Follow through Friday: Small Goals

When I saw that some of my favorite bloggers were hosting this awesome weekly link up I had to jump in. I mean this is perfect for me. I have some big resolutions and this will help me stick to them.

So I'm starting off my first Follow through Friday with some non-scale victories:

-I've drank 80-100 plus oz of water per day the past week.

-My nicer work pants I bought since all my other pre pregnancy ones were too tight are now falling off. Like so much that I can't wear them anymore. I'm happy but I still don't fit into my pre prego ones and I refuse to buy a size bigger... so I am wearing leggings and dresses or tunics every friggin day. Which I don't mind..... :)

I also decided to start with some small goals when it comes to weight loss. I dusted off my little weight loss jars and put 9 marbles in the "pounds to lose" jar. So my first goal is 9 measly pounds...I can do this. I just lost 3 in 6 days so I'm hoping to do 9 in the next 3 weeks. After this first goal I will set another small goal and go from there. I don't think any of my weight loss goals will be over 10 lbs at a time.  It just seems so much more doable to me if they are smaller.

Also, when I lose my first goal of 9 lbs I will be the same weight I was in the above picture. Yay! This was taken fall 2012ish.

What are some of your small goals? Do you prefer small or big (goals....hahaha)?

Have a great weekend!!

Weigh in Wednesday...just a quickie

Now get your minds out of the gutter...this is just a quick post!

I am pretty happy with what I saw on the scale this morning :) since last Thursday whenI started eating healthy, the jmdvdchallenge and have ran a couple times I have lost 3 lbs. 3 lbs in less than a week? I'll take it! Officially less than what I was BEFORE the holidays! Can I get a woo hoo?!

Since this is such a short post I thought I would post a selfie, I'm wearing glasses today because my contacts are hurting my eyes........

And a little Pinterest quote thingie that I like:

 

I promise I will have a better post tomorrow! Have a happy hump day lovies!

 

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Preparation

Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

It's the truth. When I take the time to meal prep it makes it a WHOLE lot easier to eat healthy and stick with clean eating. Even just having a plan of what you're going to eat helps tremendously.

One of my favorite blogs for recipes and tips is heandsheeatclean.com

My two go to super easy recipes that I like to make from their are:

Salsa Chicken and Power Meatballs

First of all the salsa chicken requires pretty much no effort. It is so easy. I make it and then put individual servings in zip lock baggies then put those baggies into a freezer bag and freeze it. The night before I just pull one of those out of the freezer and put some brown rice in a tupperware (or I use the minute brown rice cups you microwave) and I have my lunch for work. I also freeze the power meatballs as well. I use brown rice pasta and the Ragu LIGHT marinara sauce and throw those bad boys on top for a healthy lunch or dinner. Have any of you used the dreamfields low carb pasta before? I made some the other day and it was amazing! I just picked it up at walmart its about $1 more expensive than regular pasta. I may start using that instead of brown rice pasta or mix them.

 

Another idea for the salsa chicken is to put it over a salad. In this picture its over one of those Kale Salad Kits from Costco (don't use the high cal poppyseed dressing that comes with it). I just put a little balsalmic vinegar over the top.

 

I will post more of my recipes and food ideas throughout the next few weeks. TOMORROW is weigh day! I am pretty excited I think it will be a good one! Have a great Tuesday!

 

 

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