Fresh and Light Salad - Fitness Snacks - Fitness-Friendly Foods: What to Eat After a Workout - Photos - CookingLight.com

This is a great salad and can be a dinner entree on a warm summer day!!

Fresh and Light Salad - Fitness Snacks - Fitness-Friendly Foods: What to Eat After a Workout - Photos - CookingLight.com

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Shred

I stared level 2 of Shred on Saturday and had to go back to 3lbs weights on many things. Wow! It is much more difficult than level 1 was. I jogged this morning and plan to Shred this evening. I hope it gets easier!

Activity Points

I earned 12 activity points last week, and this week I already have 9 since Saturday!! I am so proud of myself! I am loving the exercise!

I am still kickin!!

I am still here and still going strong. I meant to post back on April 16 to celebrate 1 YEAR OF LIFETIME!!! I can't believe I have maintained my weight! Yes, I have had ups and downs, but I have never hit or gone above my goal.

Now, I am trying to focus on toning my body and loosing inches, but would not complain if I lost a few more pounds too!

I have been doing Jillian Michaels' Shred workout through OnDemand's Exercise TV. I have also been jogging again, now that the weather is nicer. I might try the Biggest Loser Yoga tonight!

Yesterday I did Day 5 of Shred 1. I started with 3lb weights, and when up to 5lbs weights. I might try Shred2 tomorrow morning. I am spacing it out and also doing other activities. I feel great!

Good Weigh In!

Wow, I was very nervous about my weigh in this morning. This is the first time I have actually been worried about it. I have had a hard couple weeks.

Well, I think this morning really opened my eyes to how I have changed my lifestyle and I am making better choices. I was down 2.8 lbs from two weeks ago, at 131. I was very surprised. I am healthier than I thought I was! It felt great!

Black Bean Soup

Recently I have started using my crockpot a lot! I have found some great soups, etc. I often use it on the weekend, then have a couple tupperware containers to freeze, and one for lunch the next day! This is my favorite right now: Black Bean Soup I found it on this great blog, A Year of Crockpotting It was GREAT!!! My husband and my daughter (3.5) enjoyed it! I had some for lunch today and it was very satisifying!

Tough Stuff!

Wow, Maintenance is tough stuff! Much harder than loosing the 40+lbs! I never thought it would be so difficult.

I know I have been missing lately, but I think I was a bit down on myself. I gained a couple lbs over a couple weeks. I have now lost them again after getting my head screwed on straight! My downfall has been chocolate and lack of sleep and stress. All of those things combined have sabatoged my efforts!

Then it was time to grocery shop and I decided to be more structured and shop with recipes in mind. I printed out a number of good recipes for dinner and made my list. My recipes have been great and our daughter has loved them! I used the crock-pot once and will use it again this weekend. All of my recipes have come from Cooking Light or Weight Watchers. I will share some more soon. I hope to continue this method, so maybe I will share each recipe I choose when grocery shopping time.

On another note, I am hosting 10 people for Thanksgiving! My entire menu (aside from what others are bringing) is from the recent WW Magazine! I will share with you how it all tastes!