Week 10 weight in. Count calories, Count Calories, Count calories...

As you can guess my goal for the week is to count my calories!!! Thats the plan, the working out is doing good not I need to really focus on everything that goes in my mouth!! Wish me luck and send me a prayer!
Week 10 weight in!
starting weight: 247.0
todays weight: 234.4
total so far: 12.8 lbs

not sure why the pic never coems out right side up, oh well. but lost almost 1 1/2 lbs this week! yay!

Week 9

Soo....week 9 weight in was so traumatizing that i was to ashamed to post about it. I have been working so hard, up to almost 6 miles a week jogging/walking and doing Richards. I splurged two days, one on two pieces of pizza and one on a taco salad and I gained weight this week, all week I have really had to push myself to keep going. I want this though, I want to be healthy and I will not give up! I have been keeping up with my running and feeling great! I have been watching my eating and eating less but not really counting calories so that is a big goal of mine and I could use prayer for strength in this area! See you on Monday all for week 10 weight in.

Week 9 weight in!
starting weight: 247.0
todays weight: 235.8
total so far: 11.4 lbs

Week 8 and feeling great!!

Although there are some serious pain with working out I  feel a 100% mentally and physically better!! Here are some updated body picks, compared to week 1 i look fantastic!

week 1

week 1







Week 8!!

Summer Salads

First of my light and tasty summer salad ideas is one I wiped up this afternoon. I am the master at finding new ideas in my fridge with who know what!

Ingredients:
1 large Fugi Apple ( or apple of choice)
1/2 Basket of Strawberries
1 large spoon full sour cream
1/2 single serving yogurt of choice ( I used mixed berries)

448 calories in the salad, 112 per serving

Fry it up...Stir Fry that is!! 15 mins to awesome goodness!

Here is how to make a awesome, healthy, and tasty stir fry in less then 15 mins!

First, take a bag of your fav. Stir fry frozen veggie mix. ( Birds eye mix has huge cut veggies and sauce packets included)




Place desired amount of veggies ( for 3 people we use 1/3 bag of veggies)  in medium skillet, add about 1/4 cup water and let cook over med/high heat for 5-7 mins ( or until heated through)

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Add to the skillet 1/2 a bag of pre cooked shrimp ( or pre cooked chicken)














add fav. sauce or the sauce included with the Birds eye veggies and cook another 5-7 mins.




While the Stir fry is cooking Pop some 90 sec. Rice into the microwave, you can use Uncles Bens and he has brown or white or terraki!












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A Delicious Stir fry Dinner in under 15 mins! Try different veggie combos and meats for a whole new taste!

Week 8 already

Week 8

Week 8 weight in!
starting weight: 247.0
todays weight: 235.4
total so far: 11.8 lbs!!

 Splurged on the eating a bit this week because new company arrived but i am so proud to say that I did my 3 mile goal AND richards once and lost 1.5 lbs this week!! Cant wait for it to kick up with my new running app on my iphone called C25K ( Couch to 5k in 9 weeks) I am so pumped!!

Week 7!

Week 6 weight in!
starting weight: 247.0
todays weight: 236.6
total so far: 10.6 lbs!!

 Getting the eating under control and with the warm weather it is fun to get out! My goal this week is to run 3 miles! And do Richards once.

Simple Easy ways to cut calories, cut fat, add flavor and feel full!

Drop it...

Leave off the mayo on your sandwich or burger and you can save yourself 50-100 calories, not to mention a whole bunch of fat! Wooh! Use Olive oil mayo for almost half the calories and fat when mayo is required but we warned it does have a slightly different taste.









Spread it...


Peanut butter, whether great snack, great topping for pancakes or just another way to get your daily protein. Drop the Jiffy and Peter Pan PB which is full of hydrogenated oils and other things I cant even spell and try all natural peanut butter, yes it has a "healthier" taste but the benefits are great, plus if you buy a brand like Naturally More and it has flax seed included which has many health benefits, and it is sweetened with honey! Yumm! It can also save you 20-30 calories and up to 50 fat calories over the name brand PB.

Add it...

Add green chilies to your morning omelet, tacos, mushroom chicken casserole, and other dishes for a good twist of flavor, without the calories (only 5 calories in the whole can!)and for all you spicy wimps they do not add any "heat"! Yay!





Swap it...

 Swap out half of the mayo in a recipe with plain yogurt ( like in macaroni, potatoes or egg salad )and cut the calories by more then half, mix half yogurt with half sour cream and have a lower fat/lower calorie taco topper and you wont even know the difference!




Spritz it...

We all know salads are good for us but smothering them with fattening dressing is not. So spritz your way to good health with salad spritzers, they have a great flavor without the calories! Only 1 calorie a spray, that can be a 100-200 calorie save!









Snack it...

 Pickles...very low in calories big on taste! usually only 0-15 calories each! try the new "snack um's" for a great crunchy snack! Wrap a pickle with a slice or two of deli ham and have a nice tasty mid day snack.

Protein bars, really do keep you fuller longer! My favorite is the Kashi peanut butter and chocolate bars, although they are 200 calories they can be a meal on the go or cut them in half and you have a filling, pretty tasty snack that will keep off the hunger feeling until dinner!




Drink it...
                                     

 Like everyone already says, water, it's good for you! But it also can help you eat less if you drink it while you are eating. Also don't forget water helps cleanse your body of toxins and waste as you lose weight!

Tea, 0 calorie cup of goodness, weather you brew it cold or drink it hot, tea has great antioxidants, vitamins and can give you that little sweet you need to make it through the day, and for all of you non caffeine drinkers like me, it is easy to find great tasting caffeine free tea!







Switch it out...

Switch out that fatty breakfast sausage for some grilled thin sliced ham and save up to 150 calories, sliced deli ham averages 30 calories for 1 oz and contains less then a 1/3 of the fat over sausage.



For all you who are wanting to go fat free, sliced deli turkey is 99% fat free and has only 40 calories for 2 oz! Switch out that Italian sausage for lean sliced turkey and save over 100 calories a sandwich! And although grilled chicken is tasty and healthy if you are really crunching down on your calories, add chopped sliced deli turkey in place of grilled chicken on your chef or Caesar salad.