Day 3 - Update

Hey all -

I hope everybody is experiencing some small successes in their lifestyle change. Remember that if this is to change for good and for real that it will take a long time, that you WILL have setbacks and that is OK!!!! Just look at every new action you are taking, every urge you are resisting as POSITIVE PROGRESS - you will get there!

For anybody out there who is reading this and actually following me - thanks - a lot. I'm glad if I can provide any type of support or humor to you. I got a message from an old high school friend this morning who I wrestled with - Last person I expected to thank me for writing this to be honest - but it was AWESOME to hear from him and to get positive feedback on my efforts here - So if you enjoy reading, leave a comment or email me directly - I'd love to hear what you think!

First, an update on me personally:

Last night I hung out with my son and my brother - as I cooked a scrumptious little meal of chicken fingers and tater tots for my little man (is there any kid out there who does NOT like this combo?), I began cooking my "healthy" meal. I found a really cool, easy, and different recipe for sweet potatoes. They are better for you than white potatoes and I love them (so I naturally bought a CRATE of them at Costco!). Instead of the regular brown sugar, marshmellow and butter topping - this one involved mashing the sweet potatoes with a small amount of unsalted butter and a chopped Chipotle Pepper (basically a medium sized jalapeno that is smoked and soaked in Adobo sauce - very tasty but hot!) - I put some low fat sour cream on top to cool it off a bit but the flavor was INCREDIBLE and a nice change of pace - I'll post the recipe later. I also made chicken marsala - not the most healthy of dishes but not horrible - I cut out some of the butter to make it a little lighter. I've always wanted to try making marsala as I've only recently developed a taste for mushrooms - Another good flavorful dish that might need some tweaking in the future but I was pretty happy for a first try. (I know some of you might also think its a strange combo - it is - I would do the sweet potatoes in the future with a more mexican type chicken, or a pork dish and I would do the marsala with some whole wheat pasta or long grain rice)

Now - Dessert - I had gone to Whole Foods to pick up a few things and wanted to get Connor, my son a little treat. They have an awesome bakery there and I saw these chocolate chip sandich cookies that looked amazing. They really didn't look very big in the case so I got him two. Well - I took it out of the fridge for him and one felt like a 5 pound weight in my hand!! He only ate half of 1!!!!! So I naturally did what all people on a diet staring at a chocolate chip cookie sandwich with buttercream frosting inside would do - I saved them for Connor for another day........

Well I did that for the first 2 minutes, then I ate both of them!!! Sorry Con - next time Ill only buy 1 and you can have it all!!!!!

Well - if I have time tonight Ill be posting something about Sub-goal number 2 - EXERCISE - remember - balance and baby steps - try to make a small goal for this week to get even 15 minutes of exercise in each day that you didn't do before. For me, I'm heading to wrestling practice where I am trying to work out just a little bit more than I have been. Good luck to all and stay strong!!!