Weight Wednesday

Considering this blog is supposed to be about my weight loss journey, I guess I should update every once in a while! From November 1st until this morning, I've been maintaining my weight at (give or take a few pounds) 230. And I'm not trying to maintain. My goal is to not "equal out" each and every week. But that's what I'm doing. Some might look at maintenance for 4 months as a good thing. I look at it like I'm sitting around for 4 months trying to talk myself up for change and refusing to start the process. Considering that I've been trying to diet and lose weight for umm......MY WHOLE LIFE, I feel like I'm knowledgeable and more aware of how to lose weight, how to gain weight, why I'm not losing weight, and why I am gaining weight. When you want to change something about your life, you do. If you hate your job, you apply somewhere else, go interview, put in your 2 weeks, and start your new job. If you realize that your boyfriend/girlfriend is just not the one for you, you breakup, go back to the single life and start all over. If you want to move to Switzerland, you pack up your stuff, get a plane ticket, and move. Of course all of these things are extremely challenging on different levels of course but challenging because you have to change what's comfortable and easy to you. You have to switch up a routine. Do things out of the "norm". Allow your day-to-day to be drastically different. And obviously that can be a good thing or a bad thing but the point is that without changing, your stuck with whatever it is in your life that you're desperately telling yourself is not what you want. Bottom line is that if I want to lose weight, I 100% know that I have to change. I have to change the drinking. I have to change my lack of exercise on the weekends. I have to change the food that I'm eating on the weekends. And the reason that I know that is because of my 230 pound weight maintenance. I'm not willing to change so everything stays the same. When I decide that I actually want to put in the work and change, I will. I've done it before. The key is to never just give in and give up. Don't sit at a job all day that you hate. Don't spend your life in an unhappy relationship. Don't miss out on opportunities that you might regret you've never taken. Don't be afraid of better things for yourself by just avoiding stepping outside of your norm and taking the steps that you know need to be taken. I might not be ready to change some of my habits right at this very moment in time but I can tell you that I'm going to keep trying. I'm not giving up at this!

TRY THIS! Tuesday

Snickers Salad

http://www.ericasbloggityblog.com/2011/10/delicious-revision.html

I've already tried this one and it's YUM! And easy!

8 green apples
8 snickers bars (regular sized)
1 container of cool whip

Slice up the green apples into small chunks. Make sure the snickers are cold (frozen even) and chop those up. Combine all three ingredients together and enjoy! Easy! Easy! Easy! Some variations include vanilla pudding mix or sour cream mixed in with the cool-whip but I tried the version above and it was just fine!
Enjoy!

Motivational Monday

 http://www.tumblr.com/blog/fyeahjordycraig

Photo Friday

Some of my favorite moments...............

Have a great weekend!

Lots of love,

Kate

TRY THIS!! Tuesday

Sock Bun Curls!!

Believe it or not, this actually works and I try this quite often.

What you need:
-Medium to long length hair
-Pony tail holder
-Tube sock
-Spray bottle

Steps:
1. With damp to dry hair, gather all of your hair at the top of your head.

2. Spray hair with water in order to make it a little bit damp. You don't want it to be wet and you don't want it to be too dry. You might have to try this a few times in order to get the right dampness.
3. Take your tube sock and cut off the toe part of the sock. Then you just roll the sock up like a donut. Looks like this:

4. Pull your ponytail through the sock so that the sock is at the top of your ponytail. Then you just roll your hair into the sock. There's no real clear instruction for this. You just have to kind of roll and twist and roll some more.

5. Once all of your hair is rolled into the sock, you'll have a bun....a SOCK BUN!

6. Sleep with the sock bun overnight and the next morning when you unroll the sock, you'll get these great curls!

Happy Valentines Day fellow bloggers!
Lots of love,
Kate

Motivational Monday!

I'm in love with this quote........
Should repeat it to myself daily!

http://realityofhealthy.tumblr.com/

Have a great week!
Love, Kate

Photo Friday!

All the babies so far!



The "Devil" cat Addie!



Mya- She was SOO Tiny!




My little Hazel Tallula! Oh God! Those ears and that chunky neck! She was the best!





Little Baby Landon!



Have a great weekend!
Lots of love,
Kate

TRY THIS! Tuesday

Bacon Ranch Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe

http://www.laaloosh.com/2012/02/07/bacon-ranch-slow-cooker-chicken-recipe/

Number of servings (yield): 4

Serving size is 1/4 of the entire recipe (approx) 1 1/3 cups

PER SERVING: 270 calories; 4g fat; 9g carbohydrates; 47g protein; 0g fiber

Each serving = 6 Points + (Weight Watchers)

Ingredients

 

16oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4, 4oz breasts)
6 slices extra lean turkey bacon, cooked and chopped
3 cups plain, non-fat Greek yogurt
1 tbsp chicken bouillon base
1/4 cup fat free chicken broth
1 packet powdered Ranch dressing mix
1 tbsp fresh chives or parsley, chopped

 

Instructions

• Spray a crock pot with non-fat cooking spray and place chicken breasts inside (you can use frozen or defrosted).
• In a large bowl, combine chicken bouillon base and yogurt until well blended. Then add in remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Pour sauce over the chicken breasts.
• Cook on high for 3.5 hours.
• Shred chicken with a fork and garnish with fresh chives or parsley.
• Serve over Miracle Noodle Pasta or Shirataki Noodles for 0 additional Points!

RECIPE:http://www.laaloosh.com/2012/02/07/bacon-ranch-slow-cooker-chicken-recipe/
IMAGE: http://fearless-future.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/Try_This.png

Motivation Monday!

Taken by ME!

“To achieve your goals,

make the right thing to do

the easy thing to do.”

— Dr. Oz

Have a great week!

Love, Kate

Photo Friday!

July 2009- Before

December 2011- After



And in honor of the MU KU game this weekend, a picture of the Seniors that are gonna kick some Jayhawk ass this weekend!!! MIZ!!! (Ohh and that's my amazing cousin.....Third from the left!) GO JARRETT!!!
http://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/2012-Winter/columns/coming-of-age/images/seniors.jpg

 Hope you all have a great weekend!! M! I!! Z!!!