Well I got a free pass to a local gym for a couple weeks. Looks like a nice place - not a huge fan of the pool being like a giant fish bowl for everyone walking in the door to peer in, but oh well.
I was able to fit in time to go swimming today after work. I made it 1 lap back and forth and was already tired but was able to push through to do 2 laps, plus some stretching and leg kicks. It's been almost 2 years since I've done any actual exercise, so clearly, my endurance is at level 0 right now. I figure if I can swim a bunch of times a week and get the # of laps up, then I can work my way up to using some of the machines.
I also learning an important lesson. When wearing a tankini while swimming and you don't want to flash your belly to those around you - you need to tuck the top into the bottoms :-). Pretty sure no one was looking, but it also creates a giant pool of water dragging you in the wrong direction if you don't do it.
This gym has a jacuzzi too - that will come in handy!
I weighed myself this weekend and I am down 3 lbs since I met with the doc a couple weeks ago. yay me :)
A few of us at my work are getting a Biggest Loser competition started in a couple weeks, so that will some good motivation for the next 12 weeks. We are making it so girls compete against girls and guys vs. guys since we lose at different speeds then guys do.
Haven't had a chance to do any cooking this week really, but since tacos were a hit last week I threw some chicken in the crock pot last night. I wasn't a fan of how it smelled this morning - not southwestern enough lol, so next time no crushed tomatoes. But i tossed in a jar of salsa and let it cook some more and should be good now. Hubby ate some and didn't complain.
I did find out the sweet potato turkey meatloaf from last week was a flop. Even the baby wouldn't eat it and he eats everything - including paper :). I didn't think it was bad but I'm not making a giant meatloaf for just me.
Here is the meatloaf I usually make, it is set up to make tiny meatballs but I use frozen onions which are too wet when pureed and don't form balls well, and I think I use the food processor for too long anyway for the other veggies, so I stick with meatloaf. I also don't use couscous because that sounds nasty. I use breadcrumbs like a normal person. I usually double the recipe and it fits into my big glass casserole dish. I usually use Sweet Baby Ray's for the drizzling of the BBQ sauce. Kids love this and have no idea how many veggies are in it :). I like it for leftovers and I put a drizzle of Thai Sweet Chili Sauce on it before microwaving it and it is delicious. (I have a bit of an addiction to Thai Sweet Chili Sauce).
Turkey Veggie Meatloaf
I still have some salmon in the freezer to make and I got more stuff to make more spinach. Annnnnd I just remembered I bought cauliflower last week and never cooked it so now it's probably bad. Oh well, so much for fake potatoes.
I do have to decide if I want to make the Dijon Garlic Salmon or Blackened Salmon. I've made the blackened one before and it was really good, but the other one sounds good too considering how much I love garlic. I've been on a big salmon kick the last few weeks. Here are the 2 recipes:
Dijon Garlic Salmon
Blackened Salmon
OK I'm off to take care of a sick little munchkin with a fever, I think the Tylenol is kicking in.
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