New Find

One good thing about counting calories (well, besides loosing weight!) is how you become very conscience of not wasting any. When you are limiting the number of calories you consume each day, you very quickly realize how important it is to make every bite count for nutrition and taste! I've found that you really enjoy your food even more and you are so much more purposeful about meals and cooking. It's fun! You also tend to seek out new foods to keep things interesting. Foods that are healthful, tasty and satisfying.

My newest love is this Lipton Bavarian Wild Berry tea.

At 0 calories it's a super mid-afternoon taste treat to look forward to! Very refreshing and yummy!

Just right to sip while looking through my chicken books! ;-)

Update - I tried Island Mango and Peach this afternoon! Yum! I think I need to try all the different flavors!

My Summertime Friend :-)

Where I go, it goes.

Where it goes, I go.

My water glass...with a straw.

A summer slim down's best fried. ;-)

The Old Fashinoned Way

I am really serious about slimming down this summer.

And I'm going to do it the old fashioned way.

Increased exercise and counting calories!

I am a firm believer that nothing is ever accomplished

without a plan!

So I worked up a little Slim Down Notebook

to keep me organized and accountable.

A page for weekly measurements,

and daily log pages -

to track meals,

water intake, exercise,

calories and fat.

Expect lots of motivational quotes to appear at Heritage Schoolhouse over the summer!

And don't worry, I will still be posting weekly menus and new recipes! I still have to feed my family. :-) Some meals might be a little lighter, but hopefully in a way that my family won't even notice. ;-)

Happy Summer Slim Down!