I'm down to 217- that makes 36 pounds down since January 5, and still staying really close to my 10 pounds a month average. In the last week I've dropped 5 or 6 pounds and that makes me really excited. I think I discussed earlier that I up'd my calorie intake and voila, I started dropping pounds. Perhaps I should have trusted the LoseIt.com app sooner. I had adjusted my suggested 1400+ calorie count down to around 1300 and stalled. I should note that when I started LoseIt is suggested I eat over 1500 calories, and as I lost weight it has dropped with me. Honestly, it PAINED me to eat more. Everything in my head screamed that I would start gaining if I ate more calories. Calories in versus calories burned, and I thought I wasn't burning enough or that I was consuming too many (That's what got me in this mess after-all right?).
Only 18 pounds to one-derland. For the first time since I started this I really feel like I can do it. I've already lost twice of what I have to go to meet my first BIG goal. Yes, I want to lose 100 pounds this year, but that first 50 (technically 54) is a huge milestone. I'm a little concerned I won't hit it by the middle of June (my birthday), but I can live with that. Will I be disappointed? Absolutely. But I'll be close.
I also had a large jump in my clothes. In January I had size 18 and 20 jeans that fit me well and that I wore. Most of my dress pants were size 18 and pretty snug. I stopped by Goodwill this weekend to do a little browsing. I have a hard time justifying my budget on clothes that I'm hopefully not going to fit into in a month or two, so Goodwill has been a good option for cheap clothes that fit. I took a leap and bought size 16 jeans (2 pair), and a pair of size 14 jeans to shrink into. I think I really bought the 14 to see how far I had to go... sorta like a "soon to be" pair of skinny jeans. I found a pair of Talbots dress slacks in a size 16 as well. (In the past I've found Talbots to run small, but these fit well) I also picked up a cute top and a pair of XL Nike wind-suit pants. They all fit!! The 14 was snug, don't get me wrong, but I could button, zip, and breathe in them. I won't be wearing them out in public for a while, but I now know how close I am. When I graduated college 9 years ago I was a size 16/18, ok, I was an 18, but I was still wearing my 16 pants in denial. Being a 14/16 hasn't happened in a really long time and I'm stoked!
Today's recipe comes from eating out of the cupboard. One big difference that I've seen in my food consumption is weekly rather than monthly trips to the grocery store. This past week I haven't gone yet (It's been a CRAZY week!). Thus, I'm left to eat out of my cupboard and freezer, which is scary if you are staying away from processed foods and carbs. My family often cans fresh vegetables every year or two from local farms or family land. I had a jar of green beans so I grabbed them. The beans are a three bean medley (kidney, red, and black) that I found on sale at HEB a while back. The chicken is the BEST DAMN CHICKEN RECIPE EVER!!! I cannot stress how much I love this recipe and it's low calorie too! I obviously skip the rice, and I usually bump up the sriracha- I like it with a kick.
Overall this dinner was yummy, filling, and not too bad on the calories. I had plenty of veggies earlier in the day and I really needed a punch of protein. This certainly did the trick!
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