Busy, busy, busy

Wow, I've been so busy that I forgot to post. I never expected that!

This week's loss was 0.8 pounds. I've been eating a bit less so I'm guessing that's where my loss came from.

No workouts yet. I've been a lazy boob ALL weekend.

Hey, guess what? I've lost 6.8 pounds since I've started this. 6 pounds in four months is pretty pitiful, if you ask me. But it's almost 10 pounds and that's got me pretty stoked.

Challenge?

I think I'm going to try and make it 10 pounds by next weigh in. That's only 3.2 pounds. I haven't been losing much, so I know I can totally do this.

Weekend Damage

Saturday
Breakfast: soup, arepa
Lunch: pasta w/ tuna, tostones
Dinner: Hibachi - fried rice, shrimp, chicken, salad, soup
In-between: strawberry ice-cream bar, 1/4 chocolate muffin

Workout: 30 min. on the elliptical

Sunday
Breakfast: small slice of pizza
Lunch: roasted potatoes, pork chops with Dijon herb sauce, spinach and strawberry salad with poppy seed dressing, 2 crescents (I made lunch and it all came out yummy!)
Dinner: Taco Bell - taco supreme, nachos supreme, 1/4 boyfriends pan pizza
In-betweens: chocolate donut

Workout: None

As you can see, my weekend was a whirlwind of food. I believe that is why I only had a loss of 1 pound for this week. I know it could have been way more, but I did start eating a lot on Friday and my workouts weren't consistent. But the good thing is, I'm going in the right direction on the scale. And that's all I have to say about that.

This week's challenge:

1. Workout out 4 times this week. Workouts must be an hour long.
2. Only have ONE cheat day. I had to lay down the law with my boyfriend. There is no way I'm going to lose weight with eating out every time, all the time on the weekends.

Challenge: Day 1

Monday
Breakfast: oatmeal, apple
I was thisclose to messing up my week. I was running late and didn't have time to make breakfast. On my way into work, I was thinking I would just stop somewhere to pick something up (read: french toast sticks from Burger King). But I held fast, and just decided to eat what I had brought for lunch and then grab a salad at the grocery store. Thank you Lord Jesus, that there was a packet of oatmeal in my desk. I added a cut up apple to the mix and I was good to go.

Lunch: rice, hamburger (meat only), potato and veggie salad

In between: I had a tangerine but ended up throwing it out because it tasted scary; I was starving when I got home, so I had 2 slices of turkey

Dinner: rice, lentils, hamburger (meat only) (thank God they are finished!!), avocado

Dessert: piece of pineapple cake

Drumroll, please:
Workout: 30 minutes on the elliptical (I'm awesome, right?) I have really missed sweating buckets.

So my Monday was pretty good. Screw it, it was freaking awesome! I'm so glad I didn't eat junk food or fast food and that I got my workout in.

I am totally feeling this song right now. It made it onto my workout playlist and has so far been awesome. By the way, this vid isn't the official video, just a fan-made one.


Head on over here for a little giveaway. Actual Scale has lost 50 pounds and is celebrating by giving away a $50 Amazon gift card. Go over and show her some love!!

Saturday & Sunday

Saturday
Breakfast: Snickers Ice-cream bar, finished off the cookie dough candies
Lunch: Mondongo (the Colombian variety)
Dinner: some more soup
Movie snacks: handful of raisinettes, handful of bacon cheddar chips

Sunday
Breakfast: scrambled egg, toast
Lunch: split chili cheese fries, double steakburger from Steak'n'Shake with the boyfriend, plus a chocolate shake
Dinner: TBD

I should have never had the chocolate shake. I am super full now (and I feel super gross).

Eek! That was a lot of junk food. But that is how my weekends typically go. Must be stronger, must say no to junk food.

Weigh-in was this morning. I am up on the scale (surprise, surprise) but I am still under 260. I have to look on the bright side of things, but it's getting more and more difficult. I think it's time for a Challenge!!

This week's challenge
-Absolutely no junk/fast food during the week
-Eat all planned meals
-Only 1 cheat meal this week (date night with the boyfriend)
-30 minutes on the elliptical...e v e r y day this week.

Do you think I can pull it off???

P.S. I lost a follower =(. I guess my gross eating habits are turn-off. Oh well, whaddaya gon' do?

A really bad week

Bad, as in no workouts and pretty much stuffing my face silly.

Only 2 days of exercising. I don't know if it's the cold weather or me just being lazy but I didn't find it in my heart to get on my elliptical machine the rest of the week. sigh But I'm going to challenge myself again....at least 30 minutes on the elliptical EVERY DAY THIS WEEK!

My eating was really bad. Lots of candy and junk. This week, I'm going to try getting back on track. And it won't be too hard because I'm really broke so I can't spend money on junk food or fast food. But I also can't get groceries until this weekend, so I don't have a lot of healthy options (or any, for that matter). We'll see how I fare this week.

With all that being said, the scale read 260.6 this morning. Down 0.4 pounds. But I'd rather not count it because I've already been 260.6. It'll be a real, true loss when I'm in the 250's again. Gosh, I can't wait to be there.

Found this little doozy in the November issue of Cooking Light. Again, I don't normally try out recipes from this magazine because they call for lots of ingredients (and sometimes too pricey for me). But I had everything on hand to try this one out. And it came out AWESOME.

Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Topping:
Cooking spray
1/3 c packed brown sugar
2 T butter
6 oz. fresh or frozen, thawed cranberries

Cake:
6.75 ounces (or about 1.5 c) all purpose flour
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 c sugar
1/2 c butter, softened
2 large egg yolks
1 t vanilla
1/2 c 1% milk
2 large egg whites

Preheat oven to 350.
For the topping: Coat a 9" round cake pan with cooking spray. (I don't have a round pan, so I used a square one) Heat brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. (I, for the life of me, could not get this right. So all I did was melt down 1/3 cup of white sugar and used that as my glaze) Pour sugar mixture into prepared cake pan tilting pan to coat bottom evenly. Arrange cranberries evenly over sugar mixture. (I couldn't find cranberries at the supermarket, so I used frozen raspberries)
For the cake: Combine flour, baking powder, and salt ; stir with a whisk. Beat sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until well blended and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form using clean, dry beaters. Gently fold egg whites into the batter. Spoon batter over the cranberries, spreading evenly. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. (For some reason the second time I made this, it came out a bit dry. I don't know why since I did everything exactly the same as that first time. So you may want to keep an eye on it) Cool in pan for 15 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan with a narrow metal spatula. Place serving plate upside down on top of cake and invert the cake pan onto the plate. Let stand 5 minutes and remove the pan. Serve warm.

Yields 12 servings

Back to reality

Actually, I was back to reality on Wednesday, but I am just getting to post.

The trip was FUN. There wasn't a lot of sightseeing like there usually is because I really just wanted to spend time with my family. We did end up going to Universal City Walk to walk around and shop. We also tried a couple of new restaurants. We ate out tons! All in all it was a very relaxing, mellow trip.

But like I said before, back to reality.

When I weighed myself on Wednesday, the scale was still at 264. Hmmm? I did eat lots of food, but did I do lots of walking and exercise to come out even? I don't really remember. But if that's what the scale said, then it is what it is.

Before I left LA, I made a deal with my brother and sister. We could all benefit from losing some poundage so I challenged them to a sort of Biggest Loser contest. We would see who can lose the most weight by December 1st. The prize? 500 bucks from my mom. I think I could blow my sis and bro out of the water so that money is as good as mine!!! I still have to work out a plan on how I'm going to lose the weight, but I know I can really do this.

On a sadder note, I weigh 2 pounds more than my brother. What's this world coming to?