pics from this weeks food!

banana and quark cheese with cinnamon 

Hot dog salad with turkey dogs, fresh salad, salsa

banana blueberries quark cheese and cinnamon 

Kale chips...ooo sooooo yummy

Tofu stir fry with light tofu, sauteed onions and garlic and steamed brocalli

Kale chips and weight loss

From the title it seems kale chips will cause weight loss but in reality its just that I discovered kale chips...so easy and YUM! and I lost weight again this week!!!
Im am so proud! I lost 2lbs! Im feeling better already!
Tonight for dinner I made a broccoli tofu stir fry and kale chips....All I did was put some EVO on kale and spice it I put it in the over on 350 for a bit till it was just a tid bit browned....they are delish!
Pics will follow shortly!
My goals for this week:
Workout 2x in the gym 2x out of the gym
Drink my 8-10 glasses of water
Stay within my points
Lose weight!

The good and the bad

3 things I did well last week: 1.cut up veggies 2 servings at a time so I had extra in fridge 2. Didn't eat nachys bday cupcake or the kids left overs 3. Stayed within my points. 3 things to improve 1. Drink more water 2. Exercise more 3. Plan dinners better

First Weigh In...

To say I was scared is an understatement...I was petrified to go on that scale this morning....I kept thinking after working so hard what if I didnt lose? What if I lost only a little?!? It's the first week of a diet I should be losing alot...bla bla bla but I pulled on my big girl panties and stepped on that scale....lo and behold I lost 2.6lbs!!! I know its not the 5-6lb others lose their first week but its good for me!!!! I know its going to slow down..WW is made so that people lose .5-2lbs a week but Im hoping this week Ill have more time to work out and I will see great results as well! But as long as the numbers are going down I need to be happy!!!

Now what!!?!?! My first week is done, my plan for this week (PS I have off of school this week)
 'Man plans and God laughs' with that in mind...

I plan to workout 6x for atleast 45 min this week starting today!
I plan to eat loads of veggies and stay within my points
I plan to take family pictures
Study for 2 tests that I have nxt week
Review micro and A&P
I plan to unpack 2 boxes (thats realistic no!?!)
I plan to go out with friends at least once
I plan to take Hubby out at least once
and make real dinners!!!

Most importantly I plan to.. Have a terrific week!!!

just a peak

I dont have much time to write but I figured Id share some of the pics of the food I have been eating.

 

spaghetti squash with mozzerella cheese, mini peppers and diet coke

                                                        cut up veggies for two days

                                       zero point smoothie made with banana, frozen strawberries and peaches and water

Lunch for tom, is cut up veggies, multigrain melba toast, tuna made with jalepeno hummo

My new journey

So Pesach (Passover) was amazing! It was full of family, food, wine and just an all around good time! To say it wasn't a challenge would be a lie, but it was definitely not as hard as it could have been. Being in school during a holiday like this one, is hard. I wish I had more time to spend with my kids, more time to cook, etc etc etc...

But the truth is we did have a fabulous trip up to a friends farm!!!! The kids already want to go back!! We hiked, we bbq'd hotdogs and marshmallows, the kids ran free and it felt so damn good! We also went to an IMAX at the science center and spent about an hour and half in the science center...the IMAX was phenomenal its called 'Born to be Wild' highly recommended...even Rachelle (who is 3 loved it.)

Now onto my new journey...I just resigned up for weight watchers. The scariest part....I had to weigh myself this morning...and not only have I put on 5lbs with my move, starting school etc....a few more have snuck on over the holidays. My weight has NEVER been this high...ok when I was pregs it got to be a bit higher then this...but I AM NOT PREGNANT and I weigh sooo much I am embarrassed to say. So instead of feeling sorry for myself...my job is to lose it!

My motivation?!?! (this order is not in any particular order)
1.I HATE the feeling of my thighs rubbing together
2. I want to feel fit again
3. I DO NOT want to be a FAT nurse!!!!
4. I want to feel pretty
5. I NEED to be healthy

Not a food thought...

I have a friend in school who comes from India, her name is Niru. She lives past the waterfront so I often give her a ride. We have the most wonderful conversations. Today we were talking about religion. Well let me start from the top...Im in a program with 48 others in my graduating class. Out of 49 students only 2 are black, 1 Asian, 1 Indian (from india not native American) I should say visibly because I dont know their heritage just going by looks. As far as I know I am the only Jew.
Niru, felt she is the only one who isnt religiously affiliated. I told her in America people consider themselves christian but are not necessarily practicing.  She appreciated that...then we got into the discussion about faith which brought out good thoughts...why do we need to hold ourselves to one belief?!?! Im not saying I believe in Judaism and in Christianity...but when it comes to beliefs...I thought...I believe in God...Im Jewish, I am a practicing, orthodox Jew...but I believe in Karma, I believe in people....We can believe that the good we do comes back to us, that the evil we do comes back as well...even if we believe that God controls what happens in the world....
Then... Niru quoted one of our nursing professors, who is a christian (possibly Catholic) saying women were only created for the purpose of procreation. Both of us STRONGLY disagree. If this were so barren women, single women, women who chose not to have children, lesbian women...would not have a purpose...hmph. It bothered us both that in 2012 in a world were we have to be so careful with our lingo so careful with our PCness that a professor would say something like that...but we concluded she's entitled to her opinion but we strongly disagree. 
I know this is alot...I know its way to philosophical to just jot down like this...but I figured..why not?!?! maybe I could get some feedback...but please no bickering just thoughts and ideas even if they aren't the same as mine even if they contradict mine...just be tactful I dont want this discussion to turn sour...

Over and out!