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Menu plan Monday lightens up
We’ve gotten far, far off track in our effort to eat healthier foods. I won’t tell Rockford’s tale, but I can tell you that I’ve gained 10 pounds since Pete was born. So this isn’t baby weight we’re dealing with here. It’s cookie weight. And pie weight. And other-delicious-foods weight. On the way home from our vacation, which involved quite a bit of time in bathing suits, we decided we’d better get back on track.
Monday: Honey Pecan Chicken. This doesn’t meet the “better for us” requirements, but I had one last package of it in the freezer.
Tuesday: Dinner with the in-laws
Wednesday: Sesame Orange Chicken. This is a new-to-us dish from Cooking Light.
Thursday: Sweet and Sour Tofu.
Friday: Three-Pepper Beef. This is another new one from Cooking Light.
Road trip II: The destination
The drive went amazingly well. It took a long time to get here, but the kids were great. Not a single meltdown.
Where’d we go? It isn’t Disney World, but we’re having a nice time anyway. We’re at my dad’s house for the week, visiting family and going through all the stuff we have stored here.
Part of that’s been a little depressing. Most of the clothes I’ve found are from a time when I weighed about 40 pounds less than I do now. What saddened me most about seeing them wasn’t that I’ve gained so much weight but that when I was wearing them, I was so focused on losing more weight. Oh well. Maybe I’ll get there again one day.