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...