Okay, so for those who need ideas of what to eat, here is my meal plan for the week. You may follow with me or take some ideas and add them to your meal plans.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday Meals:
Breakfast: Yogurt Parfait 350 cal.
9 oz nonfat plain greek yogurt
2 TB chopped walnuts
1 c. berries. Mix together and eat up!
Lunch: Black Bean Wrap 450 cal.
1/4 c. mashed black beans, rinsed and drained
2 TB mozzarella cheese
2 tsp. chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
pinch of cayene pepper.
Mix ingredients and spread onto a whole wheat wrap. Roll up and nuke until heated through about 1 min. Top with 2 TB salsa and serve with 1 tangerine
Snack: Chips and Salsa 200 cal
15 baked tortilla chips
1/2 c. salsa
Dinner: Salmon Salad 400 cal
3 c. mixed greens
1 tomato chopped
1 c. sliced cucumbers
2 tsp. olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
Mix and top with 2 oz smoked salmon. Serve with 1 slice whole wheat toast spread with 2 tsp almond butter and 1 tsp raw honey
Dessert: Grape Delight 200 Cal
1 c. grapes and 1 mozzarella string cheese
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Meals:
Breakfast: Egg and cheese 350 cal
Cook one egg to your liking. Place egg, 1 slice cheddar cheese on a toasted whole grain english muffin. Serve with 1/2 an apple.
Lunch: Soup and Sammy 450 cal
Heat 1 c. low-sodium tomato soup. Spread 1 tsp. mustard on 2 slices of whole wheat bread. Place 2 oz. low sodium turkey breast, 2 slices tomato, 1 slice cheddar cheese, lettuce in between bread.
Snack: Sweet Smoothie 200 cal
Blend 2 TB whey protein powder, 1/2 c. frozen raspberries, 1 c. water, 1/2 c. skim milk
Dinner: Pasta Marinara: 400 cal
Saute 1/2 c. chopped red onion, 1 chopped garlic clove, in 2 tsp olive oil, about 5 min. Add 2 c. chopped tomatoes. Cook 5 min more. Pour sauce over 2 oz whole wheat pasta, cooked according to pkg directions. Top with 2 tsp chopped fresh basil, 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley. Serve with 1 c. steamed green beans.
Dessert: Raspberry Dream 200 cal
Mix 4 oz nonfat plain greek yogurt with 1 c. fresh raspberries. Top with 1 sheet of graham cracker, crumbled.
For Sunday I am just eating what ever is left over from the week and skipping the dinner and dessert and doing one free meal.
I hope this has helped out some of you!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Contest starts today!!!
January 3, is here and the contest has now begun! Remember to be a follower of this blog and send me your starting weight and inches from waist and hips with a before picture, in order to qualify for the contest! Here is my starting weight and inches:
Weight: 119.0
Waist: 28.5 inches
Hips: 35 inches
This is how my day started off. I did 45 min of yoga, and then 45 min of cardio! I am doing a four week program that Jillian Michaels wrote for the January issue of Self Magazine. So if you are interested in that, go buy the issue or log onto Self.com and get the meal plans and workout plans.
My goals for this month is also to eat no candy, cakes, brownies, icecream, chocolates, etc! Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you!
Remember I am here to help give support and some ideas if you need them just post your questions here and I will answer them!
Weight: 119.0
Waist: 28.5 inches
Hips: 35 inches
This is how my day started off. I did 45 min of yoga, and then 45 min of cardio! I am doing a four week program that Jillian Michaels wrote for the January issue of Self Magazine. So if you are interested in that, go buy the issue or log onto Self.com and get the meal plans and workout plans.
My goals for this month is also to eat no candy, cakes, brownies, icecream, chocolates, etc! Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you!
Remember I am here to help give support and some ideas if you need them just post your questions here and I will answer them!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Weight Loss Contest!!
A lot of people set a New Year's Resolution to lose weight. But after about a month most people give up and don't complete the goal. How about I set up a friendly competition to help you reach your goals? I will give tips, help out with meals, workouts, and encourage you through the contest. The contest will start January 3, 2011 and end April 1, 2011. 12 weeks to get to your goals and be healthy!!
Here are the rules of the contest:
1. You must be a follower of this blog.
2. You need to send me a before and after picture so I can see the results. You can either post it here or send it to my e-mail @ nataliep_3_0@yahoo.com.
3. You must check in once a week with me with your results for the week. I need the weight loss and inches lost off the waist and hips. Posts on here or by e-mail need to be in by each Monday before midnight. For best results weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you have eaten and with your clothes off. Also measure yourself first thing in the morning.
4. To begin, post a comment on this blog with your starting weight and starting inches on the waist and hips. If you do not want others to see your starting places, then you may send me an e-mail with your numbers.
At the end of the competition the winner will be the person who has the most percentage of weight loss. I will have a prize for the winner!!
We can also help each other out along the way and encourage each other! If you have questions post them on this blog and we can all answer back to help out!
I think this will be a lot of fun! Lets start this new year with a BANG!! So, get your brain into health mode and let the competition begin!
Here are the rules of the contest:
1. You must be a follower of this blog.
2. You need to send me a before and after picture so I can see the results. You can either post it here or send it to my e-mail @ nataliep_3_0@yahoo.com.
3. You must check in once a week with me with your results for the week. I need the weight loss and inches lost off the waist and hips. Posts on here or by e-mail need to be in by each Monday before midnight. For best results weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you have eaten and with your clothes off. Also measure yourself first thing in the morning.
4. To begin, post a comment on this blog with your starting weight and starting inches on the waist and hips. If you do not want others to see your starting places, then you may send me an e-mail with your numbers.
At the end of the competition the winner will be the person who has the most percentage of weight loss. I will have a prize for the winner!!
We can also help each other out along the way and encourage each other! If you have questions post them on this blog and we can all answer back to help out!
I think this will be a lot of fun! Lets start this new year with a BANG!! So, get your brain into health mode and let the competition begin!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Questions
I have been having trouble lately staying on task with my program. I have been thinking about why this is happening and here are a few conclusions that I have come up with, and they all seem to tie in together.
1. I have a friend, we are going to call her Betty for privacy purposes, and she has done this program and has developed and obsession with her looks and weight, and has developed an eating disorder. I have mixed feelings about this, because I have never dealt with this type of situation before. I feel angry because of what she is doing to her family, and friends. I feel scared because I am afraid of what this is doing to her. I also feel helpless because I don't know what to do to help, and I usually know how to help my friends. I am afraid that my friends are going to tie Live the Life and Betty's disorder together and think that the same thing is going to happen to me. I also feel a little scared that I could also become obsessed with how my body looks and I don't want to become like Betty, so I have justified my being sidetracked on this program, by eating treats and things, because I am at a healthy weight, and I am not going to turn out to be like Betty.
2. Halloween just came and went, and there is all sorts of candy lying around my house and I am weak and cannot hold back.
3. I have Social Anxiety Disorder, and because of all the things happening to Betty, and my friends having negative thoughts towards her new life style, I stress about them having those same feelings towards me, so I eat to "prove" to them that I am not like that. For some reason, I care a lot about what people think of me, to the point where I sometimes get anxiety attacks in social settings because I feel people are watching me and judging me. I am trying to overcome this disorder, but it is very hard for me.
4. This program is kind of expensive when it comes to buying the food each week, and money gets low at the end of the month, and I haven't had enough to buy my food, plus food for the family, and my family comes first. So, I have been trying to eat meals from past weeks, that I have the ingredients for, and for the most part I have been doing that, except for I still eat the sugary stuff that is lying around my house. UGH!
Right now, I am just feeling so lost and confused and not sure how I should go about this. I do know that I feel like crap after eating all that junk food, and I know its not good for me. I argue with myself everyday for all the things that I am eating. Its almost like having the angel and devil on my shoulder. One telling me its okay to eat it, because I "deserve" it, and the other telling me that I know how I will feel after eating it, and its not worth it.
I have questioned why am I doing this program, and what am I trying to prove or get out of it? I have gone over my goals that I wrote down at the beginning of the program and I feel really guilty for all the junk food that I have consumed over the past couple of weeks.
On the other hand, I feel that if I keep going on the program, I will lose my friends because they will think that I am the same as Betty, or I am afraid that they will feel that I think that I am better than they are and not be my friend anymore. I have dealt with this with my friends before back in high school, and it ruined my self-esteem, but that is another story.
Anyway, I am trying to talk myself back into getting back into the program and back on track. Its very hard once you get off and introduce junkfood back into your diet. I truly am addicted to food, and I need to overcome this addiction!
I hope to do better the rest of this week, and be able to be inspiring to people once again, instead of a let down to people.
1. I have a friend, we are going to call her Betty for privacy purposes, and she has done this program and has developed and obsession with her looks and weight, and has developed an eating disorder. I have mixed feelings about this, because I have never dealt with this type of situation before. I feel angry because of what she is doing to her family, and friends. I feel scared because I am afraid of what this is doing to her. I also feel helpless because I don't know what to do to help, and I usually know how to help my friends. I am afraid that my friends are going to tie Live the Life and Betty's disorder together and think that the same thing is going to happen to me. I also feel a little scared that I could also become obsessed with how my body looks and I don't want to become like Betty, so I have justified my being sidetracked on this program, by eating treats and things, because I am at a healthy weight, and I am not going to turn out to be like Betty.
2. Halloween just came and went, and there is all sorts of candy lying around my house and I am weak and cannot hold back.
3. I have Social Anxiety Disorder, and because of all the things happening to Betty, and my friends having negative thoughts towards her new life style, I stress about them having those same feelings towards me, so I eat to "prove" to them that I am not like that. For some reason, I care a lot about what people think of me, to the point where I sometimes get anxiety attacks in social settings because I feel people are watching me and judging me. I am trying to overcome this disorder, but it is very hard for me.
4. This program is kind of expensive when it comes to buying the food each week, and money gets low at the end of the month, and I haven't had enough to buy my food, plus food for the family, and my family comes first. So, I have been trying to eat meals from past weeks, that I have the ingredients for, and for the most part I have been doing that, except for I still eat the sugary stuff that is lying around my house. UGH!
Right now, I am just feeling so lost and confused and not sure how I should go about this. I do know that I feel like crap after eating all that junk food, and I know its not good for me. I argue with myself everyday for all the things that I am eating. Its almost like having the angel and devil on my shoulder. One telling me its okay to eat it, because I "deserve" it, and the other telling me that I know how I will feel after eating it, and its not worth it.
I have questioned why am I doing this program, and what am I trying to prove or get out of it? I have gone over my goals that I wrote down at the beginning of the program and I feel really guilty for all the junk food that I have consumed over the past couple of weeks.
On the other hand, I feel that if I keep going on the program, I will lose my friends because they will think that I am the same as Betty, or I am afraid that they will feel that I think that I am better than they are and not be my friend anymore. I have dealt with this with my friends before back in high school, and it ruined my self-esteem, but that is another story.
Anyway, I am trying to talk myself back into getting back into the program and back on track. Its very hard once you get off and introduce junkfood back into your diet. I truly am addicted to food, and I need to overcome this addiction!
I hope to do better the rest of this week, and be able to be inspiring to people once again, instead of a let down to people.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Back on track!
I had to give myself a pep talk Tuesday night. I am sick, but in order to get better I need to eat healthy, right? So, I worked out for an hour Tuesday night and I got up this morning and did my workouts and ate healthy all day today and made sure I took all my supplements and drank the required amount of water! Good job outta me! I reviewed my goals and remembered what I wanted to achieve and I am back in the game baby!!
And surprise, surprise, I am feeling better today, due to the fact that I ate healthy and got my workouts done. Hopefully the next time I get sick, I will remember that eating unhealthy did not help me feel better, and will learn from the mistakes I have made this time around! :)
And surprise, surprise, I am feeling better today, due to the fact that I ate healthy and got my workouts done. Hopefully the next time I get sick, I will remember that eating unhealthy did not help me feel better, and will learn from the mistakes I have made this time around! :)
Monday, October 25, 2010
Week 4
Week 4 was a horrible week for me. I don't know if it was the weather, or what, but I did not stay on my meal plans the entire week! I craved food like crazy, and the food from week four was just not that good, and I had a hard time. I also suffer from some depression, mostly when there is bad weather, "winter blues" I guess it is called, so that could have had something to do with it.
It all started on Tuesday, when it was my turn to teach preschool. I had to come up with a snack, which means that the leftover snacks were brought back home with me. Now, I don't keep much junk food in the house, so its not there for me to snack on, and the junk food that I do have, is stuff that I don't like, but that my kids like. Anyway, so the snack for preschool was Nilla Wafers, which I am not a big fan of, but for some reason I was craving those, and I just kept sneaking a few cookies at a time, through out the whole day. Calories add up quickly that way. The next day I still wanted junk food, and thought to myself, well I already screwed up the day before, so what is one more day? And that is how the rest of my week was. I just lost my drive for the week, and honestly, didn't really care at the time. I kept telling myself, that I will do better next week. Not the best attitude to have, but that was my attitude. At the end of the week I did feel like a failure, and that I have let so many people down, that tell me that I inspire them. How am I supposed to inspire people, when I do things like this? Not a very inspirational week for me. Sorry to everyone!
I also have had a cold all week, which didn't help my eating either.
I was still able to do the workouts, except for Saturday's workout. Didn't get that one in. I have not weighed myself today, because I feel I will be disappointed in myself, and feel even worse than I do now, so I am not going to do that to myself.
This morning, I feel so horrible with a nasty cold, and have no appetite at all, so hopefully this will help lose some of the weight that I am sure I gained throughout the week. I am disappointed in myself, and have pushed back my goals, but I will get over it and move on and once I am feeling better, I will start with the new week, and keep moving on.
I am sorry if I have disappointed any of you that read this. But, now you all know that I am not perfect, and yes, I do make many mistakes, and I hope to learn from them!
It all started on Tuesday, when it was my turn to teach preschool. I had to come up with a snack, which means that the leftover snacks were brought back home with me. Now, I don't keep much junk food in the house, so its not there for me to snack on, and the junk food that I do have, is stuff that I don't like, but that my kids like. Anyway, so the snack for preschool was Nilla Wafers, which I am not a big fan of, but for some reason I was craving those, and I just kept sneaking a few cookies at a time, through out the whole day. Calories add up quickly that way. The next day I still wanted junk food, and thought to myself, well I already screwed up the day before, so what is one more day? And that is how the rest of my week was. I just lost my drive for the week, and honestly, didn't really care at the time. I kept telling myself, that I will do better next week. Not the best attitude to have, but that was my attitude. At the end of the week I did feel like a failure, and that I have let so many people down, that tell me that I inspire them. How am I supposed to inspire people, when I do things like this? Not a very inspirational week for me. Sorry to everyone!
I also have had a cold all week, which didn't help my eating either.
I was still able to do the workouts, except for Saturday's workout. Didn't get that one in. I have not weighed myself today, because I feel I will be disappointed in myself, and feel even worse than I do now, so I am not going to do that to myself.
This morning, I feel so horrible with a nasty cold, and have no appetite at all, so hopefully this will help lose some of the weight that I am sure I gained throughout the week. I am disappointed in myself, and have pushed back my goals, but I will get over it and move on and once I am feeling better, I will start with the new week, and keep moving on.
I am sorry if I have disappointed any of you that read this. But, now you all know that I am not perfect, and yes, I do make many mistakes, and I hope to learn from them!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Week 3
Week 3 is completed! I felt I did pretty good this week. I did have a free meal on Saturday night, but I weighed myself Saturday morning and was happy with the weight which helped me not to pig out on my free meal. So I ate some nachos and some m&ms, and a small piece of cake. I also ate dinner at my moms on Sunday night which was salad, pasta and garlic bread. I have a cold and really didn't care much about eating my diet dinner that night, which is okay to me. I did use portion control.
I did my workouts every day except for Saturday which was 45-60 min on the elliptical. I feel I made up for it Sunday night when I played Just Dance 2 on the wii with my brothers for about 30 min.
I am noticing more muscle definition in my arms and legs, and even on the tummy! I do have a six pack under all the fat. You can feel it, you just can't see it, yet! :)
I have lost 2 pounds this week, and 1.5 inches off my waist this week! I am now down to my goal weight and 1-1.5 inches away from my goal waist, and 0.5 inches away from my goal hips! I am almost there!
I have a feeling week 4 is going to be a challenge for me. Most of the meals don't sound very appetizing, so I will probably have to swap out the meals for a different meal, to help me stay on track. Although, I did tell myself that today I do have to try them, give the meals a chance, maybe they will surprise me and be delicious! I also am starting week 4 out with a head cold which makes having enough energy to exercise hard, but I will get it done, just not at 5 in the morning, which is when I usually work out. I will probably do the workouts during Paisley's morning naps so I can sleep in and get as much rest as possible so this cold will go away as soon as possible!
Wish me luck! :)
I did my workouts every day except for Saturday which was 45-60 min on the elliptical. I feel I made up for it Sunday night when I played Just Dance 2 on the wii with my brothers for about 30 min.
I am noticing more muscle definition in my arms and legs, and even on the tummy! I do have a six pack under all the fat. You can feel it, you just can't see it, yet! :)
I have lost 2 pounds this week, and 1.5 inches off my waist this week! I am now down to my goal weight and 1-1.5 inches away from my goal waist, and 0.5 inches away from my goal hips! I am almost there!
I have a feeling week 4 is going to be a challenge for me. Most of the meals don't sound very appetizing, so I will probably have to swap out the meals for a different meal, to help me stay on track. Although, I did tell myself that today I do have to try them, give the meals a chance, maybe they will surprise me and be delicious! I also am starting week 4 out with a head cold which makes having enough energy to exercise hard, but I will get it done, just not at 5 in the morning, which is when I usually work out. I will probably do the workouts during Paisley's morning naps so I can sleep in and get as much rest as possible so this cold will go away as soon as possible!
Wish me luck! :)
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