Tuesday Blog

Yesterday morning, since I didn't have a morning workout scheduled, I decided to be lazy and have a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I should know better by now. Silly me! :) I had a nice bowl of cereal but shortly after, I'd say an hour or a little more, I was hungry AGAIN! Ah!

Every time I eat cereal I notice I get hungry really soon after I've eaten! Milk+cereal= not a very good (filling) breakfast. For me anyway. It might have been the TYPE of cereal that I ate. I bought two boxes (with a coupon) of fiber one 80 calorie cereal. It's "OK" but it's not filling and just a bit too sweet. I think I'll stick to kashi from now on or cascadian farms organic cereal. I have been liking those. I like to eat cereal on my "days off" or mornings off. I don't know why. I guess I just get lazy. We all do that every now and then right? But I know better. I set myself up for a day of horrible eating (in my eyes). Whenever I eat eggs or oatmeal for breakfast I usually do pretty good the rest of the day.

So this morning I made myself some oatmeal! With frozen fruit (microwaved) and some nuts. I also drank half a scoop of protein powder in water before my workout with the trainer. The results of eating a healthier, filling, meal in the morning? .... Well, I WAS hungry after my workout but not terribly hungry like I usually am on days that I only eat cereal. But even if I was to eat, lets say yogurt, along with my cereal, I STILL get hungry soon after. I guess cereal is OK as a snack. I think I'll be doing just that.

Anyway, my workout was hard but awesome! It was so hard waking up this morning! UGH! But I did it. I got it done! I am always amazed at how much I can push myself. I mean, last night I was SO TEMPTED to call it a night and say "FORGET IT! I'm not going to Body Pump tonight!" My kids were outside playing with the neighbors kids, having a blast. It was a gorgeous evening. Warm. But I packed my kids in the car and off we went anyway! It was nice for them there, there weren't so many kids and they had dibs on everything around. ha! And off we went again this morning! Sure hope they don't get tired of that place. Well, right now it's the only place they can watch TV! lol

So yesterday I went grocery shopping with JUST the things I needed for dinner in mind. I spent only 40 dollars today at the store! woohoo for me! I bought fruit and veggies and some whole wheat tortillas and some cheese. I also picked up a Clean Eating magazine! I have been browsing through it and LOVE some of the recipes in there! I'm going to be trying some of them out. I have most of the ingredients for some items and others I can plan for them. I can't wait to try one out! I have no intention of going 100% clean but I LOVE how delicious everything looks. So clean and healthy! :)

So last night I made my own version of Frijoles Charros. Frijoles charros is a Mexican dish usually made with pork. Ham, chorizo. Really high in fat. But I made mine with turkey ham and turkey bacon, red and green bell peppers (since my kids ate some I didn't want to make it too spicy, otherwise you can make it with some jalapeños instead), onions (white and green), tomatoes, some garlic, and in my bowl I added cilantro, red chili pepper flakes, and sliced radishes. It was pretty darn good! I'm looking forward to left overs for dinner later tonight! Mmm! I bought spinach to add to it!

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to be continued...