7/28/2011

SO.... weigh-in this AM was 200.5!  Woot!  I'm pretty darn happy with that!  Even if I don't lose anything else (which I hope I do) I will be down 1.5 for this week come Sunday.  Another pound would be great to get me back under 200.  That would be a FABULOUS way to end the month!  Although, this will be another month of no loss if I end it at 199.5, but I'd rather have maintained than gained.  I am trying to stay positive.  LOL  And did I mention my cycle started?  So, I am beyond happy.  Even if I see nothing else but the 1.5, hopefully next week I will have a WHOOSH from water weight!

Yesterday ended up being a fairly easy day.  I did do a few things around the house, but nothing drastic.  My knee was REALLY twinging all day so I didn't want to push it.  Today will be a bit more since I have to run around town for a bit and I need to do a few more things around the house that I wasn't up for yesterday if I can.  I want to dust, finish up some laundry, and do dishes.  That alone is about 3hrs. of stuff.  LOL  Dusting the whole house is a lot of work!  Not sure if I will do the basement or not...  I really need to deep clean down there and maybe the hubby will let me do that when he is home so I can knock it all out at once.

I tried another type of green shake yesterday.  I used romaine in it along with strawberries, a couple of pieces of leftover frozen mango, and some peaches.  The romaine is VERY different from the spinach in that it tastes almost... minty?  Very fresh and invigorating!  I liked it after just a couple of sips.  However, I drank two servings and then left the other for later.  MISTAKE.  After it sits for a while, it REALLY gets a green taste... probably from the chlorophyll being released.  Not good.  Not good at ALL.  So, if you decide to try these, make sure you drink it fresh!  But I was very full after the first two glasses that I couldn't finish the third.  So, may have to cut the recipe down a bit.  Today I think I will have a raspberry, banana, and spinach.  I'm getting low on everything so I will need to make a trip to the store soon.  I also told my hubby that we needed to eat up some of the older things in the fridge before they get bad.  We do pretty well with keeping up with it, but some of the fruits have been sitting there for a while.  Time to eat those up in the form of smoothies!  I bet I'm getting at least 3 or 4 servings of fruits and veg in those smoothies plus the protein and good fats.  And with the greens, I don't need to add fiber!  :D  Not to mention the fact that there is a lot of liquids in them from the ice and almond milk.

Well, not much else to write about other than we got our meat!  We decided to try them out last night and they were SO good!  When fresh beef is cooking that is all natural and grass fed, the meat actually SMELLS like grass when it's cooking!  It was crazy!  And the meat is sooo tender that you don't really need much else but the meat and some veg.  I think we have about 200lbs. of beef in our freezer right now!  LOL  Plus the about 50bags of frozen veg.  I'm really excited to eat it and try it all out and see what we will be able to do next year.  We got a good mix of of different cuts, so I hope that we can really find the best way to use it all.  We got some GREAT roasts... up to 3lbs.!  We can get 3 meals out of that.  Straight roast with salad, roast and roasted veggies, and then either stew, chili, or even bbq or spaghetti.  So many things you can do with roast.  I know a lot of people don't like it, but it is honestly one of our fave things to eat because it's so versatile!

Ok, well, I think I've rambled on enough!  I need to get off of here and get a few things done.  And relax a bit.  I'd like to read some more of my book.  It's the last in the set and well... I'd like to turn them back in for credit so that I can get more books!  LOL  I've been thinking of getting a nook, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the money.  The nook color is pretty darn expensive.  I haven't really looked around or anything, yet, though.  But the hubby keeps saying that for certain things, he thinks that the nook, in the end, would save us money.  Because a trip to the used bookstore almost always results in a $40+ purchase.  Yes, we turn them in for credit when we're done, but you know you rarely get back what you put into them.  So, I've been wondering if for books that I just want to read and return if it would be better to get the nook for and then books I want to purchase to keep to get from the used store.  I guess I should do some research and see what would be the best options.  I really love books!

Ok, Ok, I'm going!  All of you take care!