IM OFFICIALLY A SIZE 6

Yes! I shopped around for my birthday dress and i fit into a size 6. What a nice way to bring it my birthday! OMG lol. I'm also a 36c now, i lost an entire cup size. Crazy. lol. But i'm loving my new body. I'm loving the energy i have. I want to lost 5 more lbs and i'll be all set. But i'm not going to go as insane as I was previously. I'm just going to continue to do what i'm doing and slowly start increasing my caloric intake to 1500. I also gotta go to health services and make sure i'm at a healthy weight. this isn't for looks, it's for my health.


xoxo Jess

ps. all the hard work has finally paid off

When should you "lower your gaurd"

Or should you even lower it? When a woman (or a man) has been hurt in the past, it may be difficult for them to enter in the dating scene again. As much as they try not to hold a grude, or compare people's actions to those of the former person, subconciously we all do. We all look for a red flag that will comfirm that indeed that person is a fraud/liar/jerk/asshole. We become pessimist. But when shall we open our hearts to the new person in our lives?? How will you know it's right??

PROTEIN SHAKE

After dance practice, i came back to my apartment and did 3 sets of 10-15 reps of pushups, squats+shoulder raises with my dumbells, lunges+bicep curls, dumbell rows, tricep dips, and then I did the daily ab workout to "Hot Tottie".

I decided I would put my chobani one more time. I made a banana smoothie and put little kashi bits inside of it. The whole shingding came to 233 calories and a whopping 16 g of protein.

1/2 of Chobani low-fat yogurt- 70 calories

Medium sized banana - about 100 calories

1/3 Kashi Go Lean Crunch! - 63 calories

(i use measuring cups and do the math on my calculator so all these numbers are accurate)

But the yogurt in the blender, then put the bananas, then put 3 cubes of ice. BLEND THAT SUCKER. and ten viola! You have a very thick, creamy, protein smoothie that is very filling and high in protein. So all your muscles you just worked out are being healed. 

xoxo

-Jessica 

RECIPES: EGG WHITE SPINACH SANDWICH

I ate this for breakfast this morning and it came to 295 calories, high in fiber and protein. And it took less than 10 minutes! Speedy college life

Ingredients:

1/3 cup of egg white subsitute (90 cals)

1/4 of frozen spinache (about 5 cals)

2 slices of wheat bread (i would usually use my 50 calorie slice bread for this type of sandwich BUT i ran out) (200 cals)

I can't believe it's not butter spray (0 calories)

Preparation:

You can microwave the frozen spinach in a bowl of water for 40 seconds. After you are done, dump the water and mix the egg white + spinach together. Put some black pepper seasoning. No salt. 

Heat up the stove, spray the non-stick pan with the butter spray, pour contents onto the pan. Cook thoroughly. Flip. 

Toast the bread. And then viola thats your sandwich! This is deff a filler and you will be good for your morning classes.

WANNA MAKE IT LESS CALORIC???

Buy the pre-cut wheat slices that are 100 calories each. They are thin but it fills you up the same. This will save you 100 calories.

Use 1/4 a cup instead of 1/3. This will save you 30 calories.

Drink water. This will not add calories to your breakfast.

xoxo, Jessica

RECIPES: EGG WHITE SPINACH SANDWICH

I ate this for breakfast this morning and it came to 295 calories, high in fiber and protein. And it took less than 10 minutes! Speedy college life

Ingredients:

1/3 cup of egg white subsitute (90 cals)

1/4 of frozen spinache (about 5 cals)

2 slices of wheat bread (i would usually use my 50 calorie slice bread for this type of sandwich BUT i ran out) (200 cals)

I can't believe it's not butter spray (0 calories)

Preparation:

You can microwave the frozen spinach in a bowl of water for 40 seconds. After you are done, dump the water and mix the egg white + spinach together. Put some black pepper seasoning. No salt. 

Heat up the stove, spray the non-stick pan with the butter spray, pour contents onto the pan. Cook thoroughly. Flip. 

Toast the bread. And then viola thats your sandwich! This is deff a filler and you will be good for your morning classes.

WANNA MAKE IT LESS CALORIC???

Buy the pre-cut wheat slices that are 100 calories each. They are thin but it fills you up the same. This will save you 100 calories.

Use 1/4 a cup instead of 1/3. This will save you 30 calories.

Drink water. This will not add calories to your breakfast.

xoxo, Jessica

You don't need to deprive yourself...

Tonight, I had a turkey burger thats pre-seasoned with spices (160 cals, 1g fiber, 18g of protein), 2 slices of wheat bread (100 cals each, 5g of fiber each... DA DAAAAMN! :-), 5 g of protein. so double everytthing). Then I had organic sweet baby lettuce on top of my burger (i never really count calories for lettuce because i know it's already low. Thats the weight watchers technique i picked up (which ill discuss later). I also put some lettuce as a side. To top it off i put some mustard (0 calories) on top and voila.

I cooked the burger on my George Foreman lean fat grilling machine and yes it is great. It sheds out all that fat and you actually see the grease dripping into the little container thingy. And then I had water.

In total I would say my dinner was 375 (i'm adding a little more for the lettuce but it might be lower)

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So the weight watcher point system is a great way to look at your weight loss. They combine i believe calories, fiber, and protein and make a point system (0-6). Veggies and Fruits have a point system of 0 which mean you can eat how much you want! They are the healthiest. High in fiber and low in calories.
So for example:
(I'm making up calories/fiber on this two products)
Would you rather eat Doritos (200 cals, 0 g of fiber) or Sun Chips (240 calories, 5 g of fiber) ? Sometimes it's not about the calories but more about fiber, protein etcs., The best choice would be Sun Chips. They would have the lower point value on a WW system.



So when you're counting calories, make sure you look everyyyything. Sodium, protein, carbs, etcs.,

-- Jessica

XOXO :-)

WEIGHT LOSS: OCT/NOV [quick summary]

QUICK UPDATE: I LOST 18Lbs