Food plan

One of my downfalls is healthy eating. I plan well, I find recipes, we buy the ingredients, then after work I get lazy and have no desire to cook it. We order in or heat up pizza.

I want to do better this year, so I've decided to make my meals on Sunday. This way I have all the meals I had planned for the week cooked and all I have to do is re-heat them. This may not sound appetizing to you, but it's perfect for me. I'll add a frozen vegetable to many of them and be good to go.

This week's recipes are all Weight Watcher approved:

• Veggie Chili
• Deep Dish Pizza Casserole
• Taco Bake
• Tortellini Soup

We have a couple unhealthy foods left over from the holidays, which we will eat because I am not going to let them go to waste - money-wise or meal-wise {there are people in the world who do not have food and I am not going to let them go bad}. If we sprinkle them in between healthy foods, it won't be too bad.

My goal is each week determine the meals for the week and then make them on Sunday. This should reduce how many times we skip the healthy meal for convenience. Time to write up the grocery list and get started cooking!
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TGIF!

Hello all! Happy Friday! It's been one heck of a week around these parts!

Last Thursday I was rear-ended coming home from a veternarian's appointment with my Lizzie.

She's having teeth issues and had a follow up. We're fighting not having her teeth removed, so far the meds are working. Anyway... I was rear-ended by a van and have been dealing with the insurance company {who honestly have been exceedingly easy and kind to work with - yes, I know. Good insurance people do exist}. While Thursday night I didn't think the car was totaled, Monday came and with it the news from the service people that it indeed was.

The extent of my injuries were a couple bruises. Lizzie was completely fine. Thank heavens!

So, this week has been working with the insurance company on compensation and finding a new car. Still waiting to hear back from our loan people about the pay-off on the car, but once that happens, off I go to pick up a new one. As quickly as possible. This sharing a car is rough!

Tuesday, I was selected in the Broad Street Run 10 miler lottery. Surprised the living daylights out of me, but there it is. I entered because it's the perfect accountability for The Wild Half Half Marathon I'm running two weeks later. I'm looking forward to it. Hubby ran it in 2010 and I think it's a great race...especially now that there are medals. ;-)

Lent began on Wednesday and I decided on my Lenten sacrifices:

1. No sweets - cookies, cakes, pies, brownies, frozen yogurt {allergic to ice cream}, creme brule, etc.
2. No soda
3. I re-joined WW in the hopes that by sticking with it I will have good habits in place by Easter.
4. Daily devotional. I'm not great at remembering, but I do catch up on each day's even if it's not read that day.

There you have it. My week in a nutshell. It's been crazy and I'll be honest, not one {referring to the car accident} I would like to do anytime soon! The positive is, I'm fine, Lizzie's fine, and this should be behind us come next week. When I pick out and purchase my next car, I'll let you know!

Have a great Friday and weekend friends! Make it count!

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January 1, 2009

Wow, writing 2009 was strange. LOL! The first day in the new year. All sorts of possibilities lay ahead. A year to make changes and hopefully become a better person. That's the goal for 2009. Let me clarify though. I don't think I'm a bad person now. I do know there are areas in my life that I need to work on. So, this is the year to make those changes. Why this year? I don't know. It just feels right. So, 2009 is the year of change for me.

You may wonder why that photo is at the top of the page and will be there all the time. I took that photo just before Christmas and loved it. It wasn't meant to be anything but a photo for my Facebook page because I couldn't find one I liked better. But I took it and something happened. I thought, for the first time, I am pretty. I have lots of goals this year, but in that one photo, I look like I've met them. It makes me think that at the end of this journey I can look good and feel confident about myself...as much as I do in that photo. So, I guess you could say that photo started it all. It made me want to change to be like the girl in the photo. The one that looks pretty and self-assured. The one who is looking sexy for the camera. The one who looks like she's happy and confident. And you know, there's nothing wrong with that. That's why I love that photo so much. Because it looks like what I want to look like at the end of my journey.

This blog is just going to be about me and my attempts at bringing my life to the way I want to be living. Eating healthier, exercising more often, educating myself, and just following through on my goals. It should be a good year.