Let's Get This Party Started!

So I have never been so motivated to "diet" - isn't that weird?! Well, I don't see it as a diet anymore, I see it as "how I will need to eat for the rest of my life in order to not bloat, be in pain, and not have to live in the bathroom" - so, yeah...let's get this party started!

I went to the store and bought 1-2 weeks worth of food and some new spices. I am not the biggest fan of meat, so the plan I am basing this whole journey off of mentioned Boca Burgers as a vegetarian option for meat so I decided I would give them a try. Chicken was $1.88 a lb at HyVee so we bought two more larger ones (plus what's already in my fridge) so this will equal out to more than 1 weeks food for sure.

My 5-year-old daughter was telling everyone and their mothers at the store about how her mom "has a bad tummy so this food will help her" - which technically is correct. REALLY glad she didn't go into any other detail, Whew.

I made 2 servings of blackened chicken to add to spinach salads for Monday and Tuesday's lunches. I took the remainder of the chicken from 1 large batch and am marinating it overnight with garlic, rosemary, and red pepper. I will cook that tomorrow night for dinner (and share with the family) which hopefully gives me some left overs for Wed. lunch. I then made my own salad dressing with about 6 different spices, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and water. It seems just OK so we will see if that varies after my lunch tomorrow.

Well, my husband is done playing Final Fantasy and wants to go to bed, so off I go.