Let's get cookin'

I’m a southern girl…and I love to eat. It’s been a pitfall of mine since I was a teenager. I think of myself as an emotional/boredom eater. It’s something that I’ve been working on profusely. Winning my family over with healthier choices will be a long journey! I cook normally for my just myself and my parents….but on occasion I do cook for my brothers and their families. I have a picky bunch of people to feed that love southern home cooking. So my big thing will be winning them over. I have started experimenting with classic meal items and putting a spin on them to make them healthy. Pinterest has become my best friend, as well as Spark recipes! I will win them over…One recipe at a time. I am still on the hunt for a new job, or one that actually wants me. The job I started in June I had such high hopes for and I should have known that it wasn’t meant to be. A friend of mine shared the most profound statement that really hit home for me…If something is meant to be you will feel peace/calm, if something isn’t you will feel confused. And that was all I ever felt at the office, confusion. I want to be at a place where I’m wanted and that I don’t have to drag myself out of bed and force myself to work…sadly that place wasn’t it. I haven’t worked there for going on 3 weeks now and I hate that they keep stringing me along. I have to adapt a more positive outlook about finding a new job I know, but for tonight I’m allowing myself a pity party! So back on track…I’m getting my “workout” routine. I’m dusting off my old yoga mat, which sadly I haven’t used for yoga  But a new yoga studio just opened in town and I’m excited to check out. And my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred dvd will be put to good use again….and daily walks will resume! I missed walking, I feel like it’s my Zen part of the day. I’m taking it one day at a time, working on me and getting my life together.