Weigh-Ins From Last Week & This Week

Hello! I hope your holiday was fantastic! Mine was pretty amazing, although I ate too many sweets. I did however enjoy the flavor. I didn't have my camera with me when weighing in the past couple of weeks, but I wanted to post the results still. I have indeed gained weight, but I expected to with things that are going on in my life. It's that me turning to food to cope with things tendency that I have which needs to be worked on. Nonetheless, last weeks weigh-in was at 281.4 and this weeks was 283.2.

The issues I have been dealing with are not yet resolved and I have been sick for about the past week. I am hoping that getting back on track with eating healthy will also help me get over my illness. I feel pretty awful. I also hope to be posting every day again starting tomorrow. I hope I can keep my promises!  Until tomorrow!

It Has Been Some Time....

Hello! I feel like it has been forever since I was last on my blog. And it has been... I didn't have a weigh-in last week. I have been having a very difficult two weeks and am trying to bet back into the swing of things.  On a side note, I truly believe that God has a reason for everything that happens and I am hoping whatever comes of these hard times is going to make me a better, stronger, and more thankful person in life. I know that for every door that closes one is bound to open and I am trying to see the positive light through all this darkness. Many of you have no idea what issue I am referring to, but these words can be applied to any part of our life that may be tough. I am nervous about this weeks weigh-in. I have not been watching what I have been eating this past week. I am just thankful I can eat again. I literally didn't eat for several days and at one point my weight was down to 272 lbs. I very unhealthy 272! I was weak and very fatigue from not eating. So, I am not going to beat myself up over my weigh in this week, but instead just see where I stand and move on. I've missed blogging the past two weeks. I hope to never leave you again! :)

Weigh-In # 3

Ok, so my weigh in was amazing this week, but I'm not sure I won't gain any of this back. I experienced a tragedy this week and for the past two days I have not really been able to eat. So, I will not be suprised if some of this comes back once I start feeling better. But for now it's a great loss!

Do You Know Your Body Fat %

Two weeks ago I ordered an OMRON Body Fat Analyzer. It is the NEATEST thing ever! I love knowing my body fat percentage that way I have three ways to measure my weight loss: weight, inches and now body fat percentage. Just because the scale doesn't move doesn't mean we're not making progress. The gadget is very simple to use. You enter body type (athletic or normal), height, weight, age and sex then press start and hold on to it while it scans and tells you your body fat percentage and your BMI. I will check this once a month to see what my change in body fat and BMI is. I am excited to be able to report this as well.

My Current Body Fat Percentage: 46.6% --- WHOA!
My Current BMI: 47.2

So, I have a ton of work to do, but excited to be able to track my progress!

If you have not seen this gadget, check it out! It is worth it to know your overall health and to make a goal to work towards!

Food Diary from Saturday

Hello! I have been missing from my blog this week and it makes me sad. I've just been super busy with work! Yesterday I stuck to my eating plan really well. My days food is as follows:

Breakfast:
Light Whole Wheat English Muffin
1 egg
1 slice of cheese
1 clementine

Snack:
Apples with low fat caramel dip

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Pizza
Small Salad
1/2 fat ranch dressing
2 slices of a Chocolate Orange

Snack:
slice of cheddar cheese
1 wheat cracker

Dinner:
Parmesan Encrusted Tilapia
1/2 weight watchers mac & cheese
1/2 low fat creamed spinach
1 hard boiled egg
2 slices of Chocolate Orange

Snack:
1 cup of popcorn

I have NEVER eaten tilapia before last night and I LOVED it! I know it is not the healthiest kind that I ate, but if you knew me you would know I typically hate seafood. Literally, the only kind of seafood that I normally eat is canned tuna. I don't really care for shrimp although I am trying to change that and I don't like any other fish just yet. I baked the tilapia instead of frying it like the package mentioned. I will be having it for dinner tonight as well. I am hoping to slowly move up to buying tilapia that has no seasoning on it so that I can season it myself and make it very flavorful and healthy.

My New Favorite Obsession...

I am in LOVE with a new recipe I have come up with. I REALLY like Qdoba Mexican grill and mainly because of their lime cilantro rice (not to mention their queso sauce). So, the other day I was craving Qdoba, but their portion sizes are just huge and I knew if I went there to get a burrito, I would eat the whole thing! I decided to make my own! I looked up a recipe for lime cilantro rice, tweaked it a little bit and made it. The rice recipe is as follows:

• 2 cups of cold water
• 1 cup on long grain white rice
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• juice from 1 whole lime
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• dash of salt

Pour the 2 cups of cold water into a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Once boiling stir in rice and butter. Cover and reduce heat to simmer for 15-20 minutes or until rice has soaked up all the water. After rice is cooked and right before serving mix in the lime juice and cilantro. Enjoy!


OK, so then I took a whole wheat tortilla and placed a decent amount of rice in the middle placed 1/8 cup of quesadilla cheese on top of the rice. I then took some heated seasoned black beans and placed them on top of the rice and cheese then topped the beans with another 1/8 cup of cheese. I then placed lots of fresh lettuce and a couple black olive slices in the burrito. I put a dab of fat free sour cream and then some verde sauce on top rolled it up and enjoyed!