The Places We Will Go!: Flab to Fab Friday #2

It's time for another Flab to Fab Friday hosted by Christa at Little BCBG. Before I start did anyone notice that last week's post said Fab to Flab? I just noticed that today. I'm definitely not trying to get fat.

This week I am down 5 pounds. I'm pretty excited. If you haven't read this post by Jess then you should go read it. Seriously, you can go now. Then come back and read this.

For the most part I eat healthy but I have an addiction to cheese and sweets. OK, I don't sit on my couch with a pint of hagen daz and I don't eat a whole container of oreos but if there's a cookie I'll say "wow, I ate well today, I'll just have a cookie" and then I'll say "wow, I worked out hard that double chocolate fudge cake won't kill me. And this is the reason why I have maintained all the weight I lost and not lost more. Duh! Anyway along with sugar and cheese I gave up bread. We only buy multi grain and whole wheat breads but I would find it so easy to make myself a grilled cheese (with extra cheese) sandwich since I already had the stuff out to make Little Man one. The only time I eat bread now is if I'm going to run a lot. That is a tried an true method before I run I eat a slice of whole wheat toast w/ almond butter and banana slices on top. I still NEED that. Oh, I also don't eat pasta anymore. When I feel like pasta we've been eating spaghetti squash. Little Man loves it and I don't think he knows it's not spaghetti.

Other than that I've been running 3 days a week and doing the 6 week 6 pack 3-4x a week along with some strength training. I'm drinking a lot of water and eating mostly veggies, fruits, beans, and meats. I also did a little googling on clean eating after Jess' post and picked up Clean Eating Magazine while at the grocery store over the weekend. So far we've tried a breakfast recipe and an entree which were totally good and I'll write more on that some other time. But if you want Clean Eating recipes Jess has some here and here!

See that plate? That's a lot of food but it's all good. I roasted a sweet potato and the brussel sprouts, made a salad of spinach, carrots, tomato, there are chunks of cucumber somewhere, and then added some leftover baked chicken we had that I was using to make a soup. It was sooo good to eat after my run too. I eat like a beast after a run.

Lastly when I'm craving something sweet, I eat a baked apple. They are soo good seriously. Core and peel an apple and sprinkle cinnamon, nutmeg whatever inside and bake it in the oven in a pan w/ about an inch of water. So good. Too lazy to wait? This is when we cut up little cubes, sprinkle with cinnamon and put it in the microwave for a minute.