Balancing Act....

This last weekend we tried a couple new things....
1. grocery shopping from only a list
2. making a dinner schedule for 3wks of dinners (mainly from Hungry girl)
3. a new church
4. making dinner
5. me going to the gym during the week, instead of just off days

It has been so hard for me to develop any kind of routine in the evenings, especially when I come home exhausted from a VERY draining job, as so does the hubs. I want to spend time with my beautiful son, awesome husband, cook dinner, work out...So i just start made a change. My husband has been an awesome chef, never EVER thought I would get him in the kitchen but this week he proved me dead wrong. and that man can cook!!! these last couple weeks I started the c25k, im at the last day of my 2nd week because I love to run but need someone to tell me how to do it like my iphone app..haha! Anyways, back to the weekend. I guess you could say we are trying out this new balancing act and for me, that includes church, healthy eating, and working out. Ever since I moved away from home Ive never found a church like Firewheel Bible Fellowship, but this weekend I think we may have found something similar that both Derek and I both enjoyed. A huge part in my decision was the nursery, which Dreycin also had a liking to. Honestly I thought I was going to cry leaving him in there, but he just walked off from us smiling and looking at the adventure in the play room. When we picked him up he got a little emotional, acted like he was gonna cry but that all went away once this mama picked him up tight in my arms. Did I mention the new church has a sat 5pm service, which really works for our schedule because I like sundays to be our relaxing, pj kind of day around the house. This whole week with the exception of one night, we have cooked at home and both Derek and I are eating salads for lunch.

Sunday: black bean and cheese burritos (8min abs)
Monday: grilled cheese with granny smith apples and tortilla soup 1hr workout for me.
Tuesday: we ate Smokey Bones
Wednesday: Hungry Girl's GO fish Tacos (cod filets) these were YUMMY!! and I dont even like fish at all. 1hr workout for me.
Thursday: Hungry girl's pumpkin enchiladas again YUMMYYY!!!! with sauteed broccoli.

A few of my favorite items from whole foods right now:
Oikos greek yogurt vanilla w/ either pom seeds or rasberries
goat cheese
lemon hummus
Inko's white tea (all flavors)
tofutti (tofu sour cream)

Friday: pot roast with 1 can of wholefoods brand root beer
Saturday: Hungry girl's nachoriffic stuffed chicken

Hopefully tomorrow mornig ill make it to the gym :)