Skinny Cow coupon #31days

I found a $1 coupon for Skinny Cow Truffle bars. Good timing, seeing how I'm doing the #31days challenge with Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow. Think I'll use it this weekend (if I can ever get out of this bed and the 'ick' that has taken over my body!). Skinny Cow coupon

#31days Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow Challenge Vlog 2

How did I do this week? Did I lose any weight? Did I get any exercise in? Watch this to find out.



I am being compensated for my blog post by #leancuisine #theskinnycow and #walmart but the opinions are my own. @leancuisine @theskinnycow @walmart

Coming up to the first weekend on the #31Days Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow Challenge

Look what I found.........

It's been a while since I've put these on and used them, but this week, so far, they've taken me 6 miles. Yeah, I got a blister the first day because I didn't put socks on (duh!) but I put them on the very next day and went out again. My son says I need to set up a goal/reward system for myself. I think a new pair of running shoes should be my first reward.

I don't know if I've lost any weight yet, not going to weigh myself until either Sunday or Monday morning, which will be a week since starting on the #31Days challenge with Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow ice cream. So far I've enjoyed eating a Lean Cuisine meal for at least one meal a day.

This is what my freezer looks like right now....

It's hard for me to pick a favorite so far but anything with tomatoes wins so far. My goal is to try at least one of every kind before this challenge is over.

My family is getting into the swing of things too. So far they've enjoyed the healthy snacks, including fruit and granola bars, I've been bringing in. Apples are the new mainstay for a snack or 'treat' after school and my husband's even taking V8 fusion juice to work instead of soda, which for me, is a HUGE victory.

I even bought a case of water, which is something I DO NOT do. I took out the bottles and labeled them L1, L2, L3, and L4 to make sure I drink enough water every day. That's a tough one for me because I don't drink a lot of water. I've been doing it though.

I've chewing gum, drinking water, walking, doing workout dvd's, eating Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow ice cream every now and then. Let's hope the scale shows a positive effect for me when I do weigh in in a couple of days.
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#31Days Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow Challenge

#31Days Challenge with Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow

Before: Me in summer of 2010

I'm not exactly sure how it happened. When I was losing weight two years ago I was very precise about everything I did. Everything was planned out, every day. From food/calorie intake to how much I was planning on working out that day to knowing what day of the week (yes, I said DAY) I was going to take off and do nothing. I lost 60 lbs being precise. It was easy. I remember saying, "why didn't I just do this years ago? I can't believe how easy it's been for me". I was fitting into size 14 jeans (a nightmare to some of you, a dream come true for me) and I had found my long absent collar bones. Then the wall showed up, in the form of 'the Holiday Season'. I decided to just take it off and get back to work right after the holidays. Well, that was two years ago. It is after the holidays, again. So, even though I'm two years, and 70 lbs late, I'm getting back to work NOW!

Thanks to Lean Cuisine and Skinny Cow, I'm hoping to get a good kick start. I went to Walmart yesterday and was very surprised to see how many different kinds of meals they had there. I had never looked for Skinny Cow ice cream before either so was surprised to see the different varieties of that as well. I picked up a few of each for myself to get going.

My family is a very unhealthy one. Half of us are overweight. Of course, the younger boys (19, 16, 11) are all thin and in good shape...heck, just because they're young males. My daughter, who is 20, me (I'm 42) and my husband (who is also 42) are all in bad physical shape. My husband is the worst though, being over 400 lbs (gasp!) and a 2 shot a day diabetic. He's always been large but it's gotten out of control. After much talk, yelling, crying and talking again he finally agreed that he also needed to do something so we decided, as a family to get healthy. His goal, right now, is to lose 100 lbs. That is also my goal right now. I'm hoping that by the time we both reach our goals we'll want to go farther and lose more. My daughter, well, she can get away with losing only (only...lol) about 40 lbs and she'll be good. It's a large undertaking, I know, but if we all pull together and agree, as a family, to do this, nothing can stop us.

I will be logging my nutritional information and fitness goals at SparkPeople.com (my user name is jchllm). Sometimes, actually most of the time, just marking things down and having them in front of us, makes us think differently about what we're doing and it's not mindless anymore.

I will be blogging, making videos which I will post here, whrrls, facebook posts, tweets and so on. I will hashtag everything with #31Days so check that out if you want to keep up. Right now I have a whrrl planned for later today, or tomorrow, and a video planned for the same time frame so be sure to check back.

So, here we go. A New Year. A new challenge. A new beginning.
Yesterday my husband and I walked a mile, without stopping and without smoking (he smokes). Today I am going to do a video and likely go for a walk as well. I have Biggest Loser DVD's (6 I think) and they helped me last time so I'll get Bob and Jillian yelling at me too (yikes!).

I have not posted my weight, etc here, but if you are interested you can go to my SparkPeople info.I will be making daily posts of some kind to come back and take a look.

Make sure you check out what the other 11 Lean bloggers are doing during the challenge period:

1. Zippy Sandler http://www.champagneliving.net/
2. Nicole Brady http://www.sahmreviews.com/
3. Wendy Hammond http://www.thelocalcook.com
4. Naomi Shapiro http://superdumbsupervillain.blogspot.com/
5. Tara Altier http://thismilitarymama.com/
6. Shelby & Steve Barone http://www.feltstories.com/
7. Elizabeth Ferree http://www.homemom3.com
8. Brandi Jeter http://www.mamaknowsitall.com/
9. Mel Lockuff http://www.mamabzz.com/
10. Ellen Christian http:/www.confessionsofanoverworkedmom.blogspot.com/

I started a weight loss blog a while back and I will likely put this post on there as well. It is http://etxsaverandloser.blogspot.com 

I am being compensated by Lean Cuisine, Skinny Cow and Collective Bias for this but the opinions and words are solely my own.

Franks Red Hot Sweet Pork Roast #HamBeach #FranksRedHot

I was given a Hamilton Beach slow cooker to do this review and make a recipe with Franks Red Hot sauce. Take a look at this yummy Franks Red Hot Sweet Pork Roast. It was so good. The whole family could not stop raving about it. My son actually said 'this is the best pork roast I've ever eaten!'. Cool.



#HamBeach #FranksRedHot

The making of a Frittata: ConAgra, WalMart, Guide to Leftovers.

This time of the year, we get tired of eating the leftovers after a while, don't we?  Thanks to #FamilyMeals at Collective Bias, and ConAgra I put my thinking cap on to see what I could think of. Recently, my daughter and I discovered Frittatas. I had made them before but after the first time we tried it, we loved them! We went to WalMart with this in mind and got what we needed to make one with ham leftovers.



This is what we used:
6 eggs
1/4 cup milk
leftover meat, we used about a cup of ham
1/2 bag thawed out frozen veggies, we used broccoli/cauliflower
1 onion, sauted in #Parkay

Use #Pam in your casserole dish so it doesn't stick.
Mix eggs and milk, pour in dish. Add remaining ingredients. Put in oven (425F) for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

It tastes sooo good. You can add any veggies you like, any meat you like. I've used spinach and bacon and it was 'delish'.

For more info about these great #ConAgra products, click on each word for more info. #Pam, #Parkay, #ReddiWhip, #Wesson, #SwissMiss, #PeterPan

Click on the Whrrl below to view my shop to Walmart and the products I bought.

More check-ins at Walmart Supercenter #827

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"I was compensated by Collective Bias, but all opinions are my own".
Thank you to Collective Bias Family Meals Dummies Guide to Leftovers for allowing me to take place in this great project!