Konjac yummy

I just ate this for lunch. It's Fuel Pull fantastic!! Pearl posted the recipe on Facebook and the Forum, so I won't redo it here except to say I added a few veggies and a tsp of defatted peanut flour. Yum!!
I tend to have great difficulty shedding pounds, so my hope is that adding in some of these fuel pulls as meals will help. I may also need to switch to less rich desserts for regular days.
David texted me from Walmart a couple nights ago to inform me that he's had to take his belt in a notch. He was literally walking out of his jeans! I'm really excited for both of us. :-)
New Years Eve is upon us. We're having a party here. I'm planning to supply the buffet table with plenty of THM treats to keep me satisfied. I'll have to post pics of them when I get them done.

Belated weigh in.

We weighed in on Monday, but I haven't had a chance to post. I've lost almost a pound and David's gone down 1/2. Not as great a change as I'd like to have seen, but considering the week I can't complain. Life turned upside down on Friday morning when we learned our 2 boys' bio mom is 7 months pregnant with a girl. Now we're in limbo until she's born and we know whether or not we can get her. It's all I can think about!! Our daughter is so excited. And I'm just trying to maintain my diet! I didn't realize how much I relied on carbs to help me deal with stress. I've worked really hard to avoid them, but have probably relied a little too much on the fudge in the freezer. Sugar free but still needs to be enjoyed in moderation I'm sure.
On the upside, I made special agent Brownie to take to our family get together today. Yay!!

Wednesday menu

B- Pumpkin roll -s
Coffee with a little cream - s

L - Northwoods chicken soup - FP

Sn- raspberry Greek yogurt smoothie- E

S- Chili over cauliflower with cheese and sour cream

Dessert- fudge squares - S

Breakfast

I made a pumpkin roll with a modified oopsie roll recipe!! It was amazing. I'm sure it could do with some tweaking.....but still. It was good. :-) I'll try and get the recipe typed up soon.

Choices

I have to say. This is really an easy choice for me. Even though I LOVE Mac n cheese and it has been my nemesis. I bet I could make something satisfying and guilt free with THM. And with the salad, I get fudge!!

Celebration Monday

I'm amazed.  Truly amazed at what has been accomplished in less than a week!  I suspected I'd lost weight following the plan over Thanksgiving.  But I don't have an official weigh in for those weeks.  Just the one from last week.  So, here we go:

Danielle
Starting: 190.3(taken last Tue)
12/17/12: 188.1
A LOSS OF 2.2 POUNDS!  (I'll explain further why this is so amazing in a minute.)

David
Starting: 215.6
12/17/12: 213.2
And he's been eating at least 1 crossover meal a day.


I don't have pictures of us right now, but maybe later I'll get my daughter to take one.  I'm so excited!  My average weight loss per week on Weight Watchers was .2 lb.  If I was lucky.  And this week especially would have been a doozy.

David and I spent last week in IL.  A business trip turned couple getaway by his boss allowing us to rent a car and drive up instead of just making David fly.  18 hours of uninterrupted conversation, ladies!  Just sayin'.... It was amazing.  Following THM on the trip was easier than I expected.  I took several ingredients with me and a mini-blender.  I made frappas and choco pudding in the hotel room!  I slipped hamburgers out of their fattening buns and put them in Thomas Pitas.  I exercised and felt great!

I got home to my 3yo sleeping off a fever.  Sickness, lethargy and diarrhea swept through my little crew.  On top of that, we celebrated Hanukkah and I started my cycle. (Sorry for the TMI, but I just want to elaborate on what a perfect storm this usually is for weight gain)  I got sick this weekend and spent two days in bed.  My exercise this week has been spotty.  I ran sprints up the driveway once.  David and I have tried to do situps every morning (15-25).  With 5 kids, I can't say that I'm inactive.  Just not really the kind of exercise I've been wanting.  But by sticking to THM guidelines, I still lost weight!  I'm SO excited!!!

BTW, the family is LOVING this food!  I filled peppers with enchilada filling for an S meal this last week.  My daughter has been listening to our talk about the plan and has heard us volleying around 'S', 'E' and 'Fuel Pull' terms. Taking a big bite of food, she exclaimed, "Mom, I think this is an M food for Marvelous."
We've had doughnuts and hushpuppies for Hanukkah.  Both low carb.  Not healthy, but not as bad for us.  I've had fudge and skinny chocolate, fotato soup, chicken soup, frappas.  All delicious and trimming!  I need to post some pictures and recipes.  It's been great. :-)

Now I need to take lunch up to the office.  15 people will be ravenously waiting for a crossover meal they don't even realize is healthy!!

Here we go!

After being introduced to THM over thanksgiving, we're giving it a whirl as a family! David doesn't really have much to lose and tends to lose weight easily. I have lots to lose and tend to lose it slowly. Our five kiddoes are all slender and active and simply need to maintain. Yet we can all eat this plan! I'm so excited. I'll use this blog to chronicle ideas, thoughts and progress.