And I'm not talking about the accumulated mass of my stomach, hips, thighs and buttocks. I'm not talking about carrying Ivy either. I'm talking about more of a mental burden - which is also physical. I have been looking around my home and there is ... stuff ... everywhere.
Things I'm forced to keep due to sentimental value.
Things I'm forced to keep because it's a little piece of information that needs to be kept or filed or shared or whatever.
Things I'm forced to keep because, well, what if I need it.
Things I'm forced to keep because I can't say no. And when I do, my 'no' doesn't get heard or validated.
And living in such a confined space, it gets cramped and cluttered pretty quickly. I've come to realize that maybe all this clutter is keeping me from doing what I need to do. It may seem like I'm placing the blame - but I'm not. It is entirely my fault. It's something that I have to deal with. But when I go to clean up, I get overwhelmed. The task is too daunting. The things evoke memories or plans for their use. I tried this today. There's a box under my bed that has things I don't really need and all I could do was look through the stupid thing and put it back.
Junk - 1; Lena - 0
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Menu Plan Monday (on a Wednesday)
Boo. I've been busy.
Last week's menu was a bit sketchy. Since we made two large crock pot meals, we were stuck eating leftovers the whole week. Glad it's gone!
So here is this week's late menu - Jan 17.
Monday: Fend for yourself. Catered this night. I had Chicken Parmesan.
Tuesday: Lack of planning = no dinner
Wednesday: Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Crock pot roast
Sunday: Leftovers
http://orgjunkie.com/2011/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-17th.html
Last week's menu was a bit sketchy. Since we made two large crock pot meals, we were stuck eating leftovers the whole week. Glad it's gone!
So here is this week's late menu - Jan 17.
Monday: Fend for yourself. Catered this night. I had Chicken Parmesan.
Tuesday: Lack of planning = no dinner
Wednesday: Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Crock pot roast
Sunday: Leftovers
http://orgjunkie.com/2011/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-17th.html
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Ten Reasons
I'd like to lose the baby weight. I'm inspired by another blog, saw this and want to emulate it.
1. I want to feel healthy. Which I currently, obviously, do not.
2. I used to have a lot of energy. I'm tired all the time now. If given the chance, I'd probably sleep for 24 hours straight.
3. Being healthy benefits me psychologically. Not only did I have energy when I was working out, I was happy.
4. Body aches suck. I know that these aches and pains I'm now dealing with is because I'm not active and not eating right.
5. Confidence in myself has plummeted. Not just my confidence with my physical being, but emotionally as well. It's all "lazy, can't do it, don't want to..." all the time.
6. I used to dance. I used to run. I want who I used to be back.
7. I know what I need to do. I need to do it.
8. Feeling better about my body wouldn't hurt.
9. Ryan.
10. IVY.
The plan...
Cut out the sodas. Increase the H2O.
Up the protein and fresh fiber (fruit and veggies).
Decrease junk food and unhealthy snacking and processed foods.
Start off with 20 minutes of physical activity per day then work up to 30+ minutes of heart pumping physical activity.
This has worked before. At that time, I was participating in a job-sponsored "boot-camp" exercise program. I wish it were available to me now. And I know this isn't much of a plan right now, but it is a work in progress and will likely change as time goes on.
To date, I haven't had much soda at all (but I have had one yesterday and today). I've been trying to exercise, but it snowed recently and we aren't used to those kind of temperatures so I wasn't able to walk/jog. However, here is where my lazyness picks up... We have Wii-fit and Just Dance 2 so I know I can be inside and doing active things.
The real problem here is my lack of motivation. I don't really have anyone to keep me in line and to check in with.
1. I want to feel healthy. Which I currently, obviously, do not.
2. I used to have a lot of energy. I'm tired all the time now. If given the chance, I'd probably sleep for 24 hours straight.
3. Being healthy benefits me psychologically. Not only did I have energy when I was working out, I was happy.
4. Body aches suck. I know that these aches and pains I'm now dealing with is because I'm not active and not eating right.
5. Confidence in myself has plummeted. Not just my confidence with my physical being, but emotionally as well. It's all "lazy, can't do it, don't want to..." all the time.
6. I used to dance. I used to run. I want who I used to be back.
7. I know what I need to do. I need to do it.
8. Feeling better about my body wouldn't hurt.
9. Ryan.
10. IVY.
The plan...
Cut out the sodas. Increase the H2O.
Up the protein and fresh fiber (fruit and veggies).
Decrease junk food and unhealthy snacking and processed foods.
Start off with 20 minutes of physical activity per day then work up to 30+ minutes of heart pumping physical activity.
This has worked before. At that time, I was participating in a job-sponsored "boot-camp" exercise program. I wish it were available to me now. And I know this isn't much of a plan right now, but it is a work in progress and will likely change as time goes on.
To date, I haven't had much soda at all (but I have had one yesterday and today). I've been trying to exercise, but it snowed recently and we aren't used to those kind of temperatures so I wasn't able to walk/jog. However, here is where my lazyness picks up... We have Wii-fit and Just Dance 2 so I know I can be inside and doing active things.
The real problem here is my lack of motivation. I don't really have anyone to keep me in line and to check in with.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Menu Plan Monday - Jan 10
We were gifted a crock-pot for christmas this year from my mom. She wasn't sure we'd want it so it wasn't wrapped. We have had a couple of crock-pots in the past but never used them and just gave them away. This was at a point in our lives that we generally had more time on our hands to actually cook a meal on the stove. I made a soup or two in one, but I wasn't impressed and I do a mean soup on the stove anyway. Now with both of us working and having Ivy, we are either too forgetful to pull stuff out in the morning to thaw, too tired or busy to actually cook when we get home or just plain lazy or indecisive. Cooking takes planning. Does it ever!
I wasn't really sure what to make and I hadn't dug around on the internet yet to find any recipes. So my mom suggested pot roast. Okay. Grocery trip later and I had a roast, onions, carrots, red pepper and potatoes (we had the potatoes on hand already). About 5 days go by and we finally decide to do the crock-pot pot roast. I had to call my mom to actually get the dynamics of the whole thing. Here I am, 30 years old, growing up with a mom who religiously used a crock-pot, and I don't know what to do. There's no shame in that. It's just... strange to not know how to do this. I grew up in the kitchen for crying out loud.
The next morning, we have everything ready to go. Prepped the veggies the night before so all we had to do was throw it all together and go. Tried to put the frozen roast in the pot and it wouldn't fit. So I had to quick defrost in the microwave. Once everything was in order, we left for work. Upon arrival, the house smelled gooooooooooood. I was really excited about this!
Ryan made some rice in our new rice cooker. Perfect rice every time! The roast however, turned out mediocre. I forgot to season the darn thing before putting it in the pot. Simple fix though. It was pretty good.
Our following grocery trip, we got another roast. We are determined to get it right. We also got a pre-seasoned pork shoulder that was meant (and we made) for the crock pot. It was labeled as BBQ but smelled and tasted more tex-mex taco-y to me. So we slathered it with BBQ sauce and went on our merry way.
I'm foreseeing a lot of crock-pot use. At least once a week. Speaking of... it's a MENU PLAN MONDAY!!!
Monday: Leftover crock-pot BBQ pork. Er... we need some BBQ sauce STAT!
Tuesday: Possible round of more leftovers.
Wednesday: Skillet grilled chicken and rice of some sort
Thursday: Roast chicken and potatoes (crock-pot? or oven?)
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Steak and baked potatoes
Sunday: Fried chicken and macaroni and cheese
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Ivy Experiences SNOW
Scoping out the view!
Ivy's new shoes - purple converse. I really think purple is her color! (drat)
Dad made a snow ball and we tried to get Ivy to hold it. She tried it's flavor instead!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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