I have been juicing regularly and following a decent diet. I have veered off the path a couple of times but nothing too bad.
I've noticed a couple of things in the past couple of weeks. One is that my skin is so much softer and looks soo much better than it ever has. Another is that I don't have to take my allergy meds nearly as often as I used to. Usually, if I didn't take my allergy meds everyday I was simply miserable. I now can go 4 or 5 days before I start feeling itchy from not having taken them.
I'm getting close to my 10% goal. I've set up a series of 10% goals so that I don't get so overwhelmed. My first goal is 29 lbs and my goal date is 9/30/12. I have 6 lbs left to go and I'm really hoping I make it. I won't get discouraged if I don't because I've actually come so far and I feel so much better than I have in years.
If I meet all my goals I will be at my goal weight by April of 2013. I hope I can do it all before that but it took me years to put this much weight on...it's going to take a little while to get it back off.
I'm still exercising but not as much. It's difficult to get any time to myself.
Things are going well and I'm not giving up. I've had too many advantages from juicing not to continue.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
ZUMBA!
I bought the Zumba workout months ago...in fact I think it was over a year ago. When I got it in the mail I was so excited that I opened it up and then promptly but everything back in the box and stuffed it under the couch...I was walking on my treadmill the other day thinking jeeze this is boring when I remembered ZUMBA! I walked for 10 minutes on the treadmill then pulled the Zumba box out from under the couch and blew the dust off of it...after my asthma attack cleared I pulled the contents out of the box and popped in the basics disk as directed so I could learn the steps. More like I could see how they were done and attempt to learn how to do them....but the instructors assured me the more I did the work out routines the better I would become at the steps..I certainly hope so!
Anyway, I got thru about half of the steps workout and had to call it quits...just learning the steps are a workout!
The next day (Sunday) was pretty painful. My legs hurt my hips hurt and my ankles hurt. So I didn't work out yesterday...I did help a friend with a yardsale so I did burn some calories tho..carting her stuff out in the morning and then helping her cart the stuff that didn't sell in after we buttoned up for the day. I definitely worked up a sweat.
Today is my day off so I ran my errands...took the car to the shop...again...found out it needs new rotors and calipers - more money spent...so stressful I've already put $500 into the car this month...why do I bring this up? because I believe I did INCREDIBLY well by not stopping at BK and grabbing some comfort food because I'm so stressed out about putting more money into this car and that it's my only car and I don't have the money to fix it right now after putting $500 into already with 2 new tires, an oil change and transmission service! I went home and grabbed an apple instead THENNN
I popped in the Zumba DVD and started where I left off. Saturday I did about 25 minutes of the 53 minute steps workout. I did the remainder today 28 minutes THEN I played the 20 minute express which I got almost all the way thru before I felt like I was going to pass out. All in all I did 45 minutes of Zumba...I'm sweaty and out of breath but I feel great! I think I'm going to walk on the Treadmill on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and Then do Zumba on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The biggest thing is getting the husband out of the house so I can exercise since he's not very supportive at all. He always has a snide comment or he complains because I'm making too much noise...
That's all for now. It's time to rehydrate and drink some juice. I'm starving!
Anyway, I got thru about half of the steps workout and had to call it quits...just learning the steps are a workout!
The next day (Sunday) was pretty painful. My legs hurt my hips hurt and my ankles hurt. So I didn't work out yesterday...I did help a friend with a yardsale so I did burn some calories tho..carting her stuff out in the morning and then helping her cart the stuff that didn't sell in after we buttoned up for the day. I definitely worked up a sweat.
Today is my day off so I ran my errands...took the car to the shop...again...found out it needs new rotors and calipers - more money spent...so stressful I've already put $500 into the car this month...why do I bring this up? because I believe I did INCREDIBLY well by not stopping at BK and grabbing some comfort food because I'm so stressed out about putting more money into this car and that it's my only car and I don't have the money to fix it right now after putting $500 into already with 2 new tires, an oil change and transmission service! I went home and grabbed an apple instead THENNN
I popped in the Zumba DVD and started where I left off. Saturday I did about 25 minutes of the 53 minute steps workout. I did the remainder today 28 minutes THEN I played the 20 minute express which I got almost all the way thru before I felt like I was going to pass out. All in all I did 45 minutes of Zumba...I'm sweaty and out of breath but I feel great! I think I'm going to walk on the Treadmill on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and Then do Zumba on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The biggest thing is getting the husband out of the house so I can exercise since he's not very supportive at all. He always has a snide comment or he complains because I'm making too much noise...
That's all for now. It's time to rehydrate and drink some juice. I'm starving!
Sunday, September 9, 2012
I'm a slacker...
I have really slacked off on my juicing the last few days. I weighed myself today and I have only lost .8 lbs this week! But then I started thinking...it's been almost a month since I measured myself so I did that and found out that I've lost almost 11"!!!
That really kick started me. I have to add some exercise to my schedule and I will see the weight and inches drop faster. That's my goal for this week - to start exercising.
Today is Sunday and I usually cook on Sunday. My husband always complains that I don't cook with meat anymore...but if he wants me to cook then he needs to deal with it.
So today I made Spicy Black Bean and Rice Enchilada Casserole. I started with the rice. I cooked a cup of Brown Pearl rice according to the directions on the pack and as that was cooking I made homemade enchilada sauce. I started looking at the ingredients in the store bought stuff and it was enough to worry me. So I found a healthy recipe online that doesn't require sugar or any preservatives. I have been buying tomato products without any added sugars as well. Here is the recipe for the Enchilada sauce:
2 tbls of vegetable oil
2 tbls of chili powder
2 tbls of flour
8 oz can of tomato paste
2 cups of water
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
mix the vegetable oil, chili powder and flour in a sauce pan and heat for about 2 minutes but don't let it burn. Add remaining ingredients stirring well to break up the paste. Let cook on med - low for about 20 minutes - then set aside.
By now the rice should be done as well.
In a stock pan you will make the enchilada filling.
2 tbls vegetable oil
1 large onion (sweet - diced)
2 green peppers (diced)
3 or 10 cloves of garlic (diced or crushed)
1 15 oz can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 15 oz can of kernel corn (drained)
1 15 oz can of garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)
1 6 oz can of sliced mushrooms (drained)
1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes with chilis
2 cups of brown rice
9 corn tortillas or you can use flour tortillas
Enchilada sauce
1/2 tsp red pepper flake
1/2 tsp cumin
1 cup of low fat part skim mozzerella cheese
1 cup of a low fat chedder cheese
saute the onion, peppers and garlic in the vegetable oil for a few minutes until the onion is translucent. Add the black beans, corn, garbanzo beans, mushrooms and diced tomato with chilis and mix well. cook on med - low heat until all is heated thru (about 10 min). Add the brown rice - it should still be warm from recently cooking if it has been chilled then heat the mixture until heated thru. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees - In a large casserole dish (13X9) spoon a very thin layer of enchilada sauce in the bottom. Position 3 tortillas over the sauce so that they cover the majority of the bottom. Spoon some sauce over the tortillas and spread evenly. Spoon half the mixture onto the tortillas and spread evenly. place another layer of tortillas onto the mixture. I coated the tortilla bottoms with sauce first then placed them. I put two full tortillas on there then split one in half and coverd the sides. then spoon some more sauce on the tortillas and layer the rest of the mixture on. Cover with another layer of sauced tortillas.
Make sure the sauce covers all of the tortillas. Then cover with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Top with cheeses then put back in the oven for 10 minutes until cheese melts. Let stand for 5 minutes and serve.
I didn't use cooking spray because there is already enough oil in the recipe and I don't care for cooking spray so I took my chances and it didn't stick too terribly. You can do what you like there.
You can top with cilantro, salsa or sour cream. I preferred mine with nothing else on it.
That really kick started me. I have to add some exercise to my schedule and I will see the weight and inches drop faster. That's my goal for this week - to start exercising.
Today is Sunday and I usually cook on Sunday. My husband always complains that I don't cook with meat anymore...but if he wants me to cook then he needs to deal with it.
So today I made Spicy Black Bean and Rice Enchilada Casserole. I started with the rice. I cooked a cup of Brown Pearl rice according to the directions on the pack and as that was cooking I made homemade enchilada sauce. I started looking at the ingredients in the store bought stuff and it was enough to worry me. So I found a healthy recipe online that doesn't require sugar or any preservatives. I have been buying tomato products without any added sugars as well. Here is the recipe for the Enchilada sauce:
2 tbls of vegetable oil
2 tbls of chili powder
2 tbls of flour
8 oz can of tomato paste
2 cups of water
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
mix the vegetable oil, chili powder and flour in a sauce pan and heat for about 2 minutes but don't let it burn. Add remaining ingredients stirring well to break up the paste. Let cook on med - low for about 20 minutes - then set aside.
By now the rice should be done as well.
In a stock pan you will make the enchilada filling.
2 tbls vegetable oil
1 large onion (sweet - diced)
2 green peppers (diced)
3 or 10 cloves of garlic (diced or crushed)
1 15 oz can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 15 oz can of kernel corn (drained)
1 15 oz can of garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)
1 6 oz can of sliced mushrooms (drained)
1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes with chilis
2 cups of brown rice
9 corn tortillas or you can use flour tortillas
Enchilada sauce
1/2 tsp red pepper flake
1/2 tsp cumin
1 cup of low fat part skim mozzerella cheese
1 cup of a low fat chedder cheese
saute the onion, peppers and garlic in the vegetable oil for a few minutes until the onion is translucent. Add the black beans, corn, garbanzo beans, mushrooms and diced tomato with chilis and mix well. cook on med - low heat until all is heated thru (about 10 min). Add the brown rice - it should still be warm from recently cooking if it has been chilled then heat the mixture until heated thru. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees - In a large casserole dish (13X9) spoon a very thin layer of enchilada sauce in the bottom. Position 3 tortillas over the sauce so that they cover the majority of the bottom. Spoon some sauce over the tortillas and spread evenly. Spoon half the mixture onto the tortillas and spread evenly. place another layer of tortillas onto the mixture. I coated the tortilla bottoms with sauce first then placed them. I put two full tortillas on there then split one in half and coverd the sides. then spoon some more sauce on the tortillas and layer the rest of the mixture on. Cover with another layer of sauced tortillas.
Make sure the sauce covers all of the tortillas. Then cover with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Top with cheeses then put back in the oven for 10 minutes until cheese melts. Let stand for 5 minutes and serve.
I didn't use cooking spray because there is already enough oil in the recipe and I don't care for cooking spray so I took my chances and it didn't stick too terribly. You can do what you like there.
You can top with cilantro, salsa or sour cream. I preferred mine with nothing else on it.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Day 25...
This is Day 25 for my juicing. I'm not doing a fast per se any longer but I still juice at least 2 times a day.
Labor day weekend went well but then I didn't have a bbq or go to anyones house who was having a bbq. I stayed home all day and vegged in every sense of the word!
Yesterday, Day 24 & Tuesday, I had ran out of produce so I didn't juice for breakfast so by the time lunch came around I was famished...well, I hadn't picked up any produce so when I got home I popped a potato in the nuclearizer and sprinkled some salad seasonings and baco bits on and ate that. After work I picked up about 30 bux worth of produce and went home...then I had to run out to a friends house 40 minutes away and drop off a couple of things for her. We started talking and I stayed until 10. When I got back into town I had to stop at Walmart to pick up some bread and peanut butter and that's when I caved! Having only eaten one baked potato for lunch that day I bought a snack sized bag or doritos and a diet dr pepper!
I ate the entire bag of chips on the way home - as I discussed earlier, I only live about 5 minutes from Walmart - and drank half the soda!
I knew I shouldn't do it! I knew it! I finished the soda once I got home and about 10 minutes after I felt like complete shit.
I ate an orange and went to bed. I felt so disappointed in myself and I just couldn't believe that I could be that weak when I have done very well in the last few weeks. I've resisted the donut and birthday cake temptations at work this month and even when the husband makes Banana bread but I bought a flippin' bag of chips and a soda.
So, this morning I got on the scale to see what damage I had done to my weight loss and surprisingly enough I hadn't gained any weight since Sunday but I know eating that bag of chips and drinking that soda caused me not to lose any since Sunday as well.
I juiced my morning carrot, apple, ginger and beet juice and drank it with vigor. I was only hanging off the side of the Wagon, I didn't completely fall off. So I was able to pull myself back on this morning and I will continue with my journey.
After I got to work, one of my customers I don't see very oftenly came in and the first thing she said to me was "It looks like you are losing weight!" I said "I AM!" We talked a little about my juice fast and how I feel so much better doing this and how it seems to have me more at peace than any other diet I've ever been on. *this is the customer that tried to talk me into doing HCG drops for weight loss* At first she was a little bit "are you crazy" but as I explained to her that I juice a wide variety of produce everyday and that I am getting a rainbow of nutrients everyday she was very happy for me. She even mentioned that she might give juicing a try because she wants to lose about 20 lbs. I told her I lost 20 lbs in about 3 weeks with juicing at least 2 meals a day.
I'm feeling better about myself today and I am a firm believe that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Her bluetooth device had stopped working over the weekend and she had to come in and have us check it ultimately she had to buy a new one...for whatever reason, I'm glad she came in because that was my sign not to give up just because I had slipped off the side of the wagon and was hanging by my shoelaces.
Happy Juicing!
Labor day weekend went well but then I didn't have a bbq or go to anyones house who was having a bbq. I stayed home all day and vegged in every sense of the word!
Yesterday, Day 24 & Tuesday, I had ran out of produce so I didn't juice for breakfast so by the time lunch came around I was famished...well, I hadn't picked up any produce so when I got home I popped a potato in the nuclearizer and sprinkled some salad seasonings and baco bits on and ate that. After work I picked up about 30 bux worth of produce and went home...then I had to run out to a friends house 40 minutes away and drop off a couple of things for her. We started talking and I stayed until 10. When I got back into town I had to stop at Walmart to pick up some bread and peanut butter and that's when I caved! Having only eaten one baked potato for lunch that day I bought a snack sized bag or doritos and a diet dr pepper!
I ate the entire bag of chips on the way home - as I discussed earlier, I only live about 5 minutes from Walmart - and drank half the soda!
I knew I shouldn't do it! I knew it! I finished the soda once I got home and about 10 minutes after I felt like complete shit.
I ate an orange and went to bed. I felt so disappointed in myself and I just couldn't believe that I could be that weak when I have done very well in the last few weeks. I've resisted the donut and birthday cake temptations at work this month and even when the husband makes Banana bread but I bought a flippin' bag of chips and a soda.
So, this morning I got on the scale to see what damage I had done to my weight loss and surprisingly enough I hadn't gained any weight since Sunday but I know eating that bag of chips and drinking that soda caused me not to lose any since Sunday as well.
I juiced my morning carrot, apple, ginger and beet juice and drank it with vigor. I was only hanging off the side of the Wagon, I didn't completely fall off. So I was able to pull myself back on this morning and I will continue with my journey.
After I got to work, one of my customers I don't see very oftenly came in and the first thing she said to me was "It looks like you are losing weight!" I said "I AM!" We talked a little about my juice fast and how I feel so much better doing this and how it seems to have me more at peace than any other diet I've ever been on. *this is the customer that tried to talk me into doing HCG drops for weight loss* At first she was a little bit "are you crazy" but as I explained to her that I juice a wide variety of produce everyday and that I am getting a rainbow of nutrients everyday she was very happy for me. She even mentioned that she might give juicing a try because she wants to lose about 20 lbs. I told her I lost 20 lbs in about 3 weeks with juicing at least 2 meals a day.
I'm feeling better about myself today and I am a firm believe that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Her bluetooth device had stopped working over the weekend and she had to come in and have us check it ultimately she had to buy a new one...for whatever reason, I'm glad she came in because that was my sign not to give up just because I had slipped off the side of the wagon and was hanging by my shoelaces.
Happy Juicing!
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