#EatAtHomeChallenge Day 5

Hey NeverEver's!

So we finally made it to the weekend! Yay for us...well for me to cause it was harder and yet easier in some aspects then I thought it would be.

I know that I am a day late, but as I haven't eaten anything yet this brisk Saturday morning, I decided to post about Friday.

So Friday Day 5!

Breakfast was some left over White Chocolate Cake Cookie and Coffee!

It was very delicious! Actually that is about all I can say about it. It really makes me want to make another batch! That good, but because it is a sweet I am knocking down on sweets. So this is a once a while treat!

Do have to say that my co-workers did take most of the dessert so I didn't have to bring it back home!

For lunch I had a Diet Coke, the Cranberry Apple Panini and a half bag of Doritos. No picture because my camera died so I am using the picture from Thursday Night!

Dinner was really good...if a little spicy! I used Green Goddess Pasta. I think I used a little to much red pepper for me. But the Hubby loved it!

Have to say it was just like Jenna from Eat, Live, Run said it would be! It was creamy but not pop pants creamy. It was just right! Except for those red flakes...gotta watch out for those!

Okay so that catches us all up to this morning! In which I am gonna make some Steak and Eggs! Sounds really delicious right about now!

So NeverEver's, how is your Day 1 through 6 going so far? I hope you have found out just like me that being in the kitchen during the winter / fall is pretty good. It warms you up!

Also that cooking isn't hard when you follow the instructions!

Eat At Home Challenge - Day 3 & 4

Hey NeverEver's!

Okay so first I am waayyyy late on these posts! Sorry about that. I think it is because I am on the computer all day at work I have been recently feeling like I don't want to be on the computer at home. Also that I keep forgetting my camera at work so I can't be posting my photos like I want to. 

Oh did I mention I hate LA traffic? Well I do...its horrible. Makes me think of moving to a wooded area or something. Yup that is my goal in life, to live in the woods! 

Anyways, on to the semi good stuff. I still don't have the hook ups for my small camera (where most of the photos are) BUT I do have 3 photos of the main meals. So we can start there!

Day 3 - Wednesday!

Breakfast was a simple banana, cup of fruit (peaches) and a coffee. I have actually been finding myself not so hungry for sweets or even just over eating. 

Lunch was left over Lettuce Taco's. Which I did still feel that I was 'missing' something! But, it was still good!

So on Wednesday night it was a party night...well not really but we did have people come over. It was my Mothers Birthday party and I decided to cook the Pear & Cranberry Pork Chops. 

I have to say I LOVED the colors that was just popping out. It was really simple to make, thank you PB & Peppers!

And everyone loved it. The conversation was flowing so great...that I forgot to take pics of the after the cooking part. Oops!

Desert was also delicious...and I DO have pictures of it. But its stuck on my small camera and I don't have a cable to be able to release it from its dungeon!

On to Day 4 Thursday!

Breakfast was not good. I was rushing and totally forgot my breakfast at home. So I ended up eating a pop-tart. Yup first stumble in the 10 day challenge. Not gonna beat myself up for it though.

Lunch was left overs from last night. The wonder pork chops! It was just as good warmed up and it was fresh!

Now Dinner is what I was most happy about!

It is Ham and Cranberry & Apple Sauce Panini! So good and gooey and just delicious!

Not to mention it was super SUPER easy to make. Put the sauce on the bread, put the sandwich meat, and add provolone cheese. Simple yet so damn good!

Yummy Yummy Yummy!

Okay so I know I don't have the pics to back it up. But I will have them tonight and will be randomly posting them on facebook tonight!

So, I am actually feeling pretty good about this challenge. It has been a pleasure (I know shocked) to actually cook for my family and plan things out ahead. Like I said I am actually not wanting sweets as much...as long as I have snacks from home ready to go!

Okay NeverEver's, sorry for being late on the updates! Will check back in with you all tonight for Day 5!

Dinner is Ready Plus Daily Stats

Hey NeverEver's!

I hope you all had an amazing Halloween! We don't have much kids in our neighborhood so there isn't much trick o' treating going on which is fine...less candy for me!

So I wanted to share with you all what I made for dinner tonight! Yes I am extremely happy with this one...I was planning it the whole week!

Let me introduce you all to the Ranch Burgers as created by the amazing & talented Jennifer from Peanut Butter & Peppers!

Jennifer has WAY better pictures then this one...but it was just as delicious, at least I think so!

Best thing is that it is only 275 calories. Plus, you get to make your own ranch dressing which is a great little twist!

Plus I already have my dinner ready to go for tomorrow...YUP I am a day ahead!

But that is because I am using a crock pot to cook it. Since I don't get home in time to cook it I am preparing it tonight as it wont be enough time to cook tomorrow.

I am cooking my garlic ribs! Can't wait to share with you how these will be for tomorrow!

Okay on to the Daily Stats!

Daily Stats Day 95:

Daily Stats Day 96:

Daily Stats Day 97:

I can't believe that I am already on day 98. It doesn't seem like that long ago that I started this blog. It has been such a journey.

So thank you all for sharing that with me!

Okay that is enough sappy-ness for me today or tonight as the case may be!

See you all tomorrow NeverEver's!

Updates, Updates, Read All About Them

Hey NeverEver's,

Does it ever feel like there isn't enough time in a day? Yaa I have been feeling like that for this week. Was SUPER  sleepy yesterday and today I sleep past my 'Workout' alarm and right into the 'Get up or you'll be late for work' alarm. Which was almost slept through as well.

So I am really feeling the time crunch today. But, I am looking forward to posting this, I know silly things make me happy, plus I have my gym bag ready to go after work! 

My step to make sure I get there after work and not home...get dressed at work! That way your workout clothes vibe sinks in and you get there to the gym. At least it works for me!

Okay so here are the promised pictures! 

Sunday Night's Dinner which came from SkinnyTaste Chicken & Cavatelli Soup. I am not sure what 'Cavatelli' is, I do know that I just used a normal noodle for my soup. So I think it turned out more 'Chicken Noodle' then 'Chicken & Cavatelli' but it was delicious all the same! 

Next time I have to find this 'Cavatelli' and try it out with that!

On to Tuesday! Yes I know I am skipping Monday, but I don't have pictures for Monday. Anyways, I finally broke down and purchased the Starbucks VIA things. My verdict...I LOVE IT! Makes a delicious Very Berry Hibicus, without the long lines and the gas wasted. 

If you have a favorite Starbucks flavor that is available with the VIA...get it! 

Now what I am MOST happy with is that I have finally brought my own snacks. I was saying here, that I was snacking way to many things in the office. All very bad healthwise. So, there are my almonds!

Tuesday's Lunch! It is the same soup that I did for Sunday's night dinner. But, the noodles sucked up all the water. I actually had to add some more while warming it up! 

Now it was just as good the 2nd time as the 1st time. Thanks again SkinnyTaste!

Now last nights dinner was a little different. First I got it off of Eat Live Run. Which is an amazing blog who's author, Jenna just wrote a book called White Jacket Required. A GREAT book

So the chicken is called 30 Minute Lemon Brown Sugar Chicken! It is the first time I have ever cooked something off of Jenna's blog and it tasted great! I was thinking it would be a little sweeter then it was but it hit it right in the middle!

My stove is still down so I am using my little toaster oven. I can not wait to get my stove replaced. Should be happening soon!!

What chicken wouldn't be complete without some FIVE cheese tortellini! I should mention that this is also wheat pasta, which makes it even yummier in my book!

The finished product! As I said the chicken was yummy, zesty with lemon but sweet with the brown sugar! Something that I will be having or making again!

So I have some things happening here! Yay for things happening!!

I am going to Pamper Me Fabulous on November 11. I can not wait to share with you the fitness classes, the booths and samples that they are offering! More info about that coming soon!

I just got the tracking # for KLUTCHclub October Box! It should be here soon and all the goodies will be shared!

Also, I am doing a Guest Post for FitKit Community, which is something that NEEDS to be checked out!

Finally, (I know long list) I will be taking part of the Around The Plate November 10 Day Challenge. Which is (drum roll please)...10 whole days of eating at home.
No eating out at all. This includes, vending machines, work snacks, forgot lunches or anything else that doesn't come from home.

As I have been having an issue with too much eating out I am really looking forward to this challenge! It starts on November 5th! So come join me!

Okay NeverEver's, I swear that is all for today! See you all tomorrow!

Gym, Dinner and Evening Walk

Hey NeverEver's!

I made it to the gym again this morning! Yup, second day of working out in the morning...which means I am waking up early in the morning! They say it takes 3 weeks to make something into a habit so lets see what happens the next three weeks.

Anyways, this will not be a super long post. I am way to distracted by the really nice walking weather outside. But, I have to let my food digest and I really wanted to show you my cooking tonight!

I call it...Turkeyburger Helper! Okay, its a horrible horrible name but I got the idea from hamburger helper as you will see ^_^.

I had some Turkey left over and I didn't want to make turkey meatballs so I decided to go simple. A healthy version of Hamburger Helper and above is what I came up with!

The pasta was left over, I seriously can't remember what this type of pasta is called, but it was wheat. And the sauce I used sun-dried tomatoes and basil with EVOO. It was a really tasty combination and something that I shall be cooking again!

The family loved it, even my father in law who doesn't like ANY greens on his plate. Plus there was enough left over for lunch tomorrow! 

Which is good because apparently my temp assignment might be lasting longer then the original 2 weeks. Of course this is awesome because my 24 Hour is literally 2 exits before work or 2 exits before I get on the freeway home. I can't miss it even if I wanted to!

Daily Stats Day 63:

Look at those stats. Second day back in the gym, after a LONG hiatus, and I make it in there two times in one day! Have to say that those stats look pretty good! This is a really good start to the Fall Season! 

Okay NeverEver's, sorry if I rambled today...I re-read what I wrote and fixed things up and I STILL feel like I am rambling, possible its a mood. Anyways, I am leaving you with this as it is time for my Evening Walk. I found it and it really hit me:

Manic Monday: Firemen & Cooking Oh My

Hey NeverEver's,

I hope you guys have seen the new 'page' buttons on the top of the screen! I am still working on them and hope to have all my changes done by the end of this week!

Let me know what you guys think about my 'About' page. I tried not to make it to long...especially about my childhood.

Anyways, had an interesting experience at my temporary work today. Somehow the fire alarm got pulled and we all have to get out of the building. It was like a maze with people really not knowing what to do. Kind of sad when I think back to all the Fire Drills we had at school. I know I wasn't the only one that looked forward to those days!

Sadly my fire(wo)men did not come half dressed!

So we all are outside, finally, and small and big firetrucks, ambulances and some other emergency vehicles appeared but I am not sure what they actually were.

We, those that were hourly, were allowed to go home after the management team were informed that the professionals needed to check the whole building! So I got to come home early today ^_^.

After being sent home, I went to Target to get some food shopping done. Picked up lunch and dinner supplies. I do have to say, I like the Target food mart! You can really find basically everything you need, unless you want Organic or something that needs Trader Joe's or Fresh & Easy. But my list was simple so Target was perfect for me.

Dinner was a small affair tonight. Since I came home early I had lots of time to think about what I wanted tonight. But usually we eat dinner around 6 or 7pm, but since I have a gym date tonight I couldn't eat that late. So I changed everyone's schedule and as soon as everyone was at home dinner was severed!

Tonight's was a 3oz steak each that was cooked in Worcestershire sauce and EVOO. I did add some light garlic powder, which I think gave the steak its kick!

Side dish was California Grown Golden Potato, which was so yummy! It was soft inside and crispy outside. So perfect that all I needed to do was add a small dash of pepper.

Plus some Organic String Beans. I added a small amount of EVOO on top of the beans and I felt that it went right along with the crunchy-ness.

All in All dinner was a success, even if I did have dinner a little earlier!

Daily Stats Day 61:

For a quite Sunday, I am pretty happy with these stats!

Okay NeverEver's, I have to get ready for my Gym date and my Monday Weigh In! I am slightly afraid what that gym scale is gonna say, but I can't change if I don't know!

What did you guys have for dinner tonight?

See you all tomorrow!

Day 51: Dinner is cooked + Another jog down

Hey NeverEver's!

I hope your Thursday is going well? Mine was a little nerve wracking at times but I think that had to do with me going to an interview. They are never easy...no matter how many times you have them.

Also got an e-mail from a job opportunity that connected with me through Linkedin. So if you are looking for a job, even if you aren't, linkedin is getting some more attention from companies that are hiring! Something to keep in mind.

Daily Stats Day 51:

So I am really excited that I went jogging last night. Wasn't even planning on it but it happened. Got further last night then I did on Tuesday. Maybe after this post when I go out walking I will be jogging again?

I do love my Calorie Balance here!

Okay so dinner for tonight. Hubby came home early today and I forgot to take out the ground turkey that I was gonna use. One phone call later and the turkey is out of the freezer and the Hubby is laughing at me for forgetting. After threatening him with no food the teasing stopped.

I decide that I want a snack. Got these really sweet and juicy peaches from Fresh and Easy this week and it was time to try them out! As stated it was delicious and the Laughing Cow Cheese just topped it off perfectly! Hubby was a little leery about trying it but once he did he liked it. Like I knew he would ^_^.

Dinner was a little bit of a hassle though. Started off with the idea of Turkey Meatballs with Wheat Spaghetti! A normal Italian meal just a little healthier. Well it didn't turn out that way.

Turns out that I can't cook wheat pasta. Somehow it turned into mush. If anyone has an idea of how that happened I would really love to know why!

My meatballs turned out really well though! Instead of bread pieces I did the bread crumbs. egg whites and some garlic. Coated the pan with EVOO spray. Also did some steamed broccoli!

This is what I ended up with! It was a decision not to use 'Steamed' vegetables anymore. We prefer to use the boiled version. The steamed just was a little to plastic-ie tasting.

I got the idea of the 'Healthy MeatBalls' from here healthy-and-tasty-turkey-meatballs. But once I looked at what the recipe called for I realized I didn't have almost any of it. So I made my own, but this is still saved in the 'recipe's to try' pile. It does look good!

Dinner wasn't exactly what I planned at the beginning of the night but it went pretty well! It was family approved which is a big thing.

So NeverEver's how did you deal when something went wrong in the kitchen? What do you guys think about 'Steamed' veggies? Also, how are you liking the 'Day Behind Stats'??

Lunch and Dinner is Made! Day 49 - 50

Hey NeverEver's

Sorry I wasn't here yesterday with a post. I really need to get someone else has my internet provider...it kept going in and out. Very annoying and not helpful at all when trying to write my blog post!

Anyways, I have not being doing all that great on the whole 'no processed foods' idea. It is harder then I thought especially since I didn't go to Fresh and Easy yesterday. I did go today though and picked up some peaches and chicken.

I did have a good breakfast yesterday. The tea, chamomile, was a nice change from coffee. No sugar added, although I was tempted to have some honey with it.

Was good the whole day then was surprised with one of my favorite Latino dishes...Taquitos. I couldn't say no. So yummy and chicken filled. I was able to stop at 4 though so it wasn't all bad.

Day 49 Daily Stats:

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As you can see I didn't do that Spin Class I said I was going to do. I wasn't able to really get out of the house, it was just one of those days. At least I watched that food intake!

  Today wasn't my best day. Started off with a headache, didn't even do anything just woke up. So it was a very quite day until about later.

Lunch was quite an adventure though. Got the idea from SweetToothSweetLife. The tuna just looked so yummy and luckily for me I had some!

I didn't have any celery, but I needed to have something crunchy, so I diced a small apple. It was the perfect hit for the crunchy need! Also got some spinach to add some 'green' to it. Carrots were of course a necessary as well as the egg!

Have you guys tried 'Triscuit'? I love the rosemary one, it is the best one from what I have tried so far. It just has the perfect blend for a creamy topping or something salty.

Perfect little bite sized lunch was served! It really filled me up, which I did have my doubts. I still have some more tuna for tomorrow and maybe even the next day! Yay for leftovers!!

Dinner was a little more planned out. I saw somewhere an idea for chicken and asparagus, I looked for it but I wasn't able to re-find it. As I was unable to find it...and I only glanced over the recipe, I had to improvise dinner. Here was what I was able to come up with;

I cut up some chicken thighs, cooked them with EVOO and garlic / thyme. Fresh asparagus was cooked in water and the penne pasta wasn't supposed to be there but it made a nice addition.

This was Hubby approved well except the asparagus. He really didn't like that vegetable but I thought it was something different. I am going to try it in some other ways.

What do you think? The pictures getting a little better? What do you think of asparagus?

Oh and I wanted to try something new for my blog. I am going to be posting my Daily Stats the next day. So like today's will be on tomorrow's post. I just am seeing that I am missing some steps or my sleep.

NeverEver's you guys have to let me know what you think about the day later idea!