tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29446637515966612462024-03-04T23:16:57.222-08:00Healthin' OurselvesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12158206271123883187noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944663751596661246.post-33073649316432215812013-04-25T13:40:00.000-07:002013-04-25T13:40:06.239-07:00Dealing with hyperemesis gravidarum<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's been several weeks since there's been a single post on Facebook, and months since there's been a post on the blog. I would love to tell you I've been so busy working out and eating right that I just haven't had the time, that's not the case. </div>
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As most of you know, what with my announcing it on facebook, my husband and I are expecting baby number 3. This was a planned pregnancy and the whole family is very excited about it. My heart has always been to have a big, beautiful family. I was so looking forward to taking our readers along on the journey of staying healthy and fit during a pregnancy. Unfortunately, my plans of that have been smashed into a billion pieces. Why?<br />
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A little something called Hyperemesis Gravidarum. <br />
Now, normally when I tell someone this is what I've been diagnosed with they say... "Oh, is that like morning sickness?"<br />
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Let me start off by explaining that this is NOT morning sickness. It's a temporary but life altering sickness during and sometimes after pregnancy. Here are a few facts about HG and some of the things that make it different than morning sickness.<br />
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Women with normal morning sickness are able to eat and go about their day as normal. Someone suffering from HG is unable to eat or drink without medication, and has trouble functioning as normal. Things like working, taking care of the kids, daily chores and even showering become overwhelming tasks.</div>
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I plan on writing about my personal experiences with HG in a blog very soon, but for now I just wanted to share the differences between HG and morning sickness. HG is so rare that it only affects 1-2% of pregnant women, so many people don't even know what it is! </div>
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I really hope this answers a lot of questions about why I haven't been posting, and what the heck is wrong!! </div>
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Stay tuned for more later!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12158206271123883187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944663751596661246.post-68188070788436081572013-01-14T05:59:00.000-08:002013-01-14T08:40:49.668-08:00Motivational Monday 1-14-13<div align="center">
Welcome back!!! I hope you've all got the perfect picture picked out!! </div>
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We had some discussion on which pictures to post, so we each opted for something different. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">It would be hard to choose a motivational picture from my past because I have been over weight my whole adult life! However, I have put together a picture of what motivates me to keep going. On the left is the best motivation a girl could ask for : my beautiful boys. I want to be a good example to them. On the right is a picture of a girl that has taken the first step and made the choice to change her life for the better. I think that's some pretty good motivation!</span>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This was me! I'm the one in the middle. I chose this picture because it reminds me of a time when physically, I could do just about anything. My eating was never perfect, but my fitness was. I realize that not everyone is motivated by pictures of when they were younger, but to me, it's something <strong><em>I </em></strong>was. It's something I can measure. It's something I'm familiar with. It's a goal that I feel like I can reach because I've already been there before.... It's<em><strong> hope</strong></em>. I can't wait to get back to this place with the added bonus of eating healthy! :)</span></div>
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Hey there!! So you may have noticed that we've been pretty active on Facebook, but not so active on the blog. We've discovered that this is <strike>a little</strike> a <em>LOT</em> more work than it looks! <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">HUGE</span></strong> admiration to all the bloggers out there who do this full time! Our goal is to keep things active on Facebook and start posting a lot more recipes, workouts, weigh-ins and such on the blog. </div>
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We think it's a good idea for us to get to know you guys on a more personal level. After all, it's a lot easier to share the gory details of a weight-loss journey with someone you know, right?? Right. </div>
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One of the ways we thought would be fun to do that is with something we're going to call "Motivational Monday". Starting this Monday, we're each going to share with you one of our pictures from the past that we use as motivation for the future and tell you why we chose that particular picture. We'd like you to do the same! </div>
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All you have to do is share your "picture from the past" on our Facebook page, this Monday, with a small story telling us why you chose the picture that you did, and we'll copy it over to the blog. </div>
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I know we have quite a few followers who have reached their goals and are in a place right now that they are proud to be, and we want to be proud with you! If you have a before and after picture with a success story, we would <span style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE</span> to share it!</div>
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So for the rest of today and this evening, be thinking about the picture you're going to choose. You know you've already got the perfect one in mind!! Tomorrow morning we'll start the uploading!! We can't wait!!!</div>
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It's that time 'o the week again! If you follow us on Facebook (and I hope you do) you have heard us mention our new contest which <span style="color: red;">STARTS TODAY</span>. For those of you that don't follow us, we'll wait here while you go take care of that. <span style="color: #38761d;">Take your time</span>, we'll be here when you get back......<br />
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Did you do it? Ok, good! Let's continue! We're just going to quickly go over the rules again. Every Wednesday in December we will weigh-in on our blog and on our Facebook. You comment on our Facebook post with your weigh in. If you don't feel comfortable posting your weight for all the world (or at least <em><span style="color: #990000;">158</span></em> of us! ;) ) to see then just comment with whether you lost, gained or maintained. If you do this <span style="color: #990000;">EVERY</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"> Wednesday</span> <span style="color: #990000;">in</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">December</span> you are entered into a drawing for a <em><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><strong>$20 gIfT cArD</strong></span></em> to the store of your choice. It's <em><strong><span style="color: #990000;">THAT EASY!</span></strong></em> <br />
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Current weight - 230<br />
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Total pounds lost - 14</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I am happy with my loss this week and motivated to keep on the straight and narrow. I am having a hard time getting motivated to work out because I have so much going on in my life right now and frankly, I'm exhausted! However, there are still 4 days left in this week and I am committing to work out every day to meet our 4 days a week goal. As always, I am so thankful for everyone that has supported us and helps to keep us going. I have a feeling December is going to be awesome!</span><br />
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Starting weight - 240<br />
Current weight - 233<br />
Pounds lost this week - 0<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Another week, another no pounds lost. Now, I'll be honest, this week I've only focused on the goals we set in our last blog which were no fast food, no soda and working out. However, I'm convinced I've got some sort of something that's preventing me from losing weight. I've made drastic changes compared to how we WERE doing things before the blog started. I'm just going to continue on this path until after the Holidays and then try leaving out wheat and if that doesn't work, dairy will be added to that list of things I shall have no more. Never the less, I am thankful for all the support and new friends we've made! It might be hard right now, but I know it will pay off in the end.... right?......... anyone?</span><br />
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This is a recipe that a lot of you seemed interested in. Sorry it has taken me so long to post! It would not be an exaggeration to say that I'm <i>obsessed </i>with my crockpot! (Ok, maybe a <i>slight</i> exaggeration). However, because of the wonder that is the crockpot, this recipe could not be simpler! You throw the ingredients into the crockpot, mix, set on low and go to bed! Then you get to wake up to a wonderful smelling house AND breakfast! That, my friend, is what I call a Win/Win!!!!!</div>
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Put 1 c. of steel cut oats, 2 1/2 cups of water, 1 cup of coconut milk, 1 cup of pure pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling!), 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt, 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, 4 Tablespoons of honey (or you can omit the honey and add it in when you eat the oats, which is what I will do next time.)</div>
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It's a new month! With that comes a new start AND a new contest! November was crazy busy and to be honest it <strike>got the best of us </strike> took us out back and beat us to a pulp.... but we are ready to get serious in December! We realize that this month will more than likely be crazier than the last so we are going to set up some goals that will still allow us some flexibility. Soo...starting TOMORROW we are going to commit to 2 major goals: <strong><em><span style="color: red;">Exercising at least 4 times a week</span></em></strong> and <strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">NO fast food or soda</span></em></strong>!! We would love you guys to join us or set your own goals for the month and share them with us! Now, on to the contest....</div>
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We haven't had a chance to get together and do anything blog related because Ashley has been moving to her brand new house, and every spare second has been spent unpacking boxes and cleaning! <br />
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I have been busy helping her, along with my usual going-ons <em>AND</em> one of my very best friends is visiting us all the way from Florida this week, so things have been <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><em><strong>cRaZy</strong></em></span>!!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's weigh-in Wednesday again!!! This week has been a rough one...due to mother nature... But we're still here, and still recording our results! </span><br />
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Before we do that, we have a winner to announce! Thank you all so much for participating in this weeks "Hunger Games" challenge. It really helps to know we have people willing to share this with us. :) <br />
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The goal this week is to do SOME kind of exercise every day. We don't care if it's 10 minutes or the hour and 40 minute yoga from P90X, we just want to get moving! You know the drill - each night we will post a status on the Facebook page asking what you did. All you have to do is comment <strong><em><span style="color: orange;">everyday</span></em></strong>, and let us know how you did. And remember, it's not about whether or not you did it. It's just about getting involved (although we hope you will push yourselves, and we promise to do the same)! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of us know what it takes to eat healthy, and most of us know that if you CAN buy the organic option, it's definitely best to do so. There's so much crap shoved into our food these days that it's just down right scary! From apples to chickens, it's pretty much all ruined by the time it gets to us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best alternative? Grow and raise your own! However, that's now always possible, is it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next best thing is buying certified organic. Unfortunately, that comes with a price. A pretty hefty price. Fresh fruits and veggies are easily twice the price, and the meat..... psh. Insanity!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here we are, living on a very modest budget, and terrified to feed our families poison. How do we do it?? We're glad you asked. Here are our top ten ways to eat healthy and organic on a budget!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Don't Eat Out!!!</strong> You'd think this would have to go without saying, but we fight this battle a lot. When it's late and you're still driving that 40 minute drive home from a 2 hour long soccer practice, it's tempting to swing through and get something. Did you know that it costs roughly $15 for a family of 4 to eat at a fast food restaurant? Did you know that you could make 3 (maybe more) organic meals ffor the whole family with that same $15? It's not worth it! So in those situations, plan ahead and pack something to eat for the ride home!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Buy local if you can!</strong> From eggs to honey to fruits and veggies...Many times the foods offered at farmers markets and your local Amish store (if you happen to be lucky enough to live near one), may not be certified organic but are probably just as healthy (and sometimes healthier). Those places also offer the food at an insanely cheaper price than the only grocery store in town that offers a small organic section.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Cook the whole chicken.</strong> Today we've become so used to having things done for us. When we're choosing meat, we carefully look over all the different cuts and choose the ones that look the most pleasing to us. While convenient, this is definitely not very cost effective. At our grocery it costs the same to buy a small package of organic tenderloins as it does to buy the whole organic chicken. Buy the whole chicken! You're going to get 3 meals out of it, instead of just 1. Look forward to a blog soon on how we prepare, cook and portion the chickens we buy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Check those clearance shelves.</strong> There are so many things on the clearance shelves that are still perfectly good! Most of the time, we can get organic milk on clearance for half the price and it doesn't expire for a week. With 2 kids, a husband and daycare kids in the house, our milk never makes it a week anyway! It's the same with juice, cheese, yogurt and chickens (which you can freeze!!!). Buy it weekly, and scout out the best price.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Make your own.</strong> When we get together, we try to pick a project to do. Whether it be making our own chicken nuggets or baking our own bread, canning veggies or making and freezing soups, we spend the day making things that we need and that are expensive if you have to buy them already made. Rely on already made foods as little as possible. I'll just show you the price difference of one thing. A can of organic veggies averages $1.50 a can depending on where you go. Canning your own averages $.56 a can. That's cheaper than buying conventional AND you know exactly what's in ever last bite.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Gardening.</strong> Having a garden is a great way to get free organic food. Even if you don't have a ton of space, you can grow things in pots on a porch or balcony. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Left-Overs.</strong> When you're cooking for a family and using portion control, there's almost always food left over. If it's something like soup, we freeze it! Anything else, we save for Sunday and have a left over feast! It gets me out of cooking, AND it's like getting a free meal!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Eat Simple.</strong> We usually buy ingredients for one or two "fancy" meals a week, and the rest are simple and inexpensive. It's going to cost you a lot less to serve chicken with rice and a veggie to your family than it will cost to serve Lasagna or Salmon steaks. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Don't buy more than you need.</strong> Many times when we're grocery shopping, we tend to buy more than we need, especially if it is on sale. Remind yourself over and over again that you only need a certain amount, and unless it's a REALLY good deal AND a non perishable item, it's better to just leave it behind than to buy it and have it go to waste. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Make a list!</strong> Going to the grocery store without a list is setting yourself up for budget failure. It's way to easy to toss things in to the cart and then freak out when you see that you've gone over your budget by $40 because you put a "few" extras in. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Following these rules, we can almost always feed our families on the exact same budget we had when eating conventional food. True, it's a little more work, but it's so worth it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We're sisters (obviously) who love to DO & SHARE! Whatever we're up to, we blog about it. From furniture up-cycling, & home makeovers, to bargain finds, sewing projects, & activities for the kiddos..oh & lots of recipes & random thoughts! It's all there on our blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the way they share their personal journeys, the recipes they share, and even the posts they have on facebook. They're often very funny, yes! But more than that, they're<span style="font-size: large;"> INSPRING</span> and straight up <span style="font-size: large;">AMAZING!!!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a soup freak. Michelle is too. <i>Must run in the family. </i>I especially enjoy soup in the fall season! It's comforting & can be a fantastically FILLING meal. One of my favorite things about soup is that so many soups are loaded with vegetables and we all know how GOOD our VEGETABLES are for us, right?!</span></div>
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It's that time again! Another Wednesday, another weigh-in! We can't <em><span style="color: #351c75;">"weight"</span></em> to hear how you guys did this week! But first, we have a winner to announce!!!<br />
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We've put all the names of the qualifying participants into a random name picker, and the winner is........<br />
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............ <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Melissa Moore!!!!!!</span><br />
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Congratulations Melissa!! Thank you SO much for participating in this! We will get your prize to you ASAP!!!!! :)<br />
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Now, let's get down to those numbers, shall we?<br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><strong>Ashley</strong></span><br />
Starting weight - 244 <br />
Current weight - 237<br />
Pounds lost this week - 3<br />
Total pounds lost - 7<br />
<span style="color: magenta;">I have really watched everything I ate this week. I feel good knowing that I made the right choices and was able to avoid temptation (aka the 10 lbs of Halloween candy that has been sitting on my kitchen counter!) I had hoped to lose more but truthfully, I did not exercise at all this week. Maybe if I had I would've seen a bigger loss. One of these days I'm going to get it all together! ;) Now let's move on to the true heroes of this week...YOU GUYS and all of the water you consumed!! You all rocked it and you made us want to rock it! I seriously cannot express just how much I appreciate you all and the motivation you give me!!! We have a new contest starting next week and I hope you will all get involved! ~Ashley</span><br />
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Starting weight - 240<br />
Current weight - 236<br />
Pounds lost this week - 0<br />
Total pounds lost - 4<br />
<span style="color: purple;">So, half of this week was decent and the other half was <span style="color: #6aa84f;">a-w-f-u-l</span>. I got off track, ate things I<em> knew</em> I shouldn't have and I ate them at times that were the absolute <span style="color: #e06666;">wOrSt</span> to be eating anything! I think I may have even had a little bit of a system shock from the fast food. However, all that being said, I learned some lessons this week.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">1. It's <em><span style="color: #b45f06;">humiliating</span></em> to have to post that you've actually gained weight on your weight-loss journey (<span style="color: #0b5394;">and not from gaining muscle... it's the bad kind of weight</span>).</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">2. Eating out is <span style="color: #e06666;">NOT</span> worth it. I felt like crap, gained weight and to top it all off, it would have been <em>quicker</em> and <em>cheaper</em> to just pack a sandwich and some carrot sticks. Even the kids were sick, and that's just not okay.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">All that said, these last few days have been a big turn around. I feel so grateful to you guys, because I know for certain that I wouldn't be this motivated without you! :) Especially the water drinking! My goodness! Some of you are like camels!!! Thank you so much for doing this with us! We truly do appreciate it. </span><br />
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We would LOVE for you to take this step with us! If you're feeling frisky, go ahead and comment below telling us how you did this week. Did you lose? Gain? Maintain? We Want To Know!!! Doing this with friends is soooo much more fun than doing it alone!<br />
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Before you go, we'd like to tell you about this weeks contest! We're calling it "The Hunger Games" ... hehe... It will technically start tonight, but we wont ask for your answers until the morning! Here's how it works! The rule is, no eating 2 hours before bedtime. In the morning we'll ask "Did you survive!?" and you'll either respond with a joyful "Yes!!" or a sad "I surrendered". You don't have to "survive" to win. You only have to comment with how you did, <em>every morning</em>! The names of the people who comment <em>every morning</em> will be entered into our cyber hat, and we'll randomly pick one person as the winner!<br />
We've both made mention that we struggle with nighttime eating. There are many people that say not eating after a certain time at night helps with their weight loss. One of Bob Harper's (from the Biggest Loser) rules of weight loss is to go to Bed hungry. Some of the benefits of cutting out night eating? I'm glad you asked! <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sources: </span><a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/440180-what-are-benefits-of-not-eating-before-bed/#ixzz2BY8drbFN"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.livestrong.com/article/440180-what-are-benefits-of-not-eating-before-bed/#ixzz2BY8drbFN</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-truth-myth-eating-night-causes-weight-gain"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-truth-myth-eating-night-causes-weight-gain</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.rd.com/slideshows/skinny-rules-‘biggest-losers-never-break/#slideshow=slide9"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.rd.com/slideshows/skinny-rules-‘biggest-losers-never-break/#slideshow=slide9</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />
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And the prize? We're glad you asked! For us, hot tea is a <em>MUST HAVE</em> for evening! It's comforting and it gives you the illusion that you're eating, but you're really not! The winner this week will get.....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12158206271123883187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2944663751596661246.post-27369065426120464112012-11-05T15:26:00.000-08:002012-11-06T07:13:30.380-08:00Gluten-Free Chicken Noodle SoupHey everyone!!<br />
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Welcome to <span style="color: #3d85c6;">cold</span> weather! There's nothing better than a hot bowl of soup on a cold and dreary day, and we have the perfect recipe! Not only is this soup tasty, but it's also healthy! It has the perfect combination of carbs, proteins, fats and veggies! It's also a very inexpensive meal if you're eating on a budget.<br />
This recipe makes six large servings, so it's perfect for families. Is it just you over there? Not to worry! It freezes really well and warms up perfectly on the nights you're in too much of a hurry to cook anything! It was a life saver in our house when sickness struck! :)<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Calories - 347</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Fats - 5.7g</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Carbs - 51g</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Protein - 23.5g</span><br />
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To really get the full flavor of this recipe, you need to use a whole chicken. We cook ours in a crock pot. Put it in before bed with 4 cups of water, salt and pepper. In the morning, you're ready to go. We separate the chicken and divide it into three portions to be used for three meals. Use all the broth from the crock pot for <em><span style="color: orange;"><strong>this</strong> </span></em>recipe.<br />
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It's Wednesday, so you know what that means! It's time to calculate the weight loss for the week! We are also starting a contest this week which we will talk more about later! Now, onto the numbers! <br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><strong>Ashley</strong></span><br />
Starting weight - 244 <br />
Current weight - 240<br />
Pounds lost this week - 4<br />
Total pounds lost - 4<br />
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So I weighed in for another diet group I am a part of on Sunday and was down 7 pounds!! Imagine my shock and disgust to see that I had gained 3 pounds back since then! After a <i>mild</i> breakdown (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!) I have decided to just accept that I did my best and I am feeling better! I did ALOT of walking these past couple weeks so my goals for this week are: To try and incorporate some different exercise in with my walking and pay more close attention to my sodium and carbs. Also, whole foods, whole foods and WHOLE FOODS!! Thank you for coming along on this journey with us and for all of your support. You guys rock! (Does anyone say that anymore?) ~A<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>Holly </strong></span><br />
Starting weight - 240<br />
Current weight - 235<br />
Pounds lost this week - 5<br />
Total pounds lost - 5<br />
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I'm really excited to have met my weekly goal, which was to lose 2.5 lbs. The numbers are good, but I've got more work to do. While I did lose weight, and eat healthy *most* of the time (there may or may not have been a 9pm run to taco bell last Thursday after we got home from taking the kids trick-or-treating, in which I may or may not have taken part in the eating of an evil crunch wrap supreme and the drinking of some liquid Satan which the world so misleadingly refers to as mt. dew)... I did not do much working out (and by not much, I actually mean none). So this week, in addition to making the new weight loss goal of 2.5 lbs, I'm also making it a goal to work out at least 3 of the 7 days. Baby steps, right? My biggest hurdle with working out is finding the time! Between homeschooling, daycare, being a mom, soccer, ballet, celebrate recovery, working a part time 3rd shift job and any of the extras in life, I've found there's not much extra time. My question for you guys is, where do YOU find the time? - H<br />
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We know that healthy living is <span style="color: red;"><em><strong>*not*</strong></em> </span><em><span style="color: red;">all about the scale</span>!! </em>We also realize that some weeks we will do everything right and still not lose or maybe even gain (curse you, mother nature!). However, we feel that the weigh-in every week is a good way to keep accountable! Whether or not you feel comfortable putting your numbers out there is totally up to you. Maybe you just want to comment on the lbs you dropped this week and that's ok. Just PLEASE get involved and let's motivate and help one another! Oh, and let's make a pact not to get upset if the scale is not kind for a week and remember what really matters is how you feel!! Ok, moving on!<br />
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We announced earlier in the week that we would be having 4 contests this month, one for every week. We will be calling out first challenge the "Hydration" challenge because it's all about, you guessed it...<em><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Water Consumption</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">! </span></strong></em> Drinking enough water is one of the keys to good health! It's calorie free and oh-so-good for your body! We want to motivate you (and ourselves) to not only drink enough water, but keep track of our ounces. So here's how it works: Everyday the first week of November we will post a "water role call" on our Facebook. We will post how much water we have drank that day and ask you to comment and do the same. Every person that comments <span style="color: red;">E</span><span style="color: orange;">V</span><span style="color: lime;">E</span><span style="color: cyan;">R</span><span style="color: blue;">Y</span><span style="color: purple;">D</span><span style="color: magenta;">A</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">Y</span> for a week will be put into the cyber equivalent of a hat and one name will be chosen to win this: <br />
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It's copper, made of stainless steel, holds 24 ounces and promises to turn any "normal" water drinking event into a splendid time! All your friends have them, so don't miss your chance to be the cool kid on the block!...You deserve this! Let your water scream out "I'm fancy"!</div>
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It's time for our weekly recipe blog! Today we are making Chicken Curry. This recipe is super simple, low calorie and ridiculously good! Bonus - it's a slow cooker recipe! We LOVE our crock pots. There's nothing better than coming home to a ready-made dinner. We could not survive soccer season (or dance season, or basketball season, or baseball season...ok you get the point) with out them!! Alright, let's begin!<br />
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<strong>Nutrition Facts w/o rice:</strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: blue;">It makes 6 One Cup Servings (over rice this is a decent sized serving, but if you are eating it without the rice you might want to double your serving!)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: lime;">Calories per serving - 172</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple;">Carbs - 12</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Fat - 5</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: magenta;">Protein - 19</span></strong> <br />
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How awesome are these stats?? We checked and double checked them because even we didn't believe them. But it's true! So EAT UP!!!!!!<br />
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Today we are making <b><span style="color: #38761d;">UNstuffed Peppers</span> </b>and would like to share the recipe with you! <br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Looking for the nutritional information??</span> We've got it all added up for <span style="color: #073763;">you</span>!<br />
This dish makes<strong> <span style="color: #990000;">6</span></strong> servings! The numbers below are for <span style="color: #990000;"><strong>1</strong></span> serving.<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><em><strong>Calories = 359</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><em><strong>Carbs = 49</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><em><strong>Fat = 8</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><em><strong>Protein = 25</strong></em></span><br />
We love stuffed peppers but <span style="color: black;">Yeesh</span>! How many steps can one recipe have?! This recipe is literally prepared in <i><span style="color: black;">one</span> </i>pan in around half an hour! We switched out the traditional (and less healthy) white rice for brown and you could easily substitute ground turkey for the ground beef if you're not a red meat eater (say that 3 times fast!). Ok, Here We Go!!<br />
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1 lb lean, ground beef or turkey <span style="color: #990000;">(no hormones, no antibiotics added is the way to go!)</span></div>
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This recipe makes quite a bit, but the left-overs are just as <span style="color: orange;">yUmMy</span> or even better than the first time around. Save it for lunch the next day, or <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>freeze</em></span> it for a second dinner later on!<br />
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<span style="color: black;"> First, start browning your beef. Add a chopped onion as it's cooking so that the flavors have time to mingle!</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79;">Smells good!</span></em></div>
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While your onions and beef are cooking, slice up some green bell peppers.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">First</span>, let's start off by announcing the <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><em>*wInNeR*</em></span> of last weeks <span style="color: #e69138;">give-a-way!!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">AND THE WINNERS ARE....</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #a64d79;">Michelle Nalls & Miranda Shepard</span></em><br />
<span style="color: black;">Congratulations girls!!! Send us a message on Facebook with your finger measurment, and we'll get those rings to you ASAP!</span><br />
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What's the absolute <span style="color: #38761d;">wOrSt</span> part about starting a weight loss blog, you ask? Well, let me tell you. It's the fear of putting <span style="color: #351c75;"><em>it</em></span> all out there... and let's be honest, there's a <span style="color: #b45f06;">LOT </span>of "<em><span style="color: #20124d;">it</span></em>". <br />
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Weighing in at 240lbs....yep.<br />
Long Term Goal - 125lbs<br />
Monthly Goal - 10lbs<br />
Weekly Goal - 2.5lbs<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hi, I'm Ashley! I am Mommy to 2 beautiful, crazy, energetic little boys. I love Jesus and my family more than anything. I wanted to start this blog to help hold myself accountable and maybe help others stay on track! (There's strength in numbers, right??!) I want to teach my boys to make good and healthy choices and what better way then to lead by EXAMPLE!! I'm so excited to be starting this journey with my best friend, Holly...and you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><em>I'm Holly</em></span>! I'm a stay at home mommy of two <span style="color: magenta;"><em>sweet little girls</em></span> and I run a small daycare. I home school my girls and also my preschool age daycare <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial;">kIdDoS</span>. My life pretty much revolves around serving the <span style="color: #7f6000;">Lord</span>, and being a good wife and mother. I'm doing this because the thought of having to tell my kids or husband "<span style="color: red;">No</span>, we can't do that because I'm physically unable to" is depressing, and I know I'll end up there if I don't turn things around <em><span style="color: #38761d;">now</span></em>. I want my kids to grow up knowing what healthy is, and living that lifestyle. I want to look better, feel better and have more <strong><em><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial;">*EnErGy*! </span></em></strong>No more squeezing into a pair of jeans that are a size too small because I refuse to admit that I need to go up one more size! </span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: inherit;">We're starting a weight-loss journey! This is going to be a place we can be held accountable, and talk to you about our ups and downs. We hope to encourage you, as well as be encouraged by you! </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: inherit;">A little bit of everything and pretty often!! From recipes for quick healthy dinners, to weighing-in. From struggles with the kiddos, to the creepy guy across the ally who digs in the dumpsters. From what we did at the gym today, to how awful it was that we skipped breakfast this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Like us on Facebook to join a group and weigh-in! Share your own recipes, tips and tricks with the rest of us! Comment often and let us know how you're doing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong><em>The great give-away kick off!!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">What better way to start a blog than with a give-away??</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">(I'm pretty sure there is no better way.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">For our first give-away we will be randomly selecting two very lucky people to win a ....</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">wait for it......</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">I know, I know. We've really out done ourselves. But, only the best for our readers! </span><br />
Like the chipped nail polish? Us too. It's all the rage these days. All the cool moms are wearing it this way!</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">I'm glad you asked!!! Just like us on Facebook, and share our blog with your friends! Keep reading to find out who the winner is! We plan to do these give-aways often! =)</span><br />
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