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November Weight Loss Challenge
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It helps to use frozen fruits for smoothies. It's much easier than chopping everything up. I only used fresh bananas, everything else is pre-frozen. I did go to Sprouts and buy some fresh spinach, I'm going to make frozen spinach cubes with them either tonight or tomorrow. I'm a procrastinator, but like to take smoothies to work. I usually have 1 minute before I have to leave when I remember "I need to make a smoothie!" That's what the bags are for
I only use frozen stir fry veggies too, otherwise I end up wasting them because I can't eat them in time. Yesterday I bought some veggies to have on hand, I plan on slicing them up for snacks. I wish apples didn't brown fast, I would precut those. If it's not precut, it's unlikely I'll eat it. That's why I toss most fresh foods I buy. I have zucchini and cucumbers in the fridge, I should preslice them for snacks (cucumber) and dinner sides (zucchini).
The bags really don't take long, maybe 10 minutes at most. I sliced up the bananas and froze them on a plate before adding them to the bags.
Yea, my appetite has gone back to normal and my back is almost back to normal. And I didn't gain any weight from it, so I have that going for me
Oh good. I'm glad to hear it.
Your packets of fruit look great.It helps to use frozen fruits for smoothies. It's much easier than chopping everything up. I only used fresh bananas, everything else is pre-frozen. I did go to Sprouts and buy some fresh spinach, I'm going to make frozen spinach cubes with them either tonight or tomorrow. I'm a procrastinator, but like to take smoothies to work. I usually have 1 minute before I have to leave when I remember "I need to make a smoothie!" That's what the bags are for
I only use frozen stir fry veggies too, otherwise I end up wasting them because I can't eat them in time. Yesterday I bought some veggies to have on hand, I plan on slicing them up for snacks. I wish apples didn't brown fast, I would precut those. If it's not precut, it's unlikely I'll eat it. That's why I toss most fresh foods I buy. I have zucchini and cucumbers in the fridge, I should preslice them for snacks (cucumber) and dinner sides (zucchini).
The bags really don't take long, maybe 10 minutes at most. I sliced up the bananas and froze them on a plate before adding them to the bags.
We all eat smoothies for breakfast here, and I agree about the frozen fruit. You don't need any ice or anything using it. For apples and pears, if you use a little lemon or lime juice on them right after slicing, it stops the browning.
Hi there I'd like to join in on the November weight loss challenge. I just had my second baby 6 weeks ago and have been in survival mode. She's still not sleeping well at night so I'm no yet doing much exercise since any down time I have is needed for sleep, but I'm working on improving my diet and have started cooking again. My current food goal is to get lots more fruits, veggies, beans and water and less soda, fries, sweets and cheese. My ultimate weight goal is to lose 30lbs to get back to the weight I was pre-children, but this month's goal is to lose those last 5lbs from this pregnancy. Once I start getting some more sleep, I'll be walking and eventually working my way up to running in the mornings while my oldest is at school. Lucky for me our apartment has a gym I can use on all those cold winter mornings.
I'd like to join in on the November weight loss challenge. I just had my second baby 6 weeks ago and have been in survival mode. She's still not sleeping well at night so I'm no yet doing much exercise since any down time I have is needed for sleep, but I'm working on improving my diet and have started cooking again. My current food goal is to get lots more fruits, veggies, beans and water and less soda, fries, sweets and cheese. My ultimate weight goal is to lose 30lbs to get back to the weight I was pre-children, but this month's goal is to lose those last 5lbs from this pregnancy. Once I start getting some more sleep, I'll be walking and eventually working my way up to running in the mornings while my oldest is at school. Lucky for me our apartment has a gym I can use on all those cold winter mornings.
I hope you are feeling better today Raised By Wolves. How is everyone doing this week?
I made some progress with eating better and had dinner at home every day this week. I've also managed to eat almost no animal products, just some butter spray on a baked potato and a veggie burger that may have contained eggs/dairy. No cheese! Exercise hasn't happen much due to lack of sleep, but I managed a 30 minute walk today in the snow. Most excitingly, I've broken the 150 mark and am now down to 148.5/149lbs. Only a few pounds left until my first goal of pre-baby #2 weight (pre-baby #1 weight is still a long way off).
This week my goals are:
- Continue to make dinner at home every night.
- Post my meals on a "what did you eat today" thread to stay accountable.
- Drink 2 jugs of water a day (it's more of a big travel cup).
- Do 10 push-ups and 10 crunches every day. It doesn't seem like much but the idea is to start the habit of doing something and I'm guessing once I start I'll do more than the minimum.
- Fit in my 4 walks this week.
I hope everyone is doing well
I made some progress with eating better and had dinner at home every day this week. I've also managed to eat almost no animal products, just some butter spray on a baked potato and a veggie burger that may have contained eggs/dairy. No cheese! Exercise hasn't happen much due to lack of sleep, but I managed a 30 minute walk today in the snow. Most excitingly, I've broken the 150 mark and am now down to 148.5/149lbs. Only a few pounds left until my first goal of pre-baby #2 weight (pre-baby #1 weight is still a long way off).
This week my goals are:
- Continue to make dinner at home every night.
- Post my meals on a "what did you eat today" thread to stay accountable.
- Drink 2 jugs of water a day (it's more of a big travel cup).
- Do 10 push-ups and 10 crunches every day. It doesn't seem like much but the idea is to start the habit of doing something and I'm guessing once I start I'll do more than the minimum.
- Fit in my 4 walks this week.
I hope everyone is doing well
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