April 1st- 1 month update measurements and photos.

Hey guys!!!! I'm SO excited to share my measurements and updated photos! I have been working hard to lose the 2 lbs a week with the help of My Fitness Pal. 

If you're looking for an easy way to track your food intake and sync your workout watch- this is it! I love it so much, and no, this is not an ad! I just really recommend it because it works so well!

Anyways, I followed my guidelines and within two weeks I lost 11 lbs! I was over the moon! BUT, I forgot to update my activity level on MFP and that had me eating too little of calories. I didn't notice until I had gained 4 lbs back! So I definitely will be watching my levels of activity and making sure I have enough calorie intake so that my body doesn't think I am starving myself! I'm definitely am not doing that! 

I have successfully reached my monthly goal with extra hard work though! I lost those lbs that I gained back and will keep on going! This week I splurged and ate pizza, a sparkling soda, and Thai food... but my life is all about balance right now and not going crazy strict on myself. I will get to my goal by living life happily while I work hard.

I am going to include some current photos, so go ahead and click on the read more below to the measurements to see the rest!

Two Vegan recipes great for lunch or dinner!

Vegan Italian Pasta

• 1/4 lb tomato (chopped up)
• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• sea salt
• 2 mushrooms (chopped)
• 1/8 cup water
• 1 tsp fresh minced garlic 
• 1/2 vegan italian sausage
• 1 serving vegan pasta

1. Set a pot of water to boil for your pasta, add it once boiling and cook according to instructions.
2. in a saucepan, sautée the tomato with the olive oil, onion powder, sea salt, garlic, and mushrooms. 
3. when that gets mushy, add the water. 
4. in another saucepan brown the sausage in super light oil.

This pasta was amazing. I seriously loved it more than any other pasta I've ever made in my life. It was sooooooo good.

How I ate vegan at IHOP

On my mother in law's last day here we ate IHOP for brunch and it was my first day going vegan. I honestly could have just said "fuck it" and ate that strawberry crepe I was craving, but I decided to stick with what I started and skimmed the entire menu until I put a few things together. I settled on avocado toast, (no butter on the toast) the side of potatoes, and an unsweetened tea that I added sugar substitute to. It cost around $6 and I didn't even eat the entire thing because I got full! 

I just wanted to make this little post to show that eating vegan can be challenging when you go to places that don't cater to your diet, but it can be done!

Food the last few days.. I forgot to record some of my meals, sorry guys!

Grapefruit + vegan crackers + Garlic hummus

My soon to be before pictures.

Hi guys! So today I was contemplating on posting some photos and measurements I took on March 5th! I decided that I should, since I am already seeing a RAPID difference in my weight. I know I will regret not posting this information now, in even just one month from the 5th! I may not post my actual before photos, (out of complete embarrassment) but- I will post something. I guess we will find out by the end of this post!

First, here is my weigh in and measurement results! This alone is completely embarrassing, but- I have since then already gone down to 181 lbs... so yay me! I will update the measurements on the 1st of every month from here on out!

I decided to just take a lot of measurements so that each month I can really see what a difference I have done! I hate these numbers right now, but they're changing and so am I. I have some rather big goals that I want to pursue, and if I really want it I need to drop around 30 more pounds. I know it is possible, and as of this morning 3-20-2017 I weigh 181. That is an 8 lb weight loss so far! In about 15 days! 

I have begun my journey to veganism with the exception so far of fish and greek yogurt. I haven't given in to the greek yogurt portion yet, so hopefully I can keep it up. (I love that stuff so much!)

So before I post these next photos, I just want everyone to know that since October I have gained around 17 lbs. I was eating junk and not working out AT ALL due to living conditions/ depression. This sucks, and totally set me back in my weightloss from Summer 2016, but it isn't the end of the world.

Food Log Day 10

Today was an errands and deep clean the entire first floor kind of day..

Food Log Day 9

We went to the zoo this day. I sort of skipped lunch, because the zoo didn't have the best options for me. 

I forgot to snap a photo of BREAKFAST, but it was a re-run of some similar tacos from last week.

Food Log Day 8

My mother in law brought 2 bags of apples with her for me, and I decided to use some!