Nuked Cukes

Greetings! It's been a busy week and a half, I think!

Workout wise - I walked/hiked 7 miles last week and swam :-) I have to work out 3x/week otherwise I owe my friend, Moonyagi 20 burpees. To be honest, last week was hard!  We had a leadership weekend, and I was so tired before - thank goodness for swimming - I think tossing a child in the air and catching them is a high intensity strength training ;-)

THIS week, I've logged 4.8 miles..now, if you're not in AZ - the caveat here is - if you want to run, walk, hike, etc. and you're a Me - then you need to battle the Sandman and wake up early - so this morning at 5:30, as I was on my way to my destination, I at least got this beautiful sunrise - and I saw the elevation of this house and loved it! Forever ago, I had a dream that I moved into a house with a rock-brick front wall and when I saw this, it reminded me of that dream. Random tangent - it was with someone that wasn't my husband, and ...well, he gone - so - who knows! Maybe this is still in my future!

So - part of getting healthy and training is nutrition! My friend, KW knew I'd been documenting - so on Sunday, she laughed and said "don't forget to take your picture!"

This was today's leftovers - oops, I forgot I'd packed cucumbers in there and blindly shoved it in the microwave, which I HATE using - and....I accidentally nuked my cukes!😕😔😜😏😂

This beautiful-ness was breakfast yesterday!  1 egg, diced up mini peppers, some other stuff...8ish oz of almond milk, and I never ate the apple...

Me cooking the above!

This was the meal KW and I cooked on Sunday - WinCo had chicken breasts that were about a pound - I cut it into fourths, ate one that night - one last night, and two today. Zucchini, grilled with turmeric, caramelized onions, 1/4 sweet potato, and quinoa...oh, and FRESH cucumbers.  The nuked version was this meal, but..oops. Hey - cooked cucumbers, they weren't horrible...squashy. Never thought of cucumbers as a squash, but they are!

I think this was breakfast Sunday - eggs, avocado, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese, toast, sour cream...green onion, cilantro...

So - that's it! It DOES take some planning, FOR sure. But, so worth it! I don't like cooking because of how long it takes - but...I feel great with what I'm eating.  Each meal ends up being 300-600 calories - depending if there are added hemp hearts, flax seed (those little things are highly caloric, but good.)

If I could just kick my Nutella habit...I'd shed a lot of calories! Haha, it really is the sweets, or the occasional chips...but, deprivation isn't lasting, so - though I want to lose weight, and sure - there are those that say processed food is the Devil - I also like to celebrate the small wins! The HEALTHY calories I AM getting. 

Sparkle on!

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Breakfast		1 Egg. ¼ C Bell peppers. ½ C Mushrooms. 2 slices deli ham. ¼ C Almond Milk. Medium Apple.	1 medium piece fruit. Protein Shake w/ Spinach.	½ C Oats. 1 C Milk. 1 T Walnuts. 1T flax seed ¼ C blueberries. 5.3 oz Greek yogurt.	1 C Strawberries. 5.3 oz Greek Yogurt. ½ C Blueberries. 1 T Pecans.	1 WG Bread. 1 Fried Egg. 1 slice deli ham. ¼ C Bell peppers. 1 sliced tomato.
Lunch		2 C Mixed Lettuce. 3 oz tuna in water. 1 Avocado. 1 C Strawberries. 1 Hard boiled Egg. 1 T Sour cream. Dark Chocolate.	1 C  Lettuce mix. 1 String Cheese. ½ Cucumber. 3 oz roasted chicken. 1 Slice WG Bread.	1 Slice WG Bread. 3 oz Deli Ham ¼ C Bell Pepper. 1 C Veggie Soup 1 Slice of Cheese 1 Slice Tomato.	1 C Black Bean Soup ¼ C Shredded Cheese. 1 HB egg. 2 C Salad. 1 T Dressing. 5.3 oz Vanilla Greek.	1 C Lettuce. 1 Mozzarella Stick. 1 C berries. 3 oz Chicken. 1 Pickle. 1 T Dressing.
Dinner		2 C Green beans. ¼ C Shredded Cheese. 3 oz chicken breast.	Sunday Leftovers   3 oz Chicken Zucchini Cucumbers ¼ Sweet Potato Quinoa	6 oz Salmon. 1 Sweet Potato. 1 T Pecans 1 C Broccoli . 1 T honey	6 oz Shrimp. 2 C Veggies. ½ C Rice Medley	Clean Out Fridge
Snack (s)		Edamame Steamed veggies Celery and hummus Apple and nut butter 8oz milk Cranberries, raisins, pepitas (1T each)	1 HB egg 1 String Cheese 1 C Grapes			¼ C Rolled Oats 1 T Unsweetened Coconut 1 T Chia Seeds 2T PB powder ¾ Skim Milk