Healthy Pins!

What have you pinned on Pinterest this week? I found this on there a day or so ago…

Do you like to eat ranch dip with raw veggies? Me too! Do you like yogurt? Me either! yuck! haha! BUT, if you take a packet of dry ranch and mix it in a 16 oz of non-fat, plain greek yogurt…it tastes the EXACT same and is WAY better for you!!! YAY!!! That’s what I had for dinner last night!

And don’t think that just because I’m on a big health kick that I’m not bad sometimes! I also made a red velvet bread pudding last night that was to DIE for!!!

I’ll share that recipe soon!

HEALTHY Cookie Dough Dip!

Doesn’t that look good?

Oh to the em to the gee!!! IT IS!

The hardest part about me watching what I eat is watching the sugar. I love sweets! Did you get that?

I LOVE SWEETS.

I got this recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie .

• 1 1/2 cups chickpeas (1 can, drained)
• heaping 1/8 tsp salt
• tiny bit over 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1 T plus 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup nut butter (You can get away with using only 3 T. If you use peanut butter, some people say it has a slight “pb cookie dough” taste, so you can sub oil if you don’t want that.) *I used all natural peanut butter but next time I’m going to try to find a different nut butter*
• 1 and 1/4 cup pitted dates –find these close to the raisins
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 2 T oats (You can omit)
• nondairy milk as needed (depending on the consistency you want. I used a few T.)

In a bowl, cover the dates with 1/2 cup water. Let this sit for at least 8 hours. Then add all ingredients (including the dates’ soaking liquid), except chocolate chips, to a food processor and blend until very smooth.

The part to remember is that you have to let the dates soak for so long. I made this thinking that it probably wouldn’t taste as good as cookie dough. I mean come on, chick peas tasting good? Fooled me! Hubs loves it too! :)

Gettin’ Skinny and a Birthday Shout Out!

Happy New Year, Y’all! I rang in the new year asleep in my warm and cozy bed. Hubs rang it in protecting you from bad boys :)

Well yours truly is down to 117 pounds! Oh yea! Doing the happy dance! :) When we moved last summer our scale was broken. So I haven’t weighed since then….until today. I know when I went to the doctor last July I weighed 126 or 127. About six months ago I decided to make some changes in my eating and drinking habits. That means I switched from regular Mt. Dew to Diet Mt. Dew and cut waaayyyy back on sweet tea. And I started watching more of what I ate and how much I ate. I still ate food that was not so good for you, I LOVE any type of pasta or rice. Then there were the holidays and I DID NOT watch what I ate. But I pretty much don’t eat anything fried and I try to stay away from rice as much as I can.

In the last few weeks I have started to be motivated to get in shape…I want sexy arms and to get rid of belly flab. Since I am part owner of a brand spanking new gym I have NO excuse and it will happen! It also helps that Hubs wants to be ripped like The Rock by Christmas. And at the rate he’s going, he will! This week I’ve started counting my calories and I want to get down to 110, get those arms and tummy where I want them, and then get knocked up! :) Sounds like a plan, right?!

Soooo, the sister turns 25 on Sunday!!!! That means I’ll be 30 in a few months! 30!!!!! crap.

Happy Happy Birthday Skanky McSkankerson! We Luh You!!! :)

Oh and you can bet your hiney that we will be having a strawberry cupcake for her birthday!!

Dieting

I’m on a diet. Kinda sorta. It’s more like a life change than a diet. Several months ago I pretty much quit eating fried food. I would still have the occasional french fry or boneless wings, but that was cutting WAY back. Then I cut back to one Mt. Dew per day.

After all that I decided that I seriously wanted to lose 15 pounds. So now I’m watching every single thing that goes in my mouth and counting calories.

I’ve lost 5 pounds in one week. And that was with a cheat day because I had the stomach bug and didn’t care what I ate as long as it stayed down. It was all about survival at that point! ha!

My BIGGEST issue is sweets. I DOUBLE TRIPLE HEART SWEETS! I can’t help myself…it’s in my blood! I love to bake also, so that’s a problem. I haven’t had a brownie batter blizzard in months…so that’s a start! ha! Peanut M & M’s are mine and Reece’s favorite…of course she’s still eating them but I will NOT!

I broke up with regular Mt. Dew and switched to diet. I NEVER in a million years thought that would happen..but, once I started counting those calories it seemed like SUCH a waste! I plan to axe the dew altogether once I don’t get a headache from missing it!

Hubby is back on his diet. He works out on his lunch break. I need to start exercising again…one thing at a time people!

xoxo and please pass the grilled chicken,