Life can be so busy which is why I am glad to have this blog to keep me focused and on track. My last week was full of end of the year school events, many milestone family moments, my good friends 4oth birthday, and making plans for another good friend who is moving away. So all of this added up to NO time to blog and NO time to workout.
Which leads me to my next thought and that is "life is ALWAYS busy and working out must be a priority no matter how busy I get." I will use this week as a reminder to plan ahead and schedule in those workouts because I can't afford NOT to. I really missed my walk with Jess this week :( And I have really noticed when I don't get those workouts in how it affects my sleep and hunger levels and mood....in short EVERYTHING!
Thankfully I did eat pretty good this week and when I jumped on the scale on Friday for my weigh in day and I lost -2 lbs this week! So I feel great about that. You can see my progress here.
Some of my food choices this week:
Cherries, my favorite!
Potato Salad season, I made this for a bbq at a friends house. Of course everyone has their own potato salad twist and everyone compares it to their Mom's. I add pickles and pickle juice to mine, some mustard and (light) mayo and eggs, green onion, radishes, and of course potatoes and salt and pepper with paprika on top.
Lots of great fruit out there now.
My husband made this great pork loin with a dry rub; the original recipe was for ribs but the rub worked just as good on the pork loin:
Dry Rub
1/4 cup of sweet paprika
4 1/2 teaspoons of freshly ground black pepper
4 1/2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons celery salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
from Epicurious
It was so good, and lean too.
We added grilled veggies and potatoes and a glass of red wine.
This was chopped salad and a barbecued chicken breast. I really found it helpful to up my salad intake this last week; it was a great way to cut some calories out of my lunch.
This was a not so low calorie splurge, but well worth it. For my good friend's birthday we went to an Indian restaurant and had a fabulous buffet of various Indian dishes. I am not sure of all the dishes, some of them were butter chicken, butter paneer and a paneer with a spinach sauce and various other great items. I do wish I would have had a smaller portion. One of my ongoing goals is to enjoy food and have smaller portions all at the same time. Less is more. This is a huge concept for me as I was raised to "eat big healthy farm portions". It is something I am working on.
The naan bread was amazing and made fresh.
I had to show my friends birthday cake that I made. It was a carrot cake with cream cheese icing and count them, yes, 40 candles on top! (I love you Donna!!)
I am loving the painted daisies in the garden this time of year they are so vivid!
School's out and summer is here!!! Have a great night everyone!
