Kitchen Makeover After Pile On

Today we started the morning class and joined Ben's Saturday a.m. class. We did a workout called the Pile On and ah yeah, everything hurts, mainly the legs. Good hurt though.

After our workout, we had our Metabolism Makeover class. Charlotte, Margaret and Deveney stopped by to give a few words of encouragement. We were able to ask them questions and they explained their journeys to success ... some fast, some slow. After the C/M/D left, we did our normal, went around and talked about our week.

In the beinginning of the week, yes, I weighed myself but ironically, I was ok with it.... at that point. Well, by today I was feeling discouraged. HOWEVER.... I am so much stronger than when I started and I'm really starting to notice. So, I'm moving the scale out of the house in about 10 minutes.

After class, I went grocery shopping at Shaw's. I grabbed some great things to make some great meals this week! I took Deveney's suggestion and will be trying the salmon in a pouch. I hope to try tuna melts this week in a pita and I bought ingredients to make a mango salsa. I came home, put my cans of kidney beans, natural diced toms and tuna in cans and pouches on the eye level shelf of the pantry. Then, the fun began.... I cooked up 2 lbs of ground chicken w/ taco sauce and water. After it cooled, I portioned into 4 oz servings in baggies so they are ready to grab. *** Tonia, thanks again for the mini scale, it's fab!*** I cooked some chicken and did the same with that.

Next I made....wait for it.... Mango salsa and holy wow it's good. I broke out the mini food processor and went to town. Ok, mince all and mix up in bowl:

(1) large red pepper
(1) purple onion
(1) celery heart & stalks (about 7)
(1) pckg cherry tomatoes
(2) mangos
(1) handful of cilantro

You can add a little lime juice for some zing if desired. Makes about 4 cups. Yum. So for lunch I had 1 Jo's Flax, oat & whole wheat pita, 4 oz ground chicken and 1/2 cup salsa. Yeah. It was tasty. So, I tried 3 news things in one meal. Yay Missy!!!

Dinner is a 3 cup spinach salad w/ egg whites, grilled chicken and 1/2 cup FF Cottage Cheese on side. Salad dressing is Ken's Healthy Options Raspberry Walnut. Can't wait to try it.

I feel great about having good food choices at my fingertips and look forward to my meal planning for the week that I will do tomorrow. I also plan to take a walk/run tomorrow. Nothing crazy, but my goal is about a 3 mile loop near my house on dirt roads. I'll try to run as much as I can but will walk to catch my breath.

Oh, almost forgot, our NT of the D.... reviews 10 super foods & talking about eating/drinking antioxies to get rid of free radicals. Peace.