Quote of the day Happiness is contagious....when you reflect happiness, then all others around you catch the happy bug and are happy, too. Jennifer Leese

Today was a wonderful day, I was asked by a friend to be a guest writter on her blog next week talking about nutrition, I was flattered and of course said YES!

Funny thought I had today: I was watching Dr Oz ( I really like him a lot) and he stated that the best day to start a diet was on a Saturday, I understood the logic behind it, that gives you 2 days to get into a habit. If he only knew what my weekends where like then for me he would agree that today was the best day for me to start watching my food intake, set some goals and pack my suitcase for my life changing adventure I am about to go on.

I am going to take a minute to just talk about me, hope you like what you learn. I love adventure, reading, writting, learning about anything and everything. I have 3 children that I am still carrying all their baby weight, I was to lazy to do anything about it. I was a stay at home Mother for about 11 years, so the temptaion of the fridge was always there, we did not do a lot of meal planning just caught items on the fly. "Honey what time you going to be home? Wanna stop by the hamburger joint on the way, or should I just order pizza?" Granted my husband LOVES to cook, and I love him for it! But how he was reaised to eat and how I was, well two differnt worlds but not to far apart. His Father: Grease Fried KING. My Mother : The take out DIVA, I think she had everyone on speed dial! So we both came into our marriage with not so healthy eating styles.

I have been working for a company for 3 years the 16th of this month that really wants people to live longer healthier lives. This is offered to them in a form of educating themselves on research and science based nutrition. We have health advisors at our disposal and doctors on staff to answer a mirad of health related questions. They have all been a GOD SEND to me. I have learned that I have estrogen dominance, not bad for a girl, but bad for business relationships. I can cry at the drop of a hat! No reason at all, just cry. I am my own best critic and I beat the crap out of myself long before anyone else does. OK back on topic, so I asked my Doctor, yes a regular doctor that I pay a co-pay to so I can help pay off student loans so he can tell me all the things that I need to get healthier what if anything was wrong with me, what is happening to my libido, I thought this was suppose to be the time of my life, kids all in their teens (18,15 and 14). But Nooo, not me nothing (hope I am not moving to fast for any of you) . Well he takes a lot of blood says, well your testosterone is a little high, all should be good, YEAH right! So I send the same results, yes the exact ones my Doctor said I was fine when reading them to one of our Doctors (granted she is a hormone speicalist, but still why didnt he think of sending me to one) She read my results and gave a whole protocol to follow. Still no Libido (sorry honey) , but I am feeling great, getting in better shape and well not crying over the little things anymore.

I cant wait to be on the way to the healthier me. The first goal I have set for myself is to just watch what I eat. I know that for me I will not do a fad diet program, that will not be a life lesson but a temporary fix. So today this is what I ate:
Breakfast: 2 Slices of 9 grain toast, 1 small plum (yumm) a cut of hot tea, total 400 calories.
Lunch: left overs but worth it! Vegetarian Indian food Korma with califlower and potaoes and some rice. total 286 calories
Dinner: Broccoli with Lemon couscus and talapia total 260
A sweet tea that I nursed all day 230 calories And the drum roll please.....Total 1246. Not bad my goal for this week is to stay between 1300 and 1600 calories. I am on the low side today, Guess that leaves room for a midnight snack! Maybe a bag of nuts..... I know not what you where thinking.