Just to let everyone know that our weights, measures and tickers will be updated soon. We had a bad (and I mean BAD) month last month but we are getting back to normal again. You will notice when i put our weights up what I am talking about. I will also have a detailed extended post coming soon as well as another blog. Hmmm I wonder what it could be?!?!?!

Update

I have lost 37.8 pounds. I only have 55 pounds to go. Spencer hit 29 pounds on Monday. He only has 8.8 to go now. So hopefully he will lose it real soon then after 6 weeks of maintenance he will not have to pay anymore. YAY!!

Yaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!

I hit 30 pounds even on monday night. That is a good feeling. I totally thougth maybe i would lose like 1 pound but nope I lost 3.6. YAAAAY!!!
Spencer Was back on Thursday evening and after counting all his points by the end of the week he had gone 80 points above nd beyond his 35 weekly allowance points. And that punk didnt gain. But he didnt lose either. So I guess thats a good thing, but hey it might catch up on him this coming monday. We have both been really good this week. I got a new job that I am starting on tuesday so I will be walking alot more to the trolley and bus. So I hope to see the pounds fall off. Well got to go finish cleaning for our dinner were having tomorrow night.
Happy Anniversary to us (March 24th 2007) and to the O'Rears (March 25th 2007) Yay One whole yeay that is so awesome!!!

Spencers 25 Pounds

Spencer hit 25 pounds lost yesterday. Too bad he is in Schaumberg, IL. He couldnt celebrate it at the meeting. He will next week. Also he will be celebrating his 16 weeks and our 1 year anniversary.. However I gained this week. I have no idea why. I started working and have worked my tail off this week. I stayed on plan and got 100% on plan and I didnt drink or have sugar this past week. Oh well I just hope I lose next week, or we wont be going out for our anniversary this month. It will be next month that we do. Spencer only has 12.2 pounds to lose til goal. So I hope he loses it in the next month or 2 so he can maintain for the 6 weeks and in a couple months we wont have to pay anymore for him yay!!.

The cooks 10% goal!!!

I lost my 10% tonight. I hit 27.6 pounds tonight. yay!!!






My Weight Chart:

Twinkie Weiner Sandwich

Spencer wanted me to post this. If you have never heard of this before, it is from the movie UHF. Spencer sweares by these. I say try It once if you dont like it never do it again. All I will say is that they are interesting.

TWINKIE WEINER SANDWICH




Points per Serving: (really it depends on what hot dogs you use) these points are based on the Hoffy Extra Lean Beef Franks: 5 Points per serving

Servings: 4

INGREDIENTS
4 hot dogs (Hoffy Extra Lean are 1 point each) (Oscar Mayer Light are 2 points each) (Oscar Mayer Weiners are 4 points each
4 cream-filled sponge snack cakes (such as Twinkies™ 3 points each)
4 (4 inch) squirts of pressurized canned cheese (such as Easy Cheese™ 1 point),


DIRECTIONS
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil over high heat. Add hot dogs, and boil until thoroughly hot, about 5 minutes; drain and keep warm.
Meanwhile, unwrap the snack cakes, and place onto a cutting board, upside-down. Cut halfway through the bottoms of the snack cakes with a small, serrated knife to create "buns" for the hot dogs.
Blot the hot dogs with a paper towel to remove excess water and place a hot dog inside each "bun". Remove the protective top from the can of cheese, and hold the nozzle close to, but not touching, the exposed side of the hot dog. Dispense cheese by decisively pressing the nozzle towards the hot dog and slowly drawing the tip along the hot dog in a straight line, or decorative pattern of your choice.

Lose a little win a little

So I lost 2 pounds tonight. Spencer gained 0.8 today. Not bad. Tonight was my 16 weeks. YAY! so I only need to lose 1.2 pounds to get my 10% goal. That is totally doable for next week. I WILL lose it next week.

Hot Dogs!!

So a couple posts ago I mentioned I had found 1 point hot dogs. Yes it is true! Hoffy makes extra lean beef franks. These are 1 point each. Also they make 1/4 pound ones that are 3 points each. They are really good. If you don't believe me try them yourself. YUMMY.

11 MONTHS!!!! and 16 WEEKS!!!

One more month and it will be a year since Spencer and I were married! Tomorrow will be my 16 weeks at Weight Watchers. I am hoping that I will lose 3.2 pounds. If I do I will getnot only another 5 pound star for 25 pounds, but I will also get my 10% goal. I have been working really hard to get that this week. But if I dont then I should get it next week. I will let you know tomorrow what happens. TTYL

OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

So as some of you may know We are having our one year anniversary on March 24th. One whole year and it has been an amazing one. And many more to come. Well since we got tax return at the beginning of February, I decided to give Spencer his gift early. So here is a little background on Spencer: He loves movies, music and computers and his guitar and drums. I mean anything Audio Visual he loves. I mean come on that’s also his job and I don’t think he would trade it for anything (well ok maybe more money). But anyways, He owns like over 350 CDs and over 300 movies on DVD and VHS. Well we even have our "den" (or living room if you considered it, since we live with another couple, the 3rd room is our living room) anyways our den is setup really cool. In the middle facing the closet is our couch/loveseat. The closet has the TV armoire in it and it has a subwoofer in there and 2 speakers. Also there are 4 more speakers around the room as our surround sound. And on the closet we have the velvet red curtains like that of an old movie theatre, and they pull back with gold roped tassels. We also have his guitar and amp and computer in the rear of the room. Well since he loves his movie theatre room I decided to get him his own lobby for it. So see the attached pictures and you will see what I mean. Oh and by the way he loved it!!







So that night I gave it to him and we had hot dogs 1 point each (yes I found 1 point hot dogs) and 2 points for each bun, and we had old fashioned kettle popped popcorn 1 point per cup. It was delicious. That weekend we had friends over to watch movies in our new movie theater.




So he ended up buying me a really nice dress for our anniversary that I am going to wear to dinner on the night of our anniversary (pending we have money. We are planning on going to a seafood place because I want seafood and have been craving it lately. So if anyone knows of a nice classy formal seafood place in San Diego where you have to dress up to go to (not Red Lobster but waaaayyy nicer with slim to no kids), Please let me know. I'll post pics of me and Spencer all dressed up for dinner next month, so you all can see my beautiful new dress!!

German Pancake or Dutch Babies

German Pancake or Dutch Babies



Points per serving: 5
Servings: 4





Make sure oven rack in middle space. Preheat oven to 450 and also preheat pan as well.
Oven safe dish no taller than 3 inches.

Ingredients:

3 Eggs
½ cup Milk
7 tsp Butter
½ cup Flour
1/8 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Vanilla Extract

Prepare Eggs:
Beat Eggs until frothy and fluffy, when they start to capture air.
Add other ingredients to egg:
Add milk
Add Flour
Add Cinnamon
Add Vanilla Extract
Beat for 5 Minutes until bubbly, smooth and fairly thin
Add 1 tsp melted Butter beat in

Add mixture to preheated pan:
Add Butter until good and melted, slide it around.
Add the mixture to pan.
Place in oven. Cook 20-25 Minutes or until puffed and golden brown.

Garnish Plate:
Apple and banana.
Slice apple into eights and slice banana in half then lengthwise. Place as desired. Leave room for pancake on plate.

Place pancake on plate and add syrup or butter or regular or powdered sugar or all.

Jessie's Carne Asada Fries

So if you love Carne Asada Fries but hate eating 45 points in one sitting these will help.

Jessie's Carne Asada Fries






Points Per Serving: 20
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

20oz Ore Ida Golden Frozen French Fries
4oz Carne Asada (I just get this from the taco shop for convenience, but if you know how
to make carne asada you may want to cook your own)
4oz Cheddar Cheese
½ cup Low-fat Sour Cream
½ cup Guacamole

Cook the fries on a cookie sheet in the oven. Prepare carne asada like you want then I layer it like this:

First Fries
Second Meat
Third Cheese (I put the plate back in the oven just to get the cheese melted)
Fourth and Fifth I put the Sour Cream and Guacamole next to each other on the top.

Calorie King

Thanks to Steph @ WW for this website, I never knew how much a Deep Fried Twinkie was 11 points. WOW!
But check out the site http://www.calorieking.com/

Chicken in Creamy Pan Sauce

I got this recipe from Kraft Foods Magazine. It is delicious. If you like cream cheese like I do then you will LOVE it. ENJOY!

Total Points per serving: 5
Make sure if anything is added to count the points. Points are for the recipe shown not for the kitchen tips jazzing it up. Double if necessary but count the points. And make sure that you evenly distribute the sauce in 4 servings. (we don’t want to cheat now).



Prep Time:
10 min
Total Time:
30 min
Makes:
4 servings

Ingredients:
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
2 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. oil
3/4 cup fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, cubed
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
8 Cherry Tomatoes Quartered
COAT chicken with flour. Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 6 min. on each side or until cooked through (165°F). Remove chicken from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet. Cover chicken to keep warm.
ADD broth to skillet; stir to scrape up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Add cream cheese; cook 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is melted and sauce starts to thicken, stirring constantly with wire whisk.
RETURN chicken to skillet; turn over to coat both sides of chicken with sauce. Cook 2 min. or until chicken is heated through. Sprinkle with parsley or top with tomatoes or both.
Kraft Kitchens Tips
Jazz It Up
Substitute your favorite chopped fresh herb for the parsley.
Note
If possible, use a large skillet with sloping sides when preparing this recipe. Not only does this allow you to easily turn the chicken pieces but the larger surface area speeds up the evaporation of the cooking liquids which, in turn, allows the chicken to brown more quickly.
Variations
Prepare recipe as directed. Transfer chicken to serving platter, then top with one of the following options: Spinach-Bacon: Top chicken with 1 cup baby spinach leaves. Drizzle with sauce; sprinkle with 2 slices cooked and crumbled OSCAR MAYER Bacon. Tomato-Basil: Top chicken with 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes. Drizzle with sauce; sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil.

Spencer Lost again!!

Spencer hit 20 Pounds tonight at the weigh in. This week he lost 2.8 Pounds and I lost 1 Pound. Mom hit her first 5 pounds. yay! She lost the same amount as spencer- 2.8. I forgot to bring in recipes to WW meeting tonight so I will be posting alot of them tonight here on my blog. I better get typing. TTYL.

Spencer lost!!!

Spencer lost his 10% goal this week. On monday he was recognized for it and he got his WW 10% goal keychain. Yaaa!! He only has 19.4lbs to go for his goal. I have 4.2 lbs to go to get my 10% goal, yay.

The Captains 10% Goal



My Weight Chart:

Since my last post

Oks so since my last post...... Yeay I ended up going to bed on wednesday about 2:30pm and slept about 3 hours. so I think I was up 25 nd a half hours strait. Boy that is fun.

Aaaanyways,

Spencer and I measured ourselves today, in the last 3 months I have lost 12 inches total and in the past 2 months Spencer has lost 9 inches. YAY!

I will be at my 16 weeks in 3 weeks YAY! and before then I will be at my 10% Goal in about 1-2 weeks. YAY! Spencer will get his 10%goal prob tomorrow night, if not then maybe next week. Anyways I'll talk to you all laters.

When night doesn't end and morning never starts.

SO I lost 3.4 this week and Spencer lost 3.2 this week. Neither of us used out allowance points this week. Yesterday I woke up about 1:00pm and have not been asleep since. I didn't do much yesterday. I have been working on Spencer's Anniversary gift. I'll tell you all about it later after I give it to him. Don't want to ruin the surprise. Mom and Dad got home and we sat around trying to figure out what to have for dinner. We all decided to get different things. I got Subway for me and Spencer. A Roast Beef foot long sub for me (20 points) and a Turkey foot long sub for Spencer (18 points). We hadn't ate very much all day so it was worth the points. Mom got a meal from El Pollo Loco (6 points but she only ate 3.5 of it, she also got fried zucchini from Carl's Jr (8 points but only ate half so 4 points), and dad got a Carl's Jr Famous Star w/ cheese (16 points). We all had alot of points left. We got home and I ate half my sub and waited for Spencer to get home from work to eat the other half. He got home about 8:30pm and ate. about 9pm The Boys (Michael and Cecil) came over and helped us start cleaning the den. The 3 guys kinda worked on the den and got about half done. But mostly moved boxes into the living room that I have to go through. I started on those but ended up starting to play X-Box 360 with the guys for a bit (like half hour). Then I went to the living room to start on the box again then decided to clean the bathroom. So I washed and scrubbed the shower and tub, then washed the toilet and counter and stand. Then swept and mopped the floor. But I forgot to wash the mirror (oh well). The Boys left around midnight. I finished the bathroom and sat down for a few to rest. Spencer worked on his talk, its just bible reading so he did it. And went to bed about 1:00am. Well I couldn't go to bed so I started working on the den some more. Yyyyeeeaaaahhhh I ended up cleaning it completely, well as much as I could. But its spotless to say the least. If you saw it before and then saw it now you would be shocked. I worked on it til 4:30am almost 5:00am then I went to lay down. Yeah I couldn't sleep. Spencer's alarm went off at 5:30am so I got back up and started working again. Then Spencer came in at 6:30am and said goodbye and left for work. Poor thing works crazy the next 2 days. I finely came out of the den and watched a bit of news and then got online and started posting this. Well I think I have cleaned about 3 hours which is 10 Activity Points for yesterday. Today is another day and more cleaning is needed. Well I just wanted to update and say "Hey". Talk to you all laters.

I'VE LOST!!!

I have lost :

DDR

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION
Its hader than you think!!
Deffinately a HIGH activity.
But a fun one.

This Week

This week has been a good week, despite only losing 0.4 pounds and not making my 15 pounds, but Spencer lost 4.6 pounds and hit his 10 pounds this week. We have done really well this week. This week is the C.O.'s visit and so meetings were on tuesday and thursday not monsay and wednesday. We have been really good with food except for last night. We went and saw Cloverfield at midnight and boy, take a diaper, cuz it will scare the crap out of you. Well we went and got our tickets and then went to Taco Bell. We did ok. I went over 3 points but thats all I have gome over this week. and with spencers activity he came to 0. I swear I worked off those 3 points because that movie was soooo intense. Anyways, Today chrissy had the CO and his wife over for lunch, there was a bunch of people there. I did good I mainly ate fruit. But I prob ate about 4 points of fruit. I had about 2 points of sliced cheddar cheese and about 2 points of this pasta stuff they had there. so 8 points so far today is not bad. Im trying not to use my allowance points for this week until tomorrow. We are going to the Antique show tomorrow and then having Libby and Barry over for my homemade carne asada fries and 4 point margaritas. YUM!! So I guess now I will go clean for tomorrow. TTYL

A Before Picture

I have decided to post a before picture. This is at Petco Park about 3 months before joining Weight Watchers. I had to be at least 260-270. The date is August 03, 2007. When I hit my goal I will put up another pictuer of just me, my after picture!

Margaritas!!!

Picture of one I made
(prety nice size for 4 points)









Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

Weight Watchers Points Values:
4 per serving

Servings: 4


INGREDIENTS
6 fluid ounces Tequila = 8 Points
2 fluid ounces Triple Sec = 4.5 Points
8 ounces frozen strawberries = 1 Point
4 fluid ounces frozen limeade concentrate = 4 Points
6 cups ice = 0 Points

DIRECTIONS
Place ice in a blender and crush for 15 to 20 seconds. Add frozen strawberries, tequila, triple sec, and limeade. Blend until smooth.

You may want to add more frozen strawberries but if you do dont forget to add the points for them.

Oh what a day!!!

Today I had an interview. I am never doing that again. My interview was at 12:15p.m. I had to leave at 9:05a.m. It took 20 minuets to walk the half mile to the Lemon Grove Trolley Station. I had to take the Orange line to Gillespie Field trolley to the Grossmont Trolley Station. Then I had to get on the Green Line to Old Town and get off at the Fashion Valley Trolley Station. I got off and had to get on Bus route 41 UCSD-VA Hosp to La Jolla Village Drive at Genesee. Then I had to take another bus route 921 Mira Mesa to Scranton Rd at Morehouse Dr off of Mira Mesa Blvd. Then I had to walk a half a mile to Oberlin Drive. The interview was for American Income Life Insurance and not what I really wanted to do, so it was a flop. After the interview I had to walk the half mile back to the bus stop and get back on route 921 and head back to La Jolla Village Drive at Genesee. I ended up walking about 2 blocks to the Human Resources office of California Bank and Trust and personally handed them my resume since I was never getting a response back after I applied online and repeatedly left messages with the recruiter. I didnt want to head back home on busses and trolleys for 2 hours and since Spencer got off work in another hour I started walking toward where my parents work. I was only 4 miles away so I was looking for the bus that went to their work. Route 31 was no where to be found so I decided to walk it. I had already walked alot so this wasnt much more, so I thought. So I Started at UTC. Started walking down La Jolla Village Drive, and walking and walking and walking... I walked down La Jolla Village Drive, crossed the 805 overpass and thats when it became Miramar Road to Camino Santa Fe. I was about 1 mile away from my parents job when Spencer got off work and picked me up. So we stopped by and saw everyone. I figured I walked about a total of 5 miles today. I kept track of the times and it was 315 minuets, which makes 15 activity points for today. Then we went to Robbins Bros in Mission Valley and got our rings checked to keep the warranty valid (we have to do it every six months). Then because I was on the go all day I hadnt ate yet so we stopped by "Robertos Very Mexican Food". We had never ate there before. We both ordered the Carne Asada Plate. It included: about 2 oz Carne asada, 1 huge Flour Tortilla (about 10" Diameter), about half cup refried beans, about half cup mexican rice, about a quarter cup of guacamole and a quarter cup of this yummylicious salsa fresca, and a small 2 oz bag of fresh made tortilla chips. And they had the best hot carrots. I had everything but the chips and my meal was 16.5 points, but that is ok because I had only ate 3 points the whole day. Spencer had everything and his total was 22.5 points. But he worked it off in DDR tonight. I think I ended up getting home at 5:30p.m. So I, to say the least, am wiped out. At least it was an activity filled day. And I get to walk to an interview tomorrow as well but at least that one is in Lemon Grove and not where I had to go today. Well I have to finish the 10.5 points that I have left. Hope your day was better than mine.