Salad Mix-up!

So I just have to brag about how well I've been doing eating healthy lately. That's not to say I haven't had a chocolate chip cookie (or five), but I have had a salad every day for lunch this week! Whooo! And I haven't been bored with them! Double Whooo!

I've made a different salad every day this week. Switching up 1 or 2 things keeps it interesting and keeps me from dreading the salads and instead, looking forward to them. 

So yesterday I had a good brilliant idea. I had some leftover Crockpot Salsa Chicken (i will definitely devote a whole post to this one day) and I had lettuce..

I filled a 7 cup tupperware container about half full with lettuce. Diced up 2 slices of tomatos, and added that to the container. Then added a sprinkle (seriously i only added a tiny sprinkle unlike when i used to add about 2 cups) of shredded cheese to the same container. Then I tossed about a 1/4 of a cup of frozen corn into my leftover Salsa Chicken (which was probably about 3/4 of a cup) and microwaved it. I then dumped that on top of my lettuce and ta da.. Salsa Chicken Salad. 

 

 

 

try to ignore the water stains on the container, i know they're blinding

Also because the chicken has a "sauce" type this on it, I didn't use any dressing. I suppose you could use one if you wanted, but I'm going for healthy here, remember? I really didn't feel like I was missing out not having a dressing on there anyway. 

Also, check out this side view! It didn't fill up the whole container, which as first I was nervous about, thinking I was still going to be hungry after I ate it. Turns out, I wasn't! It was more than enough to completely fill me up! Happy, happy day!

So happy how this turned out! (insert huge smiley face here).

Also guess what I've been doing almost every night this week..

I'm so excited about this project I'm practically jumping out of my skin! Yay!

Tuesday, Bluesday..

So here's my get fit/get healthy update.. Jillian Michaels is mean. Really, really mean.

 I've had to skip 2 days. Not because I was too busy, but because I was way too sore. Holding a pen at work was starting to be a chore. So I skipped Saturday, did 30 Day Shred on Sunday, but then skipped again yesterday. Eh, I'm not too worried about skipping. One of the things I liked about the dvd was that I could customize it. So that's what I'm doing, customizing.

Yesterday at work, I got a little sidetracked.. Okay, I got a lot sidetracked. I always feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster this time of year. Probably post holiday blues, mixed with New Year excitement, mixed with back to the routine blues, mixed with pre-birthday excitement. I cried during an old episode of NCIS this past weekend. Yes, I'm a mess. Then I came across these little inspirational things and printed them out. I don't know where I'm going to put any of them yet, however. Any good crafty, DIY ideas? Here's what I'm working with..

So I'm thinking maybe hanging them in my bathroom? Maybe with washi tape? I DON'T KNOW! HELP!

Seeing those also gives me a little DIY idea. I have a million a lot quotes I like saved onto my computer or scribbled onto post its or written in notebooks. Maybe I can make a few of my own printables? Hmm..

Daily Blog Posts

One of my 2013 Resolutions was to really give this blogging thing a chance and really stick with it. So, I started making a little list of "Daily Blog Posts". I don't plan on posting every single day. But if I haven't posted anything in a while, I'm going to refer to my Daily Blog Posts list and post something related to that.

Thursdays are going to be "#ootd Thursdays". I may have explained it already, but #ootd stands for Outfit Of The Day.

Top: Target, Leggings: Kohls, Boots: Sears, Scarf: Charlotte Russe

A good thing about the #ootd tag is that I'll be held accountable for how I look instead of just wearing my hair in a bun and a sweatshirt. I should also point out that my iPhone is still my only current way of taking photos. I'm still crying over the loss of my crappy precious digital camera.

2013 Resolutions

It's here, it's here!! Time for my New Years Resolutions! Let's start with #1.. GET HEALTHY! After asking for lots and lots of opinions, I decided to start small-ish. The way I see it, I need to just do anything. If I had decided to just do 15 jumping jacks a day, that's better than not doing the 15 jumping jacks. So instead of getting myself into a huge workout plan and getting in over my head and then hating it and then quitting.. I'm going to start with something manageable. I really wanna train my brain to LOVE exercise. I wonder if that's possible? I'm hoping it is. So I choose to start with.. (drum roll please..)

Jillian Michaels: 30 Day Shred

I have heard a lot of good things about it and I was really drawn to the feature of being able to modify it and just do what I could do. No pressure to kill myself and end up hating it. So last night, I was really excited to start and I completed Day 1.

And.. I didn't love it. But I don't love working out, so I expected that. I don't have weights, so I used soup cans. Which worked fine for me. I'm sore today, which I kind of love. I also discovered that it was harder than I expected. I had to take more than one break. Which at first disappointed me, but then I thought about how by Day 8 I'd probably be able to finish all of the Level 1 workout and move on to Level 2. So I pushed on. Overall, it was okay. I figure it's only 30 days. I can do this for 30 days and then if I really hate it, then I can move on to something else. Anything is better than nothing. (this may be my motto)

Afterwards, I looked like this.. 

 I was tired. But really, really proud of myself. So then I sent my friends this picture to let them know I'd officially started my Get Healthy resolution. I got lots of excited texts back! (have i mentioned lately how much i love my friends)

 

Here's to 2013 being a fabulous year! 

xo Kay