Venison

Our friend John gave us some Venison and it's been in our freezer for almost 2 months. I ran out of food last night, so I decided to cook it up. It wasn't bad. I was a little afraid because I've heard it can be "gamey". I put it in a crock pot with an onion, vegetable soup mix, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and 2 cups of water. It was really salty but other than that, pretty good.

Jason and I worked out last night when he got home from work. When he exercises, he pours sweat. I barely break a sweat, even though I'm working just as hard. It makes me feel like I need to do more. So today, I'm going to try to do 10 whole minutes on the eliptical instead of my normal 5. I usually do 10 on the bike, 10 on the treadmill, and then 5 minutes of weights and 5 minutes of eliptical. Maybe I can stretch out my routine a little every day and eventually ramp up to an hour. (hopefully some time this month)

At our Weight Watchers meetings, we usually have a topic of discussion. My first week, it was getting rid of foods in the house that don't help you achieve your goal. (ie: The Klondike bars I had in the freezer, which Jason graciously finished off.) The next week, we talked about portion control and measuring everything out instead of eyeballing. This week, we talked about getting bored. I must admit, I'm starting week 3 and I'm becoming bored with the fruits and veggies. They are very expensive right now, so I'm just getting apples & oranges to snack on. I really need to mix it up. My dilemna is, bananas go bad really fast, so do berries (and a plastic tub of strawberries is $4.99 right now! EEK!) and I don't like raw carrots. So I'm thinking I'll try celery sticks and I'm going to look at the price of melons. Maybe I can find some cheap honeydew or cantalope.