Decided yesterday since the weather was so beautiful to do a quick (?) drive to visit my mother. It's a 1 1/2 hour drive down, and then 1 1/2 hour drive back. Got a lot done in the morning too - hopped into the sauna, showered, walked the dog (AJ fed the pets), breakfast - cereal, milk, blueberries and coffee. Off we went. Visit was nice. I do wonder if my mother will ever notice, or say anything about my weight loss. I am down almost 25 pounds. I'm still in my 'old' clothes, just looser. Would be in smaller size I bet if I exercised. Still just not there for it.
I brought lunch with me to be on the safe side. Chicken, 3 little pancakes, PB2, jam, caramel milk. Had all that, a a few slices of kielbasi - that was my naughty. I like them, so I don't buy it. And more coffee. I'm so coffee'd out, I'm surprised I had another one this morning. Last night's dinner with leftover pork chop, spinach paint and nupasta. I really like nupasta - helps with being filling. Snack was a chia muffin with PB2/jam.
Went Walmart shopping this morning. Hot cereal for breakfast, with coffee. When we got to Walmart I just needed something more - so I pulled out a bar, which I keep in my purse for emergencies. I don't really know why I needed it, but I just felt so hungry still. Since we were also going to do grocery shopping there, I figured I'd be safer having the bar. Did help.
One of my goals (besides exercising!) for this year is to cut our spending down. We really.... ok, I really need to cut it down. There's just so much, and then there's not. I thought Walmart would be a good place to start shopping. Also maybe Costco, though there I tend to buy more, in bulk, which doesn't always help. I like Sobeys (it's close to us). And of course, Goodness Me. Problem tends to be, I lean towards organics etc....which are not cheap. I read about all the things in food and it freaks me out, so I end up buying more expensive food hoping to be healthier. It's not healthier on the budget though. So I'm working at sucking it up and buying regular. Meat....not able to buy Walmart meat yet - that will continue to be better (?) company meats. Maybe with price increases that ALWAYS tend to happen with food, we will be able to continue to eat.
I'm guessing you are wondering what the hell is spinach paint????????? Yummy, it is. 😍 Even AJ says he likes it. When I was a little girl, my mother would make what I called spinach paint, for a lack of a better description. Basically it's spinach cooked up and blended in the blender with - at the time, flour, milk and butter. I make it with spinach, water, spices. Sometimes I get tired of all the spinach having 'tails' that get in between my teeth, so I make it into my comfort memory of spinach paint. Use to have it with beef and mashed potatoes. Make a little well in the mashed potatoes and pour in the spinach! Oh, how I loved those dinners. Sigh, drool. As we were in Walmart, I picked up more spinach and mentioned to AJ that there's just something about spinach lately that makes my body feel better when I eat it. Not the memory thing, just like my body needs spinach. I try not to over do it as I don't want to get sick of having so much of it. Got 2 containers of it - going to make the spinach bread again too.
Today's lunch was cauliflower soup, 2 chia muffins with 1 laughing cow herb cheese, other with salmon cream cheese, a red pepper slice, some chicken and mayo, and tea. I think the mayo was pushing the count. Have to check if I'm in ketos yet/still/again etc. I know I need to drink more water, that falls to the way side off and on.
Tomorrow we are suppose to get 10cm of snow. Ugh. It's raining here all day so far. Would rather have more rain then snow. Suppose to get colder again too. Sounds like I will be shoveling soon!
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