Trying some new things

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One of the hardest things for me has always been meal planning. I know how to eat healthy. I know what I should and shouldn't eat. However, I just get bored with making the same things over and over again. (Not to mention, I'm really not the best cook) I guess it's not really as much as me getting bored as it is making things that my family will eat. So over the past few weeks I set out to try some new things to add to my "family approved" meals.
The first thing on my list was Kabobs. This isn't really a new thing at my house It had just been a very long time since I'd made them. These are always a hit at my house. And you can make it your own by changing up the vegetables you use. I generally make chicken and steak at my house and use sweet onion and a mix of red, yellow and green peppers. The most time consuming part of this meal is cutting the vegetables but it's well worth the effort. It's a great healthy dish. If you've never made them,  you should definitely add it to your menu.

My new recipe I decided to try was Kale chips. I've heard all the rave about how great they are and of course how good kale is for you so I decided to give it a whirl. I picked up some kale at the farmers market and looked up a recipe on Pinterest. It really is a quick and easy snack to make. For mine, I just used sea salt, olive oil and garlic powder. I enjoyed them however, my family? Not so much! This will not be going on my list of "family" friendly recipes. I will definitely make them for me for a quick snack though. I am a snacker and these are a good healthy snack to munch on.

We're only human....

Sometimes it's so easy to get discouraged and be hard on ourselves for just being human. I'm not really sure why that is. I think that sometimes I really do have too high of expectations, which can be good but also not so good in certain instances. 

Especially in the battle of losing weight and getting healthy. I've spent the last six years of my career coaching people and telling them to realize they've had their lifetime to create bad habits and not to expect to make a change overnight. Sometimes it really is hard to practice what you preach! I was however just recently reminded that we need to not be so hard on ourselves and realize that the fact that we are even trying should be a victory in itself.

Why am I bringing this subject up? Well I just had a very fun 2 weeks on vacation, 8 of those days in Myrtle Beach.....without my Isagenix and clean eating! Did I have fun? Yes. Did I eat like a mad woman? Yes. Do I feel horrible for doing so? Yes. But I have 2 choices really: I can choose to be upset about not sticking to my plan and give up because I already went off track or I can suck it up, deal with it and move on.

We should celebrate every pound lost, every workout completed, every healthy recipe we try, etc.. If you fall off the wagon, SO WHAT?! Tomorrow is a new day. Get back at it and move on. That is what I'm choosing to do. I'm getting back on it and continuing to do what I need to do to reach my goal. 

What are you choosing to do?!