Scenes from the day and another Cooking Light Meal

Every morning I wake up with lots of wonderful intentions for the day. I go through them quietly and set up the goals for the day. One of the main ones is to make it a healthy day. You know, make healthy choices. Some days this works out really well for me. Other times I can make the healthy choices, but will also make some that I can't really say are so healthy. But, hey, that's okay because I'll begin again the next morning! Today, like any other day, went the same way. So far today I'm rating it as a healthy one. Here are some scenes from the day . . .

what I told myself when planning a workout for the day! It always does feel pretty amazing!

My morning juice - after coffee, of course! Please ignore the terrible looking thumb! My nails are nasty!

Hot Yoga - my hamstrings and hips were so tight today . . . until I finished here in the mighty hot room with fabulous instruction.

Lunch was a protein packed concoction I came up with for dinner last night. It was a take off of White Chicken Chile with added black beans, corn, garbonzo beans and extra shredded chicken.

When the afternoon munchies hit I had one rice cake with 1 tablespoon nutella. I know an apple would have been the better choice, but at least I measured out the nutella! And the fruit bowl is empty ):

Now on to the dinner phase of the day. Keeping with the healthy choices I've made so far I'll tell you what's for dinner over here. Cooking Light this month has what looks like a good fish recipe, so here is the plan:

Browned Butter Flounder

Ingredients

4 (6-ounce) flounder fillets

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons canola oil, divided
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
5 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, divided
8 ounces sugar snap peas, trimmed
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Preparation

1. Sprinkle fish evenly with pepper and salt. Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge fish in flour. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove fish from pan; keep warm.
2. Return pan to medium heat. Add butter; cook 45 seconds or until butter begins to brown. Remove pan from heat; stir in parsley and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Place butter mixture in a small bowl.
3. Return pan to medium-high heat. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add snap peas; sauté 3 minutes or just until crisp-tender. Stir in remaining 2 teaspoons lemon juice, mint, and rind.

The side is browned rice mixed with some roasted pecans and a sauteed leek.

Sounds pretty good to me. We'll be the guinea pigs and I'll let you know the outcome!

So, how do you begin your day? If you "mess up" do you start right over or do you blow out the rest of the day? What's your favorite Healthy Choice? And you you use probiotics? That's my next topic so I'm asking around . . . .

Have a fun day . . .and a healthy one!!