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This is from Julia. It seems we keep getting posts, that I am pretty sure none of our members would post on here.
The previous post about viagra for instance, is not from any of our gethealthyclub authors. Others have been removed.
If this continues, the blog will be removed, and relocated under a different address.
Thank you!

GOODBYE!!!!!!

I notice that I still hold myself as if I were pregnant....

Also, I have NO butt..or boobs for that matter:) I will be taking my Saw Palmetto now :)

Here are my "GoodBye Pics for this year:) LOl I posted some last year about this time, I will have to look at them and see what a year of doing nothing basically got me :) Anyway, here they are, don't laugh or be to disgusted :) Like I said before, to experience a transformation, you have to have something to transform!! Needless to say, I was not very turned on by these , and will refer to them often when I think I want a snack that is not almonds :)

Measurements: (Michael did these for me, as well as the pictures)

Bust: 32"
Chest: 27 1/2 "
Waist: 27 "
Hips: 33 1/4 "
R. Thigh: 19 3/4 "
L Thigh: 19 3/4 "
R: Arm: 9 1/4 "
L Arm: 9 5/8 "

tuesday

Dr. Christopher said "Those who do not learn from the past, are destined to repeat it."

 

Breakfast-

um, why does my brain forget so easily when it was yesterday?

oh, ya, thats why, a small hand of realy fake buttery popcorn

 

Lunch-

3 slices of an orange

1 small chunck of cheese

ramen noodles, without the MSG seasoning

a small spoonfull of frosting just to see if I could handle it, I did! sparingly!

 

Dinner-

mmmm, turkey club on white with everything but tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. Chris got me a footlong, so I have some for today to finish. I am excited!

 

I was able to eat cake!!!!! yay!!!!! For Chris' birthday : ) We decided to be somewhat healthy and skip the icecream stuff. I was so happy to participate, and to even bake a cake for him!

I think I am getting to a good stage of stomach not feeling so yuckiness anymore! : )

I was 12 weeks yesterday, so one more week in the 1st trimester. Weird huh!!! That was a hard 6 weeks, but it went by so fast! This whole relax and just "let things be good no matter what" stuff, realy helps ease the mind and gives peace. Its not easy at first, but becomes very relaxing and makes time go fast when you tell yourself every morning, "Everything will be o.k. no matter what, All is well. : )

I am so thankfull for all that I have been blessed with, and can't wait to start feeling the baby move, which shouldn't be to far off!

My next appt. is December 7th, I will be 14 weeks, so my next appt. will be about 18 or 19 weeks, which will be my ultrasound appt. to find out what this kiddo is! That should be in the beginning of January! Isn't that crazy! I was thinking I wouldn't find out until the middle of February.   

Now that my stomach isn't so bad anymore, I am trying the "drink 32 oz. of water before breakfast" thing. So far so good. It actually helps me feel more awake. That makes sense though, you remember how Karey had us check out Dr. Komoto (I think that is right) and his water pictures. How our bodies are made up of 80(?) something percent of water, and just speaking good words to water or putting it by good pictures changed the molecular structure of the water. Well, I am imagining that putting that 32 oz. of water in my body first thing, activates all the blood flow, waking up all my other water cells, hmmmm, the same with prayer in the morning I guess too, and getting things going.

Somebody was telling me that cold water doesn't actually quench your thirst, because it is to cold for your stomach to register the quenchiness (or that its water) of it, so I am thinking about doing warmer water in the morning. Hot isn't good for your stomach either, because it can burn, so just warm, with maybe some stevia in it. I found chocolate raspberry stevia at shirlyns. Didn't buy it yet though, but I bet it would taste like warm "hot" chocolate raspberry flavor! : ) My favorite thing in the winter was to drink a whole glass of hot chocolate in the morning, it would warm me right up. I have discovered my uturus is sensitive to chocolate (painfully), so I am going to try to stay away from it as much as possible for as long as I can. So fake hot chocolate will be good! Usually in the third trimester, chocolate is uncontrollable, but I have a different attitude about it this time. I am going to do my best!

 

So I am going to now challange all of you to do the 32 oz of water before breakfast thing. I want to hear about the difference it makes for you!

 

Love you all, and hope you have a happy healthy eating day!!!

Julia

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monday

Sick day monday-

banana

oatmeal

popcorn

olives

carrots

part of a bean burrito

some potatoe wedges

small butter finger, small laffy taffy, small mnm's (regretted it later), its hard giving the kids a treat and I can't have one. lol

 

This morning, I woke up and didn't want to get out of bed, but I didn't want to go back to sleep either, so I decided to read a little, and eat some saltines. I am getting better with eating the starches now, thankfully, just not total sugar. The saltines helped to curb my hungry stomach until breakfast, and I drank a big glass of water too.

My husband bought me this realy nice book for mothers day, so I decided to read it again. It is called daughters of God, by M. Russel Ballard.

I just love it. I wanted to quote from it a little, because it is such a sweet book.

I thought this was cute:

 

"A womans Lifeline"

 

Age 3: She looks at herself and sees a queen.

Age 8: She looks at herself and sees cinderella.

Age 15: She looks at herself and sees an ugly duckling. (mom, I can't go to school looking like this today!")

Age 20: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'' but decides she's going out anyway.

Age 30: She looks at  herself and sees ""too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'', but decides she doesn't have time to fix it so she's going out anyway.

Age 40:She looks at  herself and sees ""too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'', but says, " Atleast I am clean," and goes out anyway.

Age 50: She looks at herself and sees "I am what I am" and goes wherever she wants to go.

Age60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. Goes out and conquers the world.

Age 70: She looks at herself and sees wisdom, laughter, and ability and goes out and enjoys life.

Age 80: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world.

 

The moral is, maybe we should all grab that purple hat a little earlier."

 

I thought that was cute. This book talks a lot about the value of women, in our saviors and our church leaders eyes. It was nice to read in the morning to start out my day.

 

So it is tuesday, and I am daycare kidless at the moment, and wondering what to do with the day. Stay home and clean, or go shopping? Christmas stuff is out, that is why I want to go shopping, but I am thinking it is too soon though too. I still want to hit those Black friday sales.

We went to Macey's last night, and couldn't find regular peppermint candy canes! They had every flavor of every other kind, but no original ones!  I bet walmart has some though.

I can't wait to look at the christmas dresses they have out too, I already saw the cutest little green plaid one at walmart! I just love puffy dresses!

 

Well, I hope you all have a happy, healthy eating day, full of purple hat thoughts, and good food!

Love you all!

Julia
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Recipes

Ok, first I have a totally awesome and healthy salad I made up the other night. You will have to excuse the lack of exact measurements. I need to make it again and write down exacts...but you will get the general idea.

One sliced cucumber (skin ON, and sliced horizontally so they are in disks)
About 3/4 cup of goat yogurt
1 Tbls fresh dill
1/2 Tbls of rice vinegar but I think that cider vinegar will work too
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
You can also use some sugar if you like a tangier taste

It's SO yummy and cool and crisp

Tuscan white bean and spinach soup

1 finely diced shallot or 1/4 large onion finely diced
1 Tbls bottled garlic or 2 garlic cloves
1 Tbls olive oil
1 can rinsed white beans (I'm sure any type of bean will work aside from green beans Ha Ha)
1 can chopped tomatoes or italian stewed tomatoes (entire contents, do not drain)
3 cups chicken broth
dash of red pepper flakes
1-2 tsp rosemary
1-2 handfuls spinach

Saute on medium heat the shallot/onion and garlic till onion starts turning translucent (approx 15 mins). Add chicken broth, beans, red pepper flakes, and rosemary. Simmer for 20 mins on med/low heat. Add spinach about 1 minute prior to serving.

Now, if you have meat lovers in the family...I will get italian turkey sausage links, grill up, then slice and add to the soup. Julia and Chris had this at my house one time. It's a very nutritious and filling soup :)

Carrot Curry soup

1 Tbls olive oil
1/2 onion diced
1/2 - 1 tsp curry powder
1/2 - 1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 - 1m tsp honey
3 cups chicken broth
4 tsp flour
1 egg white
1/4 cup skim milk

Saute onion with olive oil on medium heat until translucent (about 15 mins). Add honey, coriander, and curry and saute on low for another 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and carrots. Cover and simmer for 20ish minutes on med heat until carrots are tender. Take off heat. Whisk egg white, milk, and flour and set aside. Put carrot mix in blender and puree. Add milk mix and mix well. Put back in pan and simmer on low for another 5-10 mins until thickened. Salt and pepper to taste.

This is seriously one of my favorite dinners. It is SUPER low calorie, filling, and SO good for you. You can also use almost any squash instead of carrots. I like it more flavorful, so I use 1 tsp for the honey, coriander, and curry. I also will garnish the soup with goat yogurt or fat free sour cream. Kyle even likes it and my mouth is watering as we speak lol!!

Take care GG's. Hope you don't mind the recipe overload ;)

Salsa recipes :D

Ok GG's here are the salsa recipes!

Pico de gallo
2-3 medium sized tomatoes or 6 roma tomatoes
1/2 red onion diced
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1 jalapeno pepper (stems, ribs, and seeds removed)
1 serrano pepper (stems, ribs, and seeds removed)
juice from one lime
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
salt, pepper, and cumin to taste (I normally do about 1/2 tsp salt and about 1 tsp cumin)

Mix together and enjoy! I personally like to use roma tomatoes because they are more meaty and less juicy. If you use regular tomatoes after you slice them, put them in a sieve and let the juices drain.

Fire and Ice salsa recipe

3 cups chopped watermelon
1/2 cup diced green pepper
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons finely diced cilantro
1-2 tablespoon finely diced green onions or chives
1-2 tablespoon diced jalapeno pepper (stem, seeds, and ribs removed)
1/2 tsp garlic salt (or 1/2 tsp fresh crushed garlic with salt to taste)

The great things with salsas is you can add or lessen any of the ingredients until you get the exact taste you like. I like more potent flavors so I always add more lime juice, peppers, and cumin. What I have listed makes pretty mild salsas so feel free to add or play with the ingredients. SO fun :)

Arroz con Pollo

Recipe to Arroz con pollo
2 cups organic chicken broth
1 cup brown rice
2 Tbls minced fresh cilantro (or processed in a food processor with some water)
Dash of salt
Opt fresh jalepeno seeded and sliced into small thin strips (it really doesnt make it too spicy, just adds extra flavor)
Boil chicken broth, salt, jalepeno, and minced cilantro add rinsed brown rice, lower heat to low.

While rice is cooking prepare the following ingredients:
1/2 chopped onion
2 crushed garlic cloves
1-2 Tbls olive oil
4 chicken tenderloins (I like to buy the frozen ones then just cook up frozen, no need to thaw (actually makes them juicier and more tender)
Salt
Sliced red or green bell pepper
1 cup frozen peas thawed (or canned or fresh)
Add onions, olive oil, and garlic in large skillet and cook on med low heat for 5-7 mins. Add chicken and salt and raise temp to med heat. Keep turning chicken until cooked. Add rice, peppers, and peas, then stir together. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

Serves about 4 people with a salad side dish.

Strawbana Spinach Smoothie

I made a smoothie this morning with strawberries, banana, and spinach. And since my little boy's been sick I added a clove of garlic. It's not too bad but if you don't like garlic don't add it to this one. You don't taste it at first but then the garlic hits you in the aftertaste. I do think that strawberry, banana and spinach are a great combination though.

WebMD article

A good little read (of course, I'm sure most of us already knew this)

http://www.webmdhealth.com/nl/nlv.aspx?id=gbfDtOUkhUw=&s=11353

Savory green smoothie recipe

Ok, so HOW yummy does this sound? Once I make it to the store I am going to buy some more basil and parsley to try it out. I may try putting some tabasco and pepper in it.

1 cup tomato
Romaine leaves (I think any green would be fine)
1 celery stalk
handful fresh herbs like basil, parsely, cilantro

Mmmmm it REALLY sounds like a good one :)

Wedding chow chow, and Tara's smoothie Idea

Wedding Chow Chow
1 ear sweet corn (cooked however you want to cook it), I'm sure you can use a can of corn too.
2-3 tomatoes chopped
1 cucumber chopped (skin on)
1/2 red pepper chopped (you can use any type of bell pepper I'm sure)
1/2 cup chopped green onions (this you will need for sure, the other veggies can just be whatever)
1/2 cup chopped cauliflower
1/4 cup chopped celery (I just used two stalks)


Sauce
3 tsp red wine vinegar (I'm sure you can use cider, rice, or balsamic) I actually added 5 tsp becuase I had so many veggies
1 tsp dry mustard powder
1 tsp sugar or agave nectar
2 tsp salt (it was WAY too salty, so I would only add 1 tsp next time)
4 Tbls olive oil (I felt it was just too much oil, so next time I am only going to use 1 or 2)
2 Tbls chopped fresh dill (however, dried dill tasted just fine)
Chop up all veggies then mix sauce in separate bowl. When all veggies are chopped and tossed in bowl, mix in dressing.



Also,
Tara's smoothie Idea:
Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, bananas, and an orange.


mmmm, mmmmm

crock pot pinto beans

I am so excited to try the butter bean recipe!! mmmmm
Here is my recipe for today:

1 lb of dried pinto beans
3 cups hot water
1 large onion, cut into size you desire, I did big chuncks and it was yummy!
14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes4 garlic cloves whole, or diced into big chunks
1 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes2 tsp salt
1/4 lb bacon, uncooked , cut up into chunks (I personally left that part out, and it was still delicious)
2/3 cup salsa

rinse clean pinto beans
boil beans with enough water to cover for 10 min.
drain and place all but salsa in crock potcook on high for 6 hours
drain beans and place in food processor(I skipped that part too)
process to mash ( and skipped this part, I like my beans whole)
place back in crock pot (obviously I skipped this part too, hehe)add salsa, mix. (I left the salsa out, and just added what I wanted to my taco salad)
cool low 1-2 hours (I just cooked mine for 8 hrs straight)l
eftovers can be frozen for future meals or used in dishes that ask for spicy beans.you can alter the cooking time, if you want them cooking while at work by cooking on low for 8 hours and high for 2 hours.

Butter Bean Burgers

1 (15 oz) can butter beans, drained
1 small onion, chopped
1 tbsp finely chopped jalapeno pepper
6 saltine crackers, crushed
1 egg, beaten
1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 c vegetable oil

In a medium bowl, mash butter beans. Mix in onion, jalapeno pepper, crushed crackers, egg, cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Divide into 4 equal parts, and shape into patties.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; use more or less oil to reach 1/4 inch in depth. Fry patties until golden, about 5 minutes on each side.

Add some spice to the Get healthy club!

So, I have been missing hearing from everyone on the e-mails, but I understand that writing the meals down has become not as helpful as it was before, which is very much understandable. I haven't been doing so well with my meals and I know I have been less than inspirational with what I have been eating. lol
However, I have a new idea to get things going again, and making the get healthy club back to being loving, inspirational, and helpful again.
I am so glad to have a group of loved ones with the same goals in mind, and sometimes being healthy doesn't just come from watching our food and exercise actions, but from having knowledge of everything and how different foods and environments and how they affect us. Having the knowledge in itself can be just as inspirational to wanting to keep our body's free from the things that tire us and cause ailments.
So For this week, we are going to focus on gardening. In our e-mails I was thinking it would be fun to start writing essays, long or short, on different topics and ideas to add more wrinkles to our brains. : )
I sent out some info that Elisa gave me on what I can do to help my strawberries grow well. Having a garden is one key I believe to living healthily, because it takes time and effort, resulting in a desire to make it worth while, so we want to include the veggies and fruits in our meals which would result in us eating healthier and treating our bodies to the good natural things of the earth which were intended for us to consume in the first place. Also if we can learn to create gardens, we are not only learning and preparing to have earths of our own when we reach the godly state, but we are making it possible to spend less money on groceries at the store, therefore making a chain reaction of not going to the store as often and living more frugaly and within our means, creating less possibility to be tempted with the processed foods that the outside world thinks are more joy creating. It all works hand in hand. Keeping our lives simple allows us to have the more eternal joys than always wanting the temporary joys instead. : )
Wow was that inspirational or what? : ) jk

If you have more to add to that, then feel free!
I am looking forward to seeing your posts either on here, or the behealthy group on facebook, or in our daily/weekly e-mails! : )

February for Me!

Here are my February Habits I am creating:

Serving of fruit everyday

1 raw meal

eat every 3 hours

64+oz water

Yoga 3+ times weekly

Gym 3+ times weekly

I am also going to include 1 goal in each of these areas daily as well and will receive points for them, their chart will be separate from my physical one.

Mental: Read out of the Harvard Classics

Emotional: Donna Eden's Daily Energy Routine

Spiritual: Morning Scripture and Prayer

Excited to see everyone's goals for this month!!

I want to do...

THIS.


Anyone up for the challenge???

Before 01-07-09

 So here are my before pictures....I would almost like to say "eek eeewww gross!" but if you want to experience transformation you have to have something to transform right? So I will post pics again in 6 weeks for my halfway point and then again at 12 weeks!! 

I need to do my measurments, but here are my weight stats from mom's scale: 

Weight: 126 lbs

Fat  : 29.7 %

Water : 49%

Visceral Fat: 3 ( I think the worst number is 7)

Muscle: 84 lbs

Fitness level: 5 ( It is 1-9 so I am in the middle, not sure which way is better)

Bones: 4.6 lbs

Calorie need: 2295

Physical age: 25

These too will be posted again at 6 weeks and 12 weeks.....

Save Money - Eat At Home

As you all know this has been my biggest issue with losing weight and being healthy. I'm actually really grateful for this economic downturn (I'm ready for it to go back up though) because it has made us cinch up our belts a little bit and, for the most part, stop eating out. We have been consisting on mostly a fast food diet. I'm talking 3 meals a day. We were spending between $800 and $1000 a month on eating out and the occasional groceries. It was not healthy for us and I'm glad that we're kicking the habit. I've been able - so far - to cut our bill almost in half by buying groceries and cooking.

Here is a great article on eating at home, cooking and grocery shopping. All while saving money.

It is my goal to continue doing the grocery shopping and cooking so that we can eat healthy and save money. I am also looking into couponing to save even more. I have a friend who spends $50 a month on all her groceries, diapers, formula, toilet paper - EVERYTHING. How nice would that be? It seems like every time I go into the grocery store I spend at least $100. Yikes!

This is my beginning of the year, before picture.
My goals this year are to tone my waist area, and lose 15 more lbs. I lost 23 lbs. last year, so if I just do what I did before, hopefully it won't be to hard. My goals for this month, are: Get in the habit of :
Drinking 64 oz. water a day
Eating atleast 1 fruit per day
1 serving of veggies a day
2 servings of protien a day

Dr. appt. for moles, and physical.
Dentist appt.

and 30 min. of exercise, any that will raise my energy more than my normal routine. At the end of January I will post my goal points and goals for Feb.

Setting Goals

Since we're setting goals for the new year I thought it might be good to read up on setting fitness goals and how to achieve them. Seems like a lot of people set goals and then never get to them. I'm finding that setting small achievable goals makes all the difference. You set a goal to lose 5 pounds it feels like you can get there. But set a goal to lose 35? Whoa. Way big goal. You may or may not get there. Here is an article that's really good about setting achievable goals. And here is one about figuring out what kind of goal to set and how to get there.