Day 1 Meals

LUNCH:
So starting on this diet, I felt like a salad for lunch. A few weeks ago I bought this salad mix from Costco that was called Chinese Chicken Salad. It came with 2 sets of salad mixes that can feed a few people each time it is made. All you have to do is add the lettuce.

This is what it looks like all mixed together. I love this salad!

To wash this salad down, I drank my favorite Arizona Diet Green tea. When I make it, I use 2 packets and mix it in my 32 oz cup of water.

And also before I started to eat this delicious salad, I made sure to take an Alli! 

DINNER:

For dinner tonight, I wasn't really in the mood to make a whole meal and my son wanted pancakes, so I looked in on of the Taste of Home books and found recipe called Applesauce Oatmeal Pancakes. This was in the 2nd Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet cookbook. 

These pancakes came out pretty good. I also used Light pancake syrup that contained no fat which was perfect to take with an Alli pill. Below is the recipe for them.

Applesauce Oatmeal Pancakes

1 Cup of Quick-cooking Oats

1/4 Cup of Wheat Flour

1/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour

1 TBS of Baking Powder

2 TBS of unsweetened Applasauce

4 Egg Whites

Mix all the dry ingredients together and in a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients. Then mix them all together. 

I noticed that the mix was a little dense, so I added more applesauce and added some water. And I also added some cinnamon because they needed a little extra flavor. I didn't make it as runny as normal pancake mix usually is. They came out a little fluffy and thick, but they were pretty good. Try it out! Let me know if you like it!!

Dance Central for Weight Loss

So along with my dieting and exercise, I will be doing Dance Central by XBOX Kinect to help get me moving and get me more motivated. So far I love this game! I'm glad I got it and look forward to perfecting the moves.

First Day to a New Me!

Well I was supposed to start my diet and exercise yesterday,but since it was Valentine's Day, I let myself have one more day of eating whatever I want. 

When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was weigh myself after going to the bathroom. I find it is best to weigh yourself first thing in the morning after going to the bathroom and being naked. I was a little nervous because I haven't weighed myself in over a month........ Ugh, and let me tell you that I hate weighing myself!

So my weight was 192.5! Wow, I hate seeing those numbers! My goal is to lose about 50 pounds. I know I can do it if I just set my mind to it. So let the weight loss begin. Below are pics I took after weighing myself this morning to show a BEFORE and when I get to where I want, a AFTER.

So here's to my journey!!!!  

After weighing myself and taking pics, I figured I better eat some breakfast. So today I decided to have a English muffin  with my usual coffee and creamer. I used I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light on my English muffin. I also took one Alli pill.