Meadowlark Prairie: Meals on Monday- Tomorrow has Arrived

Hey Everyone! Today’s Meals on Monday will start shortly, but I wanted to give you some background thoughts before we get started. This past week, I finished up Jeanne Oliver’s Becoming –The Unfolding of You and one of the stories really spoke to me and my struggle with my weight.

Karianne Wood from Thistlewood Farm shared her testimony and her weight loss journey. I identified with her story on so many levels: acting like I don’t notice that I am overweight, promising myself that I will start eating healthy tomorrow, telling myself that I will only live on cucumbers and broccoli and will never eat another brownie. Everything she was saying, I had told myself before.

Karianne reminded me that our bodies are temples and are gifts from God. We need to respect them and take care of them. She encouraged me to stop putting off tomorrow. I called a friend who has already lost over 100 pounds and asked her to be my mentor and support person. She very happily agreed. I also downloaded MyFitnessPal app and ordered a Fitbit Charge to help track my progress and calories burned. And more importantly, I have asked my Heavenly Father to come on this journey with me.

So, I spent the weekend planning out Healthy Meals. I had previously purchased and blogged about two new books that are written by Katie Farrell, creator of Dashing Dish. I took out those books, joined the subscription program of her website for $5 (which I thought was extremely reasonable) and vowed to plan out my meals for the following weeks and stick to them.

All of this week’s meals come from Dashing Dish’s subscription website or from her cookbook Dashing Dish.

Monday - Barbecue Chicken Twice Baked Sweet Potato {Dashing Dish Cookbook}