Striving for Health & Simplicity

Do you ever end up with a bunch of leftover produce at the end of the week? I never know what to do with this! It seems as though there's always more then needed to make a salad for dinner, but if it isn't used it goes bad which creates waste! Thursdays are often that slump where you're tired of eating the same thing for dinner and you want a little something different to get you through that last bit before the weekend. In an effort to reduce our food waste as much as possible I started experimenting with some recipes. Thursdays have become our Egg Bake days lately, boy are they ever yummy! The wonderful thing about this recipe is that all the ingredients(other then the eggs) are optional! You can add more or less depending on your preference. Egg Bake Recipe 6-8 Eggs Spinach  Tomatos Mushrooms Green Pepper Onion  Broccoli  Italian Seasoning Mrs Dash Seasoning Shredded Cheese  Preheat oven to 375. Mix everything minus the shredded cheese in a bowl. ...

Three weeks have flown by! It's hard to believe that on Monday I finished Week 3 of my Eat to Live postpartum journey. When I began this journey I didn't realize the number of events that we had going on through the first six weeks(when I'm strictest) of my journey. There have definitely been difficulties in regards to ensuring I stick within the six week guidelines, but I've managed to do it with only a few pieces of meat thrown in! I promised myself that for the first six weeks I would focus more on the non scale victories then the numbers on the scale. In the last three weeks I've noticed and celebrated the fact that: I can wear my engagement ring again!  I've been able to pull some more clothes out of storage & they have been fitting better!  I'm crying significantly less! My moods have improved greatly! I have a lot more energy! I feel pretty awesome that in just three weeks I've been able to accomplish these non scale victories! I...

September is often treated as another time to make resolutions and goals. It's the time of year when we are settling into new routines. One of the new routines that's often started is eating healthier. It was my original plan to join those in starting out a new routine in September, things change and I started changing my eating habits two weeks ago. Restarting my Eat to Live during while there were still a few weeks of summer left was difficult. Many opportunities to stray from my guidelines presented themselves, each time I was successful at avoiding them though! One of my biggest challenges in terms of eating within my guidelines right now is eating out. I thought that trying to stay within my guidelines while being home on maternity leave would be difficult. It hasn't been as hard as I imagined, thankfully! I've watched the scale drop 6.8lbs and 4.25" in the last two weeks, that's enough motivation to keep me going!