mexican style tacos

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

So I got a question. In need of some opinions...

Okay...So I am one of those people that can eat the same things over and over for a long period of time with out getting too tired of it....(we have tacos every week night for dinner)

So my husband and I go to the Mexican market near our house and buy our meats for making tacos. We use corn tortillas, cilantro, & onions and its usually either al pastor (pork) or spicy chicken or beef steak chopped up. Sometimes I'll use Mexican sour cream and I always use salsa Verde. Is it UNHEALTHY to have this every night while trying to lose weight??

(even if I stay within my daily calorie range) What do y'all think?

  

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TATTER3 5/29/2013 10:15PM

I don't do variety...just ignore the critics...if it works, it works! Report Inappropriate Comment

TXTOAD9970 5/29/2013 4:09PM

I eat the same things for breakfast, lunch, and snacks every day, but I change it up for dinner for my family's sake. I agree with ASH72461 - if you are making sure to meet your dietary needs every day, it doesn't matter that you are eating the same thing. Just be prepared to try something new EVENTUALLY! Report Inappropriate Comment

SSMITH-BA 5/29/2013 3:25PM

Thanks ASH! Report Inappropriate Comment

ASH72461 5/29/2013 3:16PM

I think it would be alright as long as you make sure you are getting all nutritional need in for the day after all you are more likely to eat something you really like I use venison or pure ground beef from a butcher for ours and it is a easy way to get veggies in Report Inappropriate Comment

My first Wii Fit experience

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

So my husband and I had decided we were going to start walking again in the evenings since the new time change we have an extra hour of day light left by the time my husband gets home around 7pm, so we were to start yesterday but it was pouring down rain...blah.

So I get out the Wii Fit game I barrowed from my aunt only to find out she didn't give me the balance board thingy I needed, so I have to drive 10 miles down the road to buy a used one for $30.00 because I am determined to find something I can use that doesn't cause me pain that I can burn some calories off.

So I get back home and it's after 8pm and I wanted to play it so bad, I should've been cooking dinner (my poor family was starving) so get it to working and I was having so much fun I played for 34 minutes without even noticing. That was awesome!! I only burned around 147 calories but it was fun. I liked the hula hoop and running games! I will be addicted to it now, ha-ha especially once I get it all figured out!

But anyways, one of the cool things I liked about the balance board thing I had to go buy, it works as a scale to, so I was able to see how much I REALLY weigh and it turns out my old weight watchers scale is 5 pounds off...so I'm not really 219 lbs I am really 224 lbs.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That's horrible!! So bye bye old cute weight watchers scale!

So I have adjusted my numbers here on Sparkpeople and it just gives me more of an incentive to use that game every evening while I wait for my husband to get home and then I can go walking with him¡Kthe more the better!!!

  

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TATTER3 3/20/2013 6:48AM

Whatever works!! Report Inappropriate Comment

TIBI183 3/19/2013 1:51PM

so glad to hear that you tried out the Wii Fit and that you enjoyed it.I have never tried it myself, but only heard good things. Don't focus too much on the numbers, I know we all get obsessed with the number on the scale and some of us also get obsessed with the number of calories we burn during a workout, but sometimes all it counts is that we enjoy doing a certain activity instead of forcing ourselves to do something we don't enjoy. Report Inappropriate Comment

TRVLGRL30 3/19/2013 10:50AM

I've been wanting to try the Wii Fit...it sounds fun and I have a Wii. It would definitely shake up my routine and get me involved in something that may be more fun and different than what I've been doing. Maybe the Wii Fit scale was lying and not your WW scale. I often wonder if my scale is lying to me, especially when I think I should have lost some weight and I haven't...lol Report Inappropriate Comment

I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN!!

Monday, March 18, 2013

So I’m not very good at this weight loss thing!

Every time I try I always give up and gain the weight back and then I just feel sorry for myself I guess because I’m looking in the mirror hating every inch of myself for giving up again, and turning back into the blob monster with extra muffin top to spare.

I hope I am not the only person to talk bad about themselves, or give myself a hard time!? I know I need to do less of that and get back on track. As you notice I am only blaming myself, because I know I am the one that’s in control., I decided what I put into my mouth and I decided what exercise I did not do!

Just wanted to post; I know if I don’t start doing what I used to do, I will never get back on track to get this weight off!

I tried to make excuses that oh I gave up because I moved and my routine was screwed up & then my mother died, I realize I cannot use my mother’s death as an excuse to kill myself with this fat any longer!!!

It’s amazing how you can really tell a difference in the way you feel just by gaining 9 or 10lbs. It really does make a difference. I started to notice more frequent urination, more laziness, more bad moods, getting sick more; jeans don’t fit good, ha-ha I know I can do this. I was doing great…the weight was coming off and it was so exciting, I hate that I gave up for so long…but I believe I am coming back, slowly. Just trying to pull myself the rest of the way out of this dark spot I’ve been in.

Well while I am writing. Let me ask my Sparkpeople friends!!! My calorie range that sparkpeople gave me is some where between 1700 and 2100…Would it be bad for me if I eat LESS than that??? I don’t want to starve myself & I don't think I will because I LOVE food, but does it just make the process a little slower by staying within “Sparkpeople calorie range”?? Can someone tell me?
THANKS

  

on my way back down

Friday, March 08, 2013

well i DID NOT stay below my calorie intake max this week, but i am trying to get back on track., i have not been exercising either...i am trying to barrow some wii fit games from my realitives hoping i will like those!..we;ll see

wish me luck everyone!!!

  

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PEZMOM1 3/8/2013 6:00PM

Good luck. Report Inappropriate Comment

TIBI183 3/8/2013 6:00PM

just take one step at a time. Report Inappropriate Comment

GAINED 7 LBS BACK

Friday, January 18, 2013

So I am on this HORRIBLE highway of gaining my weight back....i kinda gave up on myself...since moving, to losing my mother to breast cancer, and this horrible time change...i kind of refuse to use my treadmill because it hurts my hips A LOT...so i am exercising NONE.
and i am NOT eating very good.

I know I can get back on track...just got to talk myself into using that horrible treadmill again.
or running in place or jump in jacks...or take the kids outside and run around the yard on the weekends....i have got to do something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you think if i only exercised on the weekends i could still see results??

  

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UNIQUEAWILSON 1/19/2013 8:30AM

I think that just my moving more, you can get started! Don't think of it as "exercise". Do something that is fun to you. If playing tag with your kids outside is fun, try that. It can be hard at first, but when I take my nephews and niece to the park to play and I run around chasing them, I realize after that I just spent 45 min to an hour running, climbing, jumping, walking, pushing them on swings, lifting them up to the monkey bars, etc. . It is very exhausting, which is why I can only do it like once a week :) I also like to swim alot. I get a great workout and it is low impact. You can do anything you set your mind to!! Report Inappropriate Comment

TATTER3 1/19/2013 7:39AM

I literally take it in 15 minute sections. And...like ABEAUTIFULMESS1 suggests...I park farther away, or on the wrong side of the store, and just keep moving. You can do this! Report Inappropriate Comment

ABEAUTIFULMESS1 1/18/2013 4:44PM

Something is ALWAYS better than nothing when it comes to exercising! Even if you start by playing with your kids outside, or parking further away when you go to the store, etc its at least SOMETHING. You can do it!! Report Inappropriate Comment