But, today I saw the reward of the hard work. A weekly weigh in is too stressful for me, so I weigh daily. On Monday, I was up a pound. Yesterday, I was down .2 from my lowest and today, well, today I'm down 1.2 from my lowest!
Woohoo! 21 lbs gone this year! Of course many of the Biggest Loser Contestants lost that in one week....But I'm happy, and to celebrate the occasion I pulled out some pants I haven't been able to fit into since the wedding. This loss means I'm halfway back to where I was before the Great Gain of 2008.
Of course this news had me floating all day and that reflected in my food choices. Funny thing is, when my weight loss is going well I want to hold on for dear life to whatever I’m doing so it won’t stop!
In that spirit, I continued with the big breakfast with a Mix 1, All Bran Bran Buds and grapes.
Lunch was also quite filling. I had more Bulgur, Mint and Parsley Salad. I may or may not have worked to get every single bit left in the tupperware. So Good!
I also had some Greek Chicken (I don’t like the pictures) and a peach
In the middle of the day I wanted something sweet so I cracked open a Diet Dr. Pepper. After two sips I was sick of the fake sugar taste and so I tossed it.
Dinner was Eggplant Parmesan with Bulgur and Pine Nuts. I would like to point out how awesome I molded the bulgur. Thanks TJ for the inspiration to do it this way!
I got a little carried away taking pictures. It was so pretty!
I am so lucky to have such a great husband who makes sure I have yummy dinners waiting for me!
I put back most of the bulgur because I was feeling really full…
Of course I’m not too full for some mini cupcakes that appeared in the fridge today! Best.Husband.Ever.
Foodbuzz Awards
Foodbuzz has announced its 1st-Annual Foodbuzz Blog Awards!The categories:
Best Overall Blog
Best New Blog
Best Wine Blog
Best Cocktail/Spirits Blog
Best Baking Blog
Best Food Photography Blog
Best Visual Blog (graphic design)
Best Writing Voice
Best Healthy Living Blog
Best Green/Sustainable blog
Best Family Blog
Best Recipe Blog
Best Blogger Humanitarian Effort
Best Community Blog Effort
Most Humorous Food Blog
AND
Blogger you’d most want to:
-Take to dinner
-Cook a meal for you
-Be your personal Sommelier
-Create you a cocktail
-Watch on Food Network
-Watch on Iron Chef
-See open up their own restaurant
-See their blog made into a movie
Winners will be announced at the Foodbuzz Festival in November
12 comments:
Your eggplant dinner is making my mouth water..mmm!! Love the photos + congrats on your weight loss!! =)
I ate an artichoke in a yummy salad and I thought about you!
Diet DP is good if you are vexed with heat, in the desert in summer, but now that it's cooler - kick that can to the curb!
Ashley: Thanks!
Anne: Oh how fun that you had artichoke!
that eggplant is one of my all time faves! Last week when I made it it made SO much that we had it the next day as well. Came out just as good leftover! YUM!
So glad that I inspired you to mold your bulgar! LOL Looks pretty! hehe :)
Congrats on being a LOSER! :)
How wonderful about the weight loss! I like how you said you were going to hold on to what you were doing so you didn't gain any of it back. That's what always worked for me. Keep doing what I had been doing!
By the way - the picture of the peach? AMAZING!
Diane: Thanks!!
kudos on the weight loss- that is wonderful news.
dinner, looks amazing- again! seriously how do you lose weight lol
those photos are great. love the peach one. very pretty. eeep. oh man cupcakes are doing the rounds :P enjoy!
*high fives* to the rewards of hard work. 2lbs gone. bye bye :D good stuff missus!
I've finally dumped my Diet Dr. Pepper for sparkling water. I decided what I really like is the carbonation and not so much the taste. Once again, love the pics.
wooohooo for the weightloss!
and yes, i'm sorta envious of your hubby's cooking skillz...your food always looks so damn dawg delicious!
Good job, lady!!
Great job with the weight-loss this week! And don't compare yourself with the Biggest Loser contestants... 21 lbs. is AMAZING!! Besides, the contestants work out for like 7 hours of the day so of course they can achieve weight-loss like that.
Anyway you're doing great.
Btw, wanted to invite you to an exercise challenge for this weekend. Trying to gather up 365-miles worth of exercise from everyone in the weight-loss/bloggy world.
Please join me (check out my most recent post for details) because you are one of the people who inspire me!
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