2 great lunches

Yum yum yum!

I found a couple of healthy frozen lunch options that I am in love with.

The lobster and cheese ravioli from healthy choice was absolutey amazing. I was so afraid that it would be fishy or tha the ovster wuld b disgusting but it was great. I’m not saying this rivals red lobster, in fact I wouldn’t have even known it was lobster if it wasn’t right on the package, either way ill be buying this one again.

I also really loved the meal I had today as well!

Lean cuisines asiago cheese totellini was really good! The cheese had a really good texture and the veggies were coked perfectly, I cooked mine for 6 and a haf minutes because I have no idea what my microwave wattage is and it was perfect. It was also one of the more filling meals I hae had lately and I didnthave any immediate cravings and even now, 2 hours later I am pretty full. Will be getting this one again!

Yes, yes I did lick my plate clean… hey, I counted those calories.

Now I know I can safely get these two and not go hungry the rest of the day!

Groceries & goals

So I have decided to make a few short term goals to keep me motivated and competitive with myself. I lost 14 pounds over the holidays and I know that it gets harder to loose as you go along so I am hoping to match that again by valentines day (: that would be a 30 pound loss since the beginning of the diet and I would love to feel really confident in a little black dress.

We also went shopping last night with the intention of filling the pantry with only healthy options so we won’t have a choice to eat anything but food that is good for us. I couldn’t believe how high the bill came to, almost $200. That is the most I have ever spent at a grocery store. !!! Wowsa !!! It will all be worth It when I get to go shopping for a new wardrobe though. 🙂

We bought a lot of low calorie munchie foods which will really help fill me up in between my low calorie meals. And I even got a pack of low fat CHOCOLATE pudding. I was obviously eyeballing them at the grocery store and e put them in the cart and told me just to add them into my calorie count and use them as a reward… it is already working. I am at lunch right now eyeballing some delicious cookies someone brought in from their new years party and turning them down successfully. Why have a cookie just because right now when I can reward myself with some chocolatey goodness tonight?? Chocolate trumps all other cravings.

Wish me luck on actually eatting and not wasting all this food
~k
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Username:kebrown73

Written from my cell phone, please forgive any mistakes my phone keyboard stinks. To be edited later. 

 

New years, new me :)

Hello!!

It is the first day of 2012 so of course everyone is choosing their new years resolutions. Mine are:

1. Live life to the fullest – I have been living a very safe and boring life in 2011. I get up, go to work, come home lounge, go to bed… and of course I made room for food in there.
2. laugh everyday – Sometimes it is really easy to get caught up on making money to pay the bills or cleaning up the house and getting things done I dont take enough time to laugh at the little things.
3. See my friends – it is so easy to come home and hang out with E and just do my own thing but I really miss seeing my friends, especially after seeing everyone at new years. I love spending time with E but I need to get dressed up and remember the girly side of me too!

You may notice that I didnt include loose weight in my resolutions. That is because it has been in my resolutions list for the past ten years. && obiosuly, it has not worked yet. I know that part of the reasons why I need to put 1 & 3 up on my resoltuions list is because I have been hiding from my life ashamed of my weight. I try not to go out or get dressed up because I do not want to draw attention to myself and feel so gross. All my friends are adorable and skinny and even though I love going out with them I still feel judged, not by them at all, but by other people that see us. Like I am just the token fat friend. I know that in order to live my life to the fullest and really go out with my friends without feeling akward I need to loose weight. I need to loose weight to be comfortable and satisfied with my life. That will be x10 more rewarding than the cheesecake or spaghetti that I am craving will ever be.

So what are your new year resolutions? Are you resolving to loose weight? If you do loose the weight what kind of impact will it have on your life?

Happy new year everyone!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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is it low cal because its gross and they know I won’t eat it?

Hello all,

Normally I am a huge fan of the top chef cafe steamers by healthy choice and they have been a staple in my lunch time diet routine. 250-350 calories a meal is excellent and usually they taste amazing… usually. Today I tried the new grilled chicken marsala one and was not a fan. The chicken and pasta were excellent as always but that’s where it stopped and where I stopped eatting. The sauce was pretty strong and had an asian influence which was not what I was expecting from marsala. But most importantly the asparagus was unedible. They were rock hard and chewy and no matter how many times I chewed I only succedded in flatening the stems not tearing them apart at all. Also the dish was 90% red peppers. Which is allright if you got a lot of chicken and pasta to add with it but I was left with lots of red peppers at the end of it all.

Believe it or not I actually ate a lot of red peppers and picked out a lot of the asparagus too!

Looking at the silver linning I supose I  counted more calories then I needed to for this meal 🙂 but I was left still hungry after lunch so I wen searching for a healthy snack and this is ha my willpower is up against

Yum!! Luckily the willpower is strong in this one and I setted for a cup of popped popcorn which equals out to only 25/30 calories. I did open up the box of cakes and smell them though, good thing calories don’t travel via scent 😮

What do you pack for lunch that is low calorie and gets yu through the day? Please let me know what you pack if you brown bag it, or if you take the easy way out like I do which brands/flavors have you found to be the best. (: would love to steal your tips and tricks.

~ k

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Guess who’s back, back again.

Hello all,

Sorry I have not been writting I did fall of the bandwagon there for a little bit but I am back! I started a new job that is the proverbial 9 to 5 and am set in a good eatting routine. I am still tring to break myself of late night munchies just because I am used to eatting dinner around 10p if not later thanks to my serving schedule.

I started dieting again the week before thanksgiving because of a conversation “e” and I had. We were discussing how the first of the year was coming up and how we would be of course making our anual let’s loose weight resolution. After some chitting and chatting we realized how obnoxious it is to choose a date when we would have to make a change for the rest of our lives. So, even though it was three biggest holidays of the year (thanksgiving, christmas and his birthday) we decided to get a kick start. I have actually lost 13 pounds so far with a little fluctuation on the weigh ins after the big days. But knowing that I can loose weight durring the biggest food season of the year is reallly a huge motivator for me. If I can loose 13 pounds while scarfing down turkeys and mashed potatoes then I can for sure loose weight if I make myself I priority the rest of the year too.

If you are on myfitnesspal.com please add me! I realy do enjoy being rooted on and would love to see what diet foods you enjoy. So far I have been focussing on calorie counting and realizing what a portion size is suppoed to be and need to be oppened up to some good recipees. My username is kebrown73.

my biggest splurge for he holidays were “e’s” moms mashed potatoes and gravy, yum! I love my carbs. Anyone else have a holiday treat or tradition they allowed themselves to enjoy guilt free?