Blog Milestone

News about a my exciting blog milestone in a second, but first let’s get to the f-o-o-d.

Slammin' Salad

Hooray for starting the workweek on a healthy note!

Today’s lunch was a big ol’ salad.

On top of a bed of spinach, I enjoyed:

• Carrots
• Yellow squash
• Refried beans
• Celery
• Broccoli
• Sweet corn
• Black bean, roasted corn & 5 pepper salsa

Along with my salad, I also included a Sargento reduced fat Colby Jack cheese stick for some added protein (five grams in one of these bad boys!).

Monday's Lunch

Refried Beans

The salsa I used on this salad was delicious!

Kerry & Loni's Bean-Tastico Salsa

A Peek Inside

I bought a jar of Kerry & Loni’s Bean-Tastico salsa at le gourmet chef after my sister and I tried a sample of the salsa in the store. It was slightly spicy and chock-full of black beans and roasted corn. Gotta love hearty salsa!

All Together

Produce packed lunch = Lots o’ nutrients!

One Million

Over the weekend I had a pretty big blog milestone. Early Sunday morning my blog reached one million page views!!!

I am honestly floored by this, because I remember for the first several months of blogging I had like eight (totally fantastic!) readers.

Here’s a link to my first post (kind of embarrassing)! I would also like to send a special shout out to Tina and Lisa, the first two amazing people to comment on my blog.

This milestone made me think a lot about my blog and why I blog every day.

I blog because I honestly love it. I love having an outlet to share my thoughts, ideas, random recipes and personal experiences. Blogging and being part of such a wonderfully supportive, intelligent, kind and thought-provoking group of people brings me so much joy every day.

I blog because I love to write. I blog because I love health and fitness. And I blog because I love each and every one of you.

Thank you for reading and commenting and supporting this lil’ blog of mine that means so much to me. I get excited anytime any one of you leaves me a comment or sends me an email sharing a story, experience, idea or request for advice. For you silent readers out there, I adore you, too! 😀

Thank you for visiting my blog, from the very bottom of my heart. 😀