I haven’t been posting as much this week because I’ve been busier than usual – both at work and also after work. September is a pretty big social month with so many of my closest friends and family members having birthdays… my husband and I have our anniversary on the 22nd, and at the moment I’m just taking a quick break before continuing prep work for a BBQ tomorrow we’re throwing for some friends. I’m making a mostly healthy spread:
Appetizers:
Homemade Hommus with pita bread
Homemade Ranch dip with chips or veggies
Homemade Salsa with chips
Main Dishes:
Beer & Onion Boiled, then grilled Bratwurst
Kayem hot dogs [the best, with natural casings]
Teriyaki Steak Tips
Salmon
Roasted Veggies with Fennel Spice Rub
Roasted Corn on the Cob with just a little olive oil and salt
Greek Pasta Salad with Kalamata Olives, Cukes, Red Peppers, Onions, Parsley and Feta
Dessert:
Whatever anyone decides to bring… but just in case…
Homemade Brownies with vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate sauce [literally just heavy cream and semi-sweet Ghiradelli chocolate]
It probably sounds like a lot, but there’ll be 12 of us, and people will be hear a while – we start at 2:00, but then the Pats start playing at 4:00, so we could have people here as late as 7:00 or 8:00… so 5 or 6 hours of munching. =) Should be a good time. I hope we can be outside for a while before it rains… it would be nice to have everyone eat outside so we don’t have to mess up the house to much with food… we’ll see.
I didn’t do too badly this week with eating or exercising – but I definitely could have done better, too… According to physicsdiet.com, I have now lost 2.5 lbs, despite actually gaining weight last week [not much... more to do with my cycle than anything else]. I have to keep reminding myself that this is not a race… slow and steady is just fine. I do feel a lot better though in terms of energy. and I’ve noticed that it’s a lot easier to know when I’m hungry and when I’ve had enough. I don’t eat as fast anymore and I’m okay with leaving food on my plate. It’s finally starting to feel a bit more natural. I’m okay with having a taste of chocolate after dinner instead of eating it by the handful. lol… baby steps. I still need to work on getting more sleep, but that’ll be easier too, after this weekend when all the September celebrations are over and there’s less TV to watch [we were watching an entire 10-year series on DVD which became addictive and hard to turn off at night].
I’m also excited for next week – We leave for Bermuda on Saturday and are there for 6 dayd [5 nights] to celebrate our wedding anniversary. It’ll be 6 years on the 22nd. I can’t wait – this is our first ‘beach’ vacation ever. We usually either visit relatives in Chicago, Florida or Toronto, or we do city trips that are all walking all the time and kind of exhausting. We’ve never gone somewhere like Bermuda where all we want to do is nothing on the beach. =)
Anyway… I do have more recipes to post – hopefully I’ll get to them all this week before we leave!
