normal!!! notice my ticker? after 33 pounds of weight loss i am now 'normal' :)

Yay! to be normal, well at least in one area of life. With my journey so far this year I have gone from borderline obese (don't judge) to normal. My goal is to lose at least 4 more lbs on this round and then really focus on strength training and endurance. I have started doing a weekly menu plan which I will start posting :) Yay for maintaining I am excited for this next phase and to continue to be healthy. One I have learned ALOT this year are all the yummy veggies I haven't really cooked with much. Generally we have a supply of carrots, broccoli, and peas in the freezer to be zapped in the microwave and put as a side. So here is to my goal of weekly menus (which I have been doing) that will now be posted weekly :)

Recipes?!?!

I have been a slacker at recipes, but at this point in my diet the list of food is pretty limited but I do have some favorites :) here is one
APPLE PIE
okay not apple pie necessarily but a good treat :)
here is what you do:
peel an apple
eat the peel (lots of nutrients in the peel)
dice the apple
put in a small sauce pan
add a little water,
dash cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves
boil til the apple is tender
add a few drops of vanilla stevia
ENJOY!!!! Seriously this is SO yummy and doesn't take long to make at all.

YAY! Stall over :)

I know 2 days doesn't seem like much of a stall, but I was feeling kinda defeated yesterday. With such a strict diet and NO cheating I felt frustrated. SO what did I do? I colored my hair, and I had a Diet coke :) It helped to lift my spirits and give me something sweet without cheating too badly. AND I WAS DOWN 2 LBS THIS MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE that this diet is really detoxing me from processed foods and sugar. If you start looking at labels, sugar is everywhere. Who would have thought it would be such a struggle to avoid sugar?!?! No wonder we, and our children, are obese. Condiments are half sugar(well high fructose corn syrup) I love that this diet makes me much more aware of what I am eating and if not more importantly what I am feeding my kids. Anyways I am in much better spirits and glad the scale is starting to be a better friend :) Now if I could only say good bye to Diet coke............it's definitely my favorite sin.

....and stalling, sort of.

The bad news...I haven't lost and lbs the last 2 day, major bummer. The GOOD news my fat percentage has gone down and my hydration has gone up. I can tell my pants are getting loose, in fact I am hopefully washing them for the last time and then in the trash(or to DI) they go!

crusing along

It's SOOO nice to be past week one :) I lost 8lbs which is great cause I spent 3 months working hard exercising, counting calories and only lost 3lbs that really frustrated me. Once it started to get really cold my joints started to ache...........AHHHH am I that old? Not really but because I had an excess amount of weight on me it was putting too much stress on them. So I can't wait to get the weight off and run that much easier :D BIG HAPPY FACE!

Day 3

No sugar is tough for me. I am so glad I am done with day 3, by tomorrow my cravings shouldn't be as intense. I have a list of things for me to do to keep my mind on things other than food :) here are a few things from my list:
-Paint toenails
-sew table clothes (the fabric store had some really pretty fabric and fun birthday fabric for $2 a yard SWEET!)
-sit in my SAUNA
-go shopping
-reorganize closet and dresser
-finish reading "return" by Robert D Hales LOVE this book
-yoga
-make a volcano with my 2 year old
-PLAY LOTS WITH MY KIDS!!!!!!

Today my baby is 8 months.....

So I have 1 month to lose the rest of my baby weight! I need to lose 20 more lbs BUT I really would like to lose 37. Ah the dieting begins....I am very excited to go the HCG route. Yes I know about the controversy, but I have talked to my Dr about it (twice actually) and I feel confident that it is the right course of action for me to take. I have done it before but this time I have a bit more weight to lose and will most likely need to do 2 rounds of phase 2. This is probably super confusing to anybody that doesn't know much about it. My favorite website is hcgcoaching.com I have a link to the left of my blog and that has great info if anyone is curious :)
Anyways so I am one of the many people that has their new year's revolution to lose weight, but I am in it more for the healthy journey. So I am being SUPER brave and putting my goals up for the world to see. Any advice or favorite recipes are welcome! I hope all of you had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!