Food Journal #11

I have been so bad posting these lately. The problem is that I forget to copy and paste them from twitter before I go to bed and then the program I use wont post the previous days if I didnt do it on time. Im going to try to be better.

Food	Units
cereal and milk	6
burrito and veges	5
pumpkin mousse	3
toast and half of fiber one bar	2
butternut squash fries	2
sugar free werthers	2
popcorn	1
Total:	21

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Food Journal #10

Food	Units
waffles and sugar free syrup and fat free cool whip	4
sugar free pudding and 10 m&ms	2
spinach chicken salad with fiber one bar	9
Activity: ran 6 miles	-5
manicotti with salad	10
Total:	20

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Food Journal #9

Food	Units
breakfast cherrios and milk	5
jasons deli salad and cone	8
special k protein bar	3
tostada pie and grapes	6
Total:	22

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One dang good recipe!

So if you dont know this already...Im a big fan of the Lettuce Wraps at PF Changs. They are not THAT bad calorie wise if you choose to go out and eat them there. I think you can have the whole serving for 10 pts. Not too bad right?

Well....I just found a rockin recipe online and I must say they are pretty good. Not exactly the same.... but I DEVOURED them Friday night after Loren and I made them. Im not sure of the point value. It wouldnt be too hard to figure that out. I didnt make the Special dipping sauce....I read it was dang good.... but to me...thats alot of unneccisary calories. I didnt feel the need to dip these wraps, because they were tasty alone. I also made some LING LING Pot stickers that can be found in the freezer section of the grocery store that are low in fat and tasty and went very well together.

I must add that I used Low Sodium Soy Sauce in the stir fry sauce. I would recommend that....all that sodium cant be good. I prefer to drink it in my diet cokes:)

I also used Olive Oil

Ingredients
3 tablespoons oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnut
2/3 cup mushroom
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard
2 teaspoons water
1-2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste
Stir Fry Sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

Directions
1Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.

2Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.

3Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.

4Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.

5Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.

6Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.

7Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.

8Remove chicken from the pan and cool.

9Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.

10As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.

11Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.

12When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
13With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.

14Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.

15Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".

16Top with"Special Sauce".

Food Journal #8

Food	Units
shredded wheat, half of a banana and a half cup milk	5
sugar free pudding with fat free cool whip	2
lunch, turkey sandwich with veges and fiber one bar	5
snack dum dums	1
snack, rice cake with turkeyroni	2
curry chicken, cus cus and green beans	9
Activity: ran 5 miles	-5
Total:	19

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Food Journal #7

Food	Units
snack pumpkin bread	2
my own homemade pf changs lettuce wraps and potstickers	11
ice cream sinless sweet cream	4
	13
Activity: ran 10 miles	-10
Total:	20

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Food Journal #6

Food	Units
breakfast waffies and sugar free syrup	5
vita top 2	4
cafe rio tostada salad	8
dinner, burrito with veges and some baked tostitos	4
snack half of a power bar	2
ran 6 miles	-6
Total:	17

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Food Journal #5

Ive slacked. I was gone all weekend and didnt journal and wasnt as good as I shoudve been. A lot of mindless snacking went on. Its sooooo hard for me to get out of my routine. I am really good when Im at home but if im somewhere else....uugh! Ive been better today! I messed up alot and it should say 22 points.

Food	Units
breakfast, waffles and sugarfree syrup	5
2 vita tops	4
lunch chickfila	9
dinner, turkey burger no bun, baked fries and green beans	6
mess up	-6
snack tootsie pops sugar free	1
tootsie pops	1
ran 5 miles	-4
Total:	16

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Food finds and daily points journal #4

So Ive discovered some yummy low fat healthy foods lately and want to share. The first ones are Vita Tops. They were recommended by Roni at Ronisweigh. I love this girl. She shares yummy recipes and is so inspiring. She has lost 70 or so pounds and has completely changed her life. Theres a link to Green Lite Bites on my family blog if you want to check her other blog out as well.
Anyways......I have been wanting to try these Vitatops out for a while now and so I finally ordered them online. I also ordered a Vitacake for Lorens birthday, No...Im not mean and dont feel bad for Loren.....this cake is going to be yummy! Ive heard only good reviews and if its anything like the Vita tops it will taste good. This company also makes brownies mixes, muffin mixes and they also make fresh muffins and brownies. They make them the day you make an order and the they send them right out. I got my cake in two days. My whole order was a little pricey..... but health food is. It was definitly worth it. There yummy Vita Tops have 15 vitamins and minerals, are low fat and only 100 calories.


Another yummy treat are the Quaker Mini Delight rice cakes. I know...I know....rice cakes? I thought the same thing..... but when we were down in St George at the Runners Expo they gave free samples of there chocolatey mint drizzle 90 calorie packs and oh yeah! These are also Loren approved. We ate them all real quick! The caramel ones were good too....... but Im a chocolate girl.

Food	Units
breakfast...what else...shredded wheat and a half cup milk	4
bito honey	1
viat top.... so yummy!	2
lunch turkey sandwich and veges plus pasta bites	5
small apple and 100 cal hershey	3
dinner, burrito with veges	6
weight lifted 40 min	-3
vita top	2
Total:	20

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Daily Food Journal #3

Food	Units
shredded wheat and half cup milk	4
pumpkin bread	2
bito honey	1
hershey 100 calorie bar	2
chicken sandwich with veges, olives and fishies	6
popcorn	2
chickfila sandwich and salad	8
ran 6 miles	-4
Total:	21

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Daily Food Journal # 2

Food	Units
shredded wheat with a half cup milk	2
pumpkin bread	2
shredded wheat...i messed up so heres the rest from breakfast	2
2 bito honey	1
lunch turkey sandwich and baked tostitos and salsa	4
banana and fat free cocoa	3
snack fiber one bar	2
dang im hungry, grapes	1
dinner, burrito with veges	4
popcorn	1
weight lifted	-3
Total:	19

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Daily Points Journal

Food	Units
kashi cereal with a half cup milk	6
fiber one bar and a few bites of a cookie	3
chick fila	10) chicken sandwich salad and mint
fishies	1
pear	1
soup and baked potato	6
Total:	27

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The race of life.......

I have been thinking alot lately....about the title of my post...The race of life. As you may have noticed, races have been on my mind alot, expecially with Lorens marathon and with my half marathon coming up. I have been thinking about the steps that we have taken to prepare for these physical races and have been reminded of the importance of my spiritual training. Just as I am preparing myself for a phsyical race, I also need to prepare myself and train myself for the race of life, that I am running everyday. THIS race should be my priority.

As I listened to conference yesterday, the General Young Women President used this quote that I loved from a female New York Marathon winner. She said " The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." This statement is so true. Preparation is everything. Last weekend Loren ran a great race. He ran such a good race because he had the will to prepare. He never missed a training run and he always worked hard to fit the run into his schedule. Sometimes that meant missing out on fun things or getting up at 4:00 am. It was NEVER easy. I knew somedays he didnt WANT to run, but he went anyway. He knew that, if he didnt.....he would regress and in the end he wouldnt run a good race. He tried to look at the future reprocussions of his decisions, rather than letting the NOW get hold. Sometimes we think things are just too hard or its just not the time and lose sight of how the choices we make really do affect our future. The way we feel at the end of a race when we gave it all we had, is such a rewarding feeling. On the other hand, if we were to slack on our training, quit or we didnt give it our all, in the end, we would feel terrible. I think that when we cross that spiritual finish line.... knowing that we didnt do all that we could of, the feelings of devastation, remorse and the dreaded feeling of "I wish I wouldve done better" will be horrible. Atleast now, in this life...we have the oppurtunity to try again. The race of life is continual. We have the oppurtunity to try again and to run our race better than we did on the first few laps. As we continue running, we will become stronger in the gospel and we will be stronger to tackle the herdels ahead. We will all have sore knees, blisters, achy backs, and we might even fall really hard, but we HAVE to pick ourselves up and continue. We were given a trainer, a free trainer. Heavenly Father is the best trainer of all. He is there to guide you and I and to help us acheive our goals. He will let us know our weaknesses, so that we can work on them and he will help us work on them. When we feel like we can no longer run, he will pick us up. I know this of a surety. He has picked me up and brushed me off many times. We need to ask him for what we are lacking. He will listen. He has given us a running handbook and a complete training schedule. The gospel is here. It is here to help us in our race.

I know it isnt easy, I am running it too. However, I find that as I make the time for spiritual training that I DO better. I testify of this. I feel a HUGE difference in my life. I know of its importance. It is worth all the effort. Nothing in this life feels better than the joy that living gospel principles bring. NOTHING. I have looked for it and have found nothing better. Train with me....lets all run together and encourage eachother. Think about this, as will I, about our training. find something you need to work on and do it. This week part off my training will be to rewatch conference at night online, when my kids are in bed. I missed alot of it and know that I need to listen to their guidance uninterupted. I always feel so uplifted and filled when I do. Think about something that you can do this week to fill your cup. I promise you and I will feel stronger and we will run our next lap even better than the one before.

My new food journal

So I am finally starting an online food journal. It was recommended by Roni from Green Lite Bites. (Theres a link on my family blog to her site.) Anyway......I NEED to start writing down what I eat. I use to be really good at this and I have been really slacking in this area. I do much better weight loss wise when I write down everything that I eat. I am also realizing how much I tend to take a bite of this and take a bite of that and not count it in my calorie intake. Today it all stops! Im hoping this journal will help. One of my Weight Watcher teachers use to call those BLT's. Bites, Licks and Tastes. Im hoping that by tracking my food I will try harder to resist these temptations of mine.....if I lose control...then Im counting them. I love Twitter because Roni has made it possible to track your points on there and I can use my phone to add what I eat to my blog. I think Im diggin this idea. Hopefully I will want to eat better knowing you all can see what I stuff my face with:)