Hey fellow bloggers
So I weighed myself today and woot woot! Clocked in at 264.9 Oh yeah! 4.5 lbs gone. Sayonara I will NOT miss you! LOL
And I have not really kept with the 6WBMO this week. I have been eating smaller meals several times a day and I do start my morning with a bowl of oatmeal flavored only with a drizzle of raw honey.
Other than that, I have been super busy only 4 weeks left of the semester and I am soo ready for a break. Next semester I've decided to add on another class so I will be even busier! But also that much closer to my goal. ;)
For Thanksgiving, we are all getting together as a family to go to my 91yr old grandmother's house. My mom is preparing the turkey. My little sister is going to learn how to make green bean casserole and I will be doing a fruit salad and houre'derves. My grandmother insists on doing the sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, mixed vegetables, and dessert... I think that is WAY too much for her to do but I'll get there early so I can help her out(and take over!) LOL Bless her though, she is such a sweetie!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Easiest Corn Casserole on the Planet
Okay so I made this the other week for a church pot bless and it was just the biggest hit. I had people asking for the recipe too! So I figured I would share this recipe with my online friends.
Easiest Corn Casserole
1 can kernal corn
1 can cream corn
1 8oz container of sour cream
1 package of corn muffin mix
1 stick of butter, melted
Mix everything and add into a casserole dish. Bake for about 55-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
Variations:
You can add some chives and onions if you want a little bit of a crunchy bite
I usually will spray my casserole dish with a little Non-stick cooking spray so it comes out nicer
I've also topped with cheese before but because of the butter, sour cream, and creamed corn it always has a lovely creaminess to it and thus cheese is not needed
See I told you it was easy! Enjoy!
Easiest Corn Casserole
1 can kernal corn
1 can cream corn
1 8oz container of sour cream
1 package of corn muffin mix
1 stick of butter, melted
Mix everything and add into a casserole dish. Bake for about 55-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
Variations:
You can add some chives and onions if you want a little bit of a crunchy bite
I usually will spray my casserole dish with a little Non-stick cooking spray so it comes out nicer
I've also topped with cheese before but because of the butter, sour cream, and creamed corn it always has a lovely creaminess to it and thus cheese is not needed
See I told you it was easy! Enjoy!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Eb's Play
I went to my little sisters play tonight called the Happy Scarecrow. It was a dinner theatre and all the kids in theatre arts prepared the food themselves. So we had a spaghetti dinner with salad and toast. Then for dessert we had choices of a variety of things. The craziest most disgusting desert was what at first appeared to be strawberry pull apart bread...not something I had seen before but not too crazy. Well when you bite into it you discover something quite different. They took the usual cinnamon pull apart bread and somehow misread the ingredients because instead of cinnamon sugar it was filled with RED HOTS!!! Eww. I had to spit it out! lol Other than that, I didn't find anything inedible so for that I am thankful...but definitely not something I would eat again!
Elizabeth played the evil scarehuman. Which was what the crows use to scare the humans away much like a scarecrow is used to scare the crows. lol I was so proud of her she was excellent! I hope in the future she will continue doing plays I could tell she was having so much fun!
I have more photos on my parents camera but that her holding an H20 bomb(a play on the atomic bomb) because she plans on killing all the people in the world. Her costume sorta reminded me of a bird... a sinester bird though! ;)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Lypsyl, I'm a believer!
Okay so just in case you don't know this. Lypsyl is by far the BEST lip balm I have ever encountered. I first found it at Wal-mart about a year ago, but they stopped carrying it! It is however at most drugstores for about the same price. I love, love, love it! And honestly I don't see how I could ever go back to Blistex, Carmex, Burt's Bees, or Chapstick! It is just that good!
Intense Protection LypMoisturizer™ Long-lasting, deep-penetrating moisture helps keep your lips soft, supple, kissable. With ultra-rich, organic shea butter, pure vitamins A and E, coconut oil. Made with pure Swedish beeswax. Not tested on animals! And it also has a slight hint of mint but never, ever burns your lips like other balms can. The best part by far is that it is all natural. :)
Oh, and it has a little bee to keep track of how much balm you have left so when the bee gets to the end time for another one! lol
High Expectations of Myself
Hello bloggers,
I know its been almost a week since I checked in with ya'll. I started the diet or "new lifestyle" on last saturday. I was able to stay on plan okay until Monday. I know! I feel so bad! I wasn't able to keep my promise to myself for more than a couple of days! Isn't it awful! And then I stayed off of here because I felt soo bad about it...been beating myself up this entire week. You might be asking yourself how this happened well let me tell you!
Monday started out fine, I packed enough food to stay POP( saying they use in the Provida forums means Perfectly on Plan) and even woke up earlier that day to do so. See my plan suggests that I eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I was already having some trouble with that because between mid-morning snack and lunch is an extremely busy time for me. It is the children's work time and let's just say it is near impossible to pull myself away to use the restroom let alone eat food in front of them without causing a frenzy. So, my solution was to wake up earlier so that way I can have my mid-morning snack when we go outside (and yes, I did just stuff some food down my gullet and vamonos to join the other teacher lol)
The problem started shortly after lunch when I went off to do my schooling. I was in government and had just eaten my mid-afternoon snack not even 30 minutes prior when I started getting light-headed and had such STOMACH PAINS! I was soo hungry and did not have anymore food with me! Nor would that be on plan for another hour and a half! I know your thinking geez! this girl eats so much food that she can't man up for a measly hour or so...and that's cool because honestly that's what I was thinking of myself! I was in disbelief how bad my stomach hurt. I finished my government class and rushed home to open up a container of POP turkey meatballs(which turned out to be DELICIOUS!) and like a 3 yr old with candy started popping them in and swallowing. After about 10 minutes the headache faded, the dizziness went away, and my stomach felt fine. I, however, was in disbelief for a few more hours. Oh, and P.S I am NOT a diabetic or have any health issues other than a cold here and there.
I had no clue what had happened to me and the only thing I can surmise is that I am exerting too much energy to only be eating the portion size I'm eating. See, it was fine during the weekend when I was at home studying but working with kids can take a little more energy and I wasn't compensating for that. This event did scare me though something fierce...and the rest of this week I have not been on plan. I have been eating differently and I have been eating breakfast too! I find that sodium plays a big part in my old eating habits and so now I watch for that.
As far as food goes everything has tasted alright I watch plenty of cooking shows so I've picked up on how to cook with flavor from natural sources and stay away from the highly processed foods.
All in all, it has definitely been an interesting week maybe not necessarily on how well I stayed on course but learning about how I react in certain situations and the discourse that follows... I have some areas I need to work on. Even with all that has happened I did still manage to lose 2lbs this week...Not alot but hey! progress is progress and what I've learned thus far has been invaluable!
So there's the nitty gritty and I promise from here on out to not avoid you when I'm not perfectly on plan..or perfectly on my plan! ;)
Sorry, almost forgot for those interested!
POP Turkey Meatballs:
I took one pound of lean ground turkey added 2 egg whites, shallots( Which if you aren't cooking with shallots you should! they are not super expensive and add a GREAT flavor) minced garlic, Quaker oats, Mrs. Dash garlic and herb seasoning to top it off.
Mixed it all in a bowl and formed into balls.
Then in my skillet I added some No Salt Added Organic Chicken Stock just enough to cover the bottom of my skillet and heated that up.
Once it was hot I added in my meatballs and cooked on high to get a lovely brown coloring and carmelization.
Being that this was my first time cooking meatballs I did have a little trouble getting that perfectly round shape and ended up slightly overcooking them! lol
But even then they still had some awesome flavor and the oatmeal added a little something extra too!
So, all in all, not a bad off the top of my head recipe.
But like I said I did overcook them so no pictures to go with this ha ha ha
I know its been almost a week since I checked in with ya'll. I started the diet or "new lifestyle" on last saturday. I was able to stay on plan okay until Monday. I know! I feel so bad! I wasn't able to keep my promise to myself for more than a couple of days! Isn't it awful! And then I stayed off of here because I felt soo bad about it...been beating myself up this entire week. You might be asking yourself how this happened well let me tell you!
Monday started out fine, I packed enough food to stay POP( saying they use in the Provida forums means Perfectly on Plan) and even woke up earlier that day to do so. See my plan suggests that I eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I was already having some trouble with that because between mid-morning snack and lunch is an extremely busy time for me. It is the children's work time and let's just say it is near impossible to pull myself away to use the restroom let alone eat food in front of them without causing a frenzy. So, my solution was to wake up earlier so that way I can have my mid-morning snack when we go outside (and yes, I did just stuff some food down my gullet and vamonos to join the other teacher lol)
The problem started shortly after lunch when I went off to do my schooling. I was in government and had just eaten my mid-afternoon snack not even 30 minutes prior when I started getting light-headed and had such STOMACH PAINS! I was soo hungry and did not have anymore food with me! Nor would that be on plan for another hour and a half! I know your thinking geez! this girl eats so much food that she can't man up for a measly hour or so...and that's cool because honestly that's what I was thinking of myself! I was in disbelief how bad my stomach hurt. I finished my government class and rushed home to open up a container of POP turkey meatballs(which turned out to be DELICIOUS!) and like a 3 yr old with candy started popping them in and swallowing. After about 10 minutes the headache faded, the dizziness went away, and my stomach felt fine. I, however, was in disbelief for a few more hours. Oh, and P.S I am NOT a diabetic or have any health issues other than a cold here and there.
I had no clue what had happened to me and the only thing I can surmise is that I am exerting too much energy to only be eating the portion size I'm eating. See, it was fine during the weekend when I was at home studying but working with kids can take a little more energy and I wasn't compensating for that. This event did scare me though something fierce...and the rest of this week I have not been on plan. I have been eating differently and I have been eating breakfast too! I find that sodium plays a big part in my old eating habits and so now I watch for that.
As far as food goes everything has tasted alright I watch plenty of cooking shows so I've picked up on how to cook with flavor from natural sources and stay away from the highly processed foods.
All in all, it has definitely been an interesting week maybe not necessarily on how well I stayed on course but learning about how I react in certain situations and the discourse that follows... I have some areas I need to work on. Even with all that has happened I did still manage to lose 2lbs this week...Not alot but hey! progress is progress and what I've learned thus far has been invaluable!
So there's the nitty gritty and I promise from here on out to not avoid you when I'm not perfectly on plan..or perfectly on my plan! ;)
Sorry, almost forgot for those interested!
POP Turkey Meatballs:
I took one pound of lean ground turkey added 2 egg whites, shallots( Which if you aren't cooking with shallots you should! they are not super expensive and add a GREAT flavor) minced garlic, Quaker oats, Mrs. Dash garlic and herb seasoning to top it off.
Mixed it all in a bowl and formed into balls.
Then in my skillet I added some No Salt Added Organic Chicken Stock just enough to cover the bottom of my skillet and heated that up.
Once it was hot I added in my meatballs and cooked on high to get a lovely brown coloring and carmelization.
Being that this was my first time cooking meatballs I did have a little trouble getting that perfectly round shape and ended up slightly overcooking them! lol
But even then they still had some awesome flavor and the oatmeal added a little something extra too!
So, all in all, not a bad off the top of my head recipe.
But like I said I did overcook them so no pictures to go with this ha ha ha
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Recieved Package Today
I got my package today in the mail. Opened it up and watched the DVD. It took me a couple of hours to assemble everything but the DVD was extremely helpful. I think the hardest part out of the whole thing was the body blueprint part. I had trouble deciding which body I was and then how to customize it best. Putting together the binder also took some time but once I finished it I just felt soo accomplished. LOL I'm still planning to start November 1st. That will give me time to use the rest of my current off-plan groceries so that way I have no temptations. Then on either Saturday or Sunday I will devise my budget and buy as many foods accordingly and hopefully I will come out straight because I really don't want to start the diet off already cutting corners...that would not be good.
Sherlock Holmes has to be one of my favorite fictional characters. I was saddened by the movie with Robert Downey jr. They don't portray Holmes well at all! I did like the part at the beginning where Holmes was shooting bullets into the walls to make the initials V.R that tells me that they at least watched the old time movies with Basil Rathbone. I absolutely abhor the interpretations of the other characters! I think probably the closest in character is that of Lestrade. Which I rather know him when he played "Pancks" in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Now, that is a movie that was spot on!
Anyways, I've got to go study for a algebra and philosophy test!
So caio for now!
Sherlock Holmes has to be one of my favorite fictional characters. I was saddened by the movie with Robert Downey jr. They don't portray Holmes well at all! I did like the part at the beginning where Holmes was shooting bullets into the walls to make the initials V.R that tells me that they at least watched the old time movies with Basil Rathbone. I absolutely abhor the interpretations of the other characters! I think probably the closest in character is that of Lestrade. Which I rather know him when he played "Pancks" in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Now, that is a movie that was spot on!
Anyways, I've got to go study for a algebra and philosophy test!
So caio for now!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Candy Corn Recipes
Hey Bloggers,
So I got a halloween gift today from some of my parents at work today. It was really sweet of them to do that and it was filled with candy. Plus a HUGE bag of candy corn so I am trying to find some recipes where candy corn is the main ingredient. I haven't been able to find too much just yet so I might just have to get creative. I know that whatever I end up making and sticking in the teachers' lounge(did I spell that right?) but I really want to shy away from the general candy corn popcorn balls. Anybody have any recipes they want to share?
Other than that I called customer service today because I was informed that I would get an e-mail when the product was shipped. Well I noticed the other day that my credit card was charged but I have not recieved an e-mail. So I called. They were super nice and resent the e-mail and also informed me that it should be there no later than the 28th! So I plan to start the actual diet on November 1st which is a Monday and so I will prep for the week on Sunday. Woot-Woot!
So I got a halloween gift today from some of my parents at work today. It was really sweet of them to do that and it was filled with candy. Plus a HUGE bag of candy corn so I am trying to find some recipes where candy corn is the main ingredient. I haven't been able to find too much just yet so I might just have to get creative. I know that whatever I end up making and sticking in the teachers' lounge(did I spell that right?) but I really want to shy away from the general candy corn popcorn balls. Anybody have any recipes they want to share?
Other than that I called customer service today because I was informed that I would get an e-mail when the product was shipped. Well I noticed the other day that my credit card was charged but I have not recieved an e-mail. So I called. They were super nice and resent the e-mail and also informed me that it should be there no later than the 28th! So I plan to start the actual diet on November 1st which is a Monday and so I will prep for the week on Sunday. Woot-Woot!
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