It was a losing week this week! -.6 lbs Hey, I didn't start this to set any records so I'm not disappointed. It's been a really good week, food wise. I've tried several new recipes!
My new cookbook "Hungry Girl 1-2-3" and Hungrygirl.com have been awesome and refreshing new ways to prepare food and stay one step ahead of my new and crazy schedule with work, working out, and crafting. It is insane how many hours a day I am BUSY right now. I know that I'm burning calories left and right and trying to increase the burn every week. I've been going to AQUA class on Tue, Wed, and Thurs...Going to try to make it to a Saturday class occasionally and figure out a schedule for my additional time spent on the bikes or treadmills. It all adds up! Including parking in the back row of the adjacent parking lot at work..it's not far but every little bit helps I just keep trying to find a spot a little further away.
In addition to the activity this week, I tried 6 new recipes! And, I've drank a lot of water. Awesome! I am telling you these recipes and the ones I've found on Weight Watchers.com are my life savers right now. We've had and I will rate them the following recipes this past week:
Pumpkin Brownies ***** Yummy and simple ...Mix a 15 ounce can of pure pumpkin with 1 box of devils food cake mix and that's it! divide into 12 Muffin cups and bake at 400 for about 20 minutes.
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Oatmeal**** Steel cut oats and fresh pumpkin in the crock pot over night with a little honey. This one was really good in flavor but a real pain dealing with fresh pumpkin (which can and will be subsituted for sweet potatoes in the future). We add a couple of packages of the sugar in the raw and about 1/8 of a cup of vanilla soy milk, along with a couple of sprays of I can't believe its not butter! Yummy
Slow Cookin BBQ Chicken and Slow Cookin Mexican Chicken ***** both really good just a little variation on what you add to your crock pot with them. Shredded chicken can be served on salads, in tortilla raps or sandwiches whatever floats your boat.
So-Fancy Fish Pack ***** Eric and I both loved this one; however, Michael was not a fan at all I have to say though that he is trying everything and that is awesome! This was a foil pack that included Asparagus as a raft topped with Tilapia a creamy spread of seasoning and a couple of slices of lemon. You wrap up your foil on the sides and down the middle and bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes...each foil pack is one serving.
Three-Cheese Bacon Apple Bella Frittata ***** Yummy apple, bacon, mushrooms and cheese ...really quick and really easy!
I will try to get these recipes posted out here for y'all this week so check back! I have also been drinking lots of water and starting off everyday with Focus Up. This is an all natural energy drink that really helps me get my day started and occasionally if I need a boost in the afternoon I'll have another. But, let me assure you that I will not drink another one past about 2:30pm because I tried that this week at 6:00 PM! Big mistake, I was up until 3 am!!! I've included the link above and I encourage you all to check it out.
It's a challenge each day to make better choices and it is very easy to settle into old habits. We have to get to a point where we want change and we want health. I hope that you too are making some changes! I leave you with this quote from a visiting pastor at our church this weekend...
"Our biggest challenges can become our GREATEST opportunities!"...Steven Furtick
Blessings,
Tanya
Keep up the good work Tanya!!! So proud of you!
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