Dinner and a Recipe

Tonight I decided to make some oven baked fries and some Salisbury meatballs. It may not be super healthy but at least I am eating at home which is a great thing for me.

I thought I would make a list of my favorite food things.

Greek Yogurt- Plain
I LOVE this stuff. Not to promote a particular brand but I had some at Costco the other day it was amazing, they put a little honey on it and man was that good. Plus you get 20 grams of protein in there. I don't eat a lot of protein so getting it anyway I can is great.

Frozen Blueberries
These go great in Greek Yogurt. Plus you can whip up some Oatmeal Muffins*recipe below* and throw them in.

Oatmeal-
I HATE this stuff but it is very good for your body. I think we don't get enough fiber in our diets and it can cause problems. Since I HATE oatmeal I get creative, I make muffins, or I will put a bit of sugar free syrup in it just to make me think its something else.

Spinach-
Love to put it on my sandwiches, in my eggs, salad and pizzas

These are some of my favorite things obviously the list goes on and on. I am a FOOD lover so as I try to lose weight I will be taking some of my recipes and making them healthier.


Oatmeal Muffins

2 1/2 cups Quick Cooking Oatmeal
1 egg beaten
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup raisins ( I used cranberries so substitute any thing you like)

Combine all ingredients and stir with a fork until all ingredients are moist. Spoon into greased muffin pan. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

Just Trekking

Today again has been uneventful, I have been having crazy ideas of getting really fit and doing half marathons or even triathlons. We will see what time brings. I got some cleaning done yesterday and set up my workout area so it is all ready to go. I have a library of workout dvds and enough workout equipment to open my own gym. (Not really but it seems like it)

I have been eating well, yesterday I feel like I went over my calories. Not badly but I was disappointed in what I did.

Today is a better day. I am thinking of making some oven fries and burger or something. I don't know. Nothing sounds good, which is a good thing. Because I used to get in trouble when things always sounded good.

On a Boat

Well not yet, but if it keeps raining here in town I am going to need a boat. Luckily for me we don't live in a flood area. We live near a river but the river would have to rise VERY high (were talking noah's ark high) in order for it to flood us.

I haven't done anything today..Booo

Well that isn't true I went down to the PSU to get some things in order for when I transfer there next fall. Im a planner what can I say. I am very excited to make this next step in my life. I have a major issuing finishing things and I will finish school and I will finish my weight loss journey. I am getting much to old to keep doing the irresponsible thing.

The food thing is going well. I have decided that I would like to eat more Greek Yogurt. I just love that stuff, I use to have the whole regular yogurt makes me gag thing, the texture was to much for me. But Greek Yogurt I love. I plan on eating it with fruits. I also would like to start eating more beans or any type of fiber. We are seriously lacking fiber. I don't want to get disgusting here but I wonder if as a society we are lacking in these areas and if its not causing some of our health issues. At least in the intestinal regions.

I was talking to my husband earlier and reminded why I decided to go back and get my bachelor's degree. I would ideally like to make a decent amount of money, so that I might be able to open a fitness center for lower income people. It would offer exercise programs, nutritional guidance and some after school programs for children. It likely will never happen, but helping people has always been something I love to do.

Best Intentions

Sometimes I have the best intentions to workout and suddenly the whole day is past me by and I have not exercised. I use to do yoga and I just loved that and I have many dvd's that I could use to keep doing yoga, but I just don't ever get around to it. I need to start making "appointments" with myself and doing this. My goal is to do cardio for 4 days a week and do yoga as much as possible.


At least I am having a nice healthy Lentil Soup for dinner. I love soup any and all kind. My mom thinks I am strange because I can throw together a homemade soup quickly and it is yummy. She hates soup.

So my plan to take this day by day is working so far. Today is almost over and I have done well with eating, just no exercise.

Rain...rain...more rain

I do think it is going to be an exceptionally wet winter this year. Bummer! I have lived here for over 10 years now and the wet and gray is just starting to get to me. It is a strange thing here. You go from say April to Early October and the places is just beautiful, very little rain, nice and sunny. But then you get to the end of October and the rain comes and the sun leaves and it just sucks! Even in Montana at least we got a nice sunny day that almost made you forget there was 4 feet of snow outside. Oh well right...

I am 1 lb away from meeting my goal. I am pretty happy about that. I have a new idea which is take it day by day. Don't look to far ahead just focus on what I can do right now. For example I can make the choice to eat something healthy or I can make the choice to eat something bad. Little things like that.

So I keep trekking along or maybe swimming at this point there is that much rain :)

Other Motivation

We went to Las Vegas for the first time this year. We honestly didn't love the casinos and all that. But we had a great time just looking around and going on little outtings. We went to Red Rock Canyon and some other places.

We went to Hoover Dam, mostly because James' Great Great Grandfather helped with it. Lake Mead is named after him. So we went and looked at that and did the whole tourist thing. It was pretty impressive. Here are some pictures of that trip. To remind me of the wonderful time we had. To remind me of why I am trying to get healthy. And to remind me that there are places that are sunny and not always rainy like here.

One Year Later

I can't believe it has been a year since I last wrote here. (almost) I have done little to keep myself on this weight loss plan. I haven't gained any weight this year which is great. But I haven't lost any either. So here I go again...

There are a few points I would like to make which are different from last year.

I am eating better or at least more aware of what I am eating.
My sister is my partner in this weight loss journey, she has less to lose then me but it helps.
We will be hiking again this summer...and I don't want to be fat and out of breath on my 6 mile uphill hikes again.

I WILL do this. I am giving myself a year to work really hard on this. No backing out this time.