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So I took a long break to figure some things out. I found a great job that is close to home and my kids school. In my current role at work I have daily opportunities to help people and that is one if my goals in life.

Goals are great and we all should take time to evaluate and revise our goals regularly or we will become jaded. For years I have wanted to run the Army Ten Miler but something gets in the way. The first year it was due to medical issues, another year it was due to my work schedule. This year however, I am more determined to train properly and run the Ten Miler in 2 hours.

I do have some recent medical set backs but they are also my motivation to do this race. I came back to my blog to document my journey because I thinks goals are important and when we achieve goals, we become stronger mentally and emotionally.

I signed up for the race on May 23rd, a few hours after my upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. I know my health is not as good as it used to be and that is largely due to a change in my exercise routine and diet. Preliminary results of that procedure suggests gastritis. I have been reading up on the topic since then. One of the key changes I need to make involves what I put into my body.

First challenge is coffee and all other caffeinated beverages. The next thing is alcohol and that won’t be a problem because I rarely drink alcohol as it is. I’m also going to stop eating all processed foods, fried foods (not really a problem, I don’t like fried foods). I will definitely have a hard time giving up process foods since most the foods we Americans eat is processed. I am looking forward to getting healthier and having more energy for myself and my lovebugs.

Thank you for stopping by 😀

I haven’t posted anything for some time now. I have been busy dealing with life and all its challenges. I have worked on some new recipes and spent time with my loves. Summer has been great so far but I am actually looking forward to the kids going back to school. I love our time together but they have been especially challenging this summer. By that I mean, keeping them interested in activities and wanting them to eat right. My youngest has been doing a superb job at pushing me to improve on my cooking skills because she has become an intense picky eater. She will ask for something and then refuse to eat it after I have spent hours planning and cooking a meal she asked for.

I surely hope that she doesn’t get weird with tonight’s dinner because it is one of my favorite and easy meals to make. Here are the ingredients if you want to try it out.

Ingredients

Spaghetti Squash

1 pound of cubed lean beef

1 can of Hunt’s diced tomatoes with basil, oregano and pepper

1 tablespoon of turmeric

1 tablespoon of curry

1 tablespoon of grated ginger

1-2 teaspoons of gluten-free boullion

black pepper and sea salt.

2 tablespoons of chives

1/4 cup of oil

Directions

Cut the squash in half and bake for 60 minutes on  350 degrees. Take out the squash and let it cool completely before using a fork to pull out the noodles from the pod. Set the noodles aside and then work on the sauce. Heat up the oil and brown the beef on medium to high heat for about 10 minutes. Add the turmeric, curry, bouillon, sea salt, pepper, ginger, chives and cook for about 5 minutes before adding the tomatoes. Cook on low to medium heat for 5 more minutes. Add the spaghetti to the beef mixture and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Serve after cooling the meal for about 10 minutes.

My little diva didn’t like dinner last night but she ate it anyway. I have a new policy on meals now, either eat what I make or stay hungry. She apparently didn’t like the idea of going to bed hungry so she ate some of her dinner. She did however, woke me up in the middle of the night demanding more food. Not sure if that was a win for me or her but I will update you all later…parenting is an interesting game of diplomacy.