Day Fifteen - Round Two....The "J" TeamOnce again the "J" Team swooped into my home at exactly 9am and exited at exactly 11:00am. These lovely ladies had a mission and the mission was to clean. My cousin tackled the upstairs washroom again and hung pictures for me(many thanks). My mom tackled my front porch and front hall closet .....I am thinking that with the amount of stuff she threw out and the amount of bags of clothes and shoes she took to the VV boutique there is gonna be some very very happy large ladies. My cousin and my sister in law worked on the kitchen and more so on emptying out and cleaning out my fridge. They cleaned out and scrubbed all the shelves and re organized everything. The vacuuming was done for the entire main floor and the front door and windows were all cleaned. I'm telling you these smiling ladies can clean like no other! Again many many thanks to the "three J's". Once the "J" Team left I set to work. I made ground chicken chili, pureed fish chowder and ground chicken meatballs. I weighed the meatballs and packaged them in individual snack bags for the correct meal portions I will be able to eat in 12 days. The chili and the soup was measured at 1/3 cup and put in individual containers for meal portions also. Since my portions are so very small there would be tons left over but my mother in law is having a terrible time with her teeth and is having some dental surgery in the near future and cannot eat solids. Therefore I make bigger portions for her and package them up so she can have something she can eat. I freeze them for her so she can have different varieties to choose from to make her meals interesting. Hopefully this is helping her out. So yesterday I talked about planning and preparation. Today I think I am prepared. I have a few different options for meals when I am able to have solid foods again so I don't get bored. I think with having the meals prepared or at least partially prepared it will be easier to accomodate my work schedule and grabbing my meals while still preparing meals for my family. Less chance of saying "what the heck" and eating whatever. My goal is simple ....stay on track and succeed! Each day that unfolds infront of me is different some are tougher than others but Robert Louis Steveson said "Dont just each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."

Once again the "J" Team swooped into my home at exactly 9am and exited at exactly 11:00am.  These lovely ladies had a mission and the mission was to clean.  My cousin tackled the upstairs washroom again and hung pictures for me(many thanks).  My mom tackled my front porch and front hall closet .....I am thinking that with the amount of stuff she threw out and the amount of bags of clothes and shoes she took to the VV boutique there is gonna be some very very happy large ladies.  My cousin and my sister in law worked on the kitchen and more so on emptying out and cleaning out my fridge.  They cleaned out and scrubbed all the shelves and re organized everything.  The vacuuming was done for the entire main floor and the front door and windows were all cleaned.  I'm telling you these smiling ladies can clean like no other!  Again many many thanks to the "three J's".  Once the "J" Team left I set to work.  I made ground chicken chili, pureed fish chowder and ground chicken meatballs.  I weighed the meatballs and packaged them in individual snack bags for the correct meal portions I will be able to eat in 12 days.  The chili and the soup was measured at 1/3 cup and put in individual containers for meal portions also.  Since my portions are so very small there would be tons left over but my mother in law is having a terrible time with her teeth and is having some dental surgery in the near future and cannot eat solids.  Therefore I make bigger portions for her and package them up so she can have something she can eat.  I freeze them for her so she can have different varieties to choose from to make her meals interesting.  Hopefully this is helping her out.  So yesterday I talked about planning and preparation.  Today I think I am prepared.  I have a few different options for meals when I am able to have solid foods again so I don't get bored.  I think with having the meals prepared or at least partially prepared it will be easier to accomodate my work schedule and grabbing my meals while still preparing meals for my family.  Less chance of saying "what the heck" and eating whatever.  My goal is simple ....stay on track and succeed!  Each day that unfolds infront of me is different some are tougher than others but Robert Louis Steveson said "Dont just each  day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."
Steph