Keeping it Simple

Thought 1 As I was sitting feeding out little girl this morning...blended prunes - trying to get things moving(TMI?) I sat in awe of her after each spoonful, she would move it around in her mouth to slowly spit back out any little bit of texture that I hadn't blended well enough. All I could think of was how much feeling let alone taste she must have at such a young age. How amazing, how God thought of everything when he created us...he gave us amazing senses to take in all the world around us and within us. Watching our little five-month old I am often reminded just how incredible our little girl is...which brings me to how absolutely incredible our Lord is! Thought 2 Our Boys...I am so thrilled that they are older now and can do more things on their own. Like bike up very steep hills so I can try to keep up with them while pushing the stroller. It doesn't seem like long ago that I was holding onto the back of their bikes as they dreamed of getting rid of training wheels...

This week I have lots of leftovers from the weekend so you will see those in my menu...but then some new items too. Breakfast Lunch Dinner Monday Day 8 Broccoli Spinach Frittata with Caramelized Onions Cinnamon Braised Beef Over Ice Berg lettuce with salsa and Avocado I had one of the Aidell’s Chicken Apple Sausages Tuesday Day 9  Broccoli Spinach Frittata with Caramelized Onions Cinnamon Braised Beef Over Sautéed Yellow Peppers and Zucchini and Topped with Fresh Salsa Taco Salad with Boiled Taco Chicken Wednesday Day 10 Broccoli Spinach Frittata with Caramelized Onions Taco Salad Grilled Chicken Over Salad Thursday Day 11   Slow Cooker Breakfast Meatloaf and Easy Over Egg Grilled Chicken over Salad Paleo Bang Bang Shrimp With Zucchini Noodles and Asparagus Friday Day 12 Breakfast Casserole Paleo Shrimp Coconut Chicken with Thai Sauce   Saturday Day 13 Sweet Potato Hash Coconu...

Well I completed one week on the Whole 30. I really want to make it to 30 days without any major slips. I think the key is to listen to your/my body and take time for myself right now. (This is a hard priority to make when I have a 5 month old and we just broke ground on our new home and the list goes on....) But, trying to relax more and have more grace for myself. This is the menu after I adjusted it with what I really ate all week: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snack Ideas Monday Day 1 Sweet Potato Apple and Pancetta Hash Tuma Salad on top of Fresh Grens Paleo Tex-Mex Casserole Larabars Tuesday Day 2 Sweet Potato Apple and Pancetta Hash Tuma Salad on top of Fresh Grens Paleo Tex Mes Veggies Wednesday Day 3   Sweet Potato Apple and Pancetta Hash Paleo Tex-Mex Casserole Paleo Tex-Mex Casserole Apples and PB Thursday Day 4 Leftovers of Sweet Potato.. and Tex Mex Asian chicken salad with friends…not totally ...

Well, it has been over four months since our daughter was born and it is time to get back in shape. I really like to think of it as getting healthy...I am pretty healthy most of the time but do love my sweets! I have been loving my sweets a little too much in the past few months and if I don't do something soon...I am going to have to buy some new clothes - NOT AN OPTION. So it is time to do something...I am an all or nothing kind of gal...if I am going to do something, I need to do it 110% or my excuses take over and I end up doing nothing at all. So I came across a blog called  Whole 30  right after I found out I was pregnant with my third child and I knew that I needed to start this pregnancy off this way. So I did my first Whole 30 about a year ago...I ended up not doing it 110% more like 80% but it was great, I felt wonderful and was on a healthy track to kick my pregnancy off. I believe in the Whole 30, I really do, I think we eat a lot of crap because it is so easy ...