Life in general brings challenges!
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Motivation to Move - Not So Much
I look at so many people who are Motivated to Move! How are you so Motivated! Yes I want to lose the weight... I have challenged myself to a better me by Christmas (44 days). I just feel that I am too Fat to get my butt out there and move it! I know that there are bigger people out there than me that do it. How do they get motivated? Do I take pictures of myself and look at them daily and get my motivation that way! The truth is I really don't want to be living my life a big as I am! I am so uncomfortable in my skin! I am trying to eat healthy, and yes I am proud of myself that I have been doing this since Saturday, but I tend to give up on myself day after day! I know that if I just eat healthy I will lose some of what I have put on but How am I going to see the results! I want to get the results now not later! I want to be the old me again!
I have always been self conscious about my weight this is just the first time that I have come out and told the world. Even when I was a decent weight I thought that I was Fat! How do you get rid of those feelings and how do you appreciate the way that you look!
I am going to have to be harder on myself! More strict about how much I eat and what I eat! No I am not cutting out carbs I just want to eat better carbs!
This weekend I am going to make whole wheat bread and hoggie rolls! I am going to make noodles and try to have noodle dough around more often! I would like to make tortillas!
I notice that I have a lot of wants and I need to make those things NEEDS Because I need to do this for myself. I am my own worst enemy! No one else can tell me not to do it or tell me to do it! I just need to get off of my lazy butt and do it! I know that this is a downer blog I just needed to let you all know that Eating health all the time sucks! I am going to let myself have a few snacks but they can't be like really unhealthy! I am staying away from preservatives and trying to make everything myself! I know that my husband is enjoying the new foods that I am cooking! Some are different! If he doesn't like something he will let me know!
I am trying to put together a cook book for us of foods that we enjoy eating as a family. We will see how that one goes! If you have any recipes that you would like us to try just let me know and I will try them out!
I have always been self conscious about my weight this is just the first time that I have come out and told the world. Even when I was a decent weight I thought that I was Fat! How do you get rid of those feelings and how do you appreciate the way that you look!
I am going to have to be harder on myself! More strict about how much I eat and what I eat! No I am not cutting out carbs I just want to eat better carbs!
This weekend I am going to make whole wheat bread and hoggie rolls! I am going to make noodles and try to have noodle dough around more often! I would like to make tortillas!
I notice that I have a lot of wants and I need to make those things NEEDS Because I need to do this for myself. I am my own worst enemy! No one else can tell me not to do it or tell me to do it! I just need to get off of my lazy butt and do it! I know that this is a downer blog I just needed to let you all know that Eating health all the time sucks! I am going to let myself have a few snacks but they can't be like really unhealthy! I am staying away from preservatives and trying to make everything myself! I know that my husband is enjoying the new foods that I am cooking! Some are different! If he doesn't like something he will let me know!
I am trying to put together a cook book for us of foods that we enjoy eating as a family. We will see how that one goes! If you have any recipes that you would like us to try just let me know and I will try them out!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
No S
No it does not mean NO S***! I am starting to eat healthy! Yes it is hard! I enjoy food! I am just enjoying better food now! So I am doing No S.... no sugar, no sweets, no seconds, no snacks... I can have 2 days with snacks a week. That's it baby! I started on Saturday! Yes it is hard! My Hubby is not doing this with me. To be honest with you I don't know if he knows that I'm doing this! I have to get over my CRAVINGS! Yes we all have them! I would just indulge in mine a little too much. We will see how this goes over the next couple of weeks!
With this NO S deal that I am doing I hope to become a happier more joyful enthusiastic person and get things done that I want to get done! Do you think that I can do it! I'm not going to give anyone my over all goal! As of right not my over all goal has to be broken down into smaller more achievable ones! Like Eat healthier for 1 week straight. Start working out - not that I can do it daily!
You are coming along on this journey with me! Some days I may tell you what I eat and how much I exercise. Other days it just may be that I want to eat something that I can't have or if I have eaten the wrong thing! It also may be Inspirational Quotes to get me through this! Depends on what the day brings!
With this NO S deal that I am doing I hope to become a happier more joyful enthusiastic person and get things done that I want to get done! Do you think that I can do it! I'm not going to give anyone my over all goal! As of right not my over all goal has to be broken down into smaller more achievable ones! Like Eat healthier for 1 week straight. Start working out - not that I can do it daily!
You are coming along on this journey with me! Some days I may tell you what I eat and how much I exercise. Other days it just may be that I want to eat something that I can't have or if I have eaten the wrong thing! It also may be Inspirational Quotes to get me through this! Depends on what the day brings!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Dinner
So the last two nights Rick, my wonderful husband, has approved on the dinner and said that he would like to have it again! Oh and Sunday Night dinner Andrew approved of except for the sweet potatoes!
Sunday night Menu went like this!
Stuffed Pork Tenderloin, Noodles with a cream/butter/herb sauce, and mashed yams.
Now for the directions!
For the Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Small pork tenderloin sliced open like a hot dog bun! Put slits on the area that you are stuffing (both sides) so that the filling flavors get into the meat.
FILLING
4oz cream cheese
1 tablespoon butter (optional)
5 cloves of garlic chopped
3 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 to 1 cup spinach -Fresh
Garlic powder
Mix cream cheese, butter, garlic, and 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce together. Put 1 TBS of Worcestershire sauce on the opened side of the tenderloin! Let both the mix and the meat set for a couple of minutes. Take the cream cheese mixture and mash it into both sides of the meat! Put the fresh spinach in the middle and fold over! (I'm sure that you can add more but that is all that it did!) I put mine into the crock pot! Add some more Worcestershire sauce to the crock pot with about 1/2 cup of water enough just to keep the meat moist. I also put some garlic powder on the top of the meat!
Let cook for about 3 to 4 hours on high. rotate the meat about half way through.
when the meat is up to the correct temperature then serve!
Smashed Yams
2 yams (the orange ones)
milk
butter
molasses
brown sugar
peal and cube the yams. boil until tender. strain. add a little milk and a little butter and start to mash! once mashed add molasses and brown sugar to your liking! I added about 2 TBSP of Brown sugar and 1TBSP molasses! I did not measure anything out but it was dang good! Next time that I make it i will measure it out! and Serve
Noodles were noodle roni butter herb! I had to make something that i knew Andrew would like!
Last nights dinner was Clam Chowder! I can not eat clam chowder because it has onions in it! I don't think that it would be the same with out onions in it so I just made it for him and i ate the left overs from the night before.
I don't have the recipe for the Clam Chowder but it was really easy! I will have to get it on here so you can make it!
Tonight's dinner I hope goes well! Stuffing Stuffed Chicken! Smashed Yams and I don't know what else yet!
Sunday night Menu went like this!
Stuffed Pork Tenderloin, Noodles with a cream/butter/herb sauce, and mashed yams.
Now for the directions!
For the Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Small pork tenderloin sliced open like a hot dog bun! Put slits on the area that you are stuffing (both sides) so that the filling flavors get into the meat.
FILLING
4oz cream cheese
1 tablespoon butter (optional)
5 cloves of garlic chopped
3 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 to 1 cup spinach -Fresh
Garlic powder
Mix cream cheese, butter, garlic, and 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce together. Put 1 TBS of Worcestershire sauce on the opened side of the tenderloin! Let both the mix and the meat set for a couple of minutes. Take the cream cheese mixture and mash it into both sides of the meat! Put the fresh spinach in the middle and fold over! (I'm sure that you can add more but that is all that it did!) I put mine into the crock pot! Add some more Worcestershire sauce to the crock pot with about 1/2 cup of water enough just to keep the meat moist. I also put some garlic powder on the top of the meat!
Let cook for about 3 to 4 hours on high. rotate the meat about half way through.
when the meat is up to the correct temperature then serve!
Smashed Yams
2 yams (the orange ones)
milk
butter
molasses
brown sugar
peal and cube the yams. boil until tender. strain. add a little milk and a little butter and start to mash! once mashed add molasses and brown sugar to your liking! I added about 2 TBSP of Brown sugar and 1TBSP molasses! I did not measure anything out but it was dang good! Next time that I make it i will measure it out! and Serve
Noodles were noodle roni butter herb! I had to make something that i knew Andrew would like!
Last nights dinner was Clam Chowder! I can not eat clam chowder because it has onions in it! I don't think that it would be the same with out onions in it so I just made it for him and i ate the left overs from the night before.
I don't have the recipe for the Clam Chowder but it was really easy! I will have to get it on here so you can make it!
Tonight's dinner I hope goes well! Stuffing Stuffed Chicken! Smashed Yams and I don't know what else yet!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tamales
Thinking about making a huge batch of tamales this weekend! I have never made them before! It is going to be interesing! Looks like the recipe that I got from off line makes quite a few! I hope that the hubby will enjoy them! I plan on making some other items this weekend! Don't know why but I feel like stocking my freezer with dinners for this winter!
I hear that this is supposed to be one of the worst winters in like 50 years! We have already gotten temps in the 20s! Yeah it was cold! We actually had to start a fire this week to warm up the house! - we have a rule to not start a fire until it gets below 60 degrees. Well it hit below 60 this weekend! I didn't want to start the first fire - rick had just swept the chimney! But the house was warm on the night that He started a fire! I went 2 nights with really cold temps in the house before I got a fire! I was so happy to have a fire!
I hear that this is supposed to be one of the worst winters in like 50 years! We have already gotten temps in the 20s! Yeah it was cold! We actually had to start a fire this week to warm up the house! - we have a rule to not start a fire until it gets below 60 degrees. Well it hit below 60 this weekend! I didn't want to start the first fire - rick had just swept the chimney! But the house was warm on the night that He started a fire! I went 2 nights with really cold temps in the house before I got a fire! I was so happy to have a fire!
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