Warm Weather and Good Food!

 Yesterday was an awesome weather day! Our weather was bright and sunny and in the 40's...perfect walking weather. Wednesday's are short school days for Ben so after school he walked with me up to Fresh Thyme. Round trip it is 1.6 miles but I am definitely out of shape! The way there wasn't as bad as the way back (which is mostly uphill). It was definitely a great workout! I was really glad that he went with me because I felt a little insecure thinking that I could possible have another collapsing/black out issue. And since today is also supposed to be in the 40's, I am thinking of going for another walk. :)

When I came home from the hospital, the kids were still freaked out with what happened and watched me like a hawk to make sure that I was following the "rules"...taking it easy, eating the right foods, taking my medication, drinking enough water (and a rule they made up is not watching CNN, MSNBC or FoxNews). They were very helpful doing extra work around the house for me and helping with meals. Jackie came up with the idea of trying Hello Fresh and said if we ordered from there, she would make all of those dinners! Well heck, what a deal for me! So we looked online, Jackie & I picked our meals for the first box which came yesterday! Ok let me say, I am a deal/bargain shopper! I love getting things on sale, using coupons and even taking back pop bottles so that I can use that money towards more groceries. This Hello Fresh seemed like an awful lot of money that I could be getting at least double to food locally BUT I told her that we would try it.  

 This is how it was packaged up inside the box. Inside the brown bags are all of the little things needed for the recipe plus the veggies.  There is an ice pack in the bottom of the box and there is a bubble wrap type of bag around these items. I was very impressed with the packaging. The Ice pack also has directions on how to dispose - cut  and drain the water (once the ice melts) and then recycle the plastic. I think it is cool and just may keep it for our cooler when we go on trips. 

 Since we got the 4 serving option there are two of each meat packaging. And I love that this really helps with portion control. Ben was a little upset that he was only going to get 5oz of steak! 

 These are the recipe cards with step by step directions on the back. We had this steak for dinner last night. Jackie did an amazing job preparing this and really it looked pretty much like this card. I do wish that I took a picture of the dinner last night. 

 I am pretty excited to try this one! I downloaded the app and it will give you the nutritional information for each meal. And I can then go and make any changes for my low-carb eating. I will be eating much of these carrots and will probably make another side in place of the couscous...there are 36 carbs in 1 cup of couscous. Or maybe I will make sure that I have enough carbs to have a small portion. 

This pick is ALL Jackie. She has actually been talking about making this soup for sometime now! This one will be a little tough for me to eat around the couscous but I will just plan my day accordingly. This is 39 net carbs. 

Ok so after eating our first Hello Fresh dinner, I have to say that the quality of the groceries that they sent is just amazing. The steaks were SO lean! Jackie is not a big meat fan because she doesn't like the fat or any of the "weird" stuff as she calls it in meat. She even commented how good the steak was. And she ate every bite of it. When she eats a steak, she typically shreds it up with her fork to make sure she is only getting actual meat!

And being fully honest, I ate some of the potatoes and carrots...little portions (but then I added a little more but nothing crazy)....BIG MISTAKE! I ended up waking up at 1am with a migraine! My body just does not like carbs! I should also add that it wasn't just the small amount of potatoes and carrots but I was just in the mind set that I had these carbs...why not add a couple brownie bites that I bought the kids yesterday. I did add everything into my app and even though I didn't eat the greatest I was only over my daily total by 7 carbs. 

So far, I do like Hello Fresh, not sure if we will keep it after our 4 shipments with reduced rates but we will see...if you would like to try it out, let me know. They do offer referral incentives! :)

Have a wonderful day!

~Shannon