Fri 30 Dec

I made your oatmeal this morning for breakfast and I couldn't believe how creamy it is! I had regular-sized blueberries in the freezer as I haven't had the wild blueberries on hand, but everything else was pretty much as you listed. I even bought a small can of APC whey protein vanilla flavor so I could try it out for awhile. (It would be faster if I didn't store all the components in different places.) I expect with the protein powder, it will suffice to keep me satisfied for quite awhile.

If I make a New Year's resolution this year, I think it will be to work toward eating more whole foods and less processed. I think we move well in that direction already, but perhaps I can find a way to track so I can see the amount of progress.

We just got back from the annual Seafood Sale at Trig's with some most awesome booty! Enough sea scallops for tomorrow night and another meal, a container of fresh oysters!!!, some gorgeous gigantic shrimp in the freezer for another day, as well as a couple of New York strip steaks which will grace our grill this evening and a package of 96% ground beef for another time. Also got carrots and milk and a few other things, but much of what we bought was of the whole food ilk so we're on the right track. Now to be sure we use it all in a timely fashion. I have downloaded a couple of recipe/instructions for thawing and searing the scallops so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Decided that a day off was the best time to try the new Slim in 6 DVD that was part of the fitness package I won in Amherst. I am impressed with the workouts. It is meant to be part of a 6-week program including nutrition guidelines, vitamin and other supplements, and exercise. I think I'm going to shelve my usual workout routines over the next 6 weeks and try keeping up with that part of the program 6 days/week as suggested. Their nutrition is quite similar to what I already do, and I do take vitamins and use the soy shake at lunch already. I also drink more than their recommended minimum 8 glasses of water daily. My muscles are a little quivery already as I did the 25-min Start it Up and the 50-min Ramp it Up versions today. They recommend that you progress to the 60-min Burn it Up level for at least the last 4 weeks, and there's a supplemental 10-min Ab workout as well as a 15-min stretching sequence for your day off and any other day you choose to do it. We'll see how it goes.

Yum, supper was good! Fired up the grill for NY strip steak, mashed some sweet potatoes, and topped some sliced cooked carrots with dried parsley from my herb garden. Life is good!


Food:

8:15 am Laura's oatmeal w/protein powder, flaxseed meal, soy milk, and blueberries, 35 g raspberries, 65 g blackberries, 1/2 grapefruit, coffee
2:00 pm Strawberry/banana soy shake, cheesy potatoes, 196 g pineapple
3:45 pm 1/4 c spiced pecans
4:45 pm Chocolate mint truffle herbal tea
6:45 pm 4.5 oz NY strip steak, 2/3 c mashed sweet potatoes, 2/3 c sliced carrots, 4 oz malbec, 12 oz skim milk



Exercise:

12:30-12:55 pm Start It Up DVD
1:00-1:50 pm Ramp It Up DVD