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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Low Carb, Low Fat Foods

{I meant to post this a while ago... but it's still fairly relevant. I am eating less cheese now.}

I really need to cut a lot of my carbs from breads and cheese from my diet. Here are the foods in my house right now. What others can I add? How can I feel full without the breads and cheeses? {PS I don't have a lot of time to spend fixing meals so quick and easy is preferable.}

Fish
Tuna fish
Chicken
Ground Beef (less than 10% fat)
Canned veggies of all kinds
Canned and fresh fruit
Whole wheat bread
Honey Nut Cheerios
Special K with Strawberries
Various sharp cheeses
Graham crackers
Popcorn
Dark chocolate

Milk
Water
Lemonade (and Pink)
Naked brand juice (blueberry mix)

The problem is, out of all these foods, I normally go for a cheese sandwich. It's fast and I love cheese. I need to work on cutting my carbs and cheeses. It's the cheese I cut out of my diet before my surgery that made me loose all that weight. Maybe if I grab my sliced apples or a can of veggies instead I could stay full and not eat all the cheese. I just love cheese so much though!

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Motivation Monday Aug 30

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Motivation Monday

Welcome to Motivation Monday! I will be chronicling my journey back to a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Each week I will discuss how the previous week was and set some goals for the next week. I will also be listing my progress. If you would like to see past progress you can look in my archives for other Motivation Monday posts. If you would like to get motivated with me please link up your post using the link form below. Your post can be in any format you want. Whether you are trying to get healthier physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually or if you just have a task you need some motivation to complete...please link up so we can help support each other. I would love to hear about your progress and help keep you motivated!

My Week

It's starting to maintain cooler temperatures up here so hopefully I can start working out vigorously everyday again. Our water has been doing well too so I shouldn't have to worry about not being able to get a shower. I am hoping to ease back in to some harder work outs in the coming week. Wish me luck!

My Progress

Both my weigh in and measurements were green (mostly) this week. I'm happy that I'm headed back in the right direction, but it didn't really lighten my mood any. Hopefully I can keep up the weight loss this week and get back down under 220.

My Numbers {From Last Saturday's Weigh In}
{Green is Improvement, Red is Bad, Mmkay?, Blue is Stayed the Same}

Weight - 222.4
BMI % - 53.2
Water % - 35.2
Muscle Mass % - 33.6

How did you do this week?
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Fiber, Oh My!

I was grocery shopping at Sam's last night to re-stock my fridge and pantry with healthy foods. While I was staring at the protein drinks and meal replacements confused as all hell, singling out those without peanuts, I noticed a bag of Flax Seed. I thought, well okay dokey then. I could definitely use more fiber in my diet and I don't get enough omega 3s out of the little bit of fish I eat a month. I can easily add those things into anything I eat, drink, or bake? Well, sounds easy enough.

And it was! Did you know you can use flax seed instead of eggs or butter/oil when baking? Well, you can! I made some pancakes using the flax seed instead of eggs and they taste just the same. I'll be posting that recipe soon. It involves some math to figure out the nutritional value and that is definitely not my strong point.

So there I was making, oh 34 pancakes, and munching on a few for lunch. I ate 2 flax seed pancakes and they were yummy! Now, just how fast does fiber work? Well, about 10 minutes later, half way through my 3rd batch, oh! I gotta go! I was surprised... but to be fair, the bag did warn me to start slowly. Seeing as how the only real fiber I get is celery stalks, those pancakes regulated me quick fast and in a hurry! I'll let you know how it affects my weight loss at the end of the week.