Weigh in Ash Wednesday

I don't know how it's possible, but I actually lost 1 whole pound this week. Whhaaattt? Mind = blown. I ate soooo much meat. And soooo much cheese. And soooo much chocolate. I repeat, whhhhaaaattt?

It was a snowy day here. Snowy, windy, and cold. We actually had white out warnings. Here's a look of my backyard during the snow storm.

Tune in tomorrow for the recipe for Bean and Cheese Baked Burritos. Stay warm and safe!

Menu Plan Week 5

Happy Monday Internet lovelies! How was your weekend? Mine was nice and relaxing. We got a little shopping done on Saturday and Sunday we went to a puppy playtime and tried out a new pizza place. Penny loves running around and wrestling with all the other doggies!

We've been on this cleaner whole food eating plan for a little over a month and we are loving it! I've lost a total of 7lbs since we started. I haven't been too strict either. We eat out on the weekend if we want, or have a cheat day. I walk a couple days a week, or shovel snow, and try to do a T25. I feel like I have more energy and am more clear mentally. I'm more regular, if you know what I mean and I've even noticed my skin hasn't been so dry. It hasn't been too hard either. The most difficult part has been staying committed to cooking at home. It's easy after a busy day to say "Eh, let's just go out." But having a gameplan, and having the ingredients on hand helps me stay on track. Here's what we've got going on this week:

Monday:

Spinach, Mushroom, and Onion Quiche and Sauteed Garlic Spinach

Tuesday:

Tuna Cakes with Chipotle Mayo and Green Beans

Wednesday:

Fish Tacos and Chipotle Corn Chowder

Thursday:

Dinner out at Texas De Brazil

Friday:

Valentine Dinner out at Melting Pot

Have a great week everyone, and I'll check back in on Weigh In Wednesday!

Weigh in Wednesday, Posted Thursday?

Checking in for my Weigh In Wednesday...on Thursday. Sorry, I got caught up yesterday and wasn't able to get on the computer to blog. More importantly though, I'm down 1.4lbs. Another 2lbs and I'll be back to where I started losing weight over a year ago.

After the debacle at the beginning of the week (Super Bowl Couch Fest) I wasn't sure that I was going to have made any progress. I was pretty nervous to step up on the scale. Discouraging thoughts were running through my head, like I'm always going to be fat. I'm too lazy to do this. Etc. I'm still trying to get into the right mindset. I really wasn't even happy after I saw that I lost this week. I thought "ugh...just another pound." But today I was thinking, if I lose a pound per week all year long, I can lose a total of 52lbs this year. That totally doesn't suck. I went into my freezer and pulled out a pound of chicken and told myself, "this is the weight that is no longer on your body. This is just a pound." Again, that totally doesn't suck.

I've gotten back into my normal routine and am starting to feel better. My energy levels are up, no more stomach issues, and I feel clearer mentally. This has been a rough week so far, hopefully there'll be more progress next week as well. In the meantime, Penny and I are going out to play in the snow!

Menu Plan Week 4

After the Super Bowl this past Sunday do you feel let down at all? I'm not talking about the game (but seriously though who throws the ball on the 1 yard line at the end of the freaking Super Bowl?), I'm talking about how I actually feel. I ate a bunch of processed foods on Sunday. Doughnuts for breakfast, Little Caesars for lunch, leftover pizza, homemade stromboli, and beer for dinner. I spent all day Monday in a funk. I was tired, my stomach hurt, and I felt like I couldn't focus. I didn't work out, or do anything at all really. According to my FitBit I took a measly 1,645 steps. I'm really marveling in the fact that changing your diet can really affect how your body feels. A month of eating good, whole, homemade foods has really changed me, which is crazy to me. I've had little to no cravings for processed foods. This is coming from a girl that craved, and indulged that craving, chips and McDonald's at least once a week. After 1 day of completely breaking my diet, I feel like I need to run out right now and grab a McChicken and stop for a bag of Cheetos on the way home. Time to get back on track. Don't let one bad day throw away all your hard work.

Here's my gameplan for this week. I already made some ranch pork chops for dinner yesterday. Today I'm going to use some leftover dough from the stromboli to make homemade pizzas. We're going to do a classic pepperoni and then a white pizza. Here's what's on deck for the rest of the week.

Monday:

Ranch Pork Chops with Green Beans and Rice

Tuesday:

Homemade Pepperoni and White Pizza

Wednesday:

Balsamic Glazed Tuna Steaks with Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

Thursday:

Mock Lasagna

Friday:

Chipotle Corn Chowder

Good luck getting back on track everyone. Looking forward to Weigh In Wednesday! Penny says "It's time to get off the couch, take me for a walk!"

Weigh In Wednesday 2

Hello lovelies! Welcome to another Weigh In Wednesday. I hope the past 7 days have been kind to you. I can say that my hard work paid off this week. I'm down 3.4lbs. That 0.4 matters! I've got another 15 pounds to go until I reach my first goal of losing 20 pounds. I like rewards...and presents, who doesn't? But I typically reward myself with some kind of junk food, which doesn't really make sense when you think about it. Why get your diet and exercise all straightened out, finally start seeing some results, then go blow it on a bunch of junk from McDonalds? So, this time I've got something I've wanted for a long time lined up for my -20lb celebration. You'll just have to wait and see what awesome thing I have ready to go!

Last night we ended up going out to dinner and a movie. We went to Chili's for dinner and to see The Imitation Game after. The Imitation Game is about what Alan Turing did for Britain during World War II, and it was a really good movie. My husband is an absolute math geek, so a move about Alan Turing was right up his alley. Chili's is a great place to eat if you're on a diet. They have a wonderful menu of items that are under 600 calories. I had a 6oz sirloin with a spicy citrus chile sauce topped with grilled avocado slices, garlic roasted cherry tomatoes, steamed broccoli, and some spicy grilled shrimp. All that food added up to a whopping 490 calories (410 for the meal and an additional 80 for the shrimp). But seriously, how good does this look?

Miss Penny and I enjoyed our snowy afternoon getting caught up on some food blogs and watching the snow fall. Once the snow stopped falling I spent 2 whole hours shoveling our walkways and driveway. We have a big concrete pad at the bottom of our driveway, and if it doesn't get shoveled before it gets driven on, it turns into a giant sheet of ice that will not melt no how matter how warm it gets or how much salt you use. After I finished up, cooked and ate dinner, and sat down for a bit, my butt muscles hurt! E keeps making fun of me because I can barely walk! We're scheduled to get more snow overnight and tomorrow, so it looks like I'll be getting my snow shoveling workout in!