Weigh in three and 30 foods you should be eating

Hi gang,
Happy Hump Day!! I hope this Wednesday finds everyone doing well. Here's how my weigh in has looked, including this morning:

Weigh in 1: 150.6 lbs, Body fat 31.6%, Muscle 36.5%

Weigh in 2: 148.2 lbs, BF 30.9%, Muscle 36.8%

Weigh in 3 (this am): 150.4 lbs, BF 31.6%, Muscle 36.2%

I had a pluthora of protein yesterday but didn't factor that the 45 minute walk I went on after work would leave me ravenous on the way to pick up Daughter from school. I stopped and got a McD hamburger and even after logging it, was well within my range for the day. Though my sodium, not surprise was thru the roof! I need to start packing a small box of snacks for the car rides. I have been walking a lot and doing my weights and when I got home today, my jeans were falling off me. I am working on putting a big dent in those numbers by Sat.

Speaking of snacks, I am reading "The Drop 10 Diet" by Lucy Danzinger, Editor in Chief of Self Magazine. These are the 30 foods we should be adding to our diet to help with weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight:

Almond butter, Apples, Artichokes, Avocado, Blueberries

Broccoli, Cherries, Coffee, Dark Chocolate, Edamame

Eggs, Goji berries, Kale, Kiwifruit, Lentils

Mushrooms, oats, olive oil, Parmesan, Peanuts

Pomegranates, popcorn, pumpkin seeds, Quinoa, Sardines

Steak, sweet potatoes, whole grain pasta, wild salmon, yogurt

Each of these foods has fat burning properties, mainly because of their balance of fat and protein. You don't have to eat them all every day, but it is good to incorporate them into your diet several times a week. Not sure I can do a sardine though, but peanuts and a lot of the other items are no brainers. Portion control must be in play when noshing on peanuts, dark chocolate, steak and a few others. I have a few on my next grocery list to see how adding them to my diet affects my hunger.

A good friend of mine invited me to be on their team for the Dirty Girl Mud Run on June 1st. I am excited to say I signed up and am really looking forward to it. It is an 11 obstacle course designed by an Ex Army Ranger. It is not really a race, more for fun, and there will be lots of mud involved. 100% of the registration proceeds go to The National Breast Cancer Foundation. Should be hilarious and it's for a great cause. If anyone local wants to join our team, let me know and I will get you the team name.

Hopefully you are all working towards your New Year's goals and/or resolutions. Give yourself two months to get in the groove. You can do it, I know you can!

As for me, it is time to wash some dishes, get dinner ready and boil some more eggs. I do believe I may turn into a chicken...or an egg....whichever came first!

Cluck cluck,

Cat