To.. resolutions

So, I dont recall if I have ever made resolutions in the past ... I'm going to say no since I cant remember.  I always try to eat healthy, work out, and set high standards for myself for how I treat people and how I act.  I do that every year, well everyday, I try to do.  This year I decided I would make a few resolutions to see if I could stick with them.

The first one is to read the One Year Bible, everyday.  By the time Dec 31st comes around, I should have read the entire bible.  It is something I have never done and Im committed to doing it. 

The second one I made is to stop gossiping at work.  Yes, this one I probably shouldnt be doing in the first place but its very difficult when you work with 6 men.  I swear they are more chatty and nosy then women.. and I, of course, feed into it since I hold all the information.  Well, I decided Im not going to do it anymore.  Im going to keep my mouth shut, just stick with work business, and not talk bad about anyone, no matter how mad they make me.  Well this resolution has already been a fail but I know its something I need to work on.  I swear these guys test me and with all these hormones running through my body, its hard to be patience and understanding at times... especially when they are driving me crazy! This was a bad week, next week I will start fresh. (I want to note that I have stopped gossiping in my life (its been a year), being from a small town, its very easy to give in to it since everyone knows everyone but I reached a point I had to stop, talking about people is draining and a waste of time!)

The last one is to eat healthy and work out routinely.  With first trimester, I had morning sickness from about 10 am until I went to bed at night, every single day for 8 weeks.  My midwife gave me permission to eat whatever I wanted.. she told me in the 2nd trimester I need to change my habits to healthy ones.  Well I took her advice.  I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and however much I wanted! Thus, gaining 7 lbs in the first trimester.  :) Donuts, french fries, cookies, chips, my daily intake of chocolate, those were my favorite vices. 

Now that Im well into the 2nd trimester (18 weeks), I guess Im a month in.. wow... lol.  I am eating a lot healthier but I still havent made a full committment to really eating healthy.  I still eat chocolate, candy, chips, fried foods, donuts.. just not as much.. and I focus a lot of my eating on fruit, cereal, eggs, peanut butter, whole grain bread, V8 juice, milk, and orange juice.  I dont want to balance myself out anymore, I need to focus on eating healthy with the occasional treat.  Im up to 11 lbs right now, which I think and hope is normal but my workout partner started working nights so now I only work out once a week instead of 2-3.  Luckily, Dan made a resolution to lose weight and get healthy.  Last night we talked and made a committment to working out Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.  Im so happy and blessed that I have a plan and a partner to stick with it.   

Another resolution I should make is to clean out our extra bedroom!! I need to buy bins and storage things to box everything up (to store at Elizabeths house lol) so I can get it out of there.  I still have some huge furniture pieces that I need to decide what to do with (purge!).  Its hard living in a little space with not much room, you really have to be creative!

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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas (from babyfit.com)


Serves: 6

By using nonfat sour cream and yogurt, this recipe greatly reduces the amount of fat in the dish.

INGREDIENTS

1-1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded into bite-sized pieces
4 cups torn fresh spinach leaves
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 (8 oz) carton of nonfat sour cream
1/4 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
2 tablespoons whole grain flour
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup 1% milk
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
6 whole wheat tortillas, 6-8 inches in diameter
1 1/2 low-fat shredded cheddar cheese


DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium sized saucepan, cook fresh spinach with a small amount of water, covered, for 5 minutes on medium-high heat.

2. In a large bowl, combine cooked chicken, spinach and green onions. Mix well and set aside.

3. Make the sauce: In a medium sized bowl, combine sour cream, yogurt, flour, cumin and salt. Add milk and jalapeño pepper and mix well.

4. Pour half the sauce into the chicken and spinach mixture and mix well. Divide the filling among the tortillas. Fold opposite ends of a tortilla up about 1 inch over filling then fold the left and right sides over the folded end, overlapping.

5. Place filled tortillas, seam sides down on an (ungreased) rectangular baking dish.

6. Spoon remaining sauce over the tortillas and bake, uncovered, in a 350 degrees F oven for about 20 minutes or until heated through.

7. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese and let stand for 5 minutes.

8. Top with salsa and chopped green onions as desired and serve.



NUTRITION INFO

Calories: 351.5

Fat: 9.8 g

Carbohydrates: 30.5 g

Protein: 36.2 g