Cashew Butter Chicken Stew

Mmmmm, this stew was AMAZING! I found it in the March 2009 Oxygen magazine and it is ohh soo yummy! It's very creamy because of the Cashew Butter but the calories don't show it...only 188 per 1/8 pot, which turned out to be plenty to fill me up. The cubed green apple in the stew really gave it depth. It was a bit spicy and I think that the next time I prepare this dish I will cut the cayenne pepper in half! Well my working out isn't going so well but my eating is right on track....baby steps, right?

getting on and off the wagon is exhausting!

In the short amount of time it took me to get back on the 'healthy' wagon, I fell off just as fast! I went to visit family for a few days and on top of that I was sick...yuck! That aside I DO want to share a great find. Last week I purchased the March/April 2010 issue of Clean Eating Magazine and loveloveloved the Cover meal Beef & Broccoli Orange Stir-Fry, to top it off my family loved it too, if you're out there looking for some GREAT healthy recipes you should check this magazine out!

healthy LIFESTYLE...not a DIET!

I was putting off posting today hoping that I would be able to get out on my run, but last night I started feeling pretty cruddy. I went to bed early and slept in this morning. It felt great to get the rest but I REALLY don't feel up for my run...it will have to wait a few more days.

For the past few months I have been eying Tosca Reno's book 'The Eat-Clean Diet for Family and Kids' and I finally got it! My kids had a fit when I showed them the book because the word 'diet' is not allowed in our house because it is too short-term. My oldest son said that we could cross out diet and put another word instead. I've tried to talk with my kids about a healthy 'lifestyle' as opposed to 'diet', lifestyle is more long-term. Maybe that's the word we'll use...lifestyle.

30 day shred workout

Well, this morning I got up and did the 30 day shred and I had a good workout. I do feel like it didn't challenge me like I'd hoped it would, but I was only on level one. I'll rev it up next time, but I wish I had more time today to fit in another workout...we'll see if I can squeeze one in.

Official day 1 workout...I did it!

30 minute run/walk....yay, I got out! *pat on the back*. Tomorrow I will try Jillian Michaels 30 day shred workout, I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Birthday gift to myself: Health!

Square one....again!

Well, it's back to the drawing board, starting over from square one. The other day I printed up my before 'after' pictures and my current 'before' pictures in the hopes of motivating myself to get moving. I'll post my new 'starting weight' soon. I'm very upset that I let myself go in such a short amount of time but I need to focus on the positive and the fact that this is in the forefront of my mind is a good thing. I'm finding that I'm an 'all or nothin' kind of girl, I have to be in healthy mode ALL the time or I find myself slipping (although a cheat day is a VERY good thing)...wish me luck and feel free to comment anytime.