Work and old habits

I knew as soon as I went back to work that my daily posts might be delayed. There always seems like so much to do and time doesn't appear to be on my side.
So let's recap now...

Sunday morning was mushrooms with scrambled eggs. Lunch was leftover vegetarian macaroni cheese with some chips. Dinner was vegetarian fajitas.

Monday morning was scrambled eggs on toast. The pasta from the other day did nicely for lunch and dinner was the same sauce used for 5 Spice meatballs smothered over zucchini, carrot, broccolini and white rice. That was an interesting dinner... For sure I thought I would miss the meatballs but serving them up for the others was a piece of cake!

Today's breakfast was boring old toast. Lunch was leftover fajitas which was originally made on kidney beans and corn - super tasty with the addition of an enchilada sauce.
Tonight I convinced my husband to take me to dinner.  The initial reaction was "Why are we paying to go out to eat vegetables?". It is a good opportunity to see how the restaurants deal with vegetarian meals and to get some inspiration - even if I did have a meal plan!

Tomorrow friends are coming to dinner. A good old barbeque is planned.... I will be consciously avoiding the meat and snags for roasted veges. Maybe a potato bake and some rice salad? We shall see how the afternoon ends up!

Day 2...

Day 2 has come and gone and was successful as far as vegetarian eating was concerned. Not so much on the chocolate front.
Breakfast was left over bechamel sauce with sweetcorn on toast.
Lunch was this vegetarian pizza  I whipped up at home on pita base with bought tomato sauce. Topped with three different types of cheese and some baby spinach right at the end it was really good!
Dinner was leftover cauliflower curry with chickpeas.
So far so good!

Going vegetarian...

The preparation has begun for Vegetarian January. In less than 2 days I am forgoing meat for 1 whole month. Doesn't really sound like much and for those die-hard vegetarian folk out there I am sure it isn't.
But this month means cooking new dishes almost every night or I face the boring option of eating salad. Cooking I enjoy but when I go back to work the inspiration and ideas tend to go out the window when I get busy and we revert back to the protein (meat) and vegies.
So now I am prepped. I searched for inspiration on different vegetarian recipes that I can adapt to include meat for the others and that look really appetising. They have been saved to my Pinterest board here if you want to see what I have found.
This morning I got up early to go to the local markets and stock up on half my vegetable list and then I followed up with the supermarket to get the other items. I did have some lentils in the pantry but the mouse my cat let into our house (a whole other story) somehow managed to get to the third shelf and help himself to my legumes and pasta packets.
Just to start getting into the swing of things I whipped up a cauliflower curry with some items I had... the chickpeas I purchased today will be added to it to make it a bit more filling. That is Monday's dinner sorted!
To celebrate the last day of being a meat eater (for 1 month anyway) I am having roast lamb tomorrow night. It is my intention to enjoy every mouthful but to also remind myself that this is a new challenge and anything I usually set my mind to, I do it.
Wish me luck!

Vision boards and other such fun stuff...

So, Wreck this journal is supposed to help me with creavity... and this blog is to help me document my wonderful journey. All sounds fairly easy.... And it is.

But in part of this journey, which is getting messier and messier as I progress I also have a business to continue and get my head in a space where I can grow both personally and professionally.

A couple of weeks ago a group of ladies and I had a networking session where we worked on getting some goals actually written down and making them more than just written down goals (if you get my drift). Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we actually have to action them!

Now, to do this it was recommended that we create some vision boards where we can have our goals plastered in a prominent place so that we see them and reinforce them EVERYDAY! Sounds like a plan...

So I bought my cardboard (that was the first step to actually actioning the goal of actioning the goal) and it has been sitting in front of me ever since. In all honesty I have been scared I was going to "mess it up" and it not be perfect. Hmm, I am starting to realise that I have a problem here...

My fear of "messing up" was preventing me from doing!! Woohoo.. now that I have realised that it is time to take action. And this is where I got the idea of Wreck this Journal. In a very long and convoluted way it was to help me not be so much of a perfectionist and get the job of starting to action some goals done so that I can achieve!

I feel I am on the right track.. even if I seem to be going in circles. This week I have been thinking more about my goals and realised that I probably needed a Daisy list like Sami which would be made up of things that I want to do, but is not so much a goal that it requires a vision board.

And that is where I am at today - I needed somewhere I could put my list of things to do and BINGO - this is it!! I am going to add a little area on the side where I can add the things I want to do and can tick them off as I go.

Problem solved!!

If you would like to know any more about Daisy lists, Wreck this Journal or Vision Boards, please email me! I would be happy to share.

K