Overwhelmed….

I’ve been feeling completely overwhelmed lately… I’m trying to decide in which areas I could cut back to allot time for other tasks… There are some things I can’t cut back time on such as work, commuting, and household tasks… There are some things I need much more time for… the gym, church, and my blog… It’s finding the right balance that I’m feeling like I’m struggling with… I love writing the blog… It helps me to connect and feel like I’m allowing people in to my world to experience the struggles that I go through, to share my ideas, recipes, photos, and life… I love going to church… the feeling of peace and calm I have in that building is like no other… I physically need to go to the gym… I’ve been seriously slacking at this lately and I need to pick up the pace…. So what do I do?

I’ve decided I’m going to cut my blog back to a couple of times a week… I’m shooting for Tues, Thurs, and Sun… However that may not start until next week as I have a trip coming up and will be out of town those days J Instead of sharing the day to days of exactly what I ate, when I ate it, and how I did it… I want to share more of the recipes, struggles, and successes… I also want to share things that I think may help you along in your journey as well…

So to do a brief catch up from the past few days:

On Fri 9-30-11 I made an Ah-may-zing Vegitable Soup…. Seriously go to your freezer take out all the open bags over veggies… put in crock-pot…. Add 2 cans of tomatoes…. Leftover spaghetti sauce… leftover pizza sauce… some water… cook all day… and enjoy!  Here is the breakdown of exactly what when into mine!

2 cups of frozen corn, 1 bag of frozen green beans, ½ a bag of frozen lima beans, ½ bag of frozen spinach, 2 small cans of mushrooms, ½ bag of frozen onion, 1 can of ‘italian style’ diced tomatoes, 1 can of ‘mexican style’ diced tomatoes, ½ a jar of spaghetti sauce, and ½ of a jar of pizza sauce… I also put in 2 cups of water…I cooked for over 8hrs on low….

A serving was approx 3 cups for just about 200 calories!!!!

This was amazing! I served with some Fat Free Sour Cream… The second day I served with some fresh baked bread… you know the frozen dough kind that you thaw then bake! Oh it was tasty for dipping!  It did lead to a small binge because frankly I love fresh bread! I also brought this for lunch today and have enough for lunch for tomorrow and possibly Wed as well…. This made a ton! It would freeze nicely… however I plan on finishing it while the weather is still cool!

On Sat 10-1-11 I attempted a faux pumpkin cheesecake… it was tasty… yet the texture was well… off!  I took ½ of a large can of pumpkin, 2cups of fat free greek yogurt, 4 eggs, and 1.5cups of splenda for baking… mixed well… added cinnamon and nutmeg… baked at 350 for approx 30-45minutes… again… the taste was great… the  texture… well it was weird… if texture doesn’t bother you I will tell you to try this… if you are like me and the texture of things grosses you out this may not be for you!

I mentioned I had a little binge… I’m not exactly sure at what point the binge started but Saturday and Sunday were both bad food days for me… It then trickled into Monday… At some point I had told myself that I didn’t need to track my calories.. . that because I’d done this for soo long I should be able to track in my head and not use the resources I’d been using… bad very bad idea…. I learned a great lesson from this… when you think you got it all figured out is when the devil strolls in and rocks your world…

I'm back on course and realize now where I need to be... I need to track and be careful constantly on my gaurd....

I'm so close to my next goal I'm currently at 29lbs lost! This is super exciting and I can't wait to hit 30lbs!

I have a very exciting trip coming up Thursday.  I'm going to Amish country with two of my fellow CCC girls! This is great! I'm super excited... and a little worried... well Amish country tends to lead to baked goods, gravy covered mashed potatoes, biscuits, and bread... YIKES! It's a little scary, but I know my girls will help me stay on track!

Praises: I'm so thankful for a savior who sacrificed His life for me.  So that I could lead this life.  It is my goal and responsibility to lead this life to its fullest, to worship and serve, to praise and sing the joys of Christ to the world.  Although I've been feeling a little down I know that God will never give me more then He can handle... When times get tought I need to rely on Him for comfort and peace.  Each struggle is a reminder of how much I need the Lord in my life. The stronger I am, the closer I grow, the more I learn, the more I realize my life is to be lead to glorify Him and that is where I've been going wrong all these years.

xoxo