Happy Friday!
We wanted to announce that next week here on the BRS Blog (March 9-13) will be Food Week! What does this mean, exactly? Well, a few things…
First, we have had several people curious, inquiring, and wanting to know what we are eating. So, I thought I would invite you into our kitchen for a week. Yes, you will be having breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner and… (gasp!) dessert with us! It should be pretty fun, as I will be sharing some of our favorite healthy recipes with you (complete with nutritional information), as well as our tips and tricks for eating healthily, inexpensively, and WELL!
Second, we are starting our first mini-challenge. It will be a challenge within the challenge, so to speak, and you don’t have to be a part of the main challenge to join this one. Between today (March 6th), and next Friday (March 13th) send in your favorite healthy recipe for us to try! It can be anything, from a main dish to a side dish to a snack… whatever. We will make each recipe and announce a winner as soon as we’re able to make them all (we’re thinking the winner will be announced on Monday, March 16th). The main things we’re looking for are how yummy it is and the calorie content (but of course, we will be taking a glance at other nutritional information as well). If you don’t have the calorie count of the recipe, no worries, Nick and I will figure all of that out.
And the prize? Well, you guys are in for a real treat! The winner of this mini-challenge will receive a copy of my FAVORITE cookbook right now… “The Food You Crave” by Ellie Krieger.
Next week on the blog, you will probably be seeing a recipe or two from this cookbook, as I am in l-u-v with this cookbook and make things from it often. I got it for Christmas (thanks, Tam!), and we’ve been consistently trying recipes from it. The thing I love about this cookbook is that it has amazing, tasteful recipes, simple, not a lot of ingredients, and it has all of the nutritional information for each recipe. You make these recipes and say, “Mmmm,” and not, “Wow, this must be healthy…” These are all things I look for in a cookbook, and to find all of them together in one book is amazingly hard!
So in summary, be looking forward to Food Week, and join our mini-challenge by sending in your favorite healthy recipe!
Numbers
Now for the moment we all wait for each week. Yes, today is that wonderful day where you all get a peek at our bathroom scale. Oh the things we do for our readers… 
Nick’s Numbers
Weight starting challenge: 220.0
Weight last week (2/27): 217.4
Weight today (3/6): 215.0
Weight lost during the challenge: 5.0
Weight lost this week: 2.4
Food Journal: Kept every day
Exercise:
- Monday: Elliptical Trainer 1 hour
- Tuesday: Ran 3.57 miles; Weights/strength training 50 minutes
- Wednesday: Elliptical 1 hour
- Thursday: Rest day
- Friday: Running at lunch ~3.5 miles
Overall, this week I start very strong, but was worn out on Thursday so I moved my rest day (usually Friday).
Rebecca’s Numbers
Weight starting challenge: 193.8
Weight last week (2/27): 192.0
Weight today (3/6): 189.0
Weight lost during challenge: 4.8
Weight lost this week: 3.0
Food Journal: Kept every day
Exercise: Went ok this week. I kept up the elliptical routine that I established last week and added in running, but have not added weights yet. My main goal was to make sure to do some exercise each day and to increase the intensity a little bit to increase the number of calories I was burning. I succeeded at that for the most part this week.
Happy weekend, everyone!
March 6, 2009 at 10:38 pm
oooh. I want that cookbook! LOL
Congrats to you both on your losses this week, successful food journaling and sticking with your goal of exercising daily!
Unfortunately I didn’t do well with journaling this past week and consequently went bezerk with unhealthy foods. I also didn’t exercise. Still, I lost .4 lbs! I recognize it’s small, but anything is better than a gain. I see where I went wrong this past week and am moving on.
PLEASE do the recipe for the Apple/Cottage Cheese waffles or pancakes? You mentioned this recipe a long time ago and I keep meaning to ask you about it and don’t.
Love ya’ll!
March 7, 2009 at 12:29 am
What a fun project. I love Ellie Kruger, so I may have to pick up that cookbook. Good luck!
March 8, 2009 at 12:15 am
Amy,
You want the cookbook, huh? Well send me a yummy recipe, and we’ll see what happens!
And, girl, a loss is a loss, so congrats to you, too! Those crappy weeks happen, and we just have to keep moving.
Oh, and thanks for reminding me about the Apple Cottage Cheese pancakes! I have included them in my menu for the week, and you will finally have that recipe!
Thanks for being patient.
Love you too, Amy!
Have a great week!
x-country2,
Thanks for checking out our blog. Yes, I agree, she is awesome and I can’t recommend this cookbook highly enough.
March 9, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I wonder what new food I can create with my new love: cashew butter.
March 11, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Lol, sounds very yummy, can’t wait to find out!
March 14, 2009 at 7:13 am
Your success is great and continues to motivate the rest of us. Thanks for all the recipes. I will get one sent in as soon as I figure out which one I want to send.