Week 9 Report

Week 9 Weight Loss: -2.5
Total Weight Loss: -32.5

I am getting to be such a blog slacker! I'm still on the diet though, in case you're wondering. Though I must admit I've been struggling a little lately. The weight loss is going fine, but no one has noticed yet and it turns out that I do care.

I've got pants that literally fall off me so much I can no longer wear them, but not a single person has noticed any change (apart from the ones I've told I'm dieting). It's possible maybe they are just trying to be polite, but I just think that I still don't look different enough to really call any attention. And that's the sad part, that despite my 32.5 lbs I'm still in the same category to other people.

To make it worse, on Saturday I was at the store with my daughter and there was a very large, tall woman near us, NOT attractive and in a very unflattering outfit and my daughter said, Hey Mom, that looks like you!

UGH!

Last night I told my husband maybe 32 lbs is enough for now and I was thinking about taking a break. He said that he was proud of what I'd done, so that was nice. This from the man that has been sabotaging me the whole time. I finally caved on Sunday when he brought home a bag of Cheetos.

My work status is also changing now. I will be home with the kids weekends and also 3 additional weekdays each week. That'll be an interesting challenge, as time at home has so far proven the most difficult for me, temptation-wise.

Despite my thinking about throwing in that towel, I'm definitely not at that point yet. I know that September would roll around and I'd think Wow, I could have been more than half-way to goal by now. And Christmas would come and I'd feel regret I was still at 30 and not at 100, or at least 70! :)

So yes, I'm sticking with it because I know it works and I might as well get it over with now and out of the way. Bah, dieting!!

Week 8 Report

Week 8 Weight Loss: -3
Total Weight Loss: -30

I have to admit that on Monday I think my scale gave me a bad reading, because it was way off. But Sunday and Tuesday I weighed the same each day, so I'm using that weight instead for my official weigh-in.

It's really late so I'm not going to write much tonight, but if I think of any nuggets of wisdom I've come across this week, or any interesting stories I'll come back and add them.

Medifast Peanut Butter Brownies

These brownies are my favorite treat right now. I will tell you up front that they have peanut butter in them. From what I can gather, 1 T. of peanut butter used to be permitted on the Medifast plan as a snack but they took it off the list because it is a trigger food for a lot of people.

So if peanut butter is a trigger food for you I recommend you don't make these brownies. But if you can manage to get 2 T of peanut butter out of the jar and into the mixing bowl without eating the whole jar, you are in for a real treat.

Medifast Peanut Butter Brownies

1 packet MF chocolate pudding
1 packet hot cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 T peanut butter
1/4 - 1/2 C water
optional: 2 T sugar-free chocolate syrup
Mix the dry ingredients together. Add 2 T of peanut butter.

Cut in with a fork until the mixture is combined and looks like a crumb topping.

If you are going to use the chocolate syrup add it now and mix it in with the fork until it's evenly combined. At this point the mixture looks like brown sugar to me.

If you used chocolate syrup add about 1/4 C of water and mix. If you didn't, use closer to 1/2 C. Mix thoroughly, but expect the dough to still be lumpy. It should be really thick, sort of like play-dough.

I like to cook the brownies in a greased mini-bread loaf pan, but they would work as muffins too I'm sure. I smooth the top with a spatula to flatten it. Then cook in the mini-loaf pan at 350 for 25 minutes. It will smell SO GOOD and chocolatey!

The brownies end up being the thick, gooey type, not the lightish cake type brownies. They are so yummy just out of the oven, especially the warm middle.

This recipe makes two Medifast meals and should technically be eaten on separate days, because there's enough peanut butter in them for 2 snacks.

This recipe can also be used to make a birthday cake for a special person. Happy Birthday, Mom! Wish you were here so I could make this treat for you. I'd give you some of the one I made tonight but it's long gone. :)