Did you miss me?

Ok, I know that it has been a terrible long time since I have blogged here but I thought that I would post this EPIC recipe that Geoff and I have been trying out and perfecting this week. For those of you that are on IP this is safe for maintenance only (phase 4)

PIZZA -
What you need -
EVOO
cookie sheet or pizza pan
plastic bowl with lid
cheese grater
1 head of cauliflower
2 1/2 cups of mozzarella flavored veggie cheese (called Veggie Shreds) \or low fat mozzarella cheese
italian seasonings to taste
2 eggs
pizza sauce (look in the health food section for something low card and low sugar)
and toppings of your choice

What you do -
In a plastic bowl grate 1/2 cauliflower head into rice size pieces (aka rice the cauliflower).

Place lid on the bowl and microwave for approximately 2.5 minutes on high. Leaving the lid on remove from microwave and let sit for 5 minutes. After it's done steaming remove lid mix in 2 cups of the veggie shreds and the eggs.

 Mix well and spread out on a WELL greased pan. Cook at 450 degrees for 20 minutes.

Now here is where we ran into a few problems. The mixture doesn't like to cook through to the bottom but likes to adhear to the pan on the edges where the cheese melts. You may want to line the baking sheet with wax paper or greased aluminum foil. We just had to really grease the pan up and that seemed to work well. We also flipped the crust at about 10 minutes. Takes a little work but it works well for us.

After the crust is cooked to a nice bubbly yellow and brown remove from oven and add your seasonings, sauce, toppings and remaining cheese. Now put it back in until the cheese melts and you're all ready to eat it!

Week 26 Results!

Missed it again….only one stubborn pound left to lose and I’m desperate to lose it. I was chatting with my dad on the phone after my weigh in (tradition we’ve kept almost every week since I started) and he told me how proud he is of me. We also got to chatting about the last family event. He told me that it fills him with joy to see how happy I am now. And he’s absolutely right! Getting healthier, feeling better in my own skin, has made me happy. Growing up in my family was…hard. I love them all so much but most of them are skinny. My older sister, my cousin, my brother, the in-laws; all of them are ‘beautiful’ people. And standing next to them in pictures, being overweight, was one of the most painful things in my life. I don’t think they’ve ever verbalized that fact but it’s painfully obvious I’m built differently. Now, having lost weight, I feel like I finally belong in those pictures, that I can give my gorgeous sister a run for her money so to speak.

Something else that my dad and I talked about was how difficult it is to come to the decision to lose weight. Eventually that extra layer becomes sort of a shield, and having the motivation to lose it is nigh impossible. I was comfortable with who I was. I wasn’t happy, but I was comfy in my skin. I would eat an extra helping (or two) and be fine doing that. But now I can say that I have confidence, that I am happy. Whoever that 314 pound person was I don’t know, but she wasn’t me.

SO! I am happy to say that I am 99 pounds lighter today, and 65+ inches smaller. Phase 3 starts February 29th….eeeeee!
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Week 25 Results!

Hello team! Quick prologue to blog today - I have started a new blog over on Tumblr if you are interested in following me there as well. When I hit that 100 pound mark I will no longer be posting here!!! WHICH IS SOON (btw). (click here to see)

Today’s weigh in did not go NEARLY as well as I wanted it to, but I’m notorious for expecting a bit too much from them anyways. I lost 3 pounds and an inch and a half this week! So from my 100 pound original goal I am only 3 pounds away, but for my phase out goal I still have 17 pounds to lose. After chatting with my coach about a trip I will be taking to Florida in March we decided to go for 5 more weeks on full out Phase 2 (meaning no sugar, carbs or fat and two IP packets a day). On February 22nd I will hopefully have reached my goal of being 200 pounds or less.

What does that mean for me? That means losing approximately 3.4 pounds a week. I have been known to have really high loss weeks so it’s buckle down time. I have strayed from what I am supposed to be doing. I am just looking for something more inspiring when it comes to making 2 cups of veggies twice a day. So the hunt for more recipes begins.

Also! Tomorrow marks 6 months since I started the diet AND if 4 of you view this post I will officially have 10,000 page views! Thank you!!!

That ends today’s blog but here are two new pics!

 I now weigh 217 pounds! Yippee!!!

<3

Week 25 Day 7

Doughnut dream last night.....sigh

Week 24, Results

Well, I have been putting this off all day. I just haven't been ready to fess up I guess. Remember those couple weeks where I only lost one pound? Well what could be worse, besides gaining a pound.

We took a step backwards this week, but not for lack of trying. I have promised to be candid and honest in this blog so I won't lie that my portion control over the last two weeks has been very poor. I don't know if it's the excitement of being almost done, or if it is simply the holiday temptations, but I have been struggling the whole week. Not to mention my sweet tooth is gripping on a little harder than  normal. I want candy and/or donuts at least twice a day....not that I satisfy that need or anything but man is it pulling at me.

My coach mentioned that she had spoken with someone (a specialist I think) about how a woman's body retains what very easily when on this diet, and sweating and working out only accentuates that effect. Meaning mostly it's water weight. So I'm taking some time off from my brand new gym membership and drinking gallons of water, and hopefully that will do the trick for me to lost the weight I need to. No more overdosing this week either....this is it, the final stretch and I am desperate to make it!!!

Week 24 Day 8

GYM MEMBERSHIP!
My baby sister and I worked out last night together, it was pretty awesome! Just thought I'd update everyone....I will not be taking 2012 sitting down.

Week 23 Results

Good Afternoon friends!
Today is going to be  a short post, I'm gonna give you another run down of my stats!

    7/19/2012
weight        314
right arm    15.5  
chest          44   
upper abs   43.5  
mid abs      51.5 
low abs      53  
hips            53.5   
thigh           29.5   
calf             18.5   
BMI           47.75


1/4/2012                 total lost
weight          219     95.1
right arm         13     2.5
chest             40.5    3.5
upper abs      36.5    7
mid abs         39.5    12
low abs         45       8
hips               46.5    7
thigh              25.5    4
calf                16.5    2
BMI              33.3    14.45

       
total inches lost            46
total weigh lost            95.1

So that means that I lost 2 more pounds last week. Not quite the 100 pounds by the new Year I was hoping for but still nothing to be ashamed about! We shall see how a new gym membership treats me for the next week! Question - what does one do for a new years resolution when one has already achieved a life long goal?