Something worked this week - I'll blame it on the up of exercise.
That and being more intense with my meal planning.
And of course continuing to track.
A total of 2.6 lbs down for the week.
Making my grand total loss 9.4 lbs since December 28, 2012.
This also decreased my Daily Points Target to 29. This is a little bitter sweet.
Yay for less points, boo for less food with points plus values. More fruits and veggies.
And even better planning.
Next week - I WILL hit my 5% goal - which is a total of a 10 pound loss.
And this little video was just the pep talk I needed.
If you haven't seen the Kid President Pep Talk - that's what this is.
And it's pretty much the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o
31 January 2013
29 January 2013
Quesadilla
I'm sharing this with you.
The most deliciously simple meal I've made.
The secret? Having already roasted brussels sprouts on hand.
Oh and finding huge tortillas that are only 2 points plus value each.
Tuck this simple little meal in your back pocket. I had it after water aerobics this evening and I'll totally be having it tomorrow night.
1 Tortilla (2pts)
1 wedge laughing cow cheese (I used garlic herb because it's what I had on hand) (1pt)
28 grams shredded low fat cheese (2pts)
1 egg - scrambled (2pts) (tomorrow night I'll add an egg white to the whole egg for the addition of 0pts)
Handful of quartered roasted brussels sprouts (1 pt due to the oil used in the process of roasting)
2 strips MorningstarFarms "bacon" (1pt)
9pts plus for a delicious and filling meal.
Tomorrow night I'll add the bell pepper that I forgot to add tonight, giving it more flavor and adding in more bulk/filling-ness.
I'd tell you the brand of tortillas - but that'll have to come in an edit. My feet are toasty warm in my sheets and I don't feel like venturing to the kitchen. (yes, a little lazy - but I did water aerobics this evening, so I'm allowed a little lazy)
EDIT!
The tortillas that I found are from La Tortilla Factory and are called Smart Delicious Tortillas.
I purchased them at a QFC in Portland, Ore.
The most deliciously simple meal I've made.
The secret? Having already roasted brussels sprouts on hand.
Oh and finding huge tortillas that are only 2 points plus value each.
Tuck this simple little meal in your back pocket. I had it after water aerobics this evening and I'll totally be having it tomorrow night.
1 Tortilla (2pts)
1 wedge laughing cow cheese (I used garlic herb because it's what I had on hand) (1pt)
28 grams shredded low fat cheese (2pts)
1 egg - scrambled (2pts) (tomorrow night I'll add an egg white to the whole egg for the addition of 0pts)
Handful of quartered roasted brussels sprouts (1 pt due to the oil used in the process of roasting)
2 strips MorningstarFarms "bacon" (1pt)
9pts plus for a delicious and filling meal.
Tomorrow night I'll add the bell pepper that I forgot to add tonight, giving it more flavor and adding in more bulk/filling-ness.
I'd tell you the brand of tortillas - but that'll have to come in an edit. My feet are toasty warm in my sheets and I don't feel like venturing to the kitchen. (yes, a little lazy - but I did water aerobics this evening, so I'm allowed a little lazy)
EDIT!
The tortillas that I found are from La Tortilla Factory and are called Smart Delicious Tortillas.
I purchased them at a QFC in Portland, Ore.
Parental Relationship (Question #3)
My mom: She raised me.
I’d say “by herself” - but I know she had the support of friends and family.
The day to day stuff though, was all her.
While we don’t talk every day, she is by far the most important person in my life.
I’ve probably never expressed how much I admire her tenacity. Her spirit.
She’s one heck of a fighter - and I’m pretty sure she probably doesn’t realize it.
She’s always shown me unconditional love and support.
For that - I am ever grateful.
When I was younger - I know I took her for granted. Isn’t that what most kids do?
As a woman who will turn 31 in July - I am fully understanding her sacrifice and the love she poured into raising me.
I’d like to say we have a good relationship.
I know I could be a better communicator - and that would only help it become great.
My mom: She raised me.
I love her to the moon and back.
27 January 2013
3 Legitimate Fears (Question #2)
1. Failing. At Life. It’s become a fear over the years because I have always struggled to survive on my own. I am horrible at money management. I am horrible at choosing jobs which allow me to make good amounts of money. Who doesn’t have the fear of Failing?
2. Ladders. I have no idea where my fear of them came from. I just really really really hate climbing up and down them. It’s gotten better over the years. I’m not afraid of heights. I’ll go up janky staircases. I remember being on a Mission Trip with my high school and were were in NM at these caves. Part of the tour was climbing up these huge ladders. I was shaking the whole way up. When we got to the top I wanted to die.
Again - I have no idea where the fear came from.
3. Being alone. I guess this goes along with failing at life. I’m not one of those gals that always has to have a significant other. I’ve been single more of my life than in couplehood. But the thought of never finding a person to share my life with scares me. I’ve always wanted a family. It’s part of who I am. And not finding a person to fill that dream with is scary.
2. Ladders. I have no idea where my fear of them came from. I just really really really hate climbing up and down them. It’s gotten better over the years. I’m not afraid of heights. I’ll go up janky staircases. I remember being on a Mission Trip with my high school and were were in NM at these caves. Part of the tour was climbing up these huge ladders. I was shaking the whole way up. When we got to the top I wanted to die.
Again - I have no idea where the fear came from.
3. Being alone. I guess this goes along with failing at life. I’m not one of those gals that always has to have a significant other. I’ve been single more of my life than in couplehood. But the thought of never finding a person to share my life with scares me. I’ve always wanted a family. It’s part of who I am. And not finding a person to fill that dream with is scary.
26 January 2013
Abs- Who Knew.
Apparently under it all I have them.
And they feel worked.
I did a 30 min workout last night via a DVD.
There was some ab stuff and some leg stuff.
This morning I decided to not sleep in but to go to Water Aerobics.
I usually only go on Tuesday. My instructor is young and nice and uses a microphone.
She gives us a pretty good workout.
This mornings instructor uses her drill saregent voice and is more intense.
It was a different workout - very focused on my abs...which while I don't see them, I know they exist.
I won't say today was a better workout than my Tuesday workout.
It was just more intense and focused on a different group of muscles.
I came home and made myself a breakfast scramble which included a couple spoonfuls of Trader Joe's diced Onions, Garlic, and Shallots, a handful of their broccoli slaw, about 1/4 cup of red kidney beans, 2 oz ground turkey, a small amount of taco seasoning, and an egg with a packet of mild taco bell sauce. Super filling and super delicious. With the small amount of oil I used it's a 6 pts+ meal. I also had a slice of bread with some country crock for an additional 4 pts+. I'll add in an orange to round it all out. Yeah - it's a 10 pts+ breakfast - but it'll keep me full for a while and it was what my body needed after the workout (which got me 6 activity points).
And they feel worked.
I did a 30 min workout last night via a DVD.
There was some ab stuff and some leg stuff.
This morning I decided to not sleep in but to go to Water Aerobics.
I usually only go on Tuesday. My instructor is young and nice and uses a microphone.
She gives us a pretty good workout.
This mornings instructor uses her drill saregent voice and is more intense.
It was a different workout - very focused on my abs...which while I don't see them, I know they exist.
I won't say today was a better workout than my Tuesday workout.
It was just more intense and focused on a different group of muscles.
I came home and made myself a breakfast scramble which included a couple spoonfuls of Trader Joe's diced Onions, Garlic, and Shallots, a handful of their broccoli slaw, about 1/4 cup of red kidney beans, 2 oz ground turkey, a small amount of taco seasoning, and an egg with a packet of mild taco bell sauce. Super filling and super delicious. With the small amount of oil I used it's a 6 pts+ meal. I also had a slice of bread with some country crock for an additional 4 pts+. I'll add in an orange to round it all out. Yeah - it's a 10 pts+ breakfast - but it'll keep me full for a while and it was what my body needed after the workout (which got me 6 activity points).
25 January 2013
Take 2 Steps Back
I totally caved today.
Purchased a loaf of bakery fresh french bread.
I did the fat girl move and tore off a piece once I got to my car.
Even more fat girl - I had purchased some Country Crock...and you know it. I opened it up and smooshed my bread into it.
Boom.
Fat Girl Heaven.
I proceeded to have some more with my dinner.
This time I actually cut off a hunk and weighed it to see how much I was eating. I topped it with a low point egg salad (I used 1 whole boiled egg, 2 just the whites boiled eggs, a tbsp of lite mayo, and a tsp of brown mustard along with some seasoning).
The rest of it sits in my kitchen. Untouched.
I also just ate a skinnycow ice cream sandwich and well, feel like crud.
I have to motivate myself to go to water aerobics tomorrow morning.
Class is at 7:30.
It'd be my step forward.
Now to go calculate my bread points.
Purchased a loaf of bakery fresh french bread.
I did the fat girl move and tore off a piece once I got to my car.
Even more fat girl - I had purchased some Country Crock...and you know it. I opened it up and smooshed my bread into it.
Boom.
Fat Girl Heaven.
I proceeded to have some more with my dinner.
This time I actually cut off a hunk and weighed it to see how much I was eating. I topped it with a low point egg salad (I used 1 whole boiled egg, 2 just the whites boiled eggs, a tbsp of lite mayo, and a tsp of brown mustard along with some seasoning).
The rest of it sits in my kitchen. Untouched.
I also just ate a skinnycow ice cream sandwich and well, feel like crud.
I have to motivate myself to go to water aerobics tomorrow morning.
Class is at 7:30.
It'd be my step forward.
Now to go calculate my bread points.
24 January 2013
20 Random Facts About Me - Taire (Question #1)
1. My name is from an episode of Star Trek - Season 2, Episode 19: A Private Little War.
2. I am an only child who grew up in a single parent household.
3. Pictures of me from High School can be categorized into three groups: Girl Scouts, Band, and Youth Group.
4. Going skydiving is on my list of things to do.
5. I own all 10 seasons of Friends. I never start from the beginning when I put em on though. Usually season 3 or 4.
6. I didn’t start driving until 2009. I was 27 years old.
7. When I moved to Buffalo in November of 2004 I didn’t know anybody. It was thrilling and so very frightening all at the same time.
8. The year I turned 25 I treated myself to a massage and a haircut. I sat in the stylist’s chair for well over an hour. She was scared of my curly hair. I was finally rescued by the shop owner who had curly hair himself.
9. My first shot was with a drag queen in Buffalo
10. I don’t like the movie Napoleon Dynamite.
11. When I was little I wanted my name to be Summer and I aspired to be either a Nurse or an Ice Skater. I didn’t go ice skating until I was in Jr. High.
12. I would only drink chocolate milk when I was younger. It had to be very cold. But no ice in it. It weirded me out that one of my college roommates put ice in her milk. But she had a weird oral fixation with chewing on the stuff. Oh wait...that’s not really about me, is it?
13. I used to practice tap dancing in the grocery store - this was while I attended Jr. College.
14. I grew up with a rotary telephone and a black and white tv. If you’ve done the math from my previous facts - I was born in 1982. I received Annie and Peter Pan before we had a color TV or a VCR.
15. The only pet I’ve ever had was a rat named Brown Sugar. I grew up in an apartment complex and I’m not sure if they didn’t allow large pets or if my mom just never wanted us to have one. When she died, my mom buried her (in a box) under the Office Depot that was being built in my hometown.
16. I have a half brother that I’ve only met once. His name is Jason. We have the same paternal DNA.
17. I’ve tried star fruit and dragon fruit. I liked neither.
18. I almost never remember my dreams - unless they are amazingly crazy and weird. And that is really rare.
19. I have never traveled abroad - save for going to Jamaica on a cruise. This fact makes me sad. Eventually I’d like to travel to England where my grandmother was born. And Australia.
20. I feel like even though I am 30 I still have a long way to go in developing who I am.
2. I am an only child who grew up in a single parent household.
3. Pictures of me from High School can be categorized into three groups: Girl Scouts, Band, and Youth Group.
4. Going skydiving is on my list of things to do.
5. I own all 10 seasons of Friends. I never start from the beginning when I put em on though. Usually season 3 or 4.
6. I didn’t start driving until 2009. I was 27 years old.
7. When I moved to Buffalo in November of 2004 I didn’t know anybody. It was thrilling and so very frightening all at the same time.
8. The year I turned 25 I treated myself to a massage and a haircut. I sat in the stylist’s chair for well over an hour. She was scared of my curly hair. I was finally rescued by the shop owner who had curly hair himself.
9. My first shot was with a drag queen in Buffalo
10. I don’t like the movie Napoleon Dynamite.
11. When I was little I wanted my name to be Summer and I aspired to be either a Nurse or an Ice Skater. I didn’t go ice skating until I was in Jr. High.
12. I would only drink chocolate milk when I was younger. It had to be very cold. But no ice in it. It weirded me out that one of my college roommates put ice in her milk. But she had a weird oral fixation with chewing on the stuff. Oh wait...that’s not really about me, is it?
13. I used to practice tap dancing in the grocery store - this was while I attended Jr. College.
14. I grew up with a rotary telephone and a black and white tv. If you’ve done the math from my previous facts - I was born in 1982. I received Annie and Peter Pan before we had a color TV or a VCR.
15. The only pet I’ve ever had was a rat named Brown Sugar. I grew up in an apartment complex and I’m not sure if they didn’t allow large pets or if my mom just never wanted us to have one. When she died, my mom buried her (in a box) under the Office Depot that was being built in my hometown.
16. I have a half brother that I’ve only met once. His name is Jason. We have the same paternal DNA.
17. I’ve tried star fruit and dragon fruit. I liked neither.
18. I almost never remember my dreams - unless they are amazingly crazy and weird. And that is really rare.
19. I have never traveled abroad - save for going to Jamaica on a cruise. This fact makes me sad. Eventually I’d like to travel to England where my grandmother was born. And Australia.
20. I feel like even though I am 30 I still have a long way to go in developing who I am.
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