Yay!! I got back in action today at the gym!! It makes me so happy to have been back after almost 2 weeks of no gym. I did 2.5 miles on the bike, 105 regular crunches, 50 straight leg crunches, ball twists and 10 laps in the lap pool, we were kind of short on time today so I had to condense my workout! I feel amazing tho!!! I've lost 30 pounds now!! People always ask me how I'm doing it and I tell them, just lots of hard work and determination! I'm not taking any pills or any appetite suppressors or drinking any weight loss drinks, I'm just working out and watching my portion sizes on my meals and drinking LOTS of water; I average about ten 8oz cups a day. People also ask if I quit eating out and the answer to that is, no...Trey and I love eating out, especially Mexican, but we both do our part and watch how much we eat, what we order and we always substitute corn tortillas instead of flour tortillas.
Okay, as you can tell, I love food! I love to cook it, eat it, smell it, whatever..lol. Tonight we are barbecuing some pork steaks and some brats, yum!! I'm sure we will have lots of leftovers. But here is another favorite of mine from the grill...
Grilled Greek Chicken Skewers with whole wheat pitas -
2 chicken breasts, sliced thin into bite size pieces (grill the chicken on skewers)
low fat greek vinaigrette salad dressing
whole wheat pita bread
large tomato, diced
large cucumber, diced
small red onion, diced
Pour dressing over chicken and put in fridge to marinate for 30 minutes. Grill chicken or cook over stove...grilled gives that nice smokiness :) If grilling, grill for about 15 minutes over medium heat.
Once cooked, serve skewers of chicken in pitas with cucumber, tomatoes and red onion. Also have extra dressing out, for those who like more :)
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Huge Week!!
This has been such a big week!! I have not had a chance to post until today! Trey worked on Monday til noon, then we loaded up and headed off to Branson for a mini vacation type trip; it was great, we started out Monday with going to the shanghai circus, with amazing Chinese acrobats!! Then Tuesday, we got some rest and then went to Ripley's Believe it or Not and spent a good hour and a half to two hours walking around taking pictures and just having fun, went to Starbucks and got some drinks, then we went to the Rib Crib and ate with my mom and her fiancee and his best friend...food was yummy!!! After dinner, Brandon, my mom, Trey and I went miniature golfing and had a blast!! Brandon and I each got a hole in one, and the scores were so close...mom and Brandon each got 52, I got 53 and Trey got a 65 (mind you, Trey and I have not been mini golfing in years!!). Then we headed back to our condo and wouldn't you know it, there was a fire alarm going off for almost a freaking hour!! It didn't get shut off til almost 11p.m., needless to say, i was pretty upset, especially since we had to get up at 5 a.m. the next day; I got very little sleep that night.
And now we are going to jump to Wednesday morning(after no sleep)!! The BIG day for my mom and Brandon, it was great, we got dressed, got some pictures taken and then headed off to the little church at Silver Dollar City in Branson, the church was so cool, it was a real church that was over 160 years old and still had the original roof and floor, unfortunately, the walls had been damaged in previous storms and had to be replaced. But there it was, 8:30 in the morning and my mom was getting married!! They both read their own vows they had each written to each other and were going to start a life together as man and wife, it was so romantic and so sweet, I cried a little, just knowing that a chapter in her (my mom) life had ended and was closed and there was a new one beginning. I think they are perfect for each other and I know that Brandon loves my mom more then anything, he was there through some hard times, like when she had to have a hysterectomy and almost died on the operating table, he was there for me(and her), he really helped me through that, I thought I was going to lose my mom and he stayed with me and talked and just let me cry my eyes out. Enough about that, even now, still brings tears to my eyes.
The rest of the say at SDC was great!! We went on water rides together and the boys got to ride roller coasters to their hearts content!! Mom and I just walked around and talked and hung out and let the boys be boys, lol. We closed the park down, and then headed back to our condos and passed out!! It was a long, but wonderful day!! Thursday brought a lot of sleep and packing for Trey and I to head home, but we did go to the Dixie Stampede with my parents before we left, and that show was great too!! We got home sometime after midnight and were so happy to see our kitties were okay, we spent friday recovering from being tired and let the dogs recover from having too much fun at Happy Tails.
In closing, even with all the food we ate, we still got a lot of exercise walking around a lot and I still lost a two pounds!! So I can go new places and still lose weight, its just a matter of eating the right portions and staying active.
And now we are going to jump to Wednesday morning(after no sleep)!! The BIG day for my mom and Brandon, it was great, we got dressed, got some pictures taken and then headed off to the little church at Silver Dollar City in Branson, the church was so cool, it was a real church that was over 160 years old and still had the original roof and floor, unfortunately, the walls had been damaged in previous storms and had to be replaced. But there it was, 8:30 in the morning and my mom was getting married!! They both read their own vows they had each written to each other and were going to start a life together as man and wife, it was so romantic and so sweet, I cried a little, just knowing that a chapter in her (my mom) life had ended and was closed and there was a new one beginning. I think they are perfect for each other and I know that Brandon loves my mom more then anything, he was there through some hard times, like when she had to have a hysterectomy and almost died on the operating table, he was there for me(and her), he really helped me through that, I thought I was going to lose my mom and he stayed with me and talked and just let me cry my eyes out. Enough about that, even now, still brings tears to my eyes.
The rest of the say at SDC was great!! We went on water rides together and the boys got to ride roller coasters to their hearts content!! Mom and I just walked around and talked and hung out and let the boys be boys, lol. We closed the park down, and then headed back to our condos and passed out!! It was a long, but wonderful day!! Thursday brought a lot of sleep and packing for Trey and I to head home, but we did go to the Dixie Stampede with my parents before we left, and that show was great too!! We got home sometime after midnight and were so happy to see our kitties were okay, we spent friday recovering from being tired and let the dogs recover from having too much fun at Happy Tails.
In closing, even with all the food we ate, we still got a lot of exercise walking around a lot and I still lost a two pounds!! So I can go new places and still lose weight, its just a matter of eating the right portions and staying active.
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