Marvelous in My Monday #7

Marvelous in My Monday is a link up party started by the wonderful Katie over at Healthy Diva Eats. You just post about marvelous things that have happened to you over the week. 

This past week I spent most of my time sick, but things definitely started looking up on Thursday so I do have a few marvelous things to talk about!

1. Tuxes - Yesterday we went to Men's Warehouse and got the fiance, his grooms men, and my man of honor their tuxes for the wedding! I'm so excited! They are charcoal Vera Wang tuxes and the boys will be wearing paisley {the fiance put his foot down and demanded that detail} vests. After the boys left for some "bonding" time my mom and I bought the fiance some wedding gifts and we went shoe shopping at DSW. {SHOES!}

2. Family - Like I mentioned in my last post, my entire family has been under one roof this past weekend and while the house has been crowded it has been so nice! Lots of joking around, time spent with the babies... Feels like vacation or a slumber party! 

3. Mustache - In all my years my father has ALWAYS had a mustache. We constantly dare him to shave it, and he doesn't. So Saturday we dared him again, teasing him that he was all talk and no walk. Sunday morning Dad came into my room to wake Logann and I up since we were bunking together. He kept laughing and acting like he was hiding something, so Logann was like "What are you hiding?!" He said he wasn't hiding anything, and that he thought we would notice that his mustache is gone! I was out of bed so fast! Logann threw the blanket over her head and refused to look! It was pretty funny! But after 25 year I've finally seen all of my father's face! And he is so handsome without it, but it is a serious transition! I still can't believe it when I look at him. I think Candace is going to need therapy though. 

4. Old new clothes - Remember those clothes you packed up or wrote off because you couldn't fit into them anymore? Well I got out some dresses that I never really got to wear yesterday and I was able to wear them! I felt like I had a whole new wardrobe. Its little things like that that makes all the hard work worth it!

Today is going to have some rough moments though. I'm about to report the Camaro flooded to insurance; they may fix it or depending on the wiring total it {unlikely} but it will definitely hurt my resale value in the future. You know those guys you see at car shows that are madly in love with their cars? That is me, except I have boobs. My dream scenario is that it will be labeled water damage and I'll get a new interior. So we will see. 

But tonight I get to have dinner with one of my favorite friends and the fiance so that is the bright side! And since I'm off today I'll also get to fit in a kick butt workout! 

You have good days and bad days; and I always try to find the good in the bad! So chin up!

Eat clean, train hard, and inspire others!

-Kiwi && Me

What I Ate Wednesday #7

Good morning! Its another WIAW post and I'm going to continue posting like I have the last few weeks. Instead of posting everything I had in one day, I'm posting all the things I ate this week that caught my eye! This girl likes variety! Unfortunately I spent the weekend with my first ever stomach bug so this week is a little lacking!

----What WIAW isn't about----

Comparison - Judgement - Restriction - Guilt

----What WIAW is about----

Celebrating one of the glorious things we all have in common: We all eat!

WIAW is about food and fun! It's about making new friends, breaking out of a food rut, noting changes in your diet/lifestyle, inspiring yourself & others, embracing fruit & vegetables, nourishing your body with the foods that work for you, finding new ways to eat your favorite foods, and so much more <3

-peas & crayons

lunch with a friend, a small turkey sub and a cup of chili from quiznos

father's day saturday dinner {which i didn't get to enjoy} - my dad's special ribs, sweet potato cubes, cole slaw and butter beans

my tacos from sunday lunch, i never eat all the rice and beans, so i think i'm going to start ordering it a la carte per Abby's {abz & oats} suggestion

the salad my dad got! 

 sunday night salad: greens, corn, butter beans, broccoli, squash, ribs, and vinaigrette

monday snack: love grown simply oats and locally picked blueberries! 

my sister threw chicken, peppers, black beans, red beans, chickpeas and rotel in to a crock pot and served it over farro

home made pizza {dough} with veggies and feta 

Question:

What did you enjoy for Father Day lunch or dinner?

Live, Love, and Lift!

-Kiwi and Me

For tips, suggestions, questions, or if you just want to share your weight loss pictures and story - email me at: kiwiandmefit(at)gmail(dot)com

What I Ate Wednesday #6

Good morning! Its another WIAW post and I'm going to continue posting like I have the last few weeks. Instead of posting everything I had in one day, I'm posting all the things I ate this week that caught my eye! This girl likes variety!

----What WIAW isn't about----

Comparison - Judgement - Restriction - Guilt

----What WIAW is about----

Celebrating one of the glorious things we all have in common: We all eat!

WIAW is about food and fun! It's about making new friends, breaking out of a food rut, noting changes in your diet/lifestyle, inspiring yourself & others, embracing fruit & vegetables, nourishing your body with the foods that work for you, finding new ways to eat your favorite foods, and so much more <3

-peas & crayons

wednesday i went to uni sushi with my dear friend and enjoyed these little gems.

for dinner the we made pulled beef sandwiches, diced sweet potatoes, and cucumber salad.

skinny taste's meatball and spaghetti soup {to die for} and sauteed green beans with garlic

friday we enjoyed another night of homemade pizza

saturday, on our way to fort worth we stopped by tx burger for a garden burger, my mom and i split her sweet potato fries and we ended it with some delicious blue bell ice cream. i got tin roof, soooooo good.

the healthy snacks logann & i enjoyed at the indy race.

at los vaqueros i got migas for sunday brunch.

sunday evening i took the fiance for sushi for dinner to celebrate him passing his pt test and exams for his state trooper application, he has his polygraph test this thursday

monday, the fiance wanted to use the rest of the pizza dough so he made cajun pizza. mozzarella, feta, onions, bell peppers, and cajun seasoned shrimp. very very good.

for dinner we bought black bean burgers and followed skinny taste's recipe for black bean burgers with chipotle mayo and avocados. we roasted sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, and cauliflower too.

yesterday, while it stormed i got a baking streak. i made itty bits of balance's peanut butter chocolate chip granola bars. i ended up making a pan for my family and a pan for someone else.

i also used my sisters cookie recipe for home made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made with apple sauce and added walnuts.

Question:

Did you try a new recipe from a blog that you follow?

Live, Love, and Lift!
-Kiwi and Me

For tips, suggestions, questions, or if you just want to share your weight loss pictures and story - email me at: kiwiandmefit(at)gmail(dot)com

Pizza Dough

I’ve had a few people ask about our family pizza dough recipe, so I thought I would share! You may remember my pizza recipe post from a few weeks ago. In that post I used premade dough, and the calories came out to be roughly 160 if made in the stated proportions. With the dough recipe I don’t know the calories but I do know that it’s still better for you then store bought!

The original recipe is from Betty Crocker's International Cookbook (copyright 1980), one of the many cookbooks in my mother’s collections.

It states – for one pizza:

1 rapid rise yeast package
¾ cup warm water
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cups of all purpose flour

But my family likes to be picky so this is how my mother and sister have changed it up to create the perfect balance of yumminess.

1 rapid rise yeast package
¾ cup warm water
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup of all purpose flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup of ground corn meal
Lots of Italian Seasoning

(If you don’t have corn meal you can just use a whole cup of whole wheat flour)

Candace says her trick for making the best dough – store the whole wheat flour in the fridge, and the corn meal in the freezer (From Roundup – has no preservatives). They will need to be heated before added into the mix (roughly 20 seconds, so they are not cold anymore, but not too hot). You don’t want to add them cold and stop the yeast from rising.

Add the yeast to the warm water, then add sugar, salt, oil and 3/4 a cup of the flour, 1/2 cup of wheat flour, and the 1/2 cup corn meal. Turn onto a flour covered surface, kneading until smooth. This takes about five minutes.

Then sit it near heat to rise for roughly an hour until it doubles in size. You can place a towel over it. Once risen, roll into a circle, place on a pan and decorate!

Live, Love, and Lift!

-Kiwi, Candace, and Me

For tips, suggestions, questions, or if you just want to share your weight loss pictures or story - email me at: kiwiandmefit(at)gmail(dot)com!

Photo A Day, Reflection and Preparation

Good evening everyone! Today is Sunday, the day to prepare for the week. My wonderful fiance made my lunches for me in the crock pot for the rest of the week, Skinny Taste's Santa Fe Chicken! So delicious! Plus crock pot recipes are so easy, toss it in and go about your business. Preparing everything on Sunday really does make staying on track all week so much easier as well as help me save money, Chick-Fil-A Southwest Chicken Salads every day really adds up!


Another ritual I'll be starting here at KFB will be to recap all my posts for the week for those who might have missed them! Hopefully this makes it easier for those dropping by KFB to navigate the previous posts on the blog.


Monday: New Additions, Paleo, Superset for Legs
Tuesday: New URL, Healthy Fudge
Wednesday: My Workout Makes Me Nauseous, Announcement
Thursday: Weight of the Nation on HBO
Friday: Furry Friday, Family Pizza Recipe
Saturday: A Little About Life

Lastly, Photo A Day - You


Thought I would post a picture of Pookey and I. She was very cuddly today while I was studying, while the other two were off terrorizing each other. I can honestly say I can't wait for Thursday night so the fiance and I can be done with finals. Ready to relax for a few weeks. Accounting is tough stuff. 



Anyways, I'm off to do some Insanity before I head to bed. Can barely keep my eyes open as is. Have to be up extra early in the morning, never a good thing on a Monday. 


Live, Love, and Lift!


-Kiwi and Me

For tips, suggestions, questions, or if you just want to share your weight loss pictures and story - email me at: kiwiandmefit@gmail.com

Photo A Day - May 4th and PIZZA

PIZZZZZZA! Don't lie, you love it too! But when you trying to eat healthy its hard to waste six hundred plus calories on two pieces of pizza. So here is my family's pizza recipe. When we have time we make our own crust but to keep this simple we just bought pre-made crust from the store! This is my first time sharing a recipe so bare with me please!

Kiwi Fit Blog Family Recipe Pizza


Ingredients


Pre-made wheat crust (the brand I found was 120 cal for 1/6 of the crust)
1 can of tomato sauce
1/2 a sm. can of tomato paste
3 cloves of garlic chopped
1/2 cup of onion cut small
2 cups chopped of broccoli heads
2 cups of chopped mushrooms
4 tbsp of green olives
Canadian Bacon chopped (the brand I found was 80 cal for 22 slices, so I used 11 and chopped them up so 40 cal total)
3/4 a cup of Mozzarella shredded
1/4 a cup of Feta


For the sauce: Combine the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and garlic in a bowl and mix. I also add garlic pepper and Italian herbs, but feel free to season how ever you would like.


Preheat the oven to 425 F.


Place your crust (720 cal) on a pan sprayed with non-stick spray. Add one cup of the sauce (90 cal) and spread evenly around the crust. Sprinkle the pizza with the chopped onion (32 cal), chopped broccoli (54 cal), chopped mushroom (30 cal), sliced green olives (40 cal), and the chopped Canadian bacon (40 cal).


Top with mozzarella (240 cal) and feta (60 cal). I sprinkle the top of mine with more garlic pepper, some times Italian herbs, so add desired seasoning to the top.


Cook for 20 minutes, or until done! Remove from the oven and cut into eight slices.


Total calories 1306. Calories per slice 163.


On to Photo A Day - Fun!


You know that mundane hour drive home from work that you dread? I don't. Cause I have this.

My 2010 Camaro, Daisy, will all kinds of neat little modifications that I have added over the last two years. I look forward to driving, in fact it's probably my favorite pass time. And because of Ms. Daisy I have met lots of cool people all over the United State though the Camaro5 community, and our local chapter the H-Town Camaro Club. A fitness addict and a gear head? Yup, that is me!

Well on a sad Fur-baby update: Jasper has an infection, and since he has feline leukemia he can't fight it adequately. So the fiance is taking him to the vet first thing in the morning. He isn't eating and since eating is his favorite thing, we know something is wrong. So pray for my chunky monkey.

Lastly, I'm attaching a video I got in my inbox today that just floored me. It truly shows the power of exercise and makes you realize how much you take for granted. 

-Live, Love, and Lift!

Kiwi, Sick Jasper, and Me

For tips, suggestions, questions, or if you just want to share your weight loss pictures and story - email me at: kiwiandmefit@gmail.com