I get emails with easy healthy recipes and usually I read them, think oh that looks good, then delete it! Anyway, I got one for poached eggs and pasta, read it and since I had all the ingredients (and it involved goat cheese) I gave it a try! SO good! Here it is!
2 oz whole grain penne pasta
1/2 cup marinara sauce
1 egg
1 oz goat cheese
brocolli/spinach/zuchini....whatever veggies you have on hand, I had brocolli
Boil the pasta (duh)
while pasta is boiling put sauce in small saucepan and bring to a simmer, crack the egg in and cover and cook till the egg is as done as you want ( I let the whites cook and that's about it, love runny yolk) when everything is done throw it all together and eat! I put one cup of steamed broccoli in a bowl, crumbled the goat cheese in it, added the hot pasta then poured the sauce on top. When I broke into the egg and the yolk oozed out and mixed with the cheese it made the BEST SAUCE ever! This is for sure a new staple item!
Here's a picture...I REALLY need a camera.
reminder
Do you ever get frustrated because things are moving too slowly in your life? Many people don't realize that building a foundation for success does not happen overnight. It is a slow process in which you are constantly working and learning. After all, that foundation must remain strong, even in times of failure or crisis. This takes time! You may have to remind yourself that "failing" is only failure if you quit; otherwise it's a learning opportunity. So don't worry if your life seems to be moving in slow motion. Concentrate on building a solid foundation and learning from your back steps
My Plan
So I've been going at this weight loss/ healthy lifestyle/ exercise/ love myself shit for years now. Seriously, when will I just get it? I am a quitter and loser. The fact that it's a couple of years later and I'm here starting over is proof positive. I've got a million and half excuses as to why I gained the weight back but not a single one of them matters. I need to do this. I need to push myself and get over the quitter mentality. I've learned that I'm a miserable person when I'm unhealthy. If anything came out of previous success it's that knowledge. Being healthy makes me happy. Simple as that. I have to do this. MY life depends on it.
I am setting a goal for myself of 5% of my body weight at a time. Since I weigh 210 pounds right now, that means 10.5 pounds is 5% of my body weight, I think....math and I have never gotten along very well. I'll try something a little different this time and figure out what 5% of each new weight is too...maybe that will keep me more motivated.
Anyway, as I meet my goals, I plan on rewarding myself! I NEVER reward myself, I wont even buy myself the right kind of shampoo half the time because I hate wasting money on me. But self help is a great thing and something to look forward to. My rewards will always non food items and always something personal.
I will also make a meal plan each saturday night, buy the groceries sunday and stick with it through the week. I will be making Brian do this with me and he will lose more weight than me and I will get jealous but that will not make me quit like it would have in the past. I will be able to fit into my clothes again. I will want to dress up and put on makeup and fix myhair again. I will feel like a human being again. And I WILL learn to love myself FINALLY!
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