Smoothie recipe from breakfast 8/10/2015 - Black Forest Smoothie

Black Forest Smoothie

½ cup cherries (about 12)

1 medjool date

¼ cup of oats

1tbs chia seeds

1 cup almond milk, unsweetened

1 ½ tbs Navitas Naturals Organic Cacao Powder

1 serving Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Protein Powder

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Combine all ingredients in a bowl or blender cup, place in refrigerator for several hours (best if overnight). In the morning, blend ingredients until smooth. Add water or extra almond milk if it is too thick.

Adapted from www.runningwithspoons.com… all of her food looks AMAZING!!! I will definitely be trying more of her recipes!!

Downsizing Me Log - 8/10/2015

Weight - 226

Morning Fasting Blood Sugar - 118

Steps taken (FitBit) - 4544

Miles (FitBit) - 2.01

Active Minutes (FitBit) - 0

Exercise completed - None

Calories in (MyFitnessPal) - 1481

Calories out (FitBit) - 2285

Water Intake - 96oz

Nutrisystem (NS) On Plan - Yes

What I ate today -

Breakfast - Black Forrest Smoothie (recipe to follow)
Lunch - NS Fettuccini Alfredo with laughing cow cheese and veggies
Dinner - NS meatloaf sandwich with A1, Brussel sprouts and rice and beans
Dessert - jerky

Downsizing Me Log - 8/9/2015

Weight - 226 (umm, oops)

Morning Fasting Blood Sugar - ??? OOPS

Steps taken (FitBit) - 4817

Miles (FitBit) - 2.14

Active Minutes (FitBit) - 0

Exercise completed - None

Calories in (MyFitnessPal) - 1400

Calories out (FitBit) - 2302

Water Intake - 64oz

Nutrisystem (NS) On Plan - Yes

What I ate today -

Breakfast - NS Turkey Sausage and egg muffin with cheese
Lunch - Subway Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwich with lite mayo, cheese and veggies
PM snack - Jerky and chips
Dinner - NS Turkey medallions, green beans and acorn squash
Dessert - NS Pretzel, laughing cow cheese and olives

Comments - Sushi, it got me again. But hubby and I made a deal, we will only have it once a month... I don't know how I will manage, but, I gotta get back on track!!

Monday - Listless No More - Jobs

So, this week, I thought that I would talk about the jobs I've Had...

photo credit: Scrabble - Hiring via photopin (license)

I started working when I was 16 years old. I did not start with a great job for a teenager. Well, it would have been, had it been in a different department. You see, my first job was at Sears. "Retail, that's perfect for a teenager" you might be saying to yourself. And you would be correct, if I had not been assigned to the furniture department. FURNITURE!!! At 16. YEARS. OLD!!! Along with furniture I was also in the linens and bedding department, again, not the best for a teenager. I did not last very long at Sears.

My second job was at a craft store, again, retail. But I LOVED this job. I worked there for several years, throughout the later part of my high school and early college. I would have continued there but I started my bachelor's degree and had to do a internship.

Downsizing Me Log - 8/8/2015

Weight – 225

Morning Fasting Blood Sugar - ??? oops

Steps taken (FitBit) – 2439

Miles (FitBit) – 1.08

Active Minutes (FitBit) – 0

Exercise completed - None

Calories in (MyFitnessPal) – about 1750

Calories out (FitBit) – 2099

Water Intake – 64oz

Nutrisystem (NS) On Plan – No

What I ate today: No

Breakfast - NS Peanut Butter Granola Bar
AM snack - Tomato and cheese
Lunch - Sushi
Dinner - Rice and Beans

Comments: Back to almost where I was before the roadtrip. Yay!!! Then I had sushi...