Spring where are you?

 

Spring...Spring...Spring... Where are you? I woke up this morning to some more snow and my weather app stating -8 degrees. Ouch! This Sunday we are changing our time for spring time, and the famous question that everyone is asking. Are we loosing an hour or are we adding one?? Mesdames et Monsieurs we are adding another hour to our schedule!So don't forget to set your alarm Sunday night! tic*toc*tic*toc*

Hubby came back home today and we did have lunch together! First time in 3 months that I had pasta… We were planning to have his delicious roasted pork tonight but after eating pasta for lunch there is no way I can log the pork in without exceeding my daily calorie budget!!! I'll just have something light for dinner tonight.. maybe hearts of palms salad and some smoked salmon on the side for my protein :)
While at work I thought about this recipe that my mother use to cook for us! Gateau Piment (chilli cakes)! It use to be my favorite snack when I was little. It is so good and somewhat healthy for you ( if you bake it instead of frying it), so we stopped at IGA and picked up what I needed to make it! ( split yellow peas,hot peppers,cumin,coriander) I can't wait to try it out! Sometimes I give it so much thought and yet it still doesn't come out like mother would do it, even though its all the same ingredients! Just weird! I guess mom's food will always be the best! Can't beat that!
Here is a picture what chilli cakes looks like :)



 

Work today was insane! lol crazy busy!I can't wait to watch tv tonight and relax! Hubby and I both deserve it! We rented this movie with Richard Gere abd Topher Grace, it looks good! Can't wait to be in each others arms and relax together :)

I hope you guys had a really good Humpty Dumpty Day*

Kisses*****

Goodnight xo

Jour -1

Wow what a difference makes when I go to bed at 9.45pm! I should do that every night! Hubby called me at 10.45pm (11:45pm his time); -and I honestly don't remember a thing from our conversation last night* lol Poor thing he must have been very tired! Waking up so early and then working until late at night and repeat the same routine for 3 days in the row! He is a champion! I don't know how he does it!


Today was a very busy day at work for me! Insane the amount of calls that we got!I am completely drained and have no more energy left! I stayed at work until 4.30pm ( usually my shift ends at 4pm) waiting for a friend to give me lift home. She is really nice and doing overtime herself , talk about being a trooper* 


So tonight is clean up day! I have to finish my laundry that I've started yesterday , and maybe if I still have some energy left clean up the storage room.. There is still quite a few boxes and other stuff that we kept there since we never use them! But I think that these unused items will go straight in the trash since we never use it! whats the point of keeping something I don't use..right?
I feel like sometimes I hold on to things that I am attached and don't use them! But feel happy that it's still there..Oh my* Something is definitely wrong with me!
This year, hubby and I decided that t was going to be about us and about the things that we want.. sort of a like a new beginning!So to be able to have a new beginning we need to let go of some stuff..I am going to get rid of it all!!No turning back!Decision made!*

Le menu tonight is smoke salmon salad (romaine salad,hearts of palms,cherry tomatoes ,salt,pepper and olive oil) YUM!! Snack tonight will be my sour cream & onion rice chips (230kcal) I need some carbs!!

Have a good night everyone xoxo

Bonne nuit XOXO

Lali***

Lundi-

Yesterday night was awful.. Couldn't fall asleep until 1.30am!! I found myself tossing around for a long time before finding a comfortable position! I miss my hubby!!!
Usually he calms me down and hugs me when I can't sleep so I don't wake up, start reading or turn on my computer!! But yesterday I was all by myself and yes..yes...yes... I was on the computer from 10pm to 1.30am catching up on shows, networking and browsing our possible new furniture to our new place :)
Gotta be productive if I can't sleep*


Ring...Ring...Ring... Snooze.........Ring...Ring... I was already 10 mins behind so I decided to get up! Oh Boy* I can't do this tonight I have to go to bed early or at least turn off the computer so my mind stops focusing on something and let myself fall asleep!But I did wake up to a lovely dream :) I dreamed that we were already moved in and it was absolutely perfect!! I seriously can't wait!! Less than 3 months!!

Le menu tonight is very simple, fish and bokchoy! It was so good. I always watched my mother when I was younger cook the fish only with salt,pepper and lemon on it.. They use to grill it on a barbecue but this was back in the days. I still try to follow her recipe but this time I added some paprika and some parsley! It was delicious!! And I made enough so that I would have some left over for lunch tomorrow!

Tonight I am going to take it slow I clean up a bit when I came home.. I heard that Revenge was a good show so I might just end up watching it instead of organizing my closet! lol Monday is usually my lazy day.. I hope everyone had a good Monday today!! xox

I got some pure maple sirop cotton candy (60kcal for the whole thing) and I got season 1 of revenge on! Have a good night Everyone xo

Muah*



Sunday spa day*

Sun-day!

My Sunday started early... hubby's alarm woke me up at 4am, his flight left at 6am.. My heart melts every time I see him go abroad for work! Sight* I am definitely going to miss him!! The positive thing about this week is that he is going to be home on Wednesday around noon so if we're lucky enough ( flight not being delayed)
We might have lunch xo so will see!


After he left I went back to bed,and woke up around 9ish, me and my cousin (just like my sister) had a Skype date; it's been so long since we had our last conversation so it was good to talk to her and catch up a bit! she always makes me laugh!! I love her!


After our talk I had to get ready because I had a spa day booked with one of my good friend! I brought this book that I had on my night table and decided to give it a try! Again that's one of the book that I took from my moms night table Lol! she has good taste what can I say! And I must say that the book is very interesting! I love to read in French it's a way not to forget my French and remember ma conjugaison! lol


This spa is one of my favorite place to be!They have salted water, and have many water stations for the whole body e.g there's this one that you stand up on cold bubbles and hold on to this bar and while holding on they have a jet set for your back muscle! love it!!! Usually when we go to the spa I leave there feeling so relax and tired like I worked out an entire day! This one on the other hand keeps it interesting! And when you leave you are relax but yet feel like you just had a couple massages!! I really had a good time with her! we talked about everything an nothing-you know girls talk ;)


Oh man I still feel full from diner last night! It was amazing! And since it was my cheat day I did have 1cup of rice n Half way eating it I was extremely full! I should have stopped but I kept eating lol because it was my treat! Right?=)
Also right after diner I brushed my teeth because I find that having my teeth clean helps me not to snack! weird but it works and I'm sticking by it!

So le menu tonight I had some left over steak,bok choy on a romaine salad! It was really good!And coming back from the spa I was very zen and didn't feel like cooking a big meal.Also on the way back from the spa we stopped at this organic store where I got myself some organic popcorn 2 1/3cup for 160 Kcal! This is not bad at all This place did have a lot of good food for a very affordable price!

So sorry guys I didn't take picture of the spa, I wasn't allowed to have my cellphone inside!But Here are some pictures that resumes our day!

I am going to watch some shows and probably fall asleep early..
Bonne Nuit mes amis! xoxo

Snowy Day*

Good morning Bloggers!

The famous tossing around in bed (we all know what I'm talking about lol) ..Am I getting up or 5 more min?? That is the question?... After 10 min of doing so I looked up at the alarm clock and it was only 9:30am!! I was so happy but somehow I was still very tired! So we both decided to stay in bed...

Hubby and I started planning about our day today and as we were talking my alarm rang...10:30am! Wow, this hour went by so fast, can't believe it! I guess it's true when people say that when you're enjoying your time it does go by fast*

So we woke up and he made some coffee and cooked his breakfast. since I am trying to eat less calories he makes his own meal and I make my own...It's easier to keep track of what I eat that way!

 I was actually excited this morning to have some cereal (it's been way too long); I bought some mueslix yesterday and they are only 210kcal for 2/3cup ,and of course with 1/2cup of skim milk total of 265kcal! Not that bad at all!! I also had a poached egg with  the hubby and my  favorite dark roasted coffee Yum!

I love the smell of coffee in the morning, it makes me happy*

I then made my grocery list and we decided to drive up north in the mountains and maybe take a walk there ...

We had a small snow storm (more like a wind storm) yesterday night and due to that there was a lot of snow this morning! The weather is beautiful and not too cold at all if you're dressed to tackle the wind lol- And with all that snow it would be perfect to walk up there!

Hubby and I have this thing that whenever we don't know what to do we just hop in the car and drive around and look at houses and decided which one we like and we always use to tell ourselves that one day we would be home owners and that our house will look like the one we picked! :) Where we went today had lots of new built homes and some in the making...

As we were driving around we both talked about how we could fix and add some stuff to our new place, but this time we didn't talk about liking this one and having our house look like this one and that one but focused on our new home. I must say that it felt nice!

 I am proud to say that we are Homeowners!! =)

After this beautiful drive/walk we went to our famous grocery store Costco! One thing though about Costco it's that this place is always packed! I sometime feel bad for the people working there because they never have a break! They are champions!!

Our bill today was $50, we were motivated and only bought the things that we needed! Nothing else! And right after we paid, I felt this little rumble coming from my stomach and I knew I was hungry.................. And that's where it all went wrong lol

Hubby got himself a nice smoked meat sandwich and got me some fries! Omg they were amazing but after eating the whole thing that's when I decided to log it into my Loseit application and saw how fattening it was; I almost fainted when I saw how much calories this delicious meal was! 800KCAL!!!! This is very bad! But thankfully  I am  just over 100kcal today and still under my weekly budget by 933kcal... I figured that I would cut around and eat less tonight but my hubby took out some steak yesterday and already marinated it! Steaks are my favorite! So I decided that today was going to be my Cheat day* .. I deserve it!  But tomorrow I really need to get back on track!

I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful Saturday wherever you are! Bisous

I am going to spend time with my hubby since he is leaving tomorrow morning for another hard week at work! XOXO

A demain!

TGIF*

Happy Friday Everyone!

I must admit that even though it's Friday; Boy it's hard to get up in the morning!

Especially today, we had to get up early ( 45 min earlier) because hubby had an early meeting about an hour away from our place... He was the brave one that got up first, but somehow this morning I couldn't get up at all,I had a slight headache and I needed another minute that ended being 10 min lol but felt like 1!

Sorry guys for the late blog tonight, my headache this morning turned out to be a full on migraine! Ouch It hurts! I took 2 Tylenol this morning but it didn't work and one my friend borrowed me her Icepack which really helped but slowed me down a bit from working because my left hand was holder the Icepack on my forehead.Imagine the disaster*

So about my turkey chili hier, I must say it was delicious!Before getting home I stopped to pick up a few ingredients that I didn't have at home ( zucchini,mushroom,beans) and then got home but our dishwasher was on so I had to wait.. You guys are probably wondering the reason why I have to wait if my dishwasher is on lol, well we live in a small apartment and we got ourselves this portable dishwasher that needs to be hooked up to the kitchen faucet. So I started cleaning up the kitchen and cutting my vegetables to be ready when it would be done its cycle.I was pretty nervous because I added and changed a few ingredients from that recipe I found online and hubby was too lol There will be some pictures below my turkey chili meal =)

Beginning of this year I promised myself that I would get back to my old skinny body that I had back in high school (135lbs)! I was very happy this morning, I weight myself and lost 0.6 lbs! A total of 19.1 lbs lost and I am very proud of myself! I have until our move to loose some more...I hope*

 I am almost at the 20lbs mark and I have a feeling that this week is going to be hard! I love sugar and anything with chocolate! lol So we'll see! When I look at the these beautiful women in magazines I ask myself how do they do it! How can you not eat carbs?? let alone chocolate.. And we know that once a month we have to have our chocolate! Right Ladies?*

Le diner tonight is going to be very simple, I don't have any energy and let alone stand in a kitchen to cook! So I warmed up some left over chicken noodle soup that we had in our fridge and had some sour cream baked rice crips! And probably have something sweet later on just to satisfy my sweet tooth...  I have some chocolate ice cream soy bar in the freezer so maybe that will do*

I am going to bed really early today(migraine is not getting any better) =( and probably listen to my favorite podcast ( Jillian Michaels)...

Bonne Nuit XOXO

Marzo Pausa

Happy March 1st Everyone! 

The week is almost over and that means that I'm closer to sleeping in in the morning!!

Oh Yeah*

I was thinking about the blog today, and I must say that I'm very happy about it! I really hope you guys like it too =) I took my lunch early today and had about 25 mins left so I thought `what a better way to start writing my blog for tonight` ***


I already got one thing off my check list this morning; so happy about it!
My mother was so kind enough to take care of my dog for a year so that we could save enough money to buy ourselves a house. The reason why she is taking care of my dog is because we moved to another apartment to save more money, in Quebec City it is really hard to find an apartment that allows pet ( dogs) , cats are allowed in a few but they need to be vaccinated and  have their claws removed.
So we knew we had to sacrifice having our toutou (his name) with us and leave him with mom for about a year. I would've been very sad if after that one year we didn't save enough to get our house, but knowing that we already found our place and signed the papers and most important they allow animals :) it makes everything better, I mean hubby and I miss him so much but knowing that in 3 months we will have him with us makes it betters in our home! It is worth it...


So my task this morning was to call this dog place called Second Tub in Toronto to schedule him a appointment to have him completely shaved , We try as much to keep his hair on for the whole winter but its impossible to keep up to him! He is just like a ball of hair! Adorable! But we have no choice to get him shaved. I called got the appointment booked for next week! Checked off the list! 


 I love the month of March, it's a month that has a lot of character and you never know if today will be nice or cold! Full of surprises... And who doesn't like surprises :)Did you guys know that March stands for Martius mensis "month of Mars"And that there was always 31 days in Martius, also March was the original beginning of the year, and the time for the resumption of war. Mars is the Roman god of war. He is identified with the Greek god Ares. Isn't that interesting? I love learning about our history especially about simple things, I know that it's not something that we think about everyday, knowing how they had their month name set for themselves...


So tonight I've decided to make some turkey chili lol, I have no idea how to make it so wish me good luck.I found this really nice low calorie turkey chili online and I'm going to try it... I have some baby looking pita at home and I am probably going to add some salad with it! I will let you know tomorrow if I did a good job at it. The only way that I know I did good is when hubby eats it LOL if there's some leftover it's because my recipe wasn't good at all and he forced him to eat it all lol!!!
Gotta love him! He is the Greatest hubby of all time!

Ok guys that's it for me today, and please think of me tonight while I attempt this amazing recipe!! =)

Bonne Nuit *** XO





Toutou