Yum yum yum! So easy to make!
Medium potato
Prepared taco meat
Shredded sharp cheddar
Organic salsa
Bake potato, pour meat on top, add cheese, and then salsa. Walah!
1 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue, 1/2 green
Yum yum yum! So easy to make! Medium potato Prepared taco meat Shredded sharp cheddar Organic salsa Bake potato, pour meat on top, add cheese, and then salsa. Walah! 1 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue, 1/2 green
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We ate this frequently growing up. I remember taking it to school pitch-ins for parties as a kid. Everyone always loved it!
Two years ago I was at a friend's house and I saw her making this for dinner. I started to get excited thinking, "Mmm... This is going to be so good." Then I saw her mix it with Catalina dressing and I about died! I thought to myself, "This is going to be horrible!" But it was quite tasty and gave me a different variation of the salad I grew up on. Same ingredient, different dressing. Maybe you are used to the Catalina version? Try mine out and see what you think. 😊 Ingredients: 1 pound ground turkey or hamburger 1 packet taco seasoning Romaine lettuce Shredded cheddar cheese Crumbled Doritos Italian dressing What??? Yep. Italian dressing. Trust me. It's good. For so long it was the only way I knew it was made. Variations: Onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, and Catalina dressing This can be made individually and everyone makes their own, or you can layer it in a large bowl with meat on the bottom, followed by lettuce, veggies, cheese, and Doritos. Wait until serving and pour the entire bottle of dressing in and mix. If you're making your own plate, be cautious on the dressing. Start small and add more after you've tasted it. I measure all mine out for the 21 Day Fix. 1 red, 1 yellow (crumbled Doritos), 1 blue, 1 green, 1 orange We are prepped and ready to begin Hammer and Chisel tomorrow. I'm not going to lie that I'm a little scared. I don't know why I always get this way before trying a new program. I just do. Maybe it's because I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to do it, or afraid I'm going to be in pain. For one, I should know by now that I'm not going to be able to do it all. If I could it would mean I look like Autumn Calabrese at the moment. Second, I know I'm going to be in pain, but have I ever complained afterwards, that I wish I hadn't done that workout??? No. That's because muscle pain is the one kind of pain that every time you feel it days after, you feel a reward for the pain. Funny isn't it, how the mind works? So I've got my new meal plan format mapped out. I'm not the greatest at getting all my containers in each day. I do pretty well at not going over, but I find it hard to always get all my greens and the orange container in every day. I intentionally left out a yellow container to cut back on the carbs. You'll also notice that I eliminated rice and most bread and pastas. (If you've been following me for a while you may remember how much I love spaghetti and was eating it every day for lunch. I changed that up since I had plateaued.) I haven't had much bread since June, but as I planned this out, I tried to think of you readers and that you might like to see variety. I, on the other hand, can eat the exact same thing 5 days a week and it not bother me. So thank you for adding a little spice to my life. :). The equipment you'll need for Hammer and Chisel is: Stability ball or weight bench Resistance bands Hand weights Pull up bar, or bands with door attachment kit Head on over to the contact me section of my site, comment your email here, or email me [email protected]. I can help you with all health and fitness related goals. This program is awesome! I had hit a plateau and it was just what I needed to get going again. Five pounds down in 9 days! I decided to follow the eating plan more strictly and give up Starbucks entirely. Today marks day 14 without a Java Chip Frappucino! 😳 I'll admit, nutrition wasn't as on point this week as it was last week. Monday-Friday breakfast through after school snack was on point. Breakfast Shakeology, peanut butter, half-banana, espresso, almond milk, spinach Mid-morning snack 6 slices turkey lunch meat Lunch Mexican chicken with Rotel/corn/black bean mixture, sharp cheddar cheese, green beans Mid-afternoon snack Grapes With the Christmas season in full swing, Thursday night I got together with my scrapbooking girls for a gift exchange dinner and scrapbooking. I ate pasta, garlic bread, salad, a cupcake, cheesecake, and a cookie. Talk about a food binge. Then Friday night was date night with Christmas shopping for the kids. We had Italian food. I didn't do as bad as the night before. I had chicken ravioli, a couple pieces of bread, 3 stuffed mushrooms, and a little salad. Then Sunday we went out for lunch after church and I had a bacon cheeseburger (no bun) and some fries. During lunch I recognized my fullness kick in and I stopped. In the past, I would have kept eating since it tasted so good, so I'm proud to say I stopped. Woohoo! So tomorrow is Monday. Mondays are great days to start back up. I'm going to skip weigh-in tomorrow since I'm bloated from female stuff. So I'm not going to allow the number on the scale upset my mental state. I know in a week that number will go back to normal. Only 7 more days until I have completed the 21 Day Fix Exteme. I can't wait to see what results I get! Starting January 4th Jeremy and I are doing Hammer and Chisel. This brand new program is supposed to be amazing!!! I cannot wait to try it out. If you want to join us in our free online challenge and support group, please comment below, message me on Facebook at ChristyBookerFitness, or email me at [email protected]. ✌ In order to succeed at anything in life your will has to be stronger than your excuses. I've made excuses for years. -Working out is not fun. -I don't like to sweat. -I don't like pain. -Heatlhy food tastes like crap. -I've always been fat, so I'll always be fat. No wonder I've never succeeded when I talk to myself that way. Especially that last one! You have to find your inner strength. We all have it, it's just buried deep in our subconscious. For most of us, our reality is what has been ingrained in us since we were children. But, here's a secret...our reality is what we make it! If we act negative and pessimistic, our life will be full of negativity. If we say we don't have the energy to do something, we won't have the energy. I could go on and on. The mind is a very powerful thing. There are thousands of resources at our disposal to help retrain our minds. It's just taking the step to go out and find them. But guess what? You can find some of them here on my blog. Just click on the link called Personal Development and you will see my reviews of books, YouTube videos, and podcasts. Or google personal development, mindset, or whatever mental goal is specific to you. Now I'm not just spouting off words here. It took me 5 months of coaching to believe that I needed personal development. Honestly, I think I've needed it since middle school, I just didn't know it was out there and what it could do for my mind. I'm changing for the better. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. And in all honesty I think the mental growth I am gaining, and the changes in how I think and approach events (out of my control) far outweigh the pounds I'm losing. It's kinda funny. I started this journey hoping to better myself on the outside. I had no idea what kinds of changes I was in store for on the inside.
You'll need: 4-5 small-medium red potatoes 1/8 tsp Paprika 1/2 tsp Onion powder 1/4 tsp Garlic salt 1/4 tsp Pepper 2 tbsp Olive oil Dice potatoes. I usuallly cut in half and cut in half again. If it's a larger potato, I cut in half longways, then cut in thirds. Mix seasonings and olive oil together. Drizzle over potatoes in pan and toss. Cook 40 minutes at 325 degrees. Toss then cook 20 more. This was my 2nd year cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Last time I cooked was about 6 years ago. For some reason my turkey was not getting done. Then I realized I didn't take out the guts. Oops! Not to fail again, I attempted dinner this year and I succeeded! Here is a pic of my pretty bird! My eating plan wasn't perfect. I ate some cheeseball and buffalo chicken dip while wrapping up the side dishes, and by time we sat down to eat I was full. I only ate about 5 bites off my plate and I was done. I gave myself some slack this weekend and had many sweets and MANY Starbucks Frappucinos. These two are my weakness. Agh!!! Peanut butter, ritz crackers, and chocolate and a Java Chip Frappucino! This coming Monday I have a plan to get back on track. 21 Day Fix Extreme going down in the Booker house! I'll have my husband by my side pushing me the whole way. I dabbled with Plyo Fix Extreme this week. It wasn't too bad since I had done p90x before. But I haven't worked out since Tuesday so I'm in for it come Monday. But it will be a good! I have a group starting Monday for 21 Day Fix and also a free group starting Monday for anyone wanting motivation and accountability. With the free group you can choose any workout you like. A program you own of any trainer, running, walking, treadmill, weights..., your choice! I just want you moving. My goal this month is to not gain a pound from the holiday foods. (Wouldn't it be sweet if I lost some too?!?) If you have interest in joining my group starting November 30th, comment your email below. I'll get with you within 24 hours. **Sneak peek! Starting January 4th, coach Jeremy and I will be running a couples group. Couples can be any type: spouses, friends, father/daughter, mother/son, etc. Merry Christmas! Christy Tomorrow, I am starting another attempt at completing a program start to finish and without cheating off the provided meal plan. It seems I say this often, and I probably have prior posts that prove my failure. But I guess if I don't FAIL I will never succeed. Didn't someone once say that the most successful people are the ones that failed over and over again? As I was putting laundry in the dryer, this thought occurred to me, "All the head knowledge in the world is useless unless you have the willpower to use it." Isn't that true? True in all aspects of life. Relationships, parenting, jobs, goals, etc. As a coach, I have so much knowledge, knowledge from my failures, trainings, and my own research. I can give advice to my challengers like there's no tomorrow, but why can't I follow my own advice? I'll tell you why. It's because we are always the first to let ourselves down. We rarely let others down, and we get upset when others let us down. But why is it that we continuously allow ourselves to let ourselves down? And why do we go on with life not upset that we let ourselves down once again, but wake up once in a while aware that we did? Ding ding ding... ACCOUNTABILITY. I need it, you need it, we all need it. Let's do this! Let's begin and finish December strong! Let's hold each accountable. Accountable for eating right and exercising. BUT, but... there's more. Let's hold each other accountable to grow personally. Let's read books about personal development. Let's post motivational and inspirational quotes on our walls. Let's inspire others as we inspire ourselves. You just never know who you will inspire today and tomorrow. Let's do this!
Comment your email below if you'd like me to contact you to help you with your health, fitness, and life goals. We are in this together. We are stronger together! Merry Christmas! Christy I am so excited! This week, I decided to refocus my Beachbody life. I've realized that I pretty much suck as a coach. The main reason I suck as a coach is because I have not lost the weight as I should have. I did really well the first couple months I was a coach, but I've not lost a single pound since July. Granted, I've worked out almost every day, I've ate well consistently through lunch, and most of the time through dinner. However, once the kiddos are in bed I get a Starbucks Frappucino, or get into some of the kids foods like pop tarts, crackers, etc. So what has been going in my mouth has been offsetting the calories burned in my workouts. How dumb is that?!? So my coach bought me a book called The Energy Bus. It has truly changed my life. I'm only half-way through, but I am learning so much about myself and how I project myself to others, but also how I perceive others. My mind has grown so much mentally and emotionally this week and I believe that it has contributed to my physical change of losing 3 pounds in 1 week!. When you are feeling positive, you send positive energy into the world and positive energy comes back to you. Last night was Halloween. I had some chocolate as we were sorting through the candy. After about 5 minutes I felt this really weird feeling. It almost felt like a foreign drug. My heart was racing and my head just did not feel right. You know what it was??? Sugar!!! That's right. Because I had done so well with nutrition for the past 6 days, my body did not know how to react to all the sugar that I had just eaten. CRAZY!!! As a coach, you hear all the time how important personal development is. This is start of my 6th month as a coach. It took me 5 months to believe that I needed it. I DO!!! I need it badly. It changes your mindset about life in so many ways. It changes who you are mentally and emotionally. I have seen so much change in me in just one week that I will never go back to not reading it. I have this new zeal for life and this business that I had not felt since I first signed up as coach. But now it is a completely different type of zest! It's a, "I know I'm going places," kind of feeling. Without a doubt in my mind I know that one day I am going to be a 15 Star Diamond coach. It's not a matter of "if," but "when." I just love this feeling. I feel like I'm on top of the world and I can conquer anything. And it's all because of personal development. I've decided to start doing quarterly updates on my progress, what's happening in life, what I'm learning, and what workouts I'm doing. Progress Well...that's a funny story. No progress. I think I've become stronger and more toned, but I haven't lost a single pound. I was doing well with eating consistently and working out, but balancing going back to school, family, coaching, household duties, etc. is taking it's toll on me. I also think my body likes to produce A LOT of Cortisol. However, I'm feeling refreshed mentally (most important part) and physically, and ready to tackle this head on. (I'm writing this in the 4th quarter and I've basically fallen off the wagon. Sneak-peek of next post about how I pretty much suck at being a Beachbody coach coming soon!) Learning I haven't spent very much time doing Personal Development. I must say, I'm realizing that was dumb. I need to be reading some everyday. So I've slowly started adding things like Proverbs 21 First 5 app into my daily routine, and also adding motivating and inspirational podcasts into my weekly life. Need to do this daily, and setting a goal to do so. If I want my quality of life to improve, I first need to improve my mind, and that's what personal development does for the mind and soul. Life We went on our very first family vacation without extended family. I felt so grown up! Lol! We went to Myrtle Beach and had a blast. School started back up and that added a lot of extra stress to my life. During summer break I have all day to run errands, clean house, wash laundry, etc. When I go back to work after 8 weeks off, it's a major adjustment in the house. Trying to get it all done in a few hours each night is a lot. It takes a lot of skill and practice to get it all done, and I'll admit that most nights I fail at getting done what I planned. Workouts I finished July doing 21 Day Fix. In August I did CIZE. Mid-September I wrapped up CIZE (ok...I quit), then I started back up 21 Day Fix. If you have interest in learning more about a challenge group, or joining my coaching team, please contact me on Facebook at Christy Booker Ftiness, comment below, or email me at [email protected].
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