One month at Curves

I've been working out at Curves for a little over a month, and had my monthly weigh and measure today.  It's my "time of the month" so I probably should have put it off until next (I usually gain a few pounds of water weight during my period), but I was already a week late getting it done, so I didn't want to put it off any longer.  Only one pound lost, but I took off 4 inches!

Here are my Curves start stats (not too far off from the ones I did myself when I started the blog!)

03/21/11
Weight- 240
Bust- 46.50
Waist- 40.75
Abdomen- 51.50
Hip- 49.50
Thigh- 25.75
Arm- 14.50
Body fat- 40.90 (GAH!!!)

And today 04/27/11
Weight- 239
Bust- 46.50
Waist 40.50
Abdomen-50.50
Hip- 49.25
Thigh- 25.50
Arm-13.50
Body Fat- 40.80


-1lb
-4inches
-.10% body fat

For dinner tonight we had pan seared salmon and asparagus with maple-mustard sauce.  The mustard sauce is so easy to make.  It's out of my Betty Crocker cook book, but TF friendly.

For 2lbs of asparagus (cooked however you like it- for 1lb, half the recipe, of course)

2 TBSP real maple syrup
2 TBSP dijon mustard
2 TBSP olive oil

 Whisk together in a small bowl and drizzle over the cooked asparagus.  Yummy!

Indonesian Coconut Steak w/broccoli and kimchi

Howdy!  Since I last posted I've joined Curves (again!)  I signed up 3 weeks ago and was weighed and measured.  I had gained back the weight I had lost when I was a good girl and spent 2 weeks following EFLF to the letter.  So far I've dropped 3 pounds and my motivation is returning!  Currently at Curves the owner is doing the Weight Management program, which is quite a bit different than the EFLF program.  I think I'm going to meld the two a bit, by eating real food (instead of the WM suggestions of things like egg replacer and soy sausage- GAG!!) but restrict calories a little more than EFLF and go closer to the WM protein/carb/fat ratios.  I'm hoping this will make it a bit easier on me in terms of cost and time spent in the kitchen.

One change from the book I have been able to do a pretty good job of sticking with is carb reduction.  Used to be we ate a pretty typical meat/carb or starch/veggie at dinner, and I've found it very easy to do 2 veggies (usually one fermented) and a sald (plus a good sized portion of meat, of course) instead!  As a total carb addict, that's a pretty big step for me!  In the picture above I've got Indonesian Coconut Steak from the EFLF book (the book has you mix the coconut in, but then it gets like gray and icky looking- I find it more appealing garnished on top), some lightly cooked broccoli with a little pastured butter and salt, and some delicious fermented kimchi.  I also had a big salad with the Asian style dressing out of EFLF.  When I first started doing the curries and stir fries out of the book, I thought that I would really miss the rice that I would typically serve it on top of, but adding in the extra veggies and salads really fills us up!