Quiet Saturday

Today was an excellent day. It was a relaxed Saturday, which doesn't happen often in this house. My kids were calm most of the day and they even took naps. My husband ran errands and finished off some home projects, while I cleaned & got to have some quiet time. My husband was fixing my car today as well, so he took my 2 sons with him. I was home with my oldest son and 2 girls who all decided to give me a break and take a nap at the same time. It was SO nice! That is why you currently see my blog page all blinged out. :) I figured this whole thing out by myself. Yup, I have a blog that looks half way decent! Yay for me!

How I used to eat. lol

As far as the diet, I'm becoming a pro. Well at least a pro at NOT cheating! I also am not counting the minutes till my next meal! I am also becoming full faster. I have been eating my lean & green meal, but filling full to the point that sometimes I don't want to finish the meal. I know it's not good to NOT finish your lean & green, but I make it a point to finish my lean & not so much the green. I eat the salad, it's just I don't feel like eating the whole thing. I am pretty proud of myself. 

My husband keeps commenting on how I look smaller. It feels great, even if he is just being nice. I do notice it too though, especially in my face. My jawline is slowly reappearing. I also have these "stretchy pants" kinda like sheer yoga pants. They usually cling to my skin to the point of no room, but today I wore them and there was actually a little saggy in the inner thigh/crotch area. I was WAY excited because I know these pants were SO tight! They were so tight that I usually just wore them around the house and never out.

Stretchy pants!

Most of my clothes were becoming like that. I was getting so big that everything was so tight. We didn't have enough money to go out and buy me a whole new wardrobe every time I got bigger so I would just deal with it. I would try to look cute, but I didn't feel cute. I felt overweight and depressed. I told my husband today how amazing it is that I am not getting depressed as much anymore. I found this quote about endorphins and it makes sense. It reminded me of  Legally Blonde. 

I have been eating a lot of boneless chicken breast lately. It's my go to dish when I am all out of ideas. I think I am at the end of my bake-the-chicken phase though. I usually just season it, bake it, and eat it with a tbsp of hot sauce and my salad. It's a good meal, but I kind of want to start cooking my meals with the kids. Combining my healthy lean & green with their dinner. I will have to integrate one of these days. I keep trying to help my husband to stop eating late. Weekends are hard because we want to stay up a little later to spend time with each other because the kids are asleep. He just ran to the store to get some "snacks". I was trying to steer him towards just calling it a night and sleep, but he was determined. Plus, we don't go the stores on Sunday so he wanted to get everything tonight for dinner tomorrow. We are running low on the veggies.

It's CRAZY how much FRESH vegetables we are going through a week. I love it. We have been eating  cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, squash, and tomatoes. I haven't been eating all of those, but I have sure been cooking it for them. I updated my diet section so I can see my progress. Hopefully one of these days I will look back at all this and think, I really did it :) Well my eyelids are getting heavier and heavier. I hear my pillow calling and I'm going to answer it. Wish me luck!