Stressful Day of eating...

Well our kitchen appliances are all in our dining room (see first picture). My husband is re-doing the floor in our kitchen so it doesn't leave us a lot of ways for to cook today. However, where there is a will there is a way right?!



Breakfast:
Me-bowl of Blueberry & Pomegranate Total (YUM!) with skim milk and an orange. Drink: Coffee/Water
(my son had his normal Frosted Flakes, part of orange and some toast sorry no pic).

Lunch:
Meatloaf with Spanish rice and roll-ups (these are croissant pastry with veggie cream cheese and spinach in them). Drink: Water
(Again no pic of my sons food, apparently I give him his food without remembering to get a pic..he had Whole milk, chicken breast, cottage cheese, a small amount of our meatloaf and some bread)


Dinner:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches on whole wheat bread, creamed corn, and cottage cheese. Drink:Skim Milk/Water
Our son had the same meal as we did except his pork did not have BBQ sauce on it.Drink: Whole Milk.




Tomorrow my son and I are traveling most of the day so it will be interesting to see what our lunch and dinner will be!

This was yesterday’s line up of food. It was a lazy day for us. My husband was home from work and we literally did stuff around the house all day so it was all about convenient food. Last night I also hosted girls night at my house so of course I indulged in cheesecake bites, buffalo dip, taco dip, chips/salsa, cookies..etc. None of that is pictured!

Breakfast for my son and me:
Reduced sugar & fiber added Frosted Flakes (his with whole milk mine with skim) and an apple
Drink: water/coffee (me) Whole milk for son



LUNCH:
Son: Leftover Macaroni and Cheese with fat free Turkey hot dogs, strawberry yogurt, carrots/corn, and ½ slice of buttered bread.
Drink: Whole Milk


Myself and Husband: Subway Subs. I had buffalo chicken on wheat and my husband had Italian (I think).
Drinks: Water/Dt Coke




DINNER:
Son: Grilled Chicken breast, cottage cheese and yogurt. Drink: Whole milk (Sorry no picture!)

Myself and Husband: Pizza, sausage and mushroom Drink: Beer (just one!)



Not the best healthy eating day but again you will have those days!

Another day of food...

Breakfast today for me and husband: Scrambled eggs, ½ of orange, whole wheat toast with grape jelly, and bacon. Drinks: Water, Coffee, skim milk
Jack (our son): bowl of reduced sugar and fiber added Frosted Flakes with whole milk, scrambled eggs and wheat toast with grape jelly. Drink: Whole milk.



Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese with slices of Fat Free Turkey Hot dogs, Carrots/corn/green bean mixture, and pineapple.
Drink: Water & skim milk for husband and me. Whole milk for Jack.






Dinner was a mixture of left over foods…this is needed every now and then so we can clean out the fridge and not waste food.
My dinner: Grilled Chicken breast with Spanish rice Drink: Dt Coke and water
My son: Grilled chicken breast, cooked carrots, and Spanish rice Drink: Whole Milk
My husband: Meat ball sandwich on whole wheat bread, mixed veggies (carrots/corn/beans), and cottage cheese. Drink: Skim milk

Meals on our Rainy Day

Breakfast:
For myself and my son was as follows:
Reduced Sugar & Fiber added Frosted Flakes (cant tell any difference then normal Frosted Flakes!), an orange. My son also had wheat toast with small amount of strawberry jelly.
Drink for me was water & coffee, for my son whole milk.
My husband had scrambled eggs and toast for his breakfast (sorry no pic of his breakfast).








Mid-morning snack for my son and me was a banana split between the two us and water.


Lunch

Me: Spanish rice (leftover from diner last night), cottage cheese, apple. Drink: water


Jack: Turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread, pear slices, and cottage cheese Drink: Whole Milk


Dinner
Me & Husband: BLT’s with sliced chicken added on wheat bread and chipotle mayo and red onion, whole grain rice with carrots, peas & corn, pineapple. Drinks: Skim Milk and water


Jack: Potato and onion perogi w/shredded mozzarella cheese on top, pineapple, whole grain rice with carrots, peas & corn, small amount of strawberry yogurt. Drink: Whole Milk



Evening snack with husband: half cup of caramel praline frozen yogurt…YUM!

Our Next 90 meals...

Last year my husband and I changed our lifestyle to get healthier; we ate healthier foods and worked out a lot more. He lost 50 pounds and I lost 20.
This year we are just focusing on maintaining our weight loss and maybe loosing a few more pounds.

One big change this year for us is that our son who is currently 1 ½ is eating more and more of the foods that we eat. We are very excited for him to eat more and more new foods but we are also very cautious of what we are feeding him (sugars, fats etc.). It makes us much more aware what we are actually eating when we sit down to the dinner table and think “hmmmm should our son really be eating this?” In all reality-if we don’t feel comfortable feeding it to our son, we shouldn’t be consuming it either.

So for the next 30 days I will be photographing all of the meals that we make and posting them on this blog. It is a way for my husband and I to look back and see what we are eating, how much we are eating and what we are feeding our son and how it impacts us or maybe doesn’t impact us.

We are not looking to use this as a weight loss tool but maybe more of an accountability tool.

On side note, I LOVE FOOD! I love to eat! It seems like a silly statement to make because eating is something that everybody does, but I thoroughly enjoy making my meals, trying new foods, and making old classics with a new twist. Everyone has to eat so might as well make it fun, enjoyable and healthy (yes it is possible to have all 3 in the same meal!).

So we begin with this evening’s dinner-
Spanish rice with fire roasted tomatoes, shrimp with chili lime seasoning (YUM), with sliced pears. Drinks: Water and Skim Milk





Our dinner was a late dinner due to running schedules so our son had his dinner a little earlier in the evening. Jacks dinner was as follows-
Grilled chicken breast, sliced pears, whole grain brown rice carrots, peas and corn , and a few craisans! Drink: Whole Milk




I am looking forward to keeping this up, I promise to photograph it all, the good, the bad and the ugly...I am sure we will have a mixture of it all over the next 30 days!

To the Wrong Do-ers

Dear People That Have Done Me Wrong,

Thank you for helping me get through my tough runs. Thank you for the anger that fuels me to run faster and farther.
Mind you I don't always dwell on the negative things when I run. Actually when I run I am normally thinking of my future. My future races, my future vacations, my son, and of course my amazing husband.
But on those off days when I am feeling frustrated, discouraged and down I use the anger and pain that you wrong-doers have given me and it makes me go. Its like a hundred shots of adrenaline entering my blood stream all from a single thought...truly amazing.
I do hold grudges, but only if something really angers me and never knew why I couldn't let them go. Now I understand...it's my fuel.
I no longer feel the pain in my legs or the or the ache in my back. I feel the wind from my swift pace and I feel sweat dripping off of me. As the sweat streams off of me so does the thought of you and your actions/words.
So thank you to those in my past that have fueled me. Thank you to those who didn't think I was good enough to stay committed to our relationship, I could go on to tell you truly amazing my husband is however I don't want you to get too jealous..oh wait you probably already are..as you should be.
Thank you to those who have sent me an email to inform me that you think I am a one-sided bad friend-you'll eventually figure things out and realize how rude and hurtful you were..and when you figure it out I might still be around to forgive you, but I doubt you would even be able to put yourself in my shoes and see it from my perspective. And yet I am the selfish one!
Thank you to those who were so green with envy and jealousy who made my life harder so that you could feel better about yourself...or try to at least...learn to love yourself and then you wont have to be such a bitch to others. Being happy in life is so much easier than being the girl hunched over her jack & coke being pissy at the world for no reason.
You all suck and for the most part the majority of you are gone from my life but your actions/words are still in my reserve tank. I use it only when needed...to kick ass on my run and run farther away from the thought of you.
At the end of my run, I am the happiest person in the world..and you are nothing but a stream of sweat that is wiped away and once again forgotten.

Sincerely,
The Girl Who Was Smart Enough to Run Away from You

Re-do

So I haven't been the best at blogging as I originally had hoped.
To be honest I blog on a weight loss website and I enjoy it more, maybe because it's a community full of people who are also trying to lose weight and can relate with me or give me advice.
So I thought why not blog about my "journey" here as well. So here it goes..

At the beginning of the year I decided that I had to get my butt in shape for our son. I want to be a positive roll model for him and I also want to look and feel good about my body. After all if I do not have confidence or good self esteem how can I teach that to my son?
I have lost about 9 pounds from the beginning of the year..all by eating healthier watching my calories and working out. I had a few months where I majorly slacked... but being a new parent has its ups and downs and I just had to roll with the punches.

I am really proud that my husband and I are both losing weight. I have about 12 more pounds to lose before I am at my "goal weight". I am already below my pre-pregnancy weight which thrills me but I still have a long way to go.

I am also proud that we are doing it in a healthy way. No silly detox diets, no fad diets, really no diets at all. Just common sense healthy eating and working out.
I have been busting my butt working out too..a part of me hates it but another part of me CRAVES it.
I set up a series of mini goals for myself to help motivate me along the way. When I lose another 5 pounds I am rewarding myself with a new haircut and color...something I am in desperate need of. When I lose the last remaining 7 pounds I am getting a running skirt. Who knows, maybe when I get to my goal weight I will decide I can lose a little more and set new goals..I guess we will see when I get there!

My husband and I are training for a few big runs, we are running our first 1/2 marathon in August and in January 2011 we are running our first full marathon in Disney world. We are very excited to do both. These goals will be a huge accomplishment and proof of our hard work and new lifestyle!

So another day begins, and a gorgeous one at that! Stay tuned for an all new me!