Beautiful.

“Food that's beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn't.”

- Emeril

What was the last thing you ate that was beautiful?

Too many of us eat a diet that is primarily beige, white and brown based. We may not want to admit it, but its true.

Since starting to lose weight, the majority of my grocery shopping is on the outside rim. Very rarely do we now venture into the center isles.  If you take note of this...this is where all the color is! Stick to the rim.

While more and more people are catching onto this, so are the grocery store owners. If you go into Superstore not only do you have to contend with the junk food that is stored at the checkouts but now there is a whole entire wall of badness tempting those that love candy to come hither. 

While candy was never my big tempter I do not find that this wall screams as loudly at me as it may others BUT that said I am not going to try to psych myself out by walking down it every time I take a trip to the grocery. If you do your veggies and that is all thats needed. Go down the health food isle and grab one of the cashiers on that end. Problem-o solved peeps!

If there is no need, don't tempt yourself. While we are all capable of self control, give yourself a break and cut that part out of your day.

Spring is here.

While I am not bikini ready, I am more life ready.

Eat something beautiful.

Gillian

Change it up.

"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. " - Bruce Lee

This morning wasn't a gym visit, it was an outside day. I found I had to talk myself into it and tell myself that yes it was okay to walk outside instead of going to the gym. While yes I am paying for the gym membership..not amount of money can get you the feeling of fresh air going into your lungs. All in all I got a good 45 minutes in. Made me feel great. 

This morning was also the first time that I've ever made Quinoa. I ended up cooking the organic quinoa for a longer time than the box requested. Thankfully the pots I own are glass tops so I am able to see that it needed longer. Even after 25 minutes it still seemed as though it was a tad damp but meh. Tastes great and after sitting out for a bit it seems to have dried a little more. So, quinoa and veggie salad has now been made for lunch and dinner. Yum. But keep in mind...more veg than quinoa.

After the quinoa test period, I did have to call Nela to change my appointment for this week. Thankfully, I am finally getting trained for ads at work but my schedule is fluctuating to my normal hour and then days that I get to work 9 til 530. 

It was such a change to get off work yesterday and still see the sunshine and actually get to spend more than an hour with Trevor. It was great to have dinner and then go together for a walk. I want more of that....I understand that others are used to working strange hours and thats the way their life functions but at some point you need to come to the conclusion that quality of life is important and honestly...we are newly engaged and enjoy each others company. I want more time with him and the sunshine. 

While I have been scheduled to learn another side of the job, things may be on the change again. There are things happening at work that they may have to shift everyone's work flow again to accommodate. So..the days may be coming to a swift end as well as having the weekends off. Pisses me off but for now I'll go with the punches, but there comes a point you can only take so much and want more. 

Change happens.

Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Gillian

Smaller Fat Birthday

"Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer." - Andy Warhol

Another birthday has come and gone and with it came things that one shouldn't eat. Cake, cookie, shortcake. Three different parties and a birthday supper at work is never good for your waistline or your insides.

One thing is true, that once you are used to eating a certain way and that way is thrown into a tail spin your body refuses to accept it. For the last...three days my body as a whole has been putting up such a fuss that there is no way that you can deny that there is a certain way we are meant to eat. 

Processed sugars, flours, and things that are run through machines shouldn't grace our diet more than special occasions because in the end, they don't make you feel so special. Just bunged up and upset.

With the coming of my birthday, its a signal that spring is not too far off. Three more days and we are there. Soon comes the sun, the garden veg and the things that make us all happier as a whole. I'm looking forward to it and I sure you are too. 

For now, I shall watch the last episode of the walking dead for this season and drink some more water. Time to get my body back on track and back to loving me. I worked normal people hours, saw the sunshine and took a walk outside. Life is only getting better.

Smile at the sun.

Gillian

Weekly weigh

"The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach."  - Benjamin Mays

Thursday was upon me before I even knew it this week. 

Weigh-in was ok. No up and no down, just stayed the same. A little anticlimactic for the week but it's better to stay the same than to shift. I'm getting closer and closer to being at the 70 pounds mark. With that soon to be a reality and the fact that summer is coming...Feeling good!

Another thing that signaled the coming of warmer weather was TANK TOPS! I found my a few of my favorite ones today while shopping. Picked up a few and will get a few more over the next while. LOVE IT! It's always fantastic when you find something you love and then they bring it back again. 

Bring on the sunshine.

Gillian