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Unfortunately once again my guest blogger didn’t happen.  BOO!  Maybe one day.

**No pictures today because I am still “recovering.”**

Since Monday I have been working hard to get the junk out of my system.  Even though I did pretty good at Disneyland I still put on four lbs.  How that happened after being sick I will never know…maybe the Blue Bayou or the Zermatt anniversary buffet had a greater impact than I thought.  The good news is…I put on 8 lbs last time I went to Disneyland.  So this was actually improvement   I am not sure how I can put 8 lbs on in 5 days but somehow the magic of Disneyland can do anything.

It has been a little tough to say good since I have been back.  There is Easter candy and sweets everywhere!  I am ready to hit it hard though.  I only have 25 lbs to go before hitting my goal weight.  If I go at 2 lbs. a week I could reach my goal by the end of May beginning of June.  This could be my first ever bikini body.  No…this WILL BE my forever bikini body…or until kids at least.

My work is doing The Biggest Loser.  Not only do you participate on teams but you complete individually.  If your team loses the most…prize.  If you loss the most from your gender…prize.  A nice $100 prize!  I weighed in this morning and now I am going hard!  I will win that money!  Wish me luck!

This weeks playlist comes from my husband’s latest CD purchase…2010 Grammy Nominees.  I know a few have already been on my playlist but I like them enough to put them on again.

1. I Gotta Feeling—Black Eyes Peas

2. Poker Face—Lady Gaga

3. Use Somebody—Kings of Leon

4. You Belong With Me—Taylor Swift

5. Fallin’ For You—Colbie Caillat  (love Colbie!)

6. Sober—Pink

7. My Life Would Suck Without You—Kelly Clarkson

8. Hot N Cold—Katy Perry

9. Chicken Fried—Zac Brown Band (what a happy tune)

10. I Run To You—Lady Antebellum

I eat a lot of chicken and am always looking for new ways to season or cook it without it adding fat or calories to it.  Check out this delicious fat free recipe I found.

Quickest Roasted Chicken Dinner 

2 chicken breasts with skin and on the bone

4 paper thin lemon slices

8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

4 sprigs thyme or any fresh herb you like

Coarse grained salt and cracked black pepper

1 cup fat-free, low sodium chicken broth 1 lemon, juiced

–Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

–Slide 2 fingers under chicken skin and loosen enough to tuck 2 lemon slices, 4 garlic slices and 1 thyme sprig underneath the skin, directly over the breast meat of each chicken breast. Season chicken generously with salt and pepper.

–Place chicken in 9 by 13- inch glass baking dish. Pour 1 cup chicken broth, remaining sliced garlic and thyme sprigs in pan bottom.

–Place in oven and roast until chicken is golden brown and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.

–Pour pan juices into a small sauce pot. Add lemon juice. Reduce over medium high heat until sauce has thickened to almost a glaze. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.

–Pour juices over chicken and serve immediately.

Don’t forget to shoot me pictures—email me at: crissa17@hotmail.com–(before and now if you have them….or start today), send me music (either your favorite workout playlist or a few workout music must-haves), send me your Fat Free recipes or let me know how your roasted chicken turns out!  I would love to feature other bloggers and their weight loss goals!  If you are TRULY interested in being a guest blogger, email me.

Now the trick…don’t screw up the weekend and undo everything you just did!

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I am in Disneyland and you know I am not working on my beach body.  WHAT!?  They have Mickey bars here

Actually I have been doing quiet well.  I didn’t want to have to start from scratch when I got home.  I have been waking up early every morning and doing an hour of cardio…thanks to the invention of work out DVDs and the early birthday present from Mr. Robertson.  I have also been eating what I normally would for breakfast and two of my snacks.  As for lunch and dinner, I just do my best to pick smart choices and watch portions.

Yesterday though, I must have gotten a little out of hand.  For lunch we ate at the Pizza Port.  I had one slice of ham and pineapple pizza and some foccacia bread.  Later I had 1/2 of a frozen lemonade (50 calories!!  Beats a Mickey Bar).  For dinner we ate at the Big Thunder Ranch Barbeque.  It is “all you care to eat” and delicious.  I ate corn, cornbread, ribs, chicken, sausage, coleslaw, and baked beans.  Then shared an apple cobbler with the family for dessert.  I felt like I over ate but I didn’t feel sick….until about 2:00 am!  Ever since then I have spent more time in the bathroom then in bed.  Now my muscles ache, my throat kills, my booty is rubbed raw (TMI, I am sure), the room smells, and my hubby is out playing while I stay at the hotel. 

Did I eat something wrong?  Did I eat too much?  Was it heat stroke?  Is my body showing me it will get skinny whether I like it or not?   Whatever the reason, I am sick.

I am going to try to put on my big girl panties, suck it up, and meet up with Adam but unfortunately I don’t think I will be going on too many rides today.

BUT here is some good news.  Look who I ran into at the Pizza Port!  I was so excited that I got all little girl giddy and had sweaty palms.  (Weird since I have meet tons of famous people before.)

Joe Munoz and Todrick Hall from this season of American Idol.  I know that they are both gone, but they were good. 

Well have a happy Friday!  (Sorry the guest blogger didn’t work out…I never heard back from her…maybe next week!)

Don’t forget to shoot me pictures—email me at: crissa17@hotmail.com–(before and now if you have them….or start today), send me music (either your favorite workout playlist or a few workout music must-haves), send me your Fat Free recipes.  I would love to feature other bloggers and their weight loss goals!

Now the trick…don’t screw up the weekend and undo everything you just did!

If you are new to Fat Free and Fit Friday, learn more here

Despite liking the fact that the scale in not taunting me every time I step foot in the bathroom, I secretively miss it.  In fact, I almost made my husband pull it out of hiding.  I just wanted to see my progress…good or bad.  BUT, I sucked it up and made it another week without my favorite enemy. 

  March 5th: 161.6

  First week without the scale

Today’s Weight: 161 lbs

Weight Lost: .6 lbs

Total Weight Lost: 25.6 lbs.

I know, I know!  I didn’t hit my 150s mark this week but HEY! I didn’t gain!  I lost almost 1 lb.  AND  I ate a whole bag of Easter candy.  You know the eggs that are crunchy chocolate on the outside and yummy soft chocolate inside.  I bought a bag on Saturday night convinced that I would be good and only have a couple a day.  Well I ate all of them throughout the day on Sunday.  So to not have gained and still lose almost 1 lb.  I am happy.

Next week I will be in Disneyland so I will not be able to do Fat Free and Fit Friday until March 26th.  Does anyone want to be my guest blogger that day?

This weeks playlist consists of a mix of my music and some followers music:

1. Just Dance—Lady Gaga

2. Piece of Me—Britney Spears

3. Don’t top the Music—Rihanna

4. TiK ToK—Kesha

5. Imma Be—Black Eyed Peas

6. Sexy Bitch—Akon

7. Right Round—Flo Rida

8. Hot N’ Cold—Katy Perry

9. Love, Sex, and Magic—Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake

10. You Know You Want Me—Pitbull—LOVE this song!!

11. Hey Mama—Black Eyed Peas

12. Cupid’s Chokehold—Gym Class Heroes

13. Say It Right—Nelly Furtado

14. Harder to Breathe—Maroon 5

15. American Honey—Lady Antebellum—Great cool down song!

Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions of songs for this weeks playlist.  I can hardly wait to go on my run today and listen to these tunes!

Recipe Time!

Fat Free Baked Rice Pudding

I LOVE LOVE LOVE rice pudding!

Ingredients

• Vegetable cooking spray
• 1/2 c Short-grain rice; uncooked
• 3/4 c Sugar
• 4 1/2 c Skim milk
• 12 oz Evaporated skim milk; canned
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp Grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch Salt; optional
• 1/2 c Raisins; optional

Preparation

–Preheat oven to 300F degrees.

–Sprinkle rice over the bottom of a two-to-three quart ovenproof baking dish.  Add sugar, fresh and evaporated skim milk, and vanilla to rice, stirring well to combine.

–Sprinkle cornstarch over milk a teaspoon at a time, stirring well to dissolve after each addition. Stir in nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.

–Bake one hour, stirring every 20 minutes to prevent rice from sticking to bottom of dish. Increase heat to 350 degrees. Stir in raisins if using and bake an additional 45 minutes to an hour continuing to stir after every 15 to 20 minutes.

–Serve hot, warm or cover and refrigerate to serve cold.

Don’t forget to shoot me pictures—email me at: crissa17@hotmail.com–(before and now if you have them….or start today), send me music (either your favorite workout playlist or a few workout music must-haves), send me your Fat Free recipes or let me know how your rice pudding turns out!  I would love to feature other bloggers and their weight loss goals!  If you are interested in being a guest blogger for Fat Free and Fit Friday on March 19th, let me know!

Now the trick…don’t screw up the weekend and undo everything you just did!

If you are new to Fat Free and Fit Friday, learn more here

Last week I got rid of the scale.  That was a tough little thing for me.  I wanted to see my progress.  I felt like I was loosing and wanted a little self esteem booster.  After waiting a week, I got to weigh in.  Here are the results:

February 12th: 164.5

This was after a 2 lb weight loss.  Since these pictures I had a mental breakdown….hence the scale disappearing.  I have put my head down and really worked hard.

  Today’s Weight: 161.6

  Weight Lost: 2.9 lbs.

  Total Weight Lost: 25 lbs.

I was really excited to hit this weight again.  This is where I was before Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Super Bowl Sunday, and Valentine’s Day.  Finally back to where I was!

My goal for this coming week…get in the 150’s.  THAT would be amazing!!

This weeks playlist is bunch of girl power songs:

1. Glamorous–Fergie

2. Stickwitu—The Pussycat Dolls

3. 4 Minutes—Madonna

4. Dirrty—Christina Aguilera

5. She Wolf—Shakira

6. Top of the World—The Pussycat Dolls

7. Yeah!—Usher (okay, this one isn’t so girl power….this is is really hard to listen to while trying to run on a treadmill…I wanted to dance a little and almost fell off)

8. Rich Girl—Gwen Stefani

9. Beep—The Pussycat Dolls

10. Sexy Back—Justin Timberlake

11. Whenever, Wherever—Shakira

12. Meet Me Halfway—Black Eyed Peas

13. American Boy—Estelle

14. Gold Digger—Kanye West…had to end with this one…I love this song…great beat and funny words

Ready for a really great fat free recipe!?  Look at this.

Fat-Free Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup Quick oats
1/2 cup White flour
1/2 cup Whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1/2 cup Brown sugar
1/4 cup White sugar
1/4 cup Raisins
1/2 cup Apple sauce
2 tsp. Egg replacer powder
2 tbsp. Water

Preheat the oven to 375.

Mix the dry ingredients and the raisins. Mix the egg replacer with the water. Add it and the apple sauce to the dry ingredients. Drop onto a non-stick cookie sheet (lightly coated with oil, if necessary). Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Don’t forget to shoot me pictures—email me at: crissa17@hotmail.com–(before and now if you have them….or start today), send me music (either your favorite workout playlist or a few workout music must-haves), send me your Fat Free recipes or let me know how your vegetable soup turn out!  I would love to feature other bloggers and their weight loss goals!

Now the trick…don’t screw up the weekend and undo everything you just did!

If you are new to Fat Free and Fit Friday, learn more here

Ok, I am not going to lie.  This week has been hard.  First the Super Bowl (chips, popcorn, ranch dip, brownies) and now the Valentine’s Day treats.  I am CRAVNG chocolate and carbs so bad!  However, throughout the going insane week, I managed to drop some weight.

Recap: Last week…166.6 and staring back up again.

This week: 

Today’s weight: 164.5

Week’s weight loss: 2.1 lbs.

Total weight loss: 22.1 lbs.

2.1 lbs is nothing to cry about for sure, but I was secretively hoping to drop 4 or 5.  Maybe this week…if I can continue to say not to sweets.

Just a side note: what is up with my boobs?!  The left is all nice and round and the right is just chillin’…nice week I will pay more attention to how the girls are sitting

This weeks fitness goal: to hold the wall sit for 60 seconds. 

Workout Playlist:

OOO! I found out the hard way that Pandora does not work inside the gym.   I must not get good enough reception for it to work.  That day I settled for TV.  I like watching TV when I workout…the problem…when a commercial hits, I get bored.  Then I look at the time.  I look at the clock about 4 more times before the commercial break ends.  It is just easier to listen to music and find someone interesting to watch.  (I love watching girls who come to the gym for the scene and not to work out.  You know the ones who show up with hoops in, little shorts, and their hair down and curly.  Come on!)

Here is a playlist I listed to this week:

1. Clumsy—Fergie

2. Is This Love—Bob Marley

3. Boom Boom Pow—Black Eyed Peas

4. Single—Natasha Bedingfield

5. Go On Girl—Ne-Yo

6. Genie In A Bottle—Christina Aguilera (oldie but a goodie)

7. Money Honey—Lady Gaga

8. Beautiful Disaster—Kelly Clarkson

9. Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison

10. Can’t Help But Wait—Trey Songz

11. Miss Independent—Ne-Yo

12. The Way I Am—Ingrid Michaelson (LOVE THIS SONG…good one to cool down to)

Fat Free Recipe Time!

FAT FREE DEVILED EGGS

Who can turn these down!?

8 whole eggs

1 – 15 oz. can chickpeas

1/4 c finely chopped parsley

4 tsp. whole grain mustard

1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest

1/2 tsp. minced garlic

1/8 tsp. black pepper

1 Tbsp. minced red onion

1 Tbsp. minced capers

–Hardboil eggs normally at a simmer and cook about 12 minutes. Drain and cool in cold water.

–Peel the eggs and then cut in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and discard.

–Drain garbanzo beans, reserving 1/3 c liquid.

–In a food processor or blender, puree beans, parsley, mustard, lemon zest, garlic and pepper until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and stir in red onion and capers. Taste and adjust seasoning.

–Fill egg halves with about a tablespoon of filling and sprinkle with paprika.

**Variations:

–You could add celery seed.

–Substitute minced green onions for the red onion.

–Use fresh herbs such as lemon thyme or a little cilantro to replace part of the parsley.

–Add green peppercorn dijon mustard in place of the plain mustard.

**You could even use this as a sandwich filling.  Use Sara Lee Delightfuls to keep it low cal!

Don’t forget to shoot me pictures (before and now if you have them….or start today), send me music (either your favorite workout playlist or a few workout music must-haves), send me your Fat Free recipes or let me know how your deviled eggs turn out!  I would love to feature other bloggers and their weight loss goals!

Now the trick…don’t screw up the weekend and undo everything you just did!