Trim Healthy Mama~ Fuel Cycle Day 1

I am loving Trim Healthy Mama I have lost 20 pounds since beginning it last month.  This week I am taking part of a "Fuel Cycle" with some other THMs.  I thought I would post my menus.

     Breakfast~ Two eggs fried in Coconut Ghee & 1 cup Earth Milk with protein powder and a couple pieces of ice blended
     Snack~ Fat Stripping Green Tea Frappe
     Lunch~ Salad at fast food restaurant (was not the plan, but did the best with what happened)
  It was a salad bar so I had romaine, sprouts, a tiny sprinkle of cheddar, celery, olives, and jalapeno ranch
    Snack~ Quart of Earth Milk
    Supper~ Can of 6oz Redhead sockeye salmon, cucumbers, red bell peppers with lots of homemade Italian dressing with lots of olive oil & Glass of Earth Milk
    Dessert~ Skinny Chocolate with a bit of mint extract (my favorite so far :) )

Bountiful Baskets January 19th plus juice pack add-on

This might be my favorite week yet :)  I am loving the juice pack add-on.

Juice pack~ cucumber, beautiful purple kale, carrots, celery, ginger, celery, parsley, beets with greens, key limes, lemons, and fuji apples.  I don't plan on juicing, but rather blending some in a green drink in the Vitamix and just eating.  I hope they do this again soon. $8.00

Basket~ pineapple, strawberries, oranges, Granny Smith apples, sweet small peppers, lemons, avocados, potatoes, bananas, onions, and salad savoy.  I have never tried salad savoy before, this is a white one with green tips, some baskets got a purple one. $15.00

Bountiful Baskets December 22~ gingerbread men, guacamole pack

Awesome basket this week, as well as wonderful add-ons.

Basket~ pineapple, eggplant, romaine, potatoes, pears, oranges, avocados, bell pepper, pomegranates, Asian pears, and onions. $15

Guacamole pack~ avocados, lemons, limes (look like Key), jalapenos, tomatillos, onions, and garlic.  I think this was the fullest add-on I have gotten. $8.50

Gingerbread men cookie pack with butter cream frosting.  We haven't made our men yet, but hope to soon and will try and post pictures :) $10

Bountiful Baskets November 17th~ Basket, Hostess Pack and Tangerines

Another yummy basket week~

Basket~ celery, romaine, oranges, pomelo, honeydew, potatoes, golden delicious smith apples, bananas, tomatoes, carrots and pineapple. $15

Hostess Pack~ onions, potatoes, leaf lettuce, Indian corn, mini pumpkins, granny smith apples, acorn squash, yams, cranberries, green beans and grape tomatoes. $15

Box of Satsuma tangerines $20 for 25 pound box

Operation Christmas Child Party

This week is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child.  Today we went to a box making party and it was such a good time.  We were able to be a part of packing 201 boxes today!  We brought our two complete and helped fill many more.  Our children really enjoyed being part of the process and choosing items for the boys and girls who would receive them.  We prayed and will through the week for the boxes to get to just the right children.

If you have the money, but not the time to get out and build a box this week and get it to a collection site Samaritan's Purse has a new option this year called Build a Box and you can do it online and they will pack it with the items you choose :)  It is $30 and that includes the suggested donation of $7 for shipping.

 

Next year I would like to go to the party again and I am already making notes on what I want to bring.  Namely washcloths, pencil sharpeners, more markers, watercolor paint sets, and toothpaste are the things right on the top of my head :)  A good thing might also be some address labels and pictures of the children to put with the letters.

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund

Unending Devotion
by Jody Hedlund 

Unending Devotion is about a lady named Lily on a mission to find her sister.  She is living in the late 1800s and is working with a man who is her foster parent taking photographs of men in the logging industry.  Lily finds herself in many dangerous circumstances, most of which are caused by her determination and rushing into situations before she had the help she realistically needed.  Unending Devotion has some very tense dramas and is hard to put down.

I really enjoyed Unending Devotion.  It had a bit of romance in it, but wasn't a book that was full of romantic overtones or plain lust provoking imagery.  I would recommend this book.

Bountiful Baskets October 20th Asian add-on, pomegrantes, bread

Another great Bountiful Basket!  It has been a while for us.

Today in our regular basket we have bananas, dino kale, romaine lettuce, grapes, pineapple, celery, large butternut squash, onions, Asian pears, pomegranates, and tomatoes.  $15

We also got the bread assortment with savory 9 grain (our favorite so far), a sourdough blunt, and a baguette.$10

Another amazing Asian pack including celery, waterchestnuts, bok choy, napa cabbage, a piece of ginger, garlic, onion, Thai basil, green onions, and peas.  $9 I am so excited for this!  I haven't gotten an Asian pack since getting my new wok.  The wok is such fun tool in my kitchen.  I also bought a negi cutter when I got the wok and haven't gotten to use it.  It is a really sharp tool used for making shreds with veggies. 

Oh and I bought a case of pomegranates, yum! They are on the small side, which will be great because I think the children will be able to eat a whole one in a setting and they will, they really enjoy them and so do I :) $18.50 for 22 pounds 

I am really glad I was able to make it work this week and am realizing what I have been missing, so I will have to see what I can do next week.