Over-due.

Wow, I've been so busy lately with starting my college classes last week for fall semester of 2012, with ending a great weekend.. BECAUSE it was my 4years anniversary with my boyfriend, the love of my life, garrett. : )

Last friday he came over seeing me all dressed up and got my hair done.. I look like a pochantas with my tan skin and brunnette hair. LOL... I got him a collage picture frame with our pictures ( he asked me if i had a professional do it, i repsonded saying no.. i did it all myself.. GREAT compliment.), memory box that i painted (he keep all of my stuff like drawings, cards, movie tickets, 3D glasses,event tickets etc..), perler beads i made of pikachu, zelda, I <3 YOU, and game boy with tetris game on it.., and ALSO, an engraved pocketknife that says Happy anniversary. Stephanie&Garrett. 08.24.08

So friday night, Garrett and I went to italian restaurant called Giorgios. The one and only in Georgia. I had my cheat day that day, havent had one since May -- which was 3 months ago.. I know i know.. it's been a while. but that's a good thing.. Usually, people would have cheat days once a week, but for me it's every 3 months.. At first, it took me a while to get used to it, since then i'm 100% confident.. scratch that. i'm 105% confident. They make the most amazing calzones along with dressings. it's homemade.. i got a cheese calzone with ham and pineapple, then a salad (no cheeeeeese! since i already got cheese in my calzone..) with ranch dressing. SO YUMMY. With left over of dressing, i used to dip the bread with ranch... Not only me that likes that ;-) Not a weird combination..... After that, we went out to menchies.. WHICH is a healthy place.. I could care less about brusters, even though it's a great icecream place, but not much toppings... they have several flavors -- No sugar added/fat free chocolate swirl, coffee toffee, strawberry swirl, and chocolate something.. forgot what's called.. but menchies/yogli mogli have the best toppings that all are non - fat and low - fat .. my top favorites are cake batter, red velvet, thin mint, cookies and creme vanilla chocolate and peanut butter... Also, for seasons like christmas, they'd have like peppermint yogurt or egg nog.. I blame this on my brother and my best friend dara for getting me addicted to frozen yogurt places. HA-HA... They only charge $0.44/per oz. which is not really a bad deal... So i went and got mix of cookies and creme with cake batter... (I bet you'd do this when you were a kids but for me, i'd like out of the cake batter bowl when we're done baking...) Bet you couldn't resist. I'm gonna keep you posted with recipes and Tips on how to lose weight... Summer's almost over.. You're going to want to read my posts coming up with great tools and recipes..

Recipe of the day:

Let's Talk About Mex', Baby!

When it comes to super-caloric fast-food items, we're often left asking, POR QUÉ? (That's Spanish for "WHY?") But one bite of our new guilt-free swap, and "Why not?" becomes the more appropriate question -- hence the name of our recipe. Just chew it!

Ingredients:
Two 6-inch corn tortillas
1/3 cup frozen ground-beef-style soy crumbles (like the kinds by Boca and Morningstar Farms)
1/2 tsp. taco seasoning mix
2 tbsp. fat-free refried beans
2 tbsp. taco sauce
3 tbsp. shredded reduced-fat Mexican-blend cheese
1/4 cup chopped tomato

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.

Lay tortillas on the baking sheet, side by side, and bake for 6 minutes. Flip tortillas. Bake until crispy, about 6 more minutes. Leave oven on.

Meanwhile, bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat. Add soy crumbles and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp. taco seasoning. Cook and stir until hot and well mixed, about 2 minutes.

Spread 1 tortilla with refried beans. Top with seasoned soy crumbles, followed by the other tortilla.

In a small bowl, mix taco sauce with remaining 1/4 tsp. taco seasoning. Spread the top tortilla with seasoned sauce, and sprinkle with cheese and tomato.

Bake until sauce is hot and cheese has melted, about 3 minutes. Eat up!

MAKES 1 SERVING

Calories: 254
Fat: 6.5g
Sodium: 803mg
Carbs: 34.5g
Fiber: 6.5g
Sugars: 3.5g
Protein: 16.5g

PointsPlus® value 6*

Quote:
- still hungry before bed? Go for low-fat string chees,e the case in protein is slow to digest and will sustain you throughout your zzz's.
- (DO)n't qu(IT).
-Running the stairs - great cardio exercise -- also a great way to tone your butt.

I just created this book, ( you can buy a composition journal at walgreens for cheap)and i'd cut out words from magazines to tape on journal that inspires me for this weight-loss journey.
**Will post pictures later on this weeek..**
found out from pinterest.

Keep It Up.

Sorry that I haven't post in a week.. See, first of all, I've been sick last week, for almost a week until last wednesday from viral infection. I have been having headaches constantly, and it's been driving me nuts. I have been in bed all week non-stop, just sleeping in and watch television then taking naps. I thought I was having a sinus infection, because of the migraines, but good thing is that I didn't have no strep throat/runny nose/cough or sneezing but my fever has been going up and down.. the highest was 102.5 and lowest was 99.8 before hitting 98.1 when I started feeling great.

So last thursday, the first day that I had my weekly weigh-in at weight watchers. and LOST -2.8lbs. Heck yeah! I've lost 5lbs total from being sick, and man my apetite wasn't that good, I ate twice a day. Now my apetite is back, today I had two proteins. For lunch, I made a burger with italian seamse seeds bread.. ground beed 93/7 (lean which for weight watchers is 4 Points Plus Values)also with GREEN TRIANGLE. (Goodhealthguidelines..) and for dinner tonight, my mom went and got me CHICK-FIL-A chargrilled chicken sandwich with fruit cup. with JUST 7 points plus..for dinner..

- Yummy (7points for sandwich 0 points for fruit cup)
+2 ppv for Honey roasted bbq sauce (if you want to add on.) = 9PPV

I'm a huge chickfila fan, for all of you chickfila addicts out there, you'd know whatcha I'm talking about.. I'd used to get the regular chicken sandwich but with the fat and calories also S.O.D.I.U.M, a little too much .. and don't forget the waffle fries. I stopped ordering that meal and order a healthier one, chargrilled sandwich with fruit cup.. Yes..., there are times that I'd have a craving for chickfila chicken sandwich but in the back of my mind, I have to make a healthier choice for myself.. and since then, I stopped having my cravings for that including chocolate, wendy's burgers, and other fatty foods. So if you have a craving with something like that, remember to think order healthier, and before you know it, your cravings will go away.. but it's also okay to treat your self once in a while. :)

Here are awesome pictures from pinterest that I saw including fitness and F-A-C-T-S:
trust me, yOu'll lOve it. :)


 - one thing i learned about eating right, have veggies, protein, fruit, and starch.
 - Good way to drink H20 .. Average is to drink 8 glasses of water.
 - great way for ALL college students. especially college students 15.

 - pasta salad with farilla brand, tomatoes, spinach, and feta cheese. Yum.

  - unsalted preztels, fruit, and homemade pizza (which are the best beats restaurant and fast food because they're high in calories, sodium and fat.) Get bobolli pizza crust either thin or wheat.. with any toppings.. you need protein chicken, or turkey bacon. :)

 - workout plans

  - Like below, when I was talking about getting rid of my cravings like for chickfila regular chicken sandwich. :)



I already got this in weight watchers brand, for my weekly meetings and weigh-ins. :)



 

For all the beginners for people with WEIGHT LOSS.

Well, I hope you enjoy my blog for the day and like those photo's i added from pinterest. Hope you learn something for the day and remember, if you gain or have a bad day, tomorrow will be a better day and you'll learn better for your weight-loss journey..

Have a great weekend! :)

Empower yourself.

Sorry that I haven't been on this week to blog, but earlier this week I didn't feel too well, wasn't on computer at all this week.. Today is the first time I've been on this week, checking my messages and checking facebook and learned that one of my best friend's sister died Wednesday.. It was so soon and sad to know the fact that she was just twenty-five years old.. We grew up in the church together back in the days, then she moved to the state of Michigan and got married.. Thinking of her and her family when they're grieving losing their daughter, sister, friend, wife. Also, my grandmother's birthday was this Wednesday, so we went out to Long Horn's for lunch. Surprisingly, we usually go to Red Lobster for their birthdays and anniversary.. As for me, you know in my previous that I cut down sugars, but also, i cut down going out to dinner every Friday night.. (due to dinner with high sodium and high points..) You can find low points for lunch and dinner out.. but for me, I'd go out to dinner once a month, then turned to hardly ever. Last time I went out to dinner was back in May 2012 at steak & shake for Garrett's birthday, then July 1-7 week in Florida going out to seafood restaurants with my dad, my brother and his girlfriend Megan.

So for lunch, I had a renegade sirloin steak, 6oz for only 10 points with a side salad that came with fat free ranch.. For dessert, I made my grandmother a birthday cake. Do you want to know the special ingredient? It's so so so good. To make a cake, regular cake mix like strawberry, vanilla, chocolate or red velvet.. You usually would use oil, water, and eggs.. At a weight watchers meeting while back, my leader Diane told us to have apple sauce instead of eggs.. Eggs are high in fat and calories.. So good, then when you're making the cake mix, instead of spraying the pan, rub butter on the pan then put flour ( i put wheat flour because we were out of regular flour..) put some on the pan and shake it around to make sure it sticks on the butter on the pan.

Here's a great website:
What I absolutely love about this website, is that you can eat anything you want or what you've been craving for (desserts, side dishes, and appetizers..) This website, tells you the nutrition facts for a food item (look below..) Stick to the recipe it shows on there -- with reduced calories, fat, sodium, and sugars.. Also to all of those people who are addicted to starbucks, there's a few recipes of coffee. Me, nah, I'm not a coffee person. HeHeHe.
Also it tells you how points plus of the food item -- homemade vs. resturant.

Recipe (below) --> http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/show/2113
For an example: O Charley's have potatoes skins, which I'd crave for, but it's high in fat.

Instead of:

 TGIF - Loaded Potato skins -- 11 points

Have instead:

Serving Size: 1/4th of recipe (2 loaded potato skins)
Calories: 202
Fat: 7.5g
Sodium: 295mg
Carbs: 23.5g
Fiber: 3.5g
Sugars: 2g
Protein: 10g
PointsPlus® value 5*

Well I hope you enjoy my post and have a great weekend. :) Comment if you have any tips or questions.


--Eat Great. Live Healthy.--