heart challenge

I ate something fried yesterday and it was not good. I am amazed at how fast you can get over something like that. I would like to know how to use a waterless stainless steel pan and be able to do stuff like milanesas or chile relleno without the oil and make them healthier.

down day

Everything I know tells me that there will be slow weeks especially as muscle begins building but sometimes that doesn't get through in reverse and so I feel that I have had a bad week. Whew what a run on. I know I ate pretty well and I know that I clocked 8.5 hours of exercise so why do I feel like I did a bad job and didn't lose more than a pound? I am soo impatient. If you are there just remind yourself like I am that there are still 9 more weeks and at the end of 14 weeks any improvement is better than getting 3 months down the road and saying man if I had only started in Feb. like I wanted to I would not have wasted another 3 months doing nothing. So that is my self pep talk for the day.

salsa

Versatile salsa. 1 quart whole peeled tomatoes, 2 serrano peppers, 1/3 small onion, two cloves garlic peeled, 1 t lite salt (good potassium) Liquify in blender

-Heat and serve on fried eggs
-Drain spagetti and pour back in pan then pour salsa over it and bring to a boil, sprinkle with white Ranchero cheese as a side for grilled chicken
-Add to soup like lentils
On tacos, with steak instead of A1 etc.

Nutrition Class

I really love the class this morning mostly because I want to see how you make good food good to eat. Some were creative and sounded fun to try and some were too far out there for me. I am a Mexican food addict. Make it from scratch really does make sense to me so I can dump preservatives. Organic cost seems a bit much so I do what I can and am just trying to find normal healthy living to incorporate and adjust to so I can not only lose but maintain.

heart challenge

Hope that everyone is enjoying this. No often do we get a chance to be walked through a life change. I am really trying to make this a change of habits and not look at is as a diet or restriction. I do like exercising and want to get away from the idea that there is an end to this challenge. Otherwise how did dieting ever promote health. I am more worried about what is going on inside than the end reflection of the outside. Fortunately the outside improvements are a fringe benefit.

Yummy meatballs

Green Meatballs

Peel and clean 1 pound tomatillo
Cut up 1 small onion and place all in dry fry pan to blister

In blender add the above plus
1 cup chicken broth
1 t sea salt
2 chipotle chiles in adobo
6 T chopped cilantro
2 chopped cloves garlic
liquify all

To one pound 93 percent lean ground beef add ½ c sauce and one raw egg. Mix together
Form small meatballs and toss into sauce. Bring to boil and simmer ½ hour. Serve over rice.
I love cooking good food and I don't think taste has to go away to eat right. Try this I love it.

heart health

I am finally recovering from last weeks sore spots. Sunday's are nice for recovery. But now I am ready to get back in the pool tomorrow. I don't know that any exercise feels as good as swimming. You don't advance as fast as runners but moving smoothly through the water is supreme.