Fitgirl Chronicles

Step One.....

Go out and buy a bunch of fruits and veggies....you know those really bright and colorful things that are good for you. Check.

Fruit salad tomorrow.....

I know I have not been eating healthy because I have been craving my homemade fruit salad and yogurt. Generally I don't crave super healthy food so I think it is my bodies way of telling me that I need to eat  something healthy and stat..

 

So I went grocery shopping today and bought a bunch of healthy items. In order to eat healthy food one has to have healthy food in ones kitchen.

  

I plan on making some salads, some stirfries, a fruit salad and some soup and whatever else I can think of ......

I want to add the sunflowers and nuts and flax to my oatmeal and yogurt.

  

 

 

I have been still having my usual breakfast of two poached eggs and two slices of toast and a latte but tomorrow I am going to have fruit and yogurt with some slivered almonds.
 
 
 

My amazing husband is the pizza maker in our house. I am so lucky to witness the pizza expert at work.

Pizza bliss.....

 

Whole wheat thin crust with homemade sauce, fresh pineapple, black olives and honey ham....

 

Last night as I was getting back into the blog world and catching up on all of the blogs that I read on my google reader I started reading one of the food blogs I read : Jen Eats Nutritiously Now.  I was reading along and enjoying her blog (very nice) and then I came across Jen's December 15th post about Stephanie Neilson and an article that was written about Stephanie's story (HERE) (it is a long article but totally worth the read). Stephanie is a woman who was in a plane crash with her husband in 2008. They both survived the crash and are doing well now but what they went through and what Stephanie a burn victim has had to overcome and continues to overcome took my breath away and made me look at the world differently.  It was truly inspiring.  Thank you Jen for sharing it on your blog so that I was able to find it and pass on here.  I had seen Stephanie on an Oprah Winfrey Show episode and had been amazed and inspired by her story when I saw her on TV but I was even more moved when I read about the details of her story....(HERE).... It has made me appreciate my life even more than I was, hug my kids, celebrate my body RIGHT NOW-exactly where I am at, not complain about superficial unimportant things and to try and find some joy everyday, don't put important things off......and most importantly have faith and hope and thank god for this gift of life.... 

I am now thrilled to be reading Stephanie's blog:  http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/ which is wonderful.  Stephanie had a blog before her accident and now continues to post. 

This is why I love the blog world there is so much good out there!

Have a great night everyone!

 
  

Happy Friday......

I am so glad the weekend is here!  I need to relax and get organized from a busy work week. 

Haven't had too much time to take pictures of my food because I haven't been that inspired with recipes etc... just kind of throwing things together to get through the week.  Last night we had pasta with meat sauce and I made a big salad.  I told myself to go heavy on the salad and light on the pasta with meat sauce but because I was too hungry after work I ending up taking 2 extra servings (yikes).  The moral of this story is "don't let yourself get to the starving mode!"  The pasta and meat sauce overload brought back flashbacks to my University days of heavy pasta consumption - those of you reading this who are also having a similar flashback will remain nameless!  But those were good times and somehow the pasta didn't stick on the hips back then!

Some pizza my husband the "pizza connoisseur" made this week. 

It was VERY good and I managed to have a reasonable portion!

SO I am SOOOOOOOoooooo excited about this new cookbook.  I bought it a couple of days ago (paid too much $45.00 but I had to have it!)  I LOVE Jamie Oliver!!!  This particular cookbook is his best to date as far as I am concerned.  It is as the cover says "Simple Delicious and Affordable Meals".  The photos are great, they have a vintage feel which I love.  The recipes are excellent (from my first look), they are very family oriented and healthy and he shows many variations on lots of the recipes.  I can't wait to try some of these recipes!

I love how they show many options on one theme.

I am so excited to try some curries.  He breaks them down and makes them seem not too difficult.

So I see a lot of cooking in my future.  Hopefully the family will eat what I make.  A constant balancing act....they are all not as adventurous as me with trying new food.  The curries might be a bit of a sell.  I am thinking of ways to make them sound Italian ha...

My workout yesterday:

Swam 30 laps.  Deep water running for 10 min.

Anyway, I am off to work to dream about my new cookbook.

Have a great day everyone.