Stuffed Turkey Burgers

Okay, so last night  we made burgers from my best bud, Robin\’s, blog.  I got ground sirloin for the family and 97% fat free ground turkey for me.  We followed Robin’s recipe except we used Swiss cheese.  Wow, they were awesome!  The only mistake I made was I tasted the sirloin burger after I had started eating my turkey burger.  Hmmm, must be totally honest, the sirloin was Much juicier and just all around wonderful.  My burger was great and 140 calories less so I was still happy with my choice.  I also used the Arnold 100 calorie,  100% whole wheat buns which I love.  They also make great breakfast sandwiches!

97% fat free ground turkey

 Kayla doesn’t touch raw meat, but she cooked the mushrooms and onions nicely.

onion, mushrooms, garlic filling

 

Sirloin burgers and my turkey burger

Yes, we ate on paper plates 😦

 

yum!

 

I just could not resist one of Lucy Lou!

 

Have a great day and try a stuffed burger!

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Price of success

I lost seventy pounds in nine months six years ago.  People would come in my office at work, close the door, and say, “Okay, exactly what are you doing to lose your weight?”  I would tell them, they would say okay and leave.  My commitment to lose weight at that time was extreme, OCD.  My husband and I had talked and we determine that I would take the next year and dedicate it to me losing the weight.  My life had been about everyone else and it was time for me to concentrate on me.  So in a nutshell here is what I did.

Nutrition

Measured everything I put in my mouth.

Wrote everything that went into my mouth on fitday.com (free site)

             (if I could not tell the calorie content, I did not eat it)

I looked at every label to check the calories, fat, carbs and protein

When I ate out I looked up the nutritional information before I went and decided what I would eat.  If they did not

             have it, I called ahead or asked for the information when I got there.

I did not eat sugar for 9 months.

I ate 30% fat, 30% protein, 40% carbohydrates. 

I ate every three hours from when I got up until I went to bed.

I ate fat, protein and carbs at every meal.

My trainer looked at my fitday daily reports each week.

EXERCISE

45 minutes of cardio five days a week.

Weight training with my trainer three times a week for one hour each time.

Heavy weights.

My trainer weighed and measured me every two months.

MIND

I journaled almost every day.

No more self defeating statements

Positive affirmation and visualization

Went to counseling to help with body image

I told my trainer my fears and we conquered them one by one.

What did I lose in those nine months:

70 pounds

some friends

years of fears

time at home with my family

years  of failures

lots of sleep (I had insomnia)

my mind at times  (I was obsessive-compulsive about it)

shame

humiliation

What did I gain:

time with my family  ( I will live longer now)

I can love my husband and  kids better

new friends who want to be healthy also

muscles

belief I could conquer my fears

belief I was worthy of taking care of myself

belief that I mattered

love for myself

education on what to eat

education on how to exercise

education on how to treat myself and others

education on how to think

a new career

a scarred but new body

a love for sweating

better sex 🙂

confidence

a healthy respect for myself and others

peace (now I sleep great)

my mind–I don’t let negative thoughts control my life

I could go on and on about what I gained.  You ask, Was it worth it?  ABSOLUTELY!!!  Would I do it again!! Yes.  Do I think there is a better way?   I think there is a less compulsive way, but it was part of my journey.   I am trying to live out  a more balanced approach and encourage my clients to go that route. 

I found that you cannot mantain extreme results without extreme behaviors and that is not how I want to live. I WANT BALANCE!

My approach now to maintain and better myself:

eat moderately

eat nutritiously

exercise five days a week

     4-5 days of cardio, 30 minutes to an hour

    4-5 days of weight lifting

keep working on the transforming of my mind and spirit. 

Losing weight was a short term goal, maintaining it and learning to live a BALANCED, healthy life is a life time journey that I love!!!

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