Vegan food!

So mum is here! She got here on the 29th and since picking her up I haven't eaten any animal products except for 1 baby bell cheese. She has been making the YUMMIEST dinners! All vegan!

Here are some of the stuff she has been making with vague recipes as she doesn't measure anything, she just goes by instinct. Plus other things we have been eating.

Roasted veggies with chick peas:

Blue corn tortilla chips with kalamata hummus & red pepper hummus with veggies etc:

Rice Dream vegan ice cream, DELICIOUS!

Tofu cooked in coconut oil, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, garlic. Salad with kale, arugula, mushrooms, tomatoes, chick peas, carrot and avocado. Dressing made with lime juice (fresh), coconut oil, black pepper, herbs etc

Chick pea and vegetable curry - veggies & chick peas. Curry sauce - coconut cream, curry paste, coconut oil, red onion. Sauté onion in coconut oil, add curry paste, cook for a few minutes, add coconut cream, simmer for a few minutes then add veggies, then add chick peas at the end. Serve with brown rice.

Falafel from Trader Joe's with quinoa salad and tahini sauce.

Vegan enchiladas/burritos: whole wheat tortillas filled with refried beans, tomatoes, red onions, taco seasoning, potatoes. Topped with salsa and "cheese sauce" made with soy milk, corn flour and nutritional yeast. We used the fine nutritional yeast not the flakes. Topped with guacamole.

Food Diary 23/04/13

2 Days in a row!! Wooooo!!

Breakfast:

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Salted caramel iced coffee made with almond milk, sugar free syrup and brewed coffee - 40 calories
Luna protein bar - 190 calories

Total - 230 calories

Lunch:

112g smoked ham - 120 calories

3 Tbs Balsamic dressing - 38 calories

salad veggies - 44 calories

55g avocado - 88 calories

Total - 290 calories

Dinner:

175g lean beef - 268 calories

1 small onion - 29 calories

mushrooms - 6 calories

broccoli - 30 calories

1/4 cup quinoa - 172 calories

Total - 505 calories

Dessert:

100g banana - 89 calories

0.5 cup 0% fat free plain greek yogurt - 60 calories

0.5 cup Fat free cottage cheese - 70 calories

Total - 219 calories

I can't find my prenatal vitamins anywhere so my levels haven't been as good as usual. 

Weigh in & Food diary 22/04

Oh look! A food diary! What is going on!!

Anyway, I have been really bad here lately so I need to do this to have accountability. I weighed in this morning:

I was down to 148 in March. Really not happy with myself right now. But I am back on track today.

Breakfast:

1/2 cup rolled oats - 150 calories

20g honey - 61 calories

1/2 unsweetened vanilla almond milk - 20 calories

8g chia seeds - 35 calories

4 tbs sf hazelnut creamer - 60 calories

Total - 326 calories

Lunch:

2 slices of Ezekiel bread - 160 calories
14g light butter - 50 calories
vegemite - 10 calories
2 slices 2% sharp cheddar - 120 calories

Total - 340 calories

Dinner:

Creamy mushroom chicken:

Chicken tenderloins fried with spray oil, then out in oven to keep warm. saute mushrooms on same pan until brown, add sour cream, then add chicken. Serve when warmed through.

My serving - 250 calories

2 tsp canola oil - 80 calories
butternut squash - 20 calories
asparagus - 16 calories

Total - 362 calories

Snacks:

1 jazz apple - 62 calories

Iced coffee made with:

Strong brewed coffee
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk - 40 calories
Sugar free Torani salted caramel syrup

Total - 40 calories

I will also be having some greek yogurt mixed with cottage cheese and strawberries in a little bit.

Weigh-in 18th March

So my goal this week was to get below 150lb. Last week I weighed in at 150.1lb so it wasn't a huge goal. But I really wanted to be below 150 before my birthday. And guess what!!!

YAY!! I am so freakin happy!!!!!


I only have like 4lb or so before I am back at my WW goal! And even less before I can go back to meetings. Wooohooo!!

Here are the other stats:

5000 questions part 2

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?

Hubby cuddled up with me on the couch after dinner before leaving for work and Ashley helped me clean up after dinner without being asked. Love my men :)

27. Do you have a lot to learn?

Doesn't everyone? There is much to learn in the world and we are never done.

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?

Speak 3 other languages, play piano perfectly and sew anything.

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?

How they made me feel.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?

Communication, honesty and trust.

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?

See the Grand Canyon, Eat Sushi in Japan and see whales in the ocean.

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?

I would probably risk my life to save someone I loved.


33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?

Any kind of medical research for diseases and cancer.

34. What does each decade make you think of:

20's - Makes me think of gangsters and flappers
30's - makes me think of the depression
40's - the war and cool clothes
50's - Rock n roll and cool cars
60's - hippies and great music
70's - Abba and disco
80's - BEST MUSIC & John Hughes
90's - grunge!


35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?

80's. I just love everything about the 80's!

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?

I have way too many to list!

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?

USA - Barack Obama

If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?

None. I don't watch live TV

39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?

The Wicked Witch. She just wanted her sisters shoes!! Love me some shoes!

40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?

No

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?

Fly

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?

Science man!

43. What does your name mean? 

Nicole - People of Victory

44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?

Space of course!! But only if we have faster than light travel otherwise it would be BORING lol

45. Word association

What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

Air: breath

Meat: pie

Different: outcast

Pink: dress

Deserve: earn

White: dress

Elvis: hips

Magic: cards

Heart: beat

Clash: blister

Pulp: fiction

46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? 

Elliot Smith

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? 

Jennifer Lawrence

48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? 

Bridesmaids - So funny!

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? 

Kindle, food, water, laptop, bucket for bathroom breaks.

50. Have you ever saved someone's life or had your life saved? 

I've helped stop car accidents by yelling out. I also was almost abducted as a young girl and was so close to being gone. Who knows that might have happened to me.

Catch up post

I know it's been a while since I posted on here so I am going to do a big long catch up post. I apologise if it's really long :)

Weightloss:

So the last time I posted my weight was back in late January and it was 150.6lb. Since then I have really been kicking up the exercise now that I can get to the gym everyday. And my weight has fluctuated between 150 - 154lb. My eating has been pretty much spot on, with only a few bad days. I upped my calories a couple of weeks ago after not seeing any change with my weight and also have decided to change my weigh in day to Monday mornings, as I take the weekend off from the gym so that is the ideal time for minimal water weight from sore muscles etc. So this morning was my first weigh in on the new weigh in schedule and I was at:

Now only a few days ago in the fitness group I am part of I posted that I really wanted to be under 150 by my birthday which is in 11 days. At the time I was hovering around 152lb and wasn't sure if I would be able to do it. Well holy heck! I am so close now! My weight last Monday (yes I weigh myself everyday and record it) was 150.5, then it gradually went up all week. Then after 2 days rest from working out it's down again. So I am convinced it's the Body Pump that is causing my temporary weight gains. Wish my birthday wasn't a Friday! Lol

My eating has been spot on too. The last day I didn't track or went over my calories was the 1st March.

Exercise:

This is something I have been so proud of! Since getting my license I was able to start going to the YMCA. I was very blessed to be approved for a reduced membership as part of their open door program. I love them! So I have been going at least 3 days a week, trying for 5.

I do Body Pump on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. It's a weight class with an aerobic aspect to it also. I wear my HRM and I burn between 300-350 calories each class! It's hard! On the other days I have been doing Body Flow, which is a mix of Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi. That is hard too but feels wonderful and so good for my posture. I also jump on the treadmill here and there, which I need to do more often. Plus I want to use more of the machines in the gym.

I can feel and see the changes happening in my body already. Billy is freaking out, in a good way, about how my body is changing too. It's awesome. Plus it has done wonders for my moods. I am happy all the time now. It's so crazy!

Life:

Things have been great, as usual with Billy & Ash. Billy has had the past few days off and it's been great. We got to hang out with friends yesterday and saw Oz the Great & Powerful. I got to wear my latest thrift store find top and new bargain shoes and my newish black skinnies.

The movie was really good and afterwards we all went and sat at Starbucks and just talked for hours! It was great!!

Then we got hungry and went and got some sushi with a Groupon we got for a place we hadn't tried yet.

We all got 1 each

My sushi, eel and salmon with tempura shrimp.

Billy's dinner, salmon.

YUM!

We had to go to Walmart and grab a couple of things so we decided to stop at Sweet Frog afterwards. I even weighed mine and worked out the calories. I got the fat free Irish Mint with choc chips and a peppermint patty.

YUM!

It was a great day! And I was within my calories too! Win win!