I never make mistakes!

Ya, right! I gave Cindy the recipe for Sticky Chicken. If you have not read her blog regarding the Sticky Chicken disaster, you should, it is hilarious and ALL MY FAULT. I gave Cindy the recipe but accidently left out an important ingredient, 1 1/2 cups of water. That is why it turned out like TAR! I feel so bad that I ruined their dinner and now I am going to make some Sticky Chicken for them. I made it for dinner last night and it is one of my favorites. Here is the CORRECT recipe:

Sticky Chicken

1 tbsp veg oil
4 skin-on chicken breast halves or 2 lbs
2 each dried chiles; ancho and chipotle. Though I use whatever red dried chiles I can find.
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups water (it was not on my paper, that is why I forgot to add it to Cindy's recipe).
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Heat oil and add chicken skin side down until browned, about 5 minutes and remove. Drain the oil out of the pan leaving any brown bits.

Take the stems and seeds out of the chiles and add to the pan on medium high heat. Add your soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and water, stir and bring to a boil, turn down hear to a simmer and add the chicken skin side up back to the pan. Cook until the chiken is done arounc 15 minutes.

Take chicken out when it is done, place in a 200 degree oven in a pan with foil covering it to keep warm. Reduce sauce until it coats the back of a spoon, around 20-25 minutes more (simmer). I like to shred the chicken and place it back into the sauce. I spoon over rice, add chopped cilantro and stir fry some veggies for the side. Make sure you take the chiles out of the sauce before serving!

Aaahhhh Beach Weather!

It was nice at Avila Beach. You wore your sweatshirts in the morning and at night. We had lots of fun and little man cried when we left, though we had to turn back at San Luis Obispo because I noticed that he forgot his BLANKIE! That would have been awful if we had made it all the way home with no blankie!

The first morning, on Monday, we had this great idea to ride our bikes to breakfast. We thought, oh Seaside is not too far, lets ride. We put the kids on the back of our bikes with a back pack and headed out. We got to Avila Valley Barn which is a nice ride with a bike trail and saw the first hill. Why do you not notice these things when you are driving? Well, up the first hill huffing and puffing.....we got up and WHAT, another hill....hubby said, "maybe we should stay at the Avila Valley Barn and get a muffin", and I said, "no, it's not that far". Hah...was I ever wrong! Up 4 more hills and about 50 minutes (7 miles) later we got there with freezing children on the back. Those poor little things were shivering.

Hubby then called a Taxi that took him back to the hotel where he got his truck and drove back so we could load up the bikes and drive back. I don't think the kids wanted back on those bikes after that! That was the most expensive breakfast ever. It cost $22 for 7 miles! Lesson learned....just ride to the Barn, no more than that.

We had lots of fun the rest of the day. Fed the animals at Avila Valley Barn and picked up some fruit then headed for the beach. We played at the beach and park most of the days and every morning went to the Barn and fed the goats. Little missie loved the baby goat and little man loved playing on the hay.


This sums up the bike ride with this look.

I will post pictures on Facebook since it is faster and you can post more.

Out of the Office

I will be tech free for the next 5 days, so I will not be posting. We are going to Avila for Father's Day and staying until Wednesday. It will be nice to take a trip. I have been packing and even had time to give myself a pedicure, cuticles and all!

My plan of attack food wise is to not eat bread, limit junk food, but will allow ice cream one evening when we go to Arroyo Grande and of course the best ollaliberry turnover ever at the Avila Farmer's Market. I am sitting her in some shorts that are a little tight around the belly (trying to stretch them out) but to remind me that I am close to fitting in some of my shorts and that I need to watch what I eat, even on vacation.

I am taking 4 days off working out as well. I think my back needs a break. The last couple spin classes that I taught I have had back spasms when I get off the bike to stretch. I end up on the floor telling my class what to stretch..LOL!~ My body is getting used to the extra work outs and starting one week from Tuesday I am going to teach a Boot camp with guts and butts right after that....what am I doing to myself?
Have a great Father's Day...see you later:)

TGIF

Exercise:

1 hr spin class and weights (arms)
Drank 1 liter of water

Breakfast:

Quiche just took out the egg and sausage from the pastry and ate that
1 cup cappucino

Lunch:

Leftovers from last nights dinner. Chicken w/small about of noodles
Bowl of strawberries
Iced tea

Snack:

A chocolate espresso cookie...I need to send them to someone else's home!

Dinner:

De-boned chicken and salad

Don't even want to go there!

So, today I had a group of girls over. I enjoyed baking last night and this morning. I made, chocolate espresso cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, berry cobbler, homemade whip cream, strawberries, sausage quiche and potatoes. And YES, I ate a little of everything and just had some more cobbler which is my favorite thing in the world! I really did not pay attention to what or how much I ate, so I am leaving it at that today. I had fun with my friends and enjoyed myself!

Tonights dinner line up is Bacon wrapped pork loin with corn on the cobb and fruit.

My daughter is now up, so I need to go rescue the tired little cutie. I think she had fun too! I know little man did!

I am laying it out on the line....

and my heart is racing because NO one knows how much I weigh. I have always weighed A LOT! When I was a size 4 I weighed 133 pounds. I do carry a lot of my muscle in my lower body so I do not mind if I weigh more. When I got pregnant with my first I argued with the nutritionist at the OBGYN's that I was not fat! I told her how much I could leg press, how many triathlons I had competed in etc....Nothing like finding out you are pregnant and being told you weigh too much. I hate BMI scales because everyone is different. I am into health and fitness, not a number on a scale. So why do I hide the fact that I weigh 150 pounds! Yes, there it is. I want to weigh 138 pounds. That is the weight I am comfortable at.

The last time I got down to 133 pounds, I was leg pressing 360 pounds and not eating very much, so I know that is an unrealistic goal that I just can't keep up. Really I would be happy at 140 pounds....that is just 10 pounds (that is my comfort zone)! Why is it so stinkin hard to loose 10 pounds! So, I am keeping a diary of what I eat, how much I exercise and the supplements I am taking. I do not believe in diet fads, medications etc...to loose weight. I do it the old fashioned way, eating better and exercising. Like I said before I am also reading up on the Thyroid diet. I take bits and pieces that I think will work for me because I do not follow eating plans, I like to make my own and find out what works for me. I hope to give others inspiration if they are in the same place, or to give others the freedom of letting go of the that number on the scale and to live a healthy life.....enjoy!

Update:

I think you should be wherever you are comfortable with yourself. For me, it is 140 pounds. I just want to be healthy and not have many complications that can come with a thyroid problem and I can solve most of those problems through proper eating and exercise. And yes, I can get a little obsessed when I want to reach a goal. I am a bit of a perfectionist!

Zucchini Anyone?

Little man and his Papa planted a garden at Papa's house and this is the result! Can you say ZUCCHINI! I grilled it up tonight and needed around 6 more people to join us! Papa said that there is another one like this. I am not sure how much more zucchini I can handle. I have fried it, grilled it, stir fried it and put it in a salad. Maybe I can put it in a dessert? Ya, I don't think so.