Fitness Vlog March 18th

I didn't make it to the gym this week but I still managed to keep myself busy with family, gardening, and spring cleaning. I aim to make it to the gym next week and hopefully start seeing progress on the scale again.

For Steak and onion pizza recipe go here

For Korean Pork Chop dinner recipe go here

for biscuits and sausage gravy recipe go here

for candy walnut recipe go here

for bean tostadas recipe go here

for pork roast recipe go here

Follow me on Lose It to track my progress

Shopping List:

Fresh Produce
2 oranges
1 tangerine
2 parsnips
2 turnips
2 carrots
1 yellow onion
4 red potatoes
3 red onions
2 bulbs garlic
Kale(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 small sweet potatoes
4 inches ginger
1 bunch green onions
1 lime
1 large russet potato

Fresh Meat and Dairy
1 dozen eggs(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 bag shredded mozarella
1 bag shredded cheddar
1/2 gallon 1% milk
2 plain yogurt
1 box butter
1/2 lb beef cubed steak
Deli Rotisserie Chicken
1 premade pizza dough
2 pork chops
pork sausage
4 lbs of pork roast


Box and Canned Food
Mayo(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Special K Red Berries
olive oil(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Rice Vinegar(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Soy Sauce(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Sesame Oil (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 can chicken chili
honey
Peanut Butter(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Stuffing
1 can tomato sauce
1 can olives
1 bottle Kim Chi Base
1 jar caviar
1 jar fish sauce
1 jar gochujang
chipotle salsa
1 can refried beans
1 can black beans
1 bottle Worcestershire sauce
Strawberry Jelly
Smoked Clams

Breads 
High Fiber English Muffins
Whole Wheat Bread(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
MultiGrain Seed Bread
Tortillas (I used corn) (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 blueberry muffin

Dry and Bulk Ingredients
Black Pepper (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1/3 cupwhole wheat pastry flour (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 cups biscuit mix
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp or more Indian red chili powder (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 tsp paprika
3 tsp cinnamon
4 tsp rosemary
1 tsp basil
McCormick Italian Herb Grinder
Adobo Seasoning
1 or more tbsp Red Pepper Flakes
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 tbsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Thyme
1 tsp Celery Seed
1 tsp Sage
1 tsp Savory
1/2 tsp cayenne
1 bunch soba buckwheat noodles
4 tbsp sesame seeds
5 cups walnuts
1 packet au jus seasoning

Beverages
Yogi Vanilla Spice Energy Tea
White Tea
English Breakfast tea
French Vanilla Sugar Free Creamer
Margarita flavored water enhancer
chocolate spice tea
Cinnamon Tea
black tea
sugar and creamer
Oolong Tea
Sencha Green Tea
Purple Hawaiian Punch Water Enhancer

Frozen Food
blueberries
single serving of lasagna


Cheats
2 pieces of Peppermint Bark
6 tbsp semisweet chocolate
2 pieces black licorice
Trolli Gummy strawberry puffs
Combo Pizza Pretzels
McDonalds (2 cheeseburgers, 1 large fry, 2 sweet n sour sauce, 1 sweet tea)
1 cup candied walnuts (ingredients listed)
Mexican Restaurant (4 pork adobado tacos with chipotle salsa and a side of guacomole and carrot jalapeño pickles and a large fruit punch and 1 coconut lime after dinner mint.)


Mon
2 hr 30 min house cleaning
30 min weeding

Tue
15 min walking

Wed
4 hr Organizing closet

Thur
30 min walking
45 min house cleaning

Fri
30 min walking
Sat
45 min house cleaning

Sun
1 hr cleaning out storage
2 hr 30 min organizing closet


Beginning of the week weight: 297 lbs.
End of the week weight: 296 lbs.

My Height 5'9"
My Frame Large

Be sure to adjust portion sizes to your own personal height and body frame.

If you make the candied walnuts remember even though they are healthy they are very high calorie so share some with your family or neighbors!

Crock Pot Pork Pot Roast

You will need:
4 lbs Pork roast (or like me  2 lbs roast 2 lbs canned pork)
1 large turnip
2 parsnips
1 yellow onion
4 red potatoes
2-4 cloves garlic
1 packet Au Jus Seasoning
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp celery seed
2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp paprika
1 tbsp black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Vegetarian Bean Tostadas w/ Kale Gremolata

You will need:
1 can refried beans
1 can black beans
adobo seasoning
1 small red onion
1 cup kale
1 small orange
tortillas
olive oil
plain greek yogurt
chipotle salsa

Quick & Easy Candied Walnuts

You will need:
6 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
2 tsp rosemary
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
5 cups walnuts
1 cup brown sugar

Quick & Easy Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

you will need:
Biscuit mix
1 stick and 4 tbsp of butter
4 cups milk
1 package sausage
1/3 cup flour
1 tsp sage
1 tsp savory
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tsp salt

Korean Pork Chops W/ KimChi & Salad

For pork chops:
2 pork chops
3-4 tbsp gochujang
1 tbsp ghee or butter
1 tbsp sesame oil

for kim chi
3-4 cups finely chopped kale
1 medium turnip grated
2 carrots grated
1 bunch green onions
6 cloves garlic chopped
1 small bottle kim chi base
spicy chili flakes or powder (optional)
1-2 cups rice vinegar

Sweet potato soba noodle salad:
2 medium sweet potatoes
1 red onion
4 inches ginger diced
2-3 cups rice vinegar
1/8 tsp fish sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
4 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp caviar
1 bunch cold soba noodles

Steak and Onion Pizza

You will need:
1 pre made pizza dough
pizza sauce(1 can tomato sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder, rosemary, basil, McCormick Italian herb grinder)
olive oil
cornmeal
mozzarella
cheddar
1 bulb garlic
1 red onion
1 cube steak
1 can olives
red pepper flakes

Fitness Vlog March 11th

Great week this week, though the weight on the scale is rising, I have lost a pants size and am becoming more and more active.

To learn how I made my sushi watch this video

And here is a recap on how I made the radish and cucumber pickles

this is how I made chicken fried steak

Here are my tasty post work out Buffalo Chicken Fries

Here you can watch my sad attempt at making Curry pork buns but I suggest buying some from an Asian market because my attempt failed miserably.

Follow me on Lose It to track my progress


Shopping List:

Fresh Produce
1 orange
Alfalfa sprouts
2 carrots
1 cucumber
1 daikon radish
4 celery sticks
6 potatoes
Kale

Fresh Meat and Dairy
1 dozen eggs
1 block of cheddar
1 block of colby jack
1 gallon 1% milk
1 plain yogurt
1 box butter
1 block cream cheese
1 lb beef cubed steak
1/2 lb Deli Chicken salad (for sandwich with whole wheat bread)
1 lb chicken breast


Box and Canned Food
Mayo(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Special K Red Berries
Vanilla Oat Cluster Cereal
olive oil(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Sushi Nori
Seasoned nori strips
Furikakee
Rice Vinegar
4 cans Tuna
Garlic Chili Sauce
Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Belvita Vanilla Yogurt Breakfast Cookies
1 can chicken chili
maple syrup
Peanut Butter
hotsauce
Blue Cheese Dressing

Breads 
High Fiber English Muffins
Whole Wheat Bread(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Tortillas (I used corn) (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)

Dry and Bulk Ingredients
Cajun Seasoning(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Steak seasoning
Black Pepper (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
whole wheat pastry flour (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
baking powder
white sugar
Indian red chili powder (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
cumin
paprika
3 cups dry white rice
cinnamon

Beverages 
Coffee
Yogi Tangerine Energy Tea
Yogi Peach Detox Tea
Green Tea (Yogi Energy, Stash Jasmine)
White Tea
Lapsang Souchong Tea
Mango Black Tea
Ginger Peach Black Tea
English Breakfast tea
Licorice Tea (Anise)
French Vanilla Sugar Free Creamer
Hazelnut Sugar Free Creamer
Cappuccino Mix
Vanilla Protein Powder

Frozen Food
blueberries
tropical fruit mix
Curry Steam Buns

Cheats
In n Out (Cheeseburger animal style, fries animal style, strawberry milk shake)
BBQ Restaurant (Beef Brisket, Texas Toast, BBQ Beans, Sweet Potato Fries, Ranch Dressing, Sweet Tea.)
Indian Restaurant (Lamb Biriyani, Vegetable Korma, Tandori Paneer, Baigan Bartha, spinach pakoras, vegetable samosas, tamarind chutney, mango lassi, kheer.)
6 tootsie rolls (grape)
1 piece peppermint bark
Sour Patch Kids (4 pieces)
1 slice blueberry cheese cake
1 maamoul (Arabic date filled butter cookie)

Mon
1 hr 30 min walking

Tue
1 hr 15 min walking
15 min power yoga
30 min TRX
10 min weight lifting

Wed
1 hr Hatha Yoga
30 min weight lifting
10 min TRX
5 min boxing
45 min walking

Thur
1 hr walking

Fri
2 hrs walking
20 mins weight lifting
20 mins Power Yoga
20 mins Aerobics

Sat
1 hr walking

Sun
1 hr 30 min walking
30 minutes playground workout
30 min Frisbee Golf


Beginning of the week weight: 293 lbs.
End of the week weight: 297 lbs.

My Height 5'9"
My Frame Large

Be sure to adjust portion sizes to your own personal height and body frame.

If you do decide to follow this week's plan be sure you put in all the effort working out!

Playground Work Out March 17th

In this video I show you how I use some of the playground equipment to get a great work out. In my exercise I walked to the school, walked around the track and used the machines, and used the playground equipment to get a work out. the entire workout burned about 1,000 calories according to my calorie calculator.

Buffalo Chicken Fries

You Will Need
1 lb chicken breast
Hot Sauce or my marinade
6 potatoes
olive oil
cajun seasoning
blue cheese dressing
cheddar cheese

Chicken Fried Steak (and eggs!)

You will need:
Beef Cube Steak
Steak Seasoning
Salt
Pepper
Butter
Olive oil
1 1/2 cup flour
3 cups milk

serve with eggs for extra protein

Spicy Tuna Philly Sushi Roll

To make this affordable sushi roll you will need:
3 cups white rice
1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
2 carrots
1 box of alfalfa sprouts
1 block cream cheese
4 cans tuna
1-2 tbsps garlic chili sauce
2 tbsps mayo
sushi nori

serve with soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger

Fitness Vlog March 4th

I cheated a lot this week but only gained 5 lbs and most of that is probably water weight from my period. Overall I feel like I had a great week!

Here is my cheesy Broccoli recipe 

Here is my blueberry muffin recipe

here is my salmon taco recipe 

here is my pork enchilada recipe 

In this vlog I show you how to make oven fries 

Follow me on Lose It to track my progress!

Shopping List:

Fresh Produce
3 heads of broccoli
1 orange
1 yellow onions
6 tomatoes(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 bulbs garlic
6 carrots
3 bunches cilantro
6 small red onions(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 avocados(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 mangoes(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
5 limes or a bottle of lime juice (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 sweet potatoes
1 apple


Fresh Meat and Dairy
1 dozen eggs
1 block of cheddar
1 block of colby jack
1 wheel of queso fresco(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 wedge parmesan
1 gallon 1% milk
1 plain yogurt
1 box butter
2 lbs of pork meat


Box and Canned Food
Mayo(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Ketchup(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 cans Salmon(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
olive oil(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 can black beans
1 can olives
1 can enchilada sauce
1 can chipotle peppers




Breads 
High Fiber English Muffins
Whole Wheat Bread(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Multi Grain Dinner Rolls(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Tortillas (I used corn) (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)

Dry and Bulk Ingredients
Cajun Seasoning(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Steak seasoning
Black Pepper (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
whole wheat pastry flour (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Whole Wheat Flour
baking powder
white sugar
oat meal
walnuts
flax seeds
flax seed meal
Indian red chili powder (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
adobo seasoning
cumin
paprika
pico de gallo seasoning
taco seasoning


Beverages 
Coffee
Green Tea (Yogi Energy, Stash Jasmine)
White Tea
Lapsang Souchong Tea
Mango Black Tea
Bigelow Eggnog Tea
chocolate spice tea
pumpkin spice tea
English Breakfast tea
French Vanilla Sugar Free Creamer
Hazelnut Sugar Free Creamer
Cappuccino Mix

Frozen Food
blueberries

Cheats
Chinese Candy (Peanut Candy, winter melon candy, coconut candy.)
Mexican Restaurant (Fully Loaded chorizo nachos, pineapple jarritos, strawberry jarritos)
Blue Diamond Salted Caramel Almonds (2 servings)
2 bags oreo thins, 8 peppermint bark squares, 2 bags gummy bears, 1 box fruit snacks, 1/2 a tub of vanilla frosting, 2 chocolate bars, 3 packs of belvita vanilla cookies.

Mogu Mogu (mango juice with coconut)

Mon
10 min power yoga

Tue
No Exercise

Wed
30 min walking
15 min dancing

Thur
No Exercise

Fri
2 hrs walking
45 mins weight lifting
15 mins TRX

Sat
1 hr walking

Sun
1 hr house cleaning

Beginning of the week weight: 288 lbs.
End of the week weight: 293 lbs.

My Height 5'9"
My Frame Large

Be sure to adjust portion sizes to your own personal height and body frame.

I do not recommend this week to follow unless you feel like cheating as I cheated heavily this week.

Pork and Black Bean Enchiladas

You Will Need:
2 lbs pork meat
1 can chipotle chilis
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 can black beans
adobo seasoning to taste
1 bunch cilantro
the juice of 1 lime
tortillas
1 can enchilada sauce
1 can olives
3 cups jack cheese
olive oil

Cheesy Broccoli

You Will Need
3 heads of broccoli
4 tbsp butter
3 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup flour
1 cup shredded cheese
2 cups milk
salt and pepper to taste

Fitness Vlog January 25th

Tune in to see what I did to shed 6 lbs in 1 week! This week has left me with a feeling of confidence that I CAN make this my permanent lifestyle.

Here is the Lamb Curry Recipe I used

Here is the tuna noodle soup I made

Here is the mini Quiche recipe

Here is a delicious Achari Chicken recipe

Here is my salmon cobbler recipe

Here are my salmon tacos recipe

Follow me on Lose It to track my progress! 

Shopping List:

Fresh Produce
2 orange
1 yellow onions
2 lbs button mushrooms
11 tomatoes
2 poblano peppers or other spicy green chili(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 bulbs garlic
1 inch ginger root(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
6 carrots
4 pears
1 rutabaga
curry leaves(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 bunches cilantro
2 small potatoes
5 medium potatoes
6 small red onions
2 avocados
2 mangos
4 limes or a bottle of lime juice


Fresh Meat and Dairy
1 dozen eggs
3  Plain Yogurt
1 gallon 1% milk
about 2 lbs Lamb with bones(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
1 box butter
Deli Ceviche Salad (1/2 lbs)
2 wheels of queso fresco (I just can't help myself with this freakn cheese)


Canned Food
Special K Red Berries (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Garlic Chili Sauce (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Mayo(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Ketchup(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
2 cans Tuna(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
olive oil(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Chinese Yellow Noodles(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Fish Broth(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Soy Sauce(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Seaweed Soup Seasoning(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
4 cans of salmon
1 can of peas


Breads 
High Fiber English Muffins
Whole Wheat Bread(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Multi Grain Dinner Rolls(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Tortillas (I used corn)

Dry and Bulk Ingredients
dried sweet red peppers(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Cajun Seasoning(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Black Pepper (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
whole wheat pastry flour (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
garam marsala(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
turmeric(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
cumin seeds(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
black caraway seeds kalonji(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Indian red chili powder (ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
Yellow lentils or split peas(ingredient for last weeks meal prep)
4 1/2 cups biscuit mix
adobo seasoning
cumin
paprika
pico de gallo seasoning
taco seasoning


Beverages 
Coffee
Green Tea (Yogi Echinacea)
Mango Black Tea
Plain Black Tea
Yogi Peach Detox Tea
Hazelnut Sugar Free Creamer
Cappuccino Mix
1 vitamin water (Dragon Fruit Flavor)
Protein2O (do not recommend it was nasty)
Ramune Soda
Gatorade (frost glacier freeze)

Frozen Food
none this week

Cheats

Chinese Candy (Peanut Candy, Sesame candy, winter melon candy, coconut candy.)
Taco Bell ( Bacon Breakfast Quesadilla, Nacho Fries, Medium Baja Blast)
Mexican Restaurant (Chili Colorado Burrito, re-fried beans, Spanish rice, 1 basket tortilla chips, 1 bowl salsa, 1 cup of tea with a teaspoon of honey and lemon juice, after dinner mint.)
1 box of Girl Scout cookies (Samoas)
Blue Diamond Salted Caramel Almonds (2 servings)
Beet Chips (1 serving)
Pineapple Chips (1 serving)


Mon
1 hr house cleaning

Tue
1 hr 45 Min house cleaning
10 min dancing
10 min power yoga

Wed
1 hr 25 min House Cleaning

Thur
No Exercise

Fri
4 hrs walking

Sat
20 min weight lifting
10 minutes stair climbing
10 min power yoga

Sun
1 hr basketball
1 hr house cleaning

Beginning of the week weight: 294 lbs.
End of the week weight: 288 lbs.

My Height 5'9"
My Frame Large

Be sure to adjust portion sizes to your own personal height and body frame.

Salmon Tacos w/ Pico de Gallo and Guacamole

For Guacamole
2 avocados
1 tomato
1 small red onion
3 cloves garlic
1/2 bunch cilantro
juice of 1 lime
adobo seasoning, black pepper, cumin, paprika, hot chili powder to taste.

For Mango Pico de Gallo
2 mangoes
4 tomatoes
2 small red onions
5-6 cloves garlic
1 bunch cilantro
the juice of 3 limes
pico de gallo seasoning, pepper, and cumin to taste

For taco meat
2 small red onions
2 cloves garlic
2 cans salmon
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp or 1 packet taco seasoning

Fry your favorite tortillas in olive oil

for a taco seasoning recipe try this