Separate Lives

I am mostly vegetarian.  Shrimp has been my downfall but lets just assume that I'm still ovo-lacto for now..  My husband is a confirmed omnivore which is ok with me.  I didn't stopped eating meat for the reasons most people did so I have no problems touching or cooking it for him.  

If my husband wanted to change then that would be cool but I'm not about changing him but changing me.  He is currently the bringer of the money so its not like I'm going to say "No I wont cook your food do it yourself".  My mom was perfectly fine cooking separate meals for my dad and her and I don't have a problem either.  A lot of times I'll just have what he is having minus the meat or I'll cook them both at the same time or he'll eat first or I will.  My meals are usually pretty quick to prepare anyways. 

I know this wont jive with other people but then again I'm not trying to change you either;)   This is just how we do it and we work out fine. 

In other news I biked yesterday for a grand total of 55minutes and walked for around 4 hours with friends on this funky shopping strip in Edmonton.  It was a lot of fun even if I didn't buy anything:)  

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Weigh In

I'm down another 2.4lbs!!! I'm sure I could have lost more in the past month but I'll take any loss for sure:) I haven't even been working out as much as I should have been and though I'm keeping portions down my food choices haven't been as stellar as they could've been either. 

I must also confess that I've gone back to eating shrimp occasionally though I'm trying to keep it at that, occasionally .   I had a feeling shrimp would be my downfall but I only feel the slightest of guilt about it.

This morning for breakfast I had sliced strawberries with some full fat Greek yogurt topped with a 1/2 cup of Kashi cereal.
Lunch will be leftovers from last nights supper-take out pizza
Supper will be roasted vegetables: Carrots,beets,baby potatoes and some chopped onion

Its also D's and mine 9th Anniversary today but I'm not sure if we have any special plans or not. Most likely a day of laundry:D We lead quite the exciting life lol

Goals and so on Yada Yada Yada

So it looks like my husband and I will be trying to take a holiday in Oregon during Christmas.  My mom is pretty ill, recently had a total knee replacement surgery and my BFF from High School said it was probably a good idea to go down after she visited my mom in the hospital.

So my new financial goals are:

Flights: Approximately $1100
Car Rental: 2000 Airmiles
Condo: about: $900-ish
Food & Misc $600-800

We're renting a condo instead of a hotel as I want a kitchen so I can save some money making our own meals and plus so I can cook our Christmas dinner too.  I'm hoping our meals will be on the lower end of my scale and I'll shop the sales when I'm there too.  We'll also try and leave my mom with a stocked up kitchen so I can make sure she is eating for at least a month after we're gone.

Losing weight is going to get a lot easier too as I'll be cutting our food budget down and making some other cuts to save up money.

I'm pretty horrid at saving money too so I need to somehow make this a game like for a 6-year old LOL

Also, I picked up some fresh veggies at the Farmers Market this morning but I'll talk more about that tomorrow:)

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Stupid Toe

I'm already bored and even a short walk was pretty damned painful this morning too..I may try some bike riding though this weekend if I can get a shoe on without crying  lol

I picked up some cherry tomatoes,feta and rotini pasta for my supper tonight..I'll halve the tomatoes and roast them with some olive oil and S&P and toss with with the cooked rotini and some feta...I wish the store had fresh spinach as I would have wilted some down and added that too.

I've also been on the hunt for Fall shoes.  I have the hardest time fining shoes in my size here in Canada. I usually have to order up from the States.  Payless Shoes Fall line looks really nice though so I'll see if they have them here in my size or can order them for me.

Long weekend coming up with hubby too:)  Lots of movie watching and maybe if the Doctor ok's it I'll go on a ride too.  I'm going tomorrow morning to see my own Doctor and hopefully get it X-rayed as I'd like a second opinion

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Motivational Tools

I love pretty clothes. For the longest times I could only shop in stores that sold larger sizes and while they mostly tried to be hip, a lot of times it was a big fail.

I decided to use pretty clothes as motivation to stay on track and eat better and exercise as much as possible.  Its starting to pay off too:)

As mentioned in another post I found out that Ricki's goes up to a size 18 in tops and 20 in bottoms and I was soooo happy.  Today I put their clothes to the test.

Bear in mind that I'm bloated and crampy as its my TMO so I wasn't' feeling pretty or confident that anything would fit even with major sucking in of the tummy.

Ha!!!  The cropped pants fit great, just a bit snug but I figure in a week they'll be perfect. Also I purchased a pair of cool and comfy black linen Bermuda shorts.

I also picked up some clothes this past weekend at Old Navy and Wal-Mart too.  I think my size 18 shopping is now complete and now I wont shop again until I'm down to a 14/16

Tomorrow I'm going to start the Couch to 5k program. I downloaded and app on itunes and I'm so excited too.  I'm not looking to become a runner or do any races but I do feel it will help me be more fit and even help with endurance for long walk/hikes and bike rides.


What is your motivation for being fit other than the normal reasons?

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Five Days Later

After my short bout of sickness we had horrible weather here, rain and thunderstorms galore. I got lazy and haven't been exercising much but I have been making the conscious decision to ride my bike anytime I had errands to run so I am still getting some activity in.

I also had to meat "oops" well I did make the decision both times so it was totally on me.  I had pizza with some shrimp and then yesterday on my birthday I had bacon with my breakfast when we went out.   I didn't get sick and while I did/do miss bacon I'll make the effort to make sure I have the veggie bacon stocked in the house just in case. Breakfast is always my downfall anyways:)  

For my birthday I got a bike basket for my vintage bike, some clothing and a box of chocolates. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with my husband too.

Today for breakfast I had locally made sourdough bread, toasted with some raspberry jam I picked up at the Farmers Market on Saturday.

Lunch was a Greek theme: A wedge of Spanakopita from Planet Organic followed by some Greek Yogurt with 1/2 a peach and some fresh organic strawberries sprinkled with a bit of hemp seed.

Dinner is Vegetarian Beanie Wienies and some sauteed Swiss Chard.  I couldn't decide between Chard or Collards today but Chard won out:)

BTW for those that read my blog that are vegetarians how do you explain to friends & family that you eat more than just tofu??

Much Love & Healthy Living

Sickness

I've suffered on and off with migraines and headaches since after the birth of my son 22 years ago.  One thing I've noticed is that I eat and pee a lot when I am suffering, and yesterday was no exception.

I was horribly sick yesterday and slept on and off all day. I also ate A LOT when I was up and yesterday evening totally paid for it with a visit to the porcelain god..Ugh  I totally hate throwing up and it didn't really make me feel any better either.   I wish I could understand why I eat so much when I'm migraining. 


Today I feel a lot better though I am still a bit nauseous and I can feel the head pain there lurking in the back of my head but hopefully food wise its better today.

Much Love & Healthy Living!

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

LOL No meatballs but plenty of rain today and even a bit of thunder and lightning.  That being the case I made nicey-nice with Mr. Treadmill and walked/ran (more walking than raining) for 45 minutes.  I varied the speeds and incline to rev it up a bit and didn't do too shabby either.

Breakfast with some Liberte Greek vanilla yogurt with raspberries and 3/4 cup of Kashi Go Lean Crunch.  Unfortunately it didn't fill me up so I ended up having some Food Should Taste Good multigrain chips and guacamole.  Along with my current penchant for grilled cheese sandwiches I'm also loving all over the Guac! 

Lunch was oatmeal:)  Yummy and supper is still up in the air as I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for. 

Tomorrow I'll bike or bus to the Italian Market for stuff to make this Black Bean Chili. I really need to get more beans and whole grains in my life and the weather is certainly dreary enough for Chili.

I'll make sure to take lots of pictures of our wonderful local Italian Store:)  

Much Love & Healthy Living

Crazy Day!!

We had some really wacky weather today and it was also hot and humid. I was only able to get in a 30 minute workout today so hopefully tomorrow I'll make up for it.

Breakfast: I picked up a box of Kashi Go Lean Crunch with some Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk and a few blueberries

Lunch was a grilled cheese sandwich with Spicy Gouda and sliced tomatoes..Yumm!! I've been on a grilled sandwich kick:)

Since it was soooo hot and humid I decided to make this recipe from The Vegetarian Family Table

Cold Sesame Noodle Salad...It was almost too delicious and I had to really contain myself not to eat the whole recipe..Needless too say I do have plenty of leftovers for the weekend.

I also had some lemon yogurt with fresh raspberries which is a most excellent combination!!

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Here comes the heat

Today is apparently the 1st day here in Edmonton of the heatwave...Ugh! I hate heat, my head hates heat and heat probably hates me too.  Luckily I have a portable air conditioner on wheels that I can move from room to room..Saves energy too in the long room by only cooling one room at a time.

So I got a late start this morning and didn't get a long intense bike ride in but I decided that I needed to run some errands to I'd go up the bike path in our area first and then do my errands.

It was already starting to get warm but I soldiered on.  I picked up a new power bar for the A/C and then headed to Planet Organic

I was excited to see they had the Liberte Greek Yogurt in Vanilla so Hell Yea! I grabbed some and boy those carrots looked so yummy I had to grab a bunch to roast in the toaster oven.
I also picked up:
Avocadoes
Veggie Bouillon
Locally Made Vanilla Ice Cream
Peaches
Bulger
Spinach Pakoras (for today's lunch)
Some re-usable produce/bulk bin bags (bye bye plastic bags!!)

Bike Cat Porn!!!

She loves being around our bikes and loves to be in stuff, literally so she of course loves being in the panniers.

Breakfast: the last of my overnight oats and a hard boiled egg
Lunch: Spinach Pakoras with Chutney
Supper??  Not sure yet
Snacks: Fruit, yogurt and hemp seeds

They were out of chia seeds too:(  I guess its a popular item so I'll pick it up on the weekend along with some coconut oil and this raw food cookbook I've been eyeing 

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

What a downer of a day

Its been a very rough day for me today. First, I'm in pain with a low grade headache which I think is from trying to strength train yesterday. Some family new is also making me a bit sad and a few other things which all add up to basically sleeping or just lounging on the sofa. I wish I had chocolate or ice cream or chocolate ice cream but I don't which I guess is a good thing..I mean I could go and get some chocolate but it just seems to be too much effort right now.

This is going to be a very long long summer holiday..I wish I had been able to find a temp 6 week job to keep me busy.

Food wise it will also be a bad day though it did start out well with some overnight oats and a hard boiled egg....Its going to end badly though I fear

Rain Rain Please Go Away

Forgive any typos in advance please.  I cut myself this morning and I have a huge band-aid on one of my fingers..

Morning workout went well and I mixed it up a little.  20 minutes on the treadmill followed by some upper body strength training (which I'm sure I'm going to pay for later) and then another 25 minutes on the treadmill.  I need to get a good book ok strength training so that I'm not screwing up my body and that I'm working every area that needs to be worked.

Im also back to having oatmeal for breakfast. I've missed it so much. A bit of vegan becel and a bit of honey and Im in heaven!!! oh damn!! I forgot to add some hemp seed to it..I'll do that tomorrow.  I'll probably have that 5days a week and two days I'll have scrambled tofu so that I don't get bored with eating oatmeal again. 

Its raining this morning so I'll do some things around the apartment and hopefully it will clear up in the afternoon so I can run to Planet Organic. 

I'm not sure what lunch will be but probably leftover mac and cheese and some steamed broccoli...I'm not 100% on that though

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

Glorious Sunday!!

I woke up this morning headache free!!! I was oh so very happy about that. I got in a 45 minute workout on the treadmill and made a nice breakfast, pancakes, for hubby and myself.  I did forget that I still had some vegan sausage in the fridge so I'll have to have a big protein boost lunch later.



I have to run to the Organic store too as we're out of milk and I want to grab some good bread and greek yogurt.   oh darn! we also need eggs lol

Lunch will probably be a huge sandwich with some of the meatless chicken strips I have, tomatoes, onion, mayo, and whatever veggies look good.  Supper will be a bit of the leftover mac n cheese and more broccoli with of the sunburst squash I have. 
ended up have a few chips and guacamole for lunch/snack and then took a nap...Woke up with a headache from not drinking enough water:(

Supper was a sauteed ear of corn off the cob and two small sunburst summer squash. Had that with some spaghetti and catelli garlic & onion pasta sauce as there was some leftover from hubbys supper.  My original supper just seemed soooo yellow.

I boosted up my calcium,protein and calorie intake by have my post supper bowl of fruit with 60 grams of Liberte black cherry yogurt and some shelled hemp seeds..YUMMY!! that will be my regular dessert now.  The fruit was strawberries, blueberries and blackberries:) 

I also didn't make it to the store today but will tomorrow as I need to find some high fiber cereal too!

Dessert will be a freaking huge bowl of fruit as I have a ton of it!!

Much Love & Healthy Living!

Ugh!

I have a bad tension headache this morning. I did workout in the form of a 45-minute leisurely bike ride with a stop to Safeway for some provisions

I picked up:
Blueberries
Blackberries
Bananas
Whole Pineapple and a funky Pineapple Corer
Broccoli
Sugar Snap Peas
2 ears of corn
Pasta Sauce

and some stuff to make a dip for veggies.  My total was under 40$ and I must say I'm finding that now that Ive gone veggie things are a lot easier on my wallet too.

I also stopped off at this little cafe and picked up two muffins for hubby and myself.  Mine was a berry crumble and his was a maple walnut...Mmmmmm

Rest and relaxing today

Much Love & Healthy Living

Where there wasn't a post yesterday

I had a migraine most of the day yesterday. It started early Saturday morning around 2 a.m and decided to stick around until 3:30 in the afternoon! It was such a lovely but wasted day too. I slept in bed with my kitty while my husband fended for himself. He did run out and pick up some Excedrin for me plus lunch which I barely managed to keep down.

Since I slept most of the day though I was up around 3:30 this morning. I'm on the sofa now and Kitty is sleeping on the back cushion beside me. She really does love me:)

It is going to be another nice day so I have my fingers crossed that hubby is not sick (we barely manage to feel good at the same time lol) so we can get a couple of errands done, come home and go for a quick ride before I start Easter supper.

Our Easter Menu is roasted chicken, mashed taters, dressing, gravy and veggies for me. I'll have my food scale and measuring cups out so I can make sure I stay within my calorie limit today.

Much Love & Healthy Living!!

P.S. If you notice the weight loss ticker yes I've gained 5lbs:( Hopefully it was just water weight and it will re-adjust when I go back to work this week and start walking again with the kids.

Bust

I think the move is internally stressing me out. I noticed today that I have some splotchy patches of the skin under my arm. Its doesn't itch or anything and I'm not sure if its the Rosecea spreading either. I'll try and get to the doctor and find out what it is.

I've decided to rejoin Weight Watchers too after we get moved or around the same time. I feel like my eating habits are out of control and it worries me.

For example I was up at 4:30 and around 6am had a slice of cheese toast. Later that morning after running errands I came home and ate a 1/2 bag of mini reeses peanut butter cups. Lunch was a turkey sandwich made mostly healthy. For dinner we ordered Swiss Chalet:( 1/2 chicken with rice and some shrimp...slice of apple pie for dessert. Full disclosure sucks but in the end maybe that is what I need, to fully disclose myself to whomever reads this blog of mine.

Much Love & Healthy Living

F~

Relief

I'm pain free so far today and fingers crossed that is like that all day.

I'm starting my day with my typical weekday morning breakfast of oatmeal with olive margarine and some brown sugar. I'm still unable to eat oatmeal any other way.

I do need to run to the store so I'll pick up some more sandwich fixings: tomatoes, romaine, avocado, and some Schneider's fat free deli meat. I think I need more WW bread too as my husband also eats sandwiches often.

Dinner tonight is pasta sauce with WW pasta and some WW french bread. We're trying to eat down the pantry so a lot of our dinners will not be as healthy as I'd like them to be until after we get moved.

Loads of packing too today and maybe a bike ride this evening

P.S. At the Superstore last night I bought some President's Choice Brand Cran-cherry juice that I'm really hoping also doesn't taste like Cherry Nyquil ::shudders:::

Much Love & Happy Living Day!!