After having been sick for a week, lolling on the couch, drinking orange juice and eating cookies, it's time to get back to work.
I made it to water aerobics this morning. I have belly dancing this evening. I signed up for the next session of bellydancing. I made a menu plan for this week, and I have the broccoli chopped and the rice steaming for dinner tonight.
We are going to be gone 4 nights this week. This is fairly typical for us. I need to just get over it and figure out how to work in healthy dinners whatever time they might occur.
So here is my plan for this week.
Monday: Healthy "Fried" Rice Potstickers Asian Slaw
Wednesday: Black Beans & Rice with Italian Sausage p118 KD Blue Book Salad Green Veggie
Thursday: Either Baked Ziti or Chicken with Roasted Asparagus & Potatos Salad
Friday: Out
Saturday: Homemade Pizza Salad
That's my plan and I'm sticking to it. Remind me I said that. I figure it's better to have home cooked food no matter what time of night than to grab McDonalds on the way home. I am also going to try to get back to using Fit Day. It has probably been a year since last I checked in there. Keep me going. --Francie
ARGH! So much for planning ahead. Still haven't had the salad. We ended up going out with a friend after curling last night. I guess I will be having salad for lunch today. I don't want to waste all of that good food.
That's not a bad suggestion. Perhaps I could try that. Eating together is definitely important.
Tonight didn't go according to plan. I ended up stuck at my parent's house due to nasty weather. I had steak, potatoes and salad for dinner. Still better than going out I guess.
I suppose now I have dinner all prepped for tomorrow night. Lucky me. (:
Maybe I will even have time to go back and make the mushroom soup.
On exercise nights, could you eat your big meal early in the day, and then serve the same thing for his big meal, while you eat something small? I don't know if dinner together is important to you (it is to me), but it's more about the time and sitting together than actually eating the same thing.
I was thinking the same thing.
summer 7 challenge goals: - Meditate every day - Start the day with positive imagery and self talk Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
Eeep! It calls for TWO pounds? No. I use 1. And I switch it up...ground chicken and navy beans; ground pork and black beans; ground beef and red beans...
We've adopted a one-night-a-week Soup night. It's usually something different--we've had French onion, Avgolemono (Greek lemon & chicken), minestrone...filling stuff.
On exercise nights, could you eat your big meal early in the day, and then serve the same thing for his big meal, while you eat something small? I don't know if dinner together is important to you (it is to me), but it's more about the time and sitting together than actually eating the same thing.
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
Those recipes look good D. Do you really use the whole two pounds of meat in the lasagna?
I don't mind reheating things too much, but I am with you on the reheated meat thing. I prefer my leftover meat cold.
If it were just me I would be fine with just a sandwich or soup for dinner. Since I have another person's desires to contend with, soup and/ or sandwich night doesn't fly around here. Dinner is S's first and main meal of the day. He doesn't eat lunch unless you count the sandwich he eats at 2 or 3 in the morning. I feel obligated to provide something a bit heartier since he usually hasn't eaten anything since that sandwich the night before. I know, it's not the best eating pattern, but it's his body, and I don't get a say in how he fuels it, other than providing him with a healthy dinner. I can deal with his wonky schedule most of the time, but sometimes it makes dinner a challenge.
Green beans have been steamed, potatoes boiled, and the salad dressing made. Tuna is in the fridge chilling. The mushroom soup isn't happening. Forgot the barley at the store yesterday, no time to go back. S can heat up a can of soup if he wants. Dinner should be no problemo.
On my way out the door for bellydancing. Rice has been made, salad dressing made, eggs hard boiled for tomorrow, and salad crunchies have been toasted. Hope to steam the green beans and boil potatoes tonight for tomorrow's dinner.
I was going to suggest the same thing Brie did--eating big in the middle of the day. It's what we tend to do on weekends, since dinner might be at 8 or 9.
And, there's no reason you have to eat Dinner with a capital D. Soup heated up in the microwave, a salad, or sandwiches is just fine in my life.
I don't like many things reheated or as leftovers, especially meat. However, I happily eat the following from the microwave: Crustless Quiche Strata in multiple variations from KD's first book Tomato-based sauces on whole wheat noodles (put the sauce ON the noodles in individual portions & refrigerate, then heat in the microwave) Mexican Lasagna (I put just a small amount of cheese on the top rather than completely through it, use whole wheat tortillas, and Pam instead of olive oil.)
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
Just wanted to throw out the possibility of eating "European" style as an option - having your big meal of the day be lunch and doing a lighter meal for dinner (basically flip flopping lunch and dinner).
summer 7 challenge goals: - Meditate every day - Start the day with positive imagery and self talk Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
Originally posted by fbroadie: [...] And S loves the curling, and I would like to encourage his exercising. I like the curling too.)[...]
This reminded me of something. There is a show on Discovery Channel called "How it's Made" and recently they showed how curling stones are made. It was very interesting. You might look on their website and see when it is going to be on again. All in all it is a very interesting show except for the monotone of the narrator .
1. do 4 laps on walking track without "resting" 2. do 1 mile (17laps) in 20 minutes (3miles per hour)
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Actually I work from home. My S.O. works night hours although he also works from home. That, coupled with our busy schedule tends to goober up the dinner hour. At least two of the dinners a week are messed up by exercise classes. I don't like to eat before I go. And one of them is a film night where we have to be out of the house by 5:30. It's really hard for me to eat dinner at 4:30. Those nights I try to make a hearty snack, then have something simple like soup or scrambled eggs when we get home around 10. I have tried to think of ways around these challenges, but other than not taking the classes, I haven't found a great solution. (I love my belly dancing class. And S loves the curling, and I would like to encourage his exercising. I like the curling too.)
My normal day involves breakfast at 8:15, lunch between noon and 1, a late afternoon snack, then dinner whenever I can work it in. On water aerobics days I sometimes have to have second breakfast around 11, then eat lunch around 1:30. This crazy schedule is how we often end up eating out when we don't mean to. I seem to do best if I can make at least part of dinner while I am making lunch. If I know I have a head start, then I am less likely to cave to take out. My problem is that my usual repetoire does not include very many make ahead recipes. I keep trying to find them, but haven't had great success. S grew up on crockpot food with a mom that wasn't a great cook, so he is sort of grossed out by the crockpot thing. I never had crockpot food growing up, so I find it sort of intriguing, but I don't know how. It's hard to find a happy medium balancing everyone's tastes. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
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