Hi friends! Today is our first (and hopefully only) snow day. We are all home staying inside and enjoying the warmth of our cozy home. As of today I am down 21.6 lbs. I am so proud of myself! I have stayed strong and kept losing even with go out to eat and making one or two bad food choices. As Dr. Oz would say, I guess I had a "faturday"!
The last time I posted I was concerned about going out of town and eating poorly. As it turned out there was only one real yucky experience. We were in Dallas so before heading home we had dinner at Spring Creek BBQ. Brian and I love this place. They have these rolls (that will be served in Heaven) to die for. This is the thing about having foods that aren't so good for you- if you say to yourself, oh, I'll only have just one- that turns into two or three, but if you don't allow yourself to have any then its not a temptation. Perhaps I should listen to my own advice. Those rolls got the best of me. :) However even after eating poorly at that dinner, I still continued to loose.
As I posted previously for every 10 lbs down I get to add a charm to my bracelet. I now have ONE charm on my bracelet right now. It has a cross on one side and the word "believe" on the other. Subtly appropriate I thought. If I believe in myself I can do anything. Right?
This weekend I made this lovely recipe that you MUST try! Go to the Hungry Girl website (www.hungrygirl.com) and type in BBQ Bacon Shrimp. It's also in the 200 Under 200 cookbook. (I love HER, I promise I'm not endorsed by her, but maybe I should be!) Anyway you make this bbq sauce, take 1/2 slice of bacon, coat it in the bbq sauce, wrap it around a shrimp and cook it in the oven for a few minutes. YUM! and only about 30 calories per shrimp.
On Wednesday I am headed with Natalie, Andrew, Brenden, and I are headed to Memphis to spend some time with my family. My Mom has always cooked well and healthy, so I'm not really worried about gaining weight with the food choices, but need to be really religious about writing down what I am eating and pay attention to portion sizes. Hopefully I'll continue losing.
I'm very excited about my progress and the clothing I am fitting into again. I am already back in prepregnancy before Andrew sized tops and my bottoms are prepregnancy before Brenden but loose. I don't think I'm ready to be in the next size down yet but it won't be long. :)
Until next time. . . happy healthy living!
