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Oh, hello weekend! So much to do! Housework, processing garden, and it's going to be a beautiful cool day today! Great day for a hike and a picnic!
My goal is to not only lose weight and get healthier, but for my family to be more healthy. They're not overweight, but I would like them to enjoy more nutritious foods. Just because someone is skinny doesn't mean that they are healthy. I think I am making some headway!
Yesterday morning I didn't know what I was going to eat for breakfast, and was looking through the fridge, and saw I had kale that needed to be used up, shredded zucchini and ham. I've cooked for so many years, I'm pretty good at not measuring. I tend to whip things together pretty good without a recipe. I steamed the kale, put in the bottom of a baking dish, squeezed the liquid from the shredded zucchini, and put on top of the kale. I put cubed ham on next, little salt and pepper and garlic. I scrambled egg, and just barely covered the ingredients in the pan, and sprinkled just a little cheddar cheese on top and baked it until it was cooked through. Hmmm... Not knowing what to expect, I pulled it out of the oven, and it looked really good! I took a piece to work with me, and thought I'd have a piece with supper last night. Last night I looked around, and said to my husband, "Where did the stuff I made this morning go?" His response was "Why that stuff you made this morning is gone. That was really good. You can make that again!". Him and one of my sons ate the whole pan of it. I wasn't upset! I was absolutely thrilled! I would have never guessed they would have eaten that! I have made some success! Yay! So I'll be making that again, and will keep making more healthy recipes, and putting them on the table, no matter how much static I get sometimes, because the static and the eye-rolls are worth them trying something more healthy and liking it! I had to share my excitement!
Well, it's time to get moving. Everyone have a wonderful weekend!
Diet Calendar Entry for 16 August 2014:
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1160 kcal
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Fat: 60.23g | Prot: 88.63g | Carb: 67.27g.
Breakfast: Cream (Half & Half), Coffee, Brummel & Brown Spread made with Yogurt, Turkey Breast Meat, Garden Fat Burning Soup. Lunch: Ken's Steak House Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing, Skinless Chicken Breast, Brummel & Brown Spread made with Yogurt, Cooked Summer Squash. Dinner: Egg, Cream Cheese, Apple with Syrup (Cooked or Canned), Cooked Carrots, Cooked or Sauteed Mature Onions (Fat Added in Cooking), Quinoa (Cooked), Pork Chops (Center Loin, Bone-In, Lean Only, Cooked, Braised). Snacks/Other: Water, Water. more...
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Wow! That's great! That sounds just like what I hope my new lifestyle change is going to be like. Sounds like things are going well for you. Have a wonderful weekend.
16 Aug 14 by member: Hipaagrammy
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That's great news that your family is eating healthier now. I think it's great that you're cooking healthy foods for them regardless of their preference or opinion about it. You're doing a good thing and it's good that you're persistent about it. Keep it up and they might change their perspective. You are definitely right that just because a person is thin doesn't necessarily mean that they're healthy. In fact, thin people can get diabetes. So it's best to be healthy, regardless of size, than to just be thin. Keep up the great work!
16 Aug 14 by member: ChristyLA
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Sometimes, families surprise you!! it does sound really good.
16 Aug 14 by member: wholefoodnut
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I love when I make a healthful meal for my family and they love it. I swear, when my kid eats his veggies it makes me so proud, I could cry. There was a time when he was a toddler that he would cry when he finished his broccoli. He recently ate a whole plate of bok choy and a sushi restaurant and all the people around us couldn't believe it. I may have a lot of things to work on, but my kid eating his veggies is not one of them. So Blessed!
16 Aug 14 by member: Hey Chakalina
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Good for you and your family! It is really great when they appreciate the food you fix for them. Kudos to you! Your recipe sounds delicious.
16 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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It's difficult enough learning ourselves, but if you're able to get your family to join in eating healthy...you're the best.
16 Aug 14 by member: ClassicRocker
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Thank you everyone. It does feel really good. I'm still smiling:)! I work with someone who has always complained about how her husband living on candy bars, Pepsi and chips and never putting a pound on. He has always been very skinny. She always said it was unfair that he could eat like that and get away with it. Well, he didn't. A couple months ago he had a heart attack and is lucky to be alive. He's in his mid 50's. The doctor told him that if he didn't change his eating habits, he wouldn't live much longer. You would have never known by looking at him.
You are certainly blessed Lynch. The majority of the kids anymore live on junk food, take-out and processed foods full of salt and fat. Although, I think things are turning around some. You hear a lot more about clean eating and eating healthier instead of eating so much garbage, and if the parents are talking about it and following through, I think the kids will listen and follow suit.
It is a gorgeous day out there! Everyone enjoy!
16 Aug 14 by member: newkim
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You are doing so good. Keep up the good work. Just take it one meal and one day at a time. Hugs!
18 Aug 14 by member: toppy24564
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