Meal Plan 1-30-13

Hello everyone. Sorry I didn't post a meal plan last night. I actually had a daddy daughter date with my dad and got back late. So here it is now. I managed to stay in my carb limit by limiting the amount I ate. I stayed a good bit under as well. :)

LUNCH:
          Chicken Massaman 20 Carbs
          1/3 Cup White Rice 15 Carbs
      + 1 Skinny Cow Bar 14 Carbs
Total: 49/50 Carbs (way too close)

SNACK:
       8 Fl OZ 2% White Fat Free Milk 12 Carbs
Total: 12/20 carbs

DINNER:
       Outback 6 oz Steak (however I did not finish it so really 4 oz steak) 0 Carbs
       Potato Soup Cup 19 Carbs
       Dessert 3-4 Bites 16.5 Carbs
Total: 35.5/50 Carbs

I don't feel like I did my best with lunch but dinner and the snack was awesome....minus the desert.

- Jenna #letsgethealthy

Meal Plan 1-29-13

Hello everyone! This is day 2 of my January/ February Food Overview!!!! Everyday I am going to try a post what I ate each day including weigh loss weigh ins every friday.

Today was your usual tuesday. Of course I blew my no sweet rule but however I managed to stay within my carb limits. I am managing to not craze as much sweets so thats awesome. My goal is to have no sweets tomorrow. If I have one I won't be mad but it would be better to go without. Tomorrow I doubt I will have time to do a food post but I will deff. try. Today wasn't as hard as yesterday. So now what I ate...

LUNCH:
        1 Skinny Cow Bar 14 carbs
        Chick-fil-a 12 count nuggets. - 2 Nuggets. 17 Carbs
        4 fries (I suggest skipping this) 9 1/2 Carbs btw: THATS JUST CRAZY
Total: 35 Carbs out of a possible 50!

SNACK:
      1 Skinny Cow Bar 14 carbs
Total: 14 Carbs/ 20 carbs

DINNER:
         3 Slices Cheese Pizza 39 Carbs
Total: 39 Carbs/ 50 Carbs

SNACK: 8fl oz 2% Fat Free Milk 12 carbs
Total: 12 Carbs/ 20 Carbs

 My new little secret for a snack is 2% fat free milk. It has ALOT of protein and vitamins. Thats like having cheese and some meat. It also fills you up. :)

-Jenna #letsgethealthy

Meal Plan 1-28-13

Hello everyone! Long time no post. As usual life doesn't give me a lot of time to post so my goal for the next few weeks is to post at least 5-7 days a week. Cross your fingers it will work.

So today I started back on my diet. Even though for the last few days I have been stuffing myself with junk I still managed to lose weight?!?!?!?!? Anyway today I have what I ate today straight from my food journal. I managed to do pretty well for the first day even though I did eat ice cream (1/2 cup of course) Its been really weird lately because all I crave is SUGAR! Maybe hormonal? Anyway by the way last thursday I saw my wonderful nutritionist. She managed to get me to tell the truth about all the well "CRUD" I had been eating. She even let me buy a wonderful book which I will review later about all the calories and carbs in food around us. Changed my mindset for sure. So now for what I ate. It wasn't the best but with my crazy sugar high I think I did pretty well.....


Lunch:
        1/3 cup white rice 15 carbs
        baked chicken 0 carbs
        green beans 3 carbs
        +  2 Skinny Cow Bar 28 carbs! BAD IDEA! DO NOT DO!
Total: 46/50 carbs

Snack: 1/2 Cup/ scoop Ice cream. (This is okay if you stick with the 1/2 cup)
15 Carbs/ 20 Carbs

Dinner:
           Chicken Chili 14 carbs
Total: 14 carbs/ 50 carbs

Snack:
         1 cup 2% fat free milk
Total: 12 carbs /20 carbs

As I said this deff. wasn't the best way to start my new diet but everyday is a new day. My goal tomorrow is to have nothing sweet. Lets see.

- Jenna #letsgethealthy

My Little Secret.....

Hello again everyone! Today I want to share a little secret that can zap your appetite why giving you the wonderful taste of pasta. I want to introduce you to vegetable pasta. Its a multi colored pasta that has a full serving of veggies. Not only is it super yummy but your get 100% of the benefits of real veggies. What do they taste like? REGULAR PASTA. It just looks a little...well...colorful. My favorite is to make it into a yummy healthy mac and cheese. If you are a picky eater you will LOVE this. Its perfect for little kids to because it looks colorful but taste so amazing.  You can pick it up at any grocery store. The carb. levels are the same as regular pasta but if you give yourself a lesser portion and include a protein you will still lose the weight. So stop worrying about gooey veggies.....try this pasta. :)

- Jenna #letsgethealthy

A New Year Post.....

Time to blog again.....

Sorry you guys that I didn't wish you all a Merry Christmas on time so here it is now!

This year I wanted to take the time to be thankful. God has changed me a lot year for the good. I just wanted to say that 5 months ago if you asked me if I was going to lose 16 pounds I would say NO. I thought of myself as fine but I truly wasn't. People were lying and tiptoeing around me....the only person I truly need to thank is my father. He knew that I shouldn't have weighed what I weighed and he sure didn't tiptoe around my feelings.....and for that I really want to thank him. He knew what was best for me and I was way to caught up in food heaven to realize that something was wrong. I am very mad at myself for letting it get to where I was. It took pre-diabetes to make me finally get my head caught around the idea that losing weight was something I had to do. I know I haven't been working to hard on my meal plans lately but this next year my goal is to lose a total of 30 pounds.....im almost to 20!  I want to be healthy. I want to be happy with myself. I feel like im on cloud nine with all the complements i've been getting. I don't want to ever be in that dark place again. The place where food was my best friend. Today I have a prayer and I wanted to share it with all of you too....its very personal so please try to understand....

Dear Jesus,
           My life this year was a mess. I ignored you....I blamed you...I was a hot mess. I blamed you for things such as sickness when really I was the one allowing it to come in my life. I really was sinning not because of my weight but because food was becoming an idol for me. I loved it....almost more than you at times. Food was my best friend too. How wrong for me. Thank you for allowing me another chance to get healthy. To lose what I had held onto. I can't wait to see more pound come off. God I NEVER want to be in the place I was again. Where darkness was my hope. Please forgive me for sinning and for putting things in front of you. Please help me to continue to walk in the line of healing. I know that you are healing me. In your name I pray. Amon.

Thank you guys for giving me such a wonderful year. I love you all so much. Make sure your not putting food in front of your life. YOU CAN LOSE THE WEIGHT. <3

- Jenna #letsgethealthy

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE SURVIVED THE END OF THE WORLD WOOT WOOT! ;)

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Wednesday December 19, 2012

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. To be 100% honest I have not been really feeling bloggy lately. Ive been focusing on my life. I haven't been too strict on my diet ether. Im hoping after the holidays I can focus more on that. I have however lost 14 pounds and counting. I will blog again soon. Thank you for understanding. - Jenna

Where have I been? Weigh in!

Hello everyone. Its been a few weeks since Ive posted and I want to apologize for that. My grandfather had to have heart surgery and its been weighing on my family. I first off want to say I got off of metformin (my pre diabetic meds.) It was making me VERY sick. So we are trying to get the levels down by ourselves with my weight loss. I also am trying some vitamins to get the levels down as well. My goal is to lose 5 more pound by Christmas.

WEIGH IN DECEMBER 4, 2012:

I have officially lost 11 pounds. This is CRAZY. Last year if you would have asked me about my weight I would have said I was fine. WRONG. I have looked back at some pictures that are about 2 months old and I want to just die inside. I had put on TOO much weight. I looked like a ballon face. Whats worse is that everyone around me was telling me I looked fine. To be honest, for the last couple of week I haven't been eating like I should be but something is stopping me from eating to much. Everytime I eat I begin to get nauseas if I eat a single bite over what my body knows whats right. ITS SO STRANGE. I also don't dare eat as much. I get full super quickly. Like today for example....I had a bowl of soup....I only ate half and was full. WHAT EVEN?!?!?!?!? Thank you all for your love and support I believe in myself for once. Now I'm just waiting for the results to show on my stomach. (This is the place that shows the most)

- Jenna #letsgethealthy

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