Alright. I haven’t been updating. I know. Spring Break came (which was fantastic) and then I had a week to play a horrific catch up game as usual. BUT. I am happy to say I have lost 6 pounds and am actually feeling physically better.
I don’t know if I have updated you, but I have updated my diet. Before, I was loosely counting calories and just simply watching what I ate. It didn’t work as well as I had hoped. So, I changed it. I gave myself a 1200 calorie limit and nearly cut out all carbs. Nearly in this case means I only eat carbs before noon or close to it. Once it hits the evening I have carbs only if my calorie limit is under otherwise it is a no-no. On the weekends I eat whatever I want and do portion control. So, I eat that delicious triple cheese quesadilla, but only eat a third or half of it. If I do alcoholic beverages, I do not use high calorie mixers like cranberry juice or orange juice or I order red wine if I am feeling fancy and can afford it. Well, it worked! I am closer and closer to my weight and image (how I look in the mirror and like what I see) goals. A plus is that I actually have been thinking clearer.
Once last weekend hit I binged and ate everything in site. My stomach had shrank so I couldn’t eat it all but almost immediately afterwards I felt sluggish. Especially after breads and sweet breakfast starches. So, I quickly went back to clean eating on Sunday afternoon because I didn’t like that feeling! I guess that is an incentive. I promptly went to HEB to load up on some more spices to add variety to my diet. Like look at my fridge!
I then made lunch for Monday afternoon:
As you know, I am a morning person, but don’t like to cook breakfast. So, I ran to Pinterest like any other girl would do and found these breakfast sandwhiches that you make from scratch, freeze and reheat every morning just like Jimmy Dean sandwhiches. Well, I can tell you one thing: They turned out great!
I got my ingredients together…
Mixed them all together …
Placed them in a muffin pan…
Took everything out of the oven
Laid out the sandwiches to be made.
Toasted them on the griddle
And packaged them up and froze them! DONE! They are about 300 calories and taste GREAT.
So, overall I feel great and am keeping pretty consistent! All is good in the world. Let’s just hope I can lose more.
Over and out.