Day #18

Try it Tuesday's class was actually an evening event so I went to Zumba in the morning. Finished cleaning the house (I got some help because I was just so tired from all the stress and working out). The house was spotless by the time we were done and I decided that I do better when I plan for dinner. I made gluten free lasagna. I know lasagna doesn't sound like "diet" food, but I healthied it up. Our lasagna was chuck full of spinach and tomatoes. I used fat free cottage cheese and low fat mozzarella. Instead of ground beef I added turkey sausage. The family gobbled it up. Huge success. I only ate one small piece and found a comparable recipe stating it would equate to about 279 calories. After dinner I got ready to meet for Try It Tuesday. We met at the local Harmon's grocery store with the head nutritionist from the gym. Unlike the first nutrition class I felt this one was a lot more enjoyable. I wasn't completely overwhelmed. I'm not sure if it had to do with my blood sugars being more stable, the fact that I had heard some of the information before or that it was just a better class for me. I learned a lot and was okay with the fact that I probably would not implement all of it. I am going to switch over to organic produce. We were informed that celery is the worst not to buy organic. It has something like 17 pesticides on it. Ewww... gross! I signed up for another co-op this weekend to pick up my produce. We seem to be making a big dent in last weeks order so hopefully it will help us continue to make better food choices. When I started this I didn't realize how much I want it to be a change for my whole family not just me. I ended the day on a high feeling like the house drama was finally done. If house drama can ever be done, but at least this round was.