My Addiction to Food.....

I had the opportunity to meet these 2 wonderful women!  Well I already knew Olivia (Curlee) Ward (on right).  This was the first time meeting her sister Hannah Curlee.  Olivia and I played basketball together in high school.  They were on last season of Biggest Loser.   Olivia was the winner and her sister was runner up.    Anyway, they were at Covenant Christian Church and said something that I have been thinking about ever since that night.  They said that while they were at the Ranch they both felt God talking to them.  He said that "Why do you crave food when all you have to do is crave Me.  Then you will have everything that you will need.". 

This is exactly how I feel!!  I crave food and I need to crave God more!  I have also come to the realization that I have an addiction to food.  I eat and eat and eat.....and I know that what I am putting in my mouth is bad.  I am also setting a bad example for my girls. 

I need and want to change but I just don't know how to get back into it.  I say "get back into it" because I always start something but never finish it!  This is one of those times....my weight loss journey.  I have said (in fact...I told someone the same exact thing today) I need someone to hold me accountable.  That is NOT what I need...I need to be accountable for myself. 

I hold things in...frustration, feelings, etc... I need to quit doing that and be truthful and speak my mind.  I am going to try to continue this blog in the hopes of doing 2 things!

• To continue and stick with a lifestyle change and not just exercising & eating right. -and_
• To have this blog as a way to get my feelings out there and not hold them in.

I may be brutally honest (especially with myself) at times but I think that is what I need to do.    PLEASE feel free to leave comments or even email me.

I started this blog when I was training for my first Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure.  The title says it all....I will change my life "One Step at a Time."

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Couscous Lettuce Wraps!

These were GREAT and I am stuffed!!!

My plating skills are not the best but the food was good:)

Couscous Lettuce Wraps

Servings:  4

Serving Size:  3 Lettuce leafs with a 1/4 cup scoop of filling in each leaf

12 Boston Lettuce Leafs

1 C ground turkey

2 1/4 C couscous, cooked

1/4 C chopped green onion

1/4 C carrots, shredded

1/3 C cranberries, dried

6 T hoisin sauce ( I will post this recipe next)

1 t lemon juice, fresh

1/4 t black pepper

1/2 t sea salt

Place 3 lettuce leafs on each plate.  Mix together couscous, turkey, green onion, carrots, & cranberries.  Add 2 ounces or a 1/4 C scoop of the mixture onto the lettuce leaves.  Drizzle equal amounts of hoisin sauce onto each cup.  Garnish with fresh chopped green onion.

per serving:  247 calories,  7 grams fat, 11 grams protein, 36 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams dietary fiber.

Fitness Ridge Hoisin Sauce

Yields 1 1/2 Cups - Serving size: 2 T

1 C balsamic vinegar

3/4 C tomato sauce

1/3 C brown sugar

3 garlic cloves

1 T Worcestershire

1 T spicy brown mustard

1/2 t salt

1/8 C lemon juice

1/2 t ground ginger

1 t fish sauce

1/4 C soy sauce

1/8 C green onion

2 t sesame oil

1/2 t black pepper

1/2 C honey

Add all the ingredients into a soup pot.  Simmer for 15 minutes until the garlic gets soft.  Then add to a blender and blend until smooth.

per serving:  47 calories, 1 gram fat, 11 grams carbohydrates



Day 6 - Two more pictures..this is it...I promise :)

My knee from when I fell on the hike yesterday.

Myself, Sondra, John (trainer at Fitness Ridge), Poka, & Kay!



Day 6 - The Getty Center

Poka from Hawaii

I was gripping the rail so hard.  I am surprised I got this close to the edge.

Day 5 - The Final Day

Today was nothing compared to the past 5.  I chose to go on a hike today:  Charmlee.  I wouldn't have chosen this hike if I knew I was going to see a snake less than a foot away from me!  When I got back from the hike, I had a pool class but I left early to take a shower.  I went to the Getty Center in L.A. with Kay, Poka, & Sondra!  It was beautiful!!  After we got back, it was dinner and then gradutation!  I can't wait to share the video they gave to us!  I will write more when I get home but here are some pictures from today.  I will weigh in tomorrow morning.  I will post as soon as I find out.

Here are some pictures of the hike today.  I have to say, I am going to miss them.

Day 5 - Jason & Sarah Nitta...and Disco Jam w/ John!

Sarah Nitta was on Season 11 of The Biggest Loser.  She has such a wonderful testimony! 

My favorite class by far has been Disco Jam with John!  Here are some pics of one of the best trainers here!

Day 5...the hike!

Here are the pics from today's hike.

The was the Tapia hike...the trail was Backbone...enough said.

The first of MANY hills!  This was way steeper than it looks.

The top of the picture (right above the mountains) is the Pacific Ocean.

This is a pic of the Fab 4:)  We made it to the top of the mountain.

from L to R:  Bess, Me, Teresa, & Abby (He is from Egypt and is here with his wife.)

I made it back to the Van!