Plan Your Meals Weekly for Health and Save Time Too!

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Plan our your meals weekly and/or Monthly! Attached is an Excel Spreadsheet. We're going to eat healthier and we're going to lessen our trips to the grocery store.

Here's what I've come up with. Feel free to edit your sheet to suit your family's needs. I'm going to make four weeks of meals and then rotate them so we don't get bored!

Enjoy!



Pop is best served up as a side dish to life!
Christine Rap
Mom and the Pop Life

Happiness Equals Skinny!

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So since we've begun filming and since I've been doing more of the things I love, I feel useful. I feel like I'm on top of the world and I feel like I'm living my dreams. This is why the weight has been coming off! My body is going through that 'shift' right before the fat starts melting.

If you are not doing what you love, and always have said 'someday'. Make today that someday and go out there and make those first steps. You will be healthier inside and out. The world needs you!

pop is best served up as a side dish to life.

Chiki

Mom and the pop life

Yummy Lunch Idea--Hummus and Romaine..nom nom nom

So, Lauren Conrad (Of the Hills) inspired me while on the treadmill today doing my own 'Hills' workout to eat 'Clean Food'. One suggestion in US Magazine was to eat Hummus on Romaine lettuce. This is so easy and delicious. Just wash some Romaine Lettuce leaves and dry them with a paper towel, smear some hummus and crunch!

I will definitely try hummus on other things. I am thinking Endive may be nice. I also have been eating a ton of fruits and veggies when I'm hungry. It's a different way of thinking about filling that hunger gap but I'm getting it. When I'm reallllyyyy hungry, I would always go for things like cheese and bulk items to make the hunger pangs go away. Now I'm choosing nourishment, VITAMINNZZZZZZZ. I am starting to feel really good and my skin is looking better than it has in a long time.

Here is a photo I found for hummus on top of Romaine. Yes, it is as delicious as it looks! Try some for lunch. :)

Love,

Mom

Pop is best served up as a side dish to life!

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Body Shapes-I'm a Gynaeoid. How about you?

In my quest for getting fit and fabulous like Tyra Banks has done, I have been searching for answers and information. I found some good ideas about weight control from weightcontroldoctor.com about body shapes. It seems that I am a Gynaeoid body type and retain toxins as well as gaining weight on the lower half. This makes me a candidate for the dreaded cellulite. UGH! Double UGH!

So, I have ALMOST eliminated all processed foods from my diet. This means brown rice, legumes, fruits, veggies and leans meats in fish with no breadings. I also did a semi fast last weekend where I ate fruits and veggies all day. I felt FABULOUS the next day and by day four I dropped two more pounds.

I should also add that I've been using the steam shower to help rid of toxins. I don't sweat. That doesn't mean I don't work out hard-I just turn red and sweat very little. So a little steam will help my cellulite. I also learned that a good aloe vera will do the trick.

How about you-what body type are you? What are you waiting for? Go to weightcontroldoctor.com to find out! Maybe you'll lose two pounds this week too. Good luck!

Love your fellow mom,

PS, Pop is best served up as a side dish to life!

Muaz,