Tuesday- It's a new beginning!

This is the day everything has to change. This is what I have planned for the day. Follow along, post your views, thoughts, experiences. I want to tweet my progress. Follow along on twitter. Their app makes it so easy.

Day One
Wake up at 6:15 am.

6:45 to 7:15 workout - Did you know that a walking boot makes a great leg weight? Low aerobic doesn’t mean you can’t do strength training and stretching.

7:45 Breakfast – 1 graham cracker with 1 tablespoon low fat all natural peanut butter and 1 serving chocolate protein smoothie. I use about 6 ice cubes to 8 ounces nonfat milk and amount of protein powder that is required to make one serving.

10:30 Snack – 1 small apple with one serving of pepper jack cheese (about 100 calories)

12:30 Lunch – 1 spicy chicken taco in 2 corn tortillas with lettuce, red onion, tomato, 1 ounce grated low fat cheese. Mash together 1 cup canned black beans, 1/8 tsp ground chili powder, 1/8 tsp ground cumin, 1 tbsp lime juice, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro. Top with 1 tablespoon Fage total 0% plain yogurt.

3:30 Snack – ½ cup cottage cheese with 1 cup fresh fruit

5:00 Snack - 1 grapefruit with Truvia, optional

7:30 Dinner – 5 ounces flank steak, stir fried peppers onions and broccoli, 1 small baked potato with 1 teaspoon smart balance spread and 1 tablespoon Fage total 0% plain yogurt and salt and pepper.

10:00 Bedtime – Good night!

Tomorrow will be better. See you didn’t have to starve yourself. Make sure that you eat everything tomorrow. You should drink 8 ounces of water with each meal and snack tomorrow. This will help you feel full and help with the weight loss.

Until Tomorrow! Monica

Beginning to eat more healthy...

I have been gaining weight lately. Partially because my right leg is in a walking boot. So getting on or off a bike is a potentially hazardous feat. I was able to walk about 2 miles on Saturday and the weather was amazing. I love the fall and it is a time that I am more easily motivated. So I am going to lose the weight I have gained. I learned about 10 years ago how to eat everything you want and still lose weight. The whole answer to this is eat every two hours. Learn to read a label,choose whole foods and cut out the processed convenience foods. Enough is enough... If you would like to follow along or join in; you can post your comments each day of the next month as I begin to lose all this weight.

Breakfast is the most important meal! See you in the morning.

more reception food pictures

the last of the food buffet pictures. We also used it for a linger longer at church for Father's Day! Bonus...

Wedding Reception

I had the pleasure of providing the food for a wedding reception at church this past weekend. Chie, Of course I couldn't do it without a little help with my friends. Thanks gals for all you do to support the sisters and members in our ward. You are the sisters that are blessed in the Lord's work. Billie Robinson and Grant Adams were married. I gave them a simple but really great buffet of fresh foods. They are really great and I love and respect them so much. Best of luck and we love you guys.

Why it is?

Why is it that I am finally in a size 5 Juniors pants and I still feel like I am a whale. Maybe it was all that birthday food I just had to eat...

Krystan's 14th Birthday

Whew! Time sure does travel fast when you are having fun! I love you Krystan. It was worth everthing to have such a wonderful and fun loving daughter. I hope you enjoyed your Minute to Win it Birthday Party. Next year something really simple would be nice...I haven't worked that hard in a while... LOVE YA!

Memorial Day Weekend at the Beach with Family

This past weekend my family and my sisters family went to the beach. I love being 7 miles from Okaloosa Island. It is such a nice relaxing day when I can sit on the beach and read a book under my Sunbrella.