Crab Cakes

Yesterday for dinner I ate Crab Cakes!  Yep, that's not a typo, you read that right.

 Crab Cakes Y'all!

This recipe was super easy and made enough for two servings so I get to eat it again today without having to prepare anything.  However, when my husband is around he will eat the other portion (evil glare in his general direction).

Ingredients:

8 oz Lump Crab meat
2 Tbsp Brown Mustard
2 tsp Chesapeake Bay seasoning
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp of Chopped Fresh Parsley
2 Melba Slices of Melba Toast (ground)
A dash of Sea Salt & Garlic Powder

Combine all ingredients in a bowel.  Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

All of the ingreidents on top of the Yummy Crab!

Whoops!  Forgot to add the Parsley!

So originally, I saw someone else make these in a mini cupcake pan and they looked amazing.  This made would have made 16 mini crab cakes.  However, since you can't use anything to assist with the non-stick aspect, I now firmly believe that the person that posted said photo knows Voodoo and I don't trust them.  Mine ended in "disaster" and I finally just scraped it all back together in the bowl and formed them into patties and put them on a cookie sheet.  I used an ice cream scoop to help measure the patties to the same size.  This made 8 patties for me.

 The picture only includes 3 of those because I of course had to taste test them immediately!  I served them over some Romaine Lettuce and Tomatoes with the Mustard Vinegar Dressing.  Yum!

Day 1 is in the Bag!

Hey Yall!

It's another day and I'm alive!  Anyone wanna guess how my day went yesterday?  

It actually wasn't bad!  I spent the morning with my Momma and we ate lunch together.  I followed the plan and used my "Fab 5" products as directed and managed to have a pretty good day.  I did get "Hangry" one time, my kids requested Pringles as a snack in the car on the way to VBS.  I had to fight the reflex to grab a few off the top and cram them in my mouth.  Not because I was really hungry, but because it was is a bad habit. 

For some reason over the years I guess I've developed a "god complex" and always take my 10% when my kids require my assistance in opening something. "Oh, you want me to open those fruit snacks, let me grab a purple one out for me."  I have come to realize that I do it constantly and that reflex is one of the reasons I'm fat.  Seriously, how many calories have I been taking in with out even realizing it?  Don't ponder long, the answer is A LOT!  

So after having a pretty good day with only a minor attitude problem I managed to lose...

5 pounds y'all! 

(yes I'm rounding up .2)

How easy was that!  I'm so excited and impressed, it just adds to my resolve and makes me want to keep going.  I can't wait to see were I am at the end of week 1.  Did I mention that my husband is out of town?  I am really hoping that it will be a noticeable enough difference to him since he isn't seeing me transform day by day this week.  However, I know that I have a substantial amount of weight to lose so even though five pounds is a super awesome start, I know I have a long road ahead of me.  So, if he doesn't notice I will try not to be offended ...bastard.

I'm keeping a food diary to help with my bad habit of putting things in my mouth and not remembering it.  I like for everything to be pretty all of the time and have a touch of OCD (legally medicated for it) so I made a printable chart that I'm willing to share with anyone else that may benefit from it. 

I'm still new to this and currently can't figure out how to add a downloadable file.  The above is only a photo preview.  If you would like the actual PDF file, message me on FB or leave your email address as a comment below and I will send it to you. 

Hey Y'all!

A week ago my 5 year old asked me if I was skinny.  Wait what?  Crap!  What could I say, I couldn't lie to her. I had to let the cat out of the bag, I had to tell her no, that I'm not. (Was I really fooling her in the first place?)  She responded with, "Mommy, can you please be skinny?"  You can imagine my reaction.  How could those sweet and innocent words not break a failed fad diet mommy's heart?  If that's not a wake up call to action, I don't know what is.  So now this is my journey to skinny healthy.

This is my our journey to becoming healthier!  My name is Lisa and I will be joined by my mother, Pat.  We have set out on a weight loss journey together. (she is two weeks ahead of me)  We have a "program" that we are extremely excited out.  After seeing my mom drop 18 lbs in 2 weeks how could I not be inspired?  I've gotten my "fab 5" which means...

I'm starting this blog on day 3 of my program.  Which means that for the past 2 days I've loaded my body up with calories.  I begin today weighing 232.4 lbs, I can't wait to see where I'll be at the end of this round.