September 28th, 2008

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Shedding Pounds

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Dave & I have been legitimately trying to shred some pounds lately.  He is down 5 and I’m down 11 so far.  I’m bragging temporarily on my reduction, because you know how men are with weight loss.  He’ll be passing me by all too soon.  What is with a man’s metabolism…it is so unfair.

Our weight plan it utterly easy, because neither of us would stick to anything complicated.  We are reducing quantities consumed, increasing veggie consumption and going for 1 mile+ walks as many days a week as we can fit into our schedules.   Pretty easy and no brainer stuff.

Who knows, maybe this will help with getting pregnant too!!

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More Veggies in the Freezer

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

With Dave’s help today, we processed two enormous butternut squash, 14 ears of corn and 4 pounds of green beans.

Dave peeled & diced the butternut squash (also peeled part of his thumb, ouchie).  I put olive oil, salt & pepper on it and roasted it in the oven for an hour and 15 minutes.  Then I put it through the food processor and into freezer bags.  I dislike squash, but I am totally willing to hide stuff like squash in soups, stews etc.  As a matter of fact, I made a vegetable beef soup for dinner tonight and put at least 1 cup of squished squash in there…can’t even tell.  Bonus is that I get the nutrients without having to taste the stuff.

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“Hunting”

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Well, Dave and I went “hunting” today.  Actually, we did the modern equivalent and went to the butcher shop.  There is a butcher shop near here that has great meat for great prices.  We stocked up on at least an entire month’s worth of meat this morning for a pretty low sum.  I repacked everything and used my handy vacuum sealer.  And I promptly put everything into our brand new freezer!

I’ve been stashing veggies away all summer so our freezer is looking pretty well stocked.  After the butcher shop, we went to the grocery store where I bought all the extra items we’ll need for the entire week for a whopping $20!!!!!  I was very impressed.  Stock piling summer veggies and buying at the local butcher shop is really saving us money.  It has really helped that at each of the Farmer’s Markets I’ve been working this summer there is at least one produce seller who has “extras” at the end of the day which they give me.

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