Megan Sadler

It’s on my list of things to try. But for now I have a bread maker and it’s easy to just throw the ingredients for the dough in and then it to the correct setting. Then I pull it out, split it into 2 dough balls and let them rise for another hour or so, next time I’ll double that. And then because my career is in the pizza industry I happen to be fantastic at tossing pizza up in the air and spinning it—so I impress the kids before I make a decent looking pizza. I’m still trying to get the perfect dough recipe though lol. I might just buy a cauliflower crust from Trader Joe’s next time lol. :)

I made pizza for dinner. 2 slices according to my fitness pal only have 300 calories, and 18 grams of protien. It’s got 40 grams of carbs but the whole thing was made from scratch (dough, sauce and all) I ate 1 slice. Tomorrow is payday so I get to go stock up on things that are better for me again since I’m out. I didn’t love my pizza... it was just bleh... some of the foods I used to love are bleh now.

I learned that I can handle 1 of the little Andy’s candies at a time. I slipped up and ate one. It’s a sweet treat. I have some in my freezer, but I limit myself I’m not eating a bunch each day. I’m only enjoying 1 on Friday while my kids enjoy their end of the week treat which is ice cream. I can also handle popcorn 🍿😍 but again I’m limiting myself. I want to be healthy I don’t want to be sad. I’ll probably have a small amount of popcorn with my movie tonight with hubby. But my lunch and dinner and Breakfast will all be super nutritious. Instead of beating myself up I get to enjoy a little, while changing my life. Thing is I don’t want to miss out on food. I want to travel and Enjoy that aspect. In moderation, and less often then others but I don’t want to die knowing the thing I’m passionate about I never got to experience.

I actually just am about to run out of my multi so I ordered one a day woman’s petite on Amazon for like $6 (it’s 24 at target!!)

My husband accidentally dumped Water all over my planner after my surgery so I put it away and it dried up. I wrote what I want to weigh on the monthly anniversary’s of my surgery for month one I wanted to be down to 230. I’m at a stall but I’m at 222 so yay!!

Ellie how are you getting enough Protein, I know vegans are usually good about that but since we had wls I’m curious. How many carbs a day? How many calories? My nut wants me at 6-800 calories, 50 carbs, 64 protein, little to no sugar, low sodium and I’m feeling like it’s impossible... I’m not meeting those crazy goals. Either it’s too high in calories or too high in carbs or something. I have a vegan chili I love but it has 78 grams of carbs in 1 cup and 20 grams of protein. I’m supposed to eat 3x a day and oh yea she hasn’t gotten back to me in like 3 weeks....

Carbs are stressing me out. Why are vegetables so carb loaded!! Ugh!! I can’t afford having 44 carbs, when even with high Protein it’s only got 10 grams!! And I can’t eat that much... ugh.

Bright side—I was right, my stall broke. I’m finally down to 221.2 this morning. A full lb lower than when my stall started on the 12th... so it lasted almost 2 weeks.

I’ll check those out!! Oh I think my stall is ending... fingers crossed 🤞 and I only need to lose another 18 lbs to weigh less than my husband 😍 22 lbs till I break into the 100’s for the first time in 8 years!! And I got brave. I put on a shirt today that is super comfortable but honestly it’s been too small for ever. It fits perfectly. 👚 my pants are falling off. I’m going to have to wear a belt from now till I can afford clothes. I’m still afraid to go cloths shopping. Honestly I live in an area where the clothes are terrible at thrift shops. Honestly I don’t want to buy clothes from the 1820’s okay maybe they aren’t that old but most of the clothes at the thrift store are at least as old as I am if not older, and non in my size.

I’ll check those out!! Oh I think my stall is ending... fingers crossed 🤞 and I only need to lose another 18 lbs to weigh less than my husband 😍 22 lbs till I break into the 100’s for the first time in 8 years!! And I got brave. I put on a shirt today that is super comfortable but honestly it’s been too small for ever. It fits perfectly. 👚 my pants are falling off. I’m going to have to wear a belt from now till I can afford clothes. I’m still afraid to go cloths shopping. Honestly I live in an area where the clothes are terrible at thrift shops. Honestly I don’t want to buy clothes from the 1820’s okay maybe they aren’t that old but most of the clothes at the thrift store are at least as old as I am if not older, and non in my size.

My husband accidentally dumped Water all over my planner after my surgery so I put it away and it dried up. I wrote what I want to weigh on the monthly anniversary’s of my surgery for month one I wanted to be down to 230. I’m at a stall but I’m at 222 so yay!!

Had my 1 month appointment today and cleared to excercise. Going to start tomorrow with videos. Here’s my weight for strength training 😂

This is what I had for breakfast. Didn’t eat the whole thing since it’s too much but it tastes good and nutrition wise it’s pretty good

Sautéed onion mushroom and spinach with one scrambled egg and about a tablespoon of cheddar cheese (cheese is melted in the egg. All of it was sautéed in Kerry gold saltless butter. I added salt to the eggs and veggies and a little pepper to the veggies. :) tasted fantastic :)

My husband accidentally dumped Water all over my planner after my surgery so I put it away and it dried up. I wrote what I want to weigh on the monthly anniversary’s of my surgery for month one I wanted to be down to 230. I’m at a stall but I’m at 222 so yay!!

I’ll post this here too:

I’ll post this here too:

I get to start working out and I’m not sure what to do. I can’t afford to pay for a gym membership. I can barely afford to pay my bills and get food and gas let alone adding in the gym. So I’m focusing on food and probably just going to start with YouTube videos.

I haven’t got a clue what that one is but I have this one: it’s called my weight. It’s free.

So made lunch for my kids and husband— blt’s took mine and just wrapped my bacon and Tomato in the lettuce and added a little mayo to make it slightly moist for eating. Went down easy. Tasted great :) veggies and I’ll probably turn sandwiches into lettuce wraps in the future. :)

So because Olive Garden happens to be my favorite here’s some knock off low carb bread sticks along with my zuppa tuscada Soup

Ingredients
2 cups Almond Flour
2 1/2 tablespoons Coconut Flour
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon parsley
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
2 eggs
Topping
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons parmesan grated
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In large bowl, whisk together almond flour, seasoning, and olive oil.
In a separate bowl, whisk eggs together. Add egg mixture to almond flour while stirring to combine.
Add coconut flour to mixture, one tablespoon at a time, stirring to combine. After each tablespoon let the dough rest for 1-2 minutes as the mixture thickens. Repeat with remaining coconut flour called for in the recipe.
Scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball.
Roll out ball on nonstick surface to form rope like sticks at 1.5" wide.
Place onto baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
While baking, prepare topping mix. Mix parmesan, garlic and salt.
Remove baking sheet from oven and carefully brush the tops of them with olive oil and sprinkle with topping mix.
Bake for another 5 minutes or until reaching desired doneness.
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 serving (Total recipe makes 10 servings)
Protein 6.65g, Fat 15.15g, Cals 169, Carbs 6.14g, Fiber 3.03g -- NET CARBS: 3.11g
Wrap each one in a damp paper towel and freeze, reheat in microwave with damp paper towel as needed. Serve with zuppa soup.
Zuppa soup:

2 tbsp good olive oil
1 onion diced
2 garlic cloves minced
1 lb Italian sausage
5 oz kale roughly chopped
1 head cauliflower broken into bite size pieces (think broccoli size)
1.5 qt organic chicken bone stock
Salt
Pepper
Red pepper flakes
1 can coconut milk

In instant pot use the sauté function to sauté the onion and garlic, add the sausage till it starts to brown. Put the kale in and let it start wilting. Once it’s wilted down add the cauliflower and the stock. Add about 1 tbsp salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Turn to pressure cooker settings for 30 minutes on high. When it’s done add the coconut milk and stir. Add salt, pepper and red pepper flakes if needed.

Can be frozen in 8 oz take out containers (25 for 10 on amazon) and reheated in the microwave (2-4 minutes)

Yeah, I've only exercised a handful of times and then it was only 10-20 minutes because I was exhausted. Today I'm going to start up with some HIIT and see how that goes.

It's the dreaded 3 week stall. I had a stall at 10 days out that lasted for 2 1/2 weeks and I had another stall a few weeks after that. Since then some weeks I lose faster than others. It will come off, you just have to get adjusted. Stalls happen, it sucks, but they do. It seems like when the scale stalls for me, my clothes start getting looser and people start noticing my drop in weight. I dropped a pant size in my first stall, and have dropped two more since but both when the scale really had slowed down moving. Measure yourself and see your body changing in inches not just in the numbers on the scale.

Thank you all for boosting my confidence!!! I’m going to go for it!!

Try some soothing sounds or get a diffuser and some essential oils. Personally thunder storms knock me out so quickly.

It looks good on you. I say go for it.

I made a huge pot of gaz Oakley’s high protien chili today. Will be having it for lunch tomorrow. And more zuppa Soup for dinner. I bought the stuff to make egg cheese and sausage burritos for everyone, I’ll just have mine without the tortilla. I also was contacted by a random gym and will be going on Wednesday next week to start walking on the treadmill during their free week trial since my gym is down for a week under construction 🚧 🔨. I can’t wait to get back up and keep going. My app lies I have 102 lbs to go till my real goal weight. It thinks I should get down to 145.