Skinny Minnie by Christmas Challenge

Hey Yall!
I posted my two 300 dinner recipes on my status. Both are two of my favorite things that I loved to eat when I was abroad. Both are super simple to make - you just need to have all of the stuff.
One is an Italian pasta dish and one is a Korean dish. The Korean dish is technically over 300 calories, but that is because of the egg. I never ate egg in my bibimbap, I just put a ton of veggies. All "veggie bibimbap" recipes had egg in them so I just figured I would tell yall if you decided to make it and wanted to be lower cal, just ditch the egg.
Let me know what yall think!

I have always been pretty athletic and in shape. I ran, played tennis, chased my kids....then I had a ridiculous accident which caused a broken ankle, a sprained ankle, and a broken wrist. I had been running about 25 miles a week when it happened--trying to ditch the last of the baby weight I had gained throughout 4 pregnancies. I was completely bedridden for almost three weeks...then pretty immobile for months afterwards. I couldn't exercise, I couldn't live my life, I got very depressed...and I just ate. Anything and everything. About the same time, my marriage took a nosedive, my ex-husband ran us into the ground financially and tried hiding things from me...my world just unraveled. I ate more, went on anti-depressants and the weight just rolled on. Anyhow--I have since divorced, and remarried and am extremely happy and content with my life, although it challenging--as you will see if you read my blog:)

So my goals...I am 5'4" but will never be a waif, nor do I want to be! My lowest weight since kids, was about 15 years ago...I was 121 and when I look at the pics of myself, I feel I look emaciated...I don't like that. I will be very content at 135-140...which should put me into a size 8...and I would love that! Also, when I was that low...I barely ate anything...and I love food. I love to cook, and would do it for a living if I could just up and walk away from my responsibilities now:)

I sort of did the challenge this week - I tried to do Yoga Meltdown. Three times. I have not yet gotten through it. It takes serious strength lol.

I make it a little further each time I try so um... I will get all the way through it by 2012.

Even though I have been exercising/eating well this week, I know I am not going to make the weigh-in. I've lost, but not enough

That's okay though - maybe there will be a challenge that will hit the right notes for me and jumpstart something.

I tried a couple new exercise routines this week--a Butt Bible workout, a resistance band workout and a 20 day shred workout...

What did you think of the butt bible workout? That is on my on-demand and I was thinking of trying it.

Today's weight: 168.8 lbs, which is -2.4 from last Saturday.

Whew!! Wasn't sure things would be good this morning

212.8 for me this week!! So happy! GL to everyone!!!

Angel

Down 1.8!! 256.0 this am! Yeah!! Don't know if we're supposed to update but I also added the two hours extra into my week.

I had scale fiasco these past two weeks so everything needs to be adjusted I think. The scale I originally weighed myself on, I won't be able to weigh again until this coming Tuesday. The two scales I show at home show 203 and the other one shows 196...i don't know which one to believe. I am going to go with the high one, just because perhaps on Tuesday, I will be pleasantly surprised:)

Anyhow, i did the challenges last week since I posted late...could you change the weight on week 1 to 205, and the weight for this week is officially 203. (although, I hope when i weight myself tuesday morning, it is a lot less than that!)

Not sure if I made it or not but my weight this week is 210lbs. That's 1.6lbs down from last week. If I didn't