"Don’t exchange what you want most for what you want at the moment"That's an awesome quote. It hits on so many aspects of our life and how we make compromises with ourselves in terms of our financial goals, our fitness goals and so much more. We have become obsessed with the "right now"; the instant gratification of it all that looking at the long term can be so daunting. Especially when its 9pm and you are standing in front of the pantry wanting something sweet and rationalizing how eating your child’s rice krispie treats won’t throw you off track "that bad". It’s so hard to see how you want to lose 40 pounds in the long run when that krispie treat is staring at you in that very moment. Try in that very moment to think about your long term goal, that bikini, those college jeans, that high school reunion? Whatever it takes to make you close the pantry door, DO IT!
Today’s meeting was about hunger signals. Cues our body gives us telling us that we are hungry. Listen to your body’s cues, don’t always give in to them, your body will tell you when you’re hungry, but your mind is the great manipulator. Have you ever not been hungry in the least, until you smell the pizza at the food court at the mall? All of the sudden you become ravenous and decided that it’s a good idea to eat that pizza in the name of your survival? Your mind won the battle, but your body loses.
Woot Woot! Weigh-in day! I was down 1.4lbs.Yesss! I’m super stoked about this. This past week I played with my points a little bit, I ended up with 47 AP and 20 WP. Which means I ate 29 WP. I know it’s just a matter to finding out what balance my body likes best on the program. I’ve been consistent with my running. I’ve been doing 2.5 miles and intend on bumping it up on the next run or so. Today I tried to fluff out of my step class. I don’t know why, but I started talking at church and then lolled around knowing that I was going to be late. I think I was trying to wuss out and skip. Finally I just told myself to get my butt to the class. I was 15 minutes late. I learned my lesson, because I was late, I missed warm up and she skipped the water break, I punished everyone. Yes, I was the one who screwed the curve. I felt the needles in my back.
Not a lot new has been going on. I have tried a few new food-ventures though.
First things first:
I hate cauliflower.
I really have given it an honest shot. Seriously, I hate it raw, I hate it boiled, steamed, casseroled, fried (yes they fry this junk). I just hate it. So this is the first and only post in which I will have it listed as a recipe. I thought I “might” like it with butter and milk whipped into a mashed potato consistency. Not me. But it’s a zero point power food and if you like the stuff I suggest that you give it a try. I used 1 head of cauliflower steamed, with salt and pepper whipped in a processor with ¼C milk. Texture wise with was pretty darn similar and I’m sure you could dress it up even more with garlic, cheese and sour cream. I just couldn’t do it. One thing I did love was a new squash I tried. It’s also 0 points; Acorn squash. Oh my goodness. Slice in half place face down in a shallow baking dish with about 1/2C water cook for about 30 minutes, flip and salt lightly then cook for about 5 minutes under broiler. It was so good and will be a regular addition for me. The chicken was okay. It was just marinated in balsamic vinaigrette and baked. It was just a little boring.
Today’s lunch was AWESOME. It was high in points to make one meal, but honestly it should be two meals, paired with a salad. It was unbutton your pants kind of filling. Dice one sweet potato-4pt, dice one sweet onion- 0pts , 1/3C chick peas 3-pts, add to a Ziploc bag, add in 1T olive oil -4pt, salt and pepper to taste and toss the ingredients around to mix together. Pour out onto a baking sheet and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Tossing every 10 minutes or so for even cooking.
For dinner tonight I made 7 point pizzas, this was the total points for 3 pizzas! I’ll post the recipe tomorrow. Each one of us had it a different way and made them ourselves, it was fun and low point!
Thats is all for now! Have a great tomorrow!!!
