Weigh In Day!

Good morning, Spankstas!!  It's your favorite day of the week. 

Updates will be made as weigh ins come to me, so stay tuned!

Sara Lou:

Initial weight: 204
Last week's weight: 194.2
Today's weight: 193
Weight lost: 1.2 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.62%
Total weight lost: 11 lbs
Total percentage so far: 5.4%

Chey Baby:

Initial weight: 204
Last week's weight: 201.2
Today's weight: 199
Weight lost: 2.2
Percentage of weight lost this week: 1.1%
Total weigh lost: 5
Total percentage so far: 2.5%

Cee Bee:

Initial weight: 244
Last week's weight: 233.6
Today's weight: 233
Weight lost: 0.6 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.26%
Total weigh lost:11
Total percentage so far: 4.5%

Jay Low:

Initial weight: 176
Last week's weight: 173.4
Today's weight: 172.4
Weight lost:1 lb
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.58%
Total weigh lost: 3.6
Total percentage so far: 2.04%

JoJo:

Initial weight: 181
Last week's weight: 179.8
Today's weight: 179.4
Weight lost: 0.4 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.22%
Total weigh lost:1.6 lbs
Total percentage so far: 0.88%

Rosie Kay:

Initial weight: 140
Last week's weight: 139.8
Today's weight: 140.8
Weight lost: +1
Percentage of weight lost this week: +0.7%

Tuesday Tip - Involve your family

Adopting a healthy lifestyle is hard to do all by myself.

I need a support system in place.

For me, a lot of my support system are The Spankstas.

(Yeah, ladies!)

But there's no reason why my family can't be involved too.

In fact, involving them can only bring about good.


My husband can benefit from healthier eating and I definitely want my kids to learn to love healthy foods.  I don't want to look back later and feel that I have failed them somehow by feeding them junk.

That's a powerful motivator for me.

But it is more than just about food.  It's also about instilling a more active lifestyle.  Walking, biking, playing, dancing, running, jumping.  I want them to be active!

This last week I found a post on Pinterest about Yoga Poses to do with your kids.  I loved the idea and so I started a new routine before bed.  I started out with just my Little Man (after Lil' Miss went down for the night) and we went through all of the poses listed.

He LOVED it.  He enjoyed the names of the poses.  He would giggle over being a frog or a sandwich.  He especially enjoyed tipping over and falling out of the poses (which we both did).  When we had gone through all the poses once, he even yelled out "Let's do it again!"  For him, it was a game.  A fun game of balancing, mimicking objects, falling over, and giggling.

Eventually I moved on to more complicated poses, while he made up some of his own.

It was a great little wind down for bed time.  But even more, I loved that I was doing something active and fun that helped me connect with my Little Man.

Try to make it a goal to include those whom you care about.  What are you doing today to make them a part of your healthier lifestyle?

Monday Mountains - Food Traps

Check out this article on 15 Food Traps that Derail Diets.

I think the part that most stood out to me was:

" Not every dinner out is a celebration, so don’t treat it like a calorie free-for-all. Instead, enjoy it as a meal that you don’t have to prepare or clean up. And that is special, even if you’re eating grilled fish."

I TOTALLY fall into this trap.  Thinking, "Well, I'm eating out and I don't get to do that all the time, so I'm going to treat myself."  When really, I should think that not cooking and cleaning is a treat in and of itself!

Weigh In Day!

Today's the day.  Weigh in day!!

Updates will be made as weigh ins come to me, so stay tuned!

Sara Lou:

Initial weight: 204
Last week's weight: 199.6
Today's weight: 194.2
Weight lost: 5.4 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week: 2.7%
Total weight lost: 9.8 lbs
Total percentage so far: 4.8%

Chey Baby:

Initial weight: 204
Last week's weight: 200
Today's weight: 201.2
Weight lost: +1.2
Percentage of weight lost this week: +0.6%
Total weigh lost: 2.8 lbs
Total percentage so far: 1.4%

Cee Bee:

Initial weight: 244
Last week's weight: 238.4
Today's weight: 233.6
Weight lost: 4.8 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week: 2.01%
Total weigh lost: 10.4 lbs
Total percentage so far: 4.26%

Jay Low:

Initial weight: 176
Last week's weight: 174
Today's weight: 173.4
Weight lost: 0.6 lbs
Percentage of weight lost this week:  0.34%
Total weigh lost: 2.6 lbs
Total percentage so far: 1.5%

JoJo:

Initial weight: 181
Last week's weight: 180
Today's weight: 179.8
Weight lost: 0.2
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.11%
Total weigh lost: 1.2 lbs
Total percentage so far: 0.7%

Rosie Kay:

Initial weight: 140
Last week's weight: 141
Today's weight: 139.8
Weight lost: 1.2
Percentage of weight lost this week: 0.85%
Total weigh lost: 0.2 lbs
Total percentage so far: 0.1%

**UPDATE: All weigh ins are accounted for.  Rankings thus far are as follows.

1st: Sara Lou (Yeah, baby!)
2nd: Cee Bee
3rd: Jay Low
4th: Chey Baby
5th: Jay Low
6th: Rosie Kay

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken

I found this recipe in a magazine.

Sadly...I can't remember which one.

It was either Cooking Light or Clean Eating.

I'm leaning toward Clean Eating.

Either way, both of these magazines are great resources for some healthy recipes.  They typically have the calorie content included with the recipe so that you know what you're getting yourself into.

Here's one I tried today which both my husband and I loved!  Here is how I prepared it (slightly different than what they had).

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken

2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 cup grainy mustard (I used normal mustard...I don't like it grainy)
7 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp thyme
pinch cayenne pepper
2 lb chicken
2 tbsp almonds (I didn't have any, so I left this off)
2 tbsp fresh parsley (again...didn't have any)

In small bowl, mix garlic, mustard, honey, thyme, and cayenne.  Coat chicken with mixture and refigerate 8 hours.  (They had you leave off 1/3 of the mixture and add it to the tops later.  I skipped this step and it was still quite flavorful.)

Arrange oven rack in the highest position.  Line baking sheet with foil and mist with cooking spray.
Remove chicken from marinade.  Shake of excess marinade and transfer it to the baking sheet.

Broil 7-10 minutes till the tops are golden.  Turn and broil 3-5 more minutes.

Sprinkle with almonds and parsley.  Serve.

One small chicken breast = about 123 calories

First Weigh In

Woot!  Are you ready?  Ready for our first weigh in??

(I will be updating this as I receive weigh ins throughout the day, so stay tuned!!)

Sara Lou:
Initial weight: 204
Today's weight: 199.6
Weight lost: 4.4 lbs
Percentage of weight lost: 2.17%
It's amazing how not eating junk can make a big difference!

Chey Baby:
Initial weight: 204
Today's weight: 200
Weight lost: 4 lbs
Percentage of weight lost: 1.96%

Cee Bee:
Initial weight: 244
Today's weight: 238.4
Weight lost: 5.6 lbs
Percentage of weight lost: 2.3%


Jay Low:
Initial weight: 176
Today's weight: 174
Weight lost: 2 lbs
Percentage of weight lost: 1.36%


JoJo:
Initial weight: 181
Today's weight: 180
Weight lost: 1 lb
Percentage of weight lost: 0.5%



Rosie Kay:
Initial weight: 140
Today's weight: 141
Weight lost: +1 lb
Percentage of weight lost: +0.7%
Perhaps I should have eaten less lemon bars.  :)






*update: all weights are in
Rankings are as follows:
1st: Cee Bee
2nd: Sara Lou
3rd: Chey Baby
4th: Jay Low
5th: JoJo
6th: Rosie Kay

Recipe - Honey Lime Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Need a new meal idea?

Here's one that I tried and it was yummy and healthy!

First, I made this Honey Lime Chicken. (Yum!)

                      I cooked up 3 chicken breasts (264 calories each).

To assemble:

Grab a romaine lettuce leaf (3 calories).

Layer on 4 or 5 cucumber slices (7-8 calories).

Add a sprinkling of mozzarella, about 1/8 cup (45 calories).

Take 1/2 of a chicken breast, shred it, and add to the top (132 calories).

Then just roll up your lettuce leaf and enjoy!

Each wrap add up to about 188 calories.

Not too shabby.

I just threw this together with what I had in my kitchen, but make changes as you like.  Maybe add some peppers?  A different cheese?  Tomatoes?

Mmmm, so many possibilities!


*calories are approximate

<---- Lookie here!

Did ya ladies see that I have now officially placed you on our "weigh ins" tab on the side?

Yay!

You're official.

Don't you feel special?

Well, ya should. 

I mean, that took, like, 5 whole minutes of my time.

Yeah.

And I did it JUST FOR YOU!

This is our first week.  Start slow.  Make your goals.  Little steps can make a big difference!

We will do weekly weigh ins on Sundays starting next week, June 10th.

You can either e-mail me (Sara) or message me on FB each week.

Plus, feel free to add any words of wisdom or tell everybody what has been working for you (and what HASN'T, for that matter).

Now get to work and show those pounds who is boss!

Spank The Pounds, baby!!

That's right, laides!  It's time for Spank the Pounds, group style!!

I am so excited that these lovely ladies have volunteered to join us in our competition this time around.

Please welcome our new...hmmm....I think we need a nickname for ourselves.

Spankers?

Pounders?

Spanky pounders?

Weigh in with your suggestions (pun totally intended!).

Anyway, welcome ladies!!!

And so it begins!

And may the weight loss games be EVER in your favor!

(Oh, dear.  I didn't, did I?  I'm afraid I did.)