Beyond Willpower

Q: When cooking your family dinner, do you make something separate and healthy for yourself and then something else for your family? Yes, I don't mind doing this. Yes, but it makes it difficult to stick to plan. No, they eat what I cook, and they enjoy it. No, they eat what I cook, but they whine I live alone/don't cook for others. Results

~*~*~This recipe is gluten free and vegan~*~*~ As are all my recipes This makes 2 servings Stuff you will need: Stuff I forgot on the drawing board: Chili powder Daiya (if you like) or nutritional yeast Chopped red onion Prep Directions: The first thing you want to do is put your 2 cups of light plain soy milk (for the calorie watchers) over low heat while you chop your broccoli. Add 1 tbls veggie base. I just got some Spike veggie base powder and it's pretty good. As for the broccoli, I just use mostly florets and break them off or chop them into large chunks. I used about 2 cups of broccoli for the soup. *NOTE* I set aside about a half cup for garnish. Over low heat let 2 tbls of earth balance melt and simmer and then add the onions and saute until they start to turn clearish. Here, you need some type of blender/food processor. I use the new ninja master prep pro . I just add the broccoli Florette's to the bottom of the large container and pour the hot soy milk o...

So, last night I had a really busy day, Joey and I went shopping! I got new jeans for 25$ at target! I'm starting to grow out so fast that spending 50$ every few months is not worth it. I got a new tank and best of all, a new camera! I got this for anyone who cares, I like it, I'm electronics impaired and this is an easy touch screen: It's a Sony Cyber-shot T99 and I love it! Expect better food pics!  Anyhow, we didn't want to eat out, it's too difficult for me with the gluten thing most times anyhow, but we ended up being out much later than expected. After we were done shopping, we decided to hit up the salad bar at eat n' park. I had one plate of salad with fat free italian dressing, a few pieces of fruit and a scoop of sunflower seeds. I hadn't looked at the menu so I asked the waitress afterwards how much the salad bar was. It was too much for what I ate, that much was true. This is another reason I don't see the point in going out much any...

I made this broccoli soup tonight for dinner and will be posting the recipe tomorrow!: * Click to see in it's full size glory! Yes, I got a new camera just for you guys ;) * This is one. Hearty. Soup.

~*~*~This recipe is gluten free and vegan~*~*~ As are all my recipes Okay, so I haven't actually eaten a cabbage roll since I was about 8. I didn't like them then and never ate one again until last night.  A week or so ago I was experimenting with a vegan "meat" sauce, needing to add a bit of protein to my day. So, I thought the meat sauce, which came out great,  might make a good cabbage roll filling and off I went to the drawing board! *literally* Stuff you will need: to the drawing board! *Sorry for the crappy pic quality, sometimes the blogbooster app doesn't like me* Preparing the cabbage First, I decided to use two big cabbage rolls instead of a billion tiny ones. I peeled two off to use as rolls and then two more to shred for the side dish (pictured below). Boil the cabbage in a large pot, I like to use half (low sodium/unsalted) veggie broth and half water. Cover pot, boil for five mins While the cabbage is boiling, finely chop 1 medium red bell p...

So I went shopping the other day. I had posted those pics in this blog post  with my before and current pics. I had gone to buy some new tank tops and also picked up that cute lavender type top. I bought two size 3x tank tops along with other stuff. I tried them on before buying them. I came home and was pretty happy with them, put them away and didn't think much about it until later. A day or so goes by and I put one on to wear around in the house with my jammie pants. Suddenly I realize that this shirt is way too big. Joey mentioned it as well, like, why did you buy new clothes that are too big? Wasn't the point that all your old clothes were too big? What is it that I see? Have any of you done this? I was just so confused, what was it that I saw when I looked in the mirror in the dressing room? What made me think those tanks fit me? I could have easily gotten a 2x. I even washed and dried them this week, nope, still too big. I think maybe I can't see myself being ...

So I'm getting a lot of hits by people searching for heavy reviews. I only had a chance to review the premiere and it's been a few since then but one in particular was my favorite and I just had to talk about it. So, I'm pretty sure the episode with Ashley and Sharon was episode #3. Ashley and Sharon, episode # 3 trailer After the previous episode which was very difficult to watch for me, cuz I'm not really into dramatic moments and watching people's personal breakdowns, (I prefer personal triumphs.) this episode was really fantastic. Ashley had a drinking problem, was living with her alcoholic dad, and Sharon's son who was bipolar had committed suicide less than a year earlier. She said he had wanted her to be healthy and it seemed everything changed for the better for her when she decided that her loss/health would be in his memory. Her story was beautiful and her commitment, impressive. Here is Sharon, before and after: It truly felt like you were w...

Heya, just wanted to let everyone know that I have a story over at  http://www.theplantrx.com  where I'm featured as the success story of the week. Check it out and be sure to check the site out! It's very informative! I loved the video on that site with an interview with clinton about how he went vegan after his heart surgery:

Wow. I have not been feeling well. All sorts of health issues were happening all at once. Hypomania, infected tooth, severe tummy troubles caused by my fibro pain meds, a fibro flare and severe insomnia. Through it all though I managed to not gain! Even though my satiety signals, once my mood destabilized, were ENTIRELY turned off. So strange, I googled, it seems to be a thing with brain chemicals and blah blah. So when I first noticed it and googled it, and was aware, I calmed down and dealt with the hunger, knowing it would pass once I got things under control. I'm feeling about 90% better. I think by tomorrow I'll be all better. I have FOUR doc appts this week anyhow. blah. Well, my weight has gone from 299 to 250 lbs . I am ONE measly lb away from a 50 lb loss, but, I had bought some new clothes (from target's plus section, I have not been able to fit in even their plus stuff before!) I'm generally currently a 2-3X, at target I was a 3-4X, which is fine, at le...

So, although I haven't been blogging I'm still around and doing well with my food. I've lost 49 lbs now. But, I'm having some health issues so I'm not doing much of anything, including blogging. I'll be back with more frequency soon though.  I have a doc appt on thursday.

This got really long, I hope you guys can get through it! I had written this introductory blog about my weight loss history, my current journey, where I hope to be in the future, and my current accomplishments. One of my current accomplishments is that it is now February 5th and I have not binged since October 14th 2010. Someone asked how I managed to do that. Food addict, compulsive overeater, binge eater, yeah, I'm all of those. I have no doubt that this will always and forever be something I struggle with. I was reassured of that fact this week. I did not do any binging, although I can't say I wouldn't have had I had  more food at my disposal. At the end of the day I had most of my days calories left at dinner so since I had so many, and so did my bf, I asked if he wanted to go to mad mex. (local cal-mex restaurant). I'm going to lay out just what led to me being in a 'binge' frame of mind. I had eaten too little during the day and let myself get wa...

So I will eventually get around to writing a review of the ninja  on here, but for today I just added an "About Me" and a page for this challenge I'm doing, so feel free to check them out! Will be adding more later, specific pages for Vegan/gluten free recipes and such. Enjoy!