First things first – how did I do with my two baby step goals?  Not terrible, but not great.  I did drink at least 64 ounces of water if coffee counts.  I think coffee with no cream or sugar should definitely count.  I’m normally a “have a little coffee with my cream and sugar” kind of person.  So, the fact that I had two cups of coffee today, both with only Truvia to sweeten it and no cream at all is progress to me.  I only had two packs of Truvia in each coffee too, which some people think is way too much, but I quite like my two packets thank you very much.   Maybe I’ll work my way down to one packet in the future, but come on.  I normally have at least 4 Tbsp of creamer and a couple Truvia and maybe even a little sugar on top of that.   You know what was really cool about the coffee I had today, I could actually taste the coffee!  🙂

So, next baby step goal – FitBit steps – not as great.   As of right now I’m a little over 5,000 steps.  I’ll get in some more before bed, but I doubt I’ll hit the 7,000 mark.  Oh well, I won’t let it get me down.  Tomorrow is a new day to try again!

I did get a little bit of workout time in tonight.  I’m doing online personal training.  She posts videos each day and I’m supposed to follow along doing as much of it as I can.  I did almost half of it tonight.  I didn’t stop because I couldn’t finish.  I stopped because my five year wanted all of my attention and I was trying to check on the dinner that I was cooking at the same time.   My arms are already sore and tomorrow I probably won’t be able to wave at anyone.  But that’s good, right?

Now, on to dinner.  I know I’m trying to do a low carb and make healthier choices, but I had bought all of the stuff to make tonight’s dinner before the New Year and I wanted to go ahead and try it out.   It was actually really good!  It was definitely not low carb though.  It was a dish called Chicken & Noodles that was sort of a cross between chicken and dumplings and chicken noodle soup.  It had the consistency of chicken and dumplings, only with noodles instead.  I made it in the instant pot and it was a one dish, super easy meal.

Instant Pot Chicken & Noodles 

This is the recipe that I used but I made a couple of changes.

After cooking the chicken, I left it out while I cooked the noodles.  After reading a few reviews I decided to cook the noodles for 9 minutes instead of 5 and they turned out great.  After cooking the noodles I added the shredded chicken back to the pot and mixed everything up.   My husband and my five year old LOVED it.  Both of them had a second helping.

Alright, that’s enough for today.  I need get a few more steps in before bed.  Goodnight, all!   See you tomorrow!