Redeaglespirit's Personal Improvement Plan

[sea.bee]

Crock pots are the most amazing things ever created for the overscheduled world. When it's my fiance's turn to cook, either I better be in the mood for scrambled eggs or some unhealthy form fo breakfast for dinner, or I need to take over cooking. That's why a pork shoulder has been simmering in balsamic vinegar in my crock pot since 4:45 this morning. It will be glorious.

 

I'm about 100% sure I'm going to have to steal a few menu items here and there to incorporate more into my daily eatery. Like the devilled eggs. Which are goddamn delicious.

[fleaball]

ah yes...glitter, the herpes of the craft world LOL

Not fair! No one ever gets that reference when I say it!

Too late now (hopefully) but maybe this recovery period would have been a good time to take up meditation or something.

@sea.bee omg 445? Getting up that early sounds painful!

[RES]

Steal away...that is why I link up the recipies, to make it easier

 

I worried about posting that LOL...I already meditate, it's one of those things I don't think about anymore, it's just part of my whole spiritual practice and I'm in total agreement about that 445 nonsense!

[RES]

 

MY hat....

[Basement Cat]

Steal away...that is why I link up the recipies, to make it easier

 

I worried about posting that LOL...I already meditate, it's one of those things I don't think about anymore, it's just part of my whole spiritual practice and I'm in total agreement about that 445 nonsense!

What do you call what I do then?

 

Seriously, you keep taking it easy!

[RES]

What do you call what I do then?

 

Seriously, you keep taking it easy!

insanity?

I'm tryin dammit!!! *pouts*

[Basement Cat]

insanity?

I'm tryin dammit!!! *pouts*

I still say your girlfriend should give you a shot of natural tranquilizer (AKA a kiss). For every half hour you spend quietly without making a fuss, you get a big, long kiss to reward you. (hey, it's worth a try!)

[RES]

I still say your girlfriend should give you a shot of natural tranquilizer (AKA a kiss). For every half hour you spend quietly without making a fuss, you get a big, long kiss to reward you. (hey, it's worth a try!)

while that sounds amazing...she would have to be in agreement for it...so not gonna happen

[Basement Cat]

while that sounds amazing...she would have to be in agreement for it...so not gonna happen

Sorry to hear that. If it were me now...(stopping before saying inapproriate stuff.)

[RES]

you would think I'd be used to it by now...*sighs*...anyway!!

 

Day 17

Breakfast - scrambled eggs 

Lunch - tuna salad and spinach

MAS - egg salad

Dinner - cauliflower rice and Prosciutto and spinach chicken I used mushrooms instead of the onions/shallots, no cheese (cause we're still doing Whole30) and no lemons, was still very yummy!!

 

We have a storm on the way which has everything shutting down...hopefully will not affect my follow up appointment tomorrow or I may really lose it...okay, homework now...then maybe the first disk of True Blood, Season 4

[RES]

dang weather, they rescheduled my appointment for tomorrow...I realize we don't get as much snow down here as some places but trust me when I say we are SO not prepared for it, and no one knows how to drive in it!!

 

Day 18

Breakfast - scrambled eggs with avocado

Lunch - tuna wrapped in lettuce

MAS - almonds

Dinner - chili that was frozen from my big overdo a couple weeks ago and these crackers

 

off to watch movies...didn't get to last night!

[fleaball]

At least it's tomorrow and not next week or something? I believe it though. My last semester of undergrad in Virginia we got maybe half an inch? An inch at most? And pretty much all of Richmond shut down. I'm from Boston so naturally I was unfazed but my friends were seriously concerned when I went out for a walk. It was hilarious.

[RES]

Good and bad news....good news, cleared to drive, even if I don't, I CAN!

Bad news, no going back to work till six weeks...I only get four weeks of short term, I'm going to use the next three weeks to look for a new job, the thought of going back there fills me with huge amounts of dread...

Mom is feeling old...my oldest turned 20 today...not a teenager anymore

 

Day 19

Breakfast - eggs, sweet  potato hash, carnitas

Lunch - almonds, dehydrated bananas, snacking mostly

Dinner - leftover chicken from Day 17 and broccoli

 

They did have to use silver nitrate...that is NOT a lot of fun, let me tell ya....still hurts a bit, but I do feel better knowing they don't have to do another surgery!

[RES]

I wanted to break down today...went out to start my car and it would crank, but not start...I did get it to start finally but not till 5:30 and I hate crowds way too much to think about going to the store at that time of day...my car likes cold as much as I do I guess...can't say as I blame it...lol

 

Day 20

Wow...already? only 10 more days to finish this Whole30

Breakfast - carnitas and egg scramble with mushrooms

Lunch - some of my homemade crackers and smoked oysters, dehydrated bananas and apples

Dinner - turkey meat loaf (almond flour, not bread crumbs) and mashed rutabaga 

 

With the car, calls from work, headache, homework, and waiting on my girl to get home are not making this a great day...off to finish my homework now...then maybe sleep...social stuff tomorrow, not sure how I feel about that yet...

[fleaball]

At least we know you're not a werewolf? That's a good thing!

I'm sorry you had a bad day. hope today's going better for you! <3

[sea.bee]

There's really a very simple trick to waking up at 4:45, and it mostly involves having gotten up at 5 for the past year and a half to leave for work at 6 to get there on time for 7. A Kenyan man once said to me, "you can get used to anything when money's involved". He used to stick mice up his ass for 20 bucks a time. 
 

I feel your pain at being frozen out of your doctor's appt. I was frozen out of work for three days. Silly bridges that ice in cold weather. Silly I-10.

 

Try to think of your oldest not being a teenager as them being one step closer to being not an idiot. I say this not as an insult to your parenting, but in the firm knowledge that 19 year old me, and 19 year old pretty much everyone else I knew was an idiot. 19 year old me thought getting 4 cbr's in my ears seemed like a great plan, not one that would lead to sleepless nights and a few very difficult job interviews before I eventually parted with them.

 

Silver nitrate is definitely no fun, all burn. Major congrats on being 20 through your 30!

[RES]

While I can agree with the getting used to anything when money is involved...it would take a lot more money to get me to do anything even remotely similar to that....file under "not enough in the world" *shudders*

It was strange how you guys down south got hit worse than we did up here...even stranger it's supposed to be in the 70's this weekend!

 

Day 21

Breakfast - eggs scrambled with mushroom and avocado

Lunch - leftovers from dinner last night

MAS - homemade crackers, and banana chips

Dinner - pork chops, and zucchini 

 

Didn't do the social thing as planned, my girlfriend got off work late and till I go back to work it's really best that we don't...I do have to go to Vicksburg tomorrow though or pay for another months booth rental for my candles time to try something else cause that just isn't working...

trying to be better at time management...I need to be more focused on things like school and finding another job....unfortunately this state is not very conducive to me finding a better job, but I need to at least put forth more effort!

[jlhughes89]

They say it takes 21 days to start a habit. I don't know if that's true, but you have made it if it is true! Good job! I am terrible about sticking to a diet. My diet changes like my moods, and my moods swing like crazy. Haha. 

[RES]

They say it takes 21 days to start a habit. I don't know if that's true, but you have made it if it is true! Good job! I am terrible about sticking to a diet. My diet changes like my moods, and my moods swing like crazy. Haha. 

We have tried so many 'diets' last year and every one of them we ended up failing...mostly because they were quick fixes and not designed to be done over long periods of time...with this we've both said we don't feel like we are dieting, we don't feel deprived or like we've had to give anything up and we're just having fun with it...trying new recipes and ways to do things is rather therapeutic it's funny, in the truck today while we were driving we were talking about grocery shopping tomorrow and the menu for this week.

 

Day 22

Breakfast - bacon and egg 'muffins'

Lunch - almonds...not much of a lunch but we were driving back from Vicksburg and neither of us were hungry lol

Dinner - pork chops and zucchini (leftovers)

 

 I will be very glad when the Dr says I can start working out...the eating part is going great, but my jeans don't fit any differently...though it was the first time I've had them on since surgery! Grocery shopping tomorrow...actually looking forward to it, which is odd for me...

[Basement Cat]

Hey, Redeadlge Spirit!

 

How are you holding up, girl? Cabin fever has not set in? It's too bad about the weather, but hopefully it will be better in the coming weeks.

Keep hanging in there! Everyday takes you closer to a full recovery!

[Twilight]

Your food diary is making me hungry!

[RES]

Hey, Redeadlge Spirit!

 

How are you holding up, girl? Cabin fever has not set in? It's too bad about the weather, but hopefully it will be better in the coming weeks.

Keep hanging in there! Everyday takes you closer to a full recovery!

Holding up, cabin fever set in about 3 weeks ago LOL...2 weeks till possible release, hopefully then I can go back to work and start training for my 5K in March! 

[RES]

Your food diary is making me hungry!

All I can do is adjust my diet currently until I get the Dr's okay, so got to make it good!!

[RES]

So I signed up for this 30-Day Yoga Challenge today...looking forward to being able to do SOMETHING!!

 

Day 23

Breakfast - scrambled eggs, bacon, fried rutabagas and mushrooms...such an awesome sub for potatoes!!

Lunch - Bacon wrapped stuffed zucchini but we used tuna instead of chicken

Dinner - Spare ribs done in the crockpot, Potato salad (we used rutabagas) and coleslaw (minus the honey cause of whole30 and onion cause we don't like them!)

 

Went shopping today and got all kinds of yummy stuff...got bananas, oranges, blue and black berries going in the dehydrator, sweet potatoes and apples are next. Need to get some homework done but I procrastinate so well with that...*sighs*

[RES]

Homework done...I didn't even procrastinate till the final minutes...

 

Day 24

Breakfast - scrambled eggs with mushrooms and bacon

Lunch - ribs, rutabaga salad and coleslaw (leftovers)

Dinner - salmon, cauliflower rice, and zucchini 

 

Have not done the first day of the yoga challenge yet...night is not over however...