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Aside from my delicious omelette this morning, I had a salmon melt on Honey Wheat bread for lunch, asparagus and almonds for snack, and chicken and rice for dinner!

I was almost not going to work out, but I conjured up some strength and willpower from somewhere, and lapped three times instead of two like on Thursday.  On my way!!!

By the way, on a side note, have any of you ever tried to make your own pesto??? I saw a friend post this recipe and in this recipe is another recipe for making your own pesto.  I love pesto with crab and such, and I always see it ready-made at the grocery store for $3-$4.  But I grabbed some fresh, FRESH basil at the supermarket for $1.50 and had everything else to make it!! So I'm excited!! Yay!! Can also replace mayo on sandwiches!!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/06/grilled-pesto-chicken-and-tomato-kebabs.html

Best Omelette EVER!

I just made an omelette with: Spinach, green onions, tomatoes, red bell peppers, green bell peppers, mushrooms, finely chopped garlic, serrano peppers, and I think that's it.

DELICIOUS!! And so good for you!  I had read somewhere that mushrooms are amazingly good for you and parsley as well!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=391222087643691&set=a.386604394772127.1073741828.386597501439483&type=1&theater


I also want to recommend a few facebook pages that I've found incredibly helpful!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Food-as-Medicine/386597501439483
https://www.facebook.com/GrowingOrganicEatingOrganic?fref=ts

Sore!!!

It seems just as inevitable as breathing, the first day you exercise, you are SORE, even more so after a day!  I had plans to exercise this morning, but I don't think my legs can take it.  So I am going to let them rest! Plus I have to work today, and I have off tomorrow, so I think all and all it works out!

Made a kale, tomato, green pepper, onion, and zucchini omelette this morning! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would, considering I'm very picked with zucchini and I put in a TON of kale.  I also need to pick up a few ingredients at work for the rest of my omelette.  I am thinking about getting mushrooms, spicy peppers, red bell peppers, and some other things.  Garlic, dill yummmm!!!

I also made a yummy smoothie!  First smoothie of many I'm sure!! I'm trying out different fruits to work together.  I usually get pineapples, peaches, and mandarin oranges.  I tried mandarin oranges and pineapple together, I get alot of pineapple.  I'm starting to grow out of pineapple.  Thinking about getting a kiwi or mango to try out ... Put in some yogurt, milk, and ice cubes.  It's actually pretty good.  Just alot of pineapple!  :) It will be a great after work-out snack!

So I am looking forward to working out tomorrow!  And feeling the burn again!  I'm actually feeling it in my thighs and my gluts! <-- I think that's how you spell it!  So I'm doing something right!!

 

First workout!

Today marks the second week anniversary of my decision of turning my life around.  I have been eating healthy but haven't exercised at all.

Not sure about anybody out there, but eating healthy was never the problem for me, but the exercise was.  I'm a pathological couch-potato!  So I decided one thing at a time: First, to make eating healthy a habit, common, etc so when I got to the exercise, I wasn't being bombarded by all sorts of new things.  I think it kinda scares me off some, doing it all at once.

The eating healthy has been going very well.  I think I've had two pieces of cheese in 2 weeks (which is good!) Yogurts, vegetables, fruits, lean meats, wheat bread, etc etc.

Today's the day I told myself would be acceptable for me to start working out.  Two weeks seems enough time to develop a habit, especially if you are doing it every day.

My work-out plans were thrown awry for a minute or two.  I drove to a nearby, what I thought was abandoned, warehouse building with a huge loading area which seemed perfect to run around, without anyone seeing me all sweaty and gross, at my worst, etc.  There were people and cops there to boot.  So I knew I had to go.  My apartment also has a Fitness Room that is very limited, so I figured, I might as well go ahead and use it, especially since my first plan fell through.  Deadbolted from the inside.

I chucked it up and decided to run/walk up and down the sidewalk in front of my actual apartment.  Generally speaking, one way was 1/8 of a mile, and I did four reps, so I walked/ran half a mile!  For my first day, I think that's pretty good!!

Going to go weigh myself today while I go grocery shopping!! I should have done it when I started, but I keep forgetting!! Ahh!! lol Ate some yummy oatmeal made by my great husband.

Thinking about Fourth of July

I've been seeing all sorts of posts on Facebook about great foods that work well with 4th of July.  And almost all of them I've seen, are the really really bad kind for you.  Ribs, cakes, cookies, briskets, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc etc.  Don't get me wrong, they look really really good, especially when they are so daunting as to include pictures.  Seriously: drool-worthy.  But is a no-no.

I am not totally into Fourth of July to begin with.  My parents were never the great "Grill-Masters", never really had the "Flag-Cake", barely even acknowledged the holiday even existed, except for staying at home to stay away from the craziness that became supermarkets and highways.  People driving to and from barbecues and camp-grounds, with fireworks and their special homemade BBQ sauce.

I started to think, there are so many festive ideas to celebrate Fourth of July.  However, it would be nothing more for an excuse for me to bring out the folding chairs, the mini George Foreman grill, and a new kind of Smirnoff!

I want to make some burgers with turkey meat.  Mix in kale, spinach and tons of other veggies, even some spicy ones!  With some whole wheat hamburger buns!

Was also thinking about "Shish-kabobs" Pieces of chicken, and veggies sprinkled with garlic salt and lemon juice, and grilled on the GF grill!

Then, what got me thinking about Fourth of July festivities in the first place, is http://www.5dollardinners.com/real-food-patriot-dessert-the-fruit-flag/

I had just gotten some blueberries and strawberries at the grocery store!! I was just going to put some yogurt with the fruit, but look at the link!! Look at that picture!! It's so cute! I won't lie, I'll probably do some vanilla yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, and top it off with cool whip and granola (Or something I can sprinkle on top!)

Starting Out

I started 6/13/13 eating healthy.  But first let me shed a little light on me.

Me!

This is me! I am an almost 22 year old cashier at Ingles Supermarket.  I am currently residing in Georgia and am married to most wonderful man in the world!  I am also a wax addict (Candles, tarts, fragrances, etc!) http://scentsmakemyday.blogspot.com/  If you're ever curious about fragrance and wanting to scent your home, I can point you out to alot of quality vendors!

OK so more about food.  I have decided that I want to shed some weight.  I have done stuff like this before... and I go way too fast, get burned out too easy, and quit.  Also, has anyone ever gone to the grocery store intending to buy healthy but realize that a bag of potato chips is cheaper than a bag of fruit or vegetables?  Plus they go on sale more frequently than fruits and vegetables! 

So I came across this yahoo article http://health.yahoo.net/experts/yourbestfitness/99-cent-diet-could-it-work-you .  I think this is so awesome!! For people on a small food budget, and want to eat healthy, it's so perfect!!!  I have deviated a little bit from this particular diet (Been researching Skinny Oven, Skinny Ms., etc etc)  I have actually been very thrifty!! Surprisingly so! 

So I decided to go about it a different way this time.  I wanted to get in the habit of eating right and liking it before I started to exercise, which is normally where I just quit.  But I have decided to take pictures of what I eat, and detail it here.  It may not be everything I eat, but atleast the stuff that's pretty!! But I'll try to take plenty of pictures!  

Here's my tomato, green and red bell pepper, onion, kale, spinach, dill and garlic omelette.  First time trying it with kale, and it was delicious!  Definitely going to be adding more kale! 

If anyone has any tips or recipes that they found helpful while they lost weight, let me know!! Comment below!