On the menu

So what if Oprah said don't eat past 7 pm.  I have MY way of doing things around here. 20 mins, 425 oven, bake that ranch chickn! 

Today on the menu:

Baked tofu, oven roasted garlic, spinach & lentils 

I'm tossing the tofu into a salad, and eating the spinach & lentils as a tasty filling side dish.  I'm going to add my cloves of roasted garlic to my salad.  Once the cloves are soft you can with spread them on toast or add it as a yummy part of your dish. Who knew losing weight could taste so great and be so healthy? 

I like to dress my salads usually with a zesty Italian, and there ya have it! Low fat, delicious & nutritious. Mmmmmm! 

My food choices

                My grocery shopping buddy 💙

               Things that went into our cart::

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🍓 Strawberries

🍋 Onions

🍓 Salad dressings

🍋 Whole wheat tortillas

🍓 Greek yogurt

I simply follow the food guide pyramid theory for losing weight & staying healthy and again to fit into my wedding dress (compliments of @stilettomeup on instagram.  Eating healthy means making different food choices.  I learned about the food guide pyramid in highschool & again in college. 

Nothing has really changed other than the modifications to the food guide for different diets such as vegan.  These are suggested daily servings, but I can't eat that much bread without gaining too much weight. Everyone's metabolism and body makeup is different.  I can lose and gain very easily depending on my food choices and amounts.  

Time to start day 5 of my 100 days of real food! Good luck to me and everyone else who wants to lose at least 25 lbs. 

Fabulous Day 4

Breakfast: 

Lunch: (left overs) kidney bean, tomato, salad mix on a whole wheat tortilla x3 

Dinner: chick pea salad with light zesty Italian 

Dessert: 

Cherry Greek yogurt

My food blog

Ok so I've been too skinny, now I'm too um "fluffy for my liking.  I do what makes me feel good, look good for the most part. Life is short, this is what I have always lived by. If I'm not happy nobody around me seems to be. I intentionally gained weight but in all the wrong ways.  I went thru a "spell" of not giving a f__k,  I ate what I wanted when I wanted it. And let me tell you I'm not proud of that.  I was 116 lbs in the photo below. I lost too much by eating a strict vegan diet.

This is what eating crap for 14 weeks will get ya. (Below)  I've never had a food dependency, but once I started cramming chips & cookies down it was hard to stop because it tasted so good.  In June, I left my fiancé, in August my oldest son moved to Charleston with his dad. Needless to say I became so depressed.  I tend to go into hiding when life slaps me in the face.  

I'm back with my fiancé, my son seems to be happy in South Carolina, my online sales are picking up, things are looking better, so now I want to look better! I have a brand new motivation as well to eating healthier & losing weight.....a size 4 wedding dress! Worn below by the lovely @thestilettomeup and designed by Katerina Bocci. @katarinaboccidesigns I saw this gown and it had that immediate wow factor and every other element I've been searching for. I hadn't even researched Katerina before seeing this gown of my dreams.  When I read about what her designs offer, I couldn't believe it because I've said this to myself over and over! I wanted simple elegant sophistication.

"describe the dress you dreamed of as a little girl," says Bocci. "I want to turn fantasy into reality for these women. This is the gown they'll remember forever." 

She hit the nail on the head with her vision and design. 

I have until January to whip back into shape, so instead of posting every thing I eat on Instagram, I'll be blogging about it. Do you want to lose weight? Follow along my journey if you like! We can support, motivate, and encourage one another to reach our goals to looking hotter & feeling better.  

I'm on day three of being healthier, so I'll catch you up on what I've eaten today. I'm not a big breakfast person, so I had my coffee as usual.  I had Healthy Choices vegetable beef soup for lunch, Lemon Greek yogurt for dessert and for dinner kidney beans with diced tomatoes with lots of yummy spices.