Keeping up with Goals: Week 2

I have done pretty well eating wise this week although exercising has been a little lacking! I have still been doing yoga in my kitchen almost every morning though so I guess I shouldn't beat myself up about it to much. Next week I'm hoping to get in a whole lot more hikes and walks with the puppy and as of today I have a fridge stocked full of lots of yummy produce so eating good will be easy. I have to admit though buying locally once again has been a bit too diffucult this week so the grocery store it was. I really hate going to the grocery store near our house they dont have as much organic stuff and every is just so much more sad looking. I usually go to the grocery store in town if I'm going to because its much bigger so everything is always yummy and bright and fresh not to mention better prices and lots of organic and even some local produce!
Here of a few things that were on the menu this week.

 Kale sauteed with garlic sesame seeds and EVOO

Oven roasted banana squash with a little butter and pepper. low fat turkey, cheese and lettuce sammy.

Local tiger shrimp in garlic butter and brown rice casserole. The rice casserole  recipe here.

Really easy and good I ate it topped with greek yogurt.

And here is some pictures from tonight's spaghetti Sunday. Me and Matt make pasta together every Sunday night. Its fun and yummy :)

Grape tomatoes roasted in EVOO, salt, pepper and thyme.

Matt chopping up mushrooms for his pasta.

My pasta tonight was a very green one! kale, spinach, broccoli, asparagus, onion, garlic, mushrooms, evoo and feta cheese. I didn't take a picture of Matt's pasta but it was the same except with tomato sauce. Topped with my roasted tomatoes

I've also been drinking as much tea as possible. I'm a coffeeaholic but I have tried to sub out my coffee with tea whenever possible. I love stash teas with macha. This pomegranate and raspberry is one of my favorites for sure. I am drinking a cup of orange ginger with macha right now and its also super tasty!

Here's my original post of my goals again if anyone is interested :)

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I'm off for a day trip with my 9 month prego friend Ashley to pick up a baby dresser should be tons of fun! Shes one of my besties and I havent seen her as much as I'd like to as of lately so I'm super excited :D

Keeping up with Goals: Week 1

I have been doing my very best at eating as healthy as I can every day. I have been a bit uninspired the last few weeks thought because most of the local farms around dont have much in the way of produce. So we made a trip to the grocey store in town to load up on fruit and veggies and I have done a lot better this week staying on track. We ate at home most meals this week although we actually went for dinner and lunch a lot more than we usually do. Matt didnt work all week so I guess that is why, too much time on our hands! Plus I had nachos twice this week.. wow haha oh well. I just cant resist a big plate of nachos and guacamole... mmm.

But here is one of the better days I had this week

 yogurt and apples for breakfast

 Lunch whole wheat totilla pizza!

cheese, mushrooms, feta, red onion and green pepper. soo yummy

 baked tomatoes with mozza, feta and thyme for a snack. These are so good!

 Me and Matt made our own pasta sauces. Mine was onion, garlic, broccoli, mushrooms, kale, thyme and evoo. Matts on the right had everything mine had but with beef and crushed tomatoes.

We said we are gonna have pasta on sunday nights now and we will always make it together either like this and make our own sauces (matt likes meat and I don't very often) or we will make a sauce together! We ate these one with catelli smart linguine it was awesome. Kale is probably my favorite thing in the world its so amazing.

I made some wholewheat oat and blackberry muffins last week. They were okay but I wasnt overly happy with the way they came out. I'll have to try a differnt recipe next time. I have so many frozen blackberries that Matt's aunt picked and gave to us in the summer.

I have been making it a goal to do yoga everyday at home for at leased 10-20 minutes. I've stuck to it for the most part although its been freezing cold the last few days and We've been slacking in the fire making department. So whenever I've been home the past few days I've been sitting on my laptop in bed haha! Thats where I am right now in fact... But I will get back into the routine tomorrow. I feel so much more energized with even 10 minutes of yoga a day. One of my oringinal goals was to go for a walk every day. But again its been so cold that I really haven't wanted to be outside for very long. So I figured as long as I'm doing yoga and dancing around the house every day I will be satisfied until it warms up again.

I've also decided to try and write a post a week about keeping up with the goals I listed here at the beginning of January!

Well I am gonna stay cozy in my bed for another hour or so and then head to friends to watch the hockey game ! 

Happy weekend all!

Goals for 2011

I never have been one to really make new years resolutions but I do write down my goals every year at some point. About two months ago (around the time I lost my job) me and Matt both wrote down 10 goals to accomplish over the next year and I have to say that I haven't really put them into effect yet or thought to much about them because I've had a lot of other stuff on my mind. So since it is the start of a new year I figured I'd write them here to give myself a little more motivation. I try and be as specific as I can when wrighting goals so I wouldnt say "loose weight" I'd make a goal of eating healthy and at home 5 days a week and exercising four times a week (which is always a goal haha). So here is my 10 goals for the next year.. and instead of saying what i usually would, which is "I hope i can keep to all these but if i don't that's ok!" I am gonna say I AM going to feel accomplished at the end of next year because I AM going to keep to all of these.

10 Goals for 2011

1. Eat at home 4 - 5 days a week
My biggest downfall in trying to stay healthy is that I eat out way too often. I am the kind of person who usually waits too long to eat and by the time I finally eat I'm ravenous and want whatever is worst for me. We used to eat at restaurants probably 5 nights a week when i was still working... it gets pretty pricey and I don't always make the best choices so eating at home is just better all around for me.

2. Go on a walk or run every day
Even if its just a walk around the block me and Koda both need it!

3. Make something or take a picture every day
If I don't do anything creative for a few days I usually just end up losing my motivation all together so this is important to me.

4. Buy all our produce locally
This gets a little harder in the winter months but its not at all impossible. We buy most of our produce locally now but out of convenience we still get some from the grocery store now and then. Plus they're are just some things that I need that you cant get locally all year round but ideally I will just eat what is in season as much as possible. And I still buy organic when I'm at the grocery store. We have also started to try and buy as much of our eggs and meat locally as well (I don't like to eat  eat meat unless its organic and free range)

5. Go somewhere new once a month with Matt
This goal is both of ours. I am excited the most about this one I think! I've lived here my whole life and there is so many awesome places close to home that I haven't been yet!

6. Get a job I love
I am hoping to accomplish this as soon as possible


7. Have a successful flower and veggie garden
I am so excited to have an awesome garden this year in our new house. Matt is going to build me a great big veggie garden and I'm gonna grow my little heart out <3 I want to grow as much of my own food this year as possible


8. Go on a road trip 
Originally we wanted to try and go on a holiday somewhere nice and warm this year but I would rather focus on saving as much money as possible for this year. But we are both excited to take a nice size road trip, nothing to far. We are probably going to camp along the way. We either want to go to Alberta or Oregon depending on if Matt gets his passport or not (I've been bugging him about it for probably a year).

9. Do something nice for Matt once a week
Sometimes I find myself taking my wonderful boyfriend and all he does for us for granted. So I want to concentrate on doing something thoughtful and special for him at leased once a week.

10. Build myself a book shelf and repaint our entertainment stand
My Dad is a carpenter and can build anything. I figure I should at leased learn how to use tools a little bit... I only took wood shop in grade 8 and I think I only went about 4 times all year haha...