Fresh Start

Seems like I am always having a "fresh start" with this healthy eating. Some days I really want to start eating well and working out, and then the other half I could care less and just want the chips. Even though I eat great one week and bad the next, I guess it's just good that I start right back up. It's better than eating horrible all of the time.

On Monday I started back to my healthy eating. I worked out a little, but I wasn't happy with the amount I did.

Monday -
Breakfast - 3 eggs and salsa
Lunch, - Salad with ham, cucumbers, crotons, and cheese.
Dinner - chili dogs :/

 

 

 

 

Tuesday -
Breakfast - 1 apple
Lunch - Same salad as listed above.
Dinner - Baked ziti. (watching my portions!)

Tuesday (tonight) I did my meal prep for the rest of the week's lunches. It's pretty similar to the last time. It didn't fill me up though and I was hungry by 4pm. So this time I made more broccoli and added in some starch. I made the starch really bland so maybe I won't eat a lot of it :)

I just picked up 3 chicken breasts from Kroger and some Mesquite Marinade. Let it sit for about an hour and then bake at 350 degrees until done. Pretty darn good I must say.

 

 Meal preps : Mesquite baked chicken, steamed broccoli with garlic salt, and 3 small, boiled red potatoes.

Weekend Glimpse | St. Patty's

This weekend was St. Patty's Day weekend. Each year in Dallas they have a huge St. Patty's parade that begins early in the morning and then continues at the local bars. Rob and I have never been, and really don't plan on it. We aren't huge drinkers and I'm always worried about the drunk drivers/traffic on this big event. So we celebrated in a different way. Of course I wore green (not shown in picture), and then we stopped to get Lucy, our English Bulldog, an Irish treat.

 

Always taking the car pictures haha

 

Lucy's Irish Treat

 Then on Sunday, we had to make a quick trip to Austin for a funeral (on Rob's side). Though it didn't go as planned, we still made a great use of our "quality" time together. Once thing I wish we could have done more of, is made stops along the way to sight see. But, we were on a time crunch with my pup at home. So I took a few quick photos of our day.

Rob can never take a serious photo! Drives me crazy.

 While on our way down to Austin from Dallas, there is literally nothing but SMALL towns. We couldn't find a single place to eat since everything is closed on Sundays. I guess that's how they do it in the small towns.
We did, however, run across this place below.. I though it was quite strange. It's a Mc D's, hotel, gas station, and Grandy's all in one. It was right off the highway, with nothing else in site. *scary* haha.

Another goofy picture of Rob.

 I eventually had to start taking Selfie's since Rob wanted to ruin every photo. I guarantee when we get older and I pull out the photo albumn... this will be every single picture... Me trying to be pretty... and Rob.... haha

#Selfie

 We made a pit stop on the way back in Hamilton, Tx (??) for something to eat. We had to drive for a couple hours to find something besides a fast food place. I decided to do some creeping while sitting there waiting on our food.

 

This was the lady behind Rob haha.

 This restaurant said they were known for the Chicken Fried Steak and their Rib Eye. Well, they were out of their Rib Eye so Rob and I opted for this. Little did we know how massive this was and probably could have split this meal. I definitely think they need to reevaluate what they are famous for. This CFS wasn't good AT ALL. It was extremely "fried", way too crunchy, without any flavor at all. I think they just put some batter in some fresh grease and served it. The onion rings were amazing, once I peeled all the crunch off of it. Maybe this food didn't sit well with us since we both dislike greasy/fried food. The starter salad was the best part. Maybe that's what they are famous for ;)

 

Proactiv

The last time I posted anything regarding the acne on my face was back in November (click to read). If you've read along, I've been trying a couple different things along the way. Just using straight Proactiv didn't work for me.. Then switching to using a face cleaner and the Step 3 of Proactiv worked a little more... but I still wasn't happy with the way my face was looking. I just want the super clear skin without any painful acne.

 I finally got a science down to this acne though! Though everyone's skin is different, I think this could benefit a lot of people dealing with the same issues.

I always take my showers at night so I can just hop out of bed for work.. It takes me about 30 minutes in the morning to get ready by cutting out my shower time and drying my hair.
In the shower I take a bath towel with a scruffy side to it, put a quarter amount of facial scrub and wash my face for about a minute. I initially started doing this since Proactiv dried my skin out so much and left my skin extremely flaky. It was completely embarrassing going to work looking like I had some cookie crumbs or dried up milk on my face. ;)

As soon as I get out of the shower and dry my face I dip a q-tip in alcohol and rub on my face. Doing this right after the shower allows you to directly dry the acne and bacteria while your pores are still open. Once I do that once or twice and let dry, I put Proactiv Step 3 on my acne. I use moisturizer when needed..

Then, in the morning, I take the alcohol again and rub on my face once.

This  has resulted in beautiful skin! This is purely my opinion but I couldn't be happier with the results!