Sorry guys, I’ve been a little MIA…
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I just dropped off my 12 year old for his first day of Middle School this morning!!
I’m kind of freaking out.
Time flies, ya know??? It seems like he was just a little baby a few years ago…and I feel like I was just in Middle School a few years ago!!??
How does that happen?!
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I guess it’s just another reminder that I need to seize the day and get a handle on my health and my life before I’m a little old lady, huh.
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I have always valued health. I haven’t always been committed to it, but I’ve always known it’s important.
I’ve exercised fairly regularly most of my life.
When I was 14 or so, my sister and our friends would workout to Jane Fonda videos in the basement.
It was fun.
I joined my first gym when I was 16 and loved it. For most of my life I’ve usually either gone to the gym, done exercise videos, or created my own workouts at home. I also started running about 3 years ago…LOVE it!
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However, I must say that sometimes I’ve been an exercising slacker.
For big chunks at a time too.
Like the last few months of pregnancy or when I have little tiny babies at home. At those times, just surviving is about all I can handle…;-)
Or sometimes, I just really don’t feel motivated to exercise…at all. But, I love it in a weird sorta way.
I don’t love the time commitment, hard work and effort it takes…but, I do love the physical and emotional satisfaction I feel afterward.
I love pushing myself and feeling strong and empowered.
I love feeling disciplined. It is worth every minute I put into it.
My body will thank me. 😉
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I’ve been a pretty decent eater most of my life. I’ll admit, my idea of “healthy eating” has changed quite a bit over the years.
When we were first married, I tried to include vegetables with dinner every night. I ate whole wheat bread, brown rice (although I always made white rice for Kev!), chicken, eggs and had cereal for breakfast most mornings.
I thought I was A-OK.
About 4 years ago, I really started to discover what it means to eat healthy. My sister introduced me to a book by Tosca Reno called “The Eat-Clean Diet.”
LOVE it!
It’s basically a straight-forward “eat real food” kind of diet. It seemed to make sense to me.
It intimidated the heck out of me though.
The book introduced me to things I had never heard of like Agave Nectar, Kefir and all kinds of funky grains and flours. I started to improve my diet and take a lot of her advice, minus all of the funky intimidating stuff.
I eventually started to include a lot of the funky stuff too.
Now, I think it’s kind of fun to discover new healthy ways to eat. I love checking health books out at the library, reading health magazines, searching the internet and learning more and more.
Sooooo, I will share what I learn with you!
If I ever use a “funky” ingredient, I will tell you everything you need to know so it won’t be so “funky” anymore.
K?
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With that being said, here are a few (not so funky) things I’ve been eating lately.
I’ve been feeling very very worn out and run down lately, so I’ve kept breakfast pretty simple and “comforty”….
Egg whites (with a little ketchup) and a side of fruit
OR
Cereal with Fruit
These are some of my favs…Uncle Sam (bought at Walmart) and Flax Plus (Costco).
Uncle Sam is an amazing cereal! 10 grams of fiber, 7 grams of protein and less than 1 gram of sugar! WOW! Love it!
Oh, and the ingredients are: Whole wheat kernels, whole flaxseed, salt, barley malt.
That is it.
It’s pretty tasty too. I eat it topped with a little fruit or mix in a little Flax Plus to sweeten it up sometimes too.
Flax Plus is pretty awesome itself (5 grams fiber and 6 grams protein). It does have a higher sugar content (10 grams), but it contains all real and healthy ingredients. I just use it as an accent. Oh, I also love any cereal made by Kashi (Go Lean is my fav!) and Fiber One cereal is good too!
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For lunch the other day, we had BLTs! Yummy!
I used Turkey Bacon for the “B”,
Jennie-O Natural (no nitrates/nitrites) Turkey Bacon. 40 calories, 2 grams fat, 6 grams protein per slice! Not bad!
Iceberg for the “L”, and tomatoes from our garden for the “T”.
I put all the yummy ingredients on these yummy sandwich thins I found at Walmart.
Served with a side of leftover veggies.
Guess what I had for lunch the following day too???
BLT+C Salad!
I just threw leftover iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, crumpled turkey bacon and cucumbers (because we have a million of them in the garden right now!) together and topped it all with a little mustard. Very yummy!
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The other night we had a crazy night….so I just made breakfast for dinner!
Healthy Whole Wheat Waffles with egg whites!
I topped mine with a little Smart Balance spread, sugar-free syrup and fruit! YUM!
Easy, yummy, and the kids loved them!!!
I gotta go to bed….I am draggggggggggggin’
