Wow...it's May!

I can't believe how fast this year is going by. Some days I am fired up on cooking, another day training, another day my practices, but it never lands all on the same day it seems.

Since my last post I have continued plugging along on the Jamie recipes - last week I made the tagliatelle and broccoli with cheese sauce. It was ridiculous. I went to Market Hall and got freshly made whole wheat pasta and some heavenly fontina. The recipe had me do something I would never have thought of. You boil a pot of water then place a bowl over it so that it's balanced on the rim of the pot. You put in a good amount of the fontina, parmesean, creme fraishe, and let it all melt. Then you add fresh herbs and an egg yolk to thin the sauce. You throw in your brocolli and pasta for like 90 seconds, strain, stir in your sauce and done. The whole think took about 20 minutes simply because I had to grate the cheese and read the directions. Yummy...

I've gotten really inspired around the training. I have been working on my business standards and also my website. I am doing a lot of research right now, learning about what other people are doing, how they are marketing themselves, what they offer, what credentials they have. The more research I do the more confident I feel in that what we do is unique and also valuable and at the same time I can see a hundred ways to improve. It's exciting, I'm so grateful I'm on this path.

So some days I exercise, some days I meditate, never am I meeting my 1 hour a day of a combo. It's still my ideal but I'm wondering why I gave myself something that requires such a leap from where I was when I started. I am trying to make small changes that will add up to an hour everyday because really I know that's what I need for my health, sanity and spirit.

I hope everyone is staying inspired and motivated. If there is anything you need let me know.

Love,
Ali

Hi Everyone,
I am no longer a "blog virgin!" Hope you all are doing great on your commitments. I still need to figure out how to control my mind and body with weight loss (it is work in progress) Life is good and I am feeling grateful for the very small things.
I realized after reading my commitments that I should not have set it up with a negative consequence because I should be able to accomplish my goals driven by the love and respect I have for myself (which is also a work in progress)
I will accomplish my big goals and currently on tract to do so (except for my weight loss which I will get a handle on) and plan to do so without a negative consequence but rather out of love and respect to myself. I am sending love and hugs to all of you. Dar

PS
Thank goodness for spell check

Hi Guys!
I have been a stranger!
I joined 24 hour in San Ramon and the gym is awesome I have a lot of friends that are members so I am hardly alone and sometimes I workout 2 or 3 times a day. I love the classes like kickboxing and dance.
The family is doing really well and we have taken to family kickball games on Sunday afternoons with our friends and neighbors which is a blast!

This week has been tough for me to stay on track and I have not written down my calorie intake at all, I have spring fever!

We paid one credit card 2/3 of the way down so far! and I have lost a total of 9.5lbs. I am on track.

Take care all of you and I hope you all have a wonderful Easter full of love and friendship.

Jamie is helping me through...

Hi Guys,

The face to face check in is approaching so I better get this off my chest now since I won't be there. For the last two weeks I have really fallen off the meditating/yoga/pranayama commitment. I just can't seem to get still enough to do it. I have had a tough couple of weeks so instead I've held on to the Jamie commitment and let cooking his awesome foods help me work through my stuff. I have to say that when I was rolling out the dough for the pie it was probably the most therapeutic I've ever found cooking to be. By the end, I felt amazingly better. Last night after serving the winter veg cole slaw (Jamie recipe) and herb crusted chicken (yummy bake shop purchase) I finally felt somehow relieved of the anger that has been hanging around me. This morning Owen woke up without the incessent neediness that's been driving me crazy and I was able to sit on the floor and just be with him. Lots of hugs and kisses flowed and I felt like wow we are on the other side of this bout with negative energy that had taken a hold of me and my household.

Jamie's Cricket Ball Squash
Acorn squash stuffed with sun dried tomatoes mixed w/ olive oil and spices baked for an hour and then served with arugula & goat cheese salad. Another Jamie homerun, super easy & delicious. Owen couldn't get enough which was fun to watch and now I finally know what to do with the acorn squash and arugula that come in the box during the winter.

Meditation, yoga, and pranayama have been just ok, I've gotten my meditations in but the yoga and pranayama have been harder.

Training started March 4th. Our first day when really well. It's just amazing that we are really doing this!

That's all for now.

Another Jamie recipe down...Tuna ceviche with salad shoots, herb cresses and a kinda yuzu dressing...off the hook good. The dressing is lime, grapefruit, and tangerine juice mixed with fried garlic & ginger, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Ridiculous! I'm slowly but surely making my way through the winter section, out of 16 recipes i've made 6 so I have 10 more to complete before spring starts - woohoo!! I love this commitment :-)

Hey Hey!

I am on track so far and 100% on my daily stuff. Added 3 and feeling good about coming in 100% at end of year. The bread thing has been a bit difficult lately though. Not too bad. Shawn made the amazing looking grilled cheese sandwiches for Kate and Joci and I wanted a bit so bad. Been craving sandwiches lately but all in all not too bad.
Peace out