When I got back from running I prepared this great meal idea I got from Tina's blog. It was roasted red peppers, shrimp & feta cheese. It was soo yummy! On the side I had some whole wheat cous cous and steamed broccli.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Landlords suck
When I got back from running I prepared this great meal idea I got from Tina's blog. It was roasted red peppers, shrimp & feta cheese. It was soo yummy! On the side I had some whole wheat cous cous and steamed broccli.
Yummy Berries
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Pizza, Pizza, Pizza
Since I was getting my nails done after work I got up early this morning to do a Jillian Micheals exercise tape and then walked around Lake Ella during my lunch break. I would have preferred to run, but its too dark in the morning and I didn't want to get all sweaty during work. When I got back to my desk I had the same chicken salad concept I had the day before. Except today instead of pickles I mixed apples into the mix.. YUM. It's not quite as good as making it fresh at home but still very yummy. On the side I had a Diet Green Tea and some crunchy carrots and cucumbers.
I usually get hungry again around 3:30 and today I had some grapes and almonds to hold me over. I forgot to take a picture of it, I gobbled it up pretty fast. I guess I'm still getting used to taking pics of my food before I eat it.
After I got my nails done I wanted something quick and easy to make to eat so I heated up a Roasted Veggie Kashi Pizza and made a light salad of mixed greens, carrots, cucumbers, grapes, & sun dried tomatoe vinegarette My dessert was one of my fave new combinations. I mixed together some smart balance butter, splenda & cinnamon and poured it on top of a pear that I baked at 425 for 29 mins. I topped it off with some fat free cool whip. This is sooo yummy and if I could I would eat it every night.
Oatmeal Attempt
Monday, April 28, 2008
Day 1
For my mid morning snack I brought some Annie's Whole Wheat Bunnies to work with me. This was my first time trying these and I have to say I really enjoyed them. They remind me of Wheat Thins only with a lighter taste. They were able to hold me over until lunch.
Since I had left Abbie, my puppy, at my house today I had to go home at lunch to let her outside to do her business. I usually get my best lunches this way because it enables me to go through my fridge and make a nice fresh lunch, rather then just having it soggy at work. Today I had some left over grilled chicken breast so I decided to make a chicken salad sandwhich. I used half the breast, a 1/2 tablespoon of Smart Balance mayo, a tablespoon of honey mustard, some cut up pickle and grapes to make the chicken salad. I had the salad on top of some mixed greens on the sandwhich. I also had some crispy carrot sticks and cucumbers on the side to round the meal out.
I had an out of office meeting today and I went with good intentions of eating my Special K bar as a snack. Unfortunately when I arrived the table of food looked very appealing. I don't have a photo, but I had some mixed fruit, an itty bitty suasage, and a biscuit with honey. I had not had a biscuit with honey in forever and it just looked so appealing at the moment.
After work I went on my new loop run I discovered this weekend. There's something about running a loop, rather then running one way and then straight back, that just makes a run more appealing. I need to drive the loop to see the actualy distance but I think it's about 3 miles. I am going to add a little more distance to it once I figure out how more of the roads connect. I also did some ab work after that run. I have officially conquered playing fetch with Abbie while doing crunches. Something about me being on the floor makes her think its play time .
Dinner ws an experiment tonight. Robert, the boyfriend, has been begging me to make chili for a while now, so I buckled down and tried to find a healthy way to make his favorite dish. I found something on the purdue chicken site that appealed to me and I just modified it to my taste. I had some leftover grilled veggies that I threw in as well. Robert thought with the veggies it was more like a stew but I thought it was great.
I topped my chili with some 2% cheese and some Whole Wheat Bunny crackers. The corn muffin on the side was definately not healthy at all. The jiffy corn muffins are Robert's fave, but as I was reading the label the muffins are 170 cals a pop. I need to find something healthier for corn muffins out there.
For dessert Robert had some frozen yogurt ( I stole a bite) while I had some sugar free jello.
Now I'm off to Robert's to get a good night sleep before my AM work out I have planned. Good Night!
Monday, April 21, 2008
My Name is Meghann
Back in January I stepped on the scale at my Doctor's office and was in so much shock over the number I shed a few tears. Since I had graduated from college and started a full time job I notcied my clothes getting tighter and my thighs getting wider, but I never assumed I could tip the scale so high. It was at that precise moment I decided to make a change in my life. I threw away all the junk in my kitchen and started concentrating on making healthy good meals. I began running every day and started competing in 5ks. I started to use my Netflix supscription for work out videos and began to tone my body.
After 4 months of hard work and healthy living I reached my goal of shedding 20 pounds and have never felt healthier. I am focused on healthy living more than ever and do not want to go back to slob I had become. This diary is about my life and my constant effort to live a healthy life. In my weight loss journey I found so much inspiration in reading other people's real life struggles with weight loss and healthy eating that I wanted to share my journey as well.
Welcome to my life.