TMoney took off today to hang out with me and the Maks with a K cuz it's cooler. Maks is sleeping the day away so Daddy is outdoors trying to figure out the lawnmower and why it's not working.
We'll make this blog a list of sorts. I have a lot to share but putting in story form won't do.
1. I've been baking. Made the brownie cookie/icing sammies jawns. PLEASE make these- find the recipe on Duncan Hines website. Anything that tastes like brownies has to be good, right? Right. Since I've been doing a decent job getting back to pre-Maks weight I need to check myself before I wreck myself**. With the light sleeping my son is up to (he "falls asleep" on me and I transfer him to a sleeping receptacle too early and he knows- so he stirs and wakes up- talk about "sleeping" with one eye open) I've had a ton of time to think. Combine my common interests (baking) with thinking and I realized that I wanted to get back to Jessica Seinfeld's cook book (hiding veggies in comfort food so it's healthier.)
The problem with her cook book is that the recipes calls for using cooked and pureed veggies or fruits in place of liquids- but suggests you make it in big batches and then use a cup at a time. I have ADD when it comes to projects so I want to make one or maybe two recipes and then put it away until some other time in the far and distant future. But I got to thinking...my MIL got us one of these pups for our shower. Guess what it makes? SMALL PORTIONS of steamed, pureed veggies! Woot! MF-in' Score! I can practice for Maks AND not have 45 half-cup portions of steamed cauliflower, beets and carrots in my freezer!
2. I'm working on my yoga cert. About a third of the way done. In my pursuit to find a way to make money and my atypical pregnancy results (I've got the pics to prove it...can we smell a marketing campaign?) and yoga training and the suggestion of a near and dear friend, I think I'm about to start a little business venture. I'm certified to teach YogaFit levels 1 and 2, pre and post natal classes and rehabilitative and senior classes. As a happy birthday gift to me, I signed up for the level 3 training in mid July.
So here are the problems- with my schedule as an athletic department administrator and a college coach, I cannot commit to a weekly class schedule. So Dear Friend suggested I market myself as a traveling yoga teacher. I email my friends and family and work on a strictly referral basis (so I don't need to buy a gun as a business expense) and I teach classes in a space you provide for either a flat fee or a per person rate.
Any of yous have any suggestions about this? Who knows a lawyer or an accountant that I can talk to? Hook a sister up.
3. Maks is going on his first set of recruiting trips this weekend. We're headed to Downingtown tonight, Drexel U tomorrow and Monmouth and Princeton Sundee. I hope he likes field sports...
**My results are NOT typical. I think I set myself up real nice (wink, wink, mouth click, click) prenatally, that is. As a rule, I DO NOT abstain from foods or drinks because they're aren't good for me. I live life like I wanna, dammit. Pre-Maks, I was consuming around a case of beer a week- and not curbing my eating habits. Let's say I was drinking Blue Moon- at 171 calories a pop a case of those little doggies puts me at over 4100 extra calories per week. That's over 32,000 s month! Getting pregnant put me on a 4100 deficit per week from the moment we knew (and actually, a week before that, just in case we were.) So I was on a diet IMMEDIATELY- and a good one. I kept up with yoga so I'm probably the healthiest I've ever been. I gained about 28 pounds in nine months but really, I was losing my beer gut as I was gaining a baby belly. So much cuter,
We'll make this blog a list of sorts. I have a lot to share but putting in story form won't do.
1. I've been baking. Made the brownie cookie/icing sammies jawns. PLEASE make these- find the recipe on Duncan Hines website. Anything that tastes like brownies has to be good, right? Right. Since I've been doing a decent job getting back to pre-Maks weight I need to check myself before I wreck myself**. With the light sleeping my son is up to (he "falls asleep" on me and I transfer him to a sleeping receptacle too early and he knows- so he stirs and wakes up- talk about "sleeping" with one eye open) I've had a ton of time to think. Combine my common interests (baking) with thinking and I realized that I wanted to get back to Jessica Seinfeld's cook book (hiding veggies in comfort food so it's healthier.)
The problem with her cook book is that the recipes calls for using cooked and pureed veggies or fruits in place of liquids- but suggests you make it in big batches and then use a cup at a time. I have ADD when it comes to projects so I want to make one or maybe two recipes and then put it away until some other time in the far and distant future. But I got to thinking...my MIL got us one of these pups for our shower. Guess what it makes? SMALL PORTIONS of steamed, pureed veggies! Woot! MF-in' Score! I can practice for Maks AND not have 45 half-cup portions of steamed cauliflower, beets and carrots in my freezer!
2. I'm working on my yoga cert. About a third of the way done. In my pursuit to find a way to make money and my atypical pregnancy results (I've got the pics to prove it...can we smell a marketing campaign?) and yoga training and the suggestion of a near and dear friend, I think I'm about to start a little business venture. I'm certified to teach YogaFit levels 1 and 2, pre and post natal classes and rehabilitative and senior classes. As a happy birthday gift to me, I signed up for the level 3 training in mid July.
So here are the problems- with my schedule as an athletic department administrator and a college coach, I cannot commit to a weekly class schedule. So Dear Friend suggested I market myself as a traveling yoga teacher. I email my friends and family and work on a strictly referral basis (so I don't need to buy a gun as a business expense) and I teach classes in a space you provide for either a flat fee or a per person rate.
Any of yous have any suggestions about this? Who knows a lawyer or an accountant that I can talk to? Hook a sister up.
3. Maks is going on his first set of recruiting trips this weekend. We're headed to Downingtown tonight, Drexel U tomorrow and Monmouth and Princeton Sundee. I hope he likes field sports...
**My results are NOT typical. I think I set myself up real nice (wink, wink, mouth click, click) prenatally, that is. As a rule, I DO NOT abstain from foods or drinks because they're aren't good for me. I live life like I wanna, dammit. Pre-Maks, I was consuming around a case of beer a week- and not curbing my eating habits. Let's say I was drinking Blue Moon- at 171 calories a pop a case of those little doggies puts me at over 4100 extra calories per week. That's over 32,000 s month! Getting pregnant put me on a 4100 deficit per week from the moment we knew (and actually, a week before that, just in case we were.) So I was on a diet IMMEDIATELY- and a good one. I kept up with yoga so I'm probably the healthiest I've ever been. I gained about 28 pounds in nine months but really, I was losing my beer gut as I was gaining a baby belly. So much cuter,
Comments
28 pounds? Dude. Amazing. I am going to try your Blue Moon diet before baby #2.