Magic Number

I am lost in the 260's, I was so close and then so far again. But this week I made the conscious effort to eat better and drink lots more water and tea.
I love tea and it is a great addition to water and better than any soft drink. If you wanna know some of my favorite Teas go here...  It helps me not getting bored of water.

Water is so dang important, but I can go a whole day without drinking anything but a cup of coffee in the morning, I know it's not good. So I am trying really hared to drink 64oz.
Did really well this weekend. I also am trying to stay away from grains, pretty much any grains, and I have been doing pretty good with that too. ( I had a cupcake, but hey it was 1 and not 4 like I would have done in the past 4yrs).

As for eating...
I am trying to track all my food but I tend to forget, so that's a goal for this coming week. I have an easy app on my phone called looseit and it is great, cause it has a code scanner. Even thou, I barely eat any packaged food anymore. Most of my food is fresh from Greenling.com which I really adore.

So that's my progress, the magic number at the moment is 259 it's a pretty number :D

so....

What has been going on? Well I struggle every day with my food choices, why is it so fucking hard this time?
I really don't know. But I do know that I have to get back to basics. I wanna loose 8lb in may. I got on the scale today and it said 266, fuck this. I can't do this anymore. So what did I do last time I was so successful?
I tracked every single think that went into my mouth. So that's what I do again.
For Breakfast I made myself a protein Juice. I put in 1pear, 1apple, 2 carrots and a handful of fresh spinach. 1scoop of vanilla protein powder and a tsp of L-Glutamine.
Lunch I am going to make me a nice big salad and for dinner we are going out, but I know what I am going to order, so no problem there. We are going to have shawarma.
This weekend will be tougher, we are gone for Birthday celebrations, but I am going to try and make it as healthy as I can.
As I struggle with my weight loss, I am also struggling with my daily routines in the house. I need to get back to basics on that too, it's not like the house is a horrendous mess, but laundry never gets put away (it is clean, just not put away) I could vacuum more often and just in general putting things away. So today I will finish the laundry and do a sweep thru the house.
I need to set up a schedule for myself and really set time aside for those things and then work. So if you got this far in my ramblings, thank you.

Gluten Free (I hope) and Low Carb Shepherds Pie

So I wanted Shepherds Pie, but cause I am trying to stay away from starchy foods, the Potatos were not an option. So I was thinking of this all afternoon and then had the Idea. I made fake mashed potatos before with Cauliflower. Well guess what? I went to the store and got Cauliflower and frozen corn, cause those where the only two things  I did not have.

Fake Mashed Potatos:
Cut the Cauliflower into pieces and boil them till very soft, drain. Add a tbsp of butter and season then use your handmixer and mash them up like you would potatos. Don't add milk, since the Cauliflower is a veggie, it still has some liquid in it.

Meat Filling:
Brown ground beef (I used grass fed, that I got a sprouts the other day), season with what you feel like, I usually trow in some mushrooms and carrots but didn't today. Then make a brown Gravy, I am spoiled I have a sauce my mom brought me from Switzerland it's called "Braten Sauce" and it's from Knorr. But regular Brown Gravy will work.

So then you get a deep oven safe dish, heat oven to 350F, put the meat mixture in, then the bag of frozen corn, then the Caulifower Mash and top it with Cheddar Cheese.
Put in the oven for 30minutes and enjoy.

Both my kids and my husband got seconds. So there something healthy.

Enjoy!!!

Back to page one...

Yesterday was the first day in a long time that felt normal again. Well after my mom visiting for 6 weeks and Faire and everything else going on.
I haven't weighed in, in a while. So Tomorrow that's what I am going to do.
As for now, I am juicing one meal a day, today it was breakfast. I made Carrots, Cellery, Strawberries and a pear Juice. Very yummy. Then I also try not to eat white foods, like bread, pasta, potatos things like that.
Today I am going to Zumba in the evening. I am still training with a trainer twice a week, but we are doing Pilates and it is hard, but a lot of fun.

So we'll see where I go from here.

Limping back onto the wagon...

So today is the day, where I am going gluten free as much as possible again. I have done it before, and I am doing it again. Breakfast is going to be 2 eggs sunny side up with sauteed vegetables.
Dinner is Chicken Drumsticks baked and Veggies, I will make rice for the rest of the family. I am also tying to stay way from grains, legumes and such as well.

We are taking the kids to Kemah Boardwalk today, so they can spend one more day with their Grandma, she is leaving on Thursday to go back home to Switzerland. We had a wonderful visit and she spoiled me rotten helping with housework. But yeah the eating and the cooking suffered a bit.

So that's what is going on, we will see how this is going to go.

Much love,

Am I turning into a Glutard???

So for the past month I have been trying very hard to stay away from grains. I have not eaten a slice of bread in a very long time and Pasta, forget it. Not because I am gluten intolerant, but to aid with weight loss.

So on Monday I had made Cabbage and Pasta for dinner. I cook my cabbage with bacon and ground beef and serve it over pasta. I didn't eat pasta that day. Yesterday for lunch I had the left overs and I didn't think anything of it and ate the pasta. OUCH big mistake. I got the worst tummy ache ever.
Then today I had two slices of toast cause I had a really crappy night, I got all of 2hrs of sleep and I was starving. Then for lunch I had a bagel, that was the dumbest idea. I again have a tummy ache. So guess what I am going to stay away from grain products.

Does that make me a Glutard I don't know, but I noticed that I am feeling better when I stay away from them and that I seem to have more energy.

If you are offended by the world Glutard I am sorry, but I have many friends that are Gluten intolerant and guess what they don't mind.

Happy loosing

Ranting...

This is going to be long and dragged out and has nothing to do with my weight loss, but it was a long time coming.

So almost a year ago I said "No" to a person that back then I thought of was my best friend. Well she did not take it well and the friendship came to an end. I really kept my tongue. Sadly we are still tied to a few things and they are being nasty about things and I post that on facebook, cause they are messing with my credit.
In hindsight, I could write so many nasty thing about this person, but I haven't and I won't I am a better person than that. But enough is enough, I am really sick of reading all the time how I was such a bad influence and negative energy in her life. Why the Fuck did you keep me arround for 4yrs if I was such an awful person? I've done everything to make your life easier and all I get is cheap shots at my character.

Now this weekend proofed that this "Divorce" was the best thing in my life. I've seen people I havent' seen in a while and they knew me during the "Friendship" and they looked at me and told me that they can tell I am so much happier, well yes I am. I am the happiest I've been in a while. I don't run ragged anymore. I can do what I want. I am creative again, I am having fun.

So why does someone harbor such nasty feelings? I don't know, but I am just tired of it. I am a better person than she makes me out to be and those that know me, know it too.

Ok I am done ranting now.