To Truly Succeed

I have to plan ahead on the food. Not really make a meal plan for the month or even the week sometimes even a day.

I mean have healthy choices in the fridge.- Have veggies chopped if we want a snack, fruits, protein bars, protein thawed and cooked, eggs boiled, water bottles chilled.

It's easier for me to make sure Patience eat's healthy because I love her and I do not want her to have diabetes. But for myself If I do not plan ahead - I put myself on the back burner.

Anything you want in life you have to try your best.
Am I good at what I do? Not always but when I put forth more effort I have better results.

Treating my health like it is something of value is important. It is so easy for me to grab extra food if I am busy. Having a plan and treating our health as though it was a business matter- helps our family. I'm a food addict I admit, I eat when im sad, I eat when im bored. I eat to much. What we eat is serious if that wasn't so I wouldn't be writing this blog. Tomorrow it starts all over again- the grocery shopping, the planning, the preparing. But im grateful we have healthy choices and options. If I can prepare things in advance it saves time in the long run. Repeating again IT SAVES TIME. Time also that I may have alittle longer with my family here on earth because I chose to take care of myself. 

Still learning.

Patience truly knows the trick to being healthy.  Patience would you like a sandwich for lunch or salad? Well Momma I think I would like both. Half a sandwich and a salad. (That was her bread for the day) So that's fine. You never go wrong with veggies.

Sample photo of Patience's Dinner

 

 

 

Turkey Burger with salad. Grilled Pineapple and natural cheddar.  No bread was needed. She chopped the salad herself.

Just another photo of sample breakfast for Miss Patience

That's Turkey Bacon in the photo.

Not Pizza or Lasagna instead Cabbage...Still Patience approved

Doesn't sound very fun does it? For Patience's bread for the day- I made unstuffed cabbage roll soup.

The whole recipe had 1 cup of brown rice. And it was enough to feed 4 people.

I cooked the brown rice, browned the turkey meat along with a chopped onion.

After I cooked those two I added a egg to them. (draining the meat of course)


I chopped up a half of cabbage and sprayed a casserole dish. and just layered cabbage, (uncooked) rice/meat mixture , cabbage.


Then I put a can of tomato on top with half a can of water and 1/4 can of tomato sauce. Mix the whole dish.

Seasoned to taste. Salt/pepper. Baked for 1 hour with lid on and 30 minutes with lid off.


The main reason I serve something like this is Patience nor I need all that pasta/rice. The cabbage

was a fill in. You may think I will never get my kids to eat cabbage- Maybe they won't but there

are many veggies you can use a replacement instead of lot's of pasta. Just season it like your

children's favorite thing to eat.

The photo looks sloppy. But its a nice soup. And not to much to feel guilty about.

Calorie Counting and kids....

 

 

 

Hey that looks like a whole lot of food... Well yea It is a good amount but let me say this it's fine.

The meal is primarily protein and veggies. The meat loaf looks big but it is really thin. The ketchup has no high fructose syrup. And the dressing is home made. That's compare this meal to a Mcdonalds happy meal or a school lunch. - Patience would be starving afterwards if we gave her that!! We just look at the food and think- Is this mostly veggies and good for her. No counting calories. Kids run, play and things do not have to be that hard. I always say '' Patience if I gave you to much, sweetie you don't have to eat it.- Most of the time Happily enough she eats the veggies first.  No bread or dinner roll was included nor potato's. The meat loaf  is Turkey.