Daily Archives: August 1, 2017

BLE Day 54

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At Day 54 I think it’s safe to say that not much is tempting to me anymore.  I am so focused on the goal, even Costco muffins that my guys brought home tonight cannot call my name or lure me into eating them!  I love knowing that I am stronger than the sugar pull.  I have waited a long time to be able to experience this!

My day began without a plan again and I even forgot to take a picture of my Wellness Journal until after I had logged in my breakfast.

Since this is my “go-to” breakfast, I went ahead and made it again this morning.  I LOVE this breakfast!!

Lunch looked familiar as well.  I grabbed all the same food that I had bought yesterday and took it in the car with me because I had to go pick up the dog from the same out of town vet.  I could have measured things before I left, but….I didn’t.  I did not finish the carrots or cherries and did my best to eyeball what I thought 6 ounces would be for each of those!

I was really hungry by the time supper came around.  I knew I needed to use up the broccoli as it had been in the fridge, in a mason jar, for a while.  It was still good, so I cooked it and then filled out the rest of the veggies with raw cucumbers and carrots.  I do think the Costco black bean patty is a tad over 4 oz. but to me, it’s a serving, so I’m ok with eating the whole thing.

Freebie marinara because I felt HUNGRY tonight after eating my minimal lunch.

I think I’ve turned a corner on my daily core exercises as well.  They were all easy tonight and all those little green circles have nice check marks in them!  Another day in the books.

And that’s a wrap!

A Stroll Through the Garden

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The Garden.  It’s one of my favorite places to be.  Watching life grow, celebrating in the small changes each day brings great joy to my soul.

The quality of home grown food cannot be matched by what is available in the stores.  Knowing that nothing has been sprayed on my plants makes me feel happy and healthy.

Picking food from the garden and then bringing it straight into the house to prepare it for a meal is just loads of fun!  Home grown food tastes so much better than what is bought in the stores.

I remember a story from when my children were little.  We were eating lettuce from one of our first gardens that they could remember.  One of them said, “This lettuce tastes like dirt!”  It was actually true.  The lettuce had an earthy taste to it, and we all had to get used to it.

Now, we expect the lettuce to have a taste.  If it doesn’t, then it just serves to add crunch to a meal.  Garden lettuce actually tastes like something, and we’ve grown to love that taste.

Learning how to preserve the food in the most natural way is another step in the gardening process.  Being able to eat garden grown food all through the year is a goal that we are still striving to reach!

Sharing the garden with small pests is inevitable.  Imperfections are simply an indication that things were not commercially grown, and nothing arrives with a little sticker on it!!

The burst of color and textures make food look delicious.  The rich color of garden grown food adds variety and interest to the dinner plate.

Nature’s candy grows freely here.  It’s the only candy I’m eating now!

God is good.  Life is good.  Our garden is good.  Maybe we can share a garden meal one day?  It would be my joy to eat with you!