Yesterday marks 100 days before the end of the year and I am joining Steve’s Hot 100 challenge for the end of the year. I’ve realized in the past week or so that I have had too many licks and tastes of things I am making, so I need to be more mindful. So what are my goals?
- Lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Yet I haven’t lost a pound since I started this blog two years ago.
- Portion control – I need to bring my scale out again – I think my 1 cup servings of pasta have gotten a bit big lately.
- More fruits and veggies! Seriously been slacking on this one lately.
- Strength train at least 3 times a week. I think I do too much cardio and not enough strength training.
Thanks Steve for putting this together again this year!
Breakfast was my spicy oats – topped with egg whites, 2 slices of really well done bacon (I actually like it almost burnt!) and swiss cheese.
The strawberries were really tart so I let them sit in Splenda for a while 😀
I went to the gym and you would have thought I hadn’t worked out in a year! Why is it that just a few days away from working out and it’s almost like starting from scratch? The bikes were taken so I did 40 minutes on the elliptical.
Lunch was my cauliflower mac n cheese – but I subbed in broccoli for the cauliflower. With a McDonald’s side salad:
I’ve talked about my grocery store having a 50% off bin for meat that needs to be sold that day. I spun the 50% off wheel and picked up a 1.6 pound bone in ribeye – score!
I made twice baked potatoes on the side – none of those pictures turned out, but I used this cheese from Whole Foods – did you know you can just ask them to try any cheese?
And thanks to Beth, I have a new screen saver at work!
Thanks to everyone who voted for me for the Foodbuzz Food Blog Challenge – fingers crossed I make it to the next round! 😀
Happy Friday – hopefully I have party pizza Friday tonight 😀
You can totally kick 10 pounds!
Just got caught up on some of your posts!!! Happy Birthday Tony! And well, that cali mac and cheese is just calling my name. And jealous! I see that Superdawg place always featured on The Food Network and the Travel channel, and they just look delicous:)
You are welcome Biz – I am so glad to have you on board!
I love your food pics as always!
I did not formally join the challenge this time. Still want to remove another 10 pounds though and like you make sure Im lifting weights twice a week just about to start level 3 of the shred. What are you doing these days for weight lifting a tape or your own thing?
Your food looks amazing as always…cooking a lot would make it harder for me to lose weight too bring out those measuring spoons and cups:)
I am just going to do tapes that are on Exercise on Demand – Jackie Werner has a 45 minute routine that leaves me sore for days! 😀
Yay! Just saw you made it to the next round!
You and my mom would go great together! She loves her bacon burnt! It’s too much for me lol! Have a great weekend!
Great goals!
Oh, I loooooooove ribeye! It’s my favorite cut, and yours grilled beautifully.
Good luck with the Hot 100 – great goals! And I sure hope you get into the next round of the Food Buzz contest!
good luck with the challenge! and some belated wishes to Tony–his note to you was amazing, too 🙂 love saving at the grocery store! last night i stopped by and spent $26 and saved $30!!