I'm Back!

Well, I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted! Oh well. Back and ready to go for the holidays. I thought I would show some of my Halloween decor! It' one of my fav holidays! These cute spiders are addicting! You just can't stop at one-I promise. Whip up a bunch of them-they are fun and you will find tons of places these cuties can go! I got the idea for the hurricane from Martha a few years ago. I took a spider stamp and ink and stamped the image around the glass. Then I threw in some black beans. The black garland around the base is nothing more than X-mas decor spray painted black-I love the look it gives-kinda spookified!
The BEWARE sign is Dollar Tree from last year-just added some bling-bling to it.

My wreath was sooo much fun to make. Who knew I would be using X-mas decorations for a Halloween wreath? I took a Dollar Tree pine garland and spray painted it black. Then I took the little X-mas picks and spray painted them orange.


The skulls got a little face-lift with some glitter! And there you have it!

Breakfast: english muffin and coffee
Lunch: Smoothie and string cheese
Snack: Tall Skinny Carmel Machiato
Dinner Oj, water, ceaser salad, 3 pieces of pizza

So yesterday was such a bad day that I am not even gonna post it! :( Let's just say that it involved Taco Bell! I did however make the Tomato Soup w/ grilled cheese for din-din-they were delish! Today I am making the veggie minestrone soup, it is day 2 of nasty rains!

Breakfast: Coffee and oatmeal w/ 2 tsp brown sugar and 1/4 c mixed nuts/berries
Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich, 1 cup tomato soup, soda and tangelo
Snack: Frozen bananas w/Nuttella sauce
Dinner: Veggie soup, 2 pieces of garlic bread and Cesar salad
Dessert: 5 spoonfuls of cookie dough

Breakfast: mini-wheats, coffee and small OJ

Menu # 3

OK! This week I HAVE TO STICK TO MY MENU!!!! My mom fell and broke her wrist a couple of weeks ago, so we have been over there a bunch helping her out and I have been making meals over there....this week I really wanna try to use what I plan out. Some of the recipes are yet again pushed back since I never got to them last week :(

Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Homemade Mac and Cheese, Brown Sugar glazed carrots

Homemade Pizza (TJ's whole wheat dough-cheese, peperoni, olives and mushrooms)

Slow Cooker Veggie Minestrone Soup w/ Garlic Cheese Bread

I want to make some pudding pops and have a low-cal dessert. I have been craving ice-cream lately.....maybe this will help!?

Breakfast: 4 pancakes and tall FF Carmel Machiato
Lunch: 1/2 Buffalo Ranch Chix Sandwich and fries from Applebees
Dinner: Pot Pie and salad

48 oz water

Breakfast:Coffee and mini shredded wheats
Lunch: Turkey sandwich w/ cheese and carrots w/ 2 tbs of light blue cheese dressing, soda
Snack: handful of almonds and arnold palmer (green tea w/ crystal light )
Dinner Ceaser Salad and 3 pieces of pizza

72 oz water and 30 min elliptical and 30 min weights

Breakfast: Scramble~1 egg and eggbeaters, 1/2 sausage, tall Starbucks Caramel Macchiato
Lunch: Smoothie and string cheese
Snack: chocolate milk and cheez-its 100 cal pack
Dinner:Mary's Pizza-3 breadsticks, Pig in a Blanket, 2 drinks and salad
Dessert: cup of Java Chip ice-cream

Breakfast: oatmeal, 2 tsp brown sugar and 1/8 cup of mixed nuts, coffee
Lunch: sandwich, banana, soda, 100 cal pack of cheez-its
Snack-string cheese and almonds
Dinner: Sausage, salad and milk
48 oz water
30 min elepitcal

Breakfast: Coffee
Lunch: Subway 6 in veggie w/ avocado, baked chips and soda
Snack: pack of honey sunflower seeds
Dinner: Salad w/ chix nuggetts, monz cheese

72 oz water

Breakfast: coffee and mini shredded wheats
Lunch: Smoothie and lite string cheese
Snack: almonds and 100 cal cheez-its
Dinner: Chinese Food and 3 almond rocca bars
Dessert: 3 Musketeers Twix Its

72 oz water
30 min elliptical

Breakfast: coffee and 1 c of mini shredded wheat
Lunch: Turkey, pesto avacado sandwich on foccasia bread, soda
Snack: cereal bar
Dinner: 2 slices of hamburger pie, ceaser salad
Dessert: 2 almond roca

48 oz water

Menu #2

Hamburger Pie( didn't get to it last weeks), Fruit Salad
Tacos with refried beans
Pizza-1/2 turkey peperoni, 1/2 Hawaiian style
Crockpot soup from last week + bread
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Breakfast: Carmel Machiato, 5 choc chip pancakes
Snack: Costco Samples :)
Lunch: Smoothie
Snack: almonds and string cheese
Dinner: Cauliflower soup, 2 pieces of bread, salad, glass of red wine




30 min elliptical
72 oz water

Yesterdays Meals

Breakfast: Homemade Carmel Machiato,

Lunch: Smoothie( 1 c plain yogurt, 1 c fruit, 1 tbs agave syrup, 1 oz protein powder) lite string cheese

Snack: 2 rolls, string cheese and handful of almonds

Dinner: 2 pieces of pizza, salad and cup of Golden Spoon with Reece's Pieces


Today

Breakfast: Carmel Machiato, 1 c mini shredded wheats
Snack: Fruit Snacks
Lunch: Quesedilla w/ avocado, 4 handfuls of Muddie Buddies, water
Snack: Smoothie ( 1 c soy milk, fruit, 1 spoonful protein powder)
Dinner: Cauliflower soup, slice of bread, 3 crispy shrimp, banana slices
Dessert: 2 choco chip cookies, 2 spoonfuls of dough :( Bad Girl KT!!!!!!

30 min elliptical, 30 min weights

72 + oz water

So there are a few websites that I frequent when looking for healthy recipes! I love these and check them daily!

Gina's blog

Chubbie Chica

Roni's Blog

I made a Starbucks Carmel Machiato for breakfast this morning! It actually really tasted like the real one, but I didn't add as much caramel....watching my sugars. I used this cool gadget to get foam on my milk. YUM!!!!! I followed this recipe. I don't have an espresso machine but I do have Starbucks instant coffee-VIA so I used that. It worked perfectly!!!

Breakfast: Coffee and 1 c mini-shredded wheat
Lunch: Subway 6 inch Turkey w/ Swiss cheese, avocado, honey mustard and veggies
Baked Lays

Snack: Yogurt and banana

Dinner: Meatloaf, 1/2 baked potatoe w/ cheese, bowl of cauliflower soup

72 oz water

Breakfast: Plate of eggs, coffee(SF syrup and milk)
Lunch: Sandwich (Turkey, Lite Cheese, Lettuce, Mustard and 4 chips)
Snack: Handful of almonds and tangello
Dinner:2 slices of whole wheat pizza w/ turkey peperoni, olives and mushrooms
ceaser salad
48 oz water

Breakfast: Oatmeal(1/8 cup of mixed nuts and berries and 2tsp brown sugar), coffee(2tbs creamer and soy milk)
Lunch: Sandwich(turkey, lite cheese, mustard and lettuce w/ 3 chips in it for crunch)
Diet Rootbeer

Snack: handful of almonds and tangelo

4 buffalo wings minus the skin

Dinner: Veggie Lasagna, slice of sourdough bread, milk, 2 spoonfulls of cookie dough

72 oz water

30 min on elliptical

Breakfast: 1 cup shredded mini wheats
1 small slice of pumpkin bread
water

Lunch: Smoothie
Lite String Cheese
5 handfuls of Fritos
Tall Carmel Machiato

Dinner: Grilled Cheese
Tomato Soup
Carrots w/ dressing

72 oz water

1/2 hour on elliptical

Hello

So it is 2010....my GOD! That is crazy to write-I wonder how long it will take to remember to write 2010 instead of 2o09. I have a list of New Years resolutions a mile long but one of my biggest ones is to lose some weight once and for all. I have decided to blog my weight loss journey: my weight, my exercise and my food choices. We shall see how this goes. My first menu for 2010 and the journey is a follows:

Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie
Salad
Smoothies

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Tomato Soup (Trader Joe's)
Fruit Salad

Homemade Pepperoni , Olives and Mushroom Pizza(Trader Joes Whole Wheat Crust)
Ceaser Salad

Boneless Buffalo "Wings"
Pineapple and Orange Salad

Slow Cooker Veggie Minestrone Soup
Salad
Crusty Bread


Sunday Food

Breakfast: Apple Muffin
Snack: Gummie Snacks
Lunch: Smoothie
Snack Gummie Snacks and Skinny Vanilla Latte
Dinner: Taco with Beans and glass of wine
Dessert: Slice of Homemade Mud Pie