Truth Be Told...

... I haven't started to exercise. I promised I'd be honest about all of this so there it is. I haven't started.

It's all so overwhelming. I'm the point person on the food. I do all of the menu planning. It isn't easy. It's more than throwing some meat on the grill and a side salad. I'm trying to keep it from being monotonous. Do you want to eat the same thing everyday? I don't and Steve really doesn't. He gets bored very quickly when it comes to food.

So I have to keep it from being boring, keep it within our daily carb count plus I have to keep it affordable. I've been scouring the internet for recipes. The Atkins website has many, many recipes but they're not all our cup of tea. Well, Steve's I should say. Steve isn't picky, he's just particular and he's having to learn to expand his list of foods.

For instance, I made chicken alfredo the other day. Full fat alfredo sauce is naturally low carb (ragu makes the lowest carb sauce I've found so far). Paired with some chicken and broccoli, that's an ideal meal for regardless of my 'diet.' We bother really wanted some noodles. I came across a low carb recipe website that recommended julienning yellow squash, sauteeing it in butter and using them as noodles. Can we say delish? Steve said they remind him of chinese noodles. So now he's willing to eat sauteed yellow squash which is a big yay for since I love squash.

Coming back from that tangent (I'm the queen of tangents)I am not giving up on the exercising. I've just had to be realistic. Completely overwhelming myself is a recipe for failure. So the goal is start this coming Monday.

As I was writing this, I had an idea. Instead of being point on food and exercise, I'm going to delegate the exercising to Steve and have him be in charge. That way, we're both bearing the load. Now I just have to tell him. :)

Wishing you a great Thursday.

~Amy