"One"derland

I'm in "One"derland!!!

If you have never watched The Biggest Loser, you may not know what that is. "One"derland means that you have finally made it to being under 200 lbs. 

I weighed myself this past Thursday morning and the scale read 197 lbs, which means I am FINALLY under 200 lbs and have reached my first big goal!!! I am not at my ultimate goal, but achieving this goal is HUGE for me! I cannot remember the last time I was under 200 lbs and never actually thought that I would ever be there again. It's a little hard to believe I actually am there now.

I have been pushing myself a little bit harder in my workouts and cleaning up my eating a bit more. I cut back on doing as much snacking in between meals and I really try to not eat after 7 or 8 PM. I slipped up once this week but got back on track the next morning! Learning how to shake off a bad day and keep moving forward has made a huge difference. I use to have a bad day and just give up, but I have really been pushing myself to stop giving up. I still have my struggles but I don't let it keep me down.

I am aiming at getting down to 150 lbs because I think that is a healthy weight for me. I have 47 more lbs to lose to reach that goal. While I am working on losing those 47 lbs, I want to focus on building up my strength and toning my body. Currently, I don't go to a gym. I mainly do all my workouts at home and alone. Also, I have been trying to cook more and plan my meals out. I would love to go full organic but I simply cannot afford it. I have tried researching different tips and strategies on fitting an organic lifestyle in with a small budget. It's stressful and challenging, but I am trying. I don't think I'm going to get any higher income anytime soon so I'm still going to be working with the same small budget, but hopefully I can work out a strategy to fit a more organic lifestyle within my budget.

Weekly Workout 

This past week I tried out Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown. I wasn't great at it but I did try my best. The rest of my workouts were kind of on my own. 

Weekly Recipes

1. Egg Scramble with spinach, kale, garlic, onion, jalapeno, Italian seasoning, cayenne pepper, paprika and olive oil. Bowl of frozen blueberries and coconut milk.

2. Tropical Salad with papaya, pineapple, mango, 1 kiwi, 1 sliced up banana, and coconut milk.

3. Baked Fiesta Chicken with Kiwi Jalapeno Salsa
*For the chicken I just used Olive Oil and Fiesta Lime Blend from Mrs. Dash on it and baked it.
*Salsa recipe here http://www.theblackpeppercorn.com/2013/03/kiwi-jalapeno-salsa/
*I saw another recipe where they added mango to the salsa too.

4. Egg Scramble 2
Same as 1 but with tomatoes added and no blueberries on the side

5. Sweet Potato "Fries" with Avocado Dip
*recipe here http://www.shutterbean.com/2013/spicy-sweet-potato-fries-w-avocado-dip/ 
*For the "fries" I added cumin. Also, I didn't use Hot Sauce in the dip. I added Fiesta Lime Blend and Cilantro to the dip.

6. Egg "Pancake" with Veggie Toppings (pretty much like making an omelette but I left it flat like a pancake and added the veggies on top - you can choose to add whatever veggies you want)

Others (not pictured)
- Tropical Smoothie (papaya, mango, pineapple, kiwi, banana, spinach, coconut milk, chia seeds)
- Turkey Spinach Salad with an apple (turkey, Spinach, olive oil, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning) 

- Blue-Flax Coconut Smoothie (blueberries, banana, coconut milk, flaxseed, chia seed, coconut oil)

- Avacado Banana Smoothie (avacado, banana, coconut milk, almonds)

*Some of these don't have measurements b/c I didn't follow a recipe. I kind of just eyeballed and guesstimated.