Finally Friday..

Since I had two four day weeks in a row, this five day week was loooong.  Whew.  Add to the fact that I've had more energy and couldn't get to sleep until close to midnight (starting with the hockey game night) and have been getting up around 6:30am, I'm starting to lose energy during the day.  I am going to have to adjust to being awake and change it to early in the day so that I can get to sleep at the right time again.  I'm more of an evening person, I'm usually dragging during mornings.  I'll have a weekend to get back on track.  Lol.  Maybe.  Doubtful.  I can hope though!

Been a little off track on the healthy diet as well, not a lot, but enough that I can tell.  That hasn't helped much.  I'm still feeling better, so that's a good thing.  One of my friends is doing the Right Size Smoothies and really seeing a change, so my little change, while it's a start, pales in comparison.  It's hard to stay good when the results are small.  I was in a store the other day and was listening to the radio, which had someone calling in about their weight loss as well.  They had lost over 20 pounds in three weeks.  Sheesh.  Again, small results.  It's not very motivational.  I am going to step it up though.  Two of my co-workers has just started her 30 day challenge, so hopefully that will help keep me going.  I might extend my time, which I had planned to do anyway.  I might just go ahead and reset my clock.  Add some extra excercise and see what I can accomplish.

Anyway, since it's Friday and I only got about 5 hours sleep last night, lol, here are some great Pinterest finds for this Friday mornin.  Let's get this day started.  yay.  lol.

 I can still have Paleo / gluten-free pizza. 

 : )..  Yay.

 Love that look.  I'll have to keep

an eye out at thrift stores..

Such a great look for a

dresser.  : )..

Alrighty.  yay.  Better get some

breakfast and get my day going for real.

I need some caffeine.

Or sleep.  Lol.

I can make it!

Maybe.  : )..

Feelin better already.. : )..

Alrighty, soo, after only three full days of eating healthy, I can already tell a difference.  My stomach feels a little tighter, almost like I'm sucking it in and yesterday, we had a couple QA managers from others centers who brought us donuts.  Yeah.  Alright.  One of those bad boys was calling my name, so, I HAD to get rid of it.  Lol.  I didn't have any other choice.  Ya know?  I could tell a difference though, I kinda felt a little "blah" after that.  Soo, is there really something to this healthy eating, lifestyle change that I have started?  I'm giving it a big thumbs up! 

ADT started running weight loss programs continually for the past couple years, and although I watched what I ate, how much I ate, I got NO results in the three weeks that I participated.  I finally got frustrated and decided, the heck with that!  Really?  Stuck with it that long and got nuttin?  Sheesh.  What was the use?  Ahhh.  I see.  I was still eating the wrong things.  Oooh.  Really?  Hmm.  I get it now! 

Three full days and I can already tell that I've had results.  Three days.  Tuesday.  Wednesday.  Thursday.  Three.  Yeah.  That's 3.  Not four yet.  I'm working on that one.  I can already tell a difference in JUST three days, when I struggled for three weeks and got nowhere.  It might be a fluke, it might be purely psychological, but lemme tell ya!  If it is?  Bring it on!  I love knowing that in three short days, there has already been a change.

I won't say that the donut (who kept peeking around the cubicle and tapping me on the shoulder, while calling my name - see!!  I really DID have to do something about him!) was my only transgression that occured from the No! No! list. I did have two pieces of bread, a bagel, some frozen peas, carrots and corn from a bag, and 2% milk instead of whole milk.  I have successfully avoided soda, including last night when my dh, Dutch, brought home three different 12 packs of diet soda no less!  I drank water. 

I have successfully avoided potato chips!  Including my absolute favorite, the dark chips.  You know the ones.  You buy an occasional bag of chips, and there are ones that are just a little browner than the rest?  I love them.  Don't really know if they have a different taste for sure, but they seem like they do.  Must be something to that, there have been two different chip companies that have a dark chip variety!  Lol.  But!  I digress!  I haven't had ONE little chip!  Not one.  Oooh, lemme tell ya.  They were yelling at me too.  Calling my name.  JAN!!  C'mon Jan!  You know you want just ONE little potato chip!  Just one!  Right?  That wouldn't hurtcha, would it?!  Ha!  I closed the bag.  Put the chip clip on it.  Don't hear them now.  : )..  Ha!

I'm not saying that I don't have alternatives to potato chips.  There are some veggie straws that I love, Sam's Club sells a HUGE bag, but we don't have a membership.  Thought that I might have to stand outside the club, like young kids do outside a liquor store and beg someone to buy some for me.  Lol.  One of my co-workers bought me a bag a few months ago.  Yummy.  Now?  Ha!  I found out that a couple of our regular grocery stores carry them in their organic department.  But! I think some of those ingredients are on the No! No! list as well.  : (..

I can always make some out of sweet potatoes, but by gosh, I usually only have a few minutes of computer time per day because I'm usually so sluggish and don't want to wake up (Hey!  That's another change, I've had more energy in the mornings now!  Wow.) until the last minute, where I have to let the dogs out (who let the dogs out?  Woof, woof, woof, woof!), fix a quick breakfast, get ready for work and then run out the door, so I know that I haven't had the time or the chance to really sit down and make some sweet tater chips yet.  Might make up a few batches this weekend though.  Hmm..  Sweet tater chips.  Yummy!

All in all, if I can feel better, if I can feel a difference, if I can have more energy in just three little short days?  Imagine what 30 of them will do!  Count me in!  Let's get this party started!  : )..

I felt so motivated by my "possibly perceived" results, this morning, I had two eggs, some ham and some red pepper slices.  No bread.  Ok.  A glass of 2% milk.  But still!  I feel better, I feel motivated, I feel results!  Fast.  Heck.  Super fast!  This is super duper easy!

Easy peasy!  Just the way I like things to be.  : )..  Awesome!

Ya, ya!

Yummy, Yummy in my Tummy, Tummy..

Soo, still on the healthy lifestyle change and still doing well.  I'm not going to think about what day it is, I'm just going to power through the next few...  umm..  days..  and keep it going.  Haven't had any soda at all.  Not really missing it either.  I've been drinking a lot of water and eating a lot of veggies and so far, so good.  Finally got the list of the items we should skip, although the list is kind of vague.  Basically, if it comes out of a bag, a box or a can, it should be avoided. 

Soo, continuing in that vein, I love fish.  Soo, todays find is tilapia.  I loooove me some tilapia.  My favorite restaurant tilapia is Chili's.  They have a grilled tilapia served with pico de gallo and a delicious Chimichurri sauce.  It's kind of expensive for a fern bar though, coming in around $14, but it's definitely something that I would eventually go back and get.  : )..  In the meantime, here's a delicious tilapia treat to tide me over....

Honey Lime Tilapia..

Found here..

: )..

Looks good!

Sounds delishus!

Nummy, nummy, nummy!

Back to work..

Soo, I took Friday off as a present to myself.  Took the puppies to the groomer and did a few things around the house.  Took yesterday off to have Fergus checked out, who is now playing happily like nothing ever happened.  Soo, after four whole days off in a row....  it's time to go back to work.  Back to reality.  Lol.  Sigh.  At least it's not Monday anymore!  : )..  Yay!

This is also when I am starting my healthy lifestyle change.  30 days without soda.  I can do it.  I can do it.  I can...  do it?  It's not like I drink a lot of it either.  I usually open a can and 10 minutes later, it tastes flat to me.  I usually only drink about 1/4th of the can and leave the rest.  I am going to try and not think about soda for a while.  It's not like there haven't been weeks where we haven't bought soda either.  With the prices they want for it?  We drink more water than soda.  But still.  30 days.  30 days without soda.  30 days without a lot of carbs.  It's basically a hybrid lifestyle change between gluten-free and a paleo diet.  Should be interesting.  No cheating.  Our boss already gave us permission to knock any cheater foods out of his hands.  Lol.  We would NEVER do that.  Right?  Nooo.  Unh uh.

Anyway, here's a lasagna recipe from Pinterest that might fit the bill.  I'm not sure about the tofu version, so I will probably skip that.  Lol.  Looks good though.  I'm hoping that it turns out just

as well....  Alrighty.  Let's get this time a rollin!

Here's a link to the recipe..

Please be good, please be good, please be good.  Lol.

Healthy eating ideas..

Ok, soo, starting on Monday, my co-workers and I are starting a healthier eating challenge. Well, I'm starting mine that day, not exactly sure when they are going to begin theirs.  I'm excited and all in for it. My biggest downfalls are pizza and potato chips.  I love both.  I love shrimp more, but amazingly, with the exception of the chimichangas, shrimp is still a go with this plan.  Yay!  Take away my shrimp and someone might come out with a nub.  It wouldn't be pretty.  Lol. 

Anyway, speaking of shrimp...  Here is a delicious looking recipe that I am hoping will taste just as great as it sounds!  : )..

It's a shrimp cake recipe found Here..

The recipe says it makes 12 cakes.

Awesome!  : )..  Count me in.

I'm betting it'll be a great, great, great leftover!

By the way, I have alternatives to the potato chips,

baked sweet potato chips (right on!)

and for the pizza too,

substituting 14 strips of bacon weaved together

and baked for a bit instead of a regular crust,

homemade, healthier pizza sauce

and natural meat and delicious veggie

toppings with actual cheese, cheese

instead of processed cheese.

Again, count me in!

30 day changes..

Got some great craft ideas and I've got a couple supplies that are really going to make some awesome items. Looking forward to putting them together. : ).. Also, getting ready to start a healthier nutritional lifestyle as well. This should really be an interesting month. Even though my MySpace accounts should still show that I'm in my 30's (lol), truth is, I'm not as close to 39 as I used to be. Including this upcoming Sunday. Lol. It's my birthday on the 22nd. I'll actually have to remember my password so I can reset my birth year again. This month will mark Fergus' first visit to the groomer as well. He's getting Milo's Ernest Borgnine eyebrows and his nails need a trim. This should be an interesting 30 days coming up. For sure! I'm ready and raring to go! Let's get this ball rollin!