Recipe Alert - Breakfast "Quiche"

I have been TIRED of making scrambled eggs every morning so this weekend I had a brilliant idea to make an egg casserole for the week instead. Let me just tell you, it has made my life SO much easier this week… and its only Wednesday!!!

Here is what I did:

12 Eggs

*You can use the egg whites or the whole egg, I opted for the whole egg since I wasn’t the only one who was going to be eating this*

VEGGIES!!!

*The more the merrier*

Whole Grain Bread

*Whole Wheat, 9 grain, Oat Bread, really any kind of healthy bread*

9 X 14 baking dish

*Really any size you want will do*

Chop all the veggies up (I used spinach leafs, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes) and mix them in with the 12 eggs

Lay the bread down in the baking dish (I was able to use 6 slices – this equals 6 servings)

Pour the egg & veggie mixture on top of the bread

Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350

Serving size is 1 slice of bread!

My family has loved these this week. It’s easy for me to just pop them in the microwave and reheat, then the boys will add cheese and sour cream on top of theirs… Casey even adds his favorite hot sauce.

Enjoy!!

Oat Flour

I decided to make a batch of Jamie Eason’s Pumpkin Protein Bars (I will blog that another day) yesterday. It is fall and getting colder outside and that means I am craving pumpkin… funny how that works!

One of the 1^st ingredients in the bars is Oat Flour. I am not much of a baker and so I have never seen Oat Flour before… probably because I have never really looked for it. However, when I did go grocery shopping I couldn’t find it. I was kind of bummed and figured I would use regular old “fat” flour (haha).

I decided to do some research on Oat Flour before I started baking and I am very glad I did… I learned something new!!! Wanna know what I learned? Well, you can make your own Oat Flour out of Oats!!!! Who would have thunk it?!

I measured out 4 cups and pulled out my blender. I did 1 cup at a time because I wasn’t sure if my cheap blender could handle more than that. Man I can’t wait til my wedding when my Aunt Dee will hand over my Kitchen Aid Mixer… I mean my lovely wedding present I am not supposed to know what it is! Anyways, I blended eat cup of oats for about a minute or so and then voilà… Oat Flour!!!

I am VERY proud of my Oat Flour, like VERY proud!!!

So remember, next time you need Oat Flour and you can’t find in at the store just blend up some Oats and you are good to go!

Enjoy!

The scale

That’s it! I am breaking up with my scale, at least for now! Next week when I go see my trainer, I am handing her my scale and WILL NOT bring it back into my house again until I am done with the LiveFit program. I bet you’re wondering why… well, let me tell ya!

I wrote the other day about sabotage. How when I get to 168.2, I freak out and sabotage myself… remember?! I have been going back and forth from 168 – 170 for weeks now and I am sick and tired of it. I know for a fact that I am losing inches, heck my size 11/12 jeans aren’t staying up today! I need either to retire these OR buy a belt! Another way I know I have lost inches the past couple weeks is because I own a purple silk shirt (the one I am wearing today in case you see me) and when I bought it back in August, the shirt would not button over my chest area. I had to wear a tank underneath or wear a non-padded bra (yep, cats out of the bag I have no boobs and wear a padded bra… Haha). Well this morning, I put that shirt on (with my lovely padded bra from VS) and it buttoned and is actually loose in the mid-section! BUT… the scale said 170! How gay is that?!

Here I am celebrating a non-scale victory and then the scale jumps in and says “WAIT, don’t celebrate just yet!”… No, you know what, I will not wait… I will celebrate! I am through with being abused by the scale! I am through living for what that number is going to say! I am through with being in bondage to that little blinking number! I am through with it all!!!

As of today, my relationship with the scale is O-V-E-R! Goodbye you mean piece of crap that has made me feel less important. Goodbye and good ridden to ya!!!

I mean heck, you people wouldn’t know what I weighed if I didn’t tell you… so why should it matter that much to me? As long as I am healthy, feel great and keep fitting into my size 8’s and 10’s, well then I am happy!

I will still weigh with my trainer but that is the only time!

I hope you all have a HAPPY & HEALTHY Friday and a wonderful weekend!!!

XOXO

Fit by Jordan

Cancer Sucks!

I had a reader email me asking if I would share their story on my blog and after hearing her story (and bawling my eyes out) I of course said YES!

Before I share Heather’s story, I want to share a little with you why her story made me cry (other than the fact I am a sappy person and cry all the time)…

When I was a child (shortly after my grandma died, which hit me very hard) my Mom sat us kids down and told us some news that would end up changing our lives forever… My mom and Step Dad proceeded to tell us that my Mom had cancer and the doctors weren’t sure if she was going to live. Talk about sucky timing… my Gaga just died and now my Mom is dying too?! Thankfully, they were able to catch it in time and with chemo and the power of God, she was healed! My Mom and I don’t always see eye to eye and we fight more than most mothers and daughters do, but I wouldn’t trade that crazy woman for anything. I chalk up a lot of my weight gain to emotional eating, dating back to when my Gaga died… I couldn’t imagine how bad it would have been if my Mom would have been taken from me too. Hello World’s Biggest Woman award!!!

Okay so on to Heather’s story:

I am a wife, mother, and a mesothelioma survivor. When my daughter was 3 ½ months old, I was diagnosed with this rare and deadly cancer, and given 15 months to live.  My prognosis was grim but I knew that I needed to beat the odds for my newborn daughter, Lily.  It’s been 7 years now and I feel that it is my duty to pay it forward and inspire others.

I clung on to hope throughout my whole journey with mesothelioma. When you have hope, it makes the battle easier.  I want people to be inspired by me, I want to make them fight; give them something to hold on to when all else fails. That is why I do it.  If I inspire one person, I've done my job.

I'm using my personal story to help raise awareness of this little known cancer, and to provide a sense of hope for others facing life’s difficult challenges.

Here is a video of my story that I am hoping to use as a tool to raise awareness. I would love it if you would be willing to share it on your blog with your readers!

Here is the link: www.mesothelioma.com/heather

My blog: http://www.mesothelioma.com/heather/
My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherVonStJames

More information about mesothelioma: http://www.mesothelioma.com/mesothelioma/
http://www.mesothelioma.com/heather/