Feeling fit for 2013!

The month of January is always a time of reflection. After all the parties and festivities with friends and family in December. We slow down and spend some time observing how the last was and how you would like to feel in the new year of 2013!

I've spent a lot of the year eating really heathy foods and losing weight! How awesome is that! I will not lie did I eat chocolate and sweets like there was a end to the planet....sure did! What was I thinking while I was indulging in these lindor balls/sweets treats? I hope I don't gain weight but damn this is such a treat with my coffee!

Here's the bad news thinking that way made me eat more and also burn out my adrenals (which my body is talking back very loudly about this!) and the scale went up! 

During my holiday I also did a little research about other weight loss plans and I found some really interesting things about it!

This week I bought all green heathy veggies and some good lean protein and eggs! I will be using the Ideal protein foods snack to help me get the sugar out without feeling deprived of my winter fun! So I will be doing a maintenance like phase with no carbs breakfast!

I've been drinking the skinny genie this week as my go to drink! I will admit i had a coffee yesterday and it through me for a full blown anxiety attack yup my body said no and I am listening!

I have a goal of wearing a bikini at the beach this summer as my goal and instead of thinking about : if I eat this I don't want to get fat I will shift that though to I want to wear a bikini this summer not about my size or the scale. ( My husband said he'll wear a speedo lol! What a sport!)  

I am right there with you all! 

Happy 2013

Love and blessing 

Nadine

Join us this January 13th!

FREEDOM REVOLUTION!

Lauching January 13/13

Freedom Revolution is a 28 day on-line program to get clear on your desired dreams.

We will guide you each day with motivation and techniques on how to pave the way to your desires.

Some of the subjects we will be touching on are:

CLEAN UP THE MESS

LET GO

DREAM BIG

OPEN YOUR HEART

FIND YOUR TRUTH

RECEIVE CLARITY

FORGIVE YOURSELF

PAVE THE WAY TO A CLEARER VISION 

We will have a facebook group for added support and a platform for everyone to share in their experience 

We look forward to connecting with you!

Nadine & Stephanie xo

STARTING THIS JANUARY 13th! Join us!

FREEDOM REVOLUTION!

Lauching January 13/13

Freedom Revolution is a 28 day on-line program to get clear on your desired dreams.

We will guide you each day with motivation and techniques on how to pave the way to your desires.

Some of the subjects we will be touching on are:

CLEAN UP THE MESS

LET GO

DREAM BIG

OPEN YOUR HEART

FIND YOUR TRUTH

RECEIVE CLARITY

FORGIVE YOURSELF

PAVE THE WAY TO A CLEARER VISION 

We will have a facebook group for added support and a platform for everyone to share in their experience 

We look forward to connecting with you!

Nadine & Stephanie xo

Don't put me in the corner with a peanut butter ball

Yes it happened I fell into a sugar bowl but I had, I ate and I got over it and after a couple of treats I went back to my regular delicious food!  

Breakfast I had a oat meal

Lunch with sausage and broccoli and cauliflower.

Supper I had a mushroom gravy with spinach and sauteed tofu

I didn't have any night time snack because of my afternoon fun!! 

Have a great Saturday!!!
I will be officially back to blogging in between the holidays and returning to Ideal Protein phases after the new year!
Keep loving the veggies!!
Nadine

Still going on strong!

Today was a busy day getting everything ready for you know what.... It's a time for relaxing and being with family. Enjoying the company of friends during the darkest time of the year.

Breakfast I had toast with peanut butter and 1/2 cup of raspberries and a dollop of coconut yogurt.

Lunch and Supper I had ham and pea soup not on protocol but it was a delicious left over!

I had the vanilla pudding for my evening snack


Have a great day!
Nadine

Getting ready for christmas !

It's getting cold out there. It's time to think about heating up your Veggies and having some great holiday teas!

The 100 mysteries @ the be well spa is a popular one and if your out the celestial bengal tiger tea is my favourite x-mas tea roibois with cinnamon!

Breakfast I had 2 slices of whole grain toast with 1 tsp of peanut butter and 1 tsp of coconut oil. 1/2 cup of peaches as well

What is happening is I am slowly waking up the pancreas and insulin production.

Lunch I had a protein drink and large veggie salad

supper I had broccoli and cauliflower and sausages

I didn't have a snack too late and tired

I was able to see a couple of our Ideal protein people from last year they're still keeping it in check and grabbing some Ideal protein snacks for over the holidays! They are maintaining beautifully their weight loss. SO AWESOME!!!

Have a great day 

Nadine

DAy 1 of Phase 3 What should I eat for breakfast?

I forgot How this part of the program you are on your own for breakfast. I don't know what to eat!
I can have a carb, a fat, protein and fruit! It seems like a lot but it should be the biggest meal of the day. The Scale went up over the week-end due to my food choices but it's back down!!! Persevere through!
Burn that sugar!

Breakfast I had a serving of oatmeal and I added scoop of protein powder!

For Lunch I had celery sticks and cheese and a small handful of almonds ( the protein was not on protocol)

For Supper I had Ham & split pea soup. Again not on protocol. It was the best left over for my ham it was so good. But again lots of carbs there!

My snack I had the dark chocolate pudding!
I am going to review my old post just to see what I had for food last time!

Have a great day!
Nadine

LEt's talk about food meditation for the Holidays!

IT's almost christmas it's time to make a plan for what you might be doing and eating. What do you really desire to eat this time of year! Have control and take things step by step. If you really must have that bite of grand-ma's sugar cookies have one but enjoy every moment of that food. Don't just hoover it and then you decide that wasn't enough and eat a tray. 

-FOOD meditation is great to do during the holiday's. No you don't sit on a cushion and chant.
Start with looking at the food really see it the texture, colour, smell the aroma. You are present with the food. Take a bite and feel the texture really taste the food. Is it as delicious as it appears? You will be more satisfied and full using this technique. You can use this technique anytime! 

-There are statistics that suggest that you get a high of off food for the first 3 bites and then you flatline. So nothing will taste as good as the first 3 bites. If you are like me your always chasing the sugar dragon :D
So try one cookie/snack at a time and enjoy it. Have a moment with it.
 If your at a party and there's a lot going on loud music, lots of conversation pay attention to your food consumption because you might be eating more because your not paying attention to the food or if you feel uncomfortable during a social situation......(anyone visiting their inlaws)

-Bring healthy snacks to share with the group veggie trays always help me. Eat before you go so you don't overindulge it's a good thing turkey is the main event so load up on the good stuff and bring a salad to share :D 

-Most important whatever you do be kind to yourself if you have something not on protocol don't trow in the towel and binge on food. Pat yourself on the back and keep your head up. Enjoy the food and do not demonize your decisions. You always have a choice in the mater and you are in control this holiday!
Do some family activities outdoors together!

BREAKFAST

I had my last Ideal protein breakfast today 
Vanilla drink!

lunch I had ground pork and cooked mushroom and spinach and some celery sticks as well!


SUpper I had ham and eggs and steamed broccoli.

My snack I had the lemon poppy seed bar ( I can't believe these bars are protocol hello delicious) 

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Last day in phase two but because of my week-end I will be doing phase 2 for another day or so!
I will also start the cleanse tomorrow as well!

Breakfast I had the crispy cereal

FOr Lunch I had celery cooked spinach and 2 eggs

SUpper I had swiss chard and ham

For my snack I had the peanut soy puffs I need to change up a little because I was getting tired of the pudding texture. Thank goodness there's a lot of choice with the program!!!


Have a great day!
Nadine

Another Birthday party!

I went to my second diner party which happened to be another Birthday party! I was also working this day a wonderful busy Saturday! Busy days are good because there's no time to think about food! I've notice I have been having a lot of coffee lately due to the fact that it feels like we are living in darkness. I've been looking into buying a solar light! I think it would totally worth the money! So because yesterday I had starch (Bulgur and I glass of wine). I am no longer in ketosis and I was feeling the cravings of having food and wanting sugar by 11:00am today. Staying strong!

Breakfast I had the crispy cereal

Lunch I had the lemon and vanilla pudding and spinach and a little ground pork.

SUper we went to Sushi Nami Royale! 
I had the miso soup salmon sashimi, a spicy salmon roll and a Kamikaze roll which is a cream cheese lightly salmon roll battered and fried.
More than I should have had but the sashimi was the best and next time I would just go with that!

I am keeping it pretty clean for the next week until my christmas party ;)


Have a great day!
Nadine

I went out for supper and it was delicious and fun!

Tis the season for Birthday parties! This week-end we have two birthday diners! Since my husband and I bought our house we haven't really gone out for diner. We both really like to cook and if we want to make it a special occasion we go to the grocery store and get special more expensive items and make it. We enjoy the quiet and comfort of home and dishes are easy when we are on top of them :D Last night we went to Istanbul the restaurant we had a great time and event had a drag show performance. Very entertaining :D

Breakfast I had the berry yogourt drink and this breakfast has kind of grown on me when I first tried it I felt like it wasn't enough quantity of food for me at breakfast but the last two times I wasn't hungry too early and I find I really have to drink my water!  

People drink your water your body will thank you for it! your skin will also look fabulous! I try to drink 3 litres a day yesterday I think I had 2 litres but I feel better with one more.

Lunch I had left over ground pork with romaine lettuce topped with dressing.

Supper was a later than my usual 5pm

I had a glass of wine so not on protocol! But it was really really good I shared my wine with my husband! We shared a appetizer of mixed spreads of humus and taziki etc. I had the lamb moussaka I could have had a meat stick thingy but I have order envy a lot and I just got the same as my husband. 
We finished with baklava. It was one of the best I've ever had a couple of sheets of phylo and fresh pistachios!!

Tonight was more of a treat because tomorrow we're going out for sushi and I wont have any wine or dessert I new I would be more on protocol tomorrow and I was going all out tonight and it was very enjoyable.

Last night I could really feel my liver working from the sugars/wine. Sorry liver i'll be good to you......until my x-mas party next week-end ;D

Have a great day!
Nadine

Today is a better day!

Today I did fun things! I met up with my girlfriend and went for a steam and a good chat :d Good times were had!

Breakfast I had the chocolate drink heated it was fantastic!

Lunch I had a steak a salad and a asparagus soup. 

Supper I had steamed broccoli and ground pork with soya sauce for a little flavoring.

snack I had the dark chocolate pudding I turned it into a mexican variation with a  little crushed red pepper. ( I am getting a little tired of pudding but it's made me look fabulous so I love pudding!!!!)

THe next two evenings I will be going out for supper so I will let you know how it goes!

Have a great Day!

Nadine

Phase 2 Day 9 Diary of an emotional eater

Today was an emotionally harder day and if someone had a box of cookies around me yup they would have been gone. I was so crazy I though I heard someone at the door last night and I though please bring me sweets. This is how my mind works: feel bad? Eat something fatty and sweet! Do you feel better? Answer :no I feel worst because you still feel like crap and you just ate terrible food so I feel even bad and disappointed!

Instead I cried and felt the feelings: scared, baffled, mostly scared of the unknown. I would have just suppressed these feelings with a container of cashews and chocolate ok so I had 5 cashews and one chocolate...news flash they didn't change anything.
After a night sleep I feel better I read The course of miracles every morning and I find that always helps me put my thoughts into perspective and keeps me calm.


Breakfast: I had the always delicious crispy cereal with a touch of cinnamon.

Lunch I had romaine lettuce salad with lemon juice and sea salt and 3 boiled eggs.

Supper yup I had to have my burger salad again! Check yesterday's post for the recipe!

Snack: I made lemon and vanilla pudding and 1/2 and 1/2 in 2 containers. It was ok but not as delicious as I though it would be...I think I put not enough water in the vanilla and too much in the lemon. Also maybe making food when being upset doesn't taste as good and for that matter don't eat anything when you are upset.

Today is a better day so have a good one!

Nadine

Tuesday on Ideal protein Best supper ever!! Better than BIG MAC salad!

I tried a new recipe for super and it blew my mind! It was delicious and felt indulgent :D I am sure my husband might ask for this salad maybe tonight!

Breakfast I had the quick and easy Crispy cereal!


Lunch I had the left over spicy bokchoy soup from sunday (check out the recipe) and two eggs.

Supper I made the fabulous must try BIG MAC SALAD!
I started by heating up ground pork but you can use any ground meat.
I cut a 2 heads of romaine lettuce and I had some yellow bell pepper. I place the lettuce in a dish and I topped it with raw onion cut very  small (like the burger) and sesame seeds then I topped and mixed the salad with dressing (french Walden farms works very well). Then I topped it with the ground meat and added a little more sauce! It was great!

For my snack I had the banana pudding a great change and it has the banana medicine flavor that I liked! It was a nice fruity change from the chocolate I usually have especially since I felt decadent with my supper.

Have a great day
Nadine

Monday second week of phase two!

This is such a great phase I eat 2 ideal protein a day and make my own lunch and supper. I am not a huge meat eater and lately I find it's hard to keep in the house. LOL. So today I was a little creative with tofu for super. 

I have an issue with my thyroid sometimes so I've taken my temperature every day for about 3 years now to check my energy levels. One thing I notice I never dip down my temperature on this program which means that my metabolisms is working top notch!! If this is an issue for you you might want to look into this program to regulate and also boost your metabolism!

For breakfast I was craving chocolate so I had the chocolate drink. It is rich and  creamy like a favourite hot chocolate from a coffee shop!

Lunch I had 2 eggs on top of sauteed spinach and spicy sauce!

Supper I had steamed brocoli and sauteed mushroom with a little soya sauce. I topped this with a tofu vegan fettucini sauce!
THis recipe I took from the Happy Herbivore!

http://happyherbivore.com/recipe/instant-vegan-alfredo/
CHeck it out it is with silken tofu and I omit the flour 

For my snack I enjoyed the peanut soy puffs they are my favourite!!!


HAve a great day

Nadine

SATURDAY & SUNDAY'S GREAT DAYS TOGETHER!

This Saturday I was on vacation! Yay! I have promised myself to not get near any malls and stores for the month of December unless it is very early on Sunday or Tuesday Morning!!!! This my friends has made me less stressed and much happier especially on my pocket book. I got to spend the day with friends!

I like to make my gifts for people I started knitting 11 years ago but in the last 2 years I've really developed great skills and it's made me more patient and my hands busy if I am watching TV instead of eating.  Knitting gives me great joy! It is important to find something you like to do that has that affect and uses your creativity and allows you to express yourself! A friend of mine who is 73 does photography and she is so passionate about it and she is extremely talented! It's great to look back and think about what you enjoyed as a child most likely you would still enjoy these things like painting, playing an instrument!

On Sunday I planned a holiday craft day this was the best craft day I could have imagined!! I made a veggie tray with everything but carrots that I could eat (broccoli, yellow pepper, celery). I set the event for 1:30 to 4:30 so we wouldn't focus on food. Invited anyone who was interested and was making something for christmas.We had a crocheter, a lumor, 3 knitters, a beader, paper flower and jewellery making and a spanish acoustic guitar player!! It was a fabulous time we had laughs shared stories of how we got into our craft and sang some x-mas songs Felis Navidad! This will be done again in the new year holly molly. My tip to you create a community with the things you like to do. Join a running group, acoustic jam sessions, form an archery group or join a club! 




Breakfast

Cripsy cereal with a touch of cinnamon


Lunch we went to a new diner! Hali deli on Agricola. A jewish inspired deli they specialize in smoke meat sandwiches borscht soup, matzo ball soup etc. I had the Julien salad mayo dressing boiled egg, chicken on romaine. Delicious! ON 

Hanukkah! Happy HAnukkah!

Supper I had a donair....... yes it was delicious and I tried not to eat the pita but I could not stop myself! We were out all day. I though it was the beat bad outing protein choice....

Snack I had the delicious chocolate balls




Sunday!

Breakfast was the usual Crispy cereal.

 LUnch spicy pork soup. I sauteed pork added celery, mushrooms, green onions and bok choy. Water soy sauce, hot sauce, and little vinegar and 2 tbsp of agave. 

I snacked on veggies and also I had a small piece of fudge thank goodness it was shared with lots of people I had a taste :D It was all that was needed.

Supper I had the left over broth of the soup and spicy chicken


Snack milk chocolate pudding with crushed red pepper and cinnamon. I prefer this combination with the dark pudding it was still great!



Have a great day!
Nadine

IT's Friday

IT's Friday! My favourite topic food! I browse restaurant menu and I have a pretty good cookbook collection. I can talk food all day long. I finish breakfast I am already thinking about lunch and diner! I must say I am getting a little tired of the meat so it's always a good time to change you protein and veggies when you are not excited about the  food. A tip for you Ideal protein people : I use the restricted items as my week-end treat! I keep the puddings for the week day I am always looking at how to add more zing to the food!

Breakfast I had the vanilla drink I hadn't had this in a long time and I really quite enjoyed the flavour and the texture! It kept me satisfied for a long time after 12 which is not normal for me. I also had an extra coffee which probably suppressed my hunger as well.

Lunch I had a beautiful piece of salmon with fresh veggie salad.
I get an organic food box 1x a week and the green mix is great it's every bite is a surprise there's even horseradish greens in the mix surprise yasabi bite here and there! I added a little lemon and sea salt and 1tsp of oil for my dressing!

SUpper I had a broccoli frittata! 4 cups of chopped steamed broccoli with 6 beaten eggs in a glass pyrex pie plate topped with coloured bell peppers salt and pepper ( I added a touch of cheese after it was heated through not on protocol). Cooked in the oven at 350degree for about 45 min. I ate 1/2 of it and it was awesome!

My snack I made a peppermint tea with the strawberry wafers.
To make this more of an experience put your snack on a nice small plate so you'll eat it more slowly and have more of a relaxing experience with your evening treat!


Have a great day
Nadine

10 LBS down yeah You can do it!

This kick start is awesome if you need to lose weight quickly and effectively that with eating changes you can maintain!

YOU CAN DO IT!

For breakfast I had the Chocolate  drink heated up!

For lunch I had 2 eggs

I had the peanut soy puff for a snack

Supper I had a very lovely peace Salmon with zucchini and 1 bell pepper.

I had a peace of pork as a night time snack. I didn't have enough veggies today I will try harder tomorrow :D!

Have a great day!

Nadine

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE PUDDING keeps me warm at night

Day 3 phase two!

For breakfast I had the chocolate drink great treat! It's warm and creamy like a delicious childhood hot chocolate!

Lunch was the mushroom soup and veggies celery and bell peppers!

For super I had 2 sausages and steamed broccoli with olive oil and seasoning! 

My snack was the dark chocolate pudding I added cinnamon and crushed red pepper flakes this is beyond delicious!!! Ok it is still not truffle chocolate delicious but it is so worth fitting into the skinny jeans!

Still no major craving eating a lot of protein and veggies drinking lots of water 3 litres today which meant night time bathroom visits.

Have a great day!~

Nadine

Chocolate coffee and lemon meringue pudding makes day phase two great!

Today was great day to try new things!

I was running out the door and I had to finish my chocolate drink and I though why not put this in my hot coffee? It was delicious and if you're a person who likes lattes this time of year add the vanilla or chocolate drink to your coffee and add some spice :cinnamon/ginger/cardamon. Whatever you like!

Breakfast the chocolate drink

Lunch I was at the mall (can you believe it yes it's christmas)
I ate at Venus pizza they have an awesome chicken swarma!
I ordered the plate with only veggies Greek salad and  and meat. It was very easy to ask for this change instead of fries or rice. It was delicious and kept me full all afternoon!

SUpper I had 2 eggs with a bit of irish bacon on a bed of mashed cauliflower it was amazing !

Snack I mixed the vanilla and lemon pudding and ate 1/2 I will have this for breakfast tomorrow

Have a great day!

nadine