Day 33 and 34-Mourning Migrains

So I've been in a little bit of a rut lately and not really motivated to do a ton of things. My migraines are getting a little debilitating and enabling me to do simple tasks such as getting out of bed before 10 am, Seeing straight, walking without wanting to pass out, wanting to eat, etc. I have been suffering and been diagnosed with Chronic Migraines and possibly Fibromyalgia for a few years now but sometimes I just want to throw my hands up and say i'm done! Having daily headaches that turn into Migraines for 5 days on end is really tiring. I've had several lumbar punctures, eyes checked, CT scans, MRI's, the works! I just learn to live with the debilitating constant pain, not just in my head but all over my body. I'm so grateful for my husband that can see the ever present pain and who can help with the things I've lacked in. Doing the dishes, making me food, changing jillian's poopy diapers because she wont poop in the potty anymore, everything! I LOVE him and i'm so grateful he's here to share my life with even if sometimes it seems too hard. If you pray, please send a prayer my way that i'll be able to have some energy to get back on track with my goals and feel better! Thanks and I love y'all! Oh but on a bright note jillian decided to do her make-up again. This time mommy got pictures!

Green, blue, purple and pink eye-shadow! 

Her pretty-pretty!

day 33:

Workout: None

Food:
Breakfast-Banana
snack-Banana and watermelon
Dinner-Chicken spaghetti with Garlic Ciabatta bread

P.S. We had the missionaries from our church over this day!

Day 34:

Workout: None

Food:
Breakfast-Banana, strawberry and clemintines
Lunch-Turkey sandwich on EZ(Ezekeal) bread with carrots and watermelon
Dinner-Burger on EZ Bread with asparagus. (idk what and how z prepared and cooked it.

Breakfast!

 Dinner!

Day 32-Happy Day!

So I LOVE getting things in the mail that I order. Its like CHRISTMAS every time I get a box! If you know anything about me you know that I get really good deals by buying smart and finding the diamonds in the rough by looking through what some people call Junk! I love to shop at goodwill and other thrift stores to find those diamonds and ive really scored well. Anyways, because were able to save in some areas we are able to splurge in other areas. We were able to get an AWESOME blender for over 50% off NEW!!! We're so excited to test it out and play with all the different things it can do. We can make our own Peanut butter or almond butter, Mill our own flours, grind our own meat, SO many possibilities! Cant you tell how excited I am!!! Anyways if you have any juicing ideas please send them my way. Jillian LOVES green juices so im just so happy that we will be able to make them fresh everyday!

Im so excited to use it!!! But my first thought was this would make some AWESOME milkshakes!

Workout: Core Cardio and Balance

Food:

Breakfast-WW English muffin with fruit

Lunch-Protein Shake

Snack-Apple, cheese stick

Dinner-Pesto chicken with little Garlic Potatoes

Day 31-Making my Heart skip a beat!

So as you can tell by some of my other blog posts my daughter is quite "Adventurous!" She keeps me on my toes and there's always something new and different she does everyday! Today she decided to push and open our outside gate outside. She wiggled it back and forth until it opened. Let me preface that she went through 3 things in order to finally be free. One Gate located to get out of her room, One front door that was LOCKED but again she wiggled it until it unlocked(we've always had a problem with our front door and they have tried to fix and replace it) and then the gate leading to the rest of the world. I realized that she was gone again, after I got out of the shower. I noticed that she put her portable potty right next to the gate in her room. So when she didn't answer when I called I went into her room and looked around the house. The front door was closed so I didn't think she went outside. But I finally realized that she was loose when I saw the white gate open outside(pic 3). I quickly got some clothes on and ran outside without shoes. Remember those blisters I got like the first day of doing my blog? She ran out that day too and that's how I really got those blisters. So again, I now have blisters on my feet but also so thankful that I found her. I was power walking all around the apt complex which is quite big. There are 2 sides of complexes and several different units all within the area. We are familiar with going to the pool and I Often let her run to the gate by the pool so I figured I would start there. I walked and walked and walked and finally found her in a neighbors patio talking to herself carrying a bunch of pop-tabs and rocks she found. I was praying as I walked and pleading that she was safe. Our neighborhood Backs up to a baseball field and the front of the complex is on a really busy road. I was walking the outskirts of the complex hoping she didn't go out to the busy road. This is actually her 3rd time getting out. The very first time was when we first moved in and she shimmied the door open and we had them fix it. We found her with an old lady with a bunch of little kittens. The second time was when I got those blisters and 2 girls (about 10 and 14) who were swimming in our pool actually helped me find her. And then this was the third time. Our neighbors are really nice and helpful, Its a really nice neighborhood and they screen people quite extensively before they move in. I hope there isn't a 4th time and were doing everything to ensure it doesn't happen again but im not perfect and I cant always account for people opening the gate like the delivery man, maintenance, etc. She is very active and a smart girl who waits for opportune moments to plan and devise things. Shes also Super Fast!  

This is the whole Apt Complex. The Yellow line is the Super Busy Road(Parker Road). Then there is actually a road between the 2 Complexes dividing the 1 bedroom buildings(higher right ones) the 2 bed 2 baths(lower right, Long buildings) and then dividing is a road between those buildings and the left side buildings 2 Bed 1 Bath (the ones on the Left). I hope that makes sense. 

This is the gate into her bedroom that I had set up. She added the Portable Toilet to be able to get her legs over the gate and jump down! (re-created.)

Then there was our front door and then this Gate that she wiggled back and forth until it opened. 

Workout: Power Walking for about 30 min trying to find her!!!!

Food:

Breakfast-WW English Muffin with peanut butter, fruit and green juice.

Lunch-Protein Shake

Snack-Banana

Dinner-Grass-fed Ground Sirloin with feta cheese, S&P, Garlic, Green onions on Ezekiel bread with baked Asparagus.

Breakfast!

Dinner!

Day 30-Little Tornado!

So people I guess don't believe me when I say that Jillian makes a mess fast. They always say, "well weren't you watching her?!?!" No I don't watch her at all, in fact, I leave her in the house all by herself while I go run errands and get my nails done! Come on people, Seriously? I leave for a second to go potty or wash my hands or plug in my phone or answer the door or fix jill a snack and its like a tornado went off. This "little" tornado was done in a little less than 20 min TOPS while I was doing the dishes. I say "Little" because shes actually done worse before and made not only messy with toys but messy with POOP too! :)

 TORNADO DESTRUCTION:

AFTER!!!!

                               

   NICE
                 AND
         CLEAN

 



Workout: I cleaned instead of doing my Recovery Core Cardio and Balance


Food:
Breakfast-Cereal with a banana
Lunch-Protein Shake
Snack-Banana and granola
Dinner-Zac's Stir-Fry and Asparagus

Please don't judge me for using a Christmas Plate!

Day 29-Recovery Week

So this week is Recovery week. Apparently you should let your body rest a little when doing hard Cardio over a longer period of time. But I got to say that even the Recovery DVD was hard. So im not sure how effective the rest will be especially with a 3-year-old! She def keeps me on my toes and questions my sanity hourly lol. She decided though that she would marinate the carpet in her room with the whole Garlic and Herb seasoning bottle, to make it nice and fresh smelling. We literally just bought it and she just decides to dump the whole thing! Ridiculous! But she does have a sweet side to match that fiery side. While still doing laundry today she decides to Leap onto the pile of clean clothes and says,"I go night-night!" I then drop the clothes I just ran through the dryer on top of her and she says, "Awe, nice and warm!" shes so silly but we love her!

Workout: Core Cardio and Balance.

Food:
Breakfast-Banana and WW English Muffin with Peanut Butter
Lunch-Protein Shake
Snack-Banana and Apple
Dinner-Pesto Chicken with little cute Rosemary Garlic Potatoes

Day 28-Chicken Veggieloaf Recipe

So ive had a lot of requests for my Chicken Veggieloaf Recipe I made on Day 23(http://thewilliamsonwildlings.blogspot.com/2014/08/day-23-emergencies.html). So I thought I would post it so others can try and see if they like it too. I am a work on the fly type Chef in my kitchen and I usually throw things all together to make my dish. There isn't a specific recipe when I cook. So these are just guesstimates and can be adapted with other ingredients.

Chicken Veggieloaf

1 Lb. Ground Chicken(breast meat)
1 Tbl. Mustard(you can use any type)
2 tsp. Himalayan Salt
pepper
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
2 tsp. Onion Powder
1 to 1-1/2 Cup Flax Meal(may need more)
1/2 Cup Steel Cut Oatmeal
1 Squash(I used a yellow one but you can use a zucchini or both!)
3 Carrots
5 Garlic Cloves
1 Cup Cabbage(we had a coleslaw mix that had cabbage and carrots so i just took about a cup of that)
1 medium size white Onion
1 Red Pepper
1 Egg or egg substitute
Ketchup on top
Coconut spray

-You can either put everything in a large bowl or put it in your Kitchenaid mixer to mix it if you don't like touching meat.
-Place first 8 ingredients in the bowl and mix.
-With a grater grate the squash, carrots, garlic cloves, white onion and red pepper over the meat mixture. Their juices will help bind the mixture so you'll use less eggs.
-After veggies are grated throw in the cabbage and mix really good.
-If its kinda crumbly and doesn't really hold a shape throw and egg in there.
-Place the mixture in a greased(I used coconut spray) pan.
-On top of the meat mixture, ice the top of it with ketchup.
-Bake at 350 for about 25-30min or until it reaches an internal temp of 165


***I found it kinda bland the first time I made it and was thinking about what kind of sauce I could put with it. Zac suggested Ketchup so we will have to try it next time!***




Here's what I did and ate today...

Workout: Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Food:
Breakfast-Banana and Cereal
Lunch-Protein Shake
Snacks-Banana
Dinner-Zacs Stir Fry with Asparagus

Day 27-Wacky Hair!

Jillian is eccentric among other things. The other day, she brought me all her hair-ties to put in her hair! She definitely knows how to keep things interesting in the house!

She's doing her Asian eyes! 

All her pretty-pretties!

So beautiful!

Workout: Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs

Food:

Breakfast/Lunch-Cereal with almond milk and Fruit

Snack-Strawberry/Mango Sorbet for Whole foods

Dinner-Pesto Chicken with Asparagus

Dinner!

Breakfast Cereal!

Also I want to make a shout out to this Company melT Foods and their product The Almond Drop TM-They are Vegan Friendly, Gluten Free, Zero Trans Fats, and are Ridiculously Delicious and addictive! The company is locally owned and I'm just obsessed about these Drops! http://meltfoods.com/flavor-flavor.html

 

Day 26-Laundry!

So I didn't realize that today is Friday until about half way into my day. I also realized that my laundry is piling up SOO much. So I concentrated on getting the laundry going while I ironed, pressed and starched Zac's work shirts. Something I haven't been able to do in a couple weeks. Most of the time he just takes them to be Dry-Cleaned but I figured I would do something nice. What turned from being that simple thought turned out to be over several hours of doing each shirt. It was a whole day process and took much of my time away from my other activities like working-out, doing jillians Schooling(she calls her workbooks her "Homework"), cleaning and going to the pool. There were several times I had to stop to clean up jillian from the things she was getting into like mommies EXPENSIVE make-up(my MAC foundation, eye shadows and MK Mascara), toothpicks, FLOUR, Rice and daddies deodorant!!! She decided that she wanted some pretty-pretties on. My phone isn't working so I had to take the pictures on my laptop...

Mascara!

Mascara!

Mascara!

Zac's Pressed Shirts!

Zac's Pressed Shirts!

Workout: None

Food:

Breakfast-Yogurt, blueberries, granola

Lunch-Protein Shake

Snacks-Apple with Peanut Butter

Dinner-Zac's Stir-Fry with asparagus

 Dinner!

Day 25-Catching up!

So I totally forgot to post yesterday and am catching up but here's what I did today. I actually did 2 workouts today to catch up from taking my Long nap on Tuesday! And i'm super sore and tired lol ha!

Workout: Plyometric Cardio Circuit and Cardio Recovery

Food:
Breakfast-Cereal with Almond Milk
Lunch-Turkey meat, Apple with Peanut butter
Dinner-Chicken with asparagus!!!

Day 24-Lumpia

So I totally forgot to post this blog from yesterday but I was busy making Lumpia and enjoying it! Every new years day our family hold an Oriental party to reflect on our Japanese heritage and culture. There are lots of different Japanese foods and we share by inviting our friends and family. Families that have went on missions or trips to the mother country and friends that LOVE the culture! Lots of laughs and lots of fun!

My Mother is one of the best cooks I know! Since a young age I've always grabbed my stool and stood by my mom while she prepared and cooked many dishes. Jillian also mimics me like in my younger self, always wanting to see what i'm doing and cooking in the kitchen. Mi-Mi(my mom) taught her how to cook just like she did me and I always hold that special cooking deep in my heart! My mom has taught me so much more than just cooking and I Love her so much for her lessons in life among her lessons of cooking. She Taught me how to make those heritage dishes so hopefully I can pass them on to my children. Lumpia was one of those dishes and when I made it, it didn't taste as good as hers but it was still very good.

Jillian wanted to hold mommies hand while we cooked!

Daddy dont bother baby, "I's COOKING DINNER!!!!"(thats what jillian told daddy!)

Workout: Cardio Power and Resistance(I did yesterdays workout today)

Food:
Breakfast-Banana
Lunch-Protein Shake
Snack-Apple with Peanut Butter(this is actually my late night snack as well)
Dinner-Lumpia and Rice with Rice Seasoning(I fried the Lumpia in coconut oil and used ground lean sirloin)

 Lumpia fried in Coconut Oil!!

Dinner!!!

Day 23-Emergencies!

I woke up today with a call from Zac telling me he needed to go to the hospital because he was having chest pains. So like any other woman I asked him a million questions. He's fine now and were following up with another dr to find out exactly whats going on. Today, also my Brother-in-law Tom was in a motorcycle accident that could have gone really badly. He was riding his motorcycle when a car behind him didnt slow down. He swerved around the car ahead of him and the car behind him clipped him. Both of the boys(Zac and Tom) are fine and we are very greatful that things could have gone really bad and didnt. Jillian, Zac and I took a nap after I made them lunch and it actually ended up being a LONG nap lol. I woke jillian up and asked her if she wanted to help mommy make dinner and she half-eyed got up and went to her stool in the kitchen. She LOVES to cook with mommy and we actually had fun. When she goes into the kitchen at night to get a snack she always says, "Im cooking dinner!" lol shes just so funny. But she helped me grate the squash and carrots and garlic for the Chicken-Veggie loaf.

 She was very worried about her daddy!

 Jillian kissing daddies toes!

 Kissing daddies arm

Here's the A-Hole who clipped Tom and hit the car in front of Tom and him! 

Workout: I woke up from my nap too late :/

Food:
Breakfast-didnt have enough time
Lunch-Turkey sandwich with Ezekiel bread.
Snack-Peaches
Dinner-Chicken Meat Loaf(with squash, carrots, garlic, cabbage, onions, peppers, oatmeal, flax, and more good stuff) with little tiny potatoes and green beans!

 Cutest little potatoes ever!

 Veggie-Loaf!