Yesterday's breakfast was a peanut butter and jelly panini with a serving of Noosa raspberry yogurt, almond slivers and strawberries. I'm loving this yogurt and I only have one serving left! noooooo. The panini was really good, though messy. I found these panini flat breads over the weekend and just cut it in fourths, spread peanut butter and jam on the middle and toasted in the skillet for a few minutes.
I made another batch of soup from yesterday and had a large bowl of it for lunch. This one was just as good and now I have leftovers for today. I'm looking for a tomato soup now, preferably without a lot of cream, does anyone have a recipe?
For early dinner I had two pancakes made with Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Mix. I added a handful of frozen blueberries and topped with butter and agave maple syrup. Blueberries make the best pancake mixers!
For late dinner I had peanut butter and chocolate banana soft serve. Just two frozen bananas, 1 T peanut butter, 1 T cocoa pureed in the food processor. Just like soft serve! Best invention ever, thank you internet.
No exercise yesterday. I have no real excuse. Felt under the weather, down, wonky knee...the usual. Will exercise today, no excuses.
I've been losing weight and it feels really good. I'm doing my best to just put my head down and keep going. So often, in the beginning stages of losing weight, I start getting excited. I start thinking, I've got this. And then I get confident and I stop doing what I'm doing to reach my goals, and I quickly go from I got this to what the heck just happened? I get in my head. So I'm just trusting my process, in that trust comes record keeping.
Along with this blog, I keep a detailed journal by my side. I write down everything. And I'm doing this so I can go back and see what worked and what didn't. I'm using it for those weeks when I don't lose weight, or when I lose a lot of weight. So I can see exactly what's going on. Sometimes weight gain is just a salty meal or not keeping an accurate record. And so many times I've let those little things upset me when the scale shows a bump and think, why try? And that's crap. Forest for the trees!
I don't want to use this expression, but it's fitting for how I feel: Keep Calm and Carry On. Just trusting that I'm doing the right thing and that yes I'm losing weight and that yes I have to do this everyday and no it's not killing me, and yes I can have what I want, and no I can't have everything I want and yes I can make switches and I'm okay. I know that if I want a blueberry pancake for dinner, I'm going to eat vegetable soup for lunch. And I can do that and still lose weight. I'm losing weight. Whew!
I just recently made a really healthy and low-cal tomato soup… if I remember correctly, you fry some diced onion and garlic cloves with olive oil, add diced tomatoes and vegetable broth (and spices such as salt, pepper, oregano, whatever), add a good dollop of sour cream (or cream cheese) and blend.
Exactly what I was looking for Diandra! Thank you.
Im at the initial stage of my weightloss and it’s so hard. Recently put on 7kg in 3months due to emotional eating (bingeing actually). But I’m really glad I found your blog and wad you said really motivated me. “KEEP CALM AND KEEP GOING”
Congrats girl you’re really doing AWESOME. And your meals look SO YUMMY as well.
In my numerous (failed) attempts to diet I tend to restrict kcal/certain groups or types of food and it all backfired.
I’m currently trying to eat clean like you and remind myself that I can eat ANYTHING I want, just not everything (like I used to finish wdv that is placed in front of me)..
I’m into my 4th day of clean eating and I’m really happy. I love preparing my own meals and knowing wad goes inside!
Keep going girl! I’m hoping to lose one pound in a week consistently, and HAPPILY.
All the best to you as well! Stay strong:)
I love this post. And it is aptly timed for me, as I’m just (re)starting my weight-loss journey and in the excitement phase. But I can totally see how easy it would be to start getting distracted and lose focus. I’m sorry you’re sick. I woke up with a wicked sore throat… and I’m not happy about it!!! Those blueberry pancakes look amazing, btw. Feel better and have a great day!
It’s so easy for me to lose focus and it happens so quickly. Even around the third day of positive actions, I’m thinking of all the things I can do to sabotage my efforts like bringing junk food in the house or baking. Now, if I want a treat, it has to something that I can go and get in one serving.
Stay focused you can do it! Love your blog!
Keep up the great work!!!
I love the new recipe! Thanks for sharing the banana ice cream!!
Hi Liz, you’re so welcome. Make the banana ice cream, you won’t regret it
You can do it and I will be rooting you on!
I just started to follow you and look forward to following your posts.
Thank you so much Lyn!
Love your blog and all of the pictures! Just a thought–have you ever tried dipping your pancakes in syrup? It sounds like you’ve chosen a healthier syrup, but you could still save a few calories and not sacrifice any flavor by dipping instead of drenching
Thanks for the tip Katie! I usually measure out 2 T of syrup per two-three pancakes, wonder if I could eat even less?
You’re doing great! I hope I can get to a place where I only need 2 tbsp syrup for pancakes. That’s a big problem for me right now as I am a bona fide drencher. I’ve wondered about using Truvia and maple flavoring and water to make a syrup.
It’s going to sound weird, but I got used to it when my daughter was a baby… try dipping your pancakes into organic pureed pears (or spreading a layer over the top of the pancake). It’s super yummy, just sweet enough, and WAY better for us!!
Hi,
I tried the “banana-peanut butter-smoothie” you posted a pic of. It was to die for! Thanks so much. Mind if I place the recipe on my own site for MY visitors? Giving you full credit, of course.
Thanks again!