Below My target weight

WOW, one year since I started losing weight, and I am down 74 pounds!  You might have thought I have dropped off the face of this Earth, but nope, the only thing that has dropped is my weight, GLADLY!!!  Over the holidays I managed to get down to a healthy weight of 148.8.  I am happily below my target weight of 150.  I am so happy to have reached this goal.  Now my new goal....  140!  I think I will stop there.  I have also been seeing single digit sizes, and happy to report I am comfortably in 7-8's!  Can I do my happy dance now!!!  LOL!  I hope you are all doing well on your weight loss goals as well!!  I will try to update pics in later days!  Enjoy the new year all...  Happy new years! 

A great Low fat, Low calorie Recipe!!!

I had to share, this recipe was too good not to! 

Honey Mustard Roasted Chicken

Rich, flavorful honey mustard chicken with carrots, squash and potatoes.

Ingredients:

1 lb. potatoes, cubed

2 lbs. chicken breasts

3 medium carrots, sliced

1small squash, cubed

2 tablespoons olive oil

1-1/2 tablespoons honey

3 tablespoons mustard

1 teaspoon rosemary

3 cloves garlic pressed

1 tablespoon season salt

1 teaspoon dried parsely

salt and pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

2. In a shallow pan, toss potatoes, carrots and squash with oil, season salt, salt and pepper.

3. Sprinkle peeled, pressed garlic cloves across the vegetables and scatter the rosemary and parsely on top.

4. Arrange the chicken among the vegetables and bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, stir the mustard and honey together.

6. Remove the pan from the oven. Carefully take the chicken from the pan to another clean plate. Spread the honey-mustard mixture over the chicken.

7. Stir vegetables in the pan, return coated chicken to the pan, and place pan back into the oven. Bake 10-20 minutes, until chicken is cooked and vegetables are tender.

This is "What's for dinner tonight". Hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does!!!

And get this it only has Calories: 357,  Fat: 9 g,  Carbohydrates: 39.4 g,  and Protein: 30.5 g

You can catch more great recipes over at my food blog: Kitchen Creations with a mommy of 6!

LIfe is great!!!

With alot of thigns going on, I still managed to loose two pound this week... but the were the two I put on last week!  Oh well...  At least I break even.  The last 10 pounds have been a challenge to get off.  Especially with the medical problems that have arised.  I can't run now, so I am stuck to walking, of face the pain and run anyways.  so I try to do what I can.  Hopefully its enough.  I go for my 6 month appointment soon, I know its late... really late...  but at least I am going!  I will let you all know how it goes from there!  TTYL

Almost 7 months

Wow, it is hard to believe it has been that long.  As depressing as it is, I have been bouncing back and forth with weight lost.  Last week I gained 5 pounds, but this week I lost all five plus one more.  I finally been active again, so we will see what I lose now.  My cousin just posted that she wanted to have a challenge for the month of August.  This challenge is that we including herself have to lose 10 pounds before the end of the month.  I took it!  Lets see if I can lose this last 10 pounds!

This is hilarious!

A little pick me up after dieting, and exercising, and running, and more exercising!

New weight goal!

So I finally reached a "within good distance" of my goal. That would be 4 pounds to be exact! I am excited, although these last few pounds, ok the last 10 have been very difficult! But then again since my hernia surgery, there is still ALOT I can't do. It hurts too bad. But I am working on it slowly. I will make it happen for sure. I will be glad to be able to run more than a mile again. I get to the mile marker, and then I have to walk, jog, and walk so more. It really sucks! But at least I am doing something!

Speaking of activity, my super sweet hubby got me my own gym equipment. I have a stairclimber, a rower (I don't know the correct name), an Ab machine, and a bicycle. So I am set! I am looking for a few more things, like weights or weight set, something along those lines... but we will see what we can find. I will post pics up soon of my new gym! I am super excited!

Almost 6 months

Can you beleive it has been alomst six months. I have almost hit my goal weight. 9 more pounds. I can have it by next month if I try hard enough! We'll see!!! So here are this week pics!






White pants, and in film, and I still look good! hehehehe....