Thursday was great

Well another day drawing to a close. Today I had my second favourite breakfast for lunch and big bowl of oatmeal with fruit, Cinnamon and yogurt again it's just great to make what I love and not have to please the masses. Lets see what next week brings but when i am in the groove nothing will stop me. Those Christmas parties are only 3 months away. Boot camp was great tonight, because very few people came out, I got to do the workout also. Lots of squats, lunges push ups and med ball work. I love it. Dinner was superb. I make a Fabulous Thai salad.
-Julienne 1/4 red and yellow pepper, 2 carrots, 1/4 small red onion, 2 green onions, 1 mango not quite ripe, 1tbsp. fresh ginger,
-Roast or BBQ 1 small totally cleaned pork tenderloin let cool after cooking slice in half and slice thinly on a diagonal. Use chicken or firm tofu as an alternative
-In a separate bowl place 1/2 a package of Thai rice noodles cover with boiling water and let soak for 7 minutes drain and rinse under cold water.
-Mix all ingredients in a large bowl
-Dressing
3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 3 tbsp olive oil, crushed chillies to taste 1 tbsp lite peanut butter, fresh ground black pepper, mix together until smooth
Toss in the dressing cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Great for several days. I am seriously dreaming of eating the remainder for lunch tomorrow, but of course only after my workout, I think it's Gravity for me tomorrow.
Off to sleep also a big part of healthy living.
Joan

Hello all, Mary here. Great workout yesterday - felt guilty doing it in the middle of the day, but lots of energy for it. Had a good late lunch afterwards - tuna & cheese on a whole wheat tortilla wrap toasted in the panini grill. Yum! Had a good dance class last night also, but was very bold then..... don't need to say any more:-)

Day 9

Wednesday came fast this week.As I said yesterday and I will say it again eating is so easy when you don't have to think about anyone else. Lunch today was yummy, lots of veggies onion, red pepper, english cucumber a bit of black olives, of course the much needed 15 grams of lite feta and 2/3 cup of fake crab. I don't know why I love that stuff but I confess I do and of course nothing would be complete without a stop in the tomatoe patch for those delicious lttle morsels you know what I am talking about Cherry Tomatoes. What am I going to do when they are gone. The store bought ones are not even close. anyway all that beautiful salad need was a little spritz of olive oil and a hefty shot of Balsamic vinegar, I could drink that straight from the bottle.
Now I feel ready to kick my workout up into high gear. Just waiting for mary to arrive and we has suffer together. More on that workout a little later as well as a great easy stir fry recipe for dinner.
see you soon or should I say talk to you soon.
Joan
PS another pound today happy dance !!!!! Yeah Yeah

flab competition

Hello all, I'm Mary and I discovered last night at BootCamp that there's actually a wee bit of a competition going on!! Who knew.......... which is why I'm not winning. So now we'll up the ante, as they say. I've had a couple of workouts with Joan and have managed to attend some of the August bootcamps. Between soccer and kids stuff it's been a hassle. Now all is good and hopefully I'm back on track.

Eating is my biggest problem - the right stuff and enough of it, often enough is a challenge. I'd happily live on toast in the morning and a good dinner at night........... not enough healthy calories to do anything that will burn off the excess fat. Also, I don't drink enough water, plenty of the other stuff though :-) So everyone, to help me you need to make sure I always have a bottle of water in my hand.............. make me drink!

Gotta a ways to go to catch up but I'm game and eager to beat the challenger (well at least keep up with her).

Day 8

This past week has flown by, with my youngest son off to camp for a week the cooking could not be easier. I am rediscovering my love of the egg white omelet so yummy for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I love grated zucchini, a bit of grated sweet potato as well as broccoli, sweet red pepper, red onion and any veggie the crisper has to offer but the best thing about it is the delicious cherry tomatoes picked to order. I love going out to my tiny garden and choosing the ripest little tomatoes you just have to pop a few in your mouth while you stand there. They are the perfect little treat, to bad they will all be gone for another year way to soon. But until they are it will be cherry tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner and of course a little snack. Right back to the omelette 30 grams of lite fea grated on top of the omelette and under the broiler until it puffs up all golden and beautiful. Now I am hungry guess what luch is going to be.

The best news is that the scale read 10lbs lighter this morning even with my gym clothes on YEAH!!!!!!

Besides tomatoes the next best thing about this time of year is the barbecue, dinner can be created fabulously and quickly with no pots to wash. I whipped up a delicious Cajun trout along with green beans and a beautiful fresh salad, start to plate 15 minutes.

Yesterday I skipped the weights and went for a long walk the weather was so perfect how could I stay in. But today i am off to do my kettlebell workout. I will keep you posted on the one. Later.