Grocery Haul!

Just got home from the grocery store and I bought lots of good stuff to eat! I made sure I had plenty of healthy snacks for the week... tangerines, bananas, raw cashews, and celery with peanut butter.

So far these are the dinners I've planned on making this week:

* Chinese Fried Rice with Egg Drop Soup,

*Grilled Hamburgers with Green Salad,

*Spaghetti with Steamed Baby Spinach.

I also bought the cutest Rosemary plant! It smells so good!! I'm trying to get a few herbs to keep in the house. The hardest part is keeping them alive! :) I already have Basil that I've been able to keep alive for a month! The next thing I want to buy is some Mint!


I really want to lose some weight this week! So my goals are:

*10,000 steps Monday - Sunday,

*Portion control- I'm going to see if I can eat intuitively instead of having set rules (we'll see how it goes!),

*No eating after 8pm,

*Drink a cup of my herbal cleansing tea every evening after dinner.

Better This Week!

I'm having a much better week than last week! So far I've gotten my 10,000 steps in on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. And I have cooked all week so far! Monday I made Chicken Taquitos with Pico De Gallo and Guacamole, and Tuesday night we ate the leftovers. Last night my husband and were hungry for KFC Chicken so we were figuring out what we were going to get... he wanted the 8 piece bucket and I wanted hot wings. But I took charge and decided to cook. So I made Beef Enchiladas with a dollop of Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese on top. It's so good on enchiladas, especially if you can't eat dairy products like my husband!! Now after 3 days straight of Taquitos and Enchiladas, I'm officially sick of Mexican Food!!

Goals for the rest of the week:

*10,000 Steps on my Pedometer Thursday - Sunday.

*Cook dinner as much as possible!

I need to get back into weight LOSS mode instead of just maintenance! I would really like to lose 6 more pounds and then try to maintain that for awhile. I think I'll start drawing up my plan!!

Goals not going so good...

Hmm, really not doing as well as I should this week on my goals. I felt a little like I was getting sick on Tuesday and Wednesday so I put the pedometer aside and just took it easy. It seems like everyone is sick right now and I don't want to get sick. I felt much better today but now I've gotten a little lazy, only did 5,000 steps today!! Ok, starting tommorrow I WILL get back to my 10,000 steps!

Dinner tonight was my Bool Kogi Lettuce Wraps. And a gigantic brownie for dessert! I think I'll give the rest of the brownies away to my parents so I won't be tempted to eat the whole pan. Brownies are my favorite!!

Tania from Growing Towards A Dream shared the Honest Award with me this morning. So here are 10 honest things about myself:

1. Every morning I make a list of everything I want to accomplish, I'm obsessed with lists!

2 . I never answer my phone for anyone except my family. Everyone else can leave a message!

3. I actually don't think that my original goal weight of 130 lbs is realistic for me now. I think 135 -138 is more like it. After all, I'm not 21 yrs old anymore!!

4. I've been working on my online home business for 3 years and finally, this year, am succeeding! I'm so glad I stuck with it!! I love it!

5. I love Country Music... my favorite singer is Kenny Chesney.

6. I daydream alot.

7. I'm better at baking than I am at cooking meals, but I still try!

8. I'm actually pretty shy.

9. I prefer communicating through email and facebook instead of talking on the phone.

10. I hate text messaging!!!

Ok, I'm going to pass my Honest Scrap Award on to my sister Emily at www.Miss-Em-ScissorHands.blogspot.com! She is brand new to blogging!! She writes about her adventures and misadventures as a Hair Stylist!!

Goals for the week

Last weeks goals went pretty well! I did my 10,000 steps for 6 out of 7 days which was good. I've been having a harder time getting in those steps but I'm really trying because I think it makes a huge difference!

I didn't cook as much as I had wanted to last week, we ate out a couple of times. I did make Chicken Salad Sandwiches one night and Chicken Enchiladas another night which were both great! I made Meat Loaf Saturday night which didn't turn out great at all. I took all the time to prepare the Meat Loaf and put it in the oven for 30 minutes. While it was cooking, I made some really good Rosemary Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans Almondine. Took the Meat Loaf out of the oven and tasted it and... the meat was bad. Horrible in fact, I spit it right out! Not sure why it was bad because I had it in the freezer, probably was bad when I bought it. So we ended up grilling boring Hot Dogs to go with our Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans, it was quite disappointing!

Last night we made homemade pizzas for dinner. We used Whole Wheat Crust from Trader Joe's, these pizzas were so good!!

This Weeks Goals:

*Walk 10,000 steps on pedometer 7 days,

*No fast food (ate fast food twice last week, gross),

*Don't eat after 8pm(!),

*Cook 5 dinners

Dinners This Week:

Mon- Pizzas--> done

Wed- Lettuce Wraps

Thurs-Meditteranean Meatball Gyros

Fri- Chicken Soft Tacos

Sat- Chicken Tortilla Soup

Sugar Rush!

Last weekend we went on a family trip to San Diego for a wedding. It was alot of fun and such beautiful weather! The hotel we stayed at provided continental breakfast and the only thing I liked were the pastries, so every morning I had a cheese danish and coffee for breakfast. And that started me on this sugar craze that I haven't been able to shake since we got back!

I bought a box of Hostess Ding Dongs... can't get much junkier than that!

And Cap'n Crunch Cereal. After eating this cereal, I think I need to go to the dentist! It is seriously way too sweet!

And I've been drinking Coca Cola like it's going out of style! Sheesh!! So all in all, it was a pretty bad week. We ate out alot too... Chinese, Mexican, and fast food. I know that junk food grows a junk body, and I definitely feel like crap this week. No energy! The only good thing is that I walked 10,000 steps for 6 out of 7 days!

I'm ready to eat better this week so I can feel better!!

Goals for the week:

*Walk 10,000 steps on pedometer, 7 days.

*Chill out on the sugar!!

*Cook dinners 5 evenings this week.

I already have my meals planned out and everything!

-steak w/ grilled veggies,

-meat loaf w/ potatoes & green beans,

-chicken soft tacos,

-chicken salad sandwiches,

-mediterranean meatball pitas.

This Is Actually Working!

I can't believe this is actually working! And by this, I mean my Pedometer Challenge of walking 10,000 steps a day! I lost another 1.4 pounds this week and lets just say I know it wasn't because of the way I was eating. I indulged in several treats last week....

a chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting

and I made banana nut bread which I ate for 3 days in a row.

We tried to keep meals fairly healthy this week though. My favorite meal of the week was Chicken Soft Tacos with grilled zucchini and pinto beans on the side. This was a hit, I definitely will be wanting these tacos again soon!
Chicken Soft Tacos

For The Chicken:
Marinate chicken breasts in lime juice, lemon juice, taco seasoning, salt, and pepper for several hours. Cook on the grill.

Guacamole:
2 avacados mashed with a fork
1 clove garlic minced
1 green onion minced
1 lime juiced
salt and pepper

Steam Corn Tortillas until warm. Add Chicken, Lettuce, Tomato, Guacamole, Cheese, and Salsa.

These were very simple to make and the chicken was just delicious!

I think the 10,000 steps everyday is really the key to what is helping me lose weight right now. I really am bad about exercising... I hate gyms and I hate any kind of organized workouts because I'm constantly looking at the clock to see how long until I'm done. So I know exercise is something that has really been lacking in my life. But now I'm walking 10,000 steps during the day which equates to 4.75 miles a day for me! That's 33.25 miles a week!!

It hasn't been easy to get all those steps in. Like last night I was only up to about 7400 steps. Normally in the evening I would be laying on the couch watching tv or sitting on the computer. But I was determined to get to 10,000 so I started walking laps in my house. Maybe a little weird, but I don't care if it's helping me lose weight. :)

My Pedometer Challenge

My pedometer challenge went really well, I did 10,000 steps all 7 days last week!! It made me realize how little I really am walking and moving throughout my average day. I mean, I think on an average I was probably only getting in about 5,000 steps a day. I had gotten into the habit of actually trying to save steps... carrying in as many groceries as I possibly can so I don't have to make a second trip, trying to find the closest parking space, etc. But why? What's so wrong with having to walk? I'm going to stick with this goal again for this coming week, I love it!!

This week I bought a bunch of fruit.... bananas, plums, raspberries, and a pomegranate!

I have not had a pomegranate in years!! It was so delicious!

We had one of my favorite dinners this week, lettuce wraps with Bool Kogi (Korean beef ribs). This is a great dinner to make because it's quick and simple and has no carbs!

Bool Kogi Lettuce Wraps

1 Package Bool Kogi from Trader Joes grilled and sliced thin (or you use any kind of marinated steak)

Romaine Lettuce Hearts washed and seperated

Top the lettuce and steak with:

chopped Yellow Onion

chopped Cilantro

Lime Wedges

Seriously, this could not be any easier to make. Definitely one of my favorites! So with all the walking and fairly healthy meals I lost 2 pounds this week!!