Belly be gone!

i have been composing this post since at least yesterday, but i don’t remember everything i was going to write!!!

i know the main thing was…let me tell ya how to ruin an AWESOME workout!!!  first of all - let me say how excited i was (ok….really, proud, but i have a hard time admitting that i’m proud of something i do) to run for 45 min straight on the treadmill yesterday.  that is 4.5 miles, baby!!!  the FARTHEST i’ve run before!  woo hoo!!!  so what did i do afterwards?  at the chicken restaurant, instead of getting my usual - a grilled chicken sandwich - i got chicken fingers w/sweet potato souffle!  it sure was yummy!!!  but probably about, oh, 432349871 points!  then last night we went to the neighbor’s to watch the sugar bowl.  so i wanted to bring something - so i made chocolate chip cookies.  it was only my second time to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch - i had a recipe that was for those who think that chocolate chip cookies should be chewey, not crispy.  so i had to try them because, yes, i think that the chocolate chip cookies (and probably just about any cookie) should be chewey!!!  not only did i make the cookies - but i ate the (extra) dough as they were baking.  of course i had to try ‘em and make sure i wasn’t going to poison anyone!  :)  i also got help from the husband and the neighbor - they were busy patching holes in the wall and trying to wire up the living room for the speakers.  i had to reward them for their hard work (it was day 2 of the work for them!).  and the cookies passed their test, too.  again - 239487109587 more points!  and at the neighbors, i had a bowl of chili - probably not that bad - and a couple of chips with guac or 6 layer dip (not sure what was missing - it was out of a container) - and another 1.5 cookies!!!

so yesterday was a bust. 

my biggest challenge is preparing ahead of time.  lunch is killer - i don’t prepare nearly enough for it.  i tried to prep for this week - just for dinner.  i went through my cooking light cookbook and picked 4 recipes.  only tonight did i make one of the recipes.  DH didn’t love it.  he didn’t hate it- but said it was just ok.  i was happy that i made something new, though [i tend to make the same few recipes].  so now i have leftovers for lunch tomorrow - and probably friday, too.

and i plan on trying a few new things - i keep trying to try things - like butternut squash, but i never get to it.

oh - i remember the other thing i was going to say.  it goes w/all my ramblings above.  so one of the things i was going to try - homemade spaghetti sauce.  i told the husband i was going to do this - and he made a face and said “why?” and “no”.  so i put it off…and then i realized that i should make the sauce - it will help w/my meals, like lunch.  i can have spaghetti w/sauce, or use it to season other things.  so maybe this weekend…

ok…i’ve been rambling enough.  that, and i need to look at some stuff for the husband.  happy end of hump day!!!