This morning I was only down 0.4 pounds - but that's fine! :) It means total for the full week I'm down 5.8 pounds - which I'm just going to go ahead and round up to 6 pounds. I think I'd be down a little more if I'd done more working out the past few days - but I think since I didn't feel very good towards the end of the week it was a good idea to take it easy. I'll be back on the work out attack in the morning. Oh - and since February, I'm down 9 pounds! Woohoo! :)
Today wasn't too bad. I had a couple of large bottles of water - and three plain hamburger patties. The tough part was being at a friend's barbecue. A former co-worker is in town visiting, so we all got together for some celebrating and visiting. Everything that everyone brought looked AMAZING. Guacamole, chips, veggies and dip - oh, and some Sweet Escape Cupcakes. The host - Jacki - makes these incredibly delicious and incredibly creative cupcakes. I have no idea how I managed to not eat every single cupcake... but somehow I made it several hours without gorging myself on even one. I mean - she makes cupcakes with Reese's peanut butter cups baked INSIDE. So flippin' good. Maybe when I reach my goal weight I'll order a dozen and share them with people who'd like to celebrate with me. ;)
Anyway, I must be in the swing of protein only at this point because I was able to resist chips and guac (YUM) as well as the cupcakes. I just ate plain hamburger patties with some chopped onions. Which were also pretty darned good. I'm so glad grilling season is officially here!
The barbecue was so much fun - always nice to spend a few hours with really great company.
After the barbecue, we went grocery shopping. Somehow I managed to resist buying EVERY vegetable I saw. I also found some salad dressing that was suggested by Marisa (the friend who started me on this journey): Walden Farms - all of their dressings are fat free, sugar free, carb free, calorie free, gluten free. I grabbed a bottle of Honey Mustard vinaigrette and some Balsamic vinaigrette. I'm excited to try them on veggies as well as try them as sauces on some of our protein meals!
When we finally got home tonight I wasn't super hungry, but a little snacky and my sweet tooth was in full force after thinking some more about those cupcakes. So, I whipped up a double batch of oat bran cookies.
Now, these are a little more muffin than they are cookie - but they're still super good. I made a double batch because one batch only makes about 6 cookies.
Here's the recipe:
Baking powder1 tea spoon
Egg1
Oat bran3 table spoons
Sweetener1 table spoon
Yoghurt2-3 table spoons
Instructions
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C
2
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl into a thick and smooth mass.
3
Pour the mixture into a baking tray or muffin form
4
Bake the mass for about 15minutes at 180C
5
Tip For a crunchy version: after 15 minutes remove the cookies from the oven and than remove them from the muffin trays carefully. Place the cookies upside down in the oven again and bake them for another 10 - 15 minutes. Now the cookies are soft inside and crunchy outside.
**180 Celsius translates to 356 Fahrenheit
**I added 1 teaspoon of vanilla flavor per batch.
They're nice and a little bit sweet - but not too sweet. Plus one or two is just enough to take down a craving. Especially with a small glass of fat free skim milk.
Now that I'm on the "weight loss phase" which alternates protein+veggies and protein only days I will probably just do a few updates throughout the week(s) instead of every day. Hopefully you'll all be able to survive without daily (or multiple per day) posts! ;)
Well, it's about time to hit the hay so that I'm bright-eyed enough for some yoga in the morning - so until next time - happy dieting!
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