It felt great. But then Sunday came (day of rest) and I didn't work out again. I never work out on Sunday. However, the fact that I didn't work out two days in a row and wasn't able to rip a little tab on my work out list off, was disappointing.
Monday morning came (TODAY!). And after not working out for two days, it was a lot harder to get started when skipping a work out. I was motivated to get up and get moving. I did my T25 work out and felt great. I was so happy.
Let's move on to talking about snacks. I love chips!!!! Sweets aren't really a temptation for me. Yeah I sure love some ice cream and cookies. But give me chips and ice cream and those chips will be devoured in such a short amount of time. Like a T-rex eating, well anything! Since changing my lifestyle and relationship with food, I have been doing a lots less snacking on unhealthy and processed items and more eating fruits and veggies. It just so happens though that if you don't go grocery shopping, you run out of things. So I was eating some more chips. And yes, ice cream too. I'm not going to cut those out of my life. Just not eat them all day every day! Tyler and I decided to go spend some money on some yummy veggies and fruits. It's been great eating some celery and carrots with some ranch (heck yeah I said that)!!! And although they aren't my favorite chips (Salsa Verde), they are satisfying and delicious! More importantly is I don't feel awful and guilty after eating them.
And because Tyler loves me making dinner, he's been doing the dishes more! SCORE!!! Men doing dishes is the greatest! Well anyone doing my dishes would be heavenly as long as it's not me;) haha!
I've made a couple things this week as well. I'll give you a run down then a recipe to try!
I have had:
Taco Salad with DEER meat!
One pot wonder meal with pasta, sausage and peas.
Sandwiches
Mexican food and deliciousness from Licano's in Show Low, AZ (TRY THAT PLACE!).
And just fruits and veggies.
So now a recipe.
The other day I wanted something simple and something that didn't make a lot of dishes. So I made up a recipe that could use just one pot (I have a BIG skillet with a lid courtesy of Paula Deen)!
ONE POT WONDER MEAL!
What you'll need:
Pasta of some sort. I used whole wheat rototini pasta, a whole box.
2 cans of Chicken Broth
3 (or more depending on how much meat you want) spicier sausage links
Frozen peas (about half a bag)
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
Salt and Pepper to taste
bout half a white onion
Shredded Colby Jack cheese and Parmesan Cheese (optional)
How I cooked it:
Heat your pan with the Olive Oil and put the sausage in to start to brown. (I took mine out of the casing because I couldn't cut them in nice slices.) When you start getting a nice color on the meat, put the onions in to start to caramelize. When the onions are translucent, put the can of tomatoes and chicken broth in the pot. Stir to incorporate the flavor. Put the pasta in and make sure all pasta is covered by the liquid. Bring to boil. Once boiled, put lid on and let simmer until pasta is tender. Add the frozen peas, put lid back on and let them warm/cook a bit. (I like the fact that the peas had a bit of a crunch.) Put some yummy cheese on and let it get all bubbly. You don't have to add, but it made it so great. Then serve.
I will say that this had a little bit of a kick. I didn't realize that my sausages were pretty spicy, and on top of the can of tomatoes with green chilies, it had a definite kick. But I was ok with that.
Well. Give it a try if you want. See ya next time!
Monday, January 19, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Fit in 2015
This is MY year to get healthy.
Since having my little Ridge cake boy, and NOT losing weight, I've heard people say "Oh you just had a baby! You're looking great!" Well thanks!! And I mean it. But then I think "just had a baby!" "JUST?" No! I didn't JUST have a baby. That was 8 months ago!!! That's almost as long as he was in and he has been out now. Holy Molly. And while I love getting the compliments, it's just hard looking in the mirror and having those nice things stick. Ya know?
And having this little baby has been such a blessing. It has helped me in so many ways. Now he is starting to eat solids!!! It is SO EXCITING! But even though I have little bouts of eating healthy, I haven't really kept up with it. I'm the only one eating what I make because Tyler works such weird shifts at the station that it's hard to plan on him. I went to visit my sister in Flaggy Staff and, with her cute babe of a girl being only 3 weeks older than my guy, I got to see what she was feeding her little girl. She was feeding her whatever she made that day. Breakfast was eggs and avocados. Lunch was little finger foods and mixes of what she had been eating. Dinner was literally WHATEVER she made. Taco salad with ground turkey, black beans, etc. Spaghetti and meatballs. Anything. And while there, she fed Ridge some eggs, and avocados, and ground turkey. It was amazing. He LOVED it. She told me it was so easy now and it forces her to eat healthy.
I decided that I would adopt this into my life. I had been working out, but eating was just too much.
Let me just say... Eating and preparing food is so fun now. I wake up when he does and I nurse him (he's kind of a crank pants when he doesn't have food in his belly after a long bedtime sleep, you would be too!). Then I make breaky-fast! Eggs and avocado. Then for lunch (I got some NICE deli meat) I make a sandwich and give him some pieces of meat and little finger foods (Goldfishes and little pieces of string cheese). Dinner is whatever is on the menu. The other day I made fried chicken, green peas, baked potatoes, and gravy. I didn't eat the chicken (I've had a problem eating chicken and it only worsened while pregnant). Tonight I had taco salad. The day before fried chicken, baked potatoes with some yummy, healthy toppings.
Anyways, the point is, eating is so much fun now. It is so cute feeding Ridge and he dances and makes MmmMmm sounds! Awww! What a cutie. It has really helped me!
Oh! And on InstaGram (IG), I post a couple photos every now and then of my journey (my workouts and motivation) and people have been so supportive. That has been an inspiration as well as following people on a similar journey!
So! Thank you! Thank you for supporting me and continuing on with my journey. I will have ups and downs. But I will conquer those. This is MY year! And it will be amazing.
_______________________________________________________________________
Recipe for my Fried Chicken (because Tyler ALWAYS requests this. And it's better than getting some fast fried food)
Fried Chicken batter:
1 1/2 c. Flour
1 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Paprika
2 Tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 Tbsp. Onion Powder
3 Tbsp. Parsley Flakes
To frozen/thawed chicken add 2 Tbsp. of Salt during the day before cooking.
Remove Skin (I don't remove the skin anymore, because like I said above, I have a problem with chicken).
Cover bottom of pan with oil (I use olive oil and veggie oil, depends on what I grab first) and warm pan. Roll chicken in batter, there will only be a lite layer. Set in pan with oil and cook. Cover and cook on low for 20 min. Flip chicken and cook another 10 min.
I make gravy out of the pan drippings.
I also usually have leftovers. So I get a baking pan and put some of the extra gravy on the bottom of the pan, put the left over chicken in and cover with foil. Then when I'm ready to eat the leftovers, I just pop that pan into the oven to warm up and kind of crisp the chicken up.
Have fun making!
Since having my little Ridge cake boy, and NOT losing weight, I've heard people say "Oh you just had a baby! You're looking great!" Well thanks!! And I mean it. But then I think "just had a baby!" "JUST?" No! I didn't JUST have a baby. That was 8 months ago!!! That's almost as long as he was in and he has been out now. Holy Molly. And while I love getting the compliments, it's just hard looking in the mirror and having those nice things stick. Ya know?
And having this little baby has been such a blessing. It has helped me in so many ways. Now he is starting to eat solids!!! It is SO EXCITING! But even though I have little bouts of eating healthy, I haven't really kept up with it. I'm the only one eating what I make because Tyler works such weird shifts at the station that it's hard to plan on him. I went to visit my sister in Flaggy Staff and, with her cute babe of a girl being only 3 weeks older than my guy, I got to see what she was feeding her little girl. She was feeding her whatever she made that day. Breakfast was eggs and avocados. Lunch was little finger foods and mixes of what she had been eating. Dinner was literally WHATEVER she made. Taco salad with ground turkey, black beans, etc. Spaghetti and meatballs. Anything. And while there, she fed Ridge some eggs, and avocados, and ground turkey. It was amazing. He LOVED it. She told me it was so easy now and it forces her to eat healthy.
I decided that I would adopt this into my life. I had been working out, but eating was just too much.
Let me just say... Eating and preparing food is so fun now. I wake up when he does and I nurse him (he's kind of a crank pants when he doesn't have food in his belly after a long bedtime sleep, you would be too!). Then I make breaky-fast! Eggs and avocado. Then for lunch (I got some NICE deli meat) I make a sandwich and give him some pieces of meat and little finger foods (Goldfishes and little pieces of string cheese). Dinner is whatever is on the menu. The other day I made fried chicken, green peas, baked potatoes, and gravy. I didn't eat the chicken (I've had a problem eating chicken and it only worsened while pregnant). Tonight I had taco salad. The day before fried chicken, baked potatoes with some yummy, healthy toppings.
Anyways, the point is, eating is so much fun now. It is so cute feeding Ridge and he dances and makes MmmMmm sounds! Awww! What a cutie. It has really helped me!
Oh! And on InstaGram (IG), I post a couple photos every now and then of my journey (my workouts and motivation) and people have been so supportive. That has been an inspiration as well as following people on a similar journey!
So! Thank you! Thank you for supporting me and continuing on with my journey. I will have ups and downs. But I will conquer those. This is MY year! And it will be amazing.
_______________________________________________________________________
Recipe for my Fried Chicken (because Tyler ALWAYS requests this. And it's better than getting some fast fried food)
Fried Chicken batter:
1 1/2 c. Flour
1 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Paprika
2 Tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 Tbsp. Onion Powder
3 Tbsp. Parsley Flakes
To frozen/thawed chicken add 2 Tbsp. of Salt during the day before cooking.
Remove Skin (I don't remove the skin anymore, because like I said above, I have a problem with chicken).
Cover bottom of pan with oil (I use olive oil and veggie oil, depends on what I grab first) and warm pan. Roll chicken in batter, there will only be a lite layer. Set in pan with oil and cook. Cover and cook on low for 20 min. Flip chicken and cook another 10 min.
I make gravy out of the pan drippings.
I also usually have leftovers. So I get a baking pan and put some of the extra gravy on the bottom of the pan, put the left over chicken in and cover with foil. Then when I'm ready to eat the leftovers, I just pop that pan into the oven to warm up and kind of crisp the chicken up.
Have fun making!
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Holidays.
Well everyone! The holidays are nearly over and I've been slacking. Though in real life, I've been having a BLAST! Sort of. I've been jogging/walking almost every day. And I've been trying to eat right. But you know what. I've been stuck.
In a rut.
I've not been losing any weight. I'm just bouncing between 180 and 185 lbs. Geez!
And it's been discouraging.
Well, I had a bit of a scare. (Though I may have been prego again, YIKES!)
I'm not! And though it would've been great, it's also great that i'm not. Because before I have another little spawn, I want to be in shape.
I was nervous, because I'm nursing and felt like if I worked out really hard, I would lose my supply. Thankfully I have awesome sisters who reassured me that I would be ok.
So I've started a new regime. It's getting REALLY cold outside and so I've been getting pretty limited in the time for outside activity. I have a workout DVD set (Hip Hop ABS, one of Shaun T's!) and have been doing that in the mornings. It's great because I can now be up and ready. Have worked out and started my day. After a week of doing just this, I plan to add in another workout DVD (T25) to my routine.
I'm also going to bed before 9. I've got Ridge (my 8 month old baby boy) on a schedule of having him in bed and asleep by 7:30. Then I've been on a terrible habit of not taking that to my advantage, but staying up until midnight, and sometimes later! That'd be no problem if I didn't have an early riser. So far, I've just been tried as I'm adjusting to this. But I know that in just a couple of days, I'll have a ton of energy. Which is when I will add more to my work out schedule.
What I'm also going to do, is after my morning work out, I will wait a few hours and go on a walk. I feel you can never do too much. Until you do TOO much! haha! Tyler is on a new schedule at work and since he gets off late and doesn't get to spend a lot of time with Ridge, we decided that after he would wake up, we would all go on a family walk. Then we are getting out as a family and it will be later, therefore warmer.
Plus if we start walking outside everyday, my asthmatic lungs will adjust to the higher elevation and then we will be able to go hiking!
Hiking?! Yeah! That's right! Hiking.
But I guess you would question that because you don't know my eventual goals.
So I'll share them with you. And the reason why.
The reason why:
I have a little boy now. Though he can't walk, yet, he is SUPER active. And my husband is super active. I want my kids to be active too. But how can they all be active if i'm sitting on the couch eating potatoe chips. Well I guess they could be, but then they'd be like "Oh! There's my mom! Not sharing her chips and just watching TV, when she could be playing with me!"
I want to get active and remain active NOW so that when my little (and future littles) all walking and wanting to go hiking and running and swimming and whatever the heck else, I can KEEP UP! And not only KEEP up, but be right there with them. ACTIVEly participating.
The goals:
I want to reach a weight I haven't seen in a long time. 130 pounds is the game I want! I want to be able to hike. I literally can't even hike all of Cambleback Mountain. It's ONE MILE! ONE! I want to chase my little boy all over and not get out of breath. I want to run and jump and swim.
So there you have it. My goals. My reason.
Now you can judge all you want. "She can't even jog a 1/4 mile without hacking up a lung?!" Nope!
I really don't care what you think.
This is for me! To be a better mommy and wifey! So enjoy my journey! Because I'm on my way to looking FINE again!!! hahahaha!
Alrighty!!! Oh! And a recipe! Because you know... I promised some!
I was delightfully introduced to this yummy, easy dinner through Facebook. It tastes like a Mexican Chile Relleno! Mmmm!
In a Crockpot combine:
1 block of Cream Cheese
1 can of green chilles
1 can of Cream of Mushroom
1 can of Cream of Chicken
However many chicken breasts you want (I put in three)
Leave in crock pot for a few hours. Then serve over rice or noodles or whatever you like.
It was so easy and yummy. It has definitely made my repeat recipe list!
BYE!
In a rut.
I've not been losing any weight. I'm just bouncing between 180 and 185 lbs. Geez!
And it's been discouraging.
Well, I had a bit of a scare. (Though I may have been prego again, YIKES!)
I'm not! And though it would've been great, it's also great that i'm not. Because before I have another little spawn, I want to be in shape.
I was nervous, because I'm nursing and felt like if I worked out really hard, I would lose my supply. Thankfully I have awesome sisters who reassured me that I would be ok.
So I've started a new regime. It's getting REALLY cold outside and so I've been getting pretty limited in the time for outside activity. I have a workout DVD set (Hip Hop ABS, one of Shaun T's!) and have been doing that in the mornings. It's great because I can now be up and ready. Have worked out and started my day. After a week of doing just this, I plan to add in another workout DVD (T25) to my routine.
I'm also going to bed before 9. I've got Ridge (my 8 month old baby boy) on a schedule of having him in bed and asleep by 7:30. Then I've been on a terrible habit of not taking that to my advantage, but staying up until midnight, and sometimes later! That'd be no problem if I didn't have an early riser. So far, I've just been tried as I'm adjusting to this. But I know that in just a couple of days, I'll have a ton of energy. Which is when I will add more to my work out schedule.
What I'm also going to do, is after my morning work out, I will wait a few hours and go on a walk. I feel you can never do too much. Until you do TOO much! haha! Tyler is on a new schedule at work and since he gets off late and doesn't get to spend a lot of time with Ridge, we decided that after he would wake up, we would all go on a family walk. Then we are getting out as a family and it will be later, therefore warmer.
Plus if we start walking outside everyday, my asthmatic lungs will adjust to the higher elevation and then we will be able to go hiking!
Hiking?! Yeah! That's right! Hiking.
But I guess you would question that because you don't know my eventual goals.
So I'll share them with you. And the reason why.
The reason why:
I have a little boy now. Though he can't walk, yet, he is SUPER active. And my husband is super active. I want my kids to be active too. But how can they all be active if i'm sitting on the couch eating potatoe chips. Well I guess they could be, but then they'd be like "Oh! There's my mom! Not sharing her chips and just watching TV, when she could be playing with me!"
I want to get active and remain active NOW so that when my little (and future littles) all walking and wanting to go hiking and running and swimming and whatever the heck else, I can KEEP UP! And not only KEEP up, but be right there with them. ACTIVEly participating.
The goals:
I want to reach a weight I haven't seen in a long time. 130 pounds is the game I want! I want to be able to hike. I literally can't even hike all of Cambleback Mountain. It's ONE MILE! ONE! I want to chase my little boy all over and not get out of breath. I want to run and jump and swim.
So there you have it. My goals. My reason.
Now you can judge all you want. "She can't even jog a 1/4 mile without hacking up a lung?!" Nope!
I really don't care what you think.
This is for me! To be a better mommy and wifey! So enjoy my journey! Because I'm on my way to looking FINE again!!! hahahaha!
Alrighty!!! Oh! And a recipe! Because you know... I promised some!
I was delightfully introduced to this yummy, easy dinner through Facebook. It tastes like a Mexican Chile Relleno! Mmmm!
In a Crockpot combine:
1 block of Cream Cheese
1 can of green chilles
1 can of Cream of Mushroom
1 can of Cream of Chicken
However many chicken breasts you want (I put in three)
Leave in crock pot for a few hours. Then serve over rice or noodles or whatever you like.
It was so easy and yummy. It has definitely made my repeat recipe list!
BYE!
Sunday, November 9, 2014
November
It's Sunday!
I thought I would post a little something today just explaining about the past couple weeks.
Both Tyler and I have started going to work out every morning (besides Sunday). I get on the elliptical for 30 minutes and he does the treadmill. It's been fun.I feel good just doing a little something. And I feel better that he is there as well and we are both working out together. Ridge just sits and watches us the entire time. Usually he is in a daze, but he definitely thinks he could work out better than both of us.
I feel good though because I'm in better shape than I thought I was. Probably thanks to doing T25 on and off.
Our eating habits haven't been as great though as our working out has been going. We've had a mouse in our house (we caught one, but keep finding more blasted turds!)!!! Eek! It's made me not want to be downstairs and therefore not want to make anything. I need to cut it out and just suck it up.
This week will be better though. I'm not going to go out to eat once!! Wish me luck!
On a side note, I wanted to express my feelings about working out too. It makes me feel good. But I still have a hard time with my body image. I've been dressing pretty frumpy and what not. And though I'm working on getting fit, I've not been dressing or feeling the part. So I had a chat with Tyler and told him that I need to dress for the body I have. I'm self-conscious, so talking to him about things like this is tough. I need to love myself the way I am right now. And IF I change, great. And IF I don't, Ok! But at least I will look good while also being chubby.
Anyways, I posted again! YEAH ME! It's hard. The transition. Not as easy at people make it out to be. But thankfully now I have Tyler who is starting to work out and get in shape as well.
Good luck to me and everyone else too!
I thought I would post a little something today just explaining about the past couple weeks.
Both Tyler and I have started going to work out every morning (besides Sunday). I get on the elliptical for 30 minutes and he does the treadmill. It's been fun.I feel good just doing a little something. And I feel better that he is there as well and we are both working out together. Ridge just sits and watches us the entire time. Usually he is in a daze, but he definitely thinks he could work out better than both of us.
I feel good though because I'm in better shape than I thought I was. Probably thanks to doing T25 on and off.
Our eating habits haven't been as great though as our working out has been going. We've had a mouse in our house (we caught one, but keep finding more blasted turds!)!!! Eek! It's made me not want to be downstairs and therefore not want to make anything. I need to cut it out and just suck it up.
This week will be better though. I'm not going to go out to eat once!! Wish me luck!
On a side note, I wanted to express my feelings about working out too. It makes me feel good. But I still have a hard time with my body image. I've been dressing pretty frumpy and what not. And though I'm working on getting fit, I've not been dressing or feeling the part. So I had a chat with Tyler and told him that I need to dress for the body I have. I'm self-conscious, so talking to him about things like this is tough. I need to love myself the way I am right now. And IF I change, great. And IF I don't, Ok! But at least I will look good while also being chubby.
Anyways, I posted again! YEAH ME! It's hard. The transition. Not as easy at people make it out to be. But thankfully now I have Tyler who is starting to work out and get in shape as well.
Good luck to me and everyone else too!
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Hard times...
When I started this, I had the full intention of getting into shape. But you know what? I feel like tons of people always post pictures and stories about how easy it is. NO! It is freaking so hard. That cookie staring me in the face, heck yeah I want you! Working out, are you kidding me! I have a baby and sometimes I'm blasted tired. But then I started following (more like stalking!) a girl on Instagram. She talks about how she lost 100lbs. She talks about how hard it is every day. And I felt that I could relate.
Then I thought I needed to be open and honest. Because, let's face it, everyone has bad days. And honestly, I wasn't going to post any of MY bad days. I've been having more than not though. So I've just gone on not blogging. So let's start over.
Hi! I'm Meredith. I am the wife of a skinny guy (we are the number 10 standing next to each other), mom of a 6 month chubby guy Ridge, and welcome to my full out honest journey. Hopefully I can be an inspiration to you.
I plan on posting photos and weight and my measurements. Yes! It will be embarrassing for me. But you know what? At least i'm getting started.
I use to be in such good shape. Going to the gym 6 out of 7 days. Wearing super cute clothes. Now I was NEVER a size 0 or 2 for that matter. I have curves. I've got a booty and thunder thighs. But I was proud of them. Then I got married and stopped going to work out. I started eating worse. I got sad and therefore started eating more. WHAT?!?!?! What was happening. My house started reflecting my mood. Getting messier and messier. I no longer wanted to get ready. I was, as you say, letting myself go.
Then I had that boy. And he was so active in my belly that I knew I would be in for trouble. And now he's 6 months and just becoming more and more mobile. I thought that if I started this blog, I would be able to tell you how awesome I've been. Wrong! I've been terrible.
I mean, not so bad. But definitely not great either.
And that's when it hit me. I wasn't being honest with myself or with this blog. I surely thought to myself that I wasn't going to put everything in my blog for everyone to read. Goodness no! And I was kidding myself by not being thorough either. Every time I had a bad day, or bad meal, I didn't want to tell you (the blogging community)!
So again! Starting over. Because I love pizza. I love cookies. I freaking LOVE chips! And I can still have those. Of course I can. But I need to curb my cravings more often than binging on them. I will tell you what I have done. This week, I spent about two hours in my kitchen. I was making chicken, black beans, and rice. I wanted to have something that would be easy to throw together. I made pizza (my husband LOVED it). I had biscuits and gravy. I had Taco Bell and Little Cesar's pizza. And everything I ate was delicious.
I am trying to make more things homemade. I love cooking. It's a talent that I have that I've been, too often, hiding with take out. If we go out, I can figure out a way to make it.
So little by little, I've been changing. My house has been clean (we can now do laundry with a cool portable washer we have), dishes kept up with, vacuuming done, baby happy, and meals being prepared. I've been going on walks and occasionally doing some home workouts. But I can be better. I don't go on walks every day. I don't wake up when my alarm goes off at 7 am every morning. I don't make meals every night.
A lot of that can be daunting.
But I'm starting fresh. I will be open and honest in my blogging. And I will let you know what I have (and haven't) been doing!
So be prepared. Cause here I am with all my (right now) embarrassing glory!!!
Then I thought I needed to be open and honest. Because, let's face it, everyone has bad days. And honestly, I wasn't going to post any of MY bad days. I've been having more than not though. So I've just gone on not blogging. So let's start over.
Hi! I'm Meredith. I am the wife of a skinny guy (we are the number 10 standing next to each other), mom of a 6 month chubby guy Ridge, and welcome to my full out honest journey. Hopefully I can be an inspiration to you.
I plan on posting photos and weight and my measurements. Yes! It will be embarrassing for me. But you know what? At least i'm getting started.
I use to be in such good shape. Going to the gym 6 out of 7 days. Wearing super cute clothes. Now I was NEVER a size 0 or 2 for that matter. I have curves. I've got a booty and thunder thighs. But I was proud of them. Then I got married and stopped going to work out. I started eating worse. I got sad and therefore started eating more. WHAT?!?!?! What was happening. My house started reflecting my mood. Getting messier and messier. I no longer wanted to get ready. I was, as you say, letting myself go.
Then I had that boy. And he was so active in my belly that I knew I would be in for trouble. And now he's 6 months and just becoming more and more mobile. I thought that if I started this blog, I would be able to tell you how awesome I've been. Wrong! I've been terrible.
I mean, not so bad. But definitely not great either.
And that's when it hit me. I wasn't being honest with myself or with this blog. I surely thought to myself that I wasn't going to put everything in my blog for everyone to read. Goodness no! And I was kidding myself by not being thorough either. Every time I had a bad day, or bad meal, I didn't want to tell you (the blogging community)!
So again! Starting over. Because I love pizza. I love cookies. I freaking LOVE chips! And I can still have those. Of course I can. But I need to curb my cravings more often than binging on them. I will tell you what I have done. This week, I spent about two hours in my kitchen. I was making chicken, black beans, and rice. I wanted to have something that would be easy to throw together. I made pizza (my husband LOVED it). I had biscuits and gravy. I had Taco Bell and Little Cesar's pizza. And everything I ate was delicious.
I am trying to make more things homemade. I love cooking. It's a talent that I have that I've been, too often, hiding with take out. If we go out, I can figure out a way to make it.
So little by little, I've been changing. My house has been clean (we can now do laundry with a cool portable washer we have), dishes kept up with, vacuuming done, baby happy, and meals being prepared. I've been going on walks and occasionally doing some home workouts. But I can be better. I don't go on walks every day. I don't wake up when my alarm goes off at 7 am every morning. I don't make meals every night.
A lot of that can be daunting.
But I'm starting fresh. I will be open and honest in my blogging. And I will let you know what I have (and haven't) been doing!
So be prepared. Cause here I am with all my (right now) embarrassing glory!!!
Thursday, September 11, 2014
M & M
Moderation and Motivation
Two key things that need to be in my lifestyle now.
Motivation:
I was up late one night talking to my husband about getting fit and staying on track. I was complaining that I use to be so much better at keeping my life, health, and work outs up to par. He said I just need to commit. However, it is hard to commit when you are motivated. I asked what could keep me motivated. We went back and forth on ideas like posters, rewards, and such. Really it came down to all that stuff that's inside you to stay motivated. You can't just say that you want to do something, then never stick to it. And you can't really stay motivated when you make silly things like posters, or rewards. At least for me. Because what happens when you run out of room on the poster or you run out of money or ideas for the rewards.
And that's where I was left. Looking in to self motivate. And the need to commit. But also having a little play room is healthy as well.
All things in moderation.
Moderation:
I talked about getting healthy. And let me clear the air. I'm not going to be going crazy with only buying health nut stuff. But what I AM going to do is make more meals. I am a stay at home mom for crying out loud!
So again, I say all things in moderation. I can't just CUT out sugar in my life (do you KNOW me?!)! But what I can do is not eat that entire box of oreos, chips, or loft house cookies. I will treat myself to one thing. May it be a square of that dark chocolate bar I just bought, a few chips, or ONE cookie treat. Moderation. I'm going to make my meals instead of going out to eat at a fast food restaurant. Don't get me wrong, I will still eat out. Everyday? Forget it. Try only on date nights or on fun adventures. And I will even get the "healthy" option on the menus.
One thing I am going to just cut out is SODA!!!! Are you kidding me! Carbination!
In high school, I decided to cut soda out of my life for one year. One year. It could be done. And I did.
Guess what?! I dropped 20 POUNDS!!! TWENTY!
Now I have a soda addict for a partner, but honestly I can do it. Moderation my eye for soda. This is all about commitment.
Alrighty. Well that's my little gab about this past weeks going ons.
Want a recipe? My Aunt said this is like the BEST and TASTIEST bread ever! So I will share with you and we can try it out and discuss our success rates next week. And sorry for being late with the post. Been a crazy week.
Bread recipe of goodness:
Mix together:
7 cups flour
5 cups hot water
Add:
2/3 cup honey
2/3 cup oil
1/2 tbsp salt
Mix.
Then add:
4 level Tbsp instant yeast
Mix.
Then add:
About 6 cups flour (a couple cups at a time) until right consistency. Knead for 3-5 minutes in bread mixer or roll out on floured surface and knead by hand.
Divide into 4 med/large loaves or 5 small loaves.
Put in greased pans. Let raise about 30 minutes or until ready.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
Leave in pans to cool for about 10 min. before turning out onto cookie racks to finish cooling.
5 cups hot water
Add:
2/3 cup honey
2/3 cup oil
1/2 tbsp salt
Mix.
Then add:
4 level Tbsp instant yeast
Mix.
Then add:
About 6 cups flour (a couple cups at a time) until right consistency. Knead for 3-5 minutes in bread mixer or roll out on floured surface and knead by hand.
Divide into 4 med/large loaves or 5 small loaves.
Put in greased pans. Let raise about 30 minutes or until ready.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
Leave in pans to cool for about 10 min. before turning out onto cookie racks to finish cooling.
Let's try this baby out and see how tasty it really is. Because just by the looks of it, I already want to eat it all up!
Monday, September 1, 2014
Welcome
Start to a New Lifestyle
Welcome to my new blog where we talk health.
But first, a background to where it all started.
I just had a baby. By "just" I mean 4 and a half months ago.
I swear I've never been bigger. When pregnant, I walked EVERY DAY. I ate healthier.
Then, I gave birth to the cutest little Forsberg baby boy ever. Ridge came into my life and instead of sticking
to my healthy ways, I have been doing the "snow ball" affect. Spiraling out of control.
How sad.
I've tried just me changing. However it's hard when you are married to a junk-food loving, soda addict for a husband. I decided that if I was going to start this new lifestyle, every one in my family would.
Where to start?
I had a few Facebook friends having dinner pages. But no one ever posted recipes.
And honestly, I just didn't care what others were eating.
I cared about the cookies that were sitting on the counter.
I asked a sister to borrow her Shaun T (amazing guy) DVDs that she had. I told her and my mom that I was going to get fit and look smoking hot! Their response? To get in shape, it all started in the kitchen.
You had to eat healthy.
I can do this
That dawned on me, but I still had a husband who didn't like to eat hardly veggies or really anything.
How could I start eating healthy when going out to eat had been so tempting and EASY.
I needed to get my husband on board.
We went grocery shopping. It was a little spendy to start with, but we were rearing and ready to start our new change. We both needed to be able to keep up with our baby (all boys are active, so better start now).
And so it begins
We bought a new car, SUV, and gas is costly. Instead of driving wherever we go, we were going to walk.
Instead of spending 20 dollars going out to eat at a restaurant, we would go buy groceries.
Sleeping in? No. Get up early and jump start the day.
Work out.
COMMITMENT!
Yadda-yadda!
Yesterday was really the first day that we actually started our new lifestyle.
I was nervous that Tyler (husband guy) wouldn't like what I was going to make. I had told him what I was going to make. He was hesitant to say the least.
But it was SO SUCCESSFUL! SHOCKER! He ate EVERYTHING!
And what really was amazing was the fact that he wanted to invite people over to have this again!
OH MY GOSH!
Tyler. The guy who hated all veggies and loved Pepsi so much, drinking water was out of the question.
What did I have that was so successful? Spaghetti squash.
Dinner is Served
Instead of just telling you what I HAD for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I decided I would post my recipes, or really how I made it.
Breakfast and Lunch first though (this was for today, dinner yesterday).
Breakfast, Applejack's-dry with a cup of 1% Milk. (Got to have some sugar otherwise I'll go crazy)
Lunch, salad consisting of mixed greens, two strawberries, 1/4 avocado, hard boiled egg, grated cheese, and balsamic dressing. It was delicious.
Now the star of the ball. Our Sunday dinner.
Spaghetti Squash and Salad (as mentioned above)
1 Spaghetti Squash
2 whole mushrooms
Diced onions (I buy mine diced because I can't cut them *tear*)
Spaghetti Sauce
Poke a few forks holes in the squash, then put the whole thing in the microwave.
Microwave on high for about 8 minutes (I had to cut after and re-microwave for another 5ish minutes).
While the squash is in getting all heated up, in a frying pan, saute mushrooms (sliced) and onions. Add spaghetti sauce to the frying pan once onions are translucent.
Take the squash out of the microwave, if you haven't, cut it in half lengthwise and remove seeds.
Like I stated, I had to cut mine in half, then re-heat.
I prepared the salad while everything was simmering and cooking.
Plated up dinner with the squash cut in half, sauce added right in the middle (you can gut the squash, but it was fun eating it right out of the shell/skin). Salad on plate.
Then... ENJOY!
It was fun and easy. My kind of healthy!
Do you have any other recipes using spaghetti squash that have been a success?
Share them in the comments!
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