Results Update!

I found my scale in the moving mess, set it up in my bathroom, and…..

150.6 pounds!

That’s a new record for me, making a total of 61 pounds lost.  Woo!

Turns out moving, organizing, and having to cover more ground in my big new house is a good work out!  I guess I should have seen this coming when my pants were sliding off as I ran through the grocery store to get the last missing ingredient that I needed.

Hooray! Just wanted to share – if I can do this, ANYONE can!

The Dieter’s Hot Chocolate

I’m always looking for tricks to help my dieting heroines out there and here’s one that I just HAVE to pass along:

Diet hot chocolate from Swiss Miss.*  I couldn’t believe it myself, but I just had to try it so I could tell you all about it.

The packet felt light… too light to be tasty.  My initial excitement gave way to doubt.

But it looked fine, it smelled fine…

It was SO fine.

Hot chocolate is a wonderful winter treat, but committing SO MANY of your daily calories on one little cup just doesn’t seem worth it.  But this hot coco is only 25 calories per cup – now that’s a number that I can wiggle with!  Doesn’t taste like fake sugar, doesn’t taste watered down (I suggest mixing it with 3/4 c. water), I was pleasantly surprised.

*Swiss Miss doesn’t know that I did this review and has not compensated me for it in any way.

300 Calorie (Or Less) Lunch Burrito

Why is it that healthy food feels like it takes longer to make?  Slicing an apple isn’t as quick at alleviating my hunger as just ripping open a package of Oreos, but what does my body really want need?

Your body needs good foods, so you might as well make them easy and fast to get to when hunger strikes.  Something that I’ve been LOVING this week is my handy dandy 300 Calorie Burrito.  Those calories are an estimate, but certainly you can measure foods if you are at a point when you need to be strict.  Since I’m just trying to maintain my sanity weight during our move-to-a-house process, I’m allowing myself a little eyeballing on this.

Here’s what to do:

Make a half portion of the filling for my Bean and Veggie Enchiladas (recipe found HERE).  Omit salt from the recipe, no cheese, no enchilada sauce.

[Don't be afraid, this is going to be awesome.]

Seal the filling up in a container and stick it in the fridge, when lunch time comes around, pull out as much as you need for one burrito and save the rest for another day.

Lay out a Light Flat Out wrap (90 calories) and load it with lettuce while the beans warm up in the microwave.

Douse the lettuce with fresh salsa, this kind from Wal Mart is amazing with only 5 calories per 2 TBS! 5?! That makes me want to laugh – mwahahahaha! Check for it in the produce section.

Load the burrito with the warm bean mixture, you can even dabble a few drops of fat-free sour cream on there if you have the wiggle room for it.

This burrito looks HUGE because of the lettuce layers, is filling because of the beans, and is TASTY because of the salsa and spices.

The whole thing slides in under 300 calories and that number could be reduced even more depending on the varying amounts of ingredients that you use.

Tasty, easy, fast, healthy.

Bliss.

Fitness Goals Anyone?

January has been here for one week….

Anyone want to share their fitness goals?

Last year I lost 60 pounds.  This year I’m at a weight I like, I exercise 6 times a week (with weights), I eat well, but I’m sure there are ways to improve.

I know I don’t want to say something silly like I won’t eat any candy or pizza during the whole year, because I know that is something I can’t keep.  I know I can’t say that I’ll maintain my weight all year because there are VERY good chances of a pregnancy coming along this year (which will set me up for plenty of new goals).  So what to do?

For now my goal will be to improve my drinking (of water that is).  I drink a HUGE glass of water first thing in the morning, but then I get busy and forget about drinking throughout the day.  This is something my body will love and that I can keep up even if another bun should happen to bake in my beautiful-baby-makin’ oven.

For now the goal will be 8 cups a day, but my intention is to work my way up to a gallon a day.

Does anyone else have any awesome health goals they want to share?  I’d love to hear them!