Food... :)

Well, I've search high an low for a marinade that would be enjoyable. I think I've finally found one. I've bought tons of store bought bottles that say ":marinade" and they just don't do it for me. There's something about the ingredients... its either oily or I don't know. I've just never liked them. I of course did the other thing that everyone does, marinade my chicken in Italian dressing, but again.. I found more and more that it gave it a weird taste depending on the brand of Italian. I found a little recipe for something so simple. It was called Mediterranean Chicken. It was great, I kinda of just eye balled the ingredients because I had a lot more Chicken to marinate than the recipe. But it consisted of lemon juice, crushed garlic, and dried oregano with a little salt and pepper to taste. I LOVED IT! And the good thing about it, there's no point value, or oil to soak up! I will definitely be keeping all the simple ingredients on hand because I'm positive I'll be using it again!

I'm finding more and more as time goes on, that I thoroughly enjoy home cooked, home-made. I'm even eating those boxed frozen meals less and less trying to come up with a way to eat healthier. However, I still do love my comfort foods! The one's I turn to when I'm down, of course. Food has always been my enemy. I'm literally addicted to food. It's not exactly like smoking or drinking either, I can't ween myself off and stop for good. However, I do have to make better choices. I still love my sweets. Love sweets! I can't express that enough... but I do really enjoy the WW giant cookies and cream ice cream bars. Oreo's are one of my addictions- so this takes care of that wonderfully. The problem I'm not trying to conquer is chocolate chip cookies. I need a low fat, low sugar way of making those! I remember when I could and used to eat an Applebee's triple chocolate melt down nearly everyday of the week, do you know how many calories are in that thing???!! I haven't had one in so long, I try to forget they even exist, in fact it'll be a death wish, and a huge gain because I'll be craving and wanting them all the time again. I would say it's been over 2 years since I've eaten one, and I'd really like to keep it that way.

On to another Topic...

I went to my Gyn appointment yesterday, it was a follow up to see how my body was doing and how I've been feeling since my ectopic pregnancy in January. I try not to think about it, I just insist that God has more in store for me right now, and had my best interest when he, unlike myself, knew what I'd be getting into with going to Nursing School. Of course, at 26 years old, I'm being lectured by this old feeble man about birth control selection and abstinence... then of course, he hits me with... "YOU NEED TO WORK ON THE WEIGHT!".... Now yesterday the doctors scale showed I was up from my 5 pound loss, and I probably am because of the stress I am under with finals, and of course *emotions* makes me turn to food for comfort! Now, I won't lie... the last time I was in that office my weight was 228.2 Now, with that being said I was also pregnant and going through severe severe...SEVERE pain, and my body was all out of whack with all of that, so yes my weight was up there, but HELLO, could u acknowledge that since then my weight has dropped 12 pounds. PLEASE! I'm a work in progress, and I take every bit of loss a day at a time. It's hard to break habits, and make positive changes. I'm taking the step to change my life... and I have to work at it everyday.

I finally bought a tape measure to take my measurements. I'm going to put on the brave face, and post current pictures, and list my measurements, as well as any weight loss progress I make.

I also want to change this page layout, but I'm not so blog savvy...haha So once I figure that all out, hopefully I'll have a better more organized set up to my blog!