tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39082436580060455062024-03-04T23:36:49.111-05:00Turn My Life Aroundkewkewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12668211363344117034noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908243658006045506.post-80776103216121718362016-11-17T22:11:00.002-05:002016-11-17T22:11:45.270-05:00From My Kitchen: Spaghetti Squash Casserole (THM S)I had a couple of spaghetti squash I wanted to use a few weeks ago. So, I asked for some ideas on how to cook it. After reading some suggestions, I came up with this recipe. I used some of the basic ideas shared by a fellow Trim Healthy Mama mom in one of my groups, but came up with the measurements myself, tweaking it to my liking. I loved it so much, I had to make it again as soon as I had some more spaghetti squash in the house. <div>
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First take the spaghetti squash and poke around 9 to 12 holes in it with a small knife, such as a steak knife. Make sure to get those holes deep enough to avoid exploding squash. Microwave it on high until it gets a bit tender, tender enough to cut in half. I cooked mine for around 6-9 minutes. I checked it every few minutes or so, to see if I could get the knife through it easily.</div>
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After it is tender enough to cut, cut it in half (be careful not to burn yourself) and scrape out the seeds and icky stuff. </div>
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Then rub on extra virgin olive oil. After that, sprinkle with mineral salt, black pepper, and garlic powder (these are my go-to seasonings).</div>
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Turn them upside down and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.</div>
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After the 40 minutes, the spaghetti-like flesh should easily scrape out. So, scrape it out and put it in a bowl.</div>
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Add 1/4 cup of butter and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. </div>
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Mix it together and place it in a 2 quart baking dish that has been sprayed with coconut oil spray.</div>
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Top with shredded cheddar cheese. Bake for an additional 30 minutes.</div>
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1/4 cup (half a stick) of butter</div>
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1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese</div>
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8 oz Cheddar cheese, shredded</div>
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1- Stab each squash with 9-12 holes with a sharp knife. Microwave 5-9 minutes until tender enough to cut through easily.</div>
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3- Rub on extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with seasonings.</div>
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4- Place upside down on cookie sheet, and bake for 40 minutes.</div>
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5- Scrape out flesh and place in a bowl. Add cut up butter and Parmesan cheese. Mix together.</div>
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6- Spray 2 quart baking dish with coconut oil spray, spoon squash mixture into pan, and sprinkle on cheddar cheese.</div>
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7- Bake for an additional 30 minutes.</div>
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8- Serve and enjoy.</div>
kewkewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12668211363344117034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908243658006045506.post-41937667277149820612016-11-17T21:19:00.001-05:002016-11-17T22:14:42.405-05:00Time For a Long Overdue UpdateWell, it has been a while since I posted here. Good news is, I haven't been gaining weight like I've done during my past long hiatuses. I have continued to lose weight following the Trim Healthy Mama plan and getting regular exercise. Gonna have to update my sidebar. I have now lost...<br />
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Technically over 70 pounds. I am not sure of my exact weight loss as of today, because I am participating in No Scale November. However, at my last weigh in I was</div>
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190.9 pounds.</div>
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At the end of October, exactly 10 months after starting Trim Healthy Mama, I had lost 73 pounds!</div>
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I can't wait to see what I weigh at the beginning of December!</div>
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Here is my latest before and after picture. The before picture is from around Christmas 2015, right before I started THM. The after picture is from this past Tuesday.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">S breakfast: 3 egg omelette, mushroom, spinach, tomato, cheese. 1 piece Trimtastic Zucchini Cake (THM cookbook) with chopped strawberries. Green tea</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">S lunch: 1/2 can tuna mixed with 1/2 mashed avocado. Cucumber sticks, green pepper slices, cheese. Another piece of yummy cake with chopped strawberries.</span></div>
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E dinner: Chicken and rice soup, thrown together like this: leftover chicken breast, 1/2 cup brown rice, sliced carrot. The carrot was cooked in 1 cup of chicken broth until tender. Then I threw the chicken and rice in, plus some pepper and garlic powder. Nummy<br />
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E Breakfast: Apple Pie Stovetop Granola (from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook) with unsweetened vanilla almond milk. 1/2 cup cottage cheese (for added protein) with 3/4 cup frozen mixed berries thawed. Green tea</div>
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S Lunch: 1/2 can tuna mixed with 1/2 mashed avocado spread on 1 flax Wasa cracker. Spring Mix salad with radishes, green peppers, mushrooms, and cheddar cheese topped with oil/vinegar dressing.</div>
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S Dinner: Trim Train Taco Soup topped with shredded cheddar cheese. Grilled cheese made with 1/2 Lavash bread and a mix of mozzarella and cheddar cheese fried up in butter. Romaine with ranch dressing.</div>
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S Breakfast: 3 Scrambled eggs with mushrooms, green peppers, radishes, and spinach. Slice of Nuke Queen Bread toasted with butter. 1/2 container vanilla 000 yogurt with 1/2 cup mixed berries. Green tea<br />
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E Breakfast: Egg white omelette with mushrooms, tomatoes, and spinach with a tiny sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. 2 slices cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread with 1 wedge Aldi's brand spreadable cheese (like Laughing Cow Cheese) with some sugar free berry syrup (from Gwen's Nest) on top. Green tea.</div>
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S Dinner: Leftover pork roast (warmed up in chicken broth), Brussel sprouts with butter and seasoning (I would have loved more, but the children actually like brussel sprouts, shock shock), slice of Nuke Queen bread with butter (first time making it. It turned out a bit dry because I cooked it longer as I thought it wasn't fully cooked. I don't have a glass bread pan,so I used a Corning Ware bowl, so I wasn't sure how long to cook it.)</div>
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S Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1 cup sliced strawberries. Green tea.</div>
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S Dinner: A serving of low carb pancakes from <a href="http://gwens-nest.com/low-carb-pancake-recipe/" target="_blank">Gwen's Nest</a> with some butter and sugar free berry syrup (also from <a href="http://gwens-nest.com/sugar-free-berry-syrup-recipe/" target="_blank">Gwen's Nest</a>). 4 sausage links. 1/2 container 000 banana creme yogurt with 1/2 tbs peanut flour.</div>
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S breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, ham slice, 1/2 container 000 vanilla yogurt with 1/2 cup mixed berries. Green tea.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px; white-space: normal;">S Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs (because I had them in the fridge and didn't have time for anything else), a small slice of ham and 1/2 container 000 vanilla mixed with mixed berries.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px; white-space: normal;">E Breakfast: Apple Pie Spice Stove Top Granola (from the THM Cookbook) with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk. 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup mixed berries. Green tea.</span><br />
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S Dinner: at the truck stop while visiting with hubby's parents: 3 egg omelette with tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, pepper, bacon and cheese. Had them substitute the hashbrowns for mixed veggies (celery, pea pod thingy, broccoli, carrots)</div>
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While I did find these comparisons impressive, I had already lost 20 some pounds when this challenge started. Here are the side by side pics of my total weight loss thus far (yes, I did share the pictures last week, but I think they are more impressive when seen side-by-side).</div>
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I really am excited by the results. The Trim Healthy Mama plan really does work and it makes such sense. If you have never heard of it before, it is quite simple. I will say, it really is imperative that you have the book and understand the plan and the reasoning behind it. The low down is, you need to separate your "fuels." Our bodies need to use the fuel we give it, and when we eat both carbs and fats together it doesn't get to use it all and it gets stored as fat. When we eat every 3 hours, making sure to eat healthy meals that focus on either fats or carbs, our bodies have the chance to use all the fuel and then they have to use the fat that is stored. At least this is my understanding. The sisters who wrote the books explain it so much better. </div>
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I had mentioned back in January that I would be sharing my meals, and I just haven't been getting around to it. I decided I need to start doing that. And it will start with a yummy new recipe the girls and I just created this evening. I will also share my meals each day, mentioning what kind of meal they are and what is included, though I won't be including the recipes in those posts. I will have separate posts for any recipes I come up with, and I will share links to any recipes I use that I have found on the internet. If the recipe comes from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, I will share the page number where it can be found. </div>
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Seeing as this is a Weekly Weigh In post, I guess I should share my weight loss info too.</div>
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I started out at my heaviest weight ever: 263.9</div>
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Last week I weighed: 220.7</div>
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Current weight: 217.8</div>
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I have been fully on the Trim Healthy Mama plan for a couple of weeks now, and I am quite encouraged by the results. I have been eating 100% on plan. I finally found some Lavash bread, which is on plan and tried adding that into my meals a couple of times. Unfortunately, I think that is what caused me to feel bad on Sunday night. I was gassy and my stomach was hurting. I decided to stop eating it and go back to eating almost exactly what I ate the first week. I plan to add the Lavash bread in again in a couple of weeks to see if I have the same reaction. I'm sort of hoping not, because the wraps I made for lunch were delicious. </div>
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I have exercised all but one day this week. I was going to exercise in the evening on Sunday, but as mentioned above, I wasn't feeling well, so I passed. We have been to the Y a few more times since last week. We went on Saturday, Monday, and again tonight. I have been using the treadmill for 20 minutes plus 5 minutes cool down, the recumbent bike for 10 minutes plus 5 minutes cool down, the hand bike for 5 minutes the first time, and 10 minutes this past time. I have also started some weight training, but don't ask me what all the exercises on those machines are.</div>
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The Winter Whiteout at the Y starts next week, so I will be able to share about that next week.</div>
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Down 2.2 pounds from last week</div>
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I found this Wednesday Weekly Weigh-In Linky over at <a href="http://adenaf.com/category/weight-loss/wednesday-weekly-weigh-in/" target="_blank">From the Desk of Adena F</a>. This fits in well with my other challenge in my one Trim Healthy Mama Challenge Facebook group, so I will be sharing my updates on Wednesday. </div>
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I have been fully on the Trim Healthy Mama plan for about a week now, and I was thrilled when I stepped on my Wii Balance Board and discovered I had lost 5.1 pounds. That is 5.1 pounds in just one week! I couldn't believe it. I am not expecting that rate to continue, but it sure has given me another boost of motivation. </div>
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Along with eating on plan, I have been exercising almost every day. In the morning I exercise on the WiiFitU using one of my routines, and at night I use the Free Step on the WiiFitU to step while we watch our show. The hubby has also gotten us a membership at the YMCA, so we went there to exercise this past Monday. I have to say, that was way out of my comfort zone, but I did end up enjoying it. I spent 25 minutes on the recumbent bike and 15 on the treadmill. Neither of which I had used before. I have also signed up for their Winter Whiteout Wellness and Weight Loss Challenge. It runs from January 18 through March 13 and I am looking forward to the extra motivation and help.</div>
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I will share pictures of some of my favorite meals next week. I am hoping to add a bit of variety into the dishes I prepare, as I have been eating a lot of eggs or oatmeal for breakfast, and a lot of salad for lunch and dinner. </div>
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I made this yummy meal tonight for dinner. Cheeseburger with sauteed mushrooms on a bed of lettuce and spinach leaves with green beans on the side. Doesn't it look tasty.</div>
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Here is my beginning weigh in:</div>
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Down 5.1 pounds!</div>
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kewkewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12668211363344117034noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908243658006045506.post-18097920814146119312016-01-01T13:01:00.002-05:002016-01-01T13:01:47.518-05:00Turning My Life Around in 2016I can <b>not</b> believe it has been 2 years since I posted here. Poor neglected blog. Unfortunately, my last post was about turning my life around in 2014, and it didn't happen. It also didn't happen in 2015. What did happen is that I gained more weight. I am so upset and disappointed in myself right now. But, it is a new year. A new year means a new start. I am going to put the past behind me and start fresh. Not only that, if I mess up one day, or one week, I am going to remember that it does not mean my entire year is ruined. As the Bible reminds us in Lamentations 3, verses 22 and 23:<br />
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"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."<br />
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The Lord is merciful and gracious. I need to remember that. He doesn't give up on us, and I can not give up on myself.<br />
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I also need to remember the promise in Philippians 4:13:<br />
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This year is about me getting healthy. "Healthy" is my word of the year.<br />
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There are some things I want to get back to and some changes that are going to be new. I have started reading the Trim Healthy Mama book that I was given early last year. I had read a small portion of it last year, after a friend gifted me the book. However, I tried to start without fully understanding the plan, plus I wasn't able to get all the different foods needed. It's not that there are a whole bunch of fancy foods needed. In fact there are those who follow the plan without any special ingredients. I just didn't know that at the time. This week I discovered there is a Trim Healthy Mama group for those who are following the plan without any special ingredients. I also found a Trim Healthy Mama who had a blog titled <a href="http://gwens-nest.com/trim-healthy-mama-book-review/" target="_blank">Gwen's Nest</a> and shares a Quick Start Guide. I am hoping these new resources will help me to stay faithful this year.<br />
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Here are my goals for this year.<br />
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<li>I am going to make sure I drink at least 8 cups of water each day.</li>
<li>I am going to stay as close to on plan as I can when it comes to the Trim Healthy Mama plan.</li>
<li>I need to exercise at least 5 times a week.</li>
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I will be sharing monthly updates on how my goals are going, plus I am hoping to share a weekly update, but I am not going to promise that. The weekly update will share what I have been eating during the week and what my weight has been doing (hopefully going down). My monthly posts will also share pictures.</div>
kewkewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12668211363344117034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908243658006045506.post-48451096643829968472013-12-30T07:39:00.000-05:002016-01-01T12:08:15.167-05:00Turning My Life Around in 2014<span style="color: red;">*This post contains my affiliate link</span><br />
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Really? 7 months since I posted here? How can that be? I just reread all my posts from 2013 and am so disappointed in myself. I have stopped juicing and exercising and have just about reverted to my previous diet. I know I have gained weight back, I just don't know exactly how much as I haven't gotten on the balance board recently. I did get on it for a while a month or so ago when we got the WiiFit U and I was getting active again and losing weight. But I think I am back to where I was this time last year. So very frustrating.<br />
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The new year is drawing near and I guess it is time to refocus. There are some things I want to get back to and some changes that are going to be new.<br />
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<li>I am going to drink my green tea regularly, at least once a day, preferably twice.</li>
<li>I am going to make sure I drink at least 9 cups of water each day.</li>
<li>I am going to go back to eating eggs with veggies for breakfast with a half a grapefruit (or another fruit) on the side.</li>
<li>I am going to go back to eating salad for lunch.</li>
<li>I need to exercise at least 5 times a week.</li>
<li>I am going to try really hard to juice for my dinner meal at least 3 days out of the week to start with. In fact, I just found out about All About Juicing's 21 Day Juicing Challenge and I am going to attempt one juice a day from January 11th through the 31st. </li>
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Along with bringing back these healthier eating goals, I am also going to be getting wheat out of my diet and keeping it out. I have been eating wheat-free off and on since the beginning of November. I slipped a bit at Thanksgiving and then the week before Christmas and Christmas itself was a disaster when it came to eating wheat-free. It was a disaster in two ways. First, I gave in to way to much wheat, a sub, pumpkin roll, cookies, sausage rolls, dinner rolls and I am sure there were more. Second, by giving it to these temptations I was painfully reminded of my big reason for going wheat-free in the first place. My tummy has been killing me. And I haven't seen to keep completely wheat-free since then (pizza yesterday, grrr).<br />
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I will be sharing some details about why I am going wheat-free later this week, but I will share that reading the book, <a href="http://intoxicatedonlife.com/books-and-curriculum?ap_id=kewkew34" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weeding Out Wheat</a> by Luke and Trisha Gilkerson has made a huge impact in my life.<br />
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So, what are your goals for the new year?</div>
kewkewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12668211363344117034noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908243658006045506.post-37643271363785704872013-05-26T21:15:00.001-04:002013-05-26T21:15:09.117-04:00Blogging Through the Alphabet: J is for Juice Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I sort of missed a couple of letters in the Blogging Through the Alphabet Challenge. Oops.</div>
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So, I'm going to try again, starting with J. I thought I would share the juice recipe I had come up with after reading about the benefits of cruciferous vegetables. </div>
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Here is some very interesting information I found at whatcookingamerica.net.</div>
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When I was a part of a different challenge a couple of years ago (back when I was losing all that weight before getting pregnant with baby Harold) I learned about the benefits of drinking green tea. When I was pregnant I decided to stop drinking it because of the caffeine and I just never started back up until recently. Even now I am not drinking it as regularly as I would like. The plan is to have a cup of green tea with my breakfast every morning, after two cups of water earlier in the morning. Additionally, if I can tolerate the caffeine, I hope to begin drinking a second cup in the afternoon. </div>
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So, just what are the benefits of green tea?</div>
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Two years ago, <a href="http://plussizebloggers.com/burn-fat-naturally-with-green-tea/" target="_blank">Vera at Plus Sized Bloggers</a> posted about how green tea can help you burn fat naturally.</div>
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<li>As green tea is a diuretic it helps to flush toxins out of your body. Did you know toxins can cause your body to store fat? I didn't. So if you want to flush those toxins out of your body, in addition to drinking water, it seems green tea is a great addition to your diet. </li>
<li>Green tea is also an appetite suppressant. This is another reason I would like to start drinking it in the afternoon. I thought it might help keep me from snacking, seeing as drinking water isn't quite working all the time. Hopefully my body can tolerate the extra caffeine. .</li>
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I also found some other health benefits of drinking green tea over at <a href="http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/health-benefits-of-green-tea" target="_blank">WebMD</a>.</div>
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<li>Green tea has powerful antioxidants which help to fight against cancer.</li>
<li>It also appears, that as a part of a healthy, active lifestyle, green tea can help improve heart health. </li>
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Quite a few benefits there. I think, after writing this post and having this reminder fresh in my mind, I will be more faithful with my green tea consumption from now on. </div>
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G is also for Grapefruit. Why? Because I was trying to think of something that started with G that would be appropriate for this blog post and I thought of grapefruit. I remember when I was growing up and my mother tried to help me lose weight she would serve me grapefruit and grapefruit juice. Did I like it back then? Um, NO! Perhaps I would have if she had gotten me some pink grapefruit, I don't know, but I was not really interested in eating this pucker-up fruit for breakfast.</div>
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After thinking about it at the beginning of the week I had my hubby grab some from the store. I have been enjoying half a grapefruit with my eggs and veggies for breakfast. I have got to tell you, I am really enjoying it. I am also thrilled to have found out that it really does have some great benefits and can help you lose weight. </div>
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Here are some of the reason I found, over at <a href="http://www.3fatchicks.com/5-health-benefits-of-grapefruit/" target="_blank">3 Fat Chicks on a Diet</a>, that Grapefruit helps you to lose weight.<br />
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<li>Additionally, grapefruit can help lower cholesterol.</li>
<li>It enhances immunity against infections. </li>
<li>There are quite a few more benefits to eating grapefruit or drinking it's juice. If you would like to see them I would recommend following the link above. As a quick note, it was mentioned in the article that grapefruit can have a negative effect if you are on prescription drugs. </li>
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So glad I have started adding both the grapefruit and green tea back in my diet. </div>
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I am just so frustrated with myself. I can't seem to stick to any plan to get healthy. I start each week with high hopes and big plans only to sabotage them myself within the first day or two. The Biggest Loser Challenge with our Weight Loss Accountability Group has come to the end of round 1, but I haven't lost near as much as I had hoped for. </div>
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Beginning weight Feb 1st: 262.6</div>
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March 2nd weight: 258.2</div>
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March 29th weight: 247.8</div>
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Final weight for BLC Round 1 April 27th: 246.3</div>
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I lost a total of 16.3 pounds. While I am happy that my weight is decreasing, I was really hoping for quite a bit more than this. The week that I had actually juiced every day, I lost 7 pounds. Granted that is a little too big when it comes to healthy weight loss, but I would love to see some bigger numbers.</div>
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I know it is not going to fall off itself. I have to get up early enough to exercise. I need to stop making excuses when it comes to not making my salads for lunch and my juice for dinner. </div>
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I would have much rather have posted about how I was "fight[ing] the fat" as the boxing trainer tells me on WiiFit Plus. So, here is to another round of Biggest Loser Challenge Weight Loss Accountability Group version. Hoping for a good week with exercising, eating and weighing in.</div>
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As I continue down this healthy living path I have been attempting to increase my exercise again. After each baby I get lazy, sit around too much, eat unhealthily and gain weight. Not only am I trying to improve my diet, I know I have to get moving to burn calories. </div>
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Really, I have no excuse for not exercising now. No excuse but pure laziness. </div>
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When I was trying to lose weight years ago, the only exercise I could really do was walk. Walking around town before work was my daily exercise. Unless it was raining, then I had that excuse not to exercise. Then I purchased an aerobics DVD from First Place, which helped me to exercise when I couldn't get outdoors. This was years ago, before I met Harold, while I was still working at the Montessori. </div>
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In recent years I have been alternating between the DVD, walking and our new toy, the Wii Fit Plus.There was a time when I was doing a bit of the WiiFit Plus and the DVD, though that has been a while. I love the WiiFit Plus, but it is hard to get a good cardiovascular workout in as even with the "aerobic" exercises you constantly have to stop and wait for the program to go through giving you your points and telling you how many calories you burned and then you have to choose a new exercise. I'm not knocking the WiiFit Plus, it has been there for me quite some time, but there are definitely some things that could be improved upon. It is great for a beginner though. </div>
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I have been following my own made up routine these last couple of months, though I have been sporadic and that needs to change. I like to start with My Routine, where I can select my yoga and strength exercises. I do about 18 minutes of this for warm up purposes. Then I move on to the Stepping and the Rhythm Boxing. I follow that with some bicycling and the Obstacle Course. Then I cool down with some more stepping and balance activities. </div>
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I like to get my exercise out of the way before the children wake up, otherwise I rarely find time to fit it in. When I do exercise with the children up, they tend to distract me and I don't do as well. Especially when a certain little boy keeps getting underfoot. But the constant bickering doesn't help either when it comes to me being able to concentrate. </div>
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So, here is the plan for the next 30 days. We are finishing up the first round of our Biggest Loser Challenge in our Facebook Weight Loss Accountability Group in two weeks. Then we will be starting up another challenge. These challenges really do keep me motivated. To help me along with this challenge I have accepted Amanda's "Spring into Fitness" challenge. Amanda blogs over at <a href="http://honoryourhealth.blogspot.com/2013/04/take-spring-into-fitness-challenge.html" target="_blank">Honor Your Health</a> and she is starting this neat little challenge to exercise for 30 minutes every day for 30 days in an effort to regain the habit of exercising. I think I will take a picture of my activity log to share daily here on the blog. Maybe I will include what I have eaten during the day on this post, but maybe not. It takes a lot more time to write down what I am eating than it does to upload a picture of the exercises I completed. We'll see.</div>
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If I exercise using the DVD or take a walk I will log that to share. I am really hoping to alternate between all three so I can keep from getting bored. </div>
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If you would like to join in on this challenge, head on over to Amanda's blog <a href="http://honoryourhealth.blogspot.com/2013/04/take-spring-into-fitness-challenge.html" target="_blank">Honor Your Health</a> to see the details and her reminder of exercise precautions. </div>
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Diet...not in the terms of "I'm on a diet."</div>
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I have to say, that took me by surprise. I figured, if I could consciously work toward making these healthy lifestyle changes for 3 weeks it would be easier and easier to continue with them. Now, it appears, that the conscious decision making is going to be a lot harder. </div>
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I have started to juice again and I would like to continue. It surely would be easier if I didn't have to prepare food for the rest of the family and if it didn't take me so long to prepare the juice. But I plan to persevere. My first week and a half were great. I lost 7 pounds in one week. I was juicing in place of eating dinner. Then it started to go down hill with family coming over bearing food and wanting to make sweet desserts. Oh, and going to the movie and chowing down on popcorn probably didn't help. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to stay faithful to my healthier diet since that weekend. </div>
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Breakfast:</div>
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2 egg whites with veggies (spinach, mushrooms, bell pepper and grape tomatoes)</div>
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The salad may consist of: Romaine, baby spinach, mushrooms, pepper, onion, tomato, cucumber, sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower,with some dried fruit on top. I add a serving of vinaigrette dressing. </div>
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A few cups of veggie/fruit juice which I juice with my Champion Juicer to get those living nutrients out. I have been using a fellow blogger's recipe for <a href="http://www.juicingmomma.com/2013/03/juice-fast-day-3-kid-friendly-green-juice-recipe.html" target="_blank">Kid-Friendly Green Juice</a> (though the girls don't like it). Marcy at <a href="http://www.juicingmomma.com/" target="_blank">Juicing Momma</a> has several other recipes that I would like to try. Plus I have found some other recipes online that have intrigued me. I plan on sharing more about those at a later date. I actually found an article titled, "Best Juicing Recipes for Weight Loss." After I read through it some more I will start implementing and sharing.</div>
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Then I may have a bit of the dinner, though I have been known to not have anything besides the juice. </div>
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Throughout the day I drink lots of water. The goal is at least 9. If I feel really hungry between meals I have allowed myself to eat some crackers. The problems start when I give in to the unhealthy choices. </div>
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As you can see, I am trying to cut out meat and dairy again, along with limiting the carbs. I would slowly like to get rid of sugar, salt and white flour as well. These are some things I did without when I was following the <a href="http://www.hacres.com/" target="_blank">Hallelujah Acres</a> "diet" several years ago. </div>
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