The FItbit is Back!!!!

Looks like it is my charger that is dead and not my Fitbit....WHEW!!!  Good thing I have like a couple of replacements around the house. With that said, I am off and walking (not running) today.

It's going to be a busy one filled with meetings so I probably won't get as many steps in as usual... which makes me a little sad.  Oh well, there is always the weekend!

Tonight is going to be tough. I usually do meal planning for the week using crock pots and stockpiling meals and snacks.  Well, Tuesday night I had a work event that ran late and when I got home I forgot to put Wednesday and Thursday night's dinners in the crock pot.  Wednesday we still had left overs from Tuesday so that was easy.  The bad thing?  I forgot to cook again on Wednesday night.  UGH!!!  It was going to be an Asian Pork Tenderloin, too!  Oh well... I guess I will cook that Sunday and be set for Monday and Tuesday.

OK - I had better get going!  I hope you have a great and productive day!

Saving Time: Meal Planning

I wish I was able to add about 6 more hours to my day, every day.  Unfortunately, I cannot! Right now, I am constantly looking for ways to find more time with my family and for myself.

One thing I have been doing for a long time that has really helped is meal planning.  One night every week, I sit down with my laptop or tablet (sometimes both) and go through Pinterest and my Pepperplate account to plan what we will eat the following week. 

My son is on a gluten free diet and Pinterest is a wealth of recipes and snack ideas... LOVE IT!  I look low calorie snacks and gluten free lunches and diet/workout ideas!  There are TONS!!!

Then, I use the Pepperplate bookmarklet to import the recipes I like or want to try into my Pepperplate account.  I use a Microsoft Word template I created to fill in what we will eat and when.  This includes my lunches and my son's lunches and snacks for Monday through Friday.  From Pepperplate, I can automatically build my shopping list from the recipes and presto-chango, I am good to go.  I take my tablet to the grocery and shop away!  Now if I could find an app to automatically shop, put away the groceries, and cook for me, I would be in great shape! :)

The majority of what I cook is done in the crock pot which lets me bank even MORE time!  My son and I spend our Sunday afternoons packing snacks for the week and throwing things into the crock pots (yes I said crock...pots, as in multiple! LOL!)

I know this may not work for everyone but it works for us.  If you have any tips you use to add more time to your day, please feel free to share them in the comments section below.