Okay I worked out today! Very happy! It was only 20 minutes, but it totally fit into my day. I meant to get up at 5 this morning and work out, but I was just too darn tired. So I hit the alarm, and turn on the 6:00 alarm.
My big debate of the night is this... do I want to buy the Turbo Fire workout from Beachbody and use it for my workouts. I'm scared of a couple of things, 1. that it's not tailored for people who are as over weight as I am 2. that I'll hurt myself 3. that I'll get frustrated because my body won't do what I want, and I'll spend 130 dollars for nothing. 4. its just a lot of money to spend on working out! So I decided to hold off on it. I want to get it, but I want to do it when I need a boost, when I get to the point in my weight loss when I am on a plateau and I need help.
I decided instead to go ahead and buy the Zumba dvds, I have it on my Wii right now, and I want to mix it up with some other workouts, because I need some variety. I LOVE Zumba, it's just like dancing, I don't feel like it's a workout, just like it's fun. I actually look forward to it. But until I get my DVDs, which I'm ordering as soon as I get done with this post, I'm going to do it on the Wii.
Tomorrow I WILL get up at 5 so I can do my 45 minute Zumba, today was only 20, because I didn't have the time for it.
Okay tonight I'm going to borrow another recipe that we did from Thindulge, but I mixed it up because there are just some things that I refuse to change, and some things about the recipe that I didn't like. So head over there if you want the original, but this is my version.
Sheperd's Pie
Ingredients:
For the Potatoes:
1 pound Yukon gold
1/2 pound cauliflower
5-6 oz of fat free evaporated milk
4-5 table spoons of butter
Salt and Pepper to taste
For the Meat filling:
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots
2-5 cloves of garlic (LOVE garlic, use as much as you want!) minced
2 pounds of ground beef- fat drained off
salt
pepper
1-2 table spoons of flour- if you want whole wheat use it, if not use regular, its only 2 tbsp
2 tsp tomato paste
1 cup chicken stock
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2-3 teaspoons of fresh rosemary leaves chopped (use the real stuff here, it makes a HUGE difference)
2 teaspoons of fresh thyme leaves, chopped
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/2 cup frozen peas
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Cut the potatoes into 1-inch dice. Place in a medium saucepan with cauliflower and cover with cold water. Set over medium high heat and bring to a low simmer. Add a generous amount of kosher salt and keep over a low simmer for 40-50 minutes, until fork tender. Drain the potatoes in a colander and mix in mixing bowl or with electric beaters/mixer. Add some of the milk and butter mixture until the desired consistency and flavor is reached. (You may have some leftover and that’s OK). Add salt and pepper to taste. The texture may be strange, but don't be fooled, it tastes great
While potatoes are cooking prepare the filling. Heat the pan to medium high. Cook the beef until brown, drain off all of the fat. Please drain your fat off, blah who wants nasty fat floating in their dish, even with a 90-95% lean ground beef, you will still have fat, so drain it off! But save some to sauté your carrots and onions.
Set aside beef and cook onions and carrots and garlic in a teeny bit of beef fat for about 3-5 minutes or until tender. Put beef back in pan, add stock, tomato paste, Worcestershire, rosemary and thyme and sprinkle flour over beef. Cook until the stock has cooked down and the flavor has developed- about 10 minutes.
Add corn and peas to the beef and CHECK seasoning- I needed a little more rosemary and thyme and salt. Spread evenly into a glass dish whatever size is best we used a 9x13 and cover the top of the mean with the mashed potatoes, try to get it at the edges of the pan, it's supposed to create a seal, but it still bubbled up for us, just more yumminess in the potatoes. Cook for 25-30 minutes. If your potatoes aren't browned, set the broiler until you have a nice crusty top, we did ours for 3-5 minutes. Remove and let cool for 10-15 minutes.
We couldn't wait 10-15 minutes to eat, so we just dug in, it was piping hot, but oh so yummy, this was a HUGE hit with the whole family, and stuck the to ribs, just like it should.
Enjoy!
Okay I was going to call it for the night, so I can buy my Zumba dvds, but I need to say something. The original recipe calls for light butter in the potatoes, without getting on my soap box, I would like to say an abbreviated version of it:
Light butter vs REAL butter
When you go into a lifestyle change like this- you always have to have the mind set of:
Everything in Moderation
That includes butter (Paula Dean!)- I wanted just enough to get a taste for my recipe. Because potatoes need a nice buttery flavor, part of that is the yukon gold potatoes, the other is Butter.
Plus have you ever looked at what is in Light Butter?
This is Land O'Lakes Unsalted Butter:
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 tbsp (14g)
Servings Per Container: Will depend on package size
Servings Per Container: Will depend on package size
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100
Calories from Fat 100
Calories from Fat 100
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11 g17%
Saturated Fat 7 g37%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 30 mg10%
Sodium 0 mg0%
Total Carbohydrate 0 g0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g0%
Sugars 0 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 8 %Calcium 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %Iron 0 %
Ingredients: Sweet Cream, Natural Flavoring.
CONTAINS: MILK
CONTAINS: MILK
Yes it does have 11 grams of fat, but look at what's in it. Sweet Cream, Natural Flavoring.
This is Land O'Lakes Light Butter:
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 tbsp (14g)
Servings Per Container: About 32
Servings Per Container: About 32
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50
Calories from Fat 50
Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6 g9%
Saturated Fat 3.5 g18%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 15 mg5%
Sodium 100 mg4%
Total Carbohydrate 0 g0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g0%
Sugars 0 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 8 %Calcium 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %Iron 0 %
Ingredients: Butter (Cream, Salt), Water*, Buttermilk*, Contains Less Than 2% of Food Starch-Modified*, Tapioca Maltodextrin*, Salt, Distilled Monoglycerides*, Lactic Acid*, Potassium Sorbate* and Sodium Benzoate* (Preservatives), PGPR* (emulsifier), Natural Flavor*, Xanthan Gum*, Vitamin A Palmitate*, Beta Carotene* (color).
*Ingredients not found in regular butter. CONTAINS: MILK
*Ingredients not found in regular butter. CONTAINS: MILK
Okay- it even tells you all the stuff that's not in real butter. Do you really want to put all that shit in your body? I know I don't. Why the hell do you need Tapioca in butter? It even needs to be colored, the COLOR isn't natural!!!
Okay there ya go, that's why this bother's me. Which is healthy? Straight from a cow? Or f-ed up butter stuff?
I go cow. Just remember everything in moderation!!
Okay I didn't expect to cuss, but I feel very strongly about this. Please please do research on the things you put in your mouth!! Besides checking to see what fat, calories, etc. is in your food, you need to look at the ingredients too!
Night ya'll!
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