Fibre-licious day!

Warning: Another post resulting from my love of sparkpeople and no I am not getting paid to talk about them.

I'm sure other calorie counting sites are just as good, I'm just too lazy to try more than one out and sparkpeople so far as done what I need (and more!) so I'm sticking to it.

Your daily intake versus recommended amounts of calories, carbs, fat and protein are automatically tracked.. PLUS you can edit your nutrition goals and add almost anything you want tracked.
Having originally lost weight following Weight Watchers, I opted to add track dietary fiber.

We all know why fibre is good for us, right?

Looking at the past week, I had seen that I hadn't always reached my recommended daily fibre intake, so I am making an effort to add more fibre.

Check out my weekly progress:

Side note: See the day I weighed myself? The day that I wasn't happy with the results? The only day this week I didnt track my calories. The scale is my own worst enemy!

Other than that though, I'm rather happy with the way I've been falling within the daily range (most of the time) for each of these categories.

The good news is, it's easy to incorporate more fibre into your diet! It's found mainly in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes.

Enough of that, and onto last night's dinner. I used to eat stir-frys all the time. Lately I haven't been as much because Carson won't touch it with a ten foot pole. And I'm not into making two meals (right now that would be 3 because of making the baby's meal too), but if I don't start now he will never eat it, right?

Chicken stir-fry with spinach:

1 tbsp peanut oil
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
2 small chicken breasts or 1 large one (already cooked)
1/4 cup water
1 small onion
1/2 red pepper
2 cups broccoli
2 cups spinach
1/2 cup chopped basil

How I did it:

• Chop red pepper into slices and broccoli into their florets
• Boil pot of water, add broccoli and red peppers for 2 minutes (this takes the real hardness away), take off heat and strain
  
• Using a wok, heat the oil (remember: woks heat up really quickly!)
  
• Add garlic and ginger for a few seconds
• Add onion for a minute or two, until it softens
• Add broccoli and red pepper
• Stir-fry for 5 minutes
• Add chicken (I used marinated-then-BBQd chicken we had leftover)
  
• Add spinach
  
• Add the 1/4 cup water and 2 tbsp fish sauce
• Cook until spinach is wilted (is that the proper word?)
• Add basil (I grabbed a bunch of leaves and then cut with scissors)

I served it over a bed of quinoa and it was DELICIOUS! Of course, I couldn't eat it right away because I had to make it to my lean and fit class, but I enjoyed every last bite afterwards.

14 weeks

And look at me already! I peeked on the scale and it shows a 3 lb gain since I got pregnant. But I really think most of that is the treats from this past weekend. Last night I did groceries, cut up veggies for snacking, bought laughing cow cheese with low fat crackers for snack, lots of fruit and have some meal ideas. Feeling a bit more in control then I have been the past week or so. No more sugar for me. I say no more but I'm sure there will be a little treat on the weekend but definitely no more over indulgence.

Update: God I'm fatter than I thought! Not anything to do with the pregnancy but it's funny how pictures show you how you actually look and not how you think you look!

New haircut

I found a really great hairdresser at a really not so great hair salon. After tax and tip it cost me $32 (and I'm a good tipper for a good job). I need to get it coloured but I will be waiting for a couple of weeks to do it.

In the second picture, I'm wearing a cute sweater dress I found at Jacob for $19.00.

My hubby and I

Dressed up to go out for dinner.... and just me being a goof.

Gotta get RIGHT into it

Sure the past week has been good, I've been doing really well. But I keep taking a step backwards. I don't think I'm tackling the situation as serious and hard(?) as I should be. I have to take it up a step every week, I can't just think it's going to be easy. Today involved homemade chocolate chip cookies (probably the best ones I've ever made), this yummy recipe for Chicken Fajita Fettucine with the following substitutes (low-fat sour cream, bruschetta mix (from Costco, so good) instead of salsa and light old cheddar) and a handful or so of chips. Sure it isn't bad, but it's not great... ya know? I have to be serious. I have to make my plan tomorrow. I have to get my journal ready and my mind focussed.

I'm babysitting my niece and nephew, and this was us before Carson's bedtime

This was last weekend at Kate's house

Seriously, THIS is what I look like?

Sometimes pictures are just the kick in the butt you need.

This is my on my first day at my new job.

Trouble in paradise

I'm finding the time after work and before dinner to be quite impossible to NOT snack.

During this time, I make a little snack for my kidlet and start to make dinner. And I'm hungry. Tonight I ate two spoonfuls of peanut butter dipped in jam. Seriously. Isn't that sick? And while I was doing it, I actually thought to myself "Heck, I've eaten this, I may as well eat whatever I want to. I'll start my diet on Monday".

I haven't thought that in AGES. I've been maintaining my ten pound weight loss for a couple weeks and maybe it's because I haven't been losing or gaining... that my motivation has slipped, I've gotten too comfortable and then these old but apparently not forgotten thoughts re-enter my mind.

I was at the grocery store tonight (after going out to dinner with friends, I shared Carson's dinner and got an appetizer for myself and took half home) and was actually strolling down the CANDY aisle trying to decide between mini rolos and M&M's. I stopped in my tracks, shuddered and turned around without looking back.

Time to refocus. Time to remember why I want to lose these last ten-ish pounds.

Oh, this is my souglyitmaybenice sweater. I picked it up at Winners the other night and wasn't sure if it was ugly or nice. But I brought it home and I've taken quite a liking to it. Anyways, wore it to work and got lots of compliments so I'll keep it.

Perfect afternoon

We remembered that Kate's parents were having an open house this afternoon and went to see Kate and LJ and her fam! (I've known them forever, they are like family to me). I met Kate in Grade 7 and LJ came to our class in Grade 8. 20 years later and they are married (long but super happy love story). Anyways, she's pregnant and due in February. Kate is the reason I joined WW. Her and I had always been the same size, and then around 5 years ago she lost 40 lbs and looked SMOKING. It was only then I realized that I wasn't a lost cause and if she could do it, I could do it too!


Anyways, she's 20 weeks pregnant and has only gained 10 lbs and looks gorgeus. She has the most perfect-est baby belly, she's glowing, she's more beautiful then ever. Gives me hope for when I (if I) get pregnant again, that I don't have to gain 70+ lbs.


Here is us. I wish I could find a picture of us 20 years ago - I bet we'd look pretty similar!

Getting ready...

For Thanksgiving tomorrow! I spent Carson's naptime making the dressing (and now stealing hopefully an hour or so catching up on some TV, I haven't watched any this week!) and tonight afer he goes to bed I'll finish up whatever else I can, to leave as much time tomorrow for the last minute things.

It's SUCH a beautiful day outside, I spent most of the morning out there and as soon as the boog wakes up I'll be right back out there.

I'm starting to decorate for Hallowe'en too.

Picture

A picture of Carson and I from last weekend:

Ah those were the days...

This was taken after my first half-marathon, 3 years ago. I want to remember how good it feels to be in that shape. I may print this picture and put it on my fridge. I did it before and I can do it again. (I'm up about 20 lbs since that picture... boo)

Scrummy Lunch

Two super thin slices homemade bread

Two slices chicken breast

Sprouts

Two thin slices of Balderson cheese

Red onions

Mustard

Super fun time!

I'm back! I had such an amazing time. I made some really great friends, ones that I could see myself being friends with for a while. There was probably every type of food under the sun, and we ate it. All. There were drinks. Mojitos, the best sangria I've ever tasted, Grey Goose, wine... oh my. I stayed up later than I have in a longggg time. We took the boat out a couple times, two of the other girls and I jumped off the boat into the coldest. water.ever. We jumped off a cliff. And for every minute of the time we were there, we were talking. Girls are the best therapy ever. We talked about everything, and I'm all the better for it today. Here are some pictures: