Oat/banana/dried cranberry pancakes 85 calories each!

Oat/banana/dried cranberry pancakes 85 calories each!

I had some really ripe bananas that needed to be used up and believe it or not I didn’t make muffins with them! I decided to make pancakes. I used an ingredient I just tried for the first time: Almond Milk! There are lots of 

Red quinoa salad

Red quinoa salad

Happy Thursday! This week is flying by so far! I made the most of yesterday by power walking at lunch for 30 minutes, and then walking home as fast as I could for 30 minutes, so I felt really good about that! AND, another day 

I passed!

I passed!

It took me 6 months to complete this course, but I got my certification in the mail on Saturday!! I am officially a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant! I was super nervous because in order to get certified I had to get a score of 

Jen@prior fat girl – a weight loss success story!

Jen@prior fat girl – a weight loss success story!

Welcome to the second installment of my series of profiling people who inspire me! These people have lost weight and kept it off. No miracles, no pills, no surgery. I “met” Jen through her blog, and even though she’s had a recent tragedy of losing 

Weigh In Friday + exercising!

Weigh In Friday + exercising!

Weigh in Friday! I can’t believe another week has come and gone already! That’s why I am trying to make every day count, because before you know it, its time to weigh in again! For those of you who don’t know, I am doing Weight 

My Day…

My Day…

I had a super busy weekend, lots of errands, a baby shower, shopping for the baby shower, my younger son had a sleepover, my older son had a birthday party, etc…when I had to drop everything because my Mom injured herself on Saturday. She was 

Late night eating!

Late night eating!

One thing that I have been trying to change in my weight loss this time around is the night time eating!!  For some reason I would do great during the day, stay on track, drink my water, avoid food pitfalls at work, but then when 

Trip to the library!

Trip to the library!

I took my daughter to a branch of our local library the other day to get her some books to help her get ready for 1st grade.  Looking on the online catalog, I was wondering if they had The Biggest Loser cookbooks, books, vidoes etc…  

Exercise!!!!

Exercise!!!!

  Exercise!!! Exercise is a funny thing.  We all know that exercising can help our weight loss efforts go faster, but why is it so hard to get you’re a** in gear and do it!! That has always been my dilemma.  Either I eat great, 

My lunch dilemma!

My lunch dilemma!

We’ve all been there. You make a commitment to yourself that you are going to eat healthier, exercise more and really take control and try to lose weight. Then, life steps in and you are in a serious dilemma. This is exactly what happened to