I have a personal goal to lose 10 pounds a month. Well, I have already lost 5.6 of my April goal and it's not even April yet. That just gets me all giggly inside! That means my big, HUGE, wall that I am excited to break through is getting closer all the time...Whoo!Whoo!
Don't mind me...I'll just get back to my giggling...maybe it burns calories. ;)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Pizza For Dinner
I made pizza for dinner and tried a different crust and it was yummy. As always I tweaked it a little bit. I made my own individual pizza so it had fresh spinach, mushrooms, red peppers, green and black olives, and jalenpenos, some tomato sauce and a very small amount of low fat mozzarella cheese on it.
I wanted to post this recipe to share.
Quick Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tbsp Flax Seed
1 Package active dry yeast/instant yeast
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup hot tap water (120-125 degrees)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
Preheat Oven: 425
Mix flour,yeast and salt. Blend in water, oil, and honey. Stir by hand vigorously until all ingredients are well mixed; about 3 minutes. Cover and let rise to desired size. (I let mine rise 1 hour)
Place dough in greased jelly roll pan or pizza pan and with oiled hands work dough to sides and form a rim. (I sprinkled corn meal on my pan)
I put my crust in oven for 12 minutes to brown some before adding sauce and toppings. Once sauce and toppings are added, return to oven and cook to desired doneness.
(like I said, I pinched off a small ball and made myself a small 6 inch disk, and then still made a large pizza for my family with the rest of the dough)
I wanted to post this recipe to share.
Quick Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tbsp Flax Seed
1 Package active dry yeast/instant yeast
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup hot tap water (120-125 degrees)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
Preheat Oven: 425
Mix flour,yeast and salt. Blend in water, oil, and honey. Stir by hand vigorously until all ingredients are well mixed; about 3 minutes. Cover and let rise to desired size. (I let mine rise 1 hour)
Place dough in greased jelly roll pan or pizza pan and with oiled hands work dough to sides and form a rim. (I sprinkled corn meal on my pan)
I put my crust in oven for 12 minutes to brown some before adding sauce and toppings. Once sauce and toppings are added, return to oven and cook to desired doneness.
(like I said, I pinched off a small ball and made myself a small 6 inch disk, and then still made a large pizza for my family with the rest of the dough)
Welcome to the world Hayden Ross!
I am a great aunt again! Hayden Ross was born last night March 26,2009 to my neice Gretchen and her husband Chris. He weighed 8lbs 2 oz and is 21 1/2 inches long. This is their first bouncing baby and I can't wait to meet him! I am sure he is a cutey just like his cousin Riley my other Great Nephew who is the son of my neice Heidi her husband Shaun! How fun to have cousins so close in age, and boys at that!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Closest Thing You'll Get to see me Naked In the Bathroom
So this is me now...and you'll have to forgive the blurriness but self portraits in bathroom mirrors aren't the best. However...almost 4 months in to it...I am down over 64 pounds. If you look below you can see my "Before" image.
Today I reminded for some reason...of all the things that have brought me to the point I am. Nothing happened today it is just I am in that "thought" and this is a good thing. It is very good to remember the painful moments and times that bring one so low that they decide they have had enough of something. I cannot begin to tell you how excruciatingly painful it has been for me. I have family who I know have felt the same pain, I have friends...I see strangers....I know how it feels....we don't talk about it. There is no way I would ever open up and share with anyone the humiliating things associated with being so overweight that caused me to feel worthless. I WASN'T but it felt that way....definitely. Then pile on top of that all the physical problems...and then the social stigma....and the clothes that don't fit, and the chairs your afraid you'll break or the ass doesn't even fit in to, and I could go on and on and on and on...............the list is overwhelming. It is so painful to remember....but it's important...and when I work out....and I work on my meals and everything I do....I hold in my heart those thoughts....that life is good now and better and because of the changes I have made....I have overcome those issues. My goodness.....self esteem and I are friends now.....we've met and actually like each other.....and get along swimmingly and think it's okay to hang out.....(laugh)
I share all these kind of thoughts because I know that there is someone out there....maybe two out there, or ten out there or 100 or 1000.....(yeah, like that many would ever read this...) but that can sit back and say to themselves....."that's how I feel...that is exactly how I feel...someone else has felt like I feel, and they say it can get better." I just want to offer some hope. Hang in there....Hang on there and believe in yourself......because this is worth fighting for......I promise you. I am so much happier now...and feel so good.
I share all these kind of thoughts because I know that there is someone out there....maybe two out there, or ten out there or 100 or 1000.....(yeah, like that many would ever read this...) but that can sit back and say to themselves....."that's how I feel...that is exactly how I feel...someone else has felt like I feel, and they say it can get better." I just want to offer some hope. Hang in there....Hang on there and believe in yourself......because this is worth fighting for......I promise you. I am so much happier now...and feel so good.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
It HIT me last night.........
I am OVER half way there! (jumping up and down) I have more weight behind me now....(as in lost weight) than I do ahead of me.......I have climbed to the top of the mountain.....and now work my way over to the other side. I am just thrilled beyond words honestly.........Would you believe that last night I actually told my hubs how much I weigh? This is one of the greatest guys and has stood by me through thick and thin but darn it all if I was going to tell him that....but I did....and he told me how proud he was of me and for my will power to stick it out and keep going....he said he just didn't have that much strength. I told him that I am tired of fighting the battle over and over and over.....this is the last round in this ring baby and I am gonna come out wearing that gigantamo belt....well, I won't wear it....cuz I think they are ugly......but I will hold it over my head and jump all around and know that I did this.........no surgery.....no pills........no slim fast.........no stupid fad, overnight diet..............this came from deep down in my soul finally.........a desire to live a better life for me.......and for this family whom I adore and I want to be here for a long time with. I changed my life and what I do today........is what I will be doing forever.........like brushing my teeth as I have said in the past. That is what makes this different now.
Anyone can do this.......not for one second let yourself believe you can't.........I am the queen of start and stop.........and diet failure.............just gotta find it.........way, way down deep inside......and hang on for dear life......and love yourself enough to change and do what's hard, what sucks sometimes......but will bring unbelievable satisfaction.......energy, personal strength, renewed health........and confidence.
Okay, "Selfish Lady" will stop crowing now! I have got to bust a move.....BE Happy! Be Well! Be Amazing!
Anyone can do this.......not for one second let yourself believe you can't.........I am the queen of start and stop.........and diet failure.............just gotta find it.........way, way down deep inside......and hang on for dear life......and love yourself enough to change and do what's hard, what sucks sometimes......but will bring unbelievable satisfaction.......energy, personal strength, renewed health........and confidence.
Okay, "Selfish Lady" will stop crowing now! I have got to bust a move.....BE Happy! Be Well! Be Amazing!
Monday, March 23, 2009
I did a double take this morning!
What a fun spring break we had! It started off slow but ended up great. Kent and I were able to go the the rodeo on Wednesday. We were treated to two "suite" tickets in the Reliant Center courtesy of the Coast Guard. We were served a nice dinner in a lounge that right there close to our seats. They had a free bar as well but of course we just enjoyed all the water we could drink and Kent had his cokes. We watched the rodeo itself which was lots of fun and then we enjoyed a Gary Allan concert. I am not a fan...just went because of the tickets. He was good but I got bored about 2/3 of the way through and after watching so many of the folks taking advantage...overkill actually of the free booze....I wanted to leave before the masses did so we cut out of there early. So we left before the concert was over and drove safely home.
Thursday we drove down to Corpus to visit the family and then spent Friday at Port Aransas on the beach with my cousins and there kiddos and that was so much fun. The beach was beautiful...the company was even better. I am so grateful we live back in Texas and close to family where we can enjoy trips down to hang out and get to know each other once again. As kids all of us cousins were more like brothers and sisters and my Aunt and Uncle are truly like my other Mom and Dad, so it's great to be near them again. I missed it.
In the title of my post I said I did a "double take". Well, last two weeks have been slow for me but this morning I got on the scale expecting to have lost a pound or two but I did better than that. I lost 4.6 this week and that puts me at 62.8 now..... and it also helps me make that goal of 10 pounds a month and gives me a head start on April so I am happy, happy.
I will share with you some observations too, and I think this made a huge difference. I really made a more conscience effort this week to make sure I had my snacks readily available and didn't miss them. The week before I don't think I ate enough. I think that is why my weight loss slowed down. I have to make sure I eat enough and keep my metabolism going at an even pace or I don't lose weight. There were days I was out of energy and I told my hubs...I am not eating enough and when I was figuring out how much I had eaten by 4 in the afternoon it was not nearly what it should have been...not because I was trying to skimp...just because I was getting lazy or too busy to take a moment to make a snack. So, baggies of almonds went in my purse this week....and I was eating them...about 2 hours after my last meal if I wasn't where I could have something else.
It's nice to be back home but there is a ton to do now, get caught up on, and get back in the saddle with. My house is turned upside down and all around....so I better get to it!
Thursday we drove down to Corpus to visit the family and then spent Friday at Port Aransas on the beach with my cousins and there kiddos and that was so much fun. The beach was beautiful...the company was even better. I am so grateful we live back in Texas and close to family where we can enjoy trips down to hang out and get to know each other once again. As kids all of us cousins were more like brothers and sisters and my Aunt and Uncle are truly like my other Mom and Dad, so it's great to be near them again. I missed it.
In the title of my post I said I did a "double take". Well, last two weeks have been slow for me but this morning I got on the scale expecting to have lost a pound or two but I did better than that. I lost 4.6 this week and that puts me at 62.8 now..... and it also helps me make that goal of 10 pounds a month and gives me a head start on April so I am happy, happy.
I will share with you some observations too, and I think this made a huge difference. I really made a more conscience effort this week to make sure I had my snacks readily available and didn't miss them. The week before I don't think I ate enough. I think that is why my weight loss slowed down. I have to make sure I eat enough and keep my metabolism going at an even pace or I don't lose weight. There were days I was out of energy and I told my hubs...I am not eating enough and when I was figuring out how much I had eaten by 4 in the afternoon it was not nearly what it should have been...not because I was trying to skimp...just because I was getting lazy or too busy to take a moment to make a snack. So, baggies of almonds went in my purse this week....and I was eating them...about 2 hours after my last meal if I wasn't where I could have something else.
It's nice to be back home but there is a ton to do now, get caught up on, and get back in the saddle with. My house is turned upside down and all around....so I better get to it!
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