Day 9.......Bountiful Basket!

So my friend Nicole introduced my to Bountiful basket. It is a weekly service where you pick up a giant amount of fresh fruits and veggies for only 20 bucks! Its great. $10 a piece!We are splitting the cost and there is a ton of food.

One of my favorite things in this basket is nectarines! Are you kidding me they are so delicious. So they have been part of my breakfast every morning this week.

There were also potatoes, tomatoes, fresh broccoli, carrots, and lettuce! So good. Makes it so easy to eat healthy when its cheap. Now if only we were ever home to cook all this deliciousness!

Things are going well, went to lunch at kneaders today got a turkey sandwich, low salt chips, and a zuchini muffin for the treat. It was delish!

Here is to Bountiful Baskets making life easier!

Day 8.....Trying something new is great!

What is this??? You may wonder? It is the prickly pear cactus fruit. And come to find out this is the fruit that is in that Nopalea drink which started this whole health kick. I had to try it and it is so good! For sure!

It has a ton of seeds but you can either scoop them out or you can spit them out, either way. It is just so yummy and you can taste the healthiness. As a reminder from earlier posts this is the one that is supposed to be so helpful to your joints and for inflamation!

So, we will see, but I am hoping it is :) It would also be great in a smoothie or juiced!

Other than that today I have had a nectarine and oatmeal. I also plan on having some chips and fresh salsa. For dinner we are headed out with my dad, so I am trying to save my calories.

Yeah I will probably buy many more of these. And the best thing about it is it is magenta inside! So pretty. Delicious and gorgeous!

Here is to trying something new! Hope this continues to be something I do!

Day 5,6, & 7....The weekend!

Weekends can be a bit rough, so I decided like most regular diets there will be one day in the week that I am off. I think it will be Fri, Sat, or Sun and I will just decide each week as it comes along. Of course I will still be careful and try to stay in my alotment of calories, carbs, and fat but I think I need a reward day of sorts.

This weekend we had something every night! So that makes it hard, but I think we planned well. Friday I went 106 over in calories, but since my limit is 1460 I didnt feel too guilty. Saturday I stayed on track and I think it was easy for two reasons. 1) WE only ate two meals that day, breakfast and a late lunch 2) Our lunch was at Cafe Fresh in good earth which was delicious! I love that place.

Sunday was my free day, but I still stayed pretty close within my ranges. We had dinner at a friends house who made some delicious carne asada, so it was worth the calories! HAHAHA! :)

It's going well! I am conscious of everything I am eating and doing. It's nice. Before I just did whatever, but now I track it all. I don't think Josh quite knows what to think of it yet.

Here it to another successful week, one day at a time.

Day 4....looks so good I want some more

Today is a little easier than yesterday. I am starting to be a tad less hungry, but I have a ton more energy.

Breakfast was oatmeal, lunch is a turkey cheese wrap w/blueberries & strawberries on the side sweetened by a half pack of Stevia (thanks Larry from work!). I am excited to dig in.

Dinner is rather hard, just because we have to get something that both Josh and I like. I think I am willing to not eat as much to sacrifice calories, but at the end of a long day Josh is just hungry. As long as we have a veggie or two in there, the main dish can be flexible whether that is chicken or pasta.

Blogging this makes me know I have to do it! It's nice. Even yesterday my husband was like "Are you going on your bike ride?" and I hadnt event told him in person I was going. But it made me have some accountability. However, I didnt do that bikeride last night, because we had to keep waiting for the outback free steak promotion to work, so I did stay at home, but we went to bed nice and early at 10:15 ish. Early for us!

So here is to the continued journey! Dont stop believin!

Day 3....The afternoon snack

Ok I think day three is hard. Lol. You are past the excitement of starting on day 1, you arent on day 2 saying "I cant screw this up yet!", you are on day 3 and its a Wednesday! Boring and monotonous!

But today has been fine. Had some blueberries and strawberries for breakfast. I budgeted in calorie wise two mini donuts that someone from work brought in (not the best I know but enough to get me through my WED!). I love my fitness pal. It has everything! I typed in the donuts and thier brand and they were in there! And it was easy to get the portion right for what I ate.

Went to lunch with a friend at Zupas and everything was fine except the pannini! Those have so much fat and calories, holy crap! So I am fine calorie and carb wise but that put me over for the day in Fat Grams! Danget! I had no idea.

So I am having a super sensible snack right now. Snap peas and Acai/Aloe Lemon juice mixed. Yummy! And it is giving me great afternoon energy. If I get desparate I have an orange on my desk.

I just have to be really careful for dinner tonight, however, I already logged a 45 minute bikeride for exercise today and since we dont have anything going on tonight when it cools off I am going to make sure I do it! That way I can burn off those stupid extra fat grams from Zupas!

Wish me luck!

Day 2.....halfway through....

Today is going well! I already am starting to feel I have more energy!

For breakfast I had blue berries, strawberries, some fresh salsa and chips, and some acai juice.

For lunch I am having blueberries, sugar snap peas, strawberries, lettuce wraps with just turkey and cheese, and half acai/ half aloe lemon juice.

And best of all it tastes delicious. Yums.

Tonight is Bunco, so I am hoping they have somewhat healthy food, but if not I ate well enough today where I can try to balance the calories.

I also found out the my mind twin, Nicole Murphy, and I had changed our diet on the same day! WOW! So we are helping each other.

My friend at work also reminded me of www.myfitnesspal.com which I am once again using to track calories.

Here is to Day 2! May there be many more!

Making an Effort.....

Ever since my last car accident and all the stuff that has happened with my parents I just do not feel good. Back hurts, wrist hurts, neck hurts, head hurts, stomach hurts, and the joints in my right hand hurt. I have just had enough of being in pain, feeling tired, and feeling sick. I don't tell too many people how bad it really is, but it is really bad.

So I decided to make an effort, and make a change. It all starts one step at a time doesn't it? I want to be a healthy person who can be a good example to my kids. I want them to know that a healthy lifestyle is the best lifestyle. When you are going through a lot emotionally, you tend to not pay attention to this stuff, but its just to the point where it is absolutely necessary.

It's time to have accountability. To make a change and hopefully share my success.

It all started with an infomercial the other night. It was for some juice, reminded me of a Tahitian Noni, that came from the fruit of a cactus in Arizona. This juice is supposed to help inflamation in the body, which is one of my main issues. I also feel that this is the most lethal and dangerous thing that is wrong with me. Inflammation is a silent killer and can effect everything from your sinuses, to digestive system, to your joints. I was on a mission to find this cactus fruit.

Here is what was in that infomercial: http://www.reduceyourinflammation.com/

I went to Harmons on my lunch determined. Determined to make a change. They did not have the cactus fruit but here are some of the delcious items they did have.

Rosie's LIFE CHANGE starter list:

Fresh Blueberries

Fresh Strawberries

Fresh Salsa

Low Sodium Turkey

American Cheese

Organic Dark Green Lettuce

Snap Peas

Oranges

Acai Berry Juice (w/no additives)

Prickly Pear

Aloe Lemon Juice

Day 1: For lunch I ate about ten delicious snap pees. I wrapped tukey and cheese in peices of lettuce and ate about five of those. I had about ten fresh blueberries and drank some acai juice. Then topped the meal off with some fresh salsa.

And as of right now there is one emotion. JOY. Joy, that I have taken the first step to make a change. Joy that there are so many options available that taste as good or better than the crappy stuff. And, Joy that somehow someway I just walked into that store and did it.

Now, I am now saying I will never go to Mama Chus or have a delicious treat once in a while, but I am making from now on a valiant effort to eat much better. There may be days when I fall off the wagon, but hopefully I am able to make a change.

So for tracking purposes lets pretend I weigh 130 LBS (yeah right, when I was 22!) If I have weight loss progress we will deduct it from that, other progress such as loss of pain, etc. I will just keep you posted. I will try to post every day, so that for one thing I am accountable and for another I can track the journey.

Here is to positive changes!

Christopher Cross Concert

Well, admidst all the sadness and stress of this weekend with all that has happened with my dad, we were afraid we would not get to use our Christopher Cross tickets. Everything turned out alright, and I was able to go after work and spend time with my dad and also make the concert as well. It was very relaxing and helped me to get my mind off things. He is such a great artist!