300 calorie meal -- yum yumm

This is 1 Johnsonville pork n chicken kielbasa with Green Giant red potatoes and green beans with cream sauce. Now we didn't defrost the kielbasa before putting it on our George Foreman (our mistake) so it did burn a bit, but still tasted fantastic. This whole meal was only 300 calories. Can you believe it? It was so filling. There are 5 kielbasas in a package so this will make 2 meals for each of us plus a meal for me while Mr. L. is working. I will definitely be adding this to our meal plan for the future. 
The plates we eat off of are the smaller Corelle dinner plates. NOT the big dinner plates. By doing this you see that the plate is full so your brain thinks you are eating a lot of food.  Also we eat slow and try to chew each bite. It is a known fact that it takes longer for your brain to register that you have eaten so taking longer to eat will give it that time to register. 
Along with these healthier meals we have added fruit to our daily intake. The one we really enjoy now is Clementines or Cuties  (oranges). Not only are they small but easy to peel and sweet tasting. Whenever I get the urge for a snack I just go for an orange. Strawberries have been on sale lately so we have been having lots of them. They can be sliced and frozen for later also. 
Bananas have found their way back to our house. We use to eat them all the time but we got away from them until I found the mini ones. I blogged about them a bit ago. Them and strawberries are great in a smoothie.
We do still set in front of the tv to eat but have gotten the results we want by eating right and adding exercise into our daily routine. 
Ps... We only do 10 minutes of exercise daily, with Sunday being our rest day, but it has had a great benefit. We do our exercises from youtube from Hasfit. Coach Josh Kozak has many to choose from. He is great and works right along with you. He doesn't yell and scream like other trainers do, he encourages you and it makes you want to succeed. All his exercises are FREE and he asks that you pass them on to your friends so they can enjoy them too. He has his own gym and he knows what he's doing. 
Google his name and check out just who he is--
                        ** Josh Kozak **

Billy Blanks Exercises

South African Cardio Workout Video - Bokwa Fitness

It's been a bit since I've posted any exercises

I don't know about you, but I could use a little help in this area. Especially with the summer months going to be coming to an end soon. I will be stuck inside. I hate the snow and I hate going out in it. So I try to find exercises I can do in the house. I have added Iodine to my meds. and will be going to my Dr. next week so she can do blood work to see if we can adjust my thyroid meds. I have just been putting weight on and can't seen to take it off, no matter what I do.  More water, less coffee, no salt, no starches, count calories, I've been doing it all. Even trying the eating 6 small meals a day. I won't give up but boy am I tired. I just think my thyroid has something to do with it and my Dr. won't listen to me about it. She has had me on the same dose for 20yrs. She keeps saying my blood works comes back fine and no need to change anything. Sure you get the kick back from the drug companies, so why not give me more drugs to take....

Want to lose your spare tire with just 2 exercises?

These 2 exercises will have you well winded at the end of doing these. But they will also help to rev up your metabolism. You can't beat that. 

They go like this--

You do 15 reps. of the kettle bell swing then go right into 15 reps. of squat thrusts. Then go back to 14 reps. of the kettle bell swing and onto 14 reps. of the squat thrusts and on down until you get to 1 of each. You will be working backward in reps. for each. That will give you a total reps. of 120 each or 240 for both. 

You will do them at a good pace and should be done in around 15 minutes. 

You might find that you can't finish and that's okay. Just start at a lower number and work up until you can finish. 

                            As in all exercises-- Don't over work yourself.

For the kettle bell swing--

http://bcove.me/apyhhsnj

For the squat thrust--

http://bcove.me/hnxv7ehf