Happy Easter! - A day late

I hope everyone who celebrates had a fantastic Easter.

My side of the family celebrated by having a cook out on Saturday night. It was delicious! The in-laws celebrated by having a cook out on Sunday. It too was delicious.

I decided to go a bit old school with my contribution to each dinner and made these:

 

The cake on the left was for my family. We like coconut and so I piled it on. The cake on the right was for the in-laws. Not knowing how many were coconut lovers, I just put some on the face and used colored frosting and jelly beans for the other details.

Santa Fe Chicken Casserole - Foodie Friday

I have to start out by saying how AMAZING this recipe is. To be honest, it really tasted so much better than I expected.

 

A while ago we had purchased some Santa Fe Blend Philadelphia Cooking Creme and I swear this recipe was on the back of the package. However, I didn't get around to using it before it expired and I wasn't sure how long it would be good past the sell by date, so I tossed it and purchased new. However, the recipe wasn't on the back of the new package! I had to do some digging, but finally found it here.

April Photo a Day

I decided (a few days late) that I would like to participate in April's Photo a Day challenge on Fat Mum Slim's Blog (click for the prompts). I've been taking pictures starting with Day 3 and I started posting them on Instagram and Twitter. I'll be posting them daily there and posting a weekly recap/collage on Sunday here.

Let me know if you're doing this too and leave a link so I can check out your week in pictures!

Weigh In! - Week 9

As of this morning I'm down another 1.8 pounds! I have no idea how because I went to a birthday party on Saturday and ate a ton!

I typically choose one day a week (usually Friday or Saturday) and don't log the calories or exercise for that day. Do I usually pig out? No. Will I sometimes have food that I shouldn't? Yep. But really, I eat stuff I shouldn't on the daily - I just do it in moderation. Last night, for example, I wanted some peanut M&Ms we've got sitting on the table. Did I eat the whole bag? No. Did I eat a small handful (about 8)? Yes. And I still had a few calories left for the day.

Anyhow, the point of this post isn't to preach about how to lose weight - I'm still figuring that out as I go along myself. The point is to update on my progress and whatever else I want to babble on about.

Oh! I've added a weight loss ticker thing to my side bar ----> Isn't it nifty? It should be updated every Wednesday since that's when I weigh in.

Are you on a weight loss challenge? How are you doing? What are you doing?

I think I'll try to keep track of my eating/exercise for the week and post it next weigh in. Sunday will likely be my skip day this week since it's Easter and we're going to the in-laws. I have no idea how to calculate recipes I don't know. Usually I just guesstimate, but eh. It's a holiday!

WomanFreebies.com Easter Egg Hunt

For those of you who don't know, womanfreebies.com is having an Easter egg hunt. You go through the blog posts to find Easter eggs. When you find and click one, you fill out a little form with your address, etc. and they send you the gift card you won.

I won't lie, it can be tedious and frustrating, which is why I'm asking for your help! If you click through the banner below and find an egg, we both win gift certificates!



Good luck and happy hunting!