That's all for now :)
-Katie
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Yikes...
Yep - that about sums it up. I don't think I need to go into GROSS detail as to my eating habits lately. At least I'm admitting that I'm been less than perfect pretty darn horrendous.
The holidays are hard. Last year I actually did okay. I had just started Herbalife and was on that high - that omg, I'm going to do this high. I made it through the holidays without gaining - I think I actually lost. This time I feel like I'm up 20 lbs. I just want cookies and delicious food. 2014 HAS to be my year that I really do this. I cannot keep gaining. I cannot lose 20 lbs and then put back on 30. It has to change.
Goals:
Set up a gym schedule with the husband and each of us go at least 3x a week
Avoid all regular pop (and really try to steer clear of diet too)
I'm thinking I might start my 2014 with a 7 day diet........I really think I might. A good detox from all the bad. That will only mean something if I continue to be good and stay on the right track for the rest of the month - and forever. Or else it was a waste. And once you do the 7 day, if you waste it, you feel really really bad.
--Katie
Friday, December 13, 2013
How I met my TFF
What, you don't know what TFF is?? Textie Friends Forever of course!
Well Kelly and I both had babies due in May 2011. We were both part of our birth month group on TheBump.com and then out of that group came a Facebook page which I lurked on mostly for quite some time. Eventually I became more active on there and at some point someone in our mom group mentioned the bright idea of doing a 7-Day Diet.
So July 13, 2012 this friendship was born. {No I'm not freakishly stalkerish - I turned to my messages in FB and it told me!}
Katie Waetjen
Okay so little did I know Kelly is freakin awesome at sticking to things and I'm the sucky one....BUT at this challenge her and I rocked it out. So what is this 7-day diet you ask? It's HELL. It really it.
So I've been bad lately - but I'm hoping to get my head in the right place. As I start at this package of Lindt Truffles that one of the girls put on my desk her. "Merry Christmas"
--Katie
Well Kelly and I both had babies due in May 2011. We were both part of our birth month group on TheBump.com and then out of that group came a Facebook page which I lurked on mostly for quite some time. Eventually I became more active on there and at some point someone in our mom group mentioned the bright idea of doing a 7-Day Diet.
So July 13, 2012 this friendship was born. {No I'm not freakishly stalkerish - I turned to my messages in FB and it told me!}
Katie Waetjen
Hey Kelly - I'm in for the 7 day diet -- starting Monday! Going to do my shopping tomorrow morning If you wanna be text buddies I'm good with that too.
Okay so little did I know Kelly is freakin awesome at sticking to things and I'm the sucky one....BUT at this challenge her and I rocked it out. So what is this 7-day diet you ask? It's HELL. It really it.
That should really be what it's called. The 7 Days in Hell Diet................... The You're-gonna-wish-you-never-let-yourself-gain-that-weight diet................... The You're going to want to eat everything you've never even wanted before diet...
See, even look at the link - it says it right there "aka Satan Diet" It seriously sucks. But I think this go around, Kel and I were the only ones who did it all 7 days. There were people dropping out after a few hours and I really don't blame them. It can really make you feel like poo right off the bat. BUT it works. You will lose and it is possible to keep it off!!!!!! Every time I've done it I swear I'll never do it again and then even now I'm tempted with torturing...errr motivating myself and doing it again.
So this is what we did. And we've been texting ever since. ::insert awwwww:: The more I type this, the more the wheels are spinning in my head to do it again. WTF is wrong with me. Why can't I just eat healthy and not eat stuff I know is bad for me. I do have to say this is a good diet to kinda detox your body tho.
See, even look at the link - it says it right there "aka Satan Diet" It seriously sucks. But I think this go around, Kel and I were the only ones who did it all 7 days. There were people dropping out after a few hours and I really don't blame them. It can really make you feel like poo right off the bat. BUT it works. You will lose and it is possible to keep it off!!!!!! Every time I've done it I swear I'll never do it again and then even now I'm tempted with torturing...errr motivating myself and doing it again.
So this is what we did. And we've been texting ever since. ::insert awwwww:: The more I type this, the more the wheels are spinning in my head to do it again. WTF is wrong with me. Why can't I just eat healthy and not eat stuff I know is bad for me. I do have to say this is a good diet to kinda detox your body tho.
So I've been bad lately - but I'm hoping to get my head in the right place. As I start at this package of Lindt Truffles that one of the girls put on my desk her. "Merry Christmas"
--Katie
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
slowly but surely!
I'm still riding the low carb train! I've hopped off a few times to sight see, but for the most part, I've kept my carb intake at right about 50g per day. Let me tell you, that's not a lot, especially when you are trying to stay within your daily calorie allotment AND you are vegetarian. It's so different eating low carb now than it was when I was still eating meat. A day of that diet looked like this:
8am-turkey bacon or turkey sausage
10am-cheese galore
noon-chicken wings with 4 containers of blue cheese
2pm-more cheese, maybe some turkey pepporoni
4pm-some type of low carb bar
6pm-more chicken wings, or perhaps a blue cheese burger without the bun
8pm-cheese galore
10pm-some sort of snack
Supplement that all with various sugar free candies, diet coke, sugar free Redbull, etc.
How did I not have a heart attack, and why do people think this is a healthy way to eat? (maybe because i lost weight...)
So now, here I am, trying to slim down a little more, recognizing that I over-indulge on carbohydrates, but also recognizing that I need a balanced, HEALTHY diet if I'm going to look and feel my best (not to mention the set of little eyes that watch every move I make during the day...there is no way in Hell I want my sweet girl to learn mommy's bad eating habits, or even worse, mommy's poor self image). This time around on the low carb train, I'm loading up on veggies all day long, adding in tofu, seitan, vegetarian "sausages" (favorite kind are Lightlife Italian style, only 140 calories and 7g of carbs), natural peanut butter, apples, almonds, low fat ricotta, seltzer water, black coffee, low fat cheese (trying to stick with ones that are naturally lower in fat like feta and goat cheese), wine (reminder: wine is actually low in carbs!), etc. When I write that all out, it doesn't look like a "low carb diet" right away, it looks like a healthy way of eating, and I like that :-) I'm also throwing flax meal into just about everything! A punch of protein, fiber, and omega-3 fatty acids, it should be in everyone's diet!
So that's where I am now. In a good place. And I want to stay here for awhile! JOIN ME IN MY GOOD PLACE, KATIE!!!!!!!
-Kelly
8am-turkey bacon or turkey sausage
10am-cheese galore
noon-chicken wings with 4 containers of blue cheese
2pm-more cheese, maybe some turkey pepporoni
4pm-some type of low carb bar
6pm-more chicken wings, or perhaps a blue cheese burger without the bun
8pm-cheese galore
10pm-some sort of snack
Supplement that all with various sugar free candies, diet coke, sugar free Redbull, etc.
How did I not have a heart attack, and why do people think this is a healthy way to eat? (maybe because i lost weight...)
So now, here I am, trying to slim down a little more, recognizing that I over-indulge on carbohydrates, but also recognizing that I need a balanced, HEALTHY diet if I'm going to look and feel my best (not to mention the set of little eyes that watch every move I make during the day...there is no way in Hell I want my sweet girl to learn mommy's bad eating habits, or even worse, mommy's poor self image). This time around on the low carb train, I'm loading up on veggies all day long, adding in tofu, seitan, vegetarian "sausages" (favorite kind are Lightlife Italian style, only 140 calories and 7g of carbs), natural peanut butter, apples, almonds, low fat ricotta, seltzer water, black coffee, low fat cheese (trying to stick with ones that are naturally lower in fat like feta and goat cheese), wine (reminder: wine is actually low in carbs!), etc. When I write that all out, it doesn't look like a "low carb diet" right away, it looks like a healthy way of eating, and I like that :-) I'm also throwing flax meal into just about everything! A punch of protein, fiber, and omega-3 fatty acids, it should be in everyone's diet!
So that's where I am now. In a good place. And I want to stay here for awhile! JOIN ME IN MY GOOD PLACE, KATIE!!!!!!!
-Kelly
You know it's never good when ____________.
Fill in the blank! I could fill it in with lots right now....
.....you haven't been able to wear your wedding ring in months because they're too tight for comfort
......your once loose pants feel like they just came out of the hot dryer
.......you're contemplating doing the dreaded 7 day diet
the list could continue on and on and on...
BLAH. It stinks because I keep creeping into the mindset that it's almost Christmas, might as well wait til January. NOT GOOD. That's not the way to do this. I don't want to be 270 come January and have an extra 10 lbs. to lose. As easy as that 10 lbs is to gain, it's a bazillion times harder to lose.
Who else is in this same boat?? Let me know that I'm not alone. And then let's get the F out of that mindset and breeze through the holidays.
I still need to get back to the gym... that would help SO much. Hopefully I'll get in a few days before January comes and everyone's resolutions start. That's one thing, the gym is always slam packed January through March...and then it starts tapering off. I want to be the one who continues on. I want to be the one who is down to 200 lbs by my 31st birthday. Is it a big goal? Yes - especially for someone who hasn't really been known to lose weight. Is it attainable? Hell to the yes it is.
.....you haven't been able to wear your wedding ring in months because they're too tight for comfort
......your once loose pants feel like they just came out of the hot dryer
.......you're contemplating doing the dreaded 7 day diet
the list could continue on and on and on...
BLAH. It stinks because I keep creeping into the mindset that it's almost Christmas, might as well wait til January. NOT GOOD. That's not the way to do this. I don't want to be 270 come January and have an extra 10 lbs. to lose. As easy as that 10 lbs is to gain, it's a bazillion times harder to lose.
Who else is in this same boat?? Let me know that I'm not alone. And then let's get the F out of that mindset and breeze through the holidays.
I still need to get back to the gym... that would help SO much. Hopefully I'll get in a few days before January comes and everyone's resolutions start. That's one thing, the gym is always slam packed January through March...and then it starts tapering off. I want to be the one who continues on. I want to be the one who is down to 200 lbs by my 31st birthday. Is it a big goal? Yes - especially for someone who hasn't really been known to lose weight. Is it attainable? Hell to the yes it is.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Head hurts like WHOA!
Wow oh wow. So I've been rocking this headache all.day.long. I've taken meds, a nap, nothing has helped.
So when I told Kelly that I made them, she took my lead and you tell me....by this text, do you think she liked them too??? 
Hahahaha she just might need to work on her enthusiasm 😜
I haven't eaten much today so I guess that's good. So I think I'm done with the carb challenge - it's messing me up in the head and I'm making really bad decisions lol I'll figure something out for next week tho.
Today I had pancakes for breakfast and then make the spaghetti squash Mac & cheese for dinner. I added onion and mushroom to it and it was fantastic!!! Had some pineapple and wine too ;)
So I must tell you - even though I kinda throwing the low carb restriction out the window, I did make some good choices today -- the squash and these freaking awesome healthy crackers!!!! Okay so it wasn't myyyy recipe but it needs to be shared. You NEED to make these....like NOW. Don't just stand there!!
Recipe from: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/snacks/r/flaxcrackers.htm
So I took a cup of flax seed, 1/3 c parmisan cheese, garlic powder, salt and 1/2 c water. I actually added more water and mine weren't super crispy - so next time I'll just stick with the recipe. Basically, mix together, rolled out on some parchment paper (I used wax paper on top to help me roll it out thing) and then bake for 18 min at 400 degrees. So easy. Super healthy. And everyone in this house loves them!!
Sorry the pic is from after we dug into it😉
Alrighty - just wanted to make sure we spread the word on these "flaxkers" :)
Night guys!!
--Katie
Friday, December 6, 2013
Seitan: The Wheat Meat
Where my vegetarians at????? Are you a seitan fan? You're probably paying boat loads of money for it at the store! STOP RIGHT THERE! it's not hard to make at home! I have faith in you...and an easy no-boil recipe! You can change up the spices however you'd like. The only real important ingredient is the vital wheat gluten (it looks like flour). You can find this at Whole Foods in the bulk section, or most health food stores. I'm pretty sure Bob's Red Mill makes one too! Or turn to amazon :-) This is my go-to recipe, and it's turned out great every time! ***WARNING! if you have a gluten intolerance or allergy, this is NOT the recipe for you! It's all gluten!
http://www.eatmedelicious.com/2009/05/baked-seitan_31.html
Now it's not pretty looking, but it's tasty, low carb, and versatile!
Last night sucked. Major sugar withdrawal. I needed to ditch the sugar though, and i actually feel really good today! So i'm going to stick with keeping the carbs low for awhile and see how it goes!
-Kelly
http://www.eatmedelicious.com/2009/05/baked-seitan_31.html
Now it's not pretty looking, but it's tasty, low carb, and versatile!
Last night sucked. Major sugar withdrawal. I needed to ditch the sugar though, and i actually feel really good today! So i'm going to stick with keeping the carbs low for awhile and see how it goes!
-Kelly
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