Aug

12

But I Bet the Pie Photographs Beautifully and Other Excuses I’m Already Coming Up With

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Well, what do you know? All day long before I even thought about putting anything toward my piehole, I thought about whether or not I would want a picture of it on this blog. This might *actually* help in the diet department. So here goes for yesterday.Breakfast was a smoothie for both me and the boy. The boy LOVES his fruit, so I've been trying to whip up some fun concoctions because he's not that keen on *trying* new things before he has tasted them. This smoothie had 2 bananas, 2 pear halves (from Trader Joe's jarred pears in grape juice), about 1/2 cup frozen organic cherries, a splash of milk, and about 1/2 cup of water. Normally I would have added the vanilla protein powder to my part of the smoothie, but, sadly, I cannot find it since we moved. And, I mean, find it in. my. house. If I don't find it soon I will have to break down and buy another one.Breakfast 8-11-10Lunch was super on the run so I didn't get a photo, but it consisted of a bag of In the Raw trail mix from Trader Joe's and a Stonyfield Organic Strawberry Smoothie - the 10 oz. size.Dinner looks super sad, but I love it. It's 6 Morningstar Farms Veggie Chicken Nuggets with 1/4 cup of fat free cottage cheese with a few chives. I also had some boiled carrots with the toddler. He LOVES boiled carrots. I've been cooking two bags of them in vegetable broth in the crockpot each weekend. Then he eats them through the week. Anyway, here is the photo, notice again on the small plate.Dinner 8-11-2010

Aug

10

Pimp My Annie’s Homegrown Organic Beef Stroganoff Skillet Meal

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That's a great title for the next hit reality show, don't you think? Tonight's Dinner consisted a little something I whipped up starting with the Annie's Homegrown Organic Beef Stroganoff Skillet Meal. I'm not a super fan of the box kits, but 1)this one is organic and 2) it's yummy and 3) it's fast! It's hard to find in grocery stores in the Boston area, and if you do find it, it's over $4, so I buy mine here. The directions say to add a pound of ground beef. I don't know that I've ever made it that way. I've used the Morningstar Farms crumbles with good luck though. Tonight I added a can of Trader Joe's premium white chicken, drained. (Don't say ick. It's awesome in soups and stews.) About a cup of frozen peas. About 1/2 cup of baby carrots that I had boiled up for the toddler. (Much like the pizza phase. The carrot phase has involved adding his loved carrots to lots of dishes where that you wouldn't normally think a carrot should go.) And about 1 cup of sliced organic portabella mushrooms that I sauteed in a smidge of olive oil.Yum. And it took about 10 minutes. And looked like this:

Dinner 8/10/2010

That's on a salad plate. Last week I read The Skinnygirl Rules: For Getting and Staying Naturally Thin by Bethanny Frankel. Don't judge. I love her on Bravo, and since I've gotten the Kindle App for my Blackberry, I've read more books in one week than I have the entire 2 years since I had the toddler. Anyhoo, one of her rules is to serve your meals up on smaller plates. Seems easy enough and it does seem to help trick your mind into thinking you've gotten a bigger portion .

Then we finished off with a little dessert. I love summer.

Dessert 8/10/2010

So what's with the food photos, kim from kimworld, you ask? Well, I got lost in a wonderful blog today called Carrots 'N' Cake. Tina, the blog author started her blog by photographing everything she ate to keep her on track on her goal to lose weight before her wedding. Something just struck me when I read that, and, well, I can use any help I can get to keep me on the eating healthy/exercising/losing weight trend. I'm going to borrow the idea for awhile and see if it sticks.

Does banana creme pie photograph well? Hope so. Just kidding. I think.

Jul

14

Looking for Moms Who Have Lost 50 or More Pounds

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I'm looking to interview a few moms that have been able to accomplish a weight loss of at least 50 pounds while raising kids. The first interviews will be via email and the moms can remain anonymous. All moms that participate will receive a copy of the final article.

Nov

4

Am I losing it?

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Am I losing it? Hopefully.

There's no better time than the present they say, and, frankly, I am sick of the excuses. The excuses that come out of my mouth, and especially the ones that I tell myself. Time to get a move on. The baby is 14 months old. That makes it TWENTY FIVE months since the pregnancy started. That's a long time to hang onto the I'm pregnant/I've just had a baby excuse. Enough.

So, for the next 16 weeks, I'll be taking things up a notch on the exercise front.  I've been doing strength and cardio workouts about three times a week at a gym that does small group training. I'll be continuing that. In addition, once a day I'll be doing an exercise video.

Weeks 1-6
The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Boot Camp and The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Weight Loss Yoga

Weeks 7-12
The Biggest Loser Workout: Cardio Max and The Biggest Loser: The Workout - Weight Loss Yoga

Weeks 13-16
Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred Lord. Help. Me.

I'll also go on walks with the boy and try to squeeze a swim in where I can. It seems like a lot to take on, but this doing a little here and little there is just not working.

Plus I'm going to update my progress on this blog...stay tuned.

Jul

31

Dr. Michael Dansinger And Diabetes Reversal through Diet and Exercise

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Dr. Michael Dansinger is doing amazing work in reversing diabetes at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. You might be familiar with some of his other work. He's the weight loss and nutrition advisor for a little show called "The Biggest Loser."

Are you looking to lose weight? Now thanks to his blog, Conquering Diabetes, on WebMD, you don't have get weighed in front of all of America to benefit from his diet and exercise wisdom. Have diabetes or know someone who does? Don't wait, start reading now!

I thought this was an inspiring story of how a regular person told diabetes to take a hike:
A Diabetes Reversal Story, Part I
A Diabetes Reversal Story, Part II
A Diabetes Reversal Story, Part III

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