Friday Weigh In!

For my first official weigh in I am happy to report I am

DOWN 6.7lbs!!!

It’s Back!

The salad is BACK! But first, some other business.

The plan this week was to get to the gym.  Thanks to a series of unfortunate events involving getting rear-ended (due to snow covered roads) followed by the angry husband of the woman who hit me showing up at my front door, yelling and scaring the bejesus out of me… the gym got side lined.   The plan will now be to try the gym this weekend.  My car?  It’s over 7 years old and the repairs might be more than the car is worth… so at this point I wait to find out if the insurance company is going to declare my car a “total loss”.  I have faith I will have my little car back.  We recently inherited Alex’s dad’s car and we haven’t sold Alex’s car yet… so for now I’m actually driving his Equinox. 

Today started out with some good old ‘naner mash.  1 banana, 1tbsp natural PB.

I took that mash and spread it on 1 slice of Country Harvest Prairie Bran toast

There was some mash left over to eat on the side…

My morning snack wasn’t pictured… I had some seaweed and lemon water.

Lunch was A SALAD!!

It has baby spinach, tuna, light old cheddar, grape tomatoes, red and yellow peppers and about 2tbsp of sliced almonds.  The dressing was one I haven’t made in a dog’s age… EVOO/balsamic vinegar/garlic/frank’s hot sauce.  Mmmm mmmm good.

There was also a Source Exotik yogurt and a golden delicious apple.

Snack was not entirely healthy.  See?

x3.

Dinner was a chicken breast with 1tbsp bread crumbs & some cajun seasoning. On the side was some quinoa with tomato, corn & some cheese.  There was also some garlic and cajun seasoning in there.

Dessert was more Orange Pineapple Fluff

Now we’ve watched the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy and we’re about to enjoy some fist pumpin’ with a new season of Jersey Shore!

Happy Friday!

Orange Pineapple Fluff

Maybe you’ve seen or heard of this recipe before and perhaps you’ve made it and enjoyed it.  If not, you might want to try it (that is, if you like pineapple and orange).

My mom made this for me a while ago and It’s become a staple in my fridge and really helps my sweet tooth.

What you’ll need:

• 1 container low fat or fat free cool whip (thawed)
• 1 large container plain, fat free yogurt
• 2 packages sugar free vanilla pudding
• 1 container crushed pineapple (drained well)
• 2 containers mandarin oranges (drained well)

Basically, you just mix it all up (in a large bowl!)

Then your only job is just to enjoy it and try not to eat it all at once!

I keep it in a container in the fridge and grab 1 or 2 cups to have as dessert or snack.  Today I tried freezing a little bit too (at my cousin’s recommendation).

I don’t know the new WW points system… so I can’t tell you points.  I can tell you the nutritional information I figured out

Makes approx 16 cups (2L!!).  1 cup serving is:

Calories: 73, Fat: 0g, Cholesterol: 1.9mg, Sodium: 188.4mg, Potassium 27.5mg, Total carbs: 14.8mg, Sugars: 6.3mg, Protein: 2.4mg.

What I ate

Today is really a post dedicated to what I ate… because I remembered to take photos (finally)!

Breakfast was an egg sandwich with a side apple.  The egg sandwich had 2 pieces of Country Harvest Prairie Bran bread, 1 Omega 3 (blue menu) egg, 30g light old cheddar, 1/2tbsp light Hellmann’s and about 1tsp blue menu ketchup.  I sliced up a golden delicious apple on the side.

 

Lunch was leftover (thin crust) Domino’s

So good. I really could eat pizza every single day.  Along with Subway of course.

I had an afternoon snack of seasoned seaweed and warm lemon water. And 4 Hershey kisses that escaped the camera.

Dinner was a veggie stir fry done in some EVOO & a little teriyaki sauce, some long grain wild rice and some baked coconut shrimp

(to make the shrimp I dipped some shrimp in flour, salt & cayenne pepper, then in egg white, then in coconut… then baked it!)

I made some chocolate banana parfait things for dessert. I really only sliced banana and layered it with the new Jello mousse that I found in my local Superstore.  I made Alex’s with 1 1/2 bananas and 2 mousses. I made mine with 1/2 banana and 1 mousse.

My boy… he LOVES anything with chocolate and banana.

Overall, still managed to stay within my calorie range today.  The only exercise I’ve had for the past 2 days is MAD cleaning around the house.  The gym returns to my life Tuesday! I may even be a little excited!

I leave you with a couple of photos… the first is Chicklet and my mom’s dog, Bella (Chicklet is on the right).  This is the last time my parents came to our house, a week before Christmas (a few hours later my mom fell on my front step and landed herself at the hospital… and at the same time my sister found herself in the hospital in Chicago in early labour with my niece, Ivy… the same day that marked the 25th anniversary of my maternal grandfather’s passing. Crazy.)

And, a shot of our Christmas tree on Christmas Eve before we packed up the presents to take to our families.

I know I said I’d post the orange pineapple fluff recipe today, but I need to make a new batch and take photos!  It was a hit for sure yesterday though, my cousin texted me first thing this morning wanting to know the ingredients because her husband and kids wanted her to make it today for them!

Happy Monday!  I am very fortunate to be on vacation tomorrow (our office used tomorrow as the New Years Day stat) and am going for a body wrap for the first time ever!  I’ll let you know tomorrow night how it was… I can’t wait to try it!  Have you ever had one?  How are you doing with getting back on track after the holidays?

1 down…

… 364 to go!

Welcome 2011.  Nice to see you.  Nice of you to provide me with a new start to what is surely to be a great year!

I hope everyone had exactly the New Years Eve they wanted (whether that be partying it up or going to bed early and getting a full night’s sleep).  My night involved going to Jessica's house.  There was some Wii playing, a lot of wine drinking, crazy amounts of food and some great company.  Unfortunately, no pictures.  We were home some time before 1am and had some ‘wind down’ time before going to bed around 1:30.

Today’s food wasn’t exactly the picture of great health, but it was in moderation and I stayed within my calorie goal (thanks to My Fitness Pal app).  My cousin, her husband and their 2 kids (ages 9yrs and 7yrs) came to finally see our house (yes, we have had the house almost 3 months now and they are just getting to see it).  We had a great visit and the kids had a lot of fun playing Wii and just visiting with us (their kids are so great… their son cleaned up after dinner without anyone asking him). 

It would appear what I need to work on is taking some food pictures to share! I didn’t get my camera out even once today. 

I can TELL you what I ate though. We wanted to order something in that the kids would like… so we went with Domino's.  I had 3 pieces of thin crust pizza with chicken, pineapple and mushroom.  There was 1 piece of cheese bread and 1 “cinnastix”.  It was all followed by about 1.5c of orange pineapple fluff.

Here’s what else I ate…

Breakfast: 2pc Country Harvest prairie bran toast, 2tsp light Becel

Lunch: 1 small piece of Alex’s breaded fish, 1 small peanut butter & chocolate square

Dinner… pizza!

Another day I wish share with you the recipe for the orange pineapple fluff.  It’s a great Weight Watchers friendly recipe!

Happy 2011!

May it be filled with plenty of yummy healthy food…

And even more joy (this is a photo of Simon looking at a kite in the sky back in the fall… he is my joy.  Along with his baby sister, Ivy – who I haven’t met yet)…

Cold Turkey for 2011

First things first,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Today is the first day of 2010.  I have decided my ultimate goal for 2011 is health and happiness.  Achieving this means weight loss through eating healthy and exercise.  The gym will be my friend. Calorie counting will be my habit.  One year from now I hope to be welcoming in 2012 at my goal weight and having the time of my life.

I have decided the best way to take the first step to optimal health is to quit bad food cold turkey.  Starting tomorrow, it’s nothing but healthy food and moderation for me.  More fruits, vegetables and lean protein.  Much more water again… and perhaps some lemon water, tea, coffee and crystal light.  The odd diet pop for a treat (instead of chocolate?).

I look forward to returning to regular blogging and sharing my journey with you.  I would consider myself successful each day if I feel proud of my actions and provide some inspiration to all of you.

I wish you nothing but the best for 2011 and success in all you do!

I leave you with a photo of my Christmas Eve miracle.  My niece, Ivy was born on my favourite day of the year (December 24th).  Born at 29 weeks and weighing 2lbs 9oz.  She’s perfect in every way and doing well. She’s up to 2lbs 11oz now.  Simon is going to be such a great big brother to her! I wish I could say I’ve met her… but they live in Chicago. My parents are there to help out, but I won’t get to see her until I go down in a few weeks or so. Even then, she’s in the NICU and aunts aren’t actually welcome.  One day I will meet her, hold her, hug her and kiss her… and share photos of her!

It's Here!

My favourite day of the year is here! It's a little sucky this year since my sis & her family can't make it home... But we will make the most of it. The show must go on.

We went to see some Christmas lights last night. I took some crappy iPhone photos... You get the point!

Happy holidays

Merry, merry!

Once again I've disappeared! I will be back in the New Year to resume blogging and losing weight! I will be coming back to my old blog. I just couldn't figure out wordpress enough to enjoy it. I will be counting calories & actually going to the gym which I already paid for until October 2011!

Happy Christmas to all!!

Starting over, yet again...

Hello all!

Well, it's been a while hasn't it? I have finally moved into my house and am looking for a fresh start with my weight loss. This is including starting a new blog. I've had this blog for many years now... but I feel like it's time for a fresh start with a clean slate.

Please come join me at http://jenshealthylife.wordpress.com

I hope to see you there (a post is going up tonight)!!