Wednesday, September 19, 2012
84 lbs Down & Pixie Dust
I have lost :::drum roll:: 84 lbs. My updated goal is to be down 110 lbs by Halloween. I found the perfect Halloween costume yesterday at Goodwill. It is a size 18 Avenue dress brand new for $5. Guess what I'm going to be? Tinkerbell! Yep, a size 18 dress fit me perfect so it should be roomy by Halloween. Just gotta add wings, a wand, and some pixie dust. I wanted to wear one of those cutesy short costumes but my thighs aren't ready for that yet. I also got my hair cut short so I would shed less. It looks goofy in both pics because I don't know how to fix it yet, but here ya go:
Monday, September 10, 2012
No Sugar Added Crockpot Fruit Butter- Greek Yogurt Add-In
Apple butter
1 crockpot full of peeled sliced apples
2 tsp cinnmaon
1 tube 100% apple juice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
3 tbsp honey
Pumpkin butter
2 cans pumpkin puree
3 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 cup 100% apple juice
3 tbsp honey
3 squirts of sugar free pancake syrup
Blueberry butter
1 bag frozen blueberries
1/2 pkg strawberries
3/4 cup 100% apple juice
4 tbsp vanilla infused honey w/ vanilla bean
I made these 3 as experiments this week. All of them made the house smell A-MAY-ZING, but the best flavor goes to the apple butter. The apple could also be made with jarred unsweetened applesauce but I have a handy dandy apple peeler/ corer so it didn't add much prep time. Cut crockpot on low, add all ingredients, put butter knives across the top of your crockpot and set the lid ajar so the moisture can escape. Cook for 6-12 hours until your butter gets thick and rich. The apple & pumpkin will get darker. On the apple and blueberry, I used my immersion stick blender in the crockpot to blend until smooth. The apple and pumpkin made 3 jelly jars each and the blueberry made 2 jelly jars. They keep in the fridge for 2-3 months. I'm using them as additions to my daily greek yogurt.
1 crockpot full of peeled sliced apples
2 tsp cinnmaon
1 tube 100% apple juice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
3 tbsp honey
Pumpkin butter
2 cans pumpkin puree
3 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 cup 100% apple juice
3 tbsp honey
3 squirts of sugar free pancake syrup
Blueberry butter
1 bag frozen blueberries
1/2 pkg strawberries
3/4 cup 100% apple juice
4 tbsp vanilla infused honey w/ vanilla bean
I made these 3 as experiments this week. All of them made the house smell A-MAY-ZING, but the best flavor goes to the apple butter. The apple could also be made with jarred unsweetened applesauce but I have a handy dandy apple peeler/ corer so it didn't add much prep time. Cut crockpot on low, add all ingredients, put butter knives across the top of your crockpot and set the lid ajar so the moisture can escape. Cook for 6-12 hours until your butter gets thick and rich. The apple & pumpkin will get darker. On the apple and blueberry, I used my immersion stick blender in the crockpot to blend until smooth. The apple and pumpkin made 3 jelly jars each and the blueberry made 2 jelly jars. They keep in the fridge for 2-3 months. I'm using them as additions to my daily greek yogurt.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Goofy Real Pics of Me- 300+ lbs (Before)
January 2011- Ice Skating or attempting it anyways
September 2011 family pic- this is published no where but here. I look like I have an intertube around my belly
October 2011- I'm the Kia Hamstar with a double chin.
April 2012- birthday party. This is my heaviest pic
Stalling & Greek Yogurt
Friday was my 14 week surgerversary. We went to the rodeo and cosmic bowling with my sister and her boyfriend. I had 2 mixed drinks and 6 pickle chips, all in moderation right? I gained 2.2 lbs. Those pounds stuck to me Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and now Wednesday. A freaking gain then a 5 day stall. I'm losing more in my waist and thighs, wishing the loss would start in my upper arms and belly. My boobs are also deflating, same cup size, but def in need of plastic surgery with my tummy. I'm still in a size 20 though I have a closet of 18s just waiting on my stall to break.
Today I had Fage greek yogurt with strawberries for breakfast, Fage greek yogurt with sugar free cinnamon apples for snack, and 4 oz of monterey chicken with 2 bites of refried beans and salsa for lunch. Supper will be...more greek yogurt. I've read about the 2 day greek yogurt diet to break a stall so I'm trying it out. It's 4 oz of yogurt every 3 hours, like 5 servings per day with up to 2 cups of fruit and plenty of water, that's all. I had a preplanned lunch meeting at one of my favorite restaurants so I modified it. Anyways, here are two doctored up greek yogurt recipes if you want to try them. I don't like greek yogurt, but I'd choose the apple cinnamon one as having more flavor.
Today I had Fage greek yogurt with strawberries for breakfast, Fage greek yogurt with sugar free cinnamon apples for snack, and 4 oz of monterey chicken with 2 bites of refried beans and salsa for lunch. Supper will be...more greek yogurt. I've read about the 2 day greek yogurt diet to break a stall so I'm trying it out. It's 4 oz of yogurt every 3 hours, like 5 servings per day with up to 2 cups of fruit and plenty of water, that's all. I had a preplanned lunch meeting at one of my favorite restaurants so I modified it. Anyways, here are two doctored up greek yogurt recipes if you want to try them. I don't like greek yogurt, but I'd choose the apple cinnamon one as having more flavor.
Strawberry Berry Yogurt
3 oz Fage 0% greek yogurt
2 sliced strawberries
1 tsp sugar free berry jam
splash Torani sugar free vanilla- to taste
Mix well
Apple Cinnamon Yogurt
3 oz Fage 0% greek yogurt
tsp cinnamon
splash Torani sugar free vanilla- to taste
Mix well and top with apple mix to the top of your 4 oz container
(Apple Mix- diced apples, sugar free pancake syrup, cinnamon, dash of vanilla- mix & cook on medium until apples tender- refrigerate)
Me and my sister at the rodeo
Cosmic bowling- rosy red cheeks equals yummy drinks!
Labor Day cookout at mamas~check out the healthy grub. So good! I didn't lose eating this either, crazy!
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