Rec, Rev & Pic: Marinated Green Bean and Potato Salad~ a keeper!

 Good Morning Everyone,

Jolene, you are so right, "this is a wonderful group of ladies, and their advice and comments have really helped me so much", thank you everyone

Yes, Jolene, I do journal even doing Core as I have mentioned before "if my stomach and head worked together on the being full issue, I wouldn't have a weight problem".  I'm a very compulsive Overeater.

One thing I'd like to share with everyone today, No wait, there are two things.  First one is about Bob's Niece and her husband that live in Boston, they came to town and called and wanted to visit, which was great, we just don't see them nearly enough and they are wonderful people.  However, Bob's Niece  brought 3 dozen cookies, as soon as I saw them getting out of the  car, I said to Bob, ''oh no, Linda has brought cookies".  They were store bought cookies, but it doesn't matter when you cannot control yourself.  I offered to open the cookies to serve with coffee and tea, but they declined, and I was so happy, due to I knew once those were open it would all be over with.  So we had a lovely visit with them, and as soon as they left I looked at Bob and said, ''we cannot have these here, and his reply was, your so right".  So I got on the phone called one of our nursing homes and offered them the cookies, they were so pleased to get them, and I had them out of the house.  Okay that was the first story.  

Now for something "I think" I have discovered.  This morning I was up getting ready for the gym when I looked the mirrow and this voice in my head asked the question, ''why are you afraid of that keeps you from losing this weight"?  I actually looked around to see where that was coming from.  So got my coffee, and the whole time this question is still being asked, so off to the gym, and it wasn't until I was on the elliptical machine and was finishing up my 30 minute workout, that I looked at the clock to see how much time I could have to do some weights before I HAVE to leave to get home.  Then it hit me, ''deep down nothing in my life will change, except, I will be in smaller clothes, I will/am healthier, but I will still be Bob's caregiver, and I'll still have to be home at a certain time".   I walked out of the gym with the thought of, ''now how can I put a positive spin on these feelings".  The first thing that came to my mind was to realize I am worth the effort, and I do deserve to be at my goal weight.

I do apologize for such a long post, I can get very talkative, , but I thought maybe someone else that has been ready to throw in the towel like I have been this week, might just drop in and read this, and walk away with, ''you know I am worth the effort".

I have not decided if I'll weigh-in tomorrow, but I will be at my meeting, just cannot miss that, but will decided by the time I get there, if I will face that little metal monster.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day,

Hugs to all,

Joan 

Gm all~ that both looks and sounds great Jolene. (lol, I don't think it's the plates either) Love how healthy it is too. Thank-you much.

Just a quick note to Joan, thank-you for sharing both stories with us. I think so many people can relate to either one or both. You don't need to apologize either, if someone doesn't want to read a long post, they don't have to. A lot of times I'll skip them, but glad I didn't! Hugs to you~

Just came in from watering my sad little garden.   I've got Sweet 100 tomatoes and some bush green beans.   This is the first time I've ever even gotten to the producing a vegetable stage, so I should be happy   LOL      Jake and I split the first red tomato, looks like there are 15 or 20 more coming, if the heat/rain doesn't get them   :)

I cannot rave about the book ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE (Kingsolver) enough.  It's what got me thinking about local, in season foods and how much better they taste and if it helps the environment and local farmers too, then it's a huge plus! 


Jillie, I thought you'd like this one!    Yes, even with having 2 side dishes (this and the Chunky Cherry Tomatoes with Basil) I had a very healthy meal.   I cut my chicken serving way back.

{{Joan}}  I moved your post over to the other side and left a comment     :)

Sounds really good Jolene.  Thanks for sharing.

Going to try this as soon as our local farm market opens!

Hugs,

Nancy

You're welcome Nancy    :)    My first visit to the farm last week only netted me some zucchini, hopefully I'll get there this week and come home with a better haul!

 Looks wonderful. Thanks

Brenda