Happy New Year! Well, I'm a little late, but better late than never, right?
This year has started off kinda wacky so far... family in and out of the hospital, I had bacterial bronchitis for about a month, and life is crazier than ever! I need a vacation lol
We've tried a couple of new recipes over the last few weeks... the first one is a variation of a Pampered Chef recipe, the Chicken Club ring. We switched it up a little and created the Chicken Bacon Ranch ring! I'll get that recipe posted in the next few days... basically we used the same recipe as the Chicken Club ring, but left out the tomatoes, used mozzerella cheese, added bacon bits, and used ranch dressing powder for the seasoning. It was SOOOO good!
The other new thing we tried was a slow cooker recipe: Beef and Bean Tamale Pie... YUM! I'll get that recipe posted soon too, but its basically beef and onions browned together, then mixed with kidney beans and enchilada sauce, then topped with cornbread batter that has green chiles and cheddar cheese mixed into it. Then you slow cook it for 6 hours or so, and voila! Served with sour cream and green onions, it was DELICIOUS!
I think I'm going to start writing a little bit every day... I'm participating in a "Biggest Loser" contest at work, and was very motivated at first, but I'm losing steam. Seems like every time I have a little success at weight loss (and I mean a very little success... 2 pounds lost) I start to sabotage myself and get all down and stop caring about losing weight. Maybe blogging about how I feel will help... I hope so. So here goes:
Starting weight: 303.2 pounds on January 10, 2011
Current weight: 301.2 pounds on January 24, 2011
Yowch. That's hard to type... hard to admit... hard to face. Makes me want to cry. Which makes me sad, and makes me want to eat. I had a banana nut muffin (Otis Spunkmeyer) for breakfast... YUM but 440 calories. I'm not doing TERRIBLE at staying at my allotted calorie limit, but I'm not making the right choices food-wise. I could be saving even more calories and such... but that will have to wait for payday on Friday to go shopping. The good news is I drink plenty of water already =D lol
The girls at work say that I've been crabby the last few days, and I don't think I have been, but I am definitely not feeling like myself. I was really down on Monday... about to burst into tears at any moment. I'm not enjoying things like I used to, and I don't know why... I haven't felt like this in a long time (which is awesome, cause it used to be all the time), but I really want to feel better. Hmm. There are so many things going on right now... from money, to losing weight, to a custody battle (my bf's daughter), to having just moved, and such. Well I think I'm just rambling now, but that's ok too.
OMG I just figured out what's wrong with me! (This will probably be TMI for any guys out there) When I gain weight, I stop having a monthly cycle... but since I've been on the diet for a couple weeks now, it may be stablizing my hormones, and that means I could be PMS'ing! That would be good to get back on track in that area, although not having a cycle is pretty damn nice! LOL Figuring out what is making me feel bad is definitely a boost to my mood! YAY! =D
Goal for today: Stay under my calorie budget of 2021 Calories, and blog about it tomorrow. Just two little goals today.. I CAN DO IT!
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