Wednesday 4/18/07

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee w/ splenda and fat free skim milk
Oatmeal (It was packaged instant) 160cal 2g fat 33g carb 4g protein
1/2 scoop of Protein 60 Cal 1g fat 2 carb 10 protein

Snake
1 whole grapefruit
1 packet of Stevia
Diet green tea (Out of water at work)

Lunch
Chesse Burger Grilled (onion, pickle, Mustard)
Cottage Chesse 1/2 cup
cucumbers
Boco chicken pattie
Tea

Tuesday 04/17/07

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee w/ splenda and fat free skim milk
Oatmeal (It was packaged instant) 160cal 2g fat 33g carb 4g protein
1/2 scoop of Protein 60 Cal 1g fat 2 carb 10 protein
1 water 16 oz.

Snack
16 Almonds (170 cal 15g fat 5.5 carb 6.3 protein)
Water 16 oz.
Grapefruit with stevia

Lunch
Med Salad (Cheese, Onion, FF Italian dressing 15 cal)
3 baby carrots
1/2 cup cottage chesse 100 cal
Veggie Chicken pattie 160 cal 2.5g fat 5 carb 13 protein
2 slices of ww bread 140 cal
1 hard boiled egg 70 cal
1 packet of mayo 30 cal 2.5 g fat 2 carb 0 protein
Tea

Snack
Yogurt 90 cal 3g fat 5g carb 9g protein

Dinner
2 slices of thin crust chicken pizza
Water

Snack
Apple
Water

No workout - Visited friend in nursing home and go hair cut.

Monday April 16th

I have been away for awhile. I am not for sure why I have not wrote to this blog? But I am back. At my gym our weight class instructor is helping me with modifying how I eat. (She is so awesome) I also am suppose to up my cardio. I think I work best when I am held accountable. I have no discipline.

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee w/ splenda and fat free skim milk (I am giving up my cream) ;(
Oatmeal (It was packaged instant) 160cal 2g fat 33g carb 4g protein
1/2 scoop of Protein 60 Cal 1g fat 2 carb 10 protein
1 water 16 oz.

Snack
16 almonds

Lunch
Smart Ones Salisbury Steak 200 cal 8g fat 12g carb 30g protein
Sm salad (lettuce, onion, chesse, ham, ff italian dressing)
1 hard boil egg
1/8 cup of cottage cheese
2 baby carrots
Tea

Snack
EAS Shake 110 cal 3g fat 2g carb 17g protein
Water 16 oz.

Dinner
1.5 Boco Burger Tacos 2/3 cup meat 60 cal .5g fat 13 carb 10 protein
Chesse 1/4 cup 100 cal 9g fat 0 carb 7 protein
Tortilla 192 cal 1.5 g fat 37.5 carb 6 protein
Water

Snack
1/2 cup of apple dessert
tea

Worked Out 1/2 hour on Chest 1/2 abs

Wednesday

Breakfast
Coffee w/ ff cream 2 cups

EAS Shake 200 cal 3g fat 28g carb 17g protein - That was waayyyyy to sweet. Never thought I would ever say that.
Water

Snack 1/2 cinnomon roll with cream chesse frosting - Nasty

Lunch
Big salad - Chicken 2 oz., chesse, onion, cucumbers, 1 whole egg, ff itialian drsssing
1/2 cup cottage chesse
Bread stick

Tuesday

Breakfast
Coffee and ff cream
Smoothie - 70 cal 1.5g fat 5g carb 8g protein

Diet Dr Pepper

Lunch
Med. Salad, cheese, onion, green pepper, 1 hard boil egg, chicken 3 oz.
FF italian dressing
1/2 cottage cheese
cucumbers
Tea

Snack
Light & Fit Vanilla - w/ almonds

Dinner
Subway - Turkey, Bacon, Lettuce, Pepper Jack Cheese, Pickles, Cucumber, Light mayo, oniion, green pepper.
Water

Snack
10 jelly beans
Coffee

No Workout!

Monday April 2nd

Breakfast
Carb smoothie
6 almonds
Coffee
Water

Lunch
Talipa 2 fillets
stuffing
sm salad w/ ff Itlaian dressing
Tea

Dinner
Hamburger/rice mix 2 cups
Jelly beans
water
water

Worked out - 30 min abs 1hour chest and shoulders

Weekend

Update on food intake -

Saturday
Breakfast
Carb free smoothie 70 cal 1.5 fat 6 carb 9 protein

Lunch
Brat
Sun Chips

Dinner
1/2 hamburger
Morale mushrooms 30

Snack
1 suger cookie
3/4 Fruit fluff stuff

Sunday
Breakfast
Carb free smoothie 70 cal 1.5 fat 6 carb 9 protein

Lunch
6 oz turkey
Morale mushrooms 20

Dinner
Talipa
Stuffing
Corn

Snack
Angle food cake

Both days mushroomed hunted!!!!!

Friday

Breakfast
Coffee
Oatmeal

16 almonds
diet coke

Lunch
Taco Bell - Steak Taquitos
Taco
Apple pie

Snack
Doughnut from Walmart

Dinner
1 plate of Chinese
Diet Coke

Ok - Life sucked that day and I just went down hill with everything.

No WORKOUT!

Thursday

Breakfast
Coffee 2 cups ff cream
Grapefruit 82 cal 0 fat 20g carb 2 protein

Snack
water 16 0z
Whole egg
16 almonds

Lunch
Tea
Smartone Chicken Enchilado 310 cal 8g fat 45g carb 14g protein
Sm salad w/ ff itlain dressing

Snack
Whole Egg
Water

Dinner
3 slices of Pizza hut pizza
15 jelly beans

Snack
bar
No Work out

Eat and Burn 100 Calories

Eat and Burn 100 Calories

Posted by Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. on Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 3:49 pm PDT

These days, 100-calorie snacks are all the rage. They make us more accountable for what we're eating, they're convenient and tasty and, of course, make great lunchbox stuffers for kids. Buy them prepackaged or enjoy some of the following 100-calorie best bites.

• 6-8 oz non-fat flavored, yogurt
• Part-skim string cheese
• Large apple or pear
• 1 cup blueberries or raspberries
• ½ cantaloupe
• Frozen banana
• 1 cup whole grain cereal
• 2 plums
• 1 grapefruit
• 12 raw almonds
• ½ cup cottage cheese topped with 1 tablespoon of wheat germ
• 4 cups lite popcorn
• 2 whole grain crackers and small slice low-fat cheese
• 3 clementines
• ½ apple + 1 teaspoon peanut butter

Burn 100-calories, with one of the following activities:

Everyday activities:
• Washing Dishes - 28 minutes
• Gardening - 20 minutes
• Light House Cleaning - 18 minutes
• Playing tag with kids - 22 minutes
• Exploring the Zoo for 30 minutes
• Window Shopping for 30 minutes

Planned Exercise:
• Walking 3.5 mph pace - 20 minutes
• Jumping Rope - 8 minutes
• Elliptical Machine - 9 minutes

Running:
• 5 mph pace - 10 minutes
• 6 mph pace - 8 minutes

Wednesday

Breakfast
Oatmeal
Coffee 2 cups

Snack
2 muffins
Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch
Sm salad (chesse, turkey, 3 cucumbers, croutons)
ff italian dressing
Lean pocket
Diet green tea

Snack
Yougart 100 cal 0g fat 20g carb 5g protein
Water

Dinner
Brat (bad)
Sun Chips (bad)
Carrots
Diet Dr. Pepper

Sanck
Almonds
Water

Worked out - Lower Body, ABs 1 hour

Tuesday

Breakfast
Oatmeal
Coffee 30 cal

Snack
Yougart 100 Cal 0g fat 20g carb 5g protein
Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch
Salad 100 cal
FF italian dressing 30 cal
Tuna Noodle - Smart ones 250 cal 4.5g fat 37g carb 14g Protein
2 Sm banana muffin
Tea

Snack
100 cal Lorna Doone Shortbread cookies 100 cal 3g fat 16g carb 1g protein
Water 16 oz.

Dinner
Italian Sub Sandwich from Leonas
5 or 6 chips
pickle spear
Diet Dr. Pepper
Water

Worked out - 35 min on precore

Just want to cry!

It's Monday and I have had a long three weeks. So I back to the grind stone with new goals set. I weigh176 and I have 44% body fat. The body fat floors me. When I read that I could not believe. So I begin again.

Breakfast
Coffee w/ ff cream 30cal
Yougart Bar 140 cal 3.5g fat 26g Carb 2g protein

Snack
Diet Coke
100 cal Pack Carrot cake 100 cal 3g fat 19g carb 2g protien

Lunch
Subway Grilled chicken salad 140 Cal 2.5g fat 11 carb 19 protein
Dressing Itlaina Fat free 35 cal

Snack
Yougart 100 cal 0g fat 20g carb 5g protein
water

Total So far 545 cal 9g fat 76 carb

Dinner
Spagetti
Green beans
Water

Snack
15 Almonds

Workout
Shoulders, Abs 1 hour

Pot Luck

	Pot Luck
	Oh, chicken pot pie -- we thought we'd never get to spend quality time together again. You with your crazy-fatty crust and gooey, creamy innards. Us with our calorie-conscious ways. We were wrong again! One of our lovely and talented subscribers inspired us to create this super-simple CPP swap (thanks, Margaret). Don't be chicken -- check it out! Ingredients: 8 oz. raw boneless skinless chicken breast; cut into bite-sized pieces 3 cups C&W Ultimate Petite Mixed Vegetables (or any other frozen mixed vegetables) 1 can (10.75 oz.) Campbell's Condensed Soup, 98% Fat Free Cream of Celery 3 servings Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls (unprepared) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute chicken pieces for several minutes in a pan spritzed with nonstick cooking spray, until chicken is light brown/cooked but still tender; set aside. Heat frozen veggies in microwave according to package. Mix chicken, vegetables and soup together and put in a 9" round baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Place dish in oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly (stir about halfway through). While dish is cooking, unroll 3 crescent rolls. Combine pieces together with hands to make one large ball of dough. With a rolling pin, roll dough out into a circle to cover top of dish. Add dough to the top of the dish and cook for an additional 15 - 20 minutes or until top is golden brown. Serves 4.
	Serving Size: 1/4th pie (approx. 7 oz.) Calories: 210 Fat: 6g Sodium: 800mg Carbs: 24g Fiber: 2.5g Sugars: 6g Protein: 16.5g *4 Points

Tuesday

Breakfast
Yougart 80 Cal 11 Carb
Pumpkin muffin 100 Cal

Snack
2 slices of turkey
Cheese Stick
almonds

Lunch
Turkey Brat
Chile
Cinnonmon Roll (Sm)

No Carbs for 3 days

Woowhoooo! I did it no white bread of any kind and no suger for three days. I will do this again next week.

Friday
Breakfast
Cinnonmon Roll with cream cheese frosting (Yes I am hurting)
Coffee 3 cups
Water

Thursday

Breakfast
Yougart
Apple

Snack
almonds
hard boil egg

Lunch
Stuffed Green Pepper
Salad
Cottage Cheese
Cheese Stick

Snack
Beef Jerky

Dinner
1 chicken breast

Snack
Egg cassarole

Worked out - 30 min cardio

Wednesday

Breakfast
Yougart

Snack
Cheese Stick
Handful of almonds

Lunch
talipa
salad w/ chicken
cottage cheese

Snack
Chicken

Dinner
jalopeano egg cassarole

Lower Body Work out!

Pancakes!

Blue Ribbon Batter!
	It's no secret that HG LOVES breakfast (it IS the most important meal of the day -- that's NOT a rumor). But don't think for one second we're gonna be satisfied with some lame-o boring b-fast. Nuh-uh. We want pancakes. With blueberries! STAT! Check out our simple recipe... An oat-y take on p-cakes makes 'em hearty, filling, and delicious! Ingredients: 1/3 cup regular oats (not instant or steel cut) 1/4 cup blueberries 3 tbsp. egg whites 1 tbsp. nonfat milk 1 tbsp. fat-free cottage cheese 1 tbsp. flour 2 tbsp. water pinch salt Directions: Combine all ingredients except for the blueberries and stir until well mixed. Gently fold in blueberries. In a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray, drop batter into pan to form 3 pancakes (or 1 big pancake). Once pancakes begin to look solid (about 3 minutes), gently flip (if possible, re-spritz the pan with nonstick spray as you flip 'em to prevent sticking). Cook for approximately 3 additional minutes, or until both sides are lightly browned and insides are cooked through. Now plate those suckers and enjoy. Serves 1. (Pssst...we like 'em drizzled with sugar-free maple syrup!)
	Serving Size: Entire recipe Calories: 195 Fat: 2g Sodium: 295mg Carbs: 32g Fiber: 4g Sugars: 6g Protein: 13g *3 Points

Tuesday

Well I am back on track AGAIN!

Breakfast
Yougart
handful of almonds
2 cups of coffee

Drinking water right now.

Snack
1 boiled egg

Lunch
Salad
Grilled Chicken
Cottage chesse
5 grapes

Snack
1/4 of nut bar

Dinner
Omellet made of egg beaters, mushrooms, motz. cheese.

Worked Out - 30 min hard cardio on eliptical. I was sweating!

Expo, Dreams, and Reality

It seems that when I can’t seem to see why things happen for a reason I sabotage my progress. I planned on going to the EXPO. I asked everyone to go with me and NO BODY wanted to go. Except my mom. So we planned to go. Well then about a month ago she told me with all the weather that they are getting that my mom would not be able to afford to go. (My dad owns a roofing company) I was soooooo disappointed. Actually I was devastated! I wanted to go to the BFL and the Arnold Expo so badly. So for the past three weeks I have eaten crappy and I have not been getting all my workouts in. Last week I went to the gym only one time. I finally put two and two together and realized that I was destroying a dream. I am hurting inside so let’s make it completely miserable.

I wanted to go to this expo and meet everyone, plus from my understanding that the BFL will not be held with the Arnold classic next year. I am angry, mad, frustrated, confused, sad, and disappointed. I know there is an underlining resentment there as well. My husband got to go to Dayton 500 last year, I was promised a cruise in January and we were to go to North Carolina for our first family vacation ever and all of it got ripped away because my husband was hunting illegally and tore his Achilles tendon. So for the past three months I have had to cater to him and try to do everything and remain sane. Just when you think you see light at the end of the tunnel. Bam you get hit with a train wreak.

On the flip side, I am so happy for those who are going and I will be logged on all weekend long and watch from afar. I think me just getting this out and not keeping this poison inside has helped me already. The BFL Expo will be here and gone and I will still be fat. So it is time for action to step in again and next year be at the Expo a BFL Champion winner. Make it count!

I think what is amazing here and how dumb I feel that it took me three weeks to really get to my problem and see it for what it is. I seen it, I feel it, I understand it, I have dealt with it, Now MOVE ON!

Learning!

I seem to find more and more about myself as I endeavor on this journey of losing weight. It seems that God puts things in my way so that I can actually see who I am. I read the BFL tracker daily. I don't always comment on it.

I do read tons of articles on how to succeed in every part of my life. I seem to sabotage anything good. Take for instance my losing weight. I have lost 5 pounds and have stayed there. I have not pushed myself to lose another 5 pounds. I want to, oh God do I want to. The past three weeks have been so half heartily done. I have eaten crappy and have not completed my workouts 6 days a week. I can get 3 or 4 in but never to the point. It’s like I give up in everything I do. Take for instance my work. I tell myself I am going to wear decent cloths and makeup and I still wake up late and I put on jeans because it is the easiest and fastest way. I know that to move up in this world you have push yourself. If I had to climb a ladder to reach anything I want to achieve and there is only 10 steps on this ladder. I could only get to step five. I am always looking up. Wondering why I can never get to the top. I know at work there is stuff that could be done that could push me forward but I do things at the last minute. Is it because I am comfortable. Yet I am not! I kick myself all the time because I want to be better and I want to improve. Wanting and doing are totally different I know that, but once I start I stop half way. WTF

Let me list my goals.

1) Lose 25 pounds - In a bikini this summer
2) Ripped Abs
3) In the process of this - Win 2007 BFL
4) Improve my income!
5) Work - Call other directors to acquire information on salary caps, document all job titles, and be prepared for review. SIS set schedule, Erate completed, clean up area.
6) Out with the old in the new. (I started on my closet and a few cabinets in the kitchen)
7) Keep the house, car, and myself clean.
8) Pay off my school loan
9) get out of debt
10) Become financially secure - so that I could buy what I need and WANT

I could go on and on. The secret - great movie. Tells me to create a dream board. Cut out things that you want and dream about it. I have tons of things cut out. But nothing is glued on a board. Why don't I ever finish what I start. I believe I am worth it yet my actions speack other wise. I am done reading all the self help books and I am done talking about it. I am ready to push through this half assed stuff and begin to live the life I want.

So actions that need to take place first. Work, then workout, have hubby take my pictures for BFL, and then begin on my dream board.

212 Degrees, The Extra Degree.

212 Degrees, The Extra Degree.

At 211 degrees, water is hot.

At 212 degrees, it boils.

And with boiling water comes steam.

And Steam can power a locomotive.

Raising the temperature of water by one degree means the difference between something that is simply very hot and something that generates enough force to power a machine.

The average margin of victory in the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 in the past 10 years has been 1.54 seconds. The first place winner took home $1,278,813 in prize money, the second place winner took home $621,321 in prize money, a difference of $657,492.

Inches make a champion.

It's your life, YOU are responsible for your results it is time to turn up the heat to the next degree.

Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

TO GET WHAT WE'VE NEVER HAD, WE MUST DO WHAT WE'VE NEVER DONE.

Check out the 212 degree movie here..... http://www.212amovie.com/

Weekend Up date - Sabatoge

For the first time in two years I put on a pair of jeans and they fit. They fit good. I could zip them up easy and they are not tight. I am back into my size 12’s! Yes!

Then on Monday instead of eating right and working out. I skip my workout, I go to Krispy Kreme and had two doughnuts (1 the whole wheat doughnut and the other very fatting sour cream doughnut along with a diet coke lol). I was so sick to my stomach that I could puke. Why! Why! Why! Then later that night we went to Wal-Mart and we got Cream Horns (5 in a pack), I ate 3. I ate till I could puke again. I went to bed with my stomach hurting. This morning I woke up with my stomach hurting.

So I have learned that I can NOT eat like that any more. My body said WTF are you doing to me?

So today I am eating clean.

Breakfast

Banana (I could barely get it down)

2 cups of coffee

Cherry Pie

	Very Cherry!
	Sometimes we get a cherry craving so powerful that no amount of Sugar Free Jell-O or Sugar Free Popsicles will cure it. It's the kind of craving that can only be kicked to the curb with a slice of pie bursting with gobs of sweet & fruity cherry filling. That's why we've created our soon-to-be-famous Topless Cherry Pie. It's crazy-low in fat and calories and super-high in fiber. Woohoo! And sure the pie is topless, but you should feel free to enjoy it while wearing your favorite blouse. Ingredients: 2 cups Fiber One bran cereal 3 tbsp. light whipped butter 2 tbsp. Egg Beaters, Original 1 tbsp. cornstarch 1 20-oz. can no-sugar-added cherry pie filling (like the ones by Comstock and Lucky Leaf)** 8 servings (16 tbsp.) Fat Free Reddi-wip Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a blender or food processor, grind Fiber One to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Melt butter in the microwave for 20 seconds. Combine crumbs with melted butter and Egg Beaters and stir until well mixed. In an oven-safe pie dish sprayed lightly with nonstick spray, evenly distribute mixture, using your hands or a flat utensil to firmly press & form the crust. Press it into the edges and up along the sides of the dish. Bake crust in oven for 10 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. In a medium-sized nonstick pot, combine cornstarch with cherry filling. Heat stovetop at medium heat, stirring often. Once cherry mixture begins to bubble, lower heat and continue to stir for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool for several minutes. Evenly spoon cherry mixture into piecrust and allow pie to cool and set in the fridge for several hours before cutting and serving. Before serving, top each sli ce with a dollop of fat-free whipped topping. Serves 8!
	Serving Size: 1 slice; 1/8th of pie Calories: 90 Fat: 2.5g Sodium: 105mg Carbs: 21.5g Fiber: 7g Sugars: 4g Protein: 1.5g *1 Point!

Formula to losing weight from BFL Tracker

In general (and this varies depending on weight, diet, salt intake, and water intake):

Week 1-2: 5-10lb water drop. Especially in people at 27%+ body fat.

Sustainable afterwards: 0.3-0.8lb week, though some people can get two 1.2.

If you achieve 5-6lb per month (month after month) you are doing good. Some people do more, others do less.

The initial water weight drop has to do with changes in your diet. You'll probably have a lower salt intake so you'll drop water weight. If you ate more before starting BFL, you'll excreting what you ate prior to beginning. If you were a big "pop drinker", and you taper off... that can also case a water weight drop.

A physical pound of fat cells takes approximately 3000 calories to reduce. (They don't really go away, but they'll deflate into an expended, non-energy retaining state that doesn't take up hardly any space).

Most HIIT workouts (Aerobics or weight) burn about 250-350cal. They come out the same because you to intense workouts with aerobics, but only for 20 minutes. With weights, you are less intense, but it lasts twice as long... so it comes out about the same.

Across six days, that's approximately 1500 (at 250/workout) to 2100 (at 350/workout) of calories burned directly through exercise. With HIIT aerobics, your heart rate will remain higher a while after you finish... so you'll probably burn another 300-600 across the week in the hours following your workouts.

On top of that, you'll drop your caloric intake by about 100-200 calories per day below what you'd normally consume (you'll hardly miss them), and reduce the amount of carbs and fat. That will give you about another 1200 calories of loss.

Off set this by the 3000-4500 calories you are likely to eat on your free day... (You might laugh... but lot's of folks do it!), and you'll net a loss of about 2000-2500 calories per week.

Using the 3000cal per pound rule... that gives us the 0.4-0.8 weight loss per week. It's sustainable and real weight loss.

Of course... you'll also have +/- 3lbs of water weight fluctuations at any point within a day... so you really want to look at the overall trend of your weight (if you look at weight at all).

If you were to keep an eye on the moving average of your weight (Last 7 days divided by 7 -- taken at the same time every day -- completely naked to offset the weight of clothes).... you should see a general drop.

"Moving Averages" are the same type of analysis used to monitor stock markets. It's a statistical way to even out the peaks and valleys of volatile data.

For "Scale Hounds", I'd recommend weighing yourself naked, in the morning after you go to the bathroom and before you eat. That's probably your lowest-weighing point of every day.... because you'll have gotten up 3-4 times to go to the bathroom and won't have eaten for about 8 hours. It's the best "Feel good" scale moment of the day.

BFL Breakdown

In 84 days of BFL you will complete... 36 HIIT sessions 18 Upper Body Workouts 18 Lower Body Workouts 72 clean eating days 12 free days

Chicken Tortilla Soup

I am going to lay out chicken tonight so that I can put this in a crockpot tomorrow. Minus the beans! Yuck! I will add green beans instead. Did you notice there is nooooo tortilla chips in receipe. But if you wanted you could use tortillias, placed flat on cookie sheet and spread low fat shreded chesse and bake for 4 to 5 minutes. Then dip them in the soup. I did that for the enchillada soup I made a few weeks back. OMG it was heaven.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Crockpot

INGREDIENTS: 2 boneless,skinless chicken breasts 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes 1 (28 ounce) can mild enchilada sauce 1 large onion, chopped 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers 2 cloves garlic, minced (I buy the minced garlic in jar) 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth (low sodium) 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 bay leaf 1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn 1 15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

DIRECTIONS: 1. Place chicken, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, onion, green chiles, and garlic into a slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth, and season with cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir in corn,beans and cilantro. Cover, and cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours or on High setting for 3 to 4 hours. 2. About an hour before serving time, pull chicken breasts out and shred using 2 forks. Stir shredded chicken into soup. 3. Serve with extras as desired such as corn tortilla, cheese or sour cream.

100 Percent Commitment

I know it's hard to stay on top of your workouts AND your eating every day, and believe me, I know that no one's perfect (including me!). We all fall off the diet and fitness wagon — the important thing is how quickly we recover.


The above is quoted from Jillian's Email today.

Weekend Update

Okay, I am soooo ready to have my hubby home. Friday Vinny went to a Middle school dance, Saturday Vinny and I went to Shell Knob for the day. Then on Sunday we cleaned and Vinny did homework. Not real exciting.

I ate okay. I did take pictures for the BFL Challange. I started today offically. I could tell a big difference in my pictures from last year to this year.

Breakfast
Oatmeal
Coffee

Snack
Kellogs bar

Thursday

Well hello I have had an of and on week. I never realized how much my husband does for me. I know that I want to be a better person when he is around. I clean the house, I cook, I do arrands, I workout, I watch what I eat. Since he has been gone, I have eaten everything I wanted (NOT CHOCOLATE), UI have not cleaned, I have not cooked. I have bascilly have not done much but ruin everything I have worked for. I have gained 2 pounds. UGH!

I am taking my pictures to start my BFL tracker contest. I am also using this challange to enter the BFL 2007 rounds. I can tell with working out my body is already changing. If I can step it up and eat clean then I am soooooo a WINNER! No let me rephrase this. I WILL step it up and eat clean! I am SOOOOOOOO a WINNER!

Breakfast
Yougart 40 cal
Banana 80 cal
2 cups of coffee 60 cal

Snack
Fig Nuten packet 130 cal
Water

Lunch
smartone 320 cal
salad 40 cal
sm cake 80 cal
tea

Walked 30 minutes.

The Secret

I have know about the secert for some time. I have the DVD and I was amazed what I saw. Now Oprah is bringing it out to the world. How amazing. I am quoting from the show...
"When your talking about action, you're talking about walking in the direction you want."

Ask Believe Recieve

Thoughts become things... Choose the Good ONES!

Rhonda defines The Secret as the law of attraction, which is the principle that "like attracts like." Rhonda calls it "the most powerful law in the universe," and says it is working all the time. "What we do is we attract into our lives the things we want, and that is based on what we're thinking and feeling," Rhonda says. The principle explains that we create our own circumstances by the choices we make in life. And the choices we make are fueled by our thoughts—which means our thoughts are the most powerful things we have here on earth.

Tuesday 5/6/07

Hello To me! Today my kid is home sick today. Ugh he is running a tempature.

Breakfast
2 pumpkin muffins 200 cal
coffee 2 cups 60 cal

Look what you can do with Pumpkin

Also, note that you can alter the ingredients, depending on your diet’s needs… ½ cup of pumpkin only has 20 calories!!! And, as I’m sure you all know, a ½ cup of oatmeal only has 75 calories!

 pUMPkin Pie Passion 
Ingredients:
1 scoop Vanilla UMP
½ cup canned pumpkin
½ cup old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon of cinnamon spice
1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice
1 packet of Splenda (or Equal)
1 tablespoon of fat-free Cool Whip

Mix oats with water and put in microwave, just as you would make your oatmeal; stir in pumpkin and UMP, adding water to get a thick, smooth, creamy consistency. Add in cinnamon and pumpkin spices and Splenda flavor; top with a tablespoon of fat-free Cool Whip if you’d like! Enjoy!

   pUMPkin Smoothie   
1 ½ scoops of Vanilla UMP
1 teaspoon of cinnamon spice
1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice
1 packet of Splenda (or Equal)
4-6 ice cubes, cold water

Mix all the above ingredients together to create a smooth, creamy smoothie. I like to put mine in the freezer for a while to thicken it up.

 pUMPkin Pudding  
1 container of vanilla Fit n’ Lively yogurt (only 60 calories!)
½ cup canned pumpkin
½ scoop Vanilla UMP
(Optional:  ¼ - ½ cup of Fiber One Cereal to make crunchy)
1 tablespoon of fat-free Cool Whip

Mix all the above ingredients together to create a smooth, thick, and creamy pudding. (Add a little water to make it thinner, if you wish). Top with a tablespoon of fat-free Cool Whip, too, if you’d like!

Hello Monday

Here I go not a very good start

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee
Mc dees egg mcmuffin 300 cal minus the meat I did not eat
Diet coke

Lunch
5 breaded chicken
1 cup of white rice
salad with fat dressing
Low Country Cookie
Diet Coke

Dinner
Brocalli quiche
pumpkin muffins.

Water Water Water

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Weekend Report

Oh My did I eat this weekend.

Saturday
Oatmeal with protien
Lunch at chedders
Talipa
salad w/ blue cheese
cresant (that was like dessert)
Hashbrown cassarole
After that meal which I took half of the fish home cause I was full I could puck. I felt aweful
Dinner
Salad w/ blue cheese
talipa

Snack
Crackers and cheese
I over did it with the cheese!

Sunday
Cherrios
Baked lays
100 cal pack of cookies
turkey sandwich

triskets and some cheese slices

dinner
maybe 3 oz of steak
4 jumbo shirmp
large sweet potaote
salad w/ blue cheese
pineapple (it tasted like candy)
I could puke after this meal too.

Snack
100 cal cookies
Hot tamales 100 cal
jelly beans

I did not work out.

Let me tell you this. I was so messirable and I could hardly move because of all the food I ate.

Lets get together this week and kick ass.

Hubby is gone for a week or so. It is just me, Vinny and jake.

Friday

Home Again cause of bad roads.

Breakfast
Rasion Bran w/ ff milk
1 cup of coffee

Snack
1 boiled egg
baked lays

Lunch


Going to the gym for a few hours. Did messurements and I have lost 5 inches total and 5 pounds. Yesterday it said I lost 6. Ugh I hate the yoyo of the scale.

Thursday

No Work No School Due to 3 inches of snow!!

Cleaned all day, shoveled snow. John & barbara came and got Vinny for the weekend.

Breakfast
Cherrios 1/2 cup
coffee 2 cups

Lunch
Turkey sandwich
Baked lays

Snack
1 slice Bread
cheese stick

Dinner
Pork chop baked
green beans
1 med potatoe

Wednesday

Breakfast
Cherrios 120 cal
Coffee 60 cal
Banana 80 cal

Snack
Boiled egg 80 cal
water

340 cal

Lunch
2 oz chicken
Salad
springle of cheese
Salad dressing 45 cal
Cottage Cheese
Low Country Cookie
Tea

Dinner
2 slices of french toast
2 slices of bacon

Missed workout due to snow fall. very slick out there.

Tuesday Jan 30th

Well today I had to check out the check book and yeah I am freaking out. Hubby won't work for another 2 weeks. Then he won't get paid for another week or two. Its sometimes scary. I know that God takes care of us but I would love to be finically secure. Knowing that the money will be there and being able to buy what ever. To just get ahead. We are so in debt and I don't see any way out of it. I wish I could. I rack my brain for Ideas about making money and all I get is alot of wasted thinking. I have so many places I want to go and see and I want to be able to build a house and have nice furniture and nice kitchen appliances. Not expensive but something nice. Not the hand me downs or the second hand stores. Just to be able to go to the mall and actually pick out an outfit without worry about how to pay a bill next week. My son goes to college in four years and I won't be able to help him. Hell I have my own student loan and I can't even begin to make payments on that. I think what pisses me off any more is not being able to buy health insurance for my husband and kid cause it would take my whole check and now that my husband bills have come in we will owe over $10,000.00 all because I make just $12.00 an hour. WTF there has to be something better then this. There Has to BE!!!!!!

Anyone got any ideas? Other then the get rich scehems that sees to be out there all over!

On to the Daily food intake

Breakfast
Oatmeal 130
Coffee 2 cups 60 cal

Snack
Egg 85 cal

Lunch
Chicken 180 cal
Squash 85 cal
Jello Suger Free with fruit. 25 cal

Snack
Boiled egg 85 cal
Orange Drink 30 cal

Dinner
Turkey Sandwich
80 cal bread
40 cal cheese
25 cal mayo
60 cal turkey

Snack
1 suger cookie 60 cal

945

Workout - Cardio 30 min on Precore
Weights - Chest, Back, Biceps

Monday

Hello Monday

Breakfast
Oatmeal 130 cal
1 cup of coffee 30 cal

Snack
Beef Jerkey 140 cal 1 g fat 27 g protien
Diet Coke

Lunch
1/2 Cottage Cheese
3/4 Cup of Califower Soup
Apple Salad
4 tiny shrimp

Dinner
Chicken
1/4 cup wheat noodles
squash
green beans

1 suger cookie

Workout Did Shoulders, triceps, abs

Weekend Update

Well I did not work out on Firday. I was so pissed. Then on top of that I got food posion from the place. Saturday Vinny and I hung out together. We went geocaching, got his hair cut, out to eat, picked up some movies to watch. I went and played cards for a few hours. Chris is still sick.
Then on Sunday Vinny and I went to Shell Knob to see the Foglers. I ate okay I guess. I did not get a work out in.

Oh Well. I am going to push hard this week on food and excersise!!!!!!

Friday and I am on a roll

Okya I have worked out everyday except for Tuesday. I have walked and done belly dancing and I keep fluctuating between 4 to 5 pounds. UGH! I am watching what I eat. I need to clean the eating up. I feel good and can see a difference in my abs and butt. So something is working.

Breakfast
Cherrios Dry 120 cal
2 cups of coffee 60 cal
Boiled egg 80 Cal

Snack
Cheese 110 cal

Lunch
1 slice of yucky school pizza
1 sm salad
1/2 of an orande
1/4 cup cottage cheese

I am sooooooo freak'n mad. We are suppose to go to dinner tonight at 6:00. They up'd the tiem and we are suppose to meet at 4:45. Thats when I work out. I am pissed.

Walked 30 min 1.5 Miles

Quote For the Day

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an
optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Progress

Thrusday down 5 pounds total

Kick Ass! Got on the scale and I am down 5 pounds. All most 6. Yeah for me.

Breakfast
Cherrios Dry 120 cal
whole egg 80 cal
Coffee 2 cups 60 cal

Lunch
Pork Chop
Whole Egg 80
Salad 45 cal
cottage chees 1/8 cup

Snack
Almonds
1 rasion cookie

Dinner
Subway 500 cal
Chips 140 cal
Diet Coke

Cal Total 1385
Burned 300 cal

Going to work out tonight with Barbie and will walk at lunch.

Wednesday the 24th of Jan

Hello to me! LOL Well I am heading to the gym today. I can already tell a change in my body. My hubby is full steam ahead in working out. He has already bought protien and creatine. He is kicking butt. I feel lousy my dang time of the month. I feel like my insides are falling out. I hate it! My kid is home sick today.

Breakfast
Eggs
Coffee 2 cups 60 cal

Lunch
Tech Meeting at Votec
Chicken with noodles and white sauce
sm corn on the cob
bread
salad

I skipped the chocolate cake! Yeah for me!!!

Dinner
Pork Chop
1/4 cup of pototoe 60 cal
2 deviled eggs 100

Worked out - Legs & Abs Walked 30 mins.

This was taken off of the BFL Tracker Forum and I just had to post this recipe. Thanks a bunch rtsmichele!

Cottage Cheese Chicken Enchiladas

SUBMITTED BY: Crystal

"Ever tried chicken enchiladas made with cottage cheese? Now's your chance! This takes some prep time, but it is well worth it. You can make it 1 day ahead, and serve the next day."

Original recipe yield:
6 servings

PREP TIME	30 Min
COOK TIME	30 Min
READY IN	1 Hr

PHOTO BY: NEWLY WED

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - boiled and shredded
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 (7 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
• 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1/2 cup fat free sour cream
• 2 cups fat free cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 12 (6 inch) corn tortillas
• 2 cups shredded fat free Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) can red enchilada sauce

DIRECTIONS

1. To Make Meat Mixture: Heat oil in medium skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, onion and green chile peppers and saute until browned, then add taco seasoning and prepare meat mixture according to package directions.
2. To Make Cheese Mixture: In a medium bowl mix sour cream with cottage cheese and season with salt and pepper; stir until well blended.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. To Assemble Enchiladas: Heat tortillas until soft. In each tortilla place a spoonful of meat mixture, a spoonful of cheese mixture and a bit of shredded cheese. Roll tortillas and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with any remaining meat and cheese mixture, enchilada sauce and remaining shredded cheese.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly

This is the breakdown without substituting the fat free sour cream, cottage cheese and cheese.

NUTRITION INFORMATION Servings Per Recipe: 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 550

Total Fat: 31g Cholesterol: 98mg Sodium: 1739mg Total Carbs: 35.2g Dietary Fiber: 3.8g Protein: 33.2g

Monday

Okay here is my accountablitiy.

Breakfast
Oatmeal 130cal
3 cups of coffee 90 cal

Snack
6 Almonds
1 cheese stick 120 cal

Lunch
Chicken Chile 2 cups 300 cal

Today I am walking, working out, and belly dancing!

Updated
Dinner
Sonic
Grilled Chicken Wrap 500 cal
Jalopeno Bites 250 cal

Around 1400 to 1500 cal!

Sore Sore Sore

Hello Everyone,

Today my Biceps are sooooo sore. It's a Good sore. My hubby worked out (ub) and you can tell he is in a great mood. I hope he keeps it up!

Breakfast
Oatmeal 160 cal
Coffee 1 cup 30 cal

Lunch
Salad
Grilled Cheese
Cottage Cheese
pickle

Snack
2 Doughnuts (ugh) I was craving this!

Dinner
Chicken
Cottage Cheese

I did not work out or walk. I did get my hair done though.

Inspiration

I always wanted to inspire people to see the potenial in themselves. But First I needed to do that with myself before I can help others. I have been making changes in my diet and excerise for the past three weeks. Others are beginning to follow. My good friend Dot has started coming to weight lifting classes with me. Now a coworker is going to join the gym with me and start going to the classes too. My hubby, well he has always said he wanted to join the gym but never done it. I think he is for real this time. He is really watching what he eats as well.

In the mean time, I have had not ate Chocolate for 21 days.

Miracles happen every where I turn.

I am going to really get on bored this week, eating clean! Working harder at the gym. I am going to go to the Expo in Columbus, OH. I want to look great when I go. Last night I watched Body Works by Bill Phillips and what inspiration that was. Just watching that made you want to go the gym even though it was 11:30 at night.

Yoga Journal Daily Email

Just wanted to share

Happy in Your Own Skin

Yoga, unlike other physical activities, emphasizes self-acceptance, which is something that's largely missing for those of us who dislike our bodies. The program in our heads—I'm not pretty enough, thin enough, tall enough—builds in volume over years until it's practically the only radio station playing. Odd as it seems, the vessel that keeps us alive, that nourishes us, begins to get nothing but our scorn in return.

Yoga isn't a miracle. But it does allow us to recognize the miracle we inhabit, to move from a world that emphasizes physical beauty and ideal body shapes into one that teaches us to honor the power our body offers.

Weekend

I ate really good this weekend. I made this new soup and it Rocked. My hubby even liked it. Stayed in thru the weekend cuase of ice. I can't wait till this weather will be over with. I made a Banana Cream Pie

Crust
1 cup of crushed Fiber 1 Cereal
2 Tablespoon of spenda
1 Tablespoon of melted butter.


Filling
2 boxes of Suger Free Banana Cream Pudding
Mix with 2 and 3/4 cup of FF Milk

Pour on to crust in pie pan

Top with Banana Slices
Then top FF Whip Cream

Delicious!!!!!

Friday Baby!

Hello to the world as I know it! Today I got on the scale and I about had heart failure. I gain 1.5 pounds. Could it be all the crap I ate or the fact that I did not work out? Hmmmmm. Well Back to the grind stone once more.

Breakfast
2 cups og coffee with ff cream 60 cal
Oatmeal 160 cal
banana 80 cal


300 Cal.

Lunch
Subway 6" Turkey, Bacon, chesse on wheat
Baked lays 140 cal
Diet Coke

Dinner
Mexican
Feihta's 3
Chips and Salsa

Worked out 1 hour!

Today is an OFF Day

Okay I started my day off wrong and it ahs gone down hill with the food since then.

I went to Walmart with my kid this morning and we each got a doughnut. (Not chocolate)
Then it is fat Thursady here at work and I had a bite of what ever they brought. Just 4 different things. My old habit was to eat a plateful and then take a plateful to my desk. I walked away. But down in our department is that dang heart candy and I bet I have had 20 pieces today. At lunch I did eat a small salad and a lean cusine 280 cal dinner. I then went back upstairs and had more dessert. The one good thing was the one I had was eating is a weight watchers cake. 3 points. I am so full but I feel like I have fallen off the wagon. I have to go to Springfield tonight to get Vinny some contacts and so I will be eating out. No work out today!

Angel Food Pineapple cake

Use Angel food cake mix that you use water only in.
then a whole can of pineapple with juice.
Mix the two together and bake. (Don't add the water the juice from the pineapple will be the water)
Then you just put FF or Reduced Fat Whip Cream for the frosting.

Oh my Goodness it is heaven and only 3 points a slice.

wednesday

Today I had to take my hubby to the doctor to get his cast off. He is a happy camper but now he has 4-6 weeks in therapy. So I had to drop him off and run back to work and I went thru the drive thru of McDee's. Hubby's request! So I thought I would be okay with a grilled chicked sandwich. Here is the low down on Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich [8 oz] (420 cal/9 g fat/3 g fiber/52 g carbs) 8.5

I felt awful after wards. Next thing I am doing is buying sweetheart candy. Ugh

Breakfast
Banana 80 cal
Coffee 2 cups w/ ff cream 60 cal
Cheese stick 120 cal
Bottle water

Lunch
Premium Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich [8 oz] (420 cal/9 g fat/3 g fiber/52 g carbs) 8.5
Diet coke

Dessert
Candy hearts Brachs
20 pieses for 240 cal 0 Fat 32g carb

total as of 1:11 PM 890 cal

Dinner
1 pork chop 200cal
1/2 cup green beans 40 cal
sm salad

Starving still
Dessert
1 bowl of dry cherrios 120 cal
Handfull of pork rinds 80cal

Cal for today 1330

I will be working out today.

Good News thought I did get on the scale and I lost another pound. 4 Pounds down.

BFL Expo

If anyone reads these post check the BFL Expo out that is happening in Colmbus, Oh March 3-5

http://www.bflexpo.com/

You will get to attend the Arnold Expo
Check this website out..
http://www.arnoldclassic.com/

Trying to get the hubby to go. Wish me luck. If I stick out working out. I bet I can be down 16 pounds total before I go and I would be looking alright. But what a motivation it would be to keep going!

Tuesday

Well back to work I am at. I don't know what has happened to me but I am doing it. I have not had ANY Chocolate for 15 days. I went to the gym all last week and Monday. I walked my dog for the first time in months on Saturday. I feel good. I can tell my cloths are already fitting loose! I would be down another pound, had I lost one more ounce. Oh Well. Shooting to loose 3 pounds this week. Lots of veggies, lots of salads. Go Vanessa!

Breakfast
Oatmeal 130
2 cups of coffee 60
1 bottle of water.
1 diet dr. pepper.

Lunch
Big Salad 150 cal
Turkey 60 cal
Dressing 120 Cal
Tea

Dinner
Turkey taco's 120 + 220
Cheese 60

Dessert
1 apple 75

Total 995

Worked out 20 min on precore legs - weights

Down 2 pounds

Weekend

I did really good this weekend. We thought we were going to get a bunch of ice and man we were just on that line between freezing rain and rain. We got Rain! Springfield on the other hand got hammered. So we were chickens and stayed in all weekend, except Monday.

Low Down on Food.

Saturday
1 bowl of raisin bran
Spagetti 1 cup
green beans
cheese stick
1 slice of pizza
10 tortilla chips and salsa

Sunday
Tuna wrap
2 deviled eggs
2 cookies 160 cal
Turkey
Stuffing
Green beans
Jello Salad


Monday
Oatmeal
4 deviled eggs
1 cheese stick
1 cup of chile
2 slices of butter
6 ctackers
1 turkey sandwich 140 cal
5 mini shreded wheats Vanilla Kind

Worked out for an hour!

It's Friday!

It's Friday! It's suppose to ice, ice, ice. Ugh! Well I will be home, so I have a few things I want to accomplish. Plus I have my weekend setup with what I am going to make. food wise.

Breakfast
Coffee w/ ff cream 2 cups
3/4 cup of cherrios

Snack
Cheese stick

Lunch
1 slice of cheese pizza
Salad
1/2 cup of tortilla soup

Snack 2 small cookies.

Dinner
Eating out at Pizza World - Plan on eating a salad and 1 slice of pizza. Let's see if I can do it. DID IT!

Dessert
1/2 cup of suger free ice cream

Working out for an 1 hour. DID IT!

Gotta get that in becuase it will be a few days till this storm blows over.

Yeah for ME

Well this is the first I have felt good. I even worked out last night and I am sore. I am heading to the gym tonight because there might be an ice storm headed our way. Ugh. I finally feel better and I am ready to get going and back inside I have to go. Hopefully the weather will miss us.

Breakfast
Banana 90 cal
Cheese Stick 100
coffee 60 cal

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich 240
Bread 140
cantalope 54
mayo 45
Bacon 100

Snack
Cheese Stick 100
Almonds 80
Cookies 80

Total 1079

Dinner
Talipa 100 cal
Green beans 50 cal
Salad 35 cal
cottage cheese 50cal

Dessert
100 cal cookies

Total 1314

Heading to the gym in a few minutes!

Rewards for losing 30 pounds or more

Rewards for losing 30 pounds

• 5 pounds – Titanic
• 10 pounds – Visit Brandy & Keria
• 15 pounds – Go To the MOVIES
• 20 pounds – Spa Day
• 25 pounds - ????
• 30 pounds - $500 for a complete new wardrobe!
• 35 pounds – Scuba diving lessons

Check me out

today & Yesterday

I can seem to get well. The drugs are not working. Okay one more day and I am calling the doc again.

Breakfast
Oatmeal 160
1 cup of coffee 30cal
Snack
Light & Fit yougart 40 cal

Lunch
Salad dressing 45 cal
Tortillia soup 1 cup 80 cal
1/2 pork chop 80 cal
1 cookie 80 cal

Snack
2 cookies 150

Dinner
4 strips of bacon 100 cal
Egg beaters 90 cal
toast 1 70 cal
Cantalope 30 cal
Orange drink 30 cal

Grand Total 835

Worked OUt
30 mins Chest
30 mins Abs



Yesterday 's list
bannana
coffee
100 cal cookies
1/2 bowl of chile
1 small cinnonmon roll
salad
pork chop
salad
Cal total 1100 Cal

Monday 01/08/07

K I can't seem to kick this cold. So I go see the doctor at 10:45 today. I did however get to the gym on Saturday. I did 20 min. on treadmill 15 min on eleptical and about 60 ab crunchs on weight machine. I have watched what I have been eating and I have had NO CHOCOLATE since Jan 2nd. That is a miracle in itself.

Today I plan on going to the gym and doing belly dancing.

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee with ff cream 65 cal
1 bowl of Raisin Bran with ff milk 275Cal
Total 340

Snack
Lorain 100 cal cookie - No Chocolate

Lunch
Grilled pork chop 130 cal
Roasted potatoes 1cup 150cal
Orange 85 Cal

Dinner
Mexican Ugh
Rice with chesse
chips and salsa
1 taco
1 chicken quesdialla
Probably - 800 cal or more

Total for the day 1600

I did not work out becuase I fell like crap and our instructor canceled belly dancing cause she is sick. But we did go to the BOW shop and get my son a new Mathews bow.

My ticker

Ready to get back to Living

I am so ready to be back to my old self.

3rd day of the year

Guess what? I am sick. I have this horrible cold and all I want to do is sleep or eat. But I have not had no chocolate. Yeah for me. I am attaching a picture of me when I was 29. I am 34. In five years look what I have done to myself.

A New Year A New Day

Well, I have made it thru the holidays. I added 5 pounds back on to my body. I knew that was going to happen, yet I just kept eating. My husbad and i have made an agreement that we are going to change our life style. Eating healthier and he too will be joining a gym with me. He said if I lose 30 pounds he will give me $500 for a new wardrobe. He also said if I don't eat chocloate for a year that I could get a boob job. So I am going to do this right.

I have taken my before pictures.
I have joined back up at the gym.
No Suger or chocolate for a week.
Drink water.

Breakfest
Coffee w/ ff cream 2 cups
Oatmeal 140 cal

Bottle water
Diet coke.


Lunch
Chicken
1/2 Cup mashed potatoes
Salad Sm
2 bread sticks

Dinner
1 cup of Chicken Noodle Soup
1 slice of Blueberry bread

I am back on Body for life. I have updated my profile. Pictures and all. Lets make this year rock!

As I sit here

Hello to me!

I looked on the internet all day today about bloggers that was in my situation. I have researched and read everything imaginable about weight loss. What to do? Well what I have concluded is - exercise and keeping calories between 1200 to 1400 cal. WW, Body for Life, Atkins, and South Beach. All will work if you are dedicated and are ready to make changes in your life. Change is the hardest thing to do. Because you have to get out of your comfort zone. Break thru barriers that keep you in your box. I believe anytime you want to make a change you have to be focused and you have to rid yourself of all excesses. I am tired of living around food. I am tired of being fat. I am tired of hearing myself say I am going to do something and I don't do it. I am tired of reading all the latest and greatest diet gimmicks, magazines, and internet traps for money.

So in my learning for the past year. Here is what I have to do.

Drink Water
No caffeine
Vitamins
Eat Fruits and Veggies (preferably fresh)
No sugar
No White flour
No Fatty meats
Walk, Walk, Walk
Workout, Workout, Workout

With that said.

I will start tomorrow.

I am so funny!

Tuesday!

Breakfest
2 cups of coffee w/ ff cream
Oatmeal

Well here is the scoop. We are heading to KC on Friday. I am ready to get away. We get to go to my parents for the weekend then Chris's Mom for Christmas. Chris gets his staples out of his leg Wednesday and a hard cast put on his leg. So that should be fun. ;)

I plan on walking today and I will try to get as much as I can done at work. Here I go!

Thanks Jullian

I get daily emails from "Losing it with Jullian" I loved the inspiriation that flowed thru her email. So I am sharing it with those who happen to peak at my blog.

Slow and Steady
Remember the fable about the tortoise and the hare? The hare got off to a zippy start and seemed sure to win the race. But he didn't, did he? The tortoise, while naturally much slower than the hare, kept moving steadily towards the finish line and was able to cross first.

What's the take-home message of this fable? Slow and steady wins the race. To reach your weight-loss goals, you need to switch from the hare's to the tortoise's mindset. In other words, you must break the "all or nothing" mentality.

Do you start diets with superhuman resolve — determined to eat right and work out seven days a week without fail — only to fall off the wagon and give up hope?

This kind of approach to anything — especially to your health — can be very tempting, and may even feel motivational. But I'm telling you right now that it's a dangerous approach that will only set you up for failure. Human beings are imperfect. It's inevitable that you will eventually skip a workout or give in to temptation, and you'll feel like a failure and want to give up entirely — i.e., trade the all for the nothing.

So, start thinking like a tortoise. Pace yourself. Allow yourself to have a slice of pizza or take a day off now and then; just don't stray too far from the path that will lead you to your goals.

Perfect!

Got A plan

I am going to give up until after Christmas. Everytime I think I am getting back on the wagon. Food enters my mouth!

Why Bother

Okay here I am again. Better then yesterday but not good.

Breakfest
half a bagel

Snack
Cookie

Lunch
twiced baked potatoe small
3 minature candy bars

Depressed

You are not going to believe this. I can't believe it myself.

Breakfest
Cookie 2
Coffee

Lunck
Mc Deee's
Big Mac
Lg Fries
Lg Diet Coke

Snack
Cookie

I am walking 1.6 Miles

What is wrong with me.

I must be depressed. All I want to do is eat and sleep. I must be depressed.

K - I just came back from walking and it took everything I got to finish. I am so tired and sluggish. I am not going to eat like that again.

Going to see my hubby tonight and then to a AA Meeting! My son stays late after school to make up some homework.

I am making myself write this!

Okay I went to pot! What is up? Maybe I have to much going on.

Breakfest
2 Cookies 180 Total 360
1 Sm Cookie 120
Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch
Spagetti 360
Sm Salad 100
Bread 180
1 cookie 180
Tea

Total So Far 1300 CALORIES

I did not walk. I had to pick my car up from getting an oil change.

Shame on Me!

Dinner
WW TV Dinner 320 Cal
Handful of dark choc chips
Nutti bar

Way to LONG!

Okay I am writing this a second time becuase my computer crashed. Didn't save! Ugh!

My life has been turned upside down and inside out. With the weather, my hubby having surgery, and my kid in school. I have not walked for two weeks and I have ate everything in sight! I have gained two pounds. So back to the grind stone.

Breakfest
Orange 45Cal
Coffee w/ Splenda Cream 30 cal

Snack
100 Cal Cookies
Water

Lunch
Subway 6' Steak and cheese Sandwich 400 Cal
Chips 220 cal
Diet Coke

Total so far... 795
I Have walked 1.5 miles. Plus I have belly dancing tonight. Calories spent 155.

DINNER
1 cup of Lassanga
1 Brownie
Handful of Dorittos

Dessert
Hot Chocolate with 10 marshmellows and a tablespoon of choc chips

Gotta a ways to go. It is suppose to be nice this week. So I will just walk my little but off.

UPDATE
Plus I did not go to Belly Dancing!

I sucked All Weekend Long!

Okay I threw the diet out the window. I ate anything and everything I wanted and then some. Plus I did not walk. It has been a long weekend and I am so glad to be home. But on the filp side I did not gain any weight. I will be hitting it hard the next three weeks before we head off to North Carolina!

Breakfest
Oatmeal
100 Cal Cookies
Lunch
Chicken fajita, 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1 cookie
Snack
1-90 Cal Stick
Almonds 5 or 6

1.5 Miles walked
Belly Dancing Tonight!

Tuesday - But Friday for ME

Hey there, Last day of work before we are off to KC for Thanksgiving.

My weight has not budged. So once I am back from this little shin dig. I am getting back to the gym. Although I am wearing a pair of pants I bought last year and they are falling off of me.

I went belly dancing last night and I am a little sore today. I so enjoy doing that and wish I could up my classes but she only has them one night a week for right now.

Chris my hubby has hurt his Achilles and I think it is tore! Poor guy is a bunch of pain but will not go to the doctor because of NO INSURANCE! I would much rather pay for his doctor bills and be indebt then for him to be in pain. We will see what he does.

Vinny my son has a concert tonight and we need to pack for the five days we will be gone. Leaving in the morning once I drop of Jake our yellow lab lap dog. He goes to doggie daycare.

Breakfast
Coffee w/ ff cream
Eggs

I wont be able to walk today. Got a meeting with the boss to see if I can get a raise.

Monday!

Hello, A lot has happen over the weekend. I ate pretty good. I even went shopping on Sunday and I could get back into size 12 jeans. Actually the ones I tried on were to big and the size 10 were to small. So Yeah baby! can't wait till I am back into my size 10's!!!

Today
Coffee w/ ff cream
Sm Orange
Sm salad
Sm spagetii
1/4 cup of fluffy stuff.
roll
Diet coke
Tea
Water
Pork Rib 2
1/2 cup of Stuffing
Snack stick 90 Cal
Hot Chocolate

Doing great.
Walked 1.65 miles
at 6:00 tonight I will be doing belly dancing.

I have been so busy today. Just getting ready for Thanksgiving. We are leaving for KC on Wednesday Morning!

I feel good! I just want to jump for joy and keep on going.
Well got get a move on..

Thanksgiving is upon us!

Before you begin your Thanksgiving feast go check out this website...

http://walking.about.com/library/cal/blthanksgivingcalories.htm

This will give you some idea about how long it will take to walk off your food.

Facts

Fewer Calories Mean Less to Burn

That Old Math
A candy bar equals 3-5 miles worth of walking. A Big Mac is worth 10K. If you have fallen into eating habits where you are taking in more calories per day than you use, you will not lose weight.

No Wonder I failed math!

Friday "Thank God"

I started the day of right.

Oatmeal 120 cal
Coffee w/ ff milk and splenda

I could of easliy grab a doughnut. But Not after Yesterdays incedent.

Lunch

Turkey
Mashed Potatoes & gravey
Dressing
Cherry fluffy stuff
Roll w/ honey butter
pumpkin pie

Lets just say I blew it again. No dinner for me.

Walked 1.65 Miles 30 min.

It is 2:00 and I have an hour and a half to go before I am off work. Yeah I get to sleep in!

Thursday Daily

Hello I am blowing it big time today.

2 orginal krispie cream doughnuts 400cal 24g fat
1 choc brownie 200cal
egg cassarole 1/2 cup 150cal
1 Slice of cheese 40 cal
1 slice of summer sausage 40 cal
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Coffee w/ ff milk and splenda

I have ate most of my calories before 8:30 We have Thick Thursday Today. I have no self will what so ever.

Oh and then I got sucked into going to the Middle school and ate
Turkey
Dressing
Potatoes & Gravey
Home made dinner roll
Pumpkin dessert
Tea

I walked for 1.5 miles but man I feel like crap and I have a herendous headache.

Serves me right!

Dinner I had four or five bites of hamburger helper. Nasty and then I ate a cinnomon roll it was 110 cal.

I went way beyond my calories. Train Wreak!

Wednesday daily food

Good morning!

Oatmeal 1.5 cups
Coffee with ff milk and splenda

I hate food!

Potatoe w/ butter, sour cream, ham, cheese (sm)
Salad (Sm)
Pickle
100 cal cookies
tea
Pork chop
1/2 yam
1 slice of french bread
salad w/ blue cheese
green beans


No walking today it is pouring rain ourside with possible snow showers tonight!

Tuesday Night

Okay then 3:30 came and I got a phone call from a friend that her husband was going to the hospital. Could I drive her and I said oh yes and headed to her house. There I find her hubby on the floor in so much pain he could not get up from the floor. Yet he would not go to the hospital by ambulance. Ugh so we had to get him into his suburban some how. In the mean time my friend brings out some potato chips. Which I eat a handful. Hen I eat a banana. My husband finally shows up (he has been deer hunting) to help drive and get our friend into the car. We all head to the hospital an hour away. While we wait me and my hubby goes to the hospital cafeteria. I ate the following…

Grilled Chicken breast
½ cup of mashed potatoes
Roll with butter
2 jalapeño peppers.

Oh yeah we stopped at a gas station and my friend buys me a ½ cappuccino and ½ coffee. Which I drank!

Then once we got him back home. I eat another handful of chips and a small size of skittles package the kind you get for Halloween.

So let’s just say my diet got blown to hell. What was amazing is that I did not want any of it yet I ate it. What the F**K! I am so disappointed in myself. I could have had a salad. No I run towards comfort food. My nerves were shot but come on. Why can’t I be one of those that don’t reach for food?

Life Is Great today

Wow it is amazing what can happen to your love life, if you just go hunting with your hubby. He is something else and just thinking of him makes me smile. He has been so loving and he started wearing his wedding ring. I don't think he realizes how much my heart skips a beat when he does that. His hands swell and so it is hard for him to wear his ring and I understand. And the Sex - Oh My God! Hello! Lets just say, well lets not say and let your imagination wonder. Its that Good!

I won't be missing deer hunting next year. I will be looking way forward to it. LOL If you know what I mean.

Tuesday Food Intake

Breakfest

100 Cal Cookies
coffee w/ ff milk and splenda 1 cup
Diet coke
Lunch
water
School Chesse Pizza (I know I know)
1/3 c Nacho Chesse Dip and 6 chip
Tea
100 cal cookie
diet coke

Walked 1.7 miles in 30 min.

Monday Food Intake

Well here I go!

Cocoa Cereal 110 Cal
Special K Bar 90 Cal
Coffee w/ FF cream
Diet Coke
Mc Dee's Bacon Ranch Salad minus tomatoes
1/2 salad dressing 335Cal
100 Cal Cookies
100 Cal Cookies
Diet Coke
Mc Dee's Bacon Ranch Dalad minus tomatoes
3/4 salad dressing 375

Total - 1140 cal

Walked 1.7 miles 30 min
So far So Good!

Belly Danced 1 hour - It felt good!

Monday

Weekend Report

Oh my, this weekend was something. We deer hunted all weekend. By Sunday I was so tired I was making myself sick. We got up Sat and Sun at 4:00A.M. I am not a morning person. But I did this for my son and hubby. I ate so badly. I made Lasagna and cupcakes for Sat. Then my friend made chicken fried steak, fake mashed potatoes, and green beans for dinner. Then on Sunday we had eggs, hash browns, and sausages for breakfast after the morning hunt. Then stew and bisquick biscuits for dinner with a cookie. With all the heavy food, my stomach was revolting. My goal this week is to try to lose 4 pounds. I am still at 174. I am going to walk everyday and I do belly dancing tonight. I want to be at 169 before Thanksgiving. Then be to 160 before Christmas. So let’s begin!

PS: No Deer for our family but our friends got one a six lopsided point buck.

Its Friday!!!

I am so glad it is Friday. This weekend I will be hunting with my son. Ugh its suppose to get cold. But I am a trooper and I will do it for my hubby and kid.

Breakfest
90 cal bar Kellogs
Coffee w/ ff creamer
Diet coke
Pizza
Sm Salad
Brownie
Tea no suger

Walked 1.5 miles - It started to rain and I had a blast walking and talking!

Skinny here I come.

Breakfast Ideas Under 300 Calories

Here is so more info I recieved of another website. Check out there site.

If you are like me, you don’t have time to whip up a great meal in the AM. I rotate between Weight Watcher’s cereal and… nothing (which is the worst thing to do). Instead of starting off your day on the wrong foot, here are some great ideas for your morning fix.

• Banana Peanut Butter Combo - Mix one banana with one tablespoon peanut butter and spread on 2 slices of reduced calorie whole-wheat bread

• An Apple (to Start) a Day - Polish off one crisp apple, one ounce mozzarella cheese and 4 whole-wheat crackers for a wake-me-up.

• Laughing Pair - Laugh it up with one small pear, one ounce reduced-fat Laughing Cow cheese, and one cup mixed dry Chex cereal. Mix your own: rice, wheat, corn, bran Chex with pretzels and shredded wheat.

• English Apple - One small apple goes great with either a whole-wheat English muffin or a bagel plus either one ounce reduced-fat Laughing Cow cheese or one individually-wrapped mozzarella cheese log

• Grape Sandwich - Put one ounce lean ham and one ounce low fat cheese, such as Weight Watcher’s slice or Laughing Cow reduced-fat wedge, between 2 slices reduced calorie whole-wheat bread and enjoy with a cupful of juicy grapes.

• Omelet Orange - If you prefer egg, OK. Blend one egg or egg substitute with 1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese and saute until set, using nonstick spray in your frying pan. With one slice whole-wheat toast and an orange, you’re still at 260 calories and 7 grams of fat.

How to lose weight!

I found this off of another blog. http://fast-weightloss.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-can-you-lose-weight.html

I thought this was awesome!!!!

You know
1 gram of protein = 4 calories
1 gram of carbohydrates = 4 calories
1 gram of fat = 9 calories
1 pound of fat = 454 gram
So 1 pound of fat = 9*454 = 4086 calories

Note: Our body fat contains around 3500 calories, as 10% of it is water.
So in order to lose a pound of fat (4086) in 2 weeks, we need to decrease calories consumption by 290 per day as 4096/14=290(approx)

15 minute of good exercise will help you in losing around 100 calories. So in order to lose 1 pound of fat in two weeks, we need to exercise for around 45 minutes (290 calories) if we do not want to make any changing in our eating habit. So just take care of the amount of calories in the food you take. The best idea for losing weight will be by cutting down the junk food with exercising. So greatest way to lose weight is a mixture of diet and exercise as exercise builds muscles, and bigger muscles burn more fat.

Good Morning!

Today is going to be a great day! I feel like I am back on track.

1 cup Coffee with ff cream 30
Granola bar 180 c.
100 Cal cookie
Rice 1 cup 242 Cal
Chicken Nuggets 250
small salad 50
Diet coke
Tilapia
Noodles 1.5 cups
Corn .25 cups

Walked 1.5 Miles in 30 min

I started tanning and that always makes me feel good. I have a little sign on my keyboard at work that says "Sit Up Straight" and another on my monitor "How bad do you want it? Little reminders to keep me on track!

I am wondering if anyone does this. Thinks they look skinny or not that fat and then looks in the mirror and sees something totally different. You try on cloths and you old sizes don't fit and you make an excuses that they don't make cloths like they used to. The cloths are really to small. Well I have done that for the past two years. I kept getting bigger and bigger. Feeling miserable! Maybe I have had a wake up call.

Since I have lost the 11 pounds I gained back 2 of the 13. My cloths are getting bigger and I see small difference. Like the rolls on my back are going away. I can wear tighter cloths and not feel bad or ashamed. I really like the saying and understand it with just the 10 pounds that I did lost. "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels!"

I am on my way!

New Goal

Its been a month since I last posted. I have lost some weight not a lot. I am going to get back to doing what I need to do. I am so tired of being fat. So I walked today 1.5 miles in 30 min. and I ate good so far today.

Granola bar
Small salad
Potatoe w/ sour cream, cheese, and ham. Med Size
Bread
100 Cal Dessert.
Pizza slice 380

I am going to start posting what I eat everyday. So that I can be held accountable. I need to lose 10 pounds in 5.5 weeks before we head to North Carolina.