Hey y'all. I'm back from the beautiful state of Colorado and even though I'm certain that I am heavier than I was before I left, I am feeling a bit more confident about the future. As I sat at the Cheyenne Frontier Days, totally destroying a turkey leg, I knew that it was time to get back to business. I decided to give myself a few weeks before I weigh again. I put far too much stock in the number on the scale so I want to give myself a jump start. I did pretty well this weekend when I got back and I am going full throttle this week. I am going to Nashville over the weekend so I will have some loose rules then but my goal is to stop letting it all fall apart just because I leave the county or have a bad day. I am in the search for motivation I once had but that doesn't mean I need to give up in the process. I started a new running schedule for myself today and I plan on amping up the exercise. As I have said many times before: one day at a time.
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Since it's summer and it's disgustingly hot outside, I wanted to share a quick idea for a cool treat. If you buy small sugar cones at the grocery store, you are getting a bargain on money and calories. You get a ton of these guys and depending on brand, you're looking at 20-30 calories a pop. That is not bad. You could put ice cream in there but to save even more calories, I mixed together some lite cool whip that I had in the freezer with some berries and a few chocolate chips. The whole dessert was less than 150 calories. If you only put Cool Whip in there you could keep it under 100. It's no substitute for a giant cone from Cold Stone but the little bites of chocolate keep you happy. Also, it's super easy.
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There are some people out there who are grossed out by Hardee's and all their crazy recipes. Me, however, I like the looks of them. I'm also intrigued by things like a hot dog stuffed crust on a pizza so maybe you shouldn't trust my taste buds. When I saw the advertisement for the Hardee's American Thick Burger that is not only huge but topped with hot dogs and potato chips, I salivated. I still haven't had one because even though I haven't been the greatest dieter lately, even I can't justify a burger that is 1,030 calories. I decided to make my own version. I took an all beef patty, one thin slice of swiss and one thin slice of cheddar, a few potato chips, ketchup, mustard, lite mayo and one 50 calorie turkey dog and piled it together on a whole wheat bun for the Heather Wyatt style American Thick Burger. My burger saves you almost 500 calories and trust me when I tell you it was delicious. Even if you're skeptical of turkey hot dogs, you'll be fine mixing it with the rest of the ingredients. It was a lot of calories for my normal lunch amount but it was very filling and totally delicious. Also, it totally clinched my thirst for the real thing at Hardee's.
I pasted a few of the Colorado pictures below.
We had an amazing trip out west. I want to extend a HUGE shout out to my Dad and my Mom for their generosity. I could have never gone without them so as always, thanks for your help. It was a blast.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Until next week...BYE!
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