Name:Kristy Country:United States State:Texas Gender:Female
Interests:Travel, movies (except sappy romance like anything by Nicholas Sparks...gag me), reading, digital scrapbooking, photography, music (jazz - Sinatra style, rock, Christian rock, folk, blues, world; basically anything but country and most R&B/rap) Expertise:Useless information. Occupation:Medical
Ok, so I've decided to just use blogspot for now. I may decide I hate it but for now I'm only going to use it. So, if you want the address again, it is: http://changingmylifeonechoiceatatime.blogspot.com/
I am trying another blog site out for a little while & see how it goes. I like xanga but unless you have a xanga account you cannot subscribe or comment on a blog, so I'm trying out blogspot.com aka blogger.com for a little bit. I may continue to make posts here for a while & just copy & paste them there but I may end up moving the whole opperation over there. I've already moved a few of my older posts over there in trying it out. I hope you follow me there. :)
Two things really made my day today. First, I kicked my butt at the gym today. I arrived about 20 min early (I meant to be there 30 min early but that didn't work out) so I could get some of my cardio in before my work out with my trainer. I had to use a different elliptical machine today (one with the swinging arm poles) because all the others were taken. I didn't think it would be that bad so I put it on "cross country" mode & went at it. Then the resistance jumped up. Now, until today I usually use only a resistance of 1 or 2 but I've been trying to work myself up to 3 & 4. When I do "interval training" mode I do get up to a resistance of 8 for about 4 min at a time & it really kicks me in the butt. However, this one jumped up to a resistance of 10 right away & continued to increase up to a resistance of 20! Holy crap! I didn't think I would make it. I never thought getting to a resistance of 10 would be the "easy" level. Toward the end it jumped back up to 20. I didn't think I could do it but right before it jumped up, I was like, "yes I can, I can do this." When it gets really hard for me I have been doing a little something most people would probably think is crazy but it works for me & I really believe it is what is happening too. I imagine Jesus standing right in front of the elliptical cheering me on. I didn't think I could finish it but I did. I got off & thought, I will never do something so evil to my body again. But, after a few min. I decided I probably would do it again sometime. Well, after my work out with my trainer I went & got back on that thing for another 20 mins. This time I tried the "hill climbing" mode. Again, it kicked my butt. But I did it. I succeeded. I conquered the hill.
The second thing that "made my day" was also at the gym. While I was doing the cool down on my first experiment with the new elliptical I saw one of my coworkers go over & talk to my trainer. After I got off I walked over to my trainer & he said, "I just me another one of your coworkers." I said, "Was that ____? I thought that was her." Then he said, "What, do they only hire good looking people there?" At this point I kind of stopped in my tracks. I wasn't really sure what he was saying. Was he saying he thought I was good looking? Surely not. There is no way someone as hot as him would ever think I was "good looking." I kind of mumbled some sort of incoherent agreement that the girl he had just met was quite beautiful. The he says, "Yeah, I mean, there is you, & ____, & now her." I was completely shaken. He did say I was pretty. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't for a second think that he is coming on to me or flirting with me or anything like that. We are just friends, really less than that, I'm his client. But it really made me feel good.
I lost another 4 lbs this past week. Don't ask me how. I didn't get to work out like I normally do but I stayed way under my calories & drank a ton of water so maybe that helped.
I ended up having to work July 4th but it was actually a blessing. I was originally supposed to work on Christmas but the girl that was supposed to work on July 4th said she would rather work Christmas so we traded. Yay. So, for the first year in like 2 or 3 yrs I will actually be with my family on Christmas Day. Yipee! I may actually have to work Christmas Eve & just have to drive home on Christmas Day, but still, I'm excited. It will also be the first time in several years all 4 of us cousins will be together during Christmas. I'm hoping to get off the week after Christmas but since I took it off last year, I may not get it off this year (we all have to take turns).
I may post this weeks video here later but it is taking forever to load today.
4 T butter, divided 2 Cod fillets (4-6 oz) (frozen or thawed) Salt & pepper to taste 1 T of fresh lemon juice 2 tsp grated lemon zest 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 T snipped chives
Melt
2 T butter in a large nonstick skillet over med. heat. Rinse any ice
glaze from the frozen cod fillet under cold water; pat dry with paper
towel. Saute 6 min. per side for frozen fillets (varies by thickness)
or 3 min per side for thawed fish, turning once. Cook just until fish
is opaque throughout. Season fillets with salt & pepper. Remove
fillets from skillet; keep warm. Wipe out pan, if necessary. Add
remaining ingredients & heat thoroughly. Spoon sauce over fish to
serve. (http://www.cookitfrozen.com for more recipes)
How I did it for this recipe:
Cooked
cod same as above only omitted butter for a non-stick spray. Then I
only used 1 T of butter (I could have probably used less), lemon juice
(I didn't measure, I just squeezed all I could out of a lemon), lemon
zest (again, I didn't measure, I just did as much as I wanted), &
cayenne pepper (didn't measure, just guessed). I didn't use chives
because I didn't have any & I'm not a big fan of the anyway but, if
you like them, go for it.
Nutritional values my way for 1 whole fillet Calories: 190 Fat: 7 g Fiber: 0 g Protein: 15 g
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't for a second think that he is coming on to me or flirting with me or anything like that. We are just friends, really less than that, I'm his client. But it really made me feel good. 
