Slimming It Down with Pam

I've created this new page on my blog to help us all get healthier in 2018 and beyond.  I'll be sharing recipes, tips and as always, TMI about my own journey to better health. Join me! Let's do this together! I know we can! I know we will!

RECIPES...

Main Dishes

Steak and Green Bean Stir Fry

Three Ingredient Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Crock Pot Recipe 

Crockpot Beef and Broccoli

Salads

Avocado, Black Bean and Corn Salad

Sweet Treats:
Too Good To Be True Weight Watchers Pumpkin Cookies


SLIMMING DOWN PROGRESS: (Goal - one pound per week for 1 year = 52 pounds)

Week 1 - 1/9/18 - 5.7
Week 2 - 1/15/18 -.8 = -6.5

Week 3 - 1/22/18 - no weigh in - on vacation
Week 4 - 1/29/18 -2.3 = -8.8
Week 5 - 2/6/18 -1.4 = -10.2
Week 6 - 2/12/18 -1.6 = -11.8
Week 7 - 2/19/18 -1.7 = -13.5
Week 8 - 2/26/18 -1.0 = -14.5
Week 9 - 3/5/18 -1.1 = -15.6
Week 10 - 3/12/18 -1.5 = -17.1
Week 11 - 3/19/18 -.7 = -17.8
Week 12 - 3/26/18 -1.5 = -19.3
Week 13 - 4/2/18 -.6 = -19.9
Week 14 - 4/9/18 -1.2 = -21.1
Week 15 - 4/16/18 -1.3 = -22.4
Week 16 - 4/23/18 -2.0 = -24.4


SLIMMING DOWN JOURNAL:

April 23, 2019
I'm sharing the #1 secret to my weight loss success. And there isn’t even a close 2nd!! Here it is - ACCOUNTABILITY‼️ Guys, for me, and I’m imagining for a lot of folks, accountability is the ticket to shedding the pounds!  Years ago I went to Wright Watchers and lost over 40 pounds. (It was awesome but those stupid pounds found me again!) WW worked for me because of the accountability!! I had to get on that blasted scale each week at the meeting and knowing that kept me on track week to week. ✅ The exact same thing has worked for me this time. I know that every Monday morning I have to face the music and stand on the scale AND then I have to post it here.  It’s not the getting on the scale part that’s helped me, it’s the posting it on Instagram part. I am super motivated knowing that people are following my journey.  It has helped me more than anything else. And I knew it would. That’s why back in January I decided to do this crazy thing. 🤪 It was so scary!! But I knew it’s what I needed, so I put on my big girl granny panties and did it!! 🏻 So - what about you? Would it help you to be accountable I bet it would. Here’s my challenge - do what I’m doing. If you have the desire to lose weight, and your struggling to make it happen like I was, weigh in once a week and post it on your Instagram account.  It’s terrifying  but it is so helpful!!!! Be brave!! Do it!!!! You’ll be so happy you did.  Guys, there is 24.4 pounds less of me than there was 4 months ago! It’s working!! Join me!! I’ll be your #1 cheerleader!  Let’s take care of our awesome selves!!! (IF YOU TAKE THE CHALLENGE USE THE TAG #postwithpam) Let’s start an Instagram weight loss revolution!!!! ‍

January 12, 2018
I’m gonna get real here people! I’m gonna open up my heart for a minute or two and confess to y’all that I’m an emotional eater!  I know I’m not alone with this issue. Here’s how I realized that I eat my emotions. And before this realization I honestly did not think I was an EE. I thought I just loved food (and I do) and that I just ate too much of it  (and I do). But in September of 2001 it all became clear to me. Everyone knows that our country was attached by terrorists on 9/11/2001. 🇺🇸 I watched on live TV as the first and then the second plane hit the towers. I saw those giant towers tumble to the ground. And I was glued to the news that day and for days and days afterward.  On our coffee table in the TV room was a jar of Valentine Hershey Kisses. They’d been there, in that jar, since February. Seven months they’d been sitting in that jar and I hadn’t eaten them. I was watching the news and all of a sudden I noticed a bunch of the red foil wrappers crumbled up on the coffee table. I had sat there eating away my fear and sadness. And I couldn’t believe it. I was (and still am and probably always will be) an emotional eater. After that I began to see it all the time. Happy  = food. Sad  = food. Scared  = food. Worried  = food. And the worst one of all - Stress  = food!!! I am a huge stress eater. It’s my biggest trigger. Some folks get stressed and lose their appetite. I get stressed and food is my go to comfort item. Not good!!! And, I am the queen  of stress!! I can stress out about pretty much anything. Not good!! I’ve been thinking about all of this today because I’ve really been wanting to eat some naughty stuff.  I’ve resisted, but it hasn’t been easy. Truth be told I’ve been feeling a little bit blah the last couple of days. But here’s the good news in all of this, I realize what’s going on and I’m refusing to give in. I’ve been eating so much healthier and I’m not going to let the blahs trip me up.   I said in the beginning that I’d be honest in this journey with y’all and that’s what I’m doing. I hope maybe this post helps someone else who eats their emotions. Don’t give in!! Stick with me!! We will do this! ‍