Try, try AGAIN!!! Every success story has a background of stumbles, missteps and sometimes total stops. Truly, the only difference between getting in shape is how you respond to those stumbles, because they happen to everyone. So whether you slipped up for a day, a week, a month, or since day one, you can still revamp your plan of attack and get back to it.
We need to write our goals down on paper so we can refer to them often as they become a roadmap of the direction we are heading in. You can change them, tweak them, or refine them as often as you like. If they are in your head, you have to try to remember them all of the time.
It is hard to do that and have the internal battle with your subconscious that keeps telling you not to worry about them anymore or that goals are too hard so you should just quit.
This can make the changes more difficult to implement. So, address your worst fears and write down what will happen if you don’t achieve your goal.
The more personal you can make this, the better.
Your ultimate goal is to improve yourself. It is your life and if you haven’t made the progress that you originally wanted, that is not failure. It is improvement – just at a more realistic pace that works for you. Tortoise, hare, or even amoeba; it is not how fast you move, it is that you continue moving in the right direction.
There is no failure unless you give up completely. You have only lost the fight when you quit, and every time you don’t quit, you WIN!! xxoo el
We need to write our goals down on paper so we can refer to them often as they become a roadmap of the direction we are heading in. You can change them, tweak them, or refine them as often as you like. If they are in your head, you have to try to remember them all of the time.
It is hard to do that and have the internal battle with your subconscious that keeps telling you not to worry about them anymore or that goals are too hard so you should just quit.
This can make the changes more difficult to implement. So, address your worst fears and write down what will happen if you don’t achieve your goal.
The more personal you can make this, the better.
Your ultimate goal is to improve yourself. It is your life and if you haven’t made the progress that you originally wanted, that is not failure. It is improvement – just at a more realistic pace that works for you. Tortoise, hare, or even amoeba; it is not how fast you move, it is that you continue moving in the right direction.
There is no failure unless you give up completely. You have only lost the fight when you quit, and every time you don’t quit, you WIN!! xxoo el
Santa Fe Chicken Salad
With spring just around the corner, I thought it would be nice to make a salad for dinner. The lettuce and fresh vegetables always taste so fresh in the spring!
serves 8 ( 8 points +)
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 English cucumber sliced
1 medium avocado, diced
16-24 c. Romaine lettuce
1 c. shredded part-skim mozzarella
2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into cutlets for grilling
1 tsp. olive oil
1 T. lime juice
1 T. chili powder
salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste
1 c. tortilla strips (pre-packaged)
Dressing:
¼ c. low-fat buttermilk
¼ c. light mayonnaise
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 T. cider vinegar
salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste
In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil and lemon juice. Brush chicken with olive oil mixture.
In another small bowl, combine chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Sprinkle over chicken on both sides.
Heat a grill coated with nonstick spray. Grill chicken until no longer pink. Slice thinly.
Place equal amounts of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado on each plate. Top with equal amounts of chicken, 2 T. mozzarella and 2 T. tortilla strips. Drizzle each plate with 2 T. dressing.
For dressing, whisk together all ingredients. Refrigerate until serving.
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