Making the Most of Veggies

And fruits too!

First of all I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that posted comments on my lovely news post last week. It made me feel a lot better knowing that a. I'm not alone, and that b. those silly charts aren't exactly accurate.
So I've decided to nix the obesity title, and just call it, pleasantly plump! :)

And now I'm making the most of all the fruits and veggies! So every time I go grocery shopping, I am going to stock up on all kinds of produce, so that I have good things available to snack on. I'm also planning more healthy dinners, which not only saves me money, it saves me calories too! So that's the plan and the goal is to get rid of 40 pounds. But for a short term goal, I want to lose 10 pounds by the time I go home for thanksgiving in a month and a half.

Wish me luck, and I'll be working hard to accomplish this!

The lovely news I received

Was not so lovely at all. Apparently I'm obese. Yup thats right, not just slightly overweight or something like that... obese! Not a fun thing to find out when you have always known that you have some form of weight issues, but were overall ok with how you looked, and then to be stamped as obese! I guess I need to start Weight Watchers again!

Wish me luck

I am determined!

To be healthy again! So I went a little crazy in the produce department! This is just some of the fruit that I purchased. Mangos, peaches, nectarines, oranges, grapefruit, apples, strawberries, and pineapple! Yumm-o! Now I can have fruits for snacks!

And Veggies too! I got snap peas, fresh green beans, and red and green bell peppers! I basically brought home the produce dept. Then I sliced up everything that needed slicing while little dan was asleep so that I can just grab it when I'm feeling snacky! Plus I added the slices of bell pepper to my wrap yesterday and it was de-lish!

Other than produce, I bought some soups, and frozen dinners, and some frozen peas, corn, and broccoli. I like to take the frozen dinners and split them in half, add a ton of frozen veggies and then I have 2 meals for less! I am also deciding to do my pilates dvd every other day and try to get little dan in the stroller for walks on a regular basis too!

After gaining all my weight back, I realized that I needed a plan, so now that I have one, I know I can slim down again, and this time try to keep it down!