Take Shape for Life Days 1 & 2

Well, I survived day #1 of my new eating regimen. The Take Shape for Life meals that I eat 5 times a day turned out to be surprisingly delicious. I had a dark chocolate shake for breakfast. Then, a few hours later I had a bag of their mustard flavored pretzel sticks. Next, I tried a Peanut Butter bar which was truly divine! On the way to my Arbonne monthly meeting I snacked on some nacho cheese flavored puffs. After my meeting, I had another dark chocolate shake followed by my lean and green meal. It was pretty late by the time I had my lean and green meal and I was tired and didn't know what to make. So, I ended up making scrambled eggs with baby portabella mushrooms. But, today I figured out that most of the vegetables are to be measured out BEFORE cutting, dicing, slicing, chopping, or mincing. So, instead of my three cups of whole baby portabella mushrooms I ended up with 3 cups of finely chopped (Thank you to whoever came up with the idea for the mini food processor- my new best friend). When all was said and done I couldn't decide whether my scrambled mushroom eggs looked more like oatmeal or vomit. But, on the upside, they were delicious. I seasoned them with some Mrs. Dash (my other new best friend because her seasonings are on the "approved condiments list" - in moderation, of course).

Day 2 today went a lot better because I knew what to expect. Instead of waiting until the end of the day for my lean and green meal I had it for lunch. My friend Rachelle came over to visit and we had lunch together and we both agreed that the vegetables must be measured pre-cutting because the recipe for the omelet we were making ended up being too full of veggies and just didn't look quite right. So, we improvised and added more egg beaters and turned them into scrambled eggs. So, these were supreme scrambled eggs. They had crumbled up morningstar farms spicy sausage patties (they're really soy instead of sausage), lots of chopped up spinach, lots of white mushrooms, lots of chopped up black olives, and lots of tomatoes. Then, we seasoned it with some caribbean flavored Mrs. Dash. They were excellent!
Aside from the scrambled eggs, I've had a dark chocolate shake, a chocolate bar, a chocolate brownie, and a peanut butter bar. And now, I'm going to have some hot chocolate before I go to bed to finish off the day.

So, really, it hasn't been too bad. The hardest part really has been to remember to drink all of my water. I haven't been overly hungry like I'd expected and so I have to remind myself to eat all my meals too.

New Year's Resolution #1

New Year's Eve -
Andy and I had a great New Year's Eve. My friend Angel and her husband and 4 month old baby came to visit for a couple of hours. They now live in SLC and I hadn't seen them in a year and a half so it was great to visit with them and to meet their little girl. She is precious. Angel was worried that after the long drive (we were the first place they stopped after getting into town, aren't we special??!!) because she was a little fussy and hungry. But, babies just LOVE Auntie Nikki and she took to me really well. I fed her her bottle and burped her and held her for most of the time they were visiting. When it was time for them to leave, Angel came over to me and started putting on her coat and then her little girl started crying. And, she wasn't too happy when I tried to hand her over to Angel so they could go. It must be all the practice I have from Nursery. Little ones just love me now. Hopefully, it will carry over to when Andy and I have our own children.

Now on to my New Year's Resolution #1 -
It's GO TIME - I officially start my TSFL program in 8 minutes. TSFL stands for Take Shape For Life. I found out about it from a few of the sisters in our ward. I'm really excited. I would have started it as soon as my TSFL food arrived, except I felt it would be too difficult to survive Christmas and New Year's Eve without any slip-ups, so I decided to start on Monday January 3. So, technically, it's really not a New Year's Resolution I guess. Maybe, knowing in the back of my mind that it's NOT "technically" a "New Year's Resolution" will make it harder to break. At least, I hope. I got my food about 2 weeks ago and it's a good selection. I have hot chocolate, brownies, ice cream, a few kinds of soup, pretzel sticks, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, chocolate chip pancakes, various shakes, meal bars, and some various other yummy stuff. I have spent the last 2 weeks eating whatever I want as a way to say good-bye to my favorite foods for a while. I didn't gain any weight either in fact I lost about 7 lbs. Luckily, I hadn't been eating too terribly before those 2 weeks and I think my stomach shrank because half the time I wasn't even able to finish what I had started eating. In fact, the other night I really wanted Blueberry pie, so I fixed a plate with pie and ice cream and was only able to take two bites before my stomach let me know it didn't want any more. I went to Coldstone the other night and got a quart of make your own ice cream and I only a small bowl full. Well, it's after midnight now, so I'm going to go and get so sleep. Tomorrow is a big day for me.