Three Weeks Down

Can't believe how fast time is flying.  It seems like only yesterday I was starting Insanity.  Now Labor Day weekend is coming up, and my birthday at the end of September.  I am hoping to be down below 180 by then.  That is going to be my goal anyways.  To be turning 34 and be down to 179.  I haven't weighed that much since probably my junior year of high school.

I really want to get there.  I think I can, considering that I lost 10 lbs in the first month of P90X.  I think 10 lbs in the second month is an acceptable goal.  Although I am still having doubts sneaking in.  Saying what if I can't, what then.  I guess I just keep going, and be proud of whatever I did get down to in a month.  I guess I'll always have that little voice in my head.  But that doesn't mean I can't prove it wrong!

Going to try something different for dinner tonight, mashed cauliflower.  One of the girls I used to work with told me she made it all the time and they were fantastic.  So we shall see how that goes.  Got a huge head of cauliflower to make it with.  Hopefully we will have leftovers!  Sounds like something you would want the next day as well.  If it goes well, I'll post my recipe in the next couple days or so.

I Earned It

I got my Insanity T-shirt today.  I was so excited when I opened the mailbox and realized what could be in the package.  I almost ripped it open right there on the street.  But I did show some restraint, and waited til I got in the house.  Had to take a pic right away though, and send it to hubby to  gloat!  He didn't fill out the form yet, so he doesn't have one.  We are going to do his stuff tonight so he can have a shirt as well.  I think he is pretty jealous though!!

So here it is.  Took all the willpower I had to make dinner first and not start plastering the internet with photos.

August 22, 2012

Tonight for dinner we had Bacon Wrapped Chicken Shish Kabobs.  They were pretty good.  You take chicken marinated in a little bit of red wine vinegar, and low sodium soy sauce.  Marinate for in fridge.  About 20 min before assembling kabobs, throw in pineapple chunks and mushrooms.  Boil some bacon for 5 min (yeah sounds and looks nasty, but turns out better in the end).  Then ready to assemble.  Take small piece of jalapeño put on chicken then "wrap" with a small piece of bacon.  Then put on skewer with pineapple and mushroom.  Repeat.  Broil for 5-7 min on each side.

Like I said it was pretty good.  The best part of todays meals were the twice baked potatoes.  I used half a huge potato for my husband and I.  Cooked tater in microwave, scraped out innards.  Mixed that with a very small amount of cheese, 4 oz turkey, 1/2 cup fat free sour cream.  Scooped back into potato skins.  Popped in fridge for overnight safe keeping.  Then when at work, I just nuked it in the microwave.  Got a lot of compliments on how good it smelled at work.  And it was really good.  It was nice to have a whole carb in a meal.  Of course that meant no carbs the rest of the day.  But hey, it was worth it!

If I have any more outstanding recipes I will post them later.  We have had a few that I really liked.  Especially the tzatkiki sauce for turkey olive feta burgers.  I now use it over my bocca burgers, with a little feta cheese.  Oh and it is soooooo good!!!  I'll post a recipe tomorrow or the next day.  Oh and I will have to post my protein bars as well.

Ashley

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