MommyWeighLess

Oh my goodness. I stumbled across this recipe when looking for a protein to add to dinner tonight. Best thing I have ever done with quinoa. So yummy! I tweaked it to my liking and you can do the same. Quinoa (cooked original way 1 cup quinoa/2cups water) 3 cups milk- used vanilla almond 3 beaten eggs 1/2 cup shredded coconut 1/2 light brown sugar 1/2 crushed walnuts 1 tspn cinnamon. 1 tspn lemon juice 1 tspn vanilla extract 1/8 tspn salt 1 tbpn butter After you have cooked and cooled the quinoa mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until the pudding sets (gets solid). You can also use pudding dishes but I do not have any. Enjoy! Serves 6 (make servings smaller to lower calorie count but I wanted a lot!) 345 calories 10g protein

Here is the difference one month can make. I only had a four pound loss...but weight lifting is starting to change my body!

Each month I make a list of goals I plan to achieve. By setting monthly and sometimes weekly goals, it has helped me immensely with my weight loss. I though I would share my goals with all of you. Please feel free to share yours here or on my Facebook page: mommyweighless.  I will hold you accountable if you need me to! Mini Goals for everyday: 1. Drink 64 ounces of water everyday. 2. Walk 2 miles everyday. (FitBit to the rescue) 3. Take 30 minutes for mommy. 4. Eat a veggie in place of a fruit (I do not eat a lot of veggies). 5. Eat at least 100g of protein. Goals for each week: 1. 3 weight lifting sessions (work at personal bests). 2. 3 hours of HIIT. 3. Walk 10+ miles. 4. Lose at least 1/2 pound. 5. Do progress pictures on weigh in day. Overall Goals: 1. Lose 5 pounds. 2. Move around more. 3. Push on weight training. 4. Up 5k practice to at least 7 miles by end of month. 5. Enjoy the holidays! My goals are not anything special, but they are s...

My family has all been really sick with a stomach virus..and I thought nothing is better than homemade chicken noodle soup after being sick. I looked at a few recipes, and they were all really high in sodium, so I decided to take a stab at my own. It was so yummy! Dustin took the leftovers to work today! So here you are... 4 cups low sodium chicken broth 4 cups water 3 medium chicken breasts 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup diced celery 1 diced medium yellow onion 1/4 cup dried parsley 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1 tbpn dried basil 6-8 ounces of noodle of choice Place everything but the noodles in the crock pot and cook on low for 5 hours. After 5 hours pull out chicken breast and cut into pieces. Put chicken breast and noodles into crock pot and cook on high for 30-45 minutes. I used a multigrain noodle instead of egg noodles because I was trying to make this as healthy as possible. When noodles are done serve with crackers. Enjoy! Calories- 295 cup Protein- 22g Fat- 2.8...

I have fallen in love all over again (sorry Dustin I am having an affair with a piece of technology). On Black Friday we ventured out to have lunch with some friends, and putzed around a few stores. We wandered into the Best Buy and amidst the hectic confusion, I found my way to the fitness area. The Aria Scale is what originally caught my eye, and right beneath it was the FitBit Zip and FitBit One. The Zip was $49 and the One was $99. I looked at the difference between the two to determine which would better suit my needs, and what the price difference is. The difference between the two is the One has a sleep tracker and stair tracker, where the Zip does not. Personally I sleep great and do not need help with that, and I live in Florida. It is flat. The most stairs I climb are the four going into my parents house when we go to visit. Once I realized that was where the price difference was I decided it was not $50 worthy and went with the cheaper, the Zip. It has been one o...

My wonderful and beautiful friend, Chelsey, and I did the Turkey Trot 5k at the local YMCA this morning . This was her first 5k and I am so excited to share the wonderful experience we got to share. I am so proud of her, she did incredible and persevered even though she was having terrible chin splints and ankle pain. The race started at 7:30, and we got there just before 7:00. The registration process was moving smoothly, especially considering there was at least 1500 people. We ran in, got our bibs (her first ever!), and went out for pictures! The course was a beautiful one that cut through a very scenic neighborhood, and was very clearly marked. It was a paved course which is much easier than the dirt, especially for a first timer. During the race I came across a full baby bottle, sprinted and caught up to the owner, and returned it. Funny little thing that I came across, and thought I would share. Crazy things can be seen and can happen in a race.  START PHOTO  FINI...

So yesterday my girlfriend, Chelsey, and I decided to do legs..for real. Not just play with the machines(still did machines though)...but use real weights...free weights! I remember squatting in high school, but that was 5 years ago, and I only did it for one semester because I broke my foot. I have been apprehensive about lifting heavy because I have plantar facisitis, and it likes to flare up when I do heavy lifting. Anyways, we wandered into the free weight area and looked around like we were a little lost, because we were...and finally settled on the right equipment.            A little Chelsey history, she was a great weight lifter in high school, competed and everything, so she had an idea where we should be and how we should do it. She is getting married in February...yay!...and is trying to lose some weight before then. She has become my workout buddy, and flunky. And she is doing great! Back to our session... We set up wit...

I have mentioned before that I am from the south and down here we deep fry EVERYTHING! That being said, I also happen to come from a very obese family, and was just like them up until this past year. This started as my New Years Resolution, and it has now become my life. One of my biggest obstacles while changing my life, was learning to deal with my unchanging family. They have been stuck in their ways for a lifetime, and have no intention of changing. When I started they told me I would not do it or I could not do it, which just made me push even harder to prove them wrong. Then once I began, so did the jokes. When I would pack in my own meals, I was accused of thinking I was better than them. When I would say I could not do something because I was working out, or running a race, I was accused of taking this too serious. They constantly crack jokes about my eating habits and say things like I am starving my family, depriving my daughter of good food (junk food), or denying...

The worst part about starting exercise after a couple of years not doing any..was my inability to go for very long. I lacked endurance and stamina. I still am not where I want to be when it comes to both. And while you may think they are the same they are not..at least not to me anyways. When I think endurance I think of the ability to push through things, especially pain, and finishing what you start. When I think stamina I think of the ability to go harder for longer. But some people categorize them as one and the same. When I went to the gym for the first time, at 220+ pounds, I could only walk on the treadmill for 12 minutes before the shin splints got so unbearable I thought I was going to break my leg. That is to be expected for someone that is obese. You muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, everything that makes you move is under a tremendous amount of pressure. Their way of fighting back is to cause pain and make you stop. But you have to endure and push yourself to go further...

Found this recipe online and tweaked it to be lower calorie, and family friendly. It is so delicious! Scarlett inhaled her bowl, so even your kids will love it! This is a slow cooker recipe. 3 6 to 8 Oz chicken breast(boneless skinless) 1 can chilli beans 1 can whole kernel corn (drained) 1 can tomato sauce 2 cans diced tomatoes 1 12 Oz beer 1 package of taco seasoning In crock pot mix chilli beans, corn, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beer and taco seasoning well. Place chicken breast on top and push down lightly until covered by mix. Cook on low for 5 hours. Remove chicken, allow to cool and shred. Then mix the shredded chicken back into the crock and cook an additional 2 hours. Serve and enjoy. Makes 8 (1 3/4 cups) servings 245 calories 26 grams protein I also added 2 tablespoons of sour cream, and 1/4 cup shredded cheese. Totaled 360 calories and was super yum! Also dipped a few veggie chips in it! Enjoy!

The biggest thing you will hear from people about exercise is to start slow, and take a day off every now and then. They call that day off a 'rest day', a time for your body to heal and recuperate from all of the extra demands you have put on it, and allow muscles some time to heal. When you exercise, especially lifting weights, you get micro tears in your muscles, and in order for those to heal and make bigger muscles you must let them rest. Lifting heavy repetitively and causing micro tears on top of micro tears is what allows body builders to continue to get bulkier, and that is why they lift around the clock it seems.   However if you are not looking to body build or gain muscle quickly, you need to have a recovery period.   I have a super duper hard time doing this!!!   I know in my head that I need to rest, my body will be screaming for it, but my conscience won't shut up and let me think it is okay. I have worked so hard and so long to get as far as I...

Did my second 5k today(November 10, 2012). That is 2 in two Weeks! Woohoo! It was at another nature park, but this time the path was paved, and much easier to run. Only complaint was having to dodge doggy poo because people were allowed to bring dogs, and none of them picked up after their pets! So rude and inconsiderate! This was a much smaller group this time, probably only about 100 competitors. So I figured I had a good chance of winning because it was being done by age groups. Sadly I did not win a medal by 34 seconds but I am proud of myself either way! Even though it was a paved path, I was slower today by a minute, my time was 40:22, but I also did not get enough sleep this week. Sleep is so super important when you are an avid runner, it provides your muscles with the time they need for repair. During the race I kind of fell behind due to a cramp in a thigh muscle I bruised really bad when I walked into the corner of a cabinet, but as I started to catch up I would find a p...

On Saturday November 3, 2012 I ran my first ever 5k RACE! Okay, I'm being all dramatic with the bold print, but I have never been so proud of myself! I always though I would like to be a runner, but always thought I would never be able to do it. Well one of my goals during this journey has been becoming a runner. To me a runner is someone who runs in whatever weather, runs to run, runs to renew their attitude, runs to breathe, and you are a runner no matter what pace. If you are going faster than your fastest walking pace, you are a runner in my book! I love that free feeling I have when I run...that one where the only thing that matters is the constant pitter patter of your feet on the ground and the wind whipping around your face. I do my best thinking, thought sorting, and anger relieving when I run as well! Poor Dustin has learned this the hard way...Mommy needs her daily run! Anyways, enough banter. On to my first 5k. I happened onto this 5k: The Paynes Prairie 5k-Bene...

Have I said how much I love this time of year, you can make almost pumpkin anything, and I love pumpkin! So I decided to take a swing at my own pumpkin pie smoothie! So here you go, and it is yummy! Even Scarlett and Dustin liked it.. 1 can of Libby's Pumpkin Puree 1 can Carnation Swetened Condensed Milk(chilled) 6 Oz of vanilla yogurt 1/4 cup of stevia(or sweetener of choice) 1/4 tspn nutmeg/ cinnamon/ pumpkin pie spice Mix all together in blender and blender until smooth and creamy! Then enjoy! 8 Oz serving and makes 4 servings 99 calories/9 g of protein