How DID that Stella girl get her groove back anyhow?

I have been lazy in keeping up with my blog. I still haven’t got my groove back. Food is just atrocious but at least I’ve been moving, thanks to the two challenges I’ve joined. I did meet all but one of my goals from the previous blog and nearly got back on track. I planned the entire day of meals and stuck to it. I got off my rear and did some Zumba. I not only made a grocery list but I did the shopping and got some nice foods. I made two new recipes, and I bought a new journal. I’m still not all that organized with my classes but I’ll get there.

I made this fish from a recipe from the WW magazine. It was SO good.

It looks a little nasty in the picture but that was leftovers taken out of the fridge just to get a picture. It was really good. It was salmon dipped in a mixture of plain FF yogurt, dijon mustard, and baked in the oven. The leftovers were really good, too.

I also made a meatloaf with 1/2 very lean ground beef and 1/2 ground turkey. It was very good the first night. But the leftovers were kinda nasty. I don't think I'm all that cool with ground turkey.

And here is Rico's dinner. Yes, I know he's a boy dog and yes, I know his bowls are a little girly fru-fru, but I fell in love with them and nothing else would do.

After that first day I was back into the yucky habits again. Fast food, junk food, blahhhh. I had my granddaughter here so I didn't worry about what I ate and just had a blast with her. Now I'm sick and am off work until Tuesday night and not worrying all that much about anything. The scale looks scary but hopefully it's just a temporary thing.

Here is my pretty new journal.

I ordered a set of Zumba workout DVDs from zumba.com and I am so excited to have my own DVDs instead of pilching from youttube. I'm going to look for some Zumba compatible shoes tomorrow to be ready when the DVDs come in. I wish I could fit in the Zumba outfits but that will be a nice goal to shoot for. They have a lot of Zumba classes at my work but I'm not ready to shake my bootie in front of my coworkers just yet.

And I'm determined to order my charm bracelet tonight before I go to sleep. I keep looking for the perfect one and looking and looking and looking. But I'm going to settle on one tonight. And go ahead and get a couple of special charms, too. I'm getting the charm bracelet to reward myself for my different weight loss milestones.

I REALLY need to get my groove back. I'm going to try to do better tomorrow and start by going ahead and getting a meal plan for tomorrow.

Update with hubby: he has been going to his classes and they seem to be helping. One of things he was supposed to work on was to accept responsibility for what he's done and he has been. He hasn't been blaming me for anything and he apologizes nearly every day for hurting me. It's been really nice. He has also started his community but really hates it. He's been doing two hours a day this week to get in 10 hours and has 8 so far. Monday he goes back to see his probation officer and that will be a good test to see if he still puts the blame on me. She talks down to him and is not very nice (according to him) and last time he saw her put him in a bad mood which he took out on me and started blaming me for having been put in this position in the first place. I know I'm not going to take it if he does and I'll shut off the phone like I did last time if he starts the yelling and blaming. I don't think he will, though. I have a lot of faith and confidence in him to do the right thing and I believe his love for me is stronger than his anger at the world.

Till next time...