some days it's not about muscles, burning fat, or shredded physiques and washboard abs. some days gym time is just plain ol' therapy. that's it. endorphins are my drug of choice and were just what i needed yesterday. then my big boy and i went on a grocery run and headed home to meal prep it up.
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hello? is this thing on :shock:
hi there. *jumps over the bush* i have a lot of explaining to do concerning my blog whereabouts. for now, i just wanted to come 'back' with a lil' shout out to my amazing hubby-face. i am so HONORED and PROUD to be his wife and teammate for life! he is the epitome of a #1 fan for real and God has blessed him to be an outstanding husband and father. God reminds me often as to why we were made for each other. i thank you for ALL you do for our family, Sonny!
hope your father's day weekend was spent honoring and remembering true fathers everywhere.
i can't get over how much my itty, bitty BABY has grown, my goodness. to watch him do for himself 90 percent of the time these days gives me such a proud, bittersweet feeling. i'm sure mothers everywhere can relate.
we headed to celebrate with our parents on Sunday afternoon.
so, originally, i had an AWESOME restaurant picked out for dinner...but i remembered one very crucial thing as we were on the way.
the NBA finals were on at 7! so i had to make a game time decision while en route and drove straight to the Houston Texans Grille so that Sonny could enjoy himself his way on his day.
and what do ya know, Sonny's brother and lady, Kara, were there enjoying the game as well! i definitely didn't plan that but it worked out perfectly. they ordered those 'bigger than the state of Texas' nachos up there and i almost knocked my water-glass over scrambling for my phone to take a pic. what can i say, food excites me! they are monstrous in person and they threw in the towel early on them! Sonny stuck with salmon, rice, and veggies, since he is training, and i ordered a baja grilled shrimp salad with romaine, black beans, roasted corn, red bell pepper, cotija cheese, dressing on the side. i ordered the 'healthiest' thing i could find on the menu for Chiso, which were those fried sweet potato tots. they were DELISH but were way too sweet from the added sugars.
cheese pizza wasn't on the menu but i asked and they made one for Chiso. love that! #score
Wally World had these ginormous red bell peppers for just 44 cents each this weekend. couldn't pass it up so i got a few and made the recipe you're about to read right now:
the stuff:
do this:
add half of the veggies to your crock pot, then lay sirloin on top. add the rest of the veggies on top of the meat. dump all seasonings, liquids, and herbs on top of meat. set crock pot on the lowest setting and cook the sirloin for 6 hours, or 4 hours on high. it will be moist, juicy, and FORK TENDER BABY!
*i didn't measure the ingredients the first time honestly and it turned out great. but if you find comfort in following a recipe, i estimated as best i could! feel free to do your own thing with it, as you should *
then you can have something like my meal 5 from tonoooight:
boom. pow. ta-dow.
well that was REFRESHING! taking a break from life, even your passions, is a great thing. i have so much crazy energy right now from this small post alone, whew! my flame has been rekindled and i typed this whole post at what seems like 554 wmp!!!! now if i could just get back to doing this every day.......
one day at a time though.
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go buy a crock pot,
le
ooooh if only i could only post every day!! life would be grand. but no, my little one is not having that. aaaand as luck would have it, my HP laptop quit on me. makes it that much more difficult to keep up with this thing. however, i'm committed and i'm gonna keep on trucking. this concludes my pity party. breakfast was my usual bowl of oats and egg white omelette with cheese. i had an oval apple for my mid morning snack- yeah it didn't look like an apple to me either. Central Market was sampling them this past weekend and they tasted like a mixture of apple and pear to me! so, i got a pair.
i also got some fresh whole wheat tortillas while there. I threw some skinless chicken breasts and ranch dressing mix into my crock pot last night, so this morning we woke up to our lunch all ready to go. gotta love that thing. today's lunch- a whole wheat, ranch chicken wrap!
i added about a tablespoon of mashed avocado, some cilantro, half a tomato, and half of a laughing cow cheese wheel. nope, no lettuce:(
we'll be eating the rest of that chicken for dinner tonight for sure. i'll have to come up with a creative way to serve it and get back to ya.
one more thing about CM, i MUST tell you about this popcorn Sonny and i were introduced to on V-day last month during the chocolate festival. it's only the best i've ever had, no big deal. i was already hooked on Popcorn, Indiana's kettle corn, but now....oh but now. i went to CM that very same weekend just to get some more bags... only there was not a bag in sight. the shelf was completely cleared out. i was so bummed, but i completely understood. sooooo when i stopped by CM this past weekend for lunch with my mom, you know i checked for it again. and hello, it was on sale- 2 bags for 4 bucks!!!!! i got two and so did my mom. 
ignore the ash on my hand and focus on the chocolate chips on that kernel!! seriously good.
this drizzled chocolate popcorn is definitely an indulgent snack. i mean it even says it on the bag:)
hope you have a fab monday and an even better week!!
what's one of your favorite indulgent snacks?
le
my hat goes off to MS150 (150 mile bike ride from houston to austin, tx) participants and pretty much cyclist EVERYWHERE as i barely got through the 1.5 hr. spinning class i took this afternoon. and don't even let me get started on that bike seat, my goodness. once you get past that (it really shouldn't bother you anymore after the first few times) the positives totally outweigh the negatives and the benefits of cycling are pretty awesome. i don't own a performance bike yet, but i do a cycle class (also referred to as spin) 3 or 4 times a month to shock my body, change up my workout, and to keep from plateauing. also, it's:
i don't know any unicyclers, but i love how this chart shows various body weights and different types of cycling. the more detail, the better.
|
Activity (1 hour)
|
130 lb
|
155 lb
|
180 lb
|
205 lb
|
| Cycling, mountain bike, bmx |
502
|
598
|
695
|
791
|
| Cycling, <10 mph, leisure bicycling |
236
|
281
|
327
|
372
|
| Cycling, >20 mph, racing |
944
|
1126
|
1308
|
1489
|
| Cycling, 10-11.9 mph, light |
354
|
422
|
490
|
558
|
| Cycling, 12-13.9 mph, moderate |
472
|
563
|
654
|
745
|
| Cycling, 14-15.9 mph, vigorous |
590
|
704
|
817
|
931
|
| Cycling, 16-19 mph, very fast, racing |
708
|
844
|
981
|
1117
|
| Unicycling |
295
|
352
|
409
|
465
|
| Stationary cycling, very light |
177
|
211
|
245
|
279
|
| Stationary cycling, light |
325
|
387
|
449
|
512
|
| Stationary cycling, moderate |
413
|
493
|
572
|
651
|
| Stationary cycling, vigorous |
620
|
739
|
858
|
977
|
| Stationary cycling, very vigorous |
738
|
880
|
1022
|
1163
|
looking to slim down overall? mix up your workouts and try spinning as your cardio component sometimes. don't worry, you don't have to go buy those special cycling shoes if you don't want to.
most gyms have the bikes with the dual pedal, so you can't use that excuse. just go try the class!
i went grocery shopping with my mom and aunt yesterday (hey, it's what we do) so i have a fridge full of goodies. this morning before church i had a small bowl of yogurt with some blackberries, almonds, pumpkin flax granola from WF, and my prenatal vitamin. didn't need any honey as the granola was sweet enough.
but back to our grocery shopping trip yesterday- HEB had this awesome soup we sampled and i snagged the recipe card for it:
it was so, so good. creamy, cheesy, all that. after actually reading the recipe card tho, i see why. velveeta cheese and 1 WHOLE pint of heavy cream!!! i love you regardless, but really HEB? since they didn't supply the nutritional stats, i did them myself.
8oz of velveeta - 672 cals
1 jar of tortilla soup - 280 cals
1 can black beans - 300 cals
1 pint heavy cream - 1642 <----WOW
i haven't even added the darn chicken yet and we are already at 2894 calories. i knew i could do better, so you know i did. i used just two chicken breasts instead of an entire bag of fajita chicken thighs (284 cals vs. 720). i threw them in the crock pot and sprinkled them with just a little of my ranch dressing mix. they were cooking while i was suffering in that cycle class. after about 4 hours or so on high they were good to go as white meat normally cooks faster than dark.
i took them out and let them cool before shredding. please know you can also pop them in a 350 deg. oven for about 45 mins or even grill them until they are cooked through evenly if you are short on time.
there's the jar of soup (280 cals), the sodium-less black beans (about 300 cals), and the half and half (71 cals for 1/2 cup).
pay no attention to that expiration date- i tasted it first L O L. i discarded all the leftover liquid from the chicken breasts, but i didn't wipe the crock pot clean. no need, as those flavor bits help to enhance the soup. i added all the ingredients back in, including the 5 laughing cow cheese wedges (175 cals total) i forgot to include in the pic. then, i dumped in green onion and fresh cilantro.
i let it cook on high for just 1 hour so the wedges could melt- turned out as creamy and as fabulous as HEB's version, and i saved us over 600 calories a bowl. 903 vs. 277 to be exact.
topped it with some tortilla strips and pow. (you get a free bag of strips when you buy the jarred soup.)
this will be our lunch for tomorrow- if we don't finish it all tonight!
le
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