Starting to Move

Slowly I step, inch by inch...  (altered the Three Stooges line a bit)

Seems that the scales love me this week as I'm down 2.6lbs!! I'm moving! I've made a routine of Wii in the mornings. Managed to box, play tennis, and bowl for 45 min and then I did the fit test for the rest of the hour. I could feel the soreness creeping through my arms later as I laid down to sleep, but now that I'm awake they feel pretty good.I will ask management if they can open the pool at 8a instead of 10a so that I can swim in the mornings and not get rained on.

This week I introduced grains into my meals. I felt like cooking up a storm one night so I brought out all the grains and thawed meats. I started with Quinoa  It is a tiny seed, I buy the pre-washed found in the organic section, so  when you cook it opens  up and a small squiggle is present. It has an Earthy taste when cooked in water, that reminds me of the whole wheat. I cooked it in half chicken broth half water in the rice cooker. It's too light for the machine to auto-shut off, so the bottom burned a little. It had no effect on the taste though. Next time stove top cooking for sure.

Couscous and barely were next. The couscous I made in the half water, half broth mixer and the barley in plain water. The barely I made in water, but next time it's getting broth too. I may have used a bit much water, so I'll use less. I poured vegetables on top of  the barley in the pot then I mixed stir-fried chicken into it and added creme of asparagus soup (1/2 can of milk) to the whole pot (large pot) and served as a meal. The couscous I left plain as a side dish. JC was loving all the food I cooked in one night. Bourbon salmon and stir-fried chicken rounded out the remainder of the cooking. It was cool seeing all my dishes come together.

Since things are starting to move a lot better this week I am starting to notice that I'm a bit more short tempered and irritable. Last night at work I apologized to one of the nurses for being a bit snippy on the phone (she brushed it off saying she didn't perceive me as being that way). So when another nurse kindly had gone out of her way to get milk shakes for us all I pounced on that sugar like no tomorrow! Good thing that I had quinoa and salmon for dinner. I used up 22 anytime points for that shake (still had some left over, but the week is over so those won't get used).

It felt so good slurping that creamy, chocolaty goodness down. An hour later though,  my stomach wasn't happy. It was almost as if it was fighting with that shake (mind you I ate the salmon almost two hours prior). So the next time I'm offered a huge sugary concoction, I'll drink/eat  half (maybe not as many points gone too) and toss the rest. After all, I was looking for a sugar fix to correct my grumpiness. The counter measure is always to eat better at the next meal. The counter measure is always to eat better at the next meal and this means that for me, Macro Greens and Miracle Reds have become a regular part of my daily routine. This way if I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables, at least I'm getting the nutrition of the servings (fills me up pretty good too).

I'm sending this out into the Universe: Next week, are you ready for me? I'm coming for you!!