New Year new challenge!

I have neglected my blog for a while now....wow, it's been since October of last year that I wrote anything!  I need to get back on this.

First thing, I made a new years resolution and it's something I think I can stick to because, well it's fun and easy! First of all I plan each of our meals for the week....lunches and dinners....well in the dinner department its getting to be alot of the same things.  So, my new years resolution is at least once a week or two times a month, find a new healthy recipe and make it!  Tonight, we tried Turkey Chili for the first time making it ourselves and it was fun!  We like to cook together in the kitchen and it turned out great!  We are now going to be eating some leftover chili for a while, ha ha.  I know what I am going to have for lunch tomorrow, tee hee.

The first picture was us prepping the meat (turkey) and onions cooking them till done...then all you do is all the beans, seasoning (we made from scratch), and the diced tomatoes...stir it all in and let it cook on the stovetop for 1 hour.  I made some cornbread to go with this tonight.

My next adventure for next week is going to be Chicken and Artichoke Lasanga!   Here is the picture.  I can't wait to see how this turns out so STAY tuned :)

On another note, been sick with a cold/allergies/asthma issues so this new year hasn't yet allowed me to get to my exercise routines as much as I would like...actually not at all these past 3 weeks. I haven't worked out since before New Years Eve....it's bothersome, however, I am just currently trying to still eat right and keep my food journal going on Lose it and just trying to maintain and not gain anything...if I gain 1 or 2 here or there, that will be fine, I know in time it will come off...I have the whole rest of the year to get back on track...I have 13 more pds till my first goal of 150 pds...then I will try for my last 10 pds to get to 140 pds.  That's my goal for 2012 and I should be able to hit that by summer....at least I hope!

Everything else is going well, also another goal for 2012...save money the best we can, get bargains where we can, plan ahead on things and we are doing good 3 weeks into the year...we are back to getting food at the wholesale store (BJs) where we can get the everyday things we need in bulk and spend less over time.  It is really helping us out...plus they have a great organic fruit section for the winter time where other grocery stores seems to be dwindling out on their produce.

So, once I get this cold/allergy issue done, watch out world....2012 is my year!  :)