Most of my blog posts so far have focused on making meals using a multi-step recipe, mixing various ingredients, and sometimes multiple cooking styles. But in reality, being a shift-working mom, most of my meals are a lot more simple than that. Especially when I'm working certain shifts. Today was one of those days.
So without further ado, I present to you, tonight's very boring, unimaginative, but quite tasty and filling dinner: a grilled pork chop, steamed broccoli, and spaghetti squash seasoned with cinnamon and salt.
Sometimes boring can be good...
The extra perk with this meal is that I could make everything without any modifications for the rest of my family. Except for the boxed mac and cheese for them since I can't quite get them to buy into the squash. Yet...
Before I sign off for the evening, a few thoughts that have been running through my head about my workout journey.
Over the last couple of boot camp sessions, I've started to feel more like one of the gym veterans instead of a n00b due to all of the new faces that come with the start of a new year. It's an exciting time, and I've enjoyed transitioning to the role of motivational welcoming committee. It's also made me think about how far I've come since I started this new routine in late October. The most apparent changes are visual: clothes fit better ... or in some cases feel like they're falling off and increased muscle tone. But there are other, more important changes, too, like realizing you can do an honest to goodness pushup or noticing that it's not nearly as hard to do a sit-up as it was just a few weeks ago. I just feel STRONG! And let me tell you, that is some pretty powerful motivation to keep doing what I'm doing. So to any of you new gym-goers out there, stick with it because you will notice improvement and every bead of sweat will be worth it!
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