New Recipe, 7 Miles, Book REview

Thanks for your sweet comments - i'm sorry those posts are a little boring/chart-heavy, but thanks for sticking with me! I love to do monthly assessments! To answer a couple of questions - the charts are through Spark People! Spark People also gave me my BMR. It suggested a caloric goal of 1,350 - 1,550, but i found that to be too restrictive for me and that i'm much more comfortable around 1,550 to 1,750 so that's what i'm shooting for. Right now, i'm trying to keep to my workout plan and stay under 1,750 on most days. If this doesn't help with weight loss, i'll probably try to find a net for most days, but for now I haven't set a net. I hope this helps! So far, I think this is helping - I got back down to 119 and feel like i'm steadily losing weight. You know how you can just tell your body is responding? I feel like mine is steadlily exiting the plateau! Backing up now.... :)

Yesterday was a little blah. Lots of work, lunch break of 3 miles + back + biceps (burned 188 calories), more work and then home! My ankles were hurting a bit… like they were sore. I decided to postpone C25K until Friday so we’ll see! Instead, I hung out with Austin, talked to my sister, and worked for a couple of hours. I can’t wait for work to slow down some! Then me and Austin watched some TV and I passed out around 10:30 – such a rebel! I ended up at 1,676 calories, 216 carbs, 52 fat grams and 88 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Today was a little less crazy. I got to work from home so I got lots done, got a meal in the slowcoker, but I had to go in at 1 p.m. to help set up for a video and shoot a video at 2 p.m. I got back home around 4 p.m., portioned out the new recipe at 5 p.m. and hit the gym! I walked for 4 miles, did shoulders, back and abs, then headed home for a new dinner – another form Gina’s Weight Watchers Recipes – Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup. Here is the recipe for 10 Servings:

1 white onion, chopped
1 16-oz can black beans, in juice
1 16-oz can kidney beans, in juice
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 can corn kernels, drained
2 14.5-oz cans diced tomatoes w/chilies
1 packet taco seasoning
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp chili powder
24 0z. (3) boneless skinless chicken breasts
chopped fresh cilantro
5 cups white rice
10 tbsp fat free sour cream

sorry this pic is so similar! It seemed tres different!


Combine beans, onion, chili peppers, corn, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder and taco seasoning in a slow cooker. Place chicken on top and cover. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Spoon over white rice and top with fresh cilantro and fat-free sour cream. Nutritional Information: 389 calories, 65 carbs, 2 fat grams and 22 protein grams.

It was REALLY good, super filling and flavorful. Next time I may use medium or hot on the taco seasonings to give it some more kick, or just add in some diced jalepeno – whatevs. It was great though and I’m glad because making 10 servings of a new recipe is a bit daunting. But I trusted it!

After dinner we headed over to Brooks Brothers to get Austin some new ties, then over to Brandsmart as we’re back on the stainless steel search! I hope to order tomorrow. :) Then it was home, shared miller light and now TV/family time – woo! I ended up at 1,587 calories, 242 carbs, 25 fat grams and 65 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

So when I was driving back from shooting the video I finished up James Patterson’s Honeymoon.

All I can say is WOW. Such a great mystery, so many twists and turns – it was SCARY. I was seriously like OMG are they going to… yup, they did – wow. I can’t even give a synopsis without giving too much away, but I’ll say there were parallel stories of a ‘tourist,’ a suitcase and offshore accounts, and meanwhile a woman with a past and with desires to murder… crazy cool! I listened to the last CD twice I enjoyed it so much. I highly suggest this and give it a 5/5 – there is nothing I would have done differently!

K – I’m out! I’m SO behind on blog reading so I hope to catch up tomorrow! This weekend we have a birthday party on Friday, Austin has an afternoon poker game Saturday, then Saturday night we have an engagement party (and I had a girl’s night) – so if we go out after the engagement party we may meet up with the girls! Sunday should be slow – thankfully! I hope to get a workout in tomorrow and Saturday – off on Sunday.

Are you working out this weekend?

Do your ankles ever get sore from running? If so, do you take a break?