One Mama Gets Fit

How in the world are we not all walking around at 500 pounds plus? This is something that I have been thinking about so much lately. I pay attention to what I eat. I like to look at how much sugar, fat, protein, saturated fats, calories, etc I am taking in. I like knowing if I am getting enough water in daily. I love moving and getting a good sweat in and feeling strong after I work out. Months back, I pulled up what I used to get at McDonalds for breakfast years ago. Around 1,000 calories.  Plus all the other ridiculous amounts of sugar, fat, sodium, etc. I almost threw up at that thought of what I was consuming FOR BREAKFAST ONLY. And then perhaps I could go out for dinner that night.  Or maybe lunch.  Or maybe I'm "good" and I eat at home for the other meals...maybe something like a sandwich on white bread with mayo spread on it and turkey and cheese.  With potato chips.  Maybe for dinner I'd do fish and some vegetables and a white potato with but

Two recipes in one week? Yep. Tonight I had minced turkey I wanted to use and so I went through the kitchen looking for other items I could toss with it and make some meatballs.  We paired the meatballs with roasted broccoli & a bit of mashed sweet potato with cinnamon sprinkled on it. They turned out so good!  Here's what I did.  If you try them out, let me know what you think. Turkey Meatballs (made 12; 83 calories per meatball - if you want to know that info.  sorry i don't know the other stats yet) 1 pound minced turkey 1/2 onion, diced Couple cloves of garlic, minced 1/2 tsp ginger 1/4 cup diced apple Handful of arugula, chopped finely 1 egg 1/3 cup rolled oats (GF or not) Pinch of salt & pepper 1/4 tsp (or more depending on spice level) crushed red pepper Mix all together and roll into small to medium sized meatballs.  Bake at 350-375 until done or put on skillet and cook until done.  (Ha, I'm so official on the time - just cook it until i

One of my resolutions was to blog once a week. With that in mind...I'm sharing a recipe that I have made I think 3 times in the past 4 weeks. It makes a lot so there will be plenty of leftovers. Pair it with a side of grilled asparagus or roasted broccoli!  Yum!  I also paired it with these amazing buffalo chicken sausages (thin n trim is the brand name - found them at Kroger).  Kind of a weird pairing - but one sausage link and a cup of this soup was a great lunch! If you make it, let me know what you think.  It's a good one for these cold days we've been experiencing in Indiana. SPINACH LENTIL SOUP 1 onion 3 or 4 large carrots (do 4) 4-5 cloves garlic 2 cups dry lentils (brown or green - i've been using green) 15 oz can diced tomatoes (or fresh.  i actually have been putting in a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes and this has been awesome!) 4 cups vegetable broth (or chicken or beef.  whatever you have on hand.) 3 cups water 5 oz spinach 1.5 tsp c