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.

Good Morning!!

Good Tuesday morning to everyone! Another cold gloomy day here today. When is it going to be nice? I think it is suppose to begin warming up tomorrow. I am looking forward to nicer weather so I can get to taking my long walks outside. I have a new route I would like to take maybe I can attempt it tomorrow or Thursday.

Today I thought I would try brown rice for breakfast. I saw this recipe and I thought it might be quite interesting to try brown rice instead of oats for breakfast. It was quite delicious. I made a big batch of brown rice yesterday so all I had to do was measure out my portion and put it in the microwave. I really enjoyed it.

The breakfast included:

3/4 cup brown rice
3 dried apricot chopped
2 tablespoons sliced almonds (all I had was slivered)
1 teaspoon maple syrup

It was quite tasty the sweetness from the syrup and the apricots along with the crunch from the almond was quite good.

I have all my meals planned out for the day and I will try millet tonight for dinner, which I am excited about.

Yesterday on my food shopping outing I pick up a lot of different type of grains that I would like to try. It was quite nice at Whole Foods you could buy them by the pound so I was able to get a little of each one I want to try for quite cheap they range about 50 cents for each one. Note: that is just enough for myself and not my family. Not sure how open my 18 year old son would be to this type of eating. Hubby would be game so might have more fun experimenting with food when the kids are both of to college in the fall. Isn't my hubby lucky? I hope he is ready.

Have strength training and my cardio session this afternoon. Think I will make the turkey meatball this morning for the boys dinner tonight. They will be having meatball subs for dinner. My son should be happy with that and last time I made them with turkey he really enjoyed them. Maybe I can convert him some day! :) I hate to think what he will be eating once he heads off to college. SIGH...