Week 13 – Down 17
I had hoped to lose 2 pounds a week but that doesn’t seem to be working out for me. I should be down 26 pounds at this point, but I am only down 17 pounds. I guess it is time to play the exercise card. I will start out slow so I don’t kill myself [...]
Week 11 Down 15
Well, here I am at week eleven of my twenty-five week diet plan. (fifty pounds in twenty-five weeks). Happy to say I finally started to lose weight after being stalled for a few weeks. My goal was to be down by twenty-two pounds at this stage, but I am happy with fifteen. So far, I [...]
Week 8 – Down 12
I am getting behind in my updates. I will fill the the necessary info as I make some time. Well, I am happy to say that I am starting to drop a few pounds after being stuck for a couple of weeks. I blame Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I am behind in my goal [...]
Homemade Baked Beans
These beans are very good and they have less sugar then a lot of baked bean recipes. Ingredients 1 pound dried Great Northern beans 1 pound smoked ham shanks (separate meat from bones and dice) 1/4 pound salt pork (diced) 1 onion, chopped 2 jalapenos, chopped 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 1/4 [...]
Week 5 – Down 10
It’s hard to believe it has been five weeks since I started my diet. The goal of course is to lose 50 pounds in 25 weeks. I am happy to report that I am exactly on course, having lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks. So far, all the weight loss can be attributed to changes [...]
Greek Yogurt
I finally got around to making some yogurt tonight. It is not hard to do, the “bugs” do all the heavy lifting for you! Homemade Yogurt ( Greek Style ) Ingredients: * 1/2 gallon of milk ( I used whole, you can use whatever you like ) * 1 cup powered milk ( to make [...]
Week 4 – Down 8
OK, I know, I actually gained 2 pounds over the last week. But, the reason I lost so much weight the week before, was the fact that I was very sick and could not eat anything for two days. So naturally when I could actually eat and keep things down again, I was hungry. The [...]
Week 3 – Down 10
After three weeks I am still on track. Not even Thanksgiving hurt me and I ate everything I wanted. I did get sick on Monday however and didn’t eat anything for two days. But hey, whatever works. Starting to feel normal again and it will be back to eating smaller portions and drinking lots of [...]
Week 2 – Down 6
After two weeks things are still looking good. Lost two pounds and two pounds a week is the goal. So that, combined with the four pounds the first week, makes it six down and forty-four to go! Eating smaller portions has not been an issue. I did feel the need for some potato chips for [...]
Week 1
Week 1 turned out fairly good. Down 4 pounds. The goal was 2 or twice as good as hoped for. I attribute the loss mostly to keeping track of everything I ate or drank. ( tools from Slimfast.com ) It is the easiest way to see where the calories, fat, cholesterol, etc, is coming from, [...]