The Biggest Loser Challenge

Hey everyone!

It's been such a long time since I posted. I didn't even post when Jade turned six months!!
I will definitely be updating this soon, but I wannted to let you guys in on an exciting next 8 weeks of my life!

I will be doing a Biggest Loser Challenge with my co workers! Some are already on the ball with working out and eating healthier. As for me, I pretty much started yesterday haha. Technically, the challenge started Friday. So I was just a day behind. My butt isn't going to a gym, but is staying at home doing some p90x and Insanity with my sister-in-law! We used to do it when we were in high school, but obviously that stopped. I'm just so excited to make a change in my life with something that I've been so insecure about. I am determined to eat healthier, and I also am determined to make this more than just a temporary change. These next 8 weeks are going to be the transition into a lifestyle change.

So starting today, this blog is going to be dedicated to my 8 weeks of things that make me feel more confident and healthy. I'm going to be posting about my good days with what workouts and foods I ate. I'll be posting my hard days, and hopefully not sharing that I bought a Ben & Jerry's icecream :)

I wanted to share what I had for breakfast today, and to hopefully get ideas from you as well on how YOU have a healthy lifestyle. If you don't, maybe you can join me in these next 8 weeks.

So this is the breakfast I'm currently eating, and I'm freaking in love with it. My sister in law texted me a picture of her breakfast, which was a spinach and ham omelet. YUM. I immediately went to my fridge to see if I could make the same thing. Turns out, I don't have ham. I did, however, have rotisserie chicken! So I broke out a small pan and made this breakfast scramble.

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 c frozen spinach
• 3 TBS of shredded chicken
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• cheese to sprinkle
• salsa for topping

I whisked my eggs,put a little bit of water in it to make it "fluffier." Honestly, I'm not sure if it gets fluffier, but if I ever want there to be a little bit more egg without adding a beloved extra egg, I put some water in my mix. I sprinkled some salt and pepper to season it, and set it to the side. 

I eyeballed how much spinach I wanted to use. Had I used a measuring cup, I'm pretty sure it would have been one fourth cup. I put that in a pan, heated it, sprinkled some chicken I shredded, and let that heat together while I grabbed the garlic. Once I put the garlic in the chicken/spinach mix, I stirred it a few times to get the garlic fragrant. I didn't want it to brown at all. Had it browned, it would have given a little bit more of a bitter flavor in this meal. I poured the eggs into the pan and just scrambled away! I cannot make an omelet to save my life, so that made me sad when I was trying to recreate my SIL's breakfast. After the eggs were cooked, I transferred them to a plate sprinkled with cheese, and topped with salsa! It was delicious. 

Now my drink is like.. a play on  horchata. If you haven't had horchata, go to your local someburros or Filiberto's and order yourself one. It's a rice milk drink with cinnamon flavor. It is SO GOOD. 

almond milk horchata:

• put ice in a cup
• pour some regular almond milk (not flavored)
• sprinkle nutmeg and cinnamon

seriously, it was that easy. It's definitely a tame version of it, but so good to get your sweet drink in without adding extra sugar. 

I hope you liked that I shared these recipes with you! I feel like this might hold me more accountable to this challenge. See ya later :)