And It Was Very Good

I am obsessed with peanut butter and chocolate chips. I eat it on bananas 🍌 , apples 🍎 , and toast 🍞.

However, I realized recently that I can’t eat it at work anymore because my boss is allergic 😬.


Yasso bars save me nearly every day.

I’m still finding and enjoying low cal. frozen meals!

I ended May eighteen pounds down. I definitely struggled a lot this month with food temptations, being on the go, and a plateau. I’m glad to say that I’ve already dropped 2.9 pounds in June!

Here are some of the yummy things I’ve been eating. I’ll add descriptions to the pictures.

Don’t know if anyone noticed, but I haven’t posted the last two days. I’ve been very down on myself because the numbers on the scale aren’t moving a whole lot.
But this morning, I decided to try on a pair of shorts I bought a few months ago. When I bought the shorts they were tight, and I was so embarrassed that they didn’t fit!
Well today they fit! I wore them to work and I was comfortable and confident all day. That’s a huge victory for me!

“And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭

Breakfast: Premier Protein Cookies and Cream

Morning snack: 2 oz. manda pork sausage 🐖

Lunch: Lean Cuisine Herb Roasted Chicken 🐓

Afternoon snack: banana 🍌

Supper: 1 boudin ball (Porky’s)
3 oz 93/7 ground beef 🐄
2.5 oz. romain lettuce 🥬
1.5 oz. fat free thousand island 🏝
.5 oz. red onion 🧅
.5 oz. tomato 🍅
1 oz. dill relish

Evening snack: Salted Caramel Yasso bar

The boudin ball was probably a hungry mistake, but I enjoyed it, so I’m not upset. I also stayed under my calorie budget. I made over 10,000 steps today too!

“So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31

Breakfast: 1/3 strawberries and cream protein
shake 🍓

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: Healthy Choice Beef Merlot Steamer 🥩
10 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: Superior salad with fajita beef 🥩 🥗
1/4 cup salsa
10 chips
1/4 cup queso
1 cup chicken tortilla soup 🥣

Work was ✨crazy✨ today so I hardly had time to eat. That’s why I missed most of my breakfast 🤷🏼‍♀️.

So I’ve been bouncing around with the same pound all week, but, despite my Sonic supper last night, I’m actually down to my lowest weight yet now! Eighteen pounds and counting.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6

Breakfast: 2 slices Cinnamon Raisin Bread
.5 oz. butter

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 3 oz. red bell pepper 🫑
2 slices low sodium Ezekiel 4:9 Bread 🍞
3 oz. rotisserie chicken breast 🐓
.5 oz. chick fil a sauce
1 slice Colby jack cheese 🧀
.5 oz. red onion 🧅

Afternoon snack: 4 oz. imitation lobster 🦞
1/2 caramel protein shake

Supper: Sonic Grilled Chicken Sandwich 🥪

Evening snack: ❌

Really disappointed in today. I didn’t want to eat Sonic, but after being at the ballpark for hours, and with a long ride home, I didn’t really have a choice.
I also stole a bite of B’s butterfinger blast. 🤷🏼‍♀️

“It is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
Matthew 15:11

Breakfast: premier protein cookies and cream 🍪

Morning snack: 9 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎

Lunch: 4 oz. imitation Lobster 🦞
2.5 oz. chipotle chicken 🐓
.75 oz. reduced fat cheese stick 🧀
.75 oz. chick fil a sauce
2 oz. broccoli 🥦

Afternoon snack: premier vanilla shake 🥛

Supper: Portobello Steak Tip Lean Cuisine
1.5 oz. chipotle chicken breast 🐓
2.5 oz. imitation lobster 🦞

Evening snack: Peanut butter chocolate crunch
Yasso Bar

It was a ball park day. I made do! I’m proud that I didn’t give into the temptation of ballpark food! ⚾️

“I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion of food.”
Job 23:12

Breakfast: premier protein caramel shake

Morning snack: 8 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎

Lunch: 6 oz. dumplings 🥟
1 oz. steamed broccoli 🥦
1.5 oz. carrot chips 🥕

Afternoon snack: cucumber roll 🥒🦀

Supper: 3 oz. American blend salad 🥗
6 oz. shrimp 🦐
1.5 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
2 oz. salsa

Evening snack ❌

Your girl is TIRED. Looking forward to the weekend 🤩🥳
I think I might have real breakfast tomorrow, which I love.

“Gracious words are like honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”
Proverbs 16:24

Breakfast: Premier Protein Caramel shake

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 6 oz. Chicken and Veggie dumplings 🥟
1 oz. soy sauce
4 oz. steamed broccoli 🥦
3 oz. pear 🍐
2 oz. carrot chips 🥕
1 oz. green bell pepper 🫑
.5 oz. veggie dip

Afternoon snack: 7 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎

Supper: Mediterranean hummus & cucumbers 🥒
Rotisserie chicken 🐓

I went about 50 calories over my budget today 💁🏼‍♀️
At least it was on mostly healthy food. I also almost doubled my step goal.

“Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.”
Romans 14:3

Breakfast: Premier Protein Cinnamon Roll Shake

Morning snack: 4 oz. pear 🍐

Lunch: 3 oz. 93/7 ground meat 🥩
.5 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
2 oz. shredded lettuce 🥬
1 oz. pico de gallo
.75 oz. guacamole 🥑
2 oz. salsa
1 oz. black beans
1 oz. mexicorn

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: 5 oz. grilled chicken 🐓
3 oz. steamed broccoli 🥦
4 oz. red grapes 🍇

Evening snack: Mint Chocolate Crunch Yasso bar

Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35

Lord, I know this was about food and drink of the spirit, but goodness can my tummy not want for once!
Here’s what I ate today.

Breakfast: Strawberries N Cream protein shake 🍓

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 8 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎
3 oz. steak 🥩
3 oz. romain lettuce 🥬
.5 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
1.5 oz. Thousand Island 🏝
1.5 oz. jalapeño hummus
2 oz. red bell pepper

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: 4 oz. 93/7 ground meat 🥩
1 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
2 oz. salsa
1.25 oz. guacamole 🥑
1 oz. pico de gallo
1 oz. Mexicorn
2 oz. black beans
3 oz. shredded lettuce 🥬

Evening snack: ❌

I really want to get back in the gym, but I get really self conscious there. How do you get over gym jitters? What is your work out routine?

“Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:19-20‬ ‭

Here’s what I ate today.

Breakfast: Premier Protein Cookies and Cream 🥛

Morning snack: 9 oz honeycrisp apple 🍎

Lunch: 4 oz. spring mix
4 oz. grilled shrimp 🦐

Afternoon snack: 3 oz. roasted cauliflower

Dinner: 4 oz. steak 🥩
10 oz. baked potato 🥔
1 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
2 tbsp. butter 🧈

Evening snack: ❌

I have a new flavor protein shake to try tomorrow! Also I already packed my lunch! Woohoo!

Tomato soup with a grilled cheese 😍
Here’s how I made my soup.

Ingredients:
6 tomatoes 🍅
3 bulbs of garlic 🧄
2 yellow onions 🧅
1/4 cup olive oil 🫒
2 cups unsweetened almond milk 🥛
2 cups tomato sauce 🥫
Italian seasoning
Salt 🧂
Pepper
Garlic salt
Onion powder

Directions:
In an oven safe dish, place whole tomatoes, peeled and quartered onions, and “opened” garlic. Drizzle with olive oil and season generously. Roast in oven on 400° for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven. Put roasted tomatoes, onions, garlic (peeled), almond milk, tomato sauce, remaining juice from pan, and more seasoning in a blender. Blend until smooth. Adding more tomato sauce (or less milk) will make a thicker, darker soup.

Doing so much better today than I did yesterday! Making tomato soup from scratch.

Okay guys. This is embarrassing. Here’s what I ate today.

Breakfast: Premier Protein Cinnamon Roll Shake

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 6 pc. Caribbean jerk smoked wings 🦉
4 fried pickle slices
9 oz. honeycrisp apple 🍎
2 oz. imitation crab 🦀
2.5 oz. red grapes 🍇
2 oz. boiled shrimp 🦐
.5 oz. sweet chili sauce

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: Herb Roasted Chicken Lean Cuisine 🐓

Evening snack: 1 Chocolate peanut butter crunch
Yasso bar
3 fun sized snickers
2 Oreos
2 mini Reese’s cups
1/2 chocolate orange 🍊

😒🥲. Definitely ashamed and guilty. I blew my calorie budget out the water with that “snack”. I didn’t want to tell you, but I gotta be real. 🤣

I’m trying not to beat myself up too much. I really struggle on the weekends. How do you stay on track?
I still burned about 400 more calories than I consumed, so that made me a little less disappointed in myself.

Here’s what I ate today:

Breakfast: premier protein cookies and cream

Morning snack: 9 oz. honey crisp apple 🍎

Lunch: 9.5 oz. Healthy Choice Beef Merlot Steamer

Afternoon snack: 1/2 Bud Light Seltzer 🍻

Supper: 2 boudin balls
4 oz. grilled shrimp 🦐
3 oz. lettuce 🥬
1 oz. remoulade dressing
2 slices melba toast

Evening snack: Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch
Yasso bar 🥜🍫🤩

Did I eat six meals today? Basically.
Did I make Layton go to Target to see what kind of Yasso bars they had that Walmart doesn’t? Yes!
Did I stay under calorie budget? YES! 👏🏻👍🏻

The Yasso bar I had this evening was AMAZING. I climbed stairs at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field today, so I didn’t feel guilty about it being a red food.

Welp, I blew it today guys. I had a churro, cake, cheese, real ranch, and a Coke Zero. Here’s everything I ate.

Breakfast: Premier Protein Cafe Latte shake

Morning snack: 1/2 churro

Lunch: 2 oz. spinach
1/2 oz. reduced fat feta 🧀
2.5 oz. imitation crab 🦀
1.5 oz. thousand island 🏝
1.5 oz. black bean hummus
2 oz. red bell pepper 🫑
3 oz. red grapes 🍇

Afternoon snack: 1 reduced fat cheese stick
10 oz. Honeycrisp Apple 🍎

Dinner: 2 cups lettuce 🥬
2 oz. ranch
1/4 cucumber 🥒
1/4 oz. red onion 🧅

Evening snack: 1/2 slice vanilla cake with vanilla
frosting 🧁

I’m scared to see what the scale says tomorrow. I’m viewing this as a learning opportunity.
I’m proud of myself because I didn’t have a few bites of cake and then think, “well I might as well have pizza too.”
I forgot my phone at home this afternoon so I don’t have many pictures.

Another long day. Here’s what I ate.

Breakfast: Equate Vanilla protein shake

Morning snack: 2 oz. red grapes 🍇
2 oz. imitation crab 🦀

Lunch: 1.3 oz. Ezekiel 4:9 🍞
.5 oz. Chick Fil A sauce
.25 oz. spinach
2.75 oz. chipotle chicken breast 🐓
.75 oz. pepper jack cheese 🧀
1.5 oz. jalapeño hummus
2 oz. red bell pepper 🫑

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: 3 oz. broccoli 🥦
3 oz. baby carrots 🥕
4 oz. Mongolian beef 🥩
.25 oz. garlic herb cheese 🧄

I was not feeling very good today. I had an awful migraine that wouldn’t go away. I didn’t finish any of my meals, so I didn’t meet my calorie goal. I’ll try again tomorrow 💁🏼‍♀️.

It’s late! Here’s what I ate today.

Breakfast: Equate vanilla protein shake 🥛

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 7 tortilla chips
2 tbsp salsa
4 oz. grilled chicken 🐓
2 oz. citrus balsamic dressing
2 cups romain lettuce 🥬
1 oz. cheese 🧀
1/4 cup black bean and corn salsa

Afternoon snack: 1.5 oz. black bean hummus
2 oz. red bell pepper

Supper: 4 oz. chicken and veggie pot stickers 🥟
.5 oz. sweet chili sauce
2.5 oz. cauliflower fried rice 🍚
4 oz. red grapes 🍇

Evening snack: Salted Caramel Yasso bar 😍

I’ll let y’all know if I ever plan on giving up Yasso bars. They’re saving my new lifestyle’s life. I got VERY upset at Chili’s today because I thought I ate a 900 calorie meal. When you cut out more than 1/2 the cheese and dressing, and stop when you’re feeling full, it turns out to be about 600 calories.

I’m still working on my website. I’m honestly a little nervous about publishing it because I don’t do well with negative feedback 🥺🥴.
Here are the recipes for what I ate tonight!

Mongolian Beef: 1 oz. minced ginger
3 tbsp minced garlic 🧄
2.5 lbs flank steak* 🥩
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup water 💦
1 cup low sodium soy sauce
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup green onions
Cooking oil

Cut meat into THIN strips. Cut against the grain for a more tender bite. Place in a ziplock with 1 cup cornstarch. Seal and shake.
Heat about 2 cups of cooking oil in a pan. Working in batches, knock off any excess cornstarch and fry in grease. Once brown, remove from pan and place on a paper towel lined plate to drain and rest.
When all meat is finished, drain excess grease from pan. DO NOT remove stuck pieces of meat (they add flavor 😉).
Add ginger and garlic to pan and sauté for one minute. Add water, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Mix well and cook until bubbling. Turn stove down to medium low and let simmer for fifteen minutes, or until thickened.
Add meat back to the pan and stir. Chop green onions and mix in.

*I used stew meat instead of flank steak (because it was on sale and already thawed) and it turned out GREAT!

Cauliflower Fried Rice: 1/2 head cauliflower
1/4 cup snow peas
3 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup shredded carrots 🥕
1 egg 🍳

Steam cauliflower in a colander over boiling water. Once soft, remove from stove. Discard water. Scramble egg in pot. Add carrots and peas. Let brown. Add soy sauce. Stir well.

Where is summer? Overall, I’m down 14.2 pounds. Here’s what I ate today.

Breakfast: Equate caramel protein shake

Morning snack: 1.5 oz. jalapeño hummus
2 oz. red bell pepper

Lunch: 2 oz. imitation crab 🦀
3 oz. red grapes 🍇
3 oz. rotisserie chicken breast 🐓
1 Garlic & Herb cheese wedge 🧄🌿🧀
1 cheeseburger egg roll 🍔

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: 4.5 oz. cauliflower fried rice 🍚
5 oz. Mongolian Beef 🥩 🥡

Evening snack: 1 fudge brownie Yasso bar 🍫

Supper was good! I’m definitely not miserable on my diet. Plus, I’m satisfied with my results so far. 14 pounds in 4 weeks!

Noom said I should treat myself today. I have a really hard time “treating” myself with something other than food. Today, I got my nails done instead. *NSV*
Here’s what I ate.

Breakfast: Equate Cafe Latte protein shake ☕️

Morning snack: 1.5 oz. jalapeño hummus
1.5 oz. red bell pepper

Lunch: 1 oz. spinach
1 oz. raw mushroom 🍄
1 oz. thousand island 🏝
4 oz. cheeseburger mix 🍔
*I had this leftover mix from the egg rolls I made yesterday*

Afternoon snack: ❌

Supper: 4 oz. grilled chicken breast 🐓
2 cups steamed broccoli and carrots 🥦🥕
1 oz. romain 🥬
.5 oz. fat free ranch
4 oz. honey crisp apple 🍎
5 oz. Dr. Pepper 0 Sugar 🥤

I didn’t meet my calorie goal for the day, but I’m very full. I won’t be drinking DP every day like I used to (even if it is 0 sugar). I’ll save that for treat days.

Happy Mother’s Day!
We celebrated with church on TV this morning, Top Golf after lunch, and a dinner my mom and I cooked together 💗. Here’s what I ate today:

Breakfast: Equate Chocolate Protein Shake 🍫

Morning snack: ❌

Lunch: 2 slices Ezekiel 4:9 bread 🍞
1 oz. pepper jack cheese
2 oz. chipotle chicken slices 🐓
1/4 oz. red onion 🧅
1/2 oz. Chick-Fil-A sauce
1 oz. spinach
2 oz. imitation crab 🦀
4 oz. red grapes 🍇

Afternoon snack: 4 thin slices of jalapeño
1/4 oz. guacamole 🥑
1 pretzel bite 🥨
2 oz. harvest hummus
1/4 oz. cucumber 🥒
1/2 oz. carrot 🥕
1/2 oz. celery

Supper: 2 cheeseburger egg rolls 🍔

Evening snack: 1 coffee choc. chip Yasso bar ☕️

I know my egg rolls look a little ~white~ but I air fried mine. I stayed under my calorie budget.

Making hummus for snacks this week. Anybody know what book this is? My parents gifted me with it this week!!

I’m so tired from working the ball field. I didn’t even cook myself anything for supper 🤣. Here’s what I ate.

Breakfast: Premier protein cookies and cream 🍪

Morning snack: 2 oz. Imitation crab 🦀
3 oz. tropical fruit blend 🍍🥭🥥

Lunch: 6 oz. grilled shrimp 🦐
3 oz. Romain lettuce 🥬
1 oz. Mexican blend cheese 🧀
1.5 oz. fat free ranch

Afternoon snack: 1 oz. Greek yogurt
.5 oz. honey granola 🍯
1 strawberry 🍓
2 blackberries

Supper: 3 oz. imitation crab 🦀
5 oz. red grapes 🍇

I walked over 10,000 steps, drank 120 oz. water, stayed under all calorie budgets. I didn’t even have a Yasso bar today.

I dropped!! Woohoo 1.6 pounds GONE.