Dinner tonight: Win.

Tonight was Paprika rubbed Salmon. I used this recipe: http://www.thenest.com/Recipes/50761/detailview.aspx?id=50761&type=7&recipe_ingredients=Seafood&recipe_type=Healthy

Although I used a bit too much of the rub on each salmon - they turned out yummy. I served it with cous cous and broccoli. I had never had cous cous before - and it was delish! I picked up a box on a whim at HEB and this was a great night to whip it up. I used the whole wheat (olive oil and herbs flavoring) cous cous and I think it was an awesome alternative to rice. The broccoli was the steam in a bag - and worked for a little color on my plate. I worked till 9:30pm tonight so the husband marinated the salmon in advance. Once I got home this meal was super easy to throw together. I'd grade this one an A. I think I'll do it again.

Tomorrow morning I'm meeting a friend for a circut workout class - and Friday I have plans to attend a Body Sculpt class. That will make three times at the gym this week, which is pretty much as much all I can fit in my schedule at this point. It's been a crazy week at work - but I'm trying to stay focused with eating well. (Surely those M&Ms as a mid-day snack didn't mess anything up too much... right???)

This Week - Dinner Plans

Although a bit late... here they are:

• Smoked Paprika Roasted Salmon with Spinach
• Tacos (with fat free refried beans for me... extra lean meat for the husband)
• Tuna Noodle Casserole (not healthy, but delicious)
• Salmon (slow cooked) with herbs
• Peppered Mahi Mahi with Vinagerette
• Angel's Pasta

Sunday we did the Angels Pasta and used this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Angels-Pasta/Detail.aspx. I would give it a C+. Just okay.

Monday was Tuna Casserole (I ate it before I remembered to photograph). And it's a home spun recipe I got from my mom - so no website to reference.

Tuesday was Tacos. No photos needed, as we all can guess what I tacos looked like - right?

Tonight is one of the salmon dishes - I haven't decided which one. You'll find out in my next post.

I went to the gym yesterday for the first time since my knee stuff happened. It was okay. The squats were still too painful, so I had to 'cheat' some stuff. I'm taking today off, but I have plans to return on Thursday and Friday. Oh, and I cheated today and weighed. I'm down 0.9 pounds - so I'm feeling good that I can at least drop a pound by Friday.

Happy Wednesday!!!

the National Enquirer...

Can kiss my (fat) butt.
I snapped this photo in line at the grocery store a week or two ago.

The lower part says...

"heart attack risk as her binge eating habits turn deadly"

"109 (lbs) in 2000"

"She's only 5 foot 3!"

well.

I'm 5'2''.

I probably weight about 109 pounds in 2000 also. And ya know what... around that time I developed an eating disorder.




Clearly, I have weight to lose, but this whole cover actually hurt my feelings. I guess I could just see myself and my own struggles in it - and I took it personally.

Motivation.

stop the press.

Can we take a second to observe the beauty of his man?

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Yeah... I'm going to need a few more minutes.

I saw this photo at work, while diligently working... um, well... actually, I was surfing the web. Photo compliments of this article.

This man (in my opinion) is lick your lips georgous. Swoon.

I pretend I've never heard his music - or seen his dancing... and I swear on all that is holy... my cheeks get flushed. Very flushed. Sigh...

If you know me, you know I've got 'thing' for the latino men. Ricky Martin just hits the spot. And this photo takes the cake.

My husband is latino, and beautiful - and I love him eternally. (a plus is that the husband, thankfully, prefers women) - but if Ricky ever decides to give females a 'go' he will be at the top of my list. Ya know, the list of 5 celebs you could have a 'thing' with - and not ruin your exisiting (real life) relationship. Yeah, he might be my #1. Laugh all you want.

Who is on your list of 5???

spill it.

weigh in: week 3 and knee update

After last week's weigh in I was very frustrated.
Friday night we left for the in laws and there was a mini family reunion where there was nothing but eating. And I partcipated fully... all weekend long.

When I got back home on Monday, I had gained two more pounds since Friday. Upset, I didn't eat well at all this week, thus - not posting on this blog. This (past) weeks dinner:

• Monday: Pizza
• Tuesday: Leftover Pizza
• Wednesday: Spaghetti
• Thursday: After a failed attempt at cooking a healthy dinner (it looked disgusting), we ordered Pizza.

I'm embarrassed and sad by this week.

Somehow, I lost 1 pound of the weekend weight... but overall, it's still bad news:

Current Weight: 163.3
Starting Weight: 163.5
Total Weight loss (after two weeks of ups and downs): 0.2 pounds
Goal Weight: 133

I am starting over. Next week will be a new week.

An update about my busted knee that I posted about Wednesday:
I went to my doctor on Thursday. As I was turning into the parking lot - I got rear-ended by somone who was too busy talking on his cell phone to apply the breaks. ugh.

Once I got into the doctor 30 minutes late - she (thankfully) still saw me. After a lot of pushing pulling and turning on my knee she said she thinks it is tendonitis in my left knee. With my career - it's probably been in my knee a long time, but the spinning class brought it out in full force.

From now on, no more spinning classes - and I need to be careful running. Thankfully, I hate hate hate running so I won't be doing of that anytime soon. I was given so higher dosage pain killers and she said to take it easy for the next week.

I still plan on working out next week - but i may focus more on weights than cardio to rest my knee. I will also do a meal plan for next week - and will post that by Sunday.

I can do this. I can do this. This will not beat me.

busted knee.

Well, I went to my first cycling class yesterday (tuesday).
I wanted to die. It was so hard. The cardio was awesome.

About 45 minutes into the one our class I kind of 'slipped' off a petal on one side. It wasn't a big deal and I kept cycling. A few minutes later, my knee started aching.

I slowed down for the rest of the day and took it very easy. It was very sore last night, but I figured I would just rest and feel better today.

Nope. Worse. Very much worse. I can't bend my knee past 90 degrees. It just won't go. Other positions make me scream in pain. This is bad news.

This is bad news on so many different levels. I teach dance for a living. If I can't bend my knee this creates a major issue. Major.

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. I fully expect them to send me off for an MRI. I'm trying to stay positive but I'm very worried.

I'll keep you posted.

week two: weigh in

I gained a pound.

Don't really have much to say. Just frustrated. I did well 75% of the week and worked out three times. I know that I need to do 100% --- but reeeeeally.... no wiggle room??? The amount of effort but in this week was far and beyond what I was doing three weeks ago. What the hell. I thought the weight would come off easier in the beginning and get harder as my fat % decreased.

uuuugh.

I'm off for the weekend to visit my inlaws with the husband. I'm sure there will be eating out for three meals of the day. Hopefully I can figure out the best choices with the situation at hand.

Pissed.