GRRRR!

I'm lacking something today. What is it?

M-O-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.

I'm frustrated today. It's just one of those days. I feel as I've been tired all day. I feel as if I have eaten everything in sight. I'm easily irritated and could just scream out of annoyance!

I've been looking at my many diet books and I fill my head up with all this information and I become overwhelmed. What am I searching for in these books? Sometimes I will read and re-read to see what I'm missing or try to figure out why didn't THIS diet didn't work for ME? Or maybe I just want that quick fix and don't want to accept that dieting and working out go hand in hand to reach success.

Deep breath.... relax.... deep breath..... I may call it an early night!

Photographs

You ever notice, when there's a special occasion or just something we want to capture for a memory we snap a picture. Isn't there an expression that says a picture is worth a thousand words? The eye is in the beholder. This beholder doesn't like being in pictures, and the reason is I hate looking at myself. The critical part of me jumps right in while looking at the picture.

"Boy, I look really fat."
"Looks like I have a fat suit on."
"Couldn't I lift my head a little more, so I don't have to see a DOUBLE chin."

(Don't Get Me Started... I could go on and on.)

I'm not usually in many photographs just so that I won't look back and be critical of myself. It's sad to see a photograph and not be able to see beyond the "fat" me. I should be able to look at the picture and smile, thinking...."This was great day. I remember we were there together and I had a blast." I am going to have to rethink my view on photographs. My first step is to start being in photographs more often and remember the occasion, the company, and the joy I felt inside.

SUPPER!

Well, day 5 on cooking supper. What was I thinking when I added this to my weekly goals? Today is FRIDAY... should be a day of going out to eat and enjoying SLICES of pizza or a HUGE hamburger. A day to forgive and forget about cooking dinner at home.

RIGHT? WRONG!

I didn't go out to eat. I promise! Instead, I made a delicious "Pita Pizza" with very little sauce, covered with onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno, mozzarella cheese and turkey pepperoni on a whole wheat pita. YUM!

SIMPLE SUPPER!

Simple as it can get... breakfast for supper. Let me begin by saying... the camera's batteries are dead. No picture to share today. Sorry! Let me see in how many words I can describe my breakfast supper. I used egg whites and one yolk; scrambled to my liking and had 2 slices of center cut bacon (plus one to snack on). I used 2 corn tortillas and began my breakfast taco combination. A little avocado with chopped tomato and a squeeze of lemon. It sounds strange.... but it was good! I call this dish the ...... that's-what-I-had-in-my-fridge-and-I-haven't-gone-to-the-grocery-store-yet-meal!!!

On a different note.... YEAH! MY WEEKEND HAS BEGUN! SLEEPING IN AND LOUNGING AROUND....ahhhh sounds heavenly.... WISHFUL THINKING!

DAY THREE!

Talapia with brown rice, sauteed bell pepper, onion, tomato and jalapeno.

Alright, so I'm not in the mood to cook today, but I did cook. Supper was something simple with the help of the microwave to heat up some minute brown rice and heat up a small piece of talipia. Now this is where it gets fishy. I don't usually eat fish unless it's tuna out of a can. I didn't complain. I ate half of the fish, not too bad, (Not so sure about microwable fish??). I was still hungry so I had a thin piece of leftover meatloaf (very thin slice) from yesterday's supper.

Perhaps eating fish at least once a week will be a good thing. Hmmm, maybe?

ON A ROLL!

Annaleigh's Supper Request!

Can you believe it? Day two in cooking at home. Even this impresses me. Annaleigh's request for supper was meatloaf. Of course, this meatloaf was completely modified; substituted oats for crackers or bread crumbs and my binding ingredient, egg whites. Our sides, mash potatoes, and green beans. I had no complaints. My poor soon to be hubby, isn't at home to enjoy this dish. He's heading to Wisconsin as I type away at the keyboard! I'm proud of my day two meal. It might not be so healthy with the mash potatoes, but it's my portion control that I think matters. I didn't even go back for seconds. I ate slowly and I savored each bite. YUM!

Great Dinner Start!

Day One

I'm off to a great start with my goal for this week; cooking dinner and adding a healthy veggie! Supper was a  simple pork chop, roasted (medium) potato wedges and roasted broccoli with a sprinkle of low fat cheddar cheese. It was, (I have to admit) quite tasty!