.04 Short

I had my chubby girl meeting this morning and I was .04 over goal.  Wow, just wow.  I feel really, really, really happy about this and will continue on this journey.

I thought I would post today about some items that have really saved me on the past 2 weeks.  The first item is olive oil.

I have been using it to saute most of my veggies and to cook most of my fish and chicken.  Love, love it.

The next item is my pan.

This pan is awesome for cooking all of your meats.  The extra fat drains away from your meat for a healthier version of the dish.

Finally, my scale.

This really does keep you on track as far as measuring weight.  You will get better at eyeballing things, but keep this bad boy on your kitchen counter just to double check things.

Show up and make it count,

Cindy

Running, Jumping and Lifting Oh My

Thought I might give you an idea of my training each week.  Right now I am doing a combination of core, conditioning and lifting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I usually do this along with my clients at 5:30 AM on those days.  I am also doing a thing called 5K101 training.  It is a run/walk combo based on time each work-out.  You warm-up and then walk for a certain number of minutes and run a certain number of minutes and then cool-down.  I am in week 7 right now.  Below is a snap shot of what to do.  It is an easy peezy way to run a 5K in a few short weeks.  I run on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

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Cindy

Ground Turkey…Not So Much

Really, really, really trying to embrace these new food choices.  I have decided a little turkey goes a long way with me.  Gotta love the journey.

Breakfast:

Advocare Spark

Coffee with creamer

8 inch whole wheat tortilla

1 scrambled egg

1/8 of an avocado

salsa

made a burrito 

Snack #1

extra small banana

1/2 cup pineapple

1/2 cup cottage cheese

Lunch:

4 oz lean ground beef patty seasoned well

tossed salad

A-1 sauce on burger

Snack #2

Extra small apple

2 tbsp peanut butter

Dinner:

4 oz ground turkey cooked with seasonings

1/2 cup brown rice

1/4 avocado

made into a burrito type bowl

Snack #3:

Chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar

OK I will be honest here.  I am not a ground turkey fan at all. I spiced it up and it was really very good, but just something about it creeps me out.  It is kind of like the thought of fish tacos.  I just can't do it.  Not sure I will do ground turkey again.  We will see.  

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Cindy

Snacks Galore

I couldn’t seem to get full today.  I have learned to just embrace what you can and eat something healthy if you just feel incredibly hungry.  I think this was how my day went today.  UGH!

   

Breakfast:

Advocare Spark

Coffee with creamer

2 scrambled eggs

Snack #1:

1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder

1 cup spinach

¼ cup raspberries

¼ cup strawberries

ice cubes

4 oz of water

blended all together for a smoothy

Lunch:

4 oz grilled chicken

2 cups lettuce

4 walnuts/chopped

10 cucumber slices

¼ cup broccoli

Made a salad type thingy

Snack #2:

Advocare Spark

¼ cup strawberries

¼ cup cantaloupe

Snack #3

Extra small apple

15 grapes

Dinner:

4 oz grilled chicken breast

10 stalks of asparagus sautéed in olive oil

5 cherry tomatoes

Snack #4

Chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar (120 calories)

½ homemade banana muffin (75 calories)

See peeps the struggle is real.  Somedays you are just hungry.  It’s all good.

Show up and make it count,

Cindy

Supplements That Keep Me From Throat Punching People

I take 25 pills a day to supplement my diet.  Yep, you read that right, 25.  Carly Jo teases me that I take my supplements to keep me “balanced”.  I think there is a lot of truth to that observation.  I take them for a few different reasons.   They keep me moving so that I can run, jump and lift.  Others help me to have more energy.  Others help me to not kill people.  Finally, some of them help me to not catch on fire due to hot flashes and these crazy cray hormone surges.  I take some in the morning and the rest at lunch.  Maybe you could look over the list and see if any of them might help you out.  If some of them seem weird I would encourage you to google them and read about them.  Also, be mindful that natural supplements take time to work.  If you decide to start using them you must give them a chance to kick in and work.  Some take about 3 months to get to a level in your system that will help with whatever you’re needing.  Talk to your doctor, too.

Supplements for energy, to reduce inflammation and just make me feel like a Rock Star most days.

Advocare Thermoplus-fat burner and for energy 1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Osteo Bi Flex-helps reduce inflammation so that I can run like the wind and lift like I am strong like helm. 1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Omega 3’s (fish oil)-helps to reduce inflammation so that I can actually get out of bed and move, which is a good thing.  Also, heart health.  I take 3 at breakfast and 3 at lunch.

B12-energy 1 at breakfast.

Triple Strength Gluocosamine Sulfate-reduces inflammation so my old knees will actually move.  1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Supplements that help me to actually be a nice person and not thunder punch people in the throat.  They also have helped me to not catch on fire due to these hot flashes from hell that I have been experiencing.  Getting old ain’t for sissies peeps.

Theanine Serene-mood stabilizer 1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

DHEA-aids my adrenal gland and hormone balance 15mg at breakfast.

Black Cohosh-helps reduce hot flashes 1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Vitamin E-helps reduce hot flashes 1 at breakfast.

DIM-helps body with Estrogen absorption and helps me not catch on fire 1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Emerita Progesterone cream-hormone balance 1 tsp rubbed into the skin a day.

Women’s 50 Plus-multi vitamin-1 at breakfast and 1 at lunch.

Again, if you need advocare just click on the link above and they will ship it to you.

Boom, you are now balanced.

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Cindy

Another Day Another Meal

As I said before, I will try and post as much as possible on my meals.  I am one of those people that if you are very specific and the food is half way decent then I am in.  Enjoy these ideas.

Breakfast:

Coffee with creamer

Advocare Spark

2 scrambled eggs

1 piece high fiber whole wheat toast with a teaspoon of peanut butter on it.

Snack #1:

Extra small apple

1 tbsp of peanut butter

Lunch:

3 oz grilled chicken breast diced

½ cup brown rice

¼ cup broccoli and ¼ cup carrots cooked in a small amount of water for 2 minutes in the microwave

1 cup spinach

I made a little salad bowl out of this with the spinach on top.  Sort of like Chipotle.

Snack #2:

Advocare Spark

½ scoop vanilla protein powder

4 oz water

½ cup frozen peaches

¼ banana

¼ cup pineapple

4 ice cubes

Added to the blender and make a smoothy.

Dinner:

1 8 inch whole wheat tortilla

1 scrambled egg

1/8 of an avocado

salsa

I made a burrito out of these foods.

2 oz cantaloupe

I totally enjoy a breakfasty type dinner sometimes. If you need any of the Advocare Spark just click on the link above and they will ship it right to you.

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Cindy

The Chub Struggle Is Real

I have been on this journey of better health for over 9 years now.  Wow!  I can hardly believe it.  Lots of ups and downs, but all in all, it’s been good.  I started back to Chubby Girl (Weight Watcher) meetings back in December of 2014.  My weight had started to creep back up and I thought I needed the support of the wonderful community of Weight Watchers aka Chubby Girl once again.  I have weighed in pretty consistently once a week since last December.  This is an overview of how it is going.  My starting weight was 141.  This is 9 pounds over my goal weight at Chubby Girl of 132.  This has been the roller coaster ride on the scale 141, 138.4, 138, 138.6, 137.6, 137.6, 137.6, 137.4, 137, 136.2, 135.6, 137.8, 136.8, 136.4, 136.4, 137.8, 138.8, 138.4, 138, 138, 137.4, 138.6, 137.6, 137.6, 138, 137, 136, 137.2,136.4, 138 and 138.2.  Yes, peeps, the struggle is real.  

I am completely fed up with this process.  I really want to get back down to my goal weight for many reasons.  Those reasons are that I get to go to the Chubby Girl meetings for free since I am a lifetime member of WW, my clothes fit better, my knee feels better when I run or lift and I know that from a health standpoint it is good to be at this weight.

So about a week ago I was going through some of my fitness magazines that I haven’t been able to read and I stumbled on to a pretty simple eating plan.  I started following it on that Monday.  Below is a sample of that first day.

Breakfast:

2 scrambled eggs

1 oz venison sausage

Coffee with creamer

Spark

Snack #1:

12 raw almonds

1 orange

Lunch:

Fill two butter lettuce leaves with 4 oz. of cooked taco seasoned lean ground beef, two slices of avocado and salsa and ½ cup fruit of choice.

Snack #2:

1 banana

1 tbsp nut butter

Dinner:

4 oz. seasoned grilled salmon; ½ cup cooked brown rice, 1-cup spinach.

That’s it pretty simple eating.  I have also continued to run 3 days a week and do a combo of cardio and lifting the other 3 days a week.  I continued eating this way for the rest of the week and I only ate out one evening and that was at Cotton Patch and I had no bread, water and the grilled chicken salad.

The beautiful thing is this.  When I weighed in at Chubby Girl on Saturday morning I was 135.6.  Yes, you read that right, 135.6.  Me, the girl who can’t seem to lose weight. 

This inspired me to start sharing my eating habits.  It is hard sometimes to follow a plan.  I know that I need specifics.  I will try and post what I am eating on a daily basis.  Join me if you would like.

Show up and make it count,

Cindy