ONE MONTH ADDED to my life :)

WELL.... I DID IT!!!!!!!  it's been ONE MONTH EXACTLY since i quit smoking...    and i feel pretty damn good about myself!!!!!   Everything else should just come easily to me now :)  I only gained 2 pounds in that entire month.. woohoo!  (and it's lost... lol)  I'm back to 183 now...   i yo yo'd a bit in the past week or two.. but that's bc of schedules and emotional issues i've been dealing with..     Today... One month later, marks a new beginning for me.   I made it this far.. and i can't wait to finish my journey!!!!     

 lemme add some pictures of the foods i've cooked in the past couple weeks,,, i do apologize to any readers out there that have been checking on my blog... as i haven't been doing much blogging.. but seriously... with ty now in CEEDS, and full time baseball.. OMG~  btw on that note.. yesterday..my boy! he hit the ball, made it to first...and STOLE 2nd 3rd and home.. sliding to home might i add... i was so proud.. i jumped up and down encouraging him/his speed/ confidence..... and yelled THATS MY BOY as he gracefully slid into his well deserved home plate.    it was one of the most rewarding moments i've had in his sports journey.  lol

    Ok.. now, onto food! 

Asparagus and pasta salad goat cheese, homemade vinegarette, dreamfields,raw broccoli, baked asparagus.. recipe found on Atkins.com under Phase One ;)

double decker on a whoopsie

parmesan fried zucchini (4 yr old taste tested and aproved might i add ;) )

HEAVEN!!!      sausage (casing removed) w asiago,parm, and mozzerella and onion Stuffed inside of white mushroom caps mmmmmmmmmmm

swiss cheese and green onion mini quiches




yeah... all pretty darn delicious!!!   i currently have the pasta salad sitting on the counter w a package of tuna in it..   i'm waiting for the hard boiled eggs to cool...and i'll add one to it diced up... THEN i plan on making Chile deviled eggs.. ALSO found on the Atkins web site under Phase One.       As for the parmesan fried zucchini... WOW.. quite tasty..and salty enough as is (because of the cheese) so..taste them first before adding your own salt to them.         I used the remaining zucchini and boiled it.. ill serve it aside some chicken or something later.         I think tomorrow, (or today) i'm going to make the Cobb salad (minus the corn) ... bc the rest of this week will be insane.. and everyone has games or drop offs or pick ups at dinner time.. so, i'm trying to cook as much as i can in advance...so that when we get home from the baseball field, or bowling alley or dr's or dentist's office  (yes that is ALL just this week... w something EVERY DAY except today) ... all i have to do is heat it up or plate it up.


MAN today is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful out!!!!!  gonna hit 77*! !!!!!  a much needed and appreciated change from .. well, even yesterday.   48* and very windy.. sitting in the bleachers.. for over 2 hours.. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr       i can feel my face is already taking to the Irish in me... grrrr   not to mention the meds i'm currently on... i burn easily..   :/      I'm so nervous about Monday... i get the answers to my blood results...   I hope it's not lupus... I tested negative for RA...   all i know is my white cells are high, my inflammation is high... ANA possitive.. and EXTREME Vit D Deficiency (hense the teeth)  OH!  thats my next step btw...

Ry has 3 dental appts one every wed of this month except the last.     I'm going to try to pay off the dentist by May... so i can get my new smile!   the rest of my teeth minus the back bridge are DONE! well.. kinda.. my left side is done.. i have a few fillings to be done on the right side.. which dr said can wait... my front teeth are next in line.. i'm not looking forward to the two root canals.. but the meds i'll get will help with that     then i can smile and be me again :)   MAN! I've accomplished SO MUCH THIS YEAR!   2011 has most Definitely been a wonderful year of accomplishments and Changes for me...and ... the best is yet to come.  :)))))))  well, that's all for now i guess.    If you're anywhere near Jersey and having a beautiful warm sring day.. go out, enjoy it! if not... i'll send warm wishes your way :)