can you believe the transformations!?
TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND SEE YOUR OWN AMAZING RESULTS! This is the answer! Visit my site and buy your 24 day challenge pack! https://www.advocare.com/130327183/Store/ItemDetail.aspx?itemCode=99050&id=A&flavor=b
A little precious, a lot pretty, and seasoned with a dash of sugar & spice...A blog full of beautiful little things
Friday, March 15, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
What I ate Wednesday
It's time for what I ate Wednesday! As I explained a couple posts back,
I've lost quite a bit of weight since have my second son and I've just
decided to document and talk about it. So the last time I made an entry
was before christmas and before my family went on a vacation, a
cruise, and a weekend trip to miami. Let me tell you something about key west....key west cupcakes and mattheessens are the devil....so delicious but so bad for you lol...anyways I gave in big time to those two treats and went out and drank with friends that had a mini vacation there with us...alcohol is terrible for ya but sometimes it's a hard thing to stay away from lol. Let me also tell you something about cruises....there is food available 24/7 and 85% of it is too amazing to stay away from! I did use the beautiful gym on board 3 out of the 7 days we were on the ship and I ran 3.1 miles everyone of those days I went in addition I also swam and did loads of activities everyday. Even still, I managed to gain 6 pounds! My husband ate more than I did and never exercised and lost a pound! Miami was full of good food too! UGH! So now it is Jan 23....3 weeks later and I am back to 141 lbs...womp womp...I believe I was at 137 the last time I wrote, but anyways not too too bad. I have been exercising a bit and I have been trying to stay under my calorie intake for the day. Last week was bad...I exercised everyday but also went over my calories everyday and this week I have stayed under but havent exercised much...at least not enough to even bother entering it into myfitnesspal (my username is meighantosten btw!) My husband is on night duty this week and it has thrown my schedule out of wack...Im also insanely busy with miscellaneous errands and appointments all week so it's been a bad workout week for me. Anyways...here's what I ate today!
Breakfast:
Breakfast:
Diet Mountain Dew (I have been on an odd diet soda kick lately...and I know it's terrible!)
0 calories
Snack:
water
0 calories
hershey cookies and cream (1/4 of a king size bar)
93 calories
Lunch:
(quesadilla)
1 flour tortilla
210 calories
chicken breast (1oz.)
30 calories
shredded sharp cheddar (1/8 cup)
55 calories
Salsa (2TBSP)
10 calories
Applewood Bacon (1/2 slice)
23 calories
green onion (.1 cup)
5 calories
Snack:
Extra noodle condensed chicken soup (1/2 cup)
90 calories
Dinner:
(Homemade spaghetti and my famous meatballs)
Pasta sauce (1/2 cup)
80 calories
Ground beef (3oz)
230 calories
White bread (1/2 slice)
30 calories
Shredded Mozzarella (1/8 cup)
40 calories
Spaghetti noodles (1.2 cups)
250 calories
Snack:
Hershey kiss
22 calories
Diet Coke
0 Calories
NET calorie intake 1168 calories
weight today 141
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Okay ya'll, I know it has been way too long! I am sorry for the hiatus! As some of you know that subscribe to my youtube channel (youtube.com/meighantosten) or follow my twitter (@meighantosten), my husband came home from a 6 month deployment in december! 2 weeks after he came home we headed down to key west and had some fun with friends and family. After Key West we went on a 7 day cruise that was amazing!! Much needed vacation with all of my close immediate family. =] We spent new years in Miami, and are just now slowing down. So as you can see, The Tosten Family was busy!
We are now adjusting to life with my husband home and trying to get back on a normal schedule all while attempting to stick to our resolutions! Which, by the way, involve saving money. I never realized how hard it would be to save money when you love having friends around and staying busy! We are surrounded by bad influences and we absolutely love to have people over, and we spend a lot of money doing those things. We have decided that we'd like to go on another cruise, make a trip to Pennsylvania, go to disney again this year, and stay at the wilderness lodge for a few days before my husband deploys again. All of those things are quite pricey so the savings begins now if we are going to get to do any of those things!
What were some of your resolutions? Have you stuck to them? What are some things that make sticking to them challenging?
Over the next month I am going to put the time and effort into my youtube and blog. I will be doing a video on my eating habits and workout habits, a monthly favorites video at the end of this month, and my husband and I will be getting back into our fam vlogs and cooking vids!
Thanks for sticking around while I was MIA! See you/talk to you soon!
Meighan ^_^
We are now adjusting to life with my husband home and trying to get back on a normal schedule all while attempting to stick to our resolutions! Which, by the way, involve saving money. I never realized how hard it would be to save money when you love having friends around and staying busy! We are surrounded by bad influences and we absolutely love to have people over, and we spend a lot of money doing those things. We have decided that we'd like to go on another cruise, make a trip to Pennsylvania, go to disney again this year, and stay at the wilderness lodge for a few days before my husband deploys again. All of those things are quite pricey so the savings begins now if we are going to get to do any of those things!
What were some of your resolutions? Have you stuck to them? What are some things that make sticking to them challenging?
Over the next month I am going to put the time and effort into my youtube and blog. I will be doing a video on my eating habits and workout habits, a monthly favorites video at the end of this month, and my husband and I will be getting back into our fam vlogs and cooking vids!
Thanks for sticking around while I was MIA! See you/talk to you soon!
Meighan ^_^
Friday, January 18, 2013
I APOLOGIZE!
UH I know it has been waaaaaaay too long!!! I promise I will get back on track this week!!!!! So sorry!! I will take the time to explain the hiatus in my next post =]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
What I ate Wednesday
So most of you that follow me on instagram (meighantosten) or facebook (meighan tosten) know that I have lost 30 pounds since may. I am 5 feet 3 inches tall. I have gone from 165 to now 135 and my ultimate goal is 125. I have managed to do this through doing 6 days a week of workouts and sticking to a 1200 NET calorie diet. NET, meaning that if I burned 400 calories in my workout I allow myself to consume my normal 1200 plus the 400 I burned off working out. I eat whatever I want within that calorie limit and give myself the weekend to be a little bit more relaxed about going over...Sunday is my CHEAT day I allow myself what I want and I skip cardio usually on sundays as well. In addition, I also figured out my BMR which is the amount of calories that your body burns in a day just being. So I know if I do NO working out and just want to maintain and not cause myself to gain I know I can eat that amount of calories and not suffer sonsequences. Here is a link to where you can figure yours out...BE TRUTHFUL and as ACCURATE as possible with figuring out your BMR so you know it: http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced
Right before my husband deployed in May we went on some type of trip or vacation every month from Sept.2011 right after I had my second son until May of 2012, and all of the traveling and my bad eating habits from when I was pregnant really didn't help me keep my weight down. I did a number of diets and periods of days where I would really work out hard after I had my second son (Ig gained 40 pounds with him and 70-80 pounds with my first son in 2008 YIKES) and I would drop a ton of weight fast and then put it right back on...DIETS DON'T WORK.
Now I use the myfitnesspal app that is available in the app store and also in the android market. I have decided to sort of follow in the footsteps of the stylediets youtube idea of what I ate wenesdays and share with you all what I ate and what I did to work out. Next week I will include pics. Also if you use myfitnesspal, feel free to friend request me My name on there is meighantosten.
Breakfast:
2 slices of whole wheat toast
1 TBSP of natural peanut butter
1 TBSP of sugar free strawberry preserves
Water (usually by the end of breakfast I have had a tumbler and a half full of water...maybe 20-24oz)
Snack:
3 pepperoni and cheese bagel bites
Lunch:
2 slices whole wheat bread
2 TBSP Hellman's May
3 slices of applewood smoked bacon
Water (about 20 oz)
Dinner:
1-1/2 cups of my homemade Chili
1 cup of calrose brand white rice
Snack:
Market Pantry brand mini cheese sandwich crackers
Homemade mocha frap (recipe from pinterest including sugar free international foods swisse mocha powder)
Homemade whipped cream (heavy cream, vanilla, splenda)
total calorie consumption: 1833
EXERCISE:
55 minutes on a treadmill going between 4.5 and 6 mph
40 jumping jacks
530 crunches
20 squats
10 push ups
total calorie burn: 793
NET FOOD CONSUMPTION:
1040 calories
BEFORE: me at anywhere between 155 and 165
RECENT: Me anywhere between 135 and 137 (as of today October 18. 2012 I weigh 135 lbs)
Right before my husband deployed in May we went on some type of trip or vacation every month from Sept.2011 right after I had my second son until May of 2012, and all of the traveling and my bad eating habits from when I was pregnant really didn't help me keep my weight down. I did a number of diets and periods of days where I would really work out hard after I had my second son (Ig gained 40 pounds with him and 70-80 pounds with my first son in 2008 YIKES) and I would drop a ton of weight fast and then put it right back on...DIETS DON'T WORK.
Now I use the myfitnesspal app that is available in the app store and also in the android market. I have decided to sort of follow in the footsteps of the stylediets youtube idea of what I ate wenesdays and share with you all what I ate and what I did to work out. Next week I will include pics. Also if you use myfitnesspal, feel free to friend request me My name on there is meighantosten.
Breakfast:
2 slices of whole wheat toast
1 TBSP of natural peanut butter
1 TBSP of sugar free strawberry preserves
Water (usually by the end of breakfast I have had a tumbler and a half full of water...maybe 20-24oz)
Snack:
3 pepperoni and cheese bagel bites
Lunch:
2 slices whole wheat bread
2 TBSP Hellman's May
3 slices of applewood smoked bacon
Water (about 20 oz)
Dinner:
1-1/2 cups of my homemade Chili
1 cup of calrose brand white rice
Snack:
Market Pantry brand mini cheese sandwich crackers
Homemade mocha frap (recipe from pinterest including sugar free international foods swisse mocha powder)
Homemade whipped cream (heavy cream, vanilla, splenda)
total calorie consumption: 1833
EXERCISE:
55 minutes on a treadmill going between 4.5 and 6 mph
40 jumping jacks
530 crunches
20 squats
10 push ups
total calorie burn: 793
NET FOOD CONSUMPTION:
1040 calories
BEFORE: me at anywhere between 155 and 165
RECENT: Me anywhere between 135 and 137 (as of today October 18. 2012 I weigh 135 lbs)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Chocolate Malt Cupcakes
Malted Milk Ball Cupcakes
For cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup whole milk
2/3 cup malted milk powder (recommended: Carnation brand)
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
2/3 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
2/3 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips
In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, malted milk powder, and espresso powder. Add the canola oil and eggs; whisk to blend. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat until well combined. Stir in the miniature chocolate chips.
Divide the batter among the prepared cupcake tins, filling only halfway full. Bake the cupcakes for 15 to 17 minutes, until they spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean.
Malted Milk Buttercream:
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
3-1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
5 tablespoons malted milk powder (the author of Sweetnicks used chocolate syrup instead)
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until fluffy, 30 seconds. Stop the machine and add the confectioner’s sugar, malted milk powder, milk and vanilla. Blend with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is incorporated, 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 1 minute more.
For cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup whole milk
2/3 cup malted milk powder (recommended: Carnation brand)
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
2/3 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
2/3 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 regular 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until well blended.In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, malted milk powder, and espresso powder. Add the canola oil and eggs; whisk to blend. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Add the sour cream and vanilla and beat until well combined. Stir in the miniature chocolate chips.
Divide the batter among the prepared cupcake tins, filling only halfway full. Bake the cupcakes for 15 to 17 minutes, until they spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean.
Malted Milk Buttercream:
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
3-1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
5 tablespoons malted milk powder (the author of Sweetnicks used chocolate syrup instead)
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until fluffy, 30 seconds. Stop the machine and add the confectioner’s sugar, malted milk powder, milk and vanilla. Blend with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is incorporated, 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 1 minute more.
I added a big malt ball to the tops after seeing cupcakes in the target bakery decorated with the malt balls on top. I used the wilton 1M icing tip to create the classic cupcake icing swirl!
The recipe for the cupcakes was my own spin on a recipe a friend of mine gave to me (I have no idea where she got it from), the recipe for the buttercream came from the cookbook, Cupcakes!, which is available on amazon.com.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)