Weight Loss Update! 7 weeks after I lose 50 pounds, Going to the movies with good friends...

50 Pounds! it's a milestone, My husband bought some beauty products for me, sooooo sweet! Love You, Jack! And we going to the movie...

So, last Thursday, was my fun little movie date and lunch that I had set with my 2 favorite/best friends. We were all set to catch the morning 9:35am showing, Age of Ultron movie. And we were going to have lunch of course afterwards and more than likely we'd be talking and staying at the restaurant, all the way up until it was time for us, to pick up our kiddos. So, I knew dinner either had to be cooked courtesy of my Crock Pot, that I bought and brought here over 10 years ago. A moms best friend in the kitchen, I tell ya....we do love our crock pots. Hahaha. Or it would have to be an easy already rotisserie chicken from Costco, you know what I mean...it had to be an easy dinner though, because I wouldn't be home that day. Knowing this on Monday as I was writing out my weekly menu, I picked up a lean block of beef, Wednesday, I defrosted it from the freezer and so Thursday morning, I sliced and cubed it, skillet fried it in a tad of oil and salt and pepper, then I filled my crock pot up with the right amount of water and threw it into the crock pot, on high.

About to be plugged in and quickly set. I do have a counter in my kitchen obviously, but...I didn't want to move my rice cooker or anything else and as I was pressed for time (had to get dressed, wash my face, put makeup on etc etc) I just put it here and called it done!

Weight Loss Update! 6 weeks after I lose 45 pounds, The Land Before Time

Maybe because of the sickness, it's slows down. These 2 weeks I only lose 8 pounds. We all recovered now, hopefully I can keep losing weight.

Today while browsing a thrift store, I found an old favorite movie of mine: The Land Before Time. I have fond memories of watching that movie. I thought back to the plot, and just remember some kid dinosaurs having fun, being kids, getting into and out of trouble, so I went ahead and I bought it thinking Noah would love it.

When I got home, I popped the tape into the VCR, and sat down with Baileigh to watch it. The first words that were spoken were "Millions of years ago" and began to explain that long before any animals or any humans, dinosaurs were around, and that the earth was changing rapidly. I immediately took the tape out of the VCR and hid it on a shelf. I will not have any movies teaching my children about evolution.

I will probably take the movie back tomorrow and demand my money back. I only paid fifty cents for it, but its the principle of the thing!

Weight Loss Update! 5 weeks after I lose 43 pounds, My poor Noah

Sorry for my idleness, this week we all sick,

My poor baby! We are all coughing so bad! We are all staying home. Praying there is nothing wrong with us.

I am treating Noah by mixing a tablespoon of vanilla extract with a tablespoon of honey and making Noah take it. It tastes good to them, and it helps stop the cough! Hopefully, Noah will return to school Monday after treating him with this.

Weight Loss Update! 4 weeks after I lose 36 pounds

Noah take the picture, give Noah some applause ;)
Seems this program works VERY well! I lose 8 pounds, we decide to have a little celebration.
We made stew for dinner. It was so good!



We found a great deal on boneless ribs



Cut the ribs into squares and throw them in the crock pot!



I felt lazy, so I bought organic baby carrots. Usually, we buy regular carrots and cut them ourselves



Then I cut potatoes and threw them in the pot, and added water.



This is our favorite seasoning. It is Adam's Fajita Seasoning. If you are outside Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, or Louisiana, you have to buy it online. Just letting you know. This bottle was about seven dollars, but it will last us at least six months. We use it on everything. Eggs, meat, stew, pizza, whatever we can think of!



We put all the ingredients into the crock pot and let it simmer on low all day. We use a Smart Crock Pot, so I let it cook on low for ten hours, and then it switched to warm. By lunch the next day, everything was so tender and delicious. I would have taken a picture of the finished product, but it was so delicious, we just ate it right up! This usually lasts us about two days.

Sometimes, I add an onion. I don't really like the texture of onions, so I usually add onion powder. However, I wanted to put the Adam's Fajita Seasoning in it, and that covers a great deal of spices. No MSG's or hidden junk.

Try it for yourself! I am sure you will love it!