Weigh in day!

So today was weigh in day! I'm down 2 lbs and 2 inches.  Now, I'm happy that I did have some loss, but it's not quite as much as I was hoping for!  I should have been more excited than I was when I first weighed, but instead I found my self doubting my self.  Thinking what did I do wrong to not lose more?!?  But quickly I snapped my self out of it!! I have to celebrate! 2 lbs down and 2 inches! Not to mention how much more energy I have and how great I am feeling!!

This detox is so much more than just weight loss.  It's a great beginning to a beautiful future!  This detox is all about changing my lifestyle and mind set, and getting healthy.  Like I said, I feel so wonderful, and full of energy! Something I was really lacking before starting this.

On top of diet change, I'm reading this wonderful book called "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olsen.  It's all about how we think each and every day, and how our thoughts and actions can add up to be so much.  There was a great story within the book about a frog and his brother.  I'll just give a brief summery.  Pretty much they jumped into a milk pale on a farm.  Soon they realized that they could not jump out due to the slick surface, and not being able to touch the ground.  They tried and tried.  Finally one brother said he's going to give up and accept his fate.  The other brother refused to give it.  He kept kicking and kicking, until one day he was so tired he could harley kick anymore.  Then to his surprise he had a solid surface under him.  All of his kicking had churned the milk into butter.  He was then able to jump out.

This story really spoke to me.  It may seem hopeless, or impossible at times, but just keep pushing and pushing and eventually, you will see the results! We can apply this to our philosophy when it comes to weight loss.  So many diets out there promise immediate results, loose 10 lbs in one week guaranteed!!  But if you really look into those, they're all about either starving your self, or its all water weight.  There's nothing healthy about these!  As soon as you go off of it, you gain all the weight right back, and most people are even more discouraged then!  We're such a society of right here right now, but we need to get out of that mind set.  Results take perseverance, and hard work to finally see results, much like the frog and the butter.

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So my friends just keep pushing! Celebrate any loss!  Even if you don't loose anything one week, think about all the other changes.  Do you have more energy? Can you survive without coffee? Is your skin looking clearer? How about have you lost any inches?  So many other factors besides what the scale says! Just keep pushing (or swimming as Dory would say).

So I went back and read some of the materials and for optimum weight loss everything says to do two shakes a day.  So I will be doing two shakes and one meal, along with my snacks.  See how this adjustment works out for me and see if I have any greater results!  Josh will still be eating two meals, but we are adding an extra shake for him as well.  He does not need to loose any more weight.  He's on a medication that he has to be careful about not loosing too much, so to adjust he will drink another shake!

I did not end up getting to work out today.  I had every intention of doing so after work, but I got this awful migrane!  The kind that makes you kind of dizzy.  With my recent head injury, I decided it was best to listen to my body, and relax for the evening.  Maybe here in a bit I"ll get some ab exercises in at least :-)  I did get another meal made this evening for the week, so here I will share it with you!!

Weight = 175
Bust = 39.5 inches
Waist = 36 inches
Hips = 42.5 inches

Chicken with Mushroom Garlic Quinoa

3 chicken breasts

1 cup quinoa

1 cup water

11/2 cup chicken broth

2 cups sliced mushrooms

5 cloves garlic

1 T ground thyme

1 T cajun seasoning

1 T oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Toss chicken in oil and sprinkle cajun seasoning all over.  Place in baking pan and bake for 35-40 mins. Make sure it's done all the way through.

In the mean time rinse quinoa thoroughly until the water runs clear.  Then combine water 1 cup of chicken broth and quinoa in a pot.  Bring to a boil, then turn to low, cover, and let simmer for 15 minutes.  

In a separate skilled add 1 T oil, then mushrooms. Sautee until tender.  I like to do mine a little longer so they melt like butter!

                                   

Add garlic and continue to cook until garlic is fragrant, only about a minute.  Toss in cooked quinoa and rest of chicken broth and thyme.  Stir all together and let simmer for another minute.  And voila, all done!  Serve with chicken!! 

Now for portion control, the picture that I have is a Josh serving, I'd only eat half the breast!  Also it's on a small plate haha.  My little white plate looks better in pictures than my red ones :-)

Now don't forget our talk! Keep pushing, and celebrate the little accomplishments!  Before we all know it, we will see our goals come true, on little step at a time!!