So after my post yesterday, I did not have corn pasta, meatballs, sauce, and a fruit and veggie. I ran out of time before I left to go to a friend's house. I did have a great dinner of saffron rice, chicken with onions, carrots and a sundried tomato sauce. When I got home I read for a half hour or so then went to bed. I started That's Another Story by Julie Walters. Very good so far.
Anyway, this morning I got up at 8am. I ate a pear around 9am then I made a smoothie and ate half of a banana. The smoothie had frozen strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and spinach, half of a fresh banana, black cherry juice, ground flaxseed, and a little bit of water. So far I can taste mostly bananas, but that might change. I like adding the banana because the consistency is much creamier, but this is the first time I have tried a banana since I was told it was a sensitivity. I'll see how I feel later. I also warmed up the frozen fruit/veg this time and it blended better than just throwing the frozen fruit/veg into the blender.
It is raining today so I will not be walking down to the gym to start the 2 week trial. I will try to go on Monday.
After I finish my smoothie, I will probably eat the corn pasta and meatballs and sauce. Tonight I am going into Boston with a few of my friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. Should be fun, but I will get home late and B will be getting up early for work tomorrow. I hope that I can sleep in tomorrow, but it seems unlikely.
Hope you all have fun plans tonight/this weekend! Have a great day.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Goals: day 1
Since I just posted the 5 goals I have for myself, I thought that I would let everyone know how I did so far today.
For breakfast:
poached eggs
some Cape cod salt and vinegar kettle chips
smoothie **
water
**[fruit/veggie smoothie consisting of:
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
frozen spinach
frozen peaches
ground flaxseed
Just Black Cherry juice
Water
It tasted good and because I had a straw I actually finished it. Usually I only get about halfway through it. With a straw I can mix it, take bigger gulps, and not have the freezing cold drink hit my teeth. It makes it more enjoyable.]
Soon I am going to eat some corn pasta, homemade meatballs and homemade sauce for lunch. I need to pick a veggie/fruit for that meal too. I have carrots, green pepper, apple, pear, or banana to choose from.
For breakfast:
poached eggs
some Cape cod salt and vinegar kettle chips
smoothie **
water
**[fruit/veggie smoothie consisting of:
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
frozen spinach
frozen peaches
ground flaxseed
Just Black Cherry juice
Water
It tasted good and because I had a straw I actually finished it. Usually I only get about halfway through it. With a straw I can mix it, take bigger gulps, and not have the freezing cold drink hit my teeth. It makes it more enjoyable.]
Soon I am going to eat some corn pasta, homemade meatballs and homemade sauce for lunch. I need to pick a veggie/fruit for that meal too. I have carrots, green pepper, apple, pear, or banana to choose from.
Time to face the facts!
I have been putting this post off for a long time. I haven't wanted to/known how to do it. But here I am.
I was fired from my job in early February. It was completely unfair and I was definitely bullied after the fact too. I don't want to focus too much on that though. I am now on unemployment and selling the jewelry I make at a bar in ME. I am trying not to stress about anything and just let things happen how they are supposed to. I thought I would explain what stress has done in the past to me and what it is doing to me know.
Stress has been the hardest part of my life. It is what caused the eating disorder to get worse. The more stressed I got, the less I ate. It continued like that for years until I decided to let myself slip fully into an eating disorder and let that control my life. It still controls my eating habits. It doesn't affect me as much as what it used to be, but there are definitely days when I think about how I could easily slip back to where I was and how I felt then. Luckily in the 3 years since I left treatment I have very rarely skipped more than one meal in a row. Getting fired definitely brought me the closest to the struggles with stress that I previously fought with. I ate very little in the first few days, then I ate what made me feel the best emotionally, but made me feel pretty bad physically. Now I am back on track, for the most part. I still need to be much more careful with the different sensitivities that I have or I have new ones that are affecting me too. I have been snacking constantly and I need to fix that.
So here are my 5 goals for the next few weeks:
1) only eat what I should be eating
2) incorporate a smoothie into my diet: boosting my fruit/veggie intake and hopefully making myself feel better
3) get wheat grass and take a shot every morning
4) take advantage of the 2 week free trial at the gym that I can walk to and use the gym at least 8 times in those 2 weeks. Hopefully the gym isn't too expensive and I can continue using it after 2 weeks.
5) eat 3 balanced meals a day, but only eat when I am hungry. No constant snacking.
It is time for me to take more responsibility about what I do to my body instead of allowing myself to feel like crap daily. I am hoping that boosting fruits/veggies and going to the gym will help me feel better.
Anybody else have goals that they want to work on this week?
I was fired from my job in early February. It was completely unfair and I was definitely bullied after the fact too. I don't want to focus too much on that though. I am now on unemployment and selling the jewelry I make at a bar in ME. I am trying not to stress about anything and just let things happen how they are supposed to. I thought I would explain what stress has done in the past to me and what it is doing to me know.
Stress has been the hardest part of my life. It is what caused the eating disorder to get worse. The more stressed I got, the less I ate. It continued like that for years until I decided to let myself slip fully into an eating disorder and let that control my life. It still controls my eating habits. It doesn't affect me as much as what it used to be, but there are definitely days when I think about how I could easily slip back to where I was and how I felt then. Luckily in the 3 years since I left treatment I have very rarely skipped more than one meal in a row. Getting fired definitely brought me the closest to the struggles with stress that I previously fought with. I ate very little in the first few days, then I ate what made me feel the best emotionally, but made me feel pretty bad physically. Now I am back on track, for the most part. I still need to be much more careful with the different sensitivities that I have or I have new ones that are affecting me too. I have been snacking constantly and I need to fix that.
So here are my 5 goals for the next few weeks:
1) only eat what I should be eating
2) incorporate a smoothie into my diet: boosting my fruit/veggie intake and hopefully making myself feel better
3) get wheat grass and take a shot every morning
4) take advantage of the 2 week free trial at the gym that I can walk to and use the gym at least 8 times in those 2 weeks. Hopefully the gym isn't too expensive and I can continue using it after 2 weeks.
5) eat 3 balanced meals a day, but only eat when I am hungry. No constant snacking.
It is time for me to take more responsibility about what I do to my body instead of allowing myself to feel like crap daily. I am hoping that boosting fruits/veggies and going to the gym will help me feel better.
Anybody else have goals that they want to work on this week?
Friday, January 7, 2011
Indoor Winter's Farmer's Market!!
Happy Friday Everyone!! I will be leaving work in a few minutes and driving the 2 hours home (1 hour to get B then 1 hour to get home).
Tomorrow at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland there will be an Indoor Winter's Farmer's Market! It is from 10am to 2pm. I am excited to see what will be there. A few friends will be going with me to check it out. I can't wait for something healthy and delicious! Hopefully tomorrow's dinner will be made with what I get there. Ali at http://foodfitnessfashion.com/ says that there is another Farmer's Market tomorrow in Somerville. So if you are closer to Somerville, you should definitely check it out!
Have a great weekend!
Tomorrow at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland there will be an Indoor Winter's Farmer's Market! It is from 10am to 2pm. I am excited to see what will be there. A few friends will be going with me to check it out. I can't wait for something healthy and delicious! Hopefully tomorrow's dinner will be made with what I get there. Ali at http://foodfitnessfashion.com/ says that there is another Farmer's Market tomorrow in Somerville. So if you are closer to Somerville, you should definitely check it out!
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Bacon Rice
Hey Everyone!
I have been meaning to post this recipe for a while, but never find time to actually do so. I need to get a phone that I can blog from. It would make this so much easier.
I have been making this rice dish for a while and love it!
Bacon Rice:
Cook 1 cup of rice. I cook my rice in chicken stock, but cook it however you like it.
In a skillet cook 6-8 strips of bacon until crispy. Once it is crispy I put it on a paper towel to drain and use the bacon fat to cook 1/2-1 onion and 1-2 crushed cloves of garlic (it depends on how big the onion/garlic clove is and how much I want in it). I sometimes get rid of some of the fat so it isn't extremely greasy. Once the onion and garlic are cooked to whatever consistency you like (I like mine caramelized), I put it on the same paper towel as the bacon. I put the cooked rice into the bacon fat and fry it up a little. I fry it until it is warm and coated in bacon fat. Then I crumble in the bacon and add the garlic and onion back into the pan. I stir to combine and then I eat!
So delicious! It's one of my favorite meals at the moment.
Anyway, back to work! Enjoy your day.
I have been meaning to post this recipe for a while, but never find time to actually do so. I need to get a phone that I can blog from. It would make this so much easier.
I have been making this rice dish for a while and love it!
Bacon Rice:
Cook 1 cup of rice. I cook my rice in chicken stock, but cook it however you like it.
In a skillet cook 6-8 strips of bacon until crispy. Once it is crispy I put it on a paper towel to drain and use the bacon fat to cook 1/2-1 onion and 1-2 crushed cloves of garlic (it depends on how big the onion/garlic clove is and how much I want in it). I sometimes get rid of some of the fat so it isn't extremely greasy. Once the onion and garlic are cooked to whatever consistency you like (I like mine caramelized), I put it on the same paper towel as the bacon. I put the cooked rice into the bacon fat and fry it up a little. I fry it until it is warm and coated in bacon fat. Then I crumble in the bacon and add the garlic and onion back into the pan. I stir to combine and then I eat!
So delicious! It's one of my favorite meals at the moment.
Anyway, back to work! Enjoy your day.
Monday, December 6, 2010
My Goals for 2011
Here are my goals for 2011:
* Eat at least 1 vegetable (or fruit) with every meal (not including garlic or onions)
* Exercise every day (even if it is only a few minutes)
* Read at least a half hour every day
* Update my blog several times a week
* Spend more one-on-one time with B
* Spend more time outside
* Have all of my wedding plans set by the end of the year
* Pay off my credit card in the first few months of the year, then use my debit card/cash/checks only
* Stop going into my savings for money
* Eat at least 1 vegetable (or fruit) with every meal (not including garlic or onions)
* Exercise every day (even if it is only a few minutes)
* Read at least a half hour every day
* Update my blog several times a week
* Spend more one-on-one time with B
* Spend more time outside
* Have all of my wedding plans set by the end of the year
* Pay off my credit card in the first few months of the year, then use my debit card/cash/checks only
* Stop going into my savings for money
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
It has been awhile...again!
I really need to get better at this. So much has been going on and it has been tough to find time to think.
My fiance lost his job/got demoted the same week that I posted last (November 9th). We have been trying to figure out what to do next. 3 days a week I spend at least 3.5 hours a day in a car trying to get both of us to work. By the time that I get home on those days, I make dinner and watch 1-2 hour long shows on the DVR before laying in bed. We are doing what needs to be done and don't get to spend that much time together doing something fun. We need to get better about that in the new year. This has (and will) continue to make us stronger as a couple.
My job is as boring as ever. I need to find something else in the new year, but I want to get a job for B first. Then I can figure out what we need to do with the car/money before I find something. If I don't need to make enough to support both of us, then I can get a part time job closer to home and focus on my jewelry making or something like that. Working an 45 minutes away from home is tough and with us both working an 45 minutes away from home in opposite directions is even tougher. I leave work at 5pm, get to B at 6:15pm, and home by 7pm. Tiring.
Jewelry making happens very rarely. I'm too tired to be creative during the week, but only find a few hours to look at my beads on weekends. I am trying to sell my jewelry at a friend's salon, but so far nothing has sold. I don't want to make too much until I sell something. I do have an order for earrings from a friend of my parents and another order for my parents. I will be paid for both next week and will finally see compensation for my work!
My health is the same as before. I'm not in pain anymore, but still do not feel great. My doctor does not know what else to do. I am doing everything that I should be, but it doesn't seem to change much. I am still exhausted, but that could be from emotional issues, as well as all of the rushing around that I do. B has been sick for the past month and seems to be finally getting better. I had a fever last weekend and have cold symptoms this week. Hopefully both of us can kill these germs soon. I have not been able to kiss him in about a month! Not fun.
I want to come up with goals for the new year, like setting time to read and work out every day. Hopefully I can work on the list this week and post it up soon. I need to get better about this!
My fiance lost his job/got demoted the same week that I posted last (November 9th). We have been trying to figure out what to do next. 3 days a week I spend at least 3.5 hours a day in a car trying to get both of us to work. By the time that I get home on those days, I make dinner and watch 1-2 hour long shows on the DVR before laying in bed. We are doing what needs to be done and don't get to spend that much time together doing something fun. We need to get better about that in the new year. This has (and will) continue to make us stronger as a couple.
My job is as boring as ever. I need to find something else in the new year, but I want to get a job for B first. Then I can figure out what we need to do with the car/money before I find something. If I don't need to make enough to support both of us, then I can get a part time job closer to home and focus on my jewelry making or something like that. Working an 45 minutes away from home is tough and with us both working an 45 minutes away from home in opposite directions is even tougher. I leave work at 5pm, get to B at 6:15pm, and home by 7pm. Tiring.
Jewelry making happens very rarely. I'm too tired to be creative during the week, but only find a few hours to look at my beads on weekends. I am trying to sell my jewelry at a friend's salon, but so far nothing has sold. I don't want to make too much until I sell something. I do have an order for earrings from a friend of my parents and another order for my parents. I will be paid for both next week and will finally see compensation for my work!
My health is the same as before. I'm not in pain anymore, but still do not feel great. My doctor does not know what else to do. I am doing everything that I should be, but it doesn't seem to change much. I am still exhausted, but that could be from emotional issues, as well as all of the rushing around that I do. B has been sick for the past month and seems to be finally getting better. I had a fever last weekend and have cold symptoms this week. Hopefully both of us can kill these germs soon. I have not been able to kiss him in about a month! Not fun.
I want to come up with goals for the new year, like setting time to read and work out every day. Hopefully I can work on the list this week and post it up soon. I need to get better about this!
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