Fun day today!
Enjoyed Root Beer Floats
My workplace.
Cooling off 😎
Dairy Day at the Glock
Category: food
Wednesday Diet Wisdom: Don’t Get Dressed in the Dark
So today I had my bra on inside out and my pants on backwards!
I was dressing in the dark so hubby might sleep.
I felt this was an analogy for not eating blind.
You need to shed light on your nutrition and your physical condition.
I am sticking to my calorie-tracking, never exceeding 1450 calories a day, and raising my metabolism by weight-lifting and cardio.
My pants are feeling looser and this week I found my good measuring tape.
I plan to fill in my measurements chart tonight with the help of my husband. It always helps to have someone measure you. But, you can also do it by yourself.
Just like knowing your weight and size, (and how to get properly dressed,) knowing your calories and nutrition is important for weight reduction and getting healthier.
Plan your work and work your plan and do it for yourself!
Food and focus go hand in hand.
Eat right. Feel right. Look right. Dress right!!! 🙂❤
P.S. All diet advice by me is my opinion and does not reflect on any professional advice. Lose weight at your own risk.
The Wonderful World of Domeiers German Store
As many of you know I do a weekly radio show called, “Music from Germany.”
https://knuj.net/2022/06/05/music-from-germany-june-5/
It’s brought to you by Domeiers New Ulm’s German Store!
Domeier’s is a unique store located at 1020 South Minnesota Street in my hometown of New Ulm, MN!
It’s always a nice walk from my house to the wonderful world of Domeiers German Store!
Wednesday Diet Wisdom: Patience dear heart
I have been really working hard at focusing on my weight reduction.
I got myself a Galaxy 4 watch.
The app called Samsung Health tracks so many aspects of my weightloss plan.
It tracks everything from body fat to steps taken.
Most of all it records and analyzes my sleep.
It even records me snoring, if and when I snore!
I highly suggest you weigh yourself daily.
But, be forewarned.
To permanently keep off weight you need to have a lot of patience. Good things take time.
Obviously, one’s weight fluctuates. In fact, it can swing anywhere from 1-3 lbs or more in a day.
But, if you’ve been a good person sticking to the plan of eating less calories and burning more fat through exercise and activity, you are pretty well guaranteed that eventually you will get trimmer and slimmer!
P.S. All diet advice by me is my opinion and does not reflect on any professional advice. Lose weight at your own risk.
Hubby and his Radishes
Hubby brought me in a handful of fresh home-grown radishes from our backyard garden.
So I grabbed one and ate it.
Tender and delicious. 😋
Not bittter at all.
Springtime is a lovely time of year.
I recently bought myself a Galaxy 4 watch and I thought there is no better photo to put on my new watch-face than hubby and his radishes!
Wednesday Diet Wisdom: Lessons in the struggle
I am on a weight reduction program I created, and I decided I will check in once a week with a post to let you know how it is going and any tips I might have learned along the way.
I am grateful to say I have stuck to my weightloss plan faithfully since I began on May 13th.
But it hasn’t been easy.
For example last night I had to work from 430 until 9 PM skipping supper. Suddenly I had a terrible craving for food.
Instead of going for junk food I was happy to discover I still had an apple in my work bag.
Another thing that I turn to if I’m not drinking black coffee for a beverage is this.
Club soda has zero calories. A maraschino cherry has about 10 calories.
But there are not all those diet soda chemicals in a simple drink such as club soda with maraschino cherry.
One day I came home from work and I was famished.
The quickest thing I could think about was making a miso soup.
I sliced up the tofu, the mushrooms, garlic and grated some carrot and got some green onions from the garden. I boiled up the miso broth and threw in the vegetables that I had fried a little bit in Pam cooking spray. I let everything simmer for about 10 minutes and found the delicious soup so satisfying and delicious! 😋
My steamer is always producing a good hot meal whenever I need something filling and hot like this Field Roast vegetarian sausage, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes dish with Herdez Avocado hot sauce.
Sometimes I will sautée the steamed veggies in a cast-iron pan with a small amount of oil, or cooking spray to brown them and make them crunchier.😋
So it’s been over 16 days since I began my weight reduction plan.
I was delighted to see I have dropped 7 pounds already.
I did not subscribe to any weight company except counting calories and exercising daily.
I still have a very long way to go but I decided that this would be a healthy lifestyle from now on.
We all need to set boundaries in our life and counting calories works for me.
P.S. All diet advice by me is my opinion and does not reflect on any professional advice. Lose weight at your own risk.
Music and Pasta Fazool
Today my post is about music and food, two of life’s greatest blessings!
Today my little music duo, Molly and Sonny Boy ( hubby Jim and I,) did a nice little number for you, “That’s Amore.” Just guitar, tambourine and 2 vocals.
It’s a song that mentions Pasta Fazool.
Hubby cooks it often from a recipe he got from his Italian ex-girlfriend’s mother. It contains ditalini pasta, Great Northern beans, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes dried Romano cheese chunks, black pepper, red pepper, rosemary, garlic and olive oil.
Saturday Gardens
I planted yellow squash, beets, cherry tomatoes and flowers in raised garden beds to keep the weeds down.
Hubby uses straw-bales as mulch as well, to keep weeds down to a minimum.
This year he is using plastic bottles to create mini-greehouses to keep the rabbits out!
Right now green onions are on the table everyday in most every dish I cook.
Springtime is full of happy hours spent outside, even if it means repairing the outdoor spigot with plumbing thread tape and new washers.
Plants need fresh water too!
Something tasty
Somedays you crave a tasty treat.
I thought I might just do something fun with buttermilk biscuits.
I topped them with fresh ripe strawberries and banana, then added Coconut whipped cream from a can.
Tasty, and great at breakfast with French roast coffee! 😋
Morning Potatoes
I own the popular Aroma steamer. I like to steam a big batch of chopped Golden Yukon potatoes and then fry them in a cast-iron pan with a medley of vegetables and soy bacon.
Homemade is hard, but it is the price you pay for tasty food that will most likely be eaten quickly! 😋
Zents Music Studio 