So it's now August...holy crap! And I have finally started my working out again. A little elliptical work yesterday and some other stuff to get myself back into the rhythm of things. Tomorrow morning I think I'll go for a quick bike ride then of course hockey in the afternoon. Over the past 3 weeks we have been eating pretty well, only really 1 or 2 "cheat" days if you can even call them that. Even when we've been out, or at a picnic, I've been trying to be more conscious of what I eat. It feels good getting back into it and so far it's paying off. After the first three weeks I am down 10 pounds! TEN POUNDS! I feel like I have been here before...oh wait, I have LOL. Oh well the point is I'm getting it back and doing it again.
One of the days I was home on Long Island, I was getting ready to leave and my dad had mentioned my weight. Over the years he always just nudged me about it (especially after his type 2 diagnosis) and when he said something to me I was like...wow. I knew that he had noticed my weight loss, and I knew I noticed my weight gain, but he never really said much about it when all the stuff with mom was going on. But he said that he hoped I would get back to losing again. I talked to him the other day and he was very excited that Erin and I have gotten back on track and that I've lost some weight so far. It feels good that he was proud of my accomplishments before and I hope to make him proud of me once again.
Not much on the food front for the week past. We had some family up and over the house this week and Erin was out of the house for 2 days as well, so it was a lot of leftovers and a day of Subway too. With the kiddos around on Wednesday I was able to leave work a little early so that I could get home at a decent time. And boy do I love hanging out with the kids! Running around, playing, putting together lego's, letting them climb all over me, given them piggy back rides...so much fun! Tonight for dinner was Shrimp Tacos with Corn Salsa. I do have to say this was fricken awesome; a perfect light, quick, summer meal. The shrimp were tossed in a mix of lime juice and honey, while the salsa has corn (duh), avocado, green onion, red bell pepper, cilantro and some lime juice as well. Top it off with some lime sour cream...holy lime! But very very good and only 318 calories for 2, well stuffed tacos. We added a side salad, to get a little more veggie in the dish.
The only other meal we had that wasn't cookie cutter was on Tuesday night; Orange Walnut Chicken over cous cous. Again, another great dish...very flavorful with the sweet curry, orange marmalade and raisins. The sauce which was nice and light had a lot of flavor as well. Tomorrow night will be a special dinner as we are finishing up the Omaha Steaks I bought with a gift card from our friends Amy and Angela. So it will be Filet Mignon with something ULTRA special, some veggies and maybe a salad again. Well it's off to bed for now, talk to you all tomorrow, or Monday! NIGHT!
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