Work and Exercise

When my daughter got married she passed her housecleaning business to me~ this is my new job! I have only worked for little over a week and today I was offered more work.  This is a true blessing, because my husband's work has diminished over that last few weeks.  God has provided.
This type of work is excellent exercise.  I went non-stop for about 5 hours today.  Talk about body movement. Not only does this burn calories but it works and tones the muscles.  This has also improved my sleep habits.  Mostly because I get tired now.
I am listening to my youngest jump on the rebounder and I'm watching my son chop wood.  Both of these things are providing them with a good workout. There are many ways to get exercise.  Remember to make exercise a part of your life.

today's eats for me~
Smoothie~raw almond milk, banana, cacao, chia, mesquite, lacuma, maca
64 oz. of Green lemon/lime-ade

1 banana

Eggplant bacon, lettuce and tomato wraps with Vegenaise
Greek salad~cukes, tomatoes and black olives with Bragg's apple cider vinegar, lemon and a splash of cold pressed extra-virgin olive oil
Cheezy Kale Chips

dessert~Ani Phyo's donut holes

My husband just called and said he was down a few more pounds!!!  203 on the house scales!  He is pleased that he can eat and still lose weight.  This last loss occured after his all day smoothie feast.

His eats today~

1 cantaloupe

Mushroom Veggie Soup
Salad~romaine, corn salsa, carrot ginger dressing
2 donut holes

packed for dinner  and snacks
4 16 oz green smoothies~spinach, banana, pear, strawberries
carrots~1 sandwich baggy
celery~2 sandwich baggies
1 small cantaloupe

Sunday~Donut Holes and preparing for Monday.

I love Sunday's when we the whole family can attend church together for worship, teaching and fellowship.  My husband's crazy schedule for the last five years has made this extremely challenging and at times we were unable to attend for a great length of time. 
Jesus Christ is who holds my family together .  I pray that you  know Him! 

Now that I am a working moma/wife I have to be in the kitchen on Sunday's to make sure that my family has eats ready for the next couple of days.   So, today I made some veggie/mushroom soup to have in the crock for their lunch while I am working.  If your family is like mine..not everyone eats as much raw as I do.
I also have prepared roasted red pepper hummus or avocado for them to make sandwiches and a big bowl of romaine and other veggies ready for salad or sandwich fixins.
I also have Green Juice for my to-go bag in the a.m. I normally try to drink just liquids until mid-afternoon.

Veggie Mushroom Barley Soup~Not raw~this one is for the family
8 cups water
Seitanbacher veggie broth powder to taste~I kept adding more...
2 potatoes cubed
1 c. celery diced
1 c. baby carrots chopped
a few dehydrated green beans & zuchinni  & 1/3 c. dehydrated baby bella's I found in my pantry
1 can of muir glen diced tomatoes w/ garlic and basil
1/2 red onion diced
1/4 c. barley
2 cloves of garlic
1 T. parsley
1/4 t. thyme
3/4 t. oregano
1/4 t. basil
sea salt
braggs liquid aminos
lemon juice

My Eats for the day~

Smoothie~raw almond milk, banana, maca, lacuma, mesquite, cacao
32 oz of Green lemon/lime ginger~ade
(celery, spinach, lemon, lime, ginger and liquid stevia~juiced)

Lunch~ romaine wraps~spread w/ Rich Cheddar sauce, dulse flakes, shredded carrots, tomaotes and Braggs Liquid Aminos and tahini dressing
celery sticks

Snack~Amazing Green Grass Chocolate smoothie~ green grass powder, raw almond milk, banana, cacao, mesquite

Dinner~Kale Chips (from the dehydrator before they were done, so they are wilted, not dry)
Extremely lightly steamed (just to warm it a bit) broccoli w/  Braggs Liquid Aminos

I also made some of Ani Phyo's Raw donut holes.  My son has been waiting on me to make these for a year.
They remind me of Hostess Zingers.  Watch Ani make them here

1 c. almonds dry
1/4 t. sea salt
1 vanilla bean scraped, just use the seeds ( I used vanilla extract)
1 c. pineapple dried and sulfur free, chopped
1 c. dates pitted
3 T. shredded coconut and extra to roll them in

Chop almonds and salt in food processor and place in bowl
chop together dates, coconut and pineapple in processor ( I modified this part and it worked well for me)
mix all ingreds and make donut hole size balls and roll in coconut.  
store in a air tight container in cold storage.
Yummy~I ate three of these today!

I also have some Eggplant Bacon in the dehydrator

As you can see I posted twice today...the previous post was actually from Saturday......

I did get a reasonably good work-out  yesterday after setting up my room....
15 mins. on the rebounder, 20 mins. on the treadmill, 2 mins punching the reflex bag, 60 mins Hatha Yoga, ab roller, crunches and oblique work with a weighted ball.  I think I'll head back to the room after this post, but for just a brief hand weight set...don't forget to move.....