It's been a while- you know- busy with work, school, kids, celebrating and living the healthy life!
June was filled with celebrations for birthdays, staff lunches, Father's days... you know, I counted 16 meals this month that were 'out of the norm' for me. I am very grateful for the love, the celebration and the social fun times this month brought. I reconnected with old friends and made healthy choices and 'celebratory choices' living 'The Month of Celebration'.
I visited the Wharton Clinic this past weekend and was pleased with my progress living my healthy lifestyle despite all my celebrations. I lost an additional 3.4 lbs and 2 inches. Yeah me!!! A total of 75lbs lost since the beginning of my journey, now that's a great milestone!
I credit the reason for my success being that I continued with my valiant effort at being a 'Workout Warrior' and making fresh food fun! Check it out my new toy, the Spiralizer!
Thanks to my sister and her family for this wonderful new gift that I have wanted to try for months! I got a spiralizer and wanted to try and make fresh veggies fun for my family.
Check out my spiralized cucumbers! I got my daughter involved and she had so much fun...' I wanna do it, I wanna do it!" she yelled.
Here's what I made with those spiralized cucumbers:
Cucumber Cilantro Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 red pepper
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 bunch cilantro
Dressing
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
- S&P to taste
Prep all your veg, mix your dressing and assemble! You can add your favourite veg or fruits... both my daughter and I immediately mentioned that mango would be awesome in this salad.
So after a delicious meal, a night of aquafitness and pool dancing with my daughter, I showed up to the office before 7am the following day and totally owned the day, the short new hair, the hippie blouse and the honest truth about living life in a balanced and healthy way.
