I like three things: simplicity, health and FOOD.

Whelp, I am officially a Weight Watchers leader! What does that mean? Pretty much, I get to run my own meetings and encourage other people to feel great about themselves on an amazing program! Also, it's a boat load of paperwork that I didn't really expect but it's manageable and I LOVE IT. I still consider myself a "stay at home mom" but this is my little outlet. Not only is being a leader rewarding it's helping me stay accountable. Other members inspire me and help me keep my focus. I see transformations from week to week, it's beautiful.

Weight is such an emotional, personal and sometimes frustrating thing for so many people. It's sometimes the only thing we see in ourselves (I don't mean everyone but to some, it really is). Until we are happy with our self image (is that ever perfect?) it's really hard to move on with ourselves and see the bigger issues. We always make it through our day perfectly 'ok' but at the end of the night when you stand in front of your mirror, brush your teeth and wash your face we have those evil thoughts that come creeping back in. I know for me when I "fall off the bandwagon" and make poor decisions with my food choices my most powerful thoughts occur at night. Sometimes the last thing I say before I fall asleep (besides I love you to my hubs) is TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY and I will be ok tomorrow. Is tomorrow a powerful word for anyone else other then me? Tomorrow always comes and it's up to me if I chose to make the right choices.

My goal today was to share an EASY and SIMPLE food idea to those on the go. Personally, I try to change up my food so I don't eat the same exact thing every single day. How incredibly boring. I have this one thing that I am obsessed with. I wish there was a stronger word for obsessed because really I would say I'm addicted if it was even possible to be addicted to this but I LOVE IT: This stuff is amazing. I put it on absolutely everything. Truly. I could eat it straight out of the can but I needed to show myself I have some sort of self control. I bought this at Costco. I typically buy 4 to 5 of these when I go because a Costco is about 2 hours and 15 minutes from my home. We have an extra fridge in the basement and the turnover rate in a tub of this is rather fast so, that is why I buy so many at a time! If you are not a Costco member OR you don't even have a Costco I found the recipe of this. You can modify this recipe and I'd imagine it would significantly drop the point value, for those of you who are counting points :-) Here is the link to the recipe if you'd like to make it, I would highly suggest it :http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1615,153188-250192,00.html For those curious to the point value for 2 tablespoons it's 1 point.

I place this stuff on my morning egg sandwich, my lunch turkey sandwich and I'll find something at dinner to put it on. Two heaping tablespoons of it is 1 point, my tablespoons are so heaping that I just write 2 points just to be safe. It has so much flavor, ugh!

So for lunch today (I already ate lunch today, for blog purposes of course) so here is what I made!It's not overly colorful simply because I was doing this quickly (in 3 minutes to be exact) because I wanted to make this and take photos while the twins were sleeping. This wrap is JAM PACKED with flavor. The ingrediants I used were: I use chicken strips, you can absolutely whatever kind you wish or can get your hands on. Left over chicken from the night before cut into strips works sufficiently, as well.

I seldom buy flatouts but when I have Greek Yogurt dip in stock I grab them. This particular flat out (the light) is jam packed with fiber. Fiber is such a filling and it makes me feel satisfied after I eat. I always try to get in as much fiber as I can. I took a flat out and laid it out.
I then took 3 ounces (maybe a little more) of frozen all natural fajita chicken. Doesn't have to be fajita, it's what I had in my freezer. Next I took my infamous dip and spread two tablespoons on my flatout.I then pulled the chicken out of the microwave and spread it on the shell. You can also throw lettuce, tomatoes, ANYTHING you want on this to spice it up. But for me, this has enough flavoring and I'll say it a thousand times...it's SIMPLE.I then tightly wrapped this protein, fiber packed lunch and gobbled it right up. Along with this lunch, my daughter and I have been doing this a lot recently from the recent warm weather we make fruit smoothies. It is SO easy and it's about 1 point per serving only because I put fruitie greek yogurt in it. It is ahhhhhhh-mazing! If you consumed this ENTIRE blender, it would be 3 points.

We were playing dress up before we made smoothies and Maddie's still in her dress up clothes :-)

Fruit smoothies are fun and a great way for YOU and your kids to get extra nutrients. If you buy frozen fruit pay super close attention that it either says ALL NATURAL or NO SUGAR ADDED. Check out the ingrediants on the bag also to make sure that it is nothing but FROZEN FRUIT in that bag. Some companies try to make their products taste "good." That "good" taste you're tasting is all the added sugar that's been crammed in there. Juvenile diabetes scares me, a lot. So I'm really concious on sugar intake for my tykes. Does that mean on a hot summer day I let them have a capri sun? Heck ya I do...but if I can watch it, I really really try!