Frozen Tilapia meal

My girl has been crazy busy lately and it seems that if I bust ass daily I am just able to keep up with things! (Though I was very lucky this weekend 'cause Bunny had Saturday evening and Sunday off!) She was quiet as a mouse Sunday morning so I could sleep in. I did, too. I didn't get up til 9:38 that morning! What? Anywho, so I have been picking up things to nuke when time is an issue and I found these new fish dishes. They have been really tasty and the sodium is not bad, actually they are not bad at all! Just look like space food!

Grilled Vegetables Mediterranean

This was last Thursday's meal!
Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Mediterranean Inspired Grilled Vegetables Mediterranean. Again, it is not yet on caloriecount.com, and here we go:

Calories 220

Total Fat 2.5
Saturated Fat .5
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 600mg
Potassium 470mg
Total Carbohydrate 42g
Dietary Fiber 7g
Sugars 7g
Protein 6g

Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 6% Calcium 6% Iron 10% Thiamine 10% Riboflavin 10% Vitamin B6 8% Vitamin B12 8% Pantothenic Acid 10% Phosphorus 20% Magnesium 15% Zinc 10% Selenium 15% Manganese 50%

Indiviual componets:
Vegies - A.
Rice - A-mazing! We will talk more about this below.
Sauce - Nope, this one is - while not bad - not really anything!
Overall meal:
Another perfectly cooked meal - and, as promised, I am going to go ahead and declare that you can just go ahead a bet on a well cooked lunch if you go with this line and set the microwave for the right amount of time. This sauce is a very weak (to the point of almost not being there) version of the previous Mediterranean meals sauce. (BTW - when I realized I did these on back to back days I saw my own lack of a smart choice.) I am a bit of a blander side of things person (cooking, this only applies to cooking) and if I notice something is a bit flat it is probably VERY flat for a person who really enjoys FLAVOR that punches the tongue. So, for me where I could maybe see a fail with the sauce there is a HUGE, RIDONKULOUS PASS with the rice. A PASS that makes me think all of these could be winners on some level. Ready? Rice. I love rice - I HATE REWARMED rice. I don't like it warmed later in the day, or fridge and then warmed and I can not stand frozen rice! So, now that you know that you can imagine the disdain that I approached this meal with (take whatever you imagined just now and times it by ten, still probably not enough!) This rice was - PERFECTLY cooked. It was as if I cooked it myself on the stove. Fluffy, soft with a bit of substance! I am about to say I love HC and their Cafe Steamers!

Today's Gourmet - Field trip last Thursday!

The girls and I woke up on time and had our shiz together, in fact I had time to make eggs for breakfast. As I was taking the eggs out little Putt asked for a job. I put her on lunches, not making them but getting everything together. Putt took the turkey out of the fridge noticed it was open when a few pieces fell out, her reaction to this? But of course she dumped the rest so that the cats could feast with abandon. Argh! So suddenly I have to pick up lunch, I no longer have time for eggs. At this point we barely have time for mobile breakfast, which is what we ate.

So the other day we had a field trip to go on, little Putt and I. I love doing these school things with the kids, but this trip was so wretchedly wrong from the jump! First of all it rained all morning and the pumpkin patch was a sloppy mess, but that was a nonissue for a while because we did this -

for an hour. That’s right, we just waited with NOTHING for the kids to do before we took the first graders to watch this for 45 minutes.

Don't get me wrong, my child loved the movie. I pride myself on having kids who are pretty age appropriate. Still, most of the kids are over Elmo and somewhere around the ten minute mark it became painfully obvious that our group had already sat for an hour too long. Even the kids who wanted to watch couldn't due to noise, so they gave up and the noise got worse.

After that we went to pick our pumpkin. The teacher made a rule that kids had to carry whatever pumpkin they picked. I seems to me that we should have done the patch last then, so that we wouldn't have to haul the dang things around. What do I know, I am but a parent. On ward, to the patch! Putt and I select a pumpkin and then take a few pictures and then.... We sit, again. For twenty minutes, in the sun, running isn't allowed, nor is browsing once you have picked your pumpkin. Uh huh. This sucks.

After that we headed to this -

the hay ride. We waited, again, for 20 minutes and then boarded and then waited and then took a five minute jaunt around the patch. We unload and are told to go have lunch on the tarp -

where, once again, there is no running, playing or general fun allowed. We are told to sit and - you guessed it - WAIT after we are finished. Finally we are allowed to release the children (who, as you may remember, are all still carrying their pumpkins from earlier) into the main attraction -

which was a big construction fencing square that had a bunch of balls for the kids to play with (or kick, since they were still holding pumpkins.)

The trip sucked, but lunch was good! Check it!

Oh, pretty!

I might have mentioned that I am trying to get more into my sewing. I recently picked up a pattern for a purse and some pretty fabrics. I am going to try to get this done this week. Keep my hands busy. Maybe instead of baking I will get this purse sewn!

Keeping Busy

I mentioned keeping busy was part of my plan this past weekend. Girl, I bit off more than I can chew. (Hello, that's a lot. After all my pseudonym is Little FAT Me, clearly I can chew!) First off, my neighbor invited us to take part in a neighborhood garage sale and so we sorted somethings we had been meaning to get rid of Friday night. Saturday morning, bright and very early we headed across the street with out goods. 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon, that's right. That is a lot of sun and heat and sweat! I got a break because I went to my WW meeting but when I got back it was to the grind.
After that we have a brief walking tour planned BUT my legs were too messed up and I had to call it off. GoB was great about that.
We watched some Seeker on Netflix and then headed out to shop at WallyWorld and have a bit-o-sushi. After that we went to the bar and watched the Broken Heart Pharaohs play a few songs until well into the night (early morning.)
Sunday I drove to Mimi's house to pick up her and the kids. It was an insane few and I am proud of myself for sticking with this new life and for being quite active despite the pain I feel. I am proud of my GoB because she dealt with me, sleepy and hungry and sun burned, like a sweet and loving pro!

Keeping busy.

There are a lot of things that are helping me stay off the food drugs and commit this time. I would say that prayer is a big one. Not like I went to bed, said a prayer and BAM woke up changed. No, I have been praying that one day my story could be a success story, one day I would have the courage to testify. I said, "God, let be be a size that I would be comfortable talking to many, for You." It wasn't like He straight talked to me, but I heard Him in my heart. He said, "You are ready, you just have to step up." That's right, He will give you strength but He will not do for you. Not if you are able bodied, and I am.
After God, I have the support of my family. My beautiful partner is currently WW with me. My Auntie and my BFF are also checking in. My (hatefully) skinny sister cheers me on and my daughter, while sad that I won't be round as she has come to think mothers should be, is still happy that her mother is getting healthier everyday!
I have my blog - I swear, I just bring my obsession, my fears, my thoughts and my cravings and I lay them on this blog and it works! I also bring my victories and it's been awesome. To have this space and have this time.
As another weekend approaches and the children will be with MiMi I thought to myself - keep busy. Find things other than food to do. I decided to embark on a sewing journey. I am heading to the fabric store this afternoon, after I get my hair did - that's right! Getting the hair DONE! Yay! Anyway, I want to make dresses and a bag of some sort - maxi style dresses. Not dresses this weekend, I will be happy just having a dress done this weekend. I just might, too!
See how badly I need something done to my hair? I'll post another pic sometime this weekend of the Ta-DA!