I'm glorious!

I saw this on facebook and decided to post it here. As much as I want to be a 10, I need to make sure that I am still beautiful on the inside and happy no matter what. I'm going to hit walls and get frustrated. Sometimes I get to focused on the details of losing weight. I told Paul the other day "I'm doing so good. I just ran my personal best and I actually felt like I looked better in my jeans, but I actually gained weight from last week" He told me to quit with the negative and stay positive! Also, he always reminds me that he fell in love with me for me as is and it doesn't matter to him if I'm a 10 or a 20!

A woman's quest for the perfect pair of jeans

White House Black Market is an EVIL store!!!! Everything in there is gorgeous and looks amazing on me. The dress I'm wearing to Ring Dance (Texas A&M University's version of college prom) is from WHBM and it is beautiful. Anyway, I've had my eye on these jeans for a while, but there is no way that I'm going to spend $80 for a single pair of jeans. However, I got an e-mail today saying that they were on clearance, so I checked and they have one size down from my current size. Sooooo...... I am being optimistic and I ordered them! Yay!!!!

Vegetarian Spring Rolls

My friend invited me over for dinner tonight. We had vegetarian spring rolls. They were amazing. The best part of this recipe is that it is not set in stone. You can put whatever you want inside based on what you like. We had vegetarian spring rolls, but I think if I was making them myself, I would have put some shrimp in them. The other ingredients we added were noodles, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, pineapple, mint leaves, bean sprouts, and sweet and sour sauce. We ran out of peanut sauce, but I imagine that that would be pretty good to dip them in.

I'm hanging in there!

This is hard! I wish that losing weight was easier. I'm very slowing making it though. My pants were loose today.

The good news is that I'm getting a lot better at jogging. I can go over a mile now without stopping. Then I'll walk a little and jog some more. I think my butt is firming up some. Muscle does weigh more than fat, so perhaps this is what is going on.

With that being said, I just ate a salad and I'm getting back to homework.

Homemade Egg McMuffin

I loved the idea of Brandi's Stacked Breakfast Sliders, so I bought the single omlette maker. It wasn't expensive. I put together this homemade egg mcmuffin for 215 calories in about 5 minutes. I couldn't find the sliders at Kroger, so I just used english muffins.

Oroweat Sour Dough English Muffin - 110 cal

Kroger Egg Whites - 50 cal

Kroger Canadian Bacon - 30 cal

Kraft Fat Free Sharp Cheddar Single - 25 cal

Eat This, Not That

Eat This, Not That is a new book I got from Amazon. (I have Amazon Prime. Love it!) Anyway, this book helps you to order healthier when you go out to eat. It also helps you make healthier choices when you are at the grocery store. Only $11.

With an angry food industry hot on their heels and a ravenous fan base clamoring for more, Zinczenko

and Goulding once again redefine the American food landscape.

Featuring up-to-the-minute information on the ever-changing array of supermarket and restaurant

offerings, Eat This, Not That! 2012 reveals the shocking calorie counts, mind-bending sugar and fat

loads, and deceptive advertising and marketing techniques that are making America fat—and gives

readers the information they need to fight back.

Packed with cool tips, industry secrets, and essential nutrition knowledge, Eat This, Not That! 2012

is a must-have for anyone who cares about what they eat—and how they look.

One small gem that I found in it is that Papa John's "The Works" pizza is only 460 calories for 2 slices. This is one of my favorite pizzas, so on a day when I'm sick of eating grilled chicken or pork chops, I won't feel guilty about ordering pizza with Paul. (Paul and I always ditch the onions and add pineapple. Paul hates onions, so they are banned from everything!)

Dinner Salad

Spring Mix with Herbs

Half a cucumber

Half a tomato

A few kalamata olives

Half a bag of pre-cooked chicken fajita strips

Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

p.s. So... I fell off the healthy wagon last weekend when I was a bridesmaid in a wedding. And by fell off, I mean fell off and got run over by the wagon! The rehearsal dinner was at Benihana (yum!), Italian food was brought in for lunch, the wedding was catered by Freebirds, I at wedding cake, had donuts at Shipley's, and then I at two Cadburry eggs..... At least I didn't gain any weight. I'm back to my healthy self this week though :)