Grocery Shopping for Healthy Menus

Do you go into the grocery store and get exactly what's on your list?  Do you take a list or do you wander aimlessly up and down the aisles adding this and that to your cart? If you're like me you make out a list and then leave it on the kitchen counter and play the game "try to remember what was on the list."  I used to go row by row and always ended up with a cart full of cheap, processed food.  Quick, frozen heat and eats, ice cream and chips were a staple in our house.   I searched for the quick, throw it in a skillet box meal that would taste halfway decent and the kids would eat.  What I didn't realize was I was poisoning my family.  Processed foods aren't real food, they are chemicals, artificial colors and artificial flavors.

We have become so dependent on fast foods and processed food because we are all so busy.  Americans are dying from obesity and no one seems to care.  We need to get back to eating real food.

Now, on my weekly trips to the grocery store, I have a routine (even if I do forget my list).  I don't go up and down the aisle anymore.  I stick to the outer sections of the store.  Fresh fruit and produce, meats, chicken, fish, and dairy.  This is where the majority of our food comes from.  Occasionally, I'll go down some of the aisles for things like olive and coconut oil, spices, and other baking items.  I've quit buying bread because we've cut down on eating a lot of processed carbs and I end up throwing out 3/4 of a loaf for the birds.

I'm going to challenge you to try shopping this way for 1 week.  Look up some real food recipes, make your list and try not to leave it on the kitchen counter and shop the outer areas of your grocery store.  Try to stay out of the aisles.  Let me know how you feel after eating real food, fresh food for one week.  I dare you!

11 Months and Going Strong

I was going to wait until next month to take my 1 year picture, but I've been feeling so good about myself I went ahead and had my daughter take my picture today. 

So here we are, the first pic was taken 8/26/13, after pic was taken today 7/31/14.

When I found Skinny Fiber, I weighed 207 lbs at 5 foot tall that's just way to much weight to be carrying. I was miserable. I couldn't breath good, I was waking myself up in the middle of the night gasping for a breath. I had acid reflux so bad that I was taking prescription meds twice a day and still chewing tums and rolaids all day long. I had esophagitus and was worried that I was going to have to have surgery to dilate my esophagus. I had IBS and diverticulitis attacks all the time. I had high blood pressure, my hips, knees and ankles hurt all the time. I was exhausted when I woke up in the morning and falling asleep in my chair after dinner.

I started seeing the Skinny Fiber ads here on Facebook in May of 2013 and read about it, saw the before and after testimonials and really didn't believe it. I figured it was a scam, just like all the other products I'd tried over the years. Yes, I tried them all. Weight Watchers, Nutrisystems, Diet Center, HCG, Phen-Phen, Plexus, Ace, even shots. Nothing worked for me. I joined a weight loss group and continued to watch and read about Skinny Fiber. On August 19, I placed my order. I figured if it didn't work, I could at least send it back within 30 days and get my money back.

My SF arrived and by day 3 I realized I hadn't refilled my prescription for my acid reflux meds. By the 2nd week I was sleeping all night, no more tossing and turning and waking myself up gasping for air. It's now been 11 months. I've lost 41 lbs and 80" overall. I've gone from a 2XL top to a large and a super tight (can't button the button) size 18 jeans to a size 10.

I didn't change my diet and I didn't exercise for the first 10 months. All I did was take 2 Skinny Fiber capsules 2 times a day before lunch and dinner and I stopped drinking diet pop. I only drink water, approx 80-100 oz per day. Now, I'm feeling good about myself and I want to make healthier choices. I'm eating better and I've started jogging. I'll be 51 years old in 2 weeks and I'm jogging 1.5 miles at least 4 times a week. 

My niece is getting married in October and I would love to be down another 15 lbs by the wedding.

Don't wait and procrastinate like I did.  It's funny how we will research a diet supplement for months and months, but we think nothing about eating a bag of processed chips, drinking alcohol, eating fast food several times a week, but an all natural 100% stimulant free product, we don't trust.  It is so safe, that some of our customers have had their doctors okay the use of Skinny Fiber while pregnant and nursing.

If you are interested in getting your life back, feeling better and losing some weight, check out my website at www.teresaharmon.sbc90daychallenge.com

Take the 90 day challenge, if you order the buy 2 get 1 free or buy 3 get 3 free you will have a 90 money back empty bottle guarantee.

It's a LIAR!

Wow, it's almost been a month since my last post.  I've sat here many times over the last few weeks trying to come up with something interested to write about.  I'd start and then decide it was stupid or not interesting and delete it.

My cousin sent me a text last night and asked how I was doing because I hadn't been posting anything.  So I decided to just tell you how I'm doing.

As you know I've been doing a 5k training.  I don't have a specific 5k run in mind that I'm training for, I've just always wanted to know that I could run a 5k.  I was using the Zombie 5k training app on my phone, but it just kept having glitches.  Like miscalculating the distance and time, not showing completed workout, etc.  I deleted the app and re-installed it, but it must just be buggy.  So I loaded my playlist with lots of my favorite songs and just decided to do my own thing.

The Zombie app, always started with a 5 or 10 minute walk, then walk run drills and then a free form run. (run or walk as you wish).  With my routine, I'm walking 5 minutes to warm up.  Then I jog for 1 mile, then walk/jog back home.  I'm increasing my jogging time by a tenth of a mile each week.  So right now I'm jogging 1.3 miles per day.  I like going out first thing in the morning around 6am.  It's daylight, but the sun hasn't really started putting out heat, it's still a little foggy/misty from the dew and it's a great way to get the day going.  In fact I think it's my favorite time of the day.

Something else I want to tell you... I'm 5 days away from being on Skinny Fiber for 11 months.  7 weeks ago when I started working out, I had lost 40 lbs and 70".  Last week at the 6 week mark, I decided to measure and weigh myself.  (I hadn't weighed since I started jogging)  I have to tell you I was very disappointed in the scale.  I had only lost 1 lb in 6 weeks.  I wanted to stomp the glass out of the scale.  It had to be wrong, I've been working so hard and making better choices and doing everything right.  It was like a slap in the face.  I didn't even want to check my measurements, because I didn't want to get slapped again. But, I got out the tape measure and I was surprised when I realized I'd lost 9.5 more inches overall.  That was when I decided the scale is a liar.  The scale weighs your entire body, bones, fat, muscle, water, everything.  It doesn't tell you how much fat you've lost.  It doesn't tell you that your clothes are fitting better.  It doesn't tell you that your organs and brain are getting healthier.  It just weighs your body.  I made a decision,  I'm going to let my health and my clothing tell me how I'm doing.  I've still got a long road to travel before I'm where I want to be and when I get there, I'll step back on the scale and see what it says.  Even if the number isn't what I think it should be, I'll know it's the number that I am.

Look for the non-scale victories in your life.  Did that pair of jeans slip up just a little bit easier than the last time you wore them?  Did you choose the fruit plate for dessert instead of the cheesecake?  Did you jog that mile a little faster than the last time?  These are all victories and we should be elated over every single one of them.  The old Teresa would have thrown in the towel with a 1 lb weight loss after 6 weeks of hard work.  She would have given up 10 1/2 months and 41 lbs and gone right back to the old sedentary lifestyle, eating a bag of chips late at night watching a scary movie.  She would have gained that 41 lbs back in the blink of an eye.  The new Teresa, isn't giving up.  I've learned so much in the past 10 1/2 months.  1 lb doesn't sound like much but it's a freaking pound! 4 sticks of butter, a roll of hamburger, hold those up to your stomach and see how much space they take up.  Nope, I'm not defeated!  I'm just getting started!