The 80%

Did you know that 80% of your weight loss comes from what you eat? Did you also know that your abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym? And did you know that eating healthy for 1 day isn’t going to make you skinny?

I want to use today’s blog and talk about a few tips and tricks that have worked for me… I posted my 10 days of clean eating picture last night and it sparked a lot of peoples interest of what I eat.

Here goes nothing

1.       Have your child clean up their own food when they are done eating (if they are old enough). This will teach them to help out with chores AND it will help you not eat their left overs. I am HORRIBLE when it comes to eating Caleb’s leftovers.

2.       When you make dinner and dish out your plate, WEIGH EVERYTHING! Yes, buy a food scale!!!

3.       After you dish out your plate, pack the rest of the food up for left overs for the next meal or the next day. If you go ahead and weigh it and packed it up per meal instead of all together, it is very easy to grab and go.

4.       Have a water cup in front of you at all times! Drink a 8 ounce glass over water before you eat your meal. Drink one when you finish going potty each time. Make a game out of it, it helps me a lot.

5.       If you are rushed for time and need to make a quick meal without actually having to cook… buy a rotistrierre chicken! Pull the skin off and then weigh the meat. It is yummy and very easy… I actually just had 6 ounces of meat for lunch

6.       Hang a goal outfit up in the kitchen and try it on every couple days. This has REALLY helped me!

7.       Find some people to help hold you accountable and not tempt you to go out to eat.

8.       Take your food with you when you are meeting friends to eat. I hate missing out on the fellowship so I have been taking my food with me to the restaurant and most places haven’t even said a word to me. One did but then I told them my story and they said congrats and walked off.

9.       Clean your pantry out and get rid of temptations. I usually have a sweet tooth about 8-9pm and since there is nothing sweet in my house (beside my son and I cant eat him) I just drink water and try to focus on something else.

10.   Working out is key! Yes this blog is about eating BUT since I am working out too it helps me want to eat better because I don’t want all that hard work and sweat to go to waste.

At the end of the day, you have to find what works best for you because something that works for me might suck for you! I am a firm believer that if you want it bad enough you will work hard enough to achieve it. Just sit down, make a plan and then work to destroy that plan. Time will pass whether you do it or not… so why not just do it?

I am always here if you have questions, need motivation or accountability. Just shoot me a message!!!

1/3 of the way there!!!!

Today is day 10 of my mission to get into my jeans and I have to say, it is going just like a roller coaster! One day I am perfectly fine and doing wonderful, the next day all I want to do is eat horrible and pig out (oink oink) don’t worry, I haven’t but the feeling of wanting to is still there!!!

I just hung up with my coach from Healthy Roads (my weekly motivational/accountability coach through my job) and I am feeling great! He has a way of pumping me up and reminding me that there is an energy about me that is driving me to reach my goals. He said a few things that I want to share with you guys now…

1.       We all have KAS (I was like, umm, what is KAS?) Knowledge, Answers and Skills to achieve our goals!

2.       To remind myself what is my value

3.       To re-evaluate my priorities and makes sure they are in perfect order to achieve my goals

4.       To say something positive to myself everyday

 

My goal I set with him for the next week is to make sure I work out on the weekends. I am great about working out during the week, then the weekends happen and I slack and get busy… not this weekend! This weekend I will be attending my trainers Saturday morning boot camp class and taking dance lessons with Casey in the afternoon.

How are you going to get active this weekend? I would love to hear from you and have some new fresh/fun ideas to try out!!!

Okay, 10 days down and 26/27 more to go (Jamie hasn’t booked her flight yet so I am not 110% sure what day I will be wearing my jeans to the airport to pick her up… BOOK YOUR FLIGHT JAMIE!!!... but it will either be Tuesday February 25^th or Wednesday February 26^th)

Oh and stay tuned because I am going to try on my jeans again this weekend… it really pumped me up last weekend to see how much more they were fitting me so I am going to continue to put them on each weekend until she lands in Texas! Plus maybe this will stretch them out some, Hahahaha!

Have a HAPPY and HEALTHY Thursday my fit friends!!!

What the heck do you eat?!

A few people have asked me what I have been eating since I started my mission to get into my jeans… well here ya go, this is for this week!

*I eat every 3 hours from the time I wake up*

*I drink at least half my body weight in water*

*I do not use myfitnesspal or have a log/journal for my food*

*I try to only eat fresh foods, nothing processed*

Breakfast – A protein shake made with water (I am not a big breakfast person unless it’s not breakfast time)

Snack – Banana Oatmeal Protein Cookie (recipe is below)

Lunch – Mexican Turkey Burger (recipe below) and grilled bell peppers and onions

Snack – Celery & Peanut Butter

Dinner – 6 ounces of grilled Chicken Breast, Spinach Leafs and Avocado Salad

Very simple and not “fun” but I have to remember, I eat to live… I don’t live to eat! Plus I want to get into those jeans SO badly!!!

Recipes:

Banana Oatmeal Protein Cookies

1 Mashed Banana

¼ cup Oats

½ scoop protein

*Mix together and bake for 6 minutes

Mexican Turkey Burger

Ground Turkey Meat

1 Egg White

Chopped Tomatoes

Chopped Ciliantro

Chopped Onions

½ cup Oats

*form into a burger and grill

Hope you guys enjoy! Have a great day and remember that it is all about progress not perfection!!!

1 Weekend Down... 4 More To Go!

1 weekend down and 4 more weekends to go… I am very proud of myself for staying on track this weekend (besides my little slip ups on Friday). I have to say, it wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. I think mostly because Casey jumped on board and is now doing this with me on top of supporting me. He has even hung up a goal shirt in our kitchen as his reminder to stay on track!!! Gosh, I love that man!

Saturday was wonderful! The workout with Brittany and Clinton was a great time and I got to meet some wonderful fit friends… we even had 2 girls travel up from San Antonio!!! After the workout, Casey and I fell in love with juicing. We were juicing everything we could and there was no stopping us… until we ran out of things to juice. Haha! I will blog more about juicing and what Casey and I have decided to do in the next couple days.

Saturday night was where I thought it was all going to go south. I took a shower and started getting ready to go hang out with some friends (1^st a birthday party and then to a sports bar) and suddenly got this HUGE sweet tooth!!! I went into the kitchen looking for something, anything, to eat and then I noticed my pants hanging there. I stopped my search and instead tried on my pants. Boy am I glad I did because being able to have those sucker zip up and button was MUCH better than anything sweet I would have eaten. Not only did it curve my sweet tooth, it also helped me stay on track the rest of the night. I was able to say  no to cookies and cake at the birthday party. I ordered a side salad with grilled chicken, no cheese and no dressing, and I drank water and diet cokes at the sports bar. I went home feeling great with NO regrets!!!

 

Sunday we ended up sleeping in, cleaning the house, playing volleyball and then just spending time playing with Caleb. We didn’t go anywhere that we were around food that would tempt us, so Sunday was a very easy day for me!!!

I did finally talk Casey into getting on the water bandwagon and he is now carrying around a bubba keg and making sure he drinks that sucker twice a day!!! Do you know how much water you should be drinking? If not, take your weight, divide it by 2 and then drink that many ounces!!! If you weigh 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces (or more) a day. It’s a lot, but you can do it!!! My secret is that I keep a 30 ounce class on my desk and then give myself 2 hours to finish it. Every time I get  up to go pee, I walk to the kitchen and down an 8 ounce glass of water on top of that. It has me in the bathroom all day long but hey its working!!!

Well, time to take on this week! I have dinner tonight at a fancy seafood restaurant (yuck) and dinner tomorrow night at a Mexican restaurant. I am going in prepared!!! I have looked at the menus for both places and know exactly what I will be ordering. I will stay on track and I will get those jeans to look UH-MAZING on me!!!

I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy weekend!!!