Lend me your EAR!!!

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Summer Corn, Bacon & Potato Chowder

  • 1 medium Yukon Gold potato(es)
  • 1 sprays cooking spray
  • 1/2 cup celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup onion(s), chopped (or 1 large shallot)
  • 4 piece corn on the cob, kernels removed with a knife
  • 1 cup sweet red pepper(s), diced
  • 4 oz Canadian-style bacon, diced
  • 2 cup fat-free skim milk
  • 1/2 tsp table salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/8 tsp hot pepper sauce, or to taste
  • Pierce potato in several places with a fork; microwave on high power until tender, turning over once, about 8 minutes. Allow to cool; peel and mash.
  • Feel free to substitute your favorite fresh vegetables like asparagus and broccoli for the red pepper. Or to save time, substitute 2 cups of frozen corn and 1 cup of frozen, diced bell pepper for the fresh corn and red pepper.
  • Meanwhile, coat a large saucepan with cooking spray. Add celery, onion, corn and red pepper; sauté over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
  • Stir bacon and milk into saucepan; stir in mashed potato and mix well. Season with salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce; stir to combine. Cover and simmer 10 minutes (do not allow to boil). Yields about 1 1/2 cups per serving.

This is a WW recipe that I found last week…I may try it tonight for supper….of course I don’t have any celery in the house and I am not carting 2 kids to the store for celery…LOL 

I will let you all know what it tastes like!!!:)

PS…try the micro popcorn on my blog, it is fabulous!!!:)

Another Reason Why…

{ August 25, 2008 @ 6:58 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I found another reason to be motivated…..SUCCESS!!!!!

YES that is right, we are seeing success!!!  And that is motivating…I have found myself thinking about eating something, or how yummy something is…and thinking, nope! I have lost 7.2 in 2 weeks and I feel so much better…and I am not the only one….others are losing too, and that is motivation enough for me!  Knowing that soon I will be able to it, and be able to buy different sizes, and all those other things that I crave when it comes to losing weight….yep, that is my motivation today…SUCCESS!

R U Motivated?

{ August 13, 2008 @ 2:59 am } · { Uncategorized }
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mo·ti·vate verb

to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel.

Synonyms induce, move, provoke, prompt, cause.

Ahhh yes, motivate…hhmm a verb huh? 

R U Motivated?  Am I motivated?  What a great question, what is it that motivates us to think about losing weight? 

Well I think that answer is different for everyone. What are the things that are driving us to want to radically change how we eat, think, and hopefully weigh?  It could be a thought, or a picture, or a size (eek…haha), anything can motivate us to think about losing weight, but what actually does? 

That is a tough question….I feel that it is a day to day process, it is a choice that we make every day, every meal….to stay motivated.  I feel that it is more than a matter or “will”, but more a matter of “want”!

So why do I “WANT” to do this , why do I want to lose weight……???  Get healthy, smaller size, feel better, etc…there are a million reasons why..but bottom line….I “want” to do this for me!  Because I deserve it, I deserve to be able to get on a scale and be happy about what it is telling me, to be able to stand in front of a FULL LENGTH mirror and like what I see, to go shopping and enjoy looking for clothes, to be able to play with my kids and not feel tired or winded, I deserve these things!  That is what motivates me….bcuz of what I WANT out of this, and keeping my proverbial “eye” on that prize. 

So I ask you today, what do you “want”, that is what keeps us motivated, (and a little pep talk every once in a while doesnt hurt either…haha).  Think about it today, what do you really want out of weight loss….here are mine…

  • I want to feel good about ME again.
  • I want to feel better physically.
  • I want to chase Ethan (and McKenzie soon enough,haha) and not have to stop because I am winded.
  • I want to feel confident when I go places with Raymond again.
  • I want to feel comfortable in my own skin again.

Think about…what are your wants when it comes to weight loss?

Well it happened…

{ August 12, 2008 @ 12:38 am } · { just the facts }
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McKenzie turned 6 months old…o my baby….oy vey my baby weight….:(  So as I approached her 6 month bday I knew that it was my starting point.  After Ethan I jumped back on the wagon the week after I returned from the hospital in effort to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight before I returned to work in 3 months….uummm that didn’t happen…LOL Actually it backfired…horridly! 

With my job being in the weight loss world, I felt immense pressure to be back soon and it wasn’t only from the members, but the company says that if you aren’t nursing you need to be back in 9 months…uummm 9 months?  Obviously a man made that rule…LOL  So I “milked” the nursing mother role for as long as possible.  My body for some reason did not want to shed any baby pounds, I was doing everything by the book, and nothing was budging!  Finally I got my head in the game and started doing it for me, and not that man in the office at WW headquarters that for some reason thinks 9 months is realstic….sorry it is not, maybe for some people, but not everyone! 

So when this pregnancy rolled to an end I knew (not working for WW anymore (PTL!)) that I would be able to relax a little, and do it when I was ready and for me and my family, not for anyone else.  I am not going to say that this has been the easiest 6 months mentally, but it has been WAY better than the 1st time(with Ethan). 

But I say all that (sorry) to say….I am ready!  And I knew that her 6 month bday would start me off!  So I decided that I wasn’t going back to WW, I wasn’t going to give them a dime, (I am not bitter! haha).  But I know how hard it is to lose alone.  Working for them for so long, I saw ALOT of people do great, leave, try to go it alone, and gain it all back….for some reason they could not do it alone…so it got me thinking…hhmmm why??? 

  • The Accountability- they need someone to “expect” them.  To be there, to do well, to behave.
  • The Social Aspect- we are a busy society, and even though we don’t have a huge amount of time to be social, that little bit we would give ourselves, goes a long way.
  • The Common Goal- “misery loves company!”  and isn’t that the truth! 
  • The LightHouse Effect- everyone likes to have a “place” where they can go that is safe.  Where they can “air” their frustrations and celebrate their success!  The other name I thought would be good for this point is the “Cheers Effect”-”you want to go, where everybody knows your name..(dant dah dant dah) and they’re always glad you came…..you wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same, you wanna be where everybody knows, your name…”  You know you were singing it, I was just helping.  I do like that name too…hhmmm  Not the point Khristina…:)

I am sure there are more reasons why, but I believe these are the main ones that trip people up when they are trying to lose weight alone.  (As opposed to with a group)  So my next train of thought was this…I have friends that have all expressed to me the desire to lose weight, some have been former WW members, some not.  But that is not the part that matters to me…yes I believe that WW is a great program (despite the people that sit in the offices and make foolish weight goals for post pardum women…haha, again, not bitter…hehe)  but it is not the only way to lose weight, in my opinion a very good if not the best way, but not the only.  But my thought goes deeper, meet the emotional needs of the people and let them choose the path they would like to get there, as long as it is healthy.

So thus it begins….yes meeting in person is great, but not always realistic.  So for those of you that can meet in person, Thursday 10 AM is the time slot, and if you aren’t able to do it in person, then feel free to use this blog to your benefit…:)  Comment and lets get a community of people together that have a Common Goal, that need the Accountability of others, a Light House where they can express their feelings, and get a little Social Interraction as well!

So if you would like to join with me, hang on, it is going to be a fun ride! 

Khristina

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