Month: April 2016

(Revised 4-19-16. I included a link to a wonderful steak salad I made for dinner in this post. I failed o include a separate link to the marinade that I used for marinating my flank steak. Click HERE for the marinade. It is awesome!) In yesterday’s post, I told you that I had some steak marinating. Ohhhh M Geeeeeee. It was soooo good. I have the link below where I tell you what I ate for dinner, which includes some of this grilled Flank Steak. I got in a little Yoga last night at home, and for whatever reason, I am forgetting to drink water. Here are yesterday’s eats…… Breakfast – 5 SP Un-Pictured Almonds. I wasn’t really hungry in the morning, so I grabbed a few nuts while doing food prep at the bosses house. Lunch – 8 SP Un-Pictured Banana with 1 T. Almond Butter and Tuna Salad with Celery, […]

Occasionally, Mike works on a Sunday because his phone goes from an average of 60-80 calls a day to almost zero (sometimes people still call!), and he can get a lot done. I really don’t like for him to work on Sunday because I would much rather spend the day together, but any opportunity for him to get caught up a bit, is a good thing. When he does work on Sunday, I tend to get a ton of stuff done at home. Yesterday I did a lot of housework and a little food prep for the week. I kept an eye on Mishka and took a few breaks to cuddle. We are not going to the vet today, but the vet and I talked and we are going to see how she does this week, then go from there. Thank you for all of your kind comments, emails and text messages about my […]

This Lasagna from Trina over at Paleo Newbie maybe tasted even better leftover, if that is at all possible? After sleeping late and missing Yoga yesterday, I decided to spend the morning loving on Mishka and sipping coffee. I took these pictures after going to the vet the other day.   I spent the afternoon getting one of the guest rooms ready for a niece of mine to move in this week. She will be staying with us for a little while, so I was doing some re-organizing to ensure that she will have some closet and drawer space when she gets here on Wednesday. Being empty nesters, I seemed to have done a great job of spreading my unnecessary clothes, purses, scarves and shoes throughout the house. Let me just say that at the end of the day, my garage sale pile is now a little larger. I’m excited for my niece to […]

Whole30 When Mike and I did our first round of Whole30 back in October, I was all about the challenge of going 30 days without eating a variety of foods, and curious as to how my body would feel at the end of those 30 days. I was also curious to see what old habits would die, and what new habits I would pick up. I was successful in completing the challenge and I learned a lot about my body and my food habits. This round of Whole30 was planned because I had let some of those old habits slip back into my lifestyle, and I wasn’t feeling so great. I wanted to feel good again, and I knew what I needed to do for that to happen. Now that I know that I can complete the 30 day challenge, and I already know how great it makes me feel, my […]

On Thursday, my first stop was Yoga, only to find out that I had looked at the schedule wrong, so I left. From there I went to….. Costco Whole Foods Trader Joe’s My Local Grocery Store Walmart Walgreens The Bank The Gas Station The Car Wash The CPA’s office, twice Mike’s office I hadn’t had a Food Prep, Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Day in a while, so I spent the entire day getting caught up….mostly on food. Check out the variety of Sweet Potatoes that I bought at Whole Foods!   I also found a variety of Larabar’s…..to be eaten responsibly.   Here are a few of my favorites from Trader Joe’s that I stocked up on!   Can you believe the size of these berries that I found at Trader Joe’s?   I had plenty of Weekly Points left on Thursday, so I made healthy choices, but did not […]

After a terrible headache Tuesday evening (likely from Tuesday’s eats??) but a really good nights sleep, I made much better food choices on Wednesday. I even drank all of my water and got in a  30 minute walk. Here are yesterday’s eats… Breakfast – 5 SP 5 Egg Whites and One Egg, Scrambled. Apple Slices with 2 tsp Almond Butter.   Lunch – 3 SP Lunch at the Food Truck. I packed a Tuna Salad made with Mustard, Dill Pickle Relish, S&P, Chopped Apple and Red Onion.   Dinner – 14 SP Turkey Taco Meat bulked up with Broccoli Slaw and Bell Peppers. I put my Taco Meat over a baked Sweet Potato, then topped it with tomatoes and smashed Avocado and a side of Plantains.     These are my 2016 Goals Make time each week to Meal Plan Drink 100 ounces of water each day Exercise 5 days a […]

Let me just say that having a glass of wine on Saturday, one on Sunday and a beer on Monday, made me crave foods that are not Whole30, and not Weight Watcher Point Friendly. I was running late to work at The Food Truck on Monday, and skipped breakfast. We worked an event with other food trucks. At the end of the day, we all trade food. I have done this before during Whole30 and easily passed on all of the yummy food. That did not happen yesterday. Besides showing up for work hungry, it was that time of the month (You’re welcome), and I know that having alcohol makes me want to eat everything for the next few days. So, I had a bite or two of everything! I ate one of our Pork Taco’s The Pizza guy brought the three of us three pizza’s. I had a few bites.   […]

We went to bed at 4:30 am Monday morning, and I slept in until 11:00 am. The rest of the day felt pretty unorganized. I hadn’t had a meal since our lunch in Dallas late Sunday afternoon, so at 2:00 pm, I finally made a big plate of eggs and sweet potatoes. The rest of the day was just as unorganized as the morning. Mike and I had tickets to the Jamey Johnson/Willie Nelson concert and aside from being exhausted, we were really looking forward to our evening. I had wanted a date night with dinner out and then the concert, but due to our rather hectic day, we were doing good to just get to the concert. We never did have dinner, and decided to just have a good time and have beer for dinner. Yep, that’s right. Another Whole30….NOT! The concert was great! Our seats were on the floor, […]

Food Truck Success I worked Monday thru Friday last week at the Food Truck, and I stuck to the Whole30. Some days with ease, others, a little more challenging. Thursday night I had Book Club. I ate dinner before I went, and drank water, coffee and hot tea while there. There is always lots of great food at Book Club, but there seemed to be an extra amount of yumminess on Thursday night. Dips and Chips and Pizza and Cookies and Cupcakes and Wine. I kept my focus on my girlfriends and the books and never took a bite, but I’m not saying it was easy. I did have a really great time laughing with the girls. Friday, I went to my WW meeting, but had to leave just a few minutes early to make it to work in time to serve up lunch at the Food Truck. It was a great meeting […]

I’ll write a bit more detail in today’s next post, but Mike and I went to Dallas this weekend to visit our daughter, Tess. I wasn’t really thinking about this trip when we had decided to do another committed round of the Whole30. A few days ago, it hit me how challenging the weekend could be with eating out all weekend and socializing. I had made up my mind to not stress about it, and eat healthy and do the best that I could. Breakfast was easy. Tess picked us up at the airport Saturday morning and we went to her apartment for breakfast. For lunch we went to a BBQ restaurant. Again, I had decided to not stress about my food, and just eat healthy. I surprisingly discovered a Smoked Red Fish with vegetables on the menu, and it was amazing, and as far as I could tell from the description […]