Putting New Year's Resolutions Into Action....

Lose weight and exercise are too big new year's resolutions for a lot of people. Evidence of this can be found in the Sunday ads for every kind of exercise equipment and clothing during the month of January. My husband and I are no exception. Our exercise goals include swimming at our local pool and going on weekly cross country ski adventures. This morning was the first morning that we made it to the pool. It actually felt good to be up and about this morning after our swim at 7:00am.

During the last year and a half I did three rounds of an hcg weight loss program that my doctor had referred me to. I was quite successful in losing weight while I was participating in the program and then I would have the required breaks in between and gain weight. So this time after I've finished my weight loss round I'm going to continue nutritional counseling with Anat, my nutritionist.

Anat and I have our first meeting today. One of my goals to eat healthier, not gain weight and establish a reasonable food budget for my husband and I. One of the tools that Anat shared with me today was googling or doing a key word search with items from your pantry that you have a on hand ready to use so you don't have to make a trip to grocery. I'd never heard of doing this. I had used other sights where you could pick one ingredient but not just doing a key word search. So I tried it....with garbanzo beans, eggplant and tomatoes. All of which I have in my pantry and a crock pot recipe popped up from the cdkitchen, so Paul and I will be enjoying the for lunch or dinner tomorrow.

I'll close with a few pictures from our recent cross country ski adventures on the John Wayne Trail and at the Cabin Creek snow park.

My husband on the John Wayne Trail out of Hyak snow park on Snoqualmie Pass.

View of the mountains at Cabin Creek road trail that heads toward Lake Kachess. The pictures are a little dark because we were skiing late in the afternoon.

View of Lake Keechelus Lake from the John Wayne Trail.

Finally me on the John Wayne Trail headed back to the car.