WHOOSH!

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CW: 163.5 lbs GW: 135 lbs SW: 189.5 (10/5/09)

What a NICE surprise considering I was 169.5 last weigh-in. TOM is almost over and I seem to always experiences whooshes once my TOM rounds out. This happened last month too. It is nice to recognize some patterns the 2nd month into my journey. I will know more when the 3rd month ends. I am so excited to enter a new decade (150s) around 2010.

My boyfriend is supposedly hoping to lose weight like I am but he is not serious about it at all. I have noticed that he’s eating a lot less and more mindful of eating but he doesn’t mind drinking once a week (beer) and he skips the gym every now and then. I think he only worked out 3-4x last week (I go every day). He STILL manages to lose 1-2 lbs a week with less effort than me. It’s nice to have someone who isn’t going crazy in my life but is still making an effort. It lets me know I’m human. ALSO he weighs himself pretty regularly so it lets me know that my scale isn’t broken.

I feel like girls are so much more sensitive and obsessive when it comes to their physical appearance. I know I have lists of reasons why I want to lose the weight and it keeps me going. I was so reluctant to go to the gym yesterday but I forced myself to go even for 40 minutes on the elliptical. Baby steps.

 Another NSV yesterday was when my bf turned to me and said “your face got smaller.”

===HAPPY DANCE BREAK===

I was craving a burger so I made Turkey Burgers on Saturday with a side of butternut squash “fries.” I am in love with this vegetable! 1 cup of the squash only has 62 calories and it ALMOST tastes like sweet potato fries. All I do is peel the squash, slice into “fries”, toss with olive oil+salt+pepper, and bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes (flipping them once). It’s definitely a healthier alternative to burger and fries.

What are some of your favorite go-to meals now that you’ve started on your journey?

Walk away from the bread….

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Today I decided for dinner I would make a HUGE pot of Turkey Chilli w/ Black Beans and Barley. I fudged the recipe myself and the outcome was pretty good if I say so myself.

My boyfriend has a cold so I thought some nice comforting soup would do the trick. Once all the vegetables were nicely chopped, it was very easy to assemble! I served it with some celery sticks and 5-grain Italian bread for dinner. I only had 1 medium slice of Italian bread. My boyfriend left 1 slice of bread in the toaster and I had it in my hands almost into my mouth when I shouted inside

“WALK AWAY FROM THE BREAD! OR YOU’LL REGRET IT…. DO IT NOW” …

I put the bread back into its package saving it for tomorrow. Me 1 - Bread 0…. live to fight another day!

Turkey Chilli 8 servings ~ 297 calories/serving

1.3 lbs Ground Turkey
1 cup Green Peppers (diced)
2 cup Onions (diced)
6 cloves Garlic (minced)
1 cup Carrots (diced)
1 cup Zucchini (diced)
1 can Diced Tomatos (drained & unsalted)
1 cup Celery (diced)
2 cups Chicken Broth (low sodium)
1 8 oz. can Black Beans (drained)
1/2 cup Pearl Barley
1 T salt
2 T oregano
1 T paprika
1 T cumin
1 T chilli powder
1 T light-sodium soy sauce
3 T olive oil

 1.) Dice all the vegetables: zucchini, green pepper, celery and carrots. Set aside

2.) Finely dice onions and mince garlic.

3.) Heat up a large pot with 2 T olive oil on high heat. Place ground turkey into the pot and break apart with spoon. When turkey is browned and cooked, take out meat reserving juices in the pot.

4.) Sautee onions and garlic in the reserved juices adding 1 T of olive oil for about 4 minutes.

5) Lower heat to medium-high heat. Add the remaining vegetables and incorporate with the cooked onions and garlic. Mix the vegetables thoroughly together.

6.) Add spices: soy sauce, oregano, cumin, salt, paprika, and chilli powder (Incorporate thoroughly). 

7.) Add cooked turkey meat, black beans and diced tomatoes into vegetable mixture and mix thoroughly for 5 minutes

8.) Pour chicken broth into pot, mix thoroughly. Bring soup to a simmer.

9.) When soup is simmering, add 1/2 cup uncooked barley, stir.

10.) Turn heat down to medium and place lid over pot

11.) Allow chilli to simmer for 1 hour stirring every 2-3 minutes to make sure it cooks evenly.

* I tried to watch the amount of sodium in the soup but feel free to add salt/pepper to taste.