Work it off Thursday- weight in

It has been almost one and half months on Trim healthy Mama diet. As you can see form this weeks menu, I'm finally fully on the diet. The food taste great and I'm not starving! That's the best part of the diet. I'm losing the weight and it's staying off.

My brother wedding and today lost of 8lbs!! 

I am also working out still. I am doing 10 minute workouts. Each day I do either abs, arms, and legs. This way I am focusing on one part of my body every day. 10 minutes are very do able, an I get a good workout in. 

This is the video I did for my arm workout

On top of the diet, I'm walking the dog 3 times a week. The dog is loving the walk. He is the best partner too! He is happy to walk with me too. It also gives us great one on one to work on his commands. I make him sit before we cross every road. I work on heal, come, and leave it, with him to while we are walking. 

TwoGrand app

I have also changes the app that I'm using to help me stay accountable. I'm using TwoGrand. It is free and you can post you meals. This app you don't worrying about logging the calories. Plus I love looking at what others are eating to get ideas! If you want you can look follow me at Missy22giggles.

Daily Goals- July 31st, 2014

     Good morning, I feel like I got a lot done this morning and gave hubby a scary. He isn't normal up when before I go to work. When he got up and saw me in the garden at 7am he got worried I would be late for work. He so cute!

What I can home to last night! We had a n
Blast! 

Today's Goals

1. Work- Today I work from 8am-6pm
2. Family Time - tonight we are going to have a campfire. 
3. Kids Kroner - play outside! It is so nice i want to enjoy the weather with them. 
4. Gardening - weed 1/2 garden box 4 so I can plant my fall cauliflower and broccoli this weekend. 
5. Gardening - research more on making my own seed strips. 

What are you doing today? Are you enjoying the weather? 

Reading ~ Free Gardening Kindle Books

Organic Pest Control: All-Natural Pest Solutions To Protect Your Garden! (100% Safe For Your Garden) [Kindle Edition]

 

Container Gardening Made Easy: Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Herbs and Vegetables in Your Indoor Garden [Kindle Edition]

 

Indoor Gardening Essentials: The Essential Guide for Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Home [Kindle Edition]

 

 

Growing Upside Down Tomato Plants: Learn How to Set Up a Topsy Turvy Planter (Vegetable Gardening) [Kindle Edition]

 

Get these while they are free and read along with me! Join me on Facebook at Pa Gardeners!

 

Daily Goals- Tuesday, June 29, 2014

I got up this morning and got moving. I sleep so much better when hubby's home. Yesterday went well and today should be good.

My spaghetti Squash in the garden bed

Today's goals 

1. Work - I work from 9am-6pm. Today is movie day so I'm excited the kids love that! 
2. Cooking- I need to bag up the chicks I bought that way it doesn't go bad. 
3. Personal - I need to write my weekly goals. 
4. Workout- I want to walk the dog and do 8-10min arm workout. 
5. Gardening - weed out garden box. 

What are you doing tody? What are your goals for the day? 

Reading ~ Free Kindle Gardening Books

Urban Homesteading: Become a Self Sustainable Urban Homesteader to Get off the Grid, Grow Food, and Free Yourself (Urban Homesteading: A Complete Guide ... a Self Sustainable Urban Homesteader) [Kindle Edition]

 

Aquaponics Fish: Best Fish Species For Aquaponic Gardening [Kindle Edition] 

 

 

What Everybody Ought to Know About Herb Gardening !!! (doctor gardening books collection Book 5) [Kindle Edition] 

 

How To Grow A Miniature Garden [Kindle Edition]

 

Get these while they are free and read along with me! Join me on Facebook at Pa Gardeners!



Cooking - Meal Plan for 07/28/2014 - 08/03/2014

I am on the Trim Healthy Momma. This deit has been working very well for me and my body. Come back on Thursday I will explain more about it on workout Thursday. 

My Trim Healthy Mama

JUL 28 - MONDAY My pepper, mushroom, laughing cow cheese omelet
snacks	(THM-S) Blueberry Smoothie
lunch	(THM-S) Egg omelet With Green Peppers, Mushroom And Laughing Cow Cheese
lunch	(THM-S) Chicken Salad With Dressing
snacks	Garden Fresh Cucumbers with dip (THM-S)
dinner	Manwich (off plan bc of ingredients)
dinner	Tossed Salad
JUL 29 - TUESDAY
snacks	(THM-E) Carrot Cake Smoothie
breakfast	(THM-E) Strawberry Shortcake Proteins Overnight Oatmeal
lunch	(THM-S) Taco Salad
snacks	Garden Fresh Cucumbers with dip (THM-S)
dinner	Breaded chicken
dinner	Sweet Potatoes all dinner will be (THM-E)
JUL 30 - WEDNESDAY Add caption
snacks	(THM-S) Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie
breakfast	(THM-S) Egg omelet With Green Peppers, Mushroom And Laughing Cow Cheese
lunch	Grilled Chicken
lunch	Sweet Potatoes all lunch will be (THM-S)
snacks	Homemade greek yogurt
snacks	Mix Berries - all snack will be (THM-S)
dinner	(THM-S) Scrumptious Steak Bites
JUL 31 - THURSDAY
snacks	(THM-FP) Salted Caramel Protein Smoothie
breakfast	(THM-E) Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
lunch	(THM-S) Scrumptious Steak Bites
lunch	Tossed Salad
snacks	Wasa Crackers
snacks	Laugh Cow Cheese - all snack will be (THM-E)
dinner	Taco Chicken- crockpot (THM-S)
AUG 01 - FRIDAY My garden cucumber
snacks	(Thm -S) Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Shake/Blizzard
breakfast	(THM-S) Egg omelet With Green Peppers, Mushroom And Laughing Cow Cheese
lunch	Taco Chicken- crockpot (THM-S)
snacks	Garden Fresh Cucumbers with Dip (THM-S)
dinner	Grilled Steak with grilled veggies (THM-E)
AUG 02 - SATURDAY
snacks	(THM-E) Carrot Cake Smoothie
breakfast	(THM-E) Brownie Batter Overnight Oatmeal
lunch	Garden Fresh Cucumber Boats With Tuna (THM-S)
snacks	Berry whip (THM-S)
dinner	(THM-S) Egg roll In An Bowl
AUG 03 - SUNDAY
snacks	(THM-S) Mix Berry Smoothie
breakfast	(THM-S) Omelette With Yellow Squash
lunch	Lunchmeat
lunch	Garden Cucumber Salad  - all lunch will be (THM-S)
dinner	(THM-S) Carnilas - Crockpot

Mmmm I think the menu looks good! Hubby and the little one will be happy. What are you cooking this week. Feel free to hook up your site to me, that way I see! 

Cooking and Homestead - Homemade Yogurt

In jar is Greek Yogurt, little container regular yogurt, big container whey

Yesterday, I decided to try to make my and homemade yogurt. With the new THM diet I've been following, I have been eating a lot of Greek yogurt. So I was wondering if it was cheaper to make it on my own or to keep buying it from the store. I followed money-saving mom's recipe to make my yogurt.

My milk in the crockpot

The recipe was so easy to follow! I put the milk in the crockpot and I cooked it, that let it sit for a little bit. After that I added already made yogurt to the crockpot. Then I covered it with a towel and left it sit overnight. 

I wasn't impressed with the yogurt. I used a gallon of milk, and 1 cup of Greek yogurt and I got about 2 cups of Greek yogurt out of it. I will try it again though and fix thinks I think I might have mess up. 

The bowl I mix the other yogurt in and my crockpot in a towel. 

Things I love about making my own yogurt

• It tasted so much better! It was sweeter than store bought. I don't think you need to add anything. I could have eating it all by myself in one sitting (I didn't)
• Honestly easy to make- it was so easy to make just took a long time but the stuff I had to do only took 10 mins at the most. Until I drained it that took 1/2 but if I had 2 cheese cloths and use the bigger strainer it would have been 1/2 the time! 
• Whey- I really want the whey to try these mash potatoes. (Ugh I can't find the recipe) but it will help me use what in the garden with THM approve. 
• I did get some yogurt for My little one's smoothies. (I will use the extra whey for that too she been really into them and that whey she getting the extra stuff her body needs) it was the extra dripping out of the great yogurt. 

Something's I will change and try again. 

• I double the recipe but didn't change my cooking time - that might have been why I didn't get a lot. It might not have gotten warm enough. I'm going to try again with the about of the recipe and see if I make more if it does then it will change my mind by a lot. 
• I don't know how active the yogurt was. - I'm wondering if fresh yogurt will be more active and make more 

*** If I can get 3- 3.5 cup of Greek yogurt out of a gallon. Then yes it will be the only yogurt we eat!!!