Breakfast Lovers Listen up!

I LOVE BREAKFAST! Could have eat Breakfast Brunch and Brinner (thank you Scrubs!) EVERYDAY!

Lately I have been missing my Fluffy Buttery Pancakes and Syrup Drenched French Toast! But today I discovered something that satisfied that craving!

French Toast & Strawberries

Dice 3-4 large Strawberries and let marinate in 1 tbsp of Agave Nectar

Take 2 pieces of Sara Lee's 45 Calories and Delightful Wheat Bread

Egg & Water (beaten)

dip the bread in the mixture and cook.

Spread Brummell and Brown Yogurt Spread Evenly

(I don't know why I haven't shared this tasty little tid bit with you yet. Butter lovers try it! You will LOVE it! only 45 calories and 1/2 the fat of other butters!)

Top with Strawberries!

YUM YUM! Your looking at about 280 calories!

I know you've probably all try something like this before but I don't care! It made my morning! So I'm sharing it!

PS Ever tried peanut butter banana tortilla (whole wheat/carb balanced tortilla)? Sounded gross at first but I gotta tell ya I'm a believer! Makes a GREAT snack!

VERY Filling. Tip: warm the tortilla for about 5-10 seconds.

Weaknesses

Alrighty! Here is the situation. I HAVE GOT to quite it with the cookies. The freezer situation helped for a bit but now I LIKE the way frozen cookie dough tastes! What the what is wrong with me!?? It is out of control I'm not talking one or two cookies. Today I ate 5! I have GOT to gain control of this situation! So I had Aaron throw out the cookie dough and I have am vowing right here right now: NO MORE COOKIES OR COOKIE DOUGH until the last 5 Lbs are GONEZO!

~sigh~

That feels good to get out!

What is your weakness and how are you kicking it!?

Please share! I need to hear that someone else is dealing with something similar! :)

Water Water Water

So I LOVE water! LOVE IT! But sometimes it can get a little boring right? I love Crystal Light, anyone else? But even still sometimes I am bored. Until I added ice...yes ICE! I've been making frozen drinks with my Magic Bullet. A packet of Crystal Light, ice & water and VA LA! My own frozen lemonade! I know it sounds lame but it makes this stay at home mom feel a little bit fancier!

That is my tidbit for the day!

Odd and Ends-Basically playing catch up

First off sorry for the long pause there. I really didn't mean to leave you hangin. Things have been going well. I finally figured out how to kick my chocolate chip cookie addiction. You see when I make cookies I hate to waste them. So I used to put the dough in the fridge and then slowly eat it all. NOT GOOD! Anyway I decided that from now on every time I make a batch I either give them all away or I freeze the batch. This prevents me from feeling like they will be wasted and I can still have one or two every so often. Does that make sense?

I know some of you are wondering about these last 5-7 lbs. I am trying really hard and have made some progress ESPECIALLY after adjusting my caloric intake. Still my body is holding tight. I really do believe that I may not lose it until I stop nursing-does that sound like a cop out? I am still trying with all of my might to shed it! :)

So tomorrow I start my 5th week of Jillian Michaels 6 week Abs!

Total KIlLER! I LOVE IT! I did level one for 3 weeks. Along with the 35 min workout I did 20mins of JM's Banish Fat or JM's Trouble Zones! My abs are better than they've ever been! No I don't have a six pack YET but Im not finished :) Level 2 is a WHOLE other animal! It took me a week to adjust to the intensity level. Saturday I began to add my 20 mins of other DVDs. It's rough and when I finish I'm dripping with sweat! Love that feeling!

PS I LOVE that I can mix and make JM's DVDs! A few circuits of BF and a few circuits of TZ! SO Diverse!

So many of you know that I like to try out new calorie counter apps (Livestrong.com, FatSecret.com, SparkPeople.com, etc.). A few of you have told me about MyFitnessPal.com. So this past week I decided to give her a try.

Features I LOVE:

I LOVE the selection of foods! I feel like it has EVERYTHING!

Love that you can have friends to support

LOVE the nutrients breakdown

I do still find myself missing my SparkPeople (I miss my reports, I miss the ease of adding my recipes, etc). I really do like MyFitnessPal in fact if I end up going back to SparkPeople I will probably keep the other on my iPod because of it's extensive list of foods. I'll give it a another week.

New favorite snack:

Special K Cracker Chips

Yes, the do taste a little like styrofoam but they kick my chip cravings FOR SURE! LOVE IT!

New favorite app:

Dinner Spinner from Allrecipes.com

I'm totally excited to try the recipes I found over the weekend. Any time I can get quick easy healthy recipes I am happy!

Sorry to cram so much into one post! I have been trying to get on and get stuff posted but life just got busy (and blogger was busted). I missed you all and hope that your journeys are going well! :)

REMEMBER: If at first you don't succeed TRY TRY again! Changing your lifestyle, eating habits, workout habits, thinking habits, is HARD! The real challenge is JUST NOT GIVING UP! You can make this change!

Adjustments and THANK YOU!

Ok so today is April 28th! This means that in one month from today my little girl will be ONE YEAR old!!I can't believe it! But it also means that my personal deadline to be at my goal weight is QUICKLY approaching! And to be honest my progress has kind of plateaued. I am still working my fanny off six days a week but I am not seeing any progress on the scale. I know my love of Easter candy is part of the reason but there had to be more. I haven't adjusted my caloric intake for months! So I was looking over my calorie journal yesterday and realized that it needed some adjusting--anytime you can eat 3 healthy meals, 2 healthy snacks, peeps and a cadbury egg and still remain in your calorie goal! I think you may have TOO much wiggle room. So this morning I jumped on freedieting.com and re calculated my caloric intake as well as carbs, proteins, & fats. I am going to buckle down! It's crunch time! I've got 5-7 more lbs to lose and I can't just throw in the towel now! If you have ANY motivating words this is the time to post em! :) Thanks for everything!

Can I just say that I LOVED your comments on my last post! It is SO great to hear from you! Keep it up and don't be shy! To be honest comments are kind of a pay day for me. It gives me motivation to post because I feel like people actually care!

YOUR TURN!

Alright, I have to be honest when I started this blog I kind of wanted it to be more of a forum. A place where we can all share and support one another but for months and months now I've been going on and on! Getting comments here and there is okay but I want to hear more from you! It's YOUR TURN! So here is your chance to share with me! I need some inspiration from YOU! Post a comment and tell me how your weight loss is going? What are your reasons for living a fit and healthy lifestyle? Why do you read this blog and how can I make it better!?

I SURE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU! :)

Some Great NEW finds!

So I have found and fallen in love with a few new things.

First Sara Lee 45 Calories & Delicious Wheat Bread!

YUM! I LOVE a good turkey sandwich but always hated how many calories JUST the bread was! NO need to worry anymore! This bread is just 45 cals a SLICE! It is yummy too! Nice and soft!

Next is Wishbone Ranch Dressing Spritzer!

I LOVE salad but I have to have dressing I can't eat a dry salad. In the past it's been hard to find a yummy low cal dressing but not anymore! This dressing is just 2 calories a spritz! And it tastes good!