Snowy Monday

I woke up this morning to a beautiful coat of white snow on the the ground. Of course I didn't think that it might take me a little longer to get to work! Oops! I had cooked up some brown rice last night so I decided to have some for breakfast this morning. I topped it with some of my homemade cranberry sauce, slivered almonds and a little maple syrup. Yummy!

The rice keep me pretty full and I got hungry around 10:00. I had packed some cottage cheese and an apple so I had that to keep me until lunch. I packed a lunch for work of pinto beans mixed with salsa and put it on a tortilla. This is an older picture since I don't take a camera to work to take picture of my eats, not yet that is.

I headed to the gym after work and did a upper body work out. I push hard and it felt good. I came home and had a banana with some of that delicious homemade almond butter. I have to admit I had a little difficulty again but not nearly as bad as yesterday. That is progress right? I nibble on the almond butter and finally made hubby put it away. I also had a cookie and some peanuts. But that was it and I was proud of myself for gaining control so quickly.

I began preparing sample food to take to my possible client tomorrow. I am a nervous wreck about it and since I have not done anything like this before I have to admit I am not sure what I am doing. The possible client want me to cook food for her children. Make them a lunch for school, after school snack and dinner. The kid are teenagers. So my sample food is: Lunch: carrots, orange and a chicken wrap Snack: fruit dip (made from low fat ricotta, yogurt and instant pudding mix), strawberries and some baked tortilla chips sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar Dinner: Turkey meatballs and fresh pasta. I will present tomorrow around 4:00.

After running around and freaking out about this whole thing I was able to manage a chicken salad: romaine lettuce, chicken breast, Parmesan cheese and lite dressing.

It is almost 9:00 and I am ready for bed. I have my clothes laid out for tomorrow, my lunch packed and my gym bag ready. Not sure when and how I will get my workout in but I will find time some where.

Another bump in the road!

Yesterday for lunch I decided to try pinto bean tacos. They may not look to appealing but they were quite good. What I like is that they are so quick and easy. Not much thought and time is involved.

I did end up going for my new walking route yesterday. I haven't yet clocked it to see how much more miles I added. I was disappointed because I thought it would take me a little longer than it did. With the additional route it only took me an additional 10 minutes. But I had a nice sweat when I got back and I knew that I had did something great for my body.

I had a slip up in the eating yesterday afternoon. I have to admit I was so disappointed in myself and I wanted to feel sorry for myself and give up in defeat. But as I thought about it that evening I decided that I was going to be a warrior, I was not going to let this defeat me. I was going to move forward learn what I can from the slip up and ended up having a wonderful whole wheat pasta with lemon, garlic, light butter, whole wheat pasta, spinach and pine nuts. It was quite delicious and I wouldn't mind having that one again.

I decided that some times in the late afternoon I have difficult with my eating. Not sure why but I guess it doesn't really matter I just need to figure out how I want to handle it. So I decided that I would have a nice big salad in the late afternoon. Not only will this be filling bitut it will be low in calorie as long as I am careful what I put on it. But how could I go wrong with a big plate of wonderful green veggies. I have to admit I am very proud of myself for coming up with a solution. This is truly progress in my eyes and something I should be proud of for thinking about and actually coming up with a idea to prevent it from occurring today. I am growing!!