Sweaty Mug Saturday

Welcome to Sweaty Mug Saturday! 

Here are my sweaty mugs for the week.

Sunday - 6.05mi Ride

Monday - 8.02mi Ride

Tuesday - Rest & Recover

Wednesday - 3.16mi Walk

Thursday - 6.12mi Ride

Friday - 5.4mi Ride and .7mi walk w/ 32#kid on my back

Saturday - Rest& Recover

What is Sweaty Mug Saturday? It's your chance to show off your hard work for the week and do a little networking. To participate you simply need to strive to work out at least 5 of 7 days and snap your sweaty mug after.  Exercise means 30 minutes of true exercise, not laundry or grocery shopping. Not to mention, it gives everyone great ideas for ways to mix up their current routine.

How does it work? Simply blog about your workouts for the week, posting your "sweaty mugs." Visit A New Me, and link up with your blog URL to your Sweaty Mug post for the week. Then visit everyone else's blogs and give them a hand for their hard work and they will return the favor.

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Turkey Burgers with Zucchini

I found this gem of a recipe over at Skinnytaste.com. If you haven't visited Gina's website, it is a MUST for the serious Weight Watcher. Tons of fabulous recipes and nutrition & Points Plus calculations are included!

Turkey Burgers with Zucchini
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 5 • Size: 1 burger no bun • Old Points: 3 pts (bun extra) • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 156 • Fat: 6.8 g • Protein: 18.6 g • Carb: 5.5 g • Fiber: 1.3 g

Ingredients:  

• 1.25 lbs 93% lean ground turkey
• 1 small zucchini, grated 
• 1/4 cup seasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs
• 1 clove garlic, grated
• 1 tbsp red onion, grated
• salt and fresh pepper
• oil spray 

Directions: 

In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, zucchini, breadcrumbs, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Make 5 equal patties.

Heat a large skillet on high heat. When hot, lightly spray oil. Add burgers to the pan and reduce the heat to low. Cook on one side until browned, then flip. Flip over a few times to prevent burning and to make sure the burgers are cooked all the way through.

If grilling, clean grill well before cooking and spray with oil spray to prevent sticking. 

So, I'm sure you're wondering how they were? They were pretty darn awesome! Obviously I used white onion instead of red, because that's what I had on hand. I also threw on some reduced fat pepper jack because what's a burger without cheese? Throw it on a whole wheat bun and we're in business. And I opted for cucumber "chips" as my side. I made those easy enough with my crinkle fry cutter for fun.

Now, the burgers themselves, I had a HARD time keeping them together. I believe this issue was the moisture from the zucchini. So, next time I try them (yes there will be a next time) I will be wringing the excess moisture out of the zucchini before adding it into the meat. 

They were yummy enough that the kidlets even devoured them!

This is my official entry for this week's mini challenge!

Week Two's Mini Challenge is:

Week two - Try a new healthy food or recipe. I hope everyone gives it a shot, it'll be fun to try something different. 

Weigh In Day / FFFC

 

Weigh in Day!!!!

9.11 = 228.0

9.18 = 226.0

-2.0 pounds

Total Loss to Date: 51.6 pounds

Oh Yes she did! FIFTY POUNDS I WILL NEVER SEE ON MY BODY AGAIN!

Today's first-thing-wake-up-naked weight:

50 Pound Washer

That 50 pound star makes me so happy!

I've nearly lost the combined weight of my two children! Just another 10+ pounds to go. :D

So, I still have a fun post planned for reaching my 50 pound milestone... I have to round up a couple more things, but stick around, I'll post it before the week is over. Yay!

Fit & Fabulous Fall Challenge over at Thunder Thighs!

Start: 228.0
Week 1: 225.3 <2.7lb>

Week Two's Mini Challenge is:

Week two - Try a new healthy food or recipe. I hope everyone gives it a shot, it'll be fun to try something different. 

I have tried several new things this past week, but I have a bunch of new recipes to try yet... Mmmmmm!

Check in for this week HERE.

Checking In

Today was a rough one for me. I was overly emotional for some reason...pretty much on the verge of psychotic. Thank God for my understanding husband.

Finally I was able to get out the door, but wasn't feeling a run or walk in me. So I got the bike out and worked a 6.05 mile ride in. 32 minutes for 6 miles? Not too bad, and man did I stink! I stunk like my hubby does after Krav Class, and that's really really bad. He refused to even kiss me before I hopped in the shower as he was headed to bed. LOL.

How's everyone else doing? Hope you all are snapping those sweaty mugs for this Saturday!

Sweaty Mug Saturday

Welcome to Sweaty Mug Saturday! 

Here are my sweaty mugs for the week.

Sunday - 10k Race

Monday - 2.2mi Walk

Tuesday - Rest & Recover

Wednesday - 3.14mi Run

Thursday - 3mi Run

Friday - Rest& Recover

Saturday - 4mi Walk

What is Sweaty Mug Saturday? It's your chance to show off your hard work for the week and do a little networking. To participate you simply need to work out at least 5 of 7 days and snap your sweaty mug after.  Exercise means 30 minutes of true exercise, not laundry or grocery shopping. Not to mention, it gives everyone great ideas for ways to mix up their current routine.

How does it work? Simply blog about your workouts for the week, posting your "sweaty mugs." Visit A New Me, and link up with your blog URL to your Sweaty Mug post for the week. Then visit everyone else's blogs and give them a hand for their hard work and they will return the favor.

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Whole Wheat Pancakes with Baked Apples

So, I'm trying out this new recipe app to see if I like it. And for it's test run I chose this morning's breakfast... Enjoy!

Whole Wheat Pancakes with Baked Apples

Ingredients for Pancakes

• 1/4 c and 1 Tbsp Whole Wheat Flour

• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

• 1 tsp Coconut Sugar

• 1 /8 tsp Sea Salt

• 1 Egg White (or 3 Tbsp Egg White Substitute)

• 1/4 c  Milk

Ingredients for Baked Apples

• 1 Apple (Honeycrisps or Golden Delicious are sweet)

• 2 tsp Whole Wheat Flour

• 2 tsp Water

• 1 tsp Coconut Sugar

• Dash Cinnamon

Cooking Directions

1. Mix together the ingredients for the pancakes (flour through the milk). Pour onto heated griddle into two pancakes.

1. In a microwave safe bowl mix the ingredients for the apples (apples through cinnamon). Microwave for 3 minutes, stirring every minute.

1. Put pancakes on a plate and top with baked apple. Top with 2 TBSP sugar-free pancake syrup.

Servings: 1
PP: 7

Broadway Bridge Run ~ More Pics

Just thought I'd share. :D

My bff Krissi & I before the run

Huffin & a Puffin. :P

I DID IT!!!!