Sunday Weigh In #65

Sunday, July 26, 2015-196.0

Wow, I've lost 34 pounds! I'll take it! Since I've focused on lifestyle change, I know I'll never go back to the way I used to eat!

I Can Eat That

The latest...fried zucchini!

I go through spurts with blogging. I LOVE my blog. I love that it reminds me where I've been and helps keep me focused. That's why I started it way back in January of 2012. I think I tend to write more when things are going well. Things are going well. :)

I had a good week of struggling to get back under 1450. Failing provides me information and then my next step is always trying to solve the fail. Failing is simply more information to help me grow.

I'm really happy with my breakfast and lunch, but currently I fall apart around 3pm through dinner. This is the fail I need to work on right now.

I'm always surprised when my process takes a new direction. Right now, I'm getting bored with my bagged chipotle salad and spicy turkey chili. I'm still loving my breakfast (steel-cut oats) and lunch (my daily salad), I'm not connecting with anything delicious for the 3pm snack or dinner.

What to do?

So today I'm looking for some new (or old) ideas and also found a way to keep track of previous meals that I loved. Eating more beans is always a good idea, so I might bring back the crazy delicious Chicken Tender Taco Salad. I always love eating THAT!

I've been enjoying telling myself "I can eat that". My philosophy is I can eat whatever I want, I just need to stay within the confines of my calorie limit. I had Doritos for dinner the other night, they were delicious. I must admit, that was my first Doritos dinner and it might be my last. But I was glad that I can eat those!

Eating Now: Daily Salad

My Daily Salad July 2015

When I first started eating a salad every day, I spent a lot of time experimenting. My daily salad has been the same for years, but I tweak it every now and then. Right now it's only 275 calories. I've tried to make it bigger, but it's too much. Sometimes I eat a chicken tender with it.

What's out:
-hard boiled egg

What's in:
-goldfish crackers (10g) and cottage cheese

This photo was taken before I started adding the crackers and cheese this spring. YUM!

Sunday Weigh In #64

Sunday, July 19, 2015-197.8

I have been taking my Sunday Weigh In photos all year (except I forgot last Sunday's!) but haven't been posting them.

I'm trying to simplify my life and I have a conundrum. My iPhone doesn't capture the digital scale at all. Sometimes, if I use the flash, it works, but most often, it is just a bright purple screen and doesn't display the numbers. That means in order to post a photo of the scale, I have to use my other camera and download from the stick. This is just too cumbersome as the latch is broken and I have to remove the electrical tape which holds it closed.  I've been doing this for quite sometime, but now that I have the phone, I see how inefficient the other way is when I just want the quick pic.

So I think I'm going to make it simple and make my own graphic for weigh-ins from now on.

I don't know how I'm going to like it.

It's ugly, but it works for now.

Losing Coach Online

My hydrangea when it was starting out this year.

Something really good happened.

Last May, I attended at workshop in California for Losing Coach. Of the nine principles the Lord gave me, I consider Losing Coach, the 10th principle for my weight loss journey. I have been implementing it since I returned home last May.

I haven't talked much about it because you really have to experience the workshop for yourself. The closest workshops over the past year have been in Ohio. That's a bit of a drive. :)

Well, Losing Coach is now online!

Last May when I attended, I weighed 217 and today I weigh just under 200ish. So I've lost about 20 pounds in a year. That sounds like such a small number and such a big long time. But I must remind myself, YES, I've lost 20 pounds (really, really slowly), but lost it is!

I feel like now that they are online, I can share more about it because I have a place to refer anyone who asks me about my weight loss. It has helped me tremendously, no, it has made all the difference!

I'm really looking forward to reviewing all the material I forgot over the past year!

Eating Now: Breakfast

No cook steel-cut oats for breakfast!

I've decided I want to keep a record of my favorite meals. I didn't realize that I go through cycles where I find something wonderful, eat it and then get tired of it. I'd like to come back to some of that deliciousness, so welcome some new posts..."What I'm Eating Now:".

This meal was inspired by Dr Fuhrman in either his cookbook or The End of Diabetes. When I read that he soaks steel-cut oats in liquid (no cook!) and stores in the refrigerator, my heart sparked "that's something that would be easy to do everyday"! So I tried it. Here's what I do:

NO-COOK STEEL-CUT OATMEAL BREAKFAST:
-glass dish with lid
-40g uncooked steel-cut oats
-100g unsweetened almond milk

I make a few of these at a time (twice a week) and store in the frig. Every morning, I pop the lid and put in the microwave for 60 seconds. When it's warm, I toss it on the scale and add:
-5g dried blueberries (Trader Joe's)
-7g chopped pecans (Trader Joe's)
-30g heavy whipping cream

This is fantastically EASY, I look forward to it and it's deliciously satisfying. I love the chewiness of the oats and the sweetness of the berries, the crunch of the pecans and the creaminess of the cream. What a great meal for me!

Previous variations:
dried cherries + walnuts
fresh blueberries + walnuts
fresh raspberries + walnuts

Tune the Temple Christian Weight Loss ECourse

These lilies are done now, but they were stunning!

I finally finished the online course from Tune the Temple! I don't remember if I've blogged about it, but Cathy offers an online course on intentional/intuitive eating.

I would highly recommend this Christian weight loss course to anyone wanting to overcome emotional eating and receive encouragement in their journey! Cathy has been so very caring and I'm grateful for what I've learned!

She has a wonderful weight loss method related to natural boundaries of hungry and full to help people lose weight. It is where I plan to end up, eating intuitively, but for now, I'm getting good results with counting calories.

Thank you Cathy for all you've done for me!