Thanks for the shout out!
I see a few of my fave peeps on here from the exercise thread so ola chicas!
Glad you saw some familiar faces!
BONUS QOTD: The only thing I can do to make my kitchen healthier would be to make the DH stop doing the grocery shopping!!!
(He's home more often than I am so he likes to get everything done so I don't have to
) but he REFUSES to not buy junk food. I don't have a problem not eating all the crap, but it would be so nice to open my pantry and not see chips, fruit rollups, cookies, etc. I would give anything to be able to chuck it all in the trash but he'd have a
!!
That is one chore that I would NOT let my DH tackle! I would be afraid of what the grocery budget would look like and what the pantry would look like. Not so much JUNK food, as DH follows Atkins and doesn't indulge in junk, but he NEVER seems to follow the sales or look at unit prices.... and he doesn't really seem to know what I commonly stock in the kitchen.
Do you have kids?? I noticed you mentioned fruit roll-ups.
Will answer QOTD when I'm home. Don't know how to smilies on my phone.
Having a good day so far today. Hit the grocery for some essentials and picked up some fruit for me and the kids and some apple cinnamon rice cakes, love those. Also picked up 3 flats of water for DS16.
Need to run over to Target for Brita filters so I can start using that again.
Lunch at panera today, god choices. Unsweetened iced tea, chicken soup, 1/2 turkey sandwich (no mayo) and an apple. Total 330 calories. Apple pushed me slightly above my allotment for lunch but frankly I'm so full I doubt I'll have a snack. For 4 servings of water in today too.
Sounds like you made good choices in a tough situation~!
Quick question about dinner. We are having tacos, how do I keep it low cal? I was thinking about making 2 dishes, one with beef and one with turkey, but the kids are all going to want beef so I might have to make 2 beef and one turkey.
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BEANS! Add refried beans to the ground beef after it is cooked and seasoned. Or just straight-up beans (if no one objects). You could also start adding finely chopped veggies to the taco meat. I usually stick with the "usual" of onions and peppers, but have been known to toss in finely chopped sauteed mushrooms as well. I figure I have gotten it down to about 1/3 veggies and 2/3 lean (browned, drained, and RINSED) ground beef.
Also.... DH and I don't eat tacos, per say. We have a HUGE salad with taco filling on top (meat for DH, refried beans for me, tomato, and a nicely crushed taco shell for some crunch! I use the combo creamy/salsa dressing I mentioned a few days ago). Kids still have regular tacos usually.
Happy Thursday everyone!!
Regarding the changes in my kitchen - Something I saw on The Biggest Loser over the weekend really hit home. The nutritionist that went to the kids home threw out all the junk, which I know is what you should do. Then she said that it's ok to have that type of food once in awhile and on special occassions, yes I know this too, but what struck a chord with me was when she said "it just should be in the home" - a lightbulb went off over my head.
This was one of those things that I've known all along but for whatever reason I never paid attention to and just didn't think about it. We're going big grocery shopping this weekend and I"ll be keeping this in mind. No more ice cream at home, just because, or potato chips because we need something to snack on. I think this will help a lot when it comes to sticking to my plan.
I think you meant "should NOT" be in the home.
I agree! My kids are allowed the occasional soda, french fries, when we are out, etc.... but they are NEVER served at home. DD has pretty much given up even having soda out because she knows the sugar is terrible for her, but DS still loves it. I do buy him a jug of the SodaStream all-natural root beer syrup for Christmas... and he knows he needs to make it last! He usually makes it when he has a friend over or something like that.
Frankly speaking, I am so surprised at how many folks here constantly complain about how hard it is to resist the kids junk food. Don't they realize that the KIDS shouldn't be eating it either?????? DON'T BUY IT!! And DON'T let the KIDS coerce you into it! If they wanted to start smoking, you wouldn't let them, right? SO STOP LETTING THEM DEVELOP BAD FOOD HABITS THAT WILL HAUNT THEM THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!
(quietly steps off soap box)
Well, heres my go!! (I'm not good with smileys)
So this morning I woke up to find it was rather
as the temp outside was -6C. I was feeling pretty
because I had an exam at University and didn't get a
of sleep and had a
.
to class in my
but it was a bit slippy on the roads. Arrived early so got myself a
and had a
with some of the other students. All too soon it was time to go in. All quiet as we had to
to the instructions, then we were given the paper. Was a bit
whaen I saw the questions, but all too soon 3 hours had whizzed by and it was over. Everyone was
when it was all over.
Came home to chill out and
a bit with my DIS friends and try to chill. OH is on his way home to give me a big
Hope I did OK!!!
Great story!! Glad the exam is over and you can relax!
The breadmaker and the deep fat frier have both been banished to the garage. All 'bad' things are in the bottom drawer of the freezer (where I can ignore them) and I've been making stuff in the slow cooker so that it's ready when I get in from work to reduce the temptation of take-out!
Knowing that there is a delicious yummy warm meal all ready and waiting at home is a GREAT incentive to avoid the drive-thru! I have a few good recipes if you are looking for any.
I do volunteer at my sons school two afternoons a week and I work from home part time aiding an adoption agency with answering emails, updating their social networking pages, and researching post adoption support services for international adoptions. Dh is happy to have me home and so is ds. I enjoyed working outside the home though. Before I got sick last year I worked as an independent consultant for a couple of law offices and loved it most of the time. Thanks for the suggestion.
Glad you are keeping busy!
Trying to figure out what to do for exercise today. I work at 4 so whatever I do needs to not be too long. I'd swim but it's still really crowded at the pool being January. I'm down another pound though I don't want to mess it up. Sorry about the smiley thing but I'm trying to watch a movie and catch up--this free showtime has been my salvation this week but today it is a curse!
Having the fridge clean is huge, I'd still like to organize the freezer and cupboards though. Maybe I'll just try to get some things done today until work.
I totally agree on the "January" comment! The gym is always crowded in January! Usually by February it has died down and by March it usually seems back to normal. I did my workout at home today even thought DD will be at the Y for 2.5 hours tonight... partly to avoid the gym crowd and partly because I way prefer a morning workout.
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Evening friends! WOW..... this day absolutely whizzed by! But the Christmas tree is empty and out the door, all of the ornaments and lights are packed up and the boxes are carried downstairs (although they weren't put away very neatly). Furniture is MOSTLY back where it belongs and everything was vacummed and swept.
DD is wearing her new contacts tonight. We'll see how that goes with swim practice.
I have a handful of errands to run tonight while she swims. I have a few late Christmas returns to do and need a few things from the grocery (why can't I ever seem to get it all at once??). Then I will get back to the Y and HOPEFULLY the wi-fi will be working! I've been very frustrated with it not working lately. I've complained twice, but it hasn't improved.
Been pushing the water and green tea today. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in is a good one. At this point I would be happy with a maintain from last week, since I had such a good loss last week.
This is my last day coaching, so I will just say "It's been GREAT!" I love coaching, but will be happy to step back and let the next Coach Extraordinare step in!
TTYL..........................P