January 28, 2012 Saturday

Lots of things happening this week! I didn't get to prep for the week, but I think I did pretty good! My husband has been recovering from shoulder surgery and this week he has come down with an earache. It so painful. Hoping it's better by Monday or else he will have to see an ENT. My mom and dad left for vacation this morning. They are going to CA and HI for a total of 2 weeks! I'm so happy for them. Their 41 anniversary is coming up and they are still in love ♥

2 weeks smoke free!

I am however having a hard time loosing any weight! SO... I have decided to change my plan a bit. I have lowered my fats and increased my carbs this week and it seems to be working! I did do Zumba 3 times this week, which feels awesome. I have joined myfitnesspal.com to track my progress (rugerstearns). I did join the Biggest Loser Challenge at work also. We are called the Sassy Eight!

I am sad to say that this will be the last session of Changes in Waterboro. Things just aren't working out the way I hoped they would. So if you are wanting to know more about Changes please go to the facebook page and message Judy! I did the program for a year and lost 40lbs! She still has meetings on Wed mornings and Wed evenings!

We leave for vacation 3 weeks from today! Now I just have to get Bud on the mend before then!

Today I.....

went to Zumba 8:30-9:30am

ate 1 cup of Fiber One honey clusters for breakfast with

an 1oz of sliced almonds and

1 cup of Hood Calorie Countdown Fat Free Milk

1 cup of coffee black with splenda

Made quesadillas with Misson carb balance wraps (3)

made one full and 1/2 one.

I used pepperjack cheese (4 slices total)

with fresh salsa.

Not sure what the rest of the day will bring. Planning on knitting and watching movies as of right now. Just got Unstoppable in the mail from NetFlix. Chase has another girl b-day party tonight!

January 24, 2012 Tuesday

Good Morning!
I had a muffin for breakfast! YUMMY! So I'll share the recipe...

Almond flour muffins

16oz cream cheese melted
8 eggs
1 tbs honey
1 cup splenda
1tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups almond flour
1/4 cup flax meal
2 tsp baking soda

I made 6 huge muffins in the new muffin tin my mom bought me! This should make 12 reg size muffins. You can add nuts etc.

The other thing I tried last night was this cubed cheese

 

cut in 1/2 and put into the silicone muffin pan and bake it at 350 until bubbly!

Today is weigh in day at Changes! So I try to watch how much water I drink after 3pm. But I have my lunch packed today (left over supper) with some cheese on top, I have some beef jerky and nuts for snacks. This WILL be a good day! Changes meeting 6-7pm!

January 23,2012 (evening)

Well my day was right on track today! Finally! Ate breakfast (fiber one cereal), had a snack(mixed nuts) , had a good lunch (turkey and cheese rolls) had some beef jerky for an afternoon snack. Drank lots and lots of water! Then did Zumba tonight! Wow I feel accomplished!

Came home to a Low carb Supper that Bud made (moose hamburger, onions, peppers, mushrooms) Then I baked Almond Muffins again and they look awesome! I haven't tried one yet and baked some cheddar cheese into chips! I'll let you know how the muffins are at breakfast! If they are good I'll give you the recipe since I wrote it down this time!

Tomorrow night is Changes night! session #3 of #6! 1/2 way through! Looking forward to seeing all my peeps! Since I was sick last week and my mom and sister did the class for me. I'm hoping to be able to do Zumba again tomorrow night but I'll be late and she prob won't have room. So I'll go Wed night! Keep looking at Kraze Fitness web site because she will be adding new classes! http://www.krazefitness.com/ or search and like them on facebook!

January 23, 2010 Monday

Ok I did slack off yesterday. But today I'm hoping after Zumba I will make a few things. I'm winging it today for lunch at work... praying for a good drug rep lunch including salad! But if not I will be going to Hannaford to get one!

Zumba 6-7 tonight! Gotta get there early so I get a spot. After that making some brussell sprout, snap pea stir fry and some muffins. 

Reminder! Tonight on WCSH6 Fit at Five they will be talking about Changes!

January 22, 2012 Sunday

Today is prep day! Although I'm getting a little upset since all this work has not showed any results as of yet :( But I'm going to keep at it anyway! What should I make today? I know I won't be making a huge stir fry like last week. Way too much! and I'm going to try and not think so much when making the muffins! More cookies, almond and peanut butter! And I'm going to work on the chocolate chip cookies!

Well Since today is the Pat's game at 3pm, Bud is thinking we should go somewhere and watch the game. So prep day might be on hold. Maybe it will have to be a wing it week!

* Stayed home and spent time with Bud!  GO PATS!

January 18, 2012 (Hump day)

WOW! What a day yesterday! Slept all day and all night! Stomach virus hit like a brick but seems to be gone today! I was so bummed to have to leave work. I hadn't seen my co-worker since January 12 because she had the virus on Friday and wasn't there. I missed her! So today I will make up for everything I missed yesterday, and pray no one else in the office gets it!

Today is cold and windy so I'm looking forward to Mexico even more! But when I think Mexico, I think I must shed more weight before my trip! So back on track today!

6:15 am
7:00am Bowl of Fiber One Honey Clusters
9:00am Mixed nuts
11:00am cheese snacks
12pm Stir fry with cheddar
2pm strawberries and cookies
4pm Atkins bar
5:30 supper (baked pork Tenderloin with carrots and celery) I didn't eat the potatoe!



If all goes well today I will be at Zumba from 6-7pm tonight!


6:15 pm
Almost stayed on plan today! It was so busy and we had two girls go home sick. It's running its course through the office :(

Was really thinking about going to Zumba but realized I won't be home tomorrow night! I'm having dinner with my parents, So I decided to stay in with my family tonight. What good that is... the boys are playing Xbox LOL

If anyone finds any good recipes they want me to try please please message me! I'm always looking to change things up. 

One month from today we will be right here! Ordering drinks from this guy! I can't wait!

and today makes 5 days since my last smoke! Now I wish Bud would quit! But he's bored at home I understand for the time being. 

January 17, 2012 Tuesday

7 am
Woke up this morning to snow lightly falling! So I guess I'll leave a little early today. I'm slightly sore from Zumba tonight, but not enough to stop me from going back tonight!

So here is my plan for the day today....

8:30am Breakfast Muffin
10:00am mixed nuts
12:00 Stir Fry
2:00 Strawberries & Cookies
4:00pm cheese snacks


5:30 I'll be at the South Waterboro Fire Dept getting ready for the meeting.
6:00 Weigh in beings
6:20 Hoping to start class
6:50 Hoping to finish class
7:00 ZUMBA!

Lets see how close I can be on task today! LOL Even if you stray from your plan, it's always good to have one!

Got some kinda stomach virus yesterday and ended up home in bed by 10am!

January 16, 2012

MLK Jr day!

7:00am

But I have to work! I just packed my bag for the day and I hope I stick to my plan!

1. NO SMOKING!

2. Breakfast muffin

3. Cheese snacks

4. Cup of mixed nuts (pecans, pumpkin seeds, and postacios)

5.Stir fry for lunch

6. Almond flour cookie x 2

and before Zumba I'm going to have:

1 Almond Muffin with a protein shake (Pure Protein)

Lets hope I can stay to plan!



8:00pm
 (Things highlighted I didn't stick to)
Today kinda went as planned! I think the Chantix is making me feel a little queezy in the morning still so I brought my egg muffin to work with me! I ate that at around 8:30am. I can't remember what time I ate what all day, but I did have two Almond cookies, and about 6 cheese snacks and 1/2 cup of strawberries and my stir fry. I did drink like 5 bottles of water during the day and I did NOT have a cigerette!!! We were kinda busy at work today so I didn't even have time to think about missing a smoke! I got out of work at 5:00pm came right home and changed up for Zumba!

WOW! Zumba was awesome! http://www.krazefitness.com/default.html
It is such a great hit in town! It was packed! I met my sister and we worked out butts off! I can finally move like I should be~! My rib is slightly sore now, but nothing some Advil won't help!

Came home to supper all made! I have the best husband in the whole world!





Two Moose Burgers

plus....

Quesdo



 Plus...

Fresh Salsa from Sams club

Plus....

 Avacado

 Equals!!!!!

Amazing!!!!

Now its time for my Monday night CBS shows! I love Monday night!

Probably do some Pinning at the same time!!! Is anyone else addicted to Pinterest??

So I'm going to end tonight with...

It's been 3 full days without a cigerette!

and

32 days till Mexico!!!

January 15, 2012 (Sunday)

Good morning! 2 days since my last Cigarette!!!

Today is prep day! I'm looking now for things to stay on track for the week!
Called my sister and we took a trip to Trader Joe's in Portland! We got some Almond flour (18lbs) to be exact LOL! Then we headed over to Whole Foods and I finally found some Coconut Flour!

I have to admit that I didn't eat breakfast this morning and only had two cups of coffee... Bad girl I know! I also have to admit that after I dropped my sister off at our meeting point, I wanted a cigarette sooooo bad! I had one in the truck and fought the urge from Hollis to Hannaford in Waterboro and finally gave in :(  IT SUCKED! I took three drags and threw it out the window and couldn't get the gum in my mouth fast enough! YUCK!

Got home with all my goodies and started cooking!

While I was waiting for the Moose hamburg (yes I said Moose) and Deer Sausage to thaw I tried something new....

I got this three cheese blend at Whole Foods. Took my mini rubber muffin pan and put a little in each one, sprinkled a little dill weed on top and baked it at 350 until bubbly.

By the time this was in the oven the meat was thawed out.

Stir fry for the week:

Moose Hamburg

Deer Sausage

Edamame (frozen)

fresh brussell sprouts cut in 1/2

fresh snap peas with pods

red onion

green pepper

frozen broccoli

I keep this in a large plastic bowl with a cover in the fridge so I can fill a smaller bowl for work each morning. This also comes in handy if the family is eating something full of carbs like pizza for supper!

I then moved onto the breakfast muffins for the week~!

Breakfast muffins:

Moose Hamburg

Deer Sausage

A few pieces of frozen broccoli

scallions

cheddar cheese

and 2 eggs beaten in each muffin

In between I'm doing dishes! and more dishes! Then it's time for the sweet stuff!

Almond flour muffins:

8oz cream cheese

4 cups almond flour

5 eggs

vanilla

1 cup splenda

Cinnamon

(these came out terrible~!)

They stuck to the pan and now I just have lots of pieces of muffin.

I will still eat them but just take this as a base and add to it.

Cookie time

Almond Flour Cookies

1 stick of butter soft

4 cups almond flour

1/2 cup honey

2 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

salt

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut

Chocolate chip cookies

makes 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
3/4 cup granulated splenda
4 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons coconut flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup(33g) pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 recipe of Chocolate chunks


Instructions:

In small bowl add coconut flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Cream butter & splenda until light and fluffy in mixer with paddle attachment.
Add 2 eggs while mixer is running. Add Vanilla.
Then add your coconut flour mixture.
And then your last two eggs. Mix till just combined on low, then turn mixer on MED/HIGH and beat till mixture is completely smooth.
By hand fold in chocolate chunks and nuts.
Refrigerate dough for at least an hour before using in an airtight container. This will make it easier to scoop and work with.



Preheat oven to 350F

Line cookie sheet with parchment paper, or nonstick baking liner.
Scoop with a 1 Tablespoon cookie scoop(#60), if you don’t have one, scoop 1 Tablespoon then roll in your hand to make ball.
Press down cookie with palm of your hand, just enough to flatten slightly.

Bake @ 350F for 12-15 minutes

They're ok, not great.

I got this recipe from my latest addiction Pinterest! OMG! I'm in love!

I washed out Donny's (the fish) bowl, visited with my Mother in Law and Kay for a few minutes and finally get to sit! So now that everything is done and put away I'm going to work on knitting a sock for my bosses cast and then crochet a little. One of my favorite shows comes back tonight! Undercover Boss!!! I cry every time! Boys are at a sleepover so it's just me and my love tonight! Back to work tomorrow!

This is a great idea to see your progress! you could use anything! I'm making this tomorrow! Picture to follow!

I would like to share some of my favorite things here instead of cluttering up facebook.
This man is my inspiration http://stellastyle.com/

Before


After


He has great cookbooks and great information to share! If you really want to learn about cooking, take a chance and get one of his books! QVC has the new one you can pre order now to be shipped Feb 14th! I ordered mine!

January 14, 2012 ~Here it goes~

I don't know if I'm really ready to do this or not, but I'm jumping in with both feet! I'm just a simple girl living a simple life. I'm not great at spelling or punctuation so don't be judging! But I thought if I would start a daily blog to hold me accountable with ups and downs in my weight loss adventure.

I started this adventure about a year ago Jan 27, 2011. Sitting at home on Jan 17th or so watching the news I happened to see the tail end of the Fit at Five on WCSH6. The women was talking about this weight loss support meeting called Changes. I didn't catch where or when the meeting was but I said to my husband "boy that sounds like something I would enjoy". Not thinking too much of it after the news was done, while creeping Facebook, I saw a friend post that she attended this Changes Weight Loss Meeting so I asked her about it. The down fall was it was on Thursday nights in Gorham, but I really felt good about starting.

I drove the 30 or so miles the following Thursday night to see what this meeting was all about! I did weigh in urgh! Starting weight 238lbs :( I couldn't believe I had allowed this to happen. I felt so pumped after leaving the meeting I called my sister and mother and they both decided to join with me! We drove to Gorham every week and I had a loss every week for the longest time! I'm an all or nothing kinda girl most of the time, so I never went much over the alotted amounts of anything.

I set a goal for my 40th birthday party to be down to 200lbs and I made my goal!!!! But since then I have been on a stand still. I haven't gone over 205lbs, but not under 200lbs since July 25th!

We started a Changes meeting in Waterboro on August 30th! So the drive is much shorter! And not that long after that Judy got a gig on Tuesday nights so couldn't teach the class anymore so she asked me to. I love it! I love to be able to help others to do what I have done! We just started a six week session last week. We have a great class of people!

So this is why I've decided to put my life out there to see if that will help hold me accountable. We leave for Mexico in 34 days and I would really like to see some results before then.

I am going to be up front and honest with everything that goes into my mouth and the feelings I have that go with it. I hope no one takes offense to anything I have to share, that isn't my intention. To add stress to all this I have quit smoking this week also so it's kinda crazy.

So here it goes...

Woke up a little late this morning and didn't feel hungry, but needed to eat something so I could take my Chantix (to quit smoking) and something for my rib muscle I've been dealing with since Dec 31st. I had a few mixed nuts and then took some tylenol. I've been putting xylitol in my coffee instead of splenda since Friday. Bud made himself breakfast which is very rare and I had three Jimmy Dean Sausage links and more nuts around Advil time. All the while drinking tons of water. We had chicken out thawing and decided on soup and we needed a few things at Hannaford. By now I am feeling so sick to my stomach I make the boys rush through shopping to get home. Thats what Chantix does. Got home and relaxed with some heat for a bit.

Around 4:30pm I made the soup and had some of that. Just boiled chicken for 30 mins, took it out to cool (so I could strip it from the bone) put in some carrots, onion, celery and chicken base. After the chicken was cooled I added it to the pan. It was Yummy! I also added some homemade canned tomatoes to my bowl. Now I sit here smelling the Franks Red Hot Buffalo Chicken dip that I just baked to have with my Flax chips, but I'm still full from soup so I'll wait. So Back to football and Crocheting.