Healthy Weight Loss

[Medusa]

OMG. I am SO excited!!!

My favorite Gayboy at work has been so supportive and rooting me on with my weight loss. He truly is the sweetest boy ever and informed me today that he was going to sell me his Nordictrack Elliptical for $100! This is the same machine he paid almost $1000 for!

I am BEYOND excited and can't believe I'm about to get my wish - Have been looking all over for the last year for an elliptical and have been disappointed several times because I want a quality machine that will support my weight. I have been looking all over the paper and craigslist and just couldnt pay what people were asking and so my delightful friend is helping me out so wonderfully.

ELLIPTICAL LOVE!

[Daywalker]

My Wizards weighed me in at 199 today.

For 7 years I have not seen a number below 200.


I attribute this to our changed eating habits via what I put in the cart at
the grocers. And difficulty with the face ~ feels like it ran a marathon after
a minute or so of chewing. That's another deal all together, but still.

I stepped on that stoopid scale today and I always let them know to
start at 200. They did, and I saw the thingy not move. She drops it
down to 150 n slides that thing over...it evened out at 199.
Wow. Just Wow.


Encouragement goes a long way.
There's a lot of it in this thread.
So thank you everyone!

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Good Morning Everyone,

I talked to a friend yesterday who is a nutritionist and I told him that I am trying to cut back on how much sugar I consume. He told me about adding honey to plain Greek yogurt instead of buying the pre-sweetened version. I am having a 6oz bowl of plain Greek yogurt with one teaspoon of honey and it tastes better than the other stuff.

Hi, Zimmy.

Consider trying the natural sweetner agave nectar. It is excellent and completely natural. It is the only sweetner I now use. I would recommend this brand. You should be able to find it in natural food stores if you can't find it in your grocery store.

http://www.madhavasweeteners.com/agave/Default.aspx

Originally Posted by Medusa

OMG. I am SO excited!!!

My favorite Gayboy at work has been so supportive and rooting me on with my weight loss. He truly is the sweetest boy ever and informed me today that he was going to sell me his Nordictrack Elliptical for $100! This is the same machine he paid almost $1000 for!

ELLIPTICAL LOVE!

Congratulations, Medusa! I just got mine put up the end of last week (finally). I am planning on taking the Thinker 30 day challenge and checking in here for the group to hold me accountable (well, in my own mind).

So far I am 2 for 2! I am forcing myself to do it early in the mornings b/c otherwise I won't do it. So odd to get up when it is still dark out!

<-- night owl trying to change hys spots

[Hack]

Getting to be that time of year, when you haul the crockpot out for some easy cooking. Here's something I experimented with this weekend that turned out pretty good.

4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (frozen is ok)
1 sweet red pepper, diced
half of one sweet onion, chopped
2 jars salsa (your choice)
1 can black beans
1 can corn (drained)
half to a full packet of taco seasoning (I used half a packet of the low sodium kind)

Put the chicken on the bottom and dump the rest of the stuff on top. Cook on low for 7 hours. I served this over some brown rice and it turned out great. Lots of room for variations with the recipe. This was me just clearing out some stuff in the freezer and fridge, really. In all, pretty healthy dish.

Jake

[Medusa]

HACK - We LOVE the crock pot in this house and I'll definitely be trying that! Might be a good chicken mush to put in a wrap!

[Hack]

Originally Posted by Medusa

HACK - We LOVE the crock pot in this house and I'll definitely be trying that! Might be a good chicken mush to put in a wrap!

The chicken was definitely shred-able after 7 hours in the pot. With a slotted spoon, you could easily drain the rest and put it in a wrap. In fact, that's what my roommate did.

[Hack]

Here's another easy and good crockpot recipe. This one is actually from WW. I think it was 6 points per serving.

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (frozen ok)
half of a sweet onion, chopped
1 carton of sliced fresh mushrooms
1 can of cream of mushroom soup (I use the Healthy Request Campbell's)
1 envelope of Lipton's onion soup
1 container of no-fat or low-fat sour cream
A dash of sea salt

Place chicken in the bottom of the pot and in a separate mixing bowl, mix the soup, sour cream and dry soup mix. Place chopped onion over chicken, pour soup-sour cream mixture over it. Then place mushrooms on top.

Check on this occasionally to put in a little water now and then if it appears it is becoming dried out.

I serve this over whole wheat egg noodles. It is a good, filling dish. You don't even need a knife to cut up the chicken.

[DapperButch]

Nothing I love more than salsa and chips. I have been trying to do the "healthier" blue corn chips. Well, the ones I have tried up until now have left much to be desired, including being almost stale tasting.

Until the recent one my gf brought home. It is simply called "Blue Corn", which is actually a multigrain recipe made with, organic blue corn, quinoa, flax, sunflower, sesame seed, and brown rice. All good stuff. It creates a light and crispy chip. Speaking of people being extra hungry yesterday...I ate almost the entire bag last night along with almost the entire jar of salsa! I hadn't even noticed they were so good!

Anyway, it is made by "Food Should Taste Good". Check it out.