On My Way To Sexy Mama Status

7:45 pb&j

8:30 diet coke

10:00 1/2 cup edamamde

Sorry I have been MIA- just having a rough week. I’ll be back at it soon

Weekly Challenge: Find your Rainy Day Plan!! The rainy season is coming- don’t let the foul weather muck up your progress! This week (11/10-11/18 before boot camp) log 250 minutes of any type of exercise. Remember, the goal is to find a rainy day plan! Enjoy!!

I haven’t been on the computer very much the past couple of days, and obviously I didn’t blog!

Here’s what I remember from Saturday- (ate out lunch and dinner since Ryan’s out of town- but I made decent choices)

cereal, pills, veggies with Tatziki, Lunch with Jennifer at King Sushi: miso, salad, a couple bites of chicken teriyaki, kingdom roll, Dinner with Carl at Cafe Bernardo: roasted beet and arugula salad and a small piece of chicken

Here’s for Yesterday-

cereal, pills, curried carrot and chicken soup with a walnut roll, tons of water throughout the day.

I did have a little slip up while I was out running errands- I had cookies and diet coke!! (No comments required- I felt horrible about it and then tried to redeem myself by skipping b’day pie) Full disclosure sucks!

We went to my niece’s B’day party last night I had 3 slices of homemade pizza (they were smallish) and salad. I should have had less pizza and more salad- But there were so many delicious flavors to choose from!! At least I left the room for pie and ice cream- even though I could still hear everyone raving about how amazing the pies were I didn’t even have a bite!

Sunday, November 8

8:45 small pb&j on a walnut roll

8:15 veggie egg scramble with a little bit of ketchup

11:45 1/2c butternut squash soup, 1/2 c lentil stew, 1 walnut roll

12:50 an apple

1:30 I did an amazing 5 miles run/walk for 66 minutes. When I just plugged my nike+ into my computer it crashed and lost my run!!!! I’m livid!

3:00 3 squash raviolis

4:30 a walnut roll dipped in applesauce

6:45 whole foods dinner…1/2 cup of curried chicken salad, 1/2 cup of broccoli and a few bites of cous cous, 4 pieces of yogurt covered peanuts

Today was a tough day, I had lots of opportunities to make bad choices and am so glad that I stayed strong! I even spent 3 hours in the car with an unopened can of diet coke next to me!! I though about going through a drive thru on the way home- but then I thought if I can’t be strong on day 2, how will I be strong on day 3 or 15? If I make bad choices today, I’ll make them everyday and end up stepping on the scale at Thanksgiving hating myself for failing AGAIN!

A few of you have requested the recipe for the walnut rolls that I make. I learned to make them years ago from my Sister-in-Law, Saskia. Enjoy!

Put the ingredients in the  bread maker in the order listed:

10oz warm water

2T olive oil

2 T dried milk

2 T brown sugar

4cups of flour (I use power flour- a mixture of brown rice flour, kamut flour, barley flour, and spelt flour) White works well, I’ve tried parts whole wheat without much success)

1.5 t salt

2.25 t yeast (not touching the salt)

1 cup of walnuts

Let the bread maker do it’s magic. Roll them into balls and bake them at 350 for 12-17 minutes.

So I’ve told many of you about my families weight loss challenge for 2009. In my attempt to win $500 on Thanksgiving (instead of lose $100) I am doing a 21 day cleanse. Drastic Results take Drastic Actions!! For 21 days I commit to eat as well as I possibly can (avoiding processed foods, simple carbohydrates, caffeine, alcohol, and limiting my fat & sugar intake,  beef, and dairy.) I will drink tons of water (at least 100oz a day) and exercise everyday (I’m aiming for 1000 minutes in 21 day!!) I’m using Trader Joe’ s Complete Body Cleanse to help my body detoxify. Wish me luck and willpower!!

8:00 vitamin, calcium, D3 and probiotics, 4 TJ Fiber Pills 3/4 cup of Muesli sweetened with  2T of dried Fruit and 2 T yogurt, 30 oz water

10:30 1 c butternut squash soup, 12 oz water

11:40 2 big handfuls of raw broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with 2T TJ’s tatziki 24 oz water

1:15 4 turkey meatballs with diced tomato 12 oz water

3:15 2 slices of dried mango and 4 walnuts 24 oz water (excellent I’m already at 102 oz of water today:)

5:30 1/2 cup butternut squash soup, 1/2 cup lentil stew, 2 cups salad with apple and carrot, 1 homemade walnut roll (30 oz water)

All I had at the business meeting was another 40-50 oz of water!

10:00 1 liver pill, 3 digestive pills, and 4 fiber pills (TJ Cleanse)  with another 20 oz of water

I did well for day 1…170oz water, and I’m very happy with how I ate. I didn’t have huge cravings and went to the bathroom less than usual

7:15 my usual cereal with 20 oz. water + vitamin, calcium, D3 and probiotics

9:45 2 carrots (a little less than 2 servings of veggies)

10:15 a cookie while shopping

11:30 leftover steak, shrimp, 1/2 c noodles and 1 c of edamame (2 servings of veggies), 2 piece of candy

2:30 apple and cheddar

5:45 butternut squash soup (2 servings of veggies), 2 small slices of baguette, 2 oz salmon, 1/2 cup edamame (1 serving of veggies)

almost 7 full servings of veggies

8:00 pb & j with 20 oz. water + vitamin, calcium, D3 and probiotics

9:30 apple

11:40 lentil stew with a slice of baguette

12:30 3 pieces of candy…

3:45 1/2 of a pork quesedilla on whole grain tortilla

6:00 steak, shrimp, noodles, edamame and salad. A small slice of homemade pumpkin pie

7:30 1 more piece of candy…