So I have made it through week 4 of dieting and have made progress! 🙂 Not the progress I had hoped but here we go into month 2 and I will be making up for the first 4 weeks in the next 4! Just to get it over with real quick I weighed in this morning at 174.4 pounds. A loss of .4 pounds. I did work out, 3 times this past week, but they were spread out and not as strenuous as I would like, so I am kicking it up a notch this week. I also did not mind my diet as well as I’d have liked, I did enjoy 2 pizza slices and an ice cream sundae on Friday; chocolate and cheese and wine on Thursday; Brownies on Sunday. There I confessed, and am SO grateful for having lost even .4 pounds!!
Okay, onto this weeks motivational moment…Snooki lost 42 pounds in seven months!!! SERIOUSLY?! Talk about a wake up call! I can admit that I found Jersey Shore to be quite the entertaining show. However I don’t think I can live with myself if I don’t look as good as Snooki on the cover of US Weekly! Now I don’t really need to lose 42 pounds, which is a good thing because I don’t have the cash to hire a personal trainer, get a meal service, or even join a gym. BUT I refuse to use that as a crutch. I am a meal service to my family and I need to stick to the outside isles of the supermarket. I have a full gym in my garage…not kidding, we have an ENTIRE gym in there that is not used. I could use a personal trainer, but since I don’t have that I have all of you and this blog to keep me accountable for my workouts…I also bought the edition of US Weekly and cut out the picture of Snooki to aid in my motivation. I would also like to quote her statement that all you have to do is, “Get your ass to the gym and eat healthy.” Its that easy!
Given my new motivated self I have decided to add a recipe of the week to my Tuesday updates for Aphrodite Fit. So this weeks recipe is
Mediterranean Turkey Burgers
- 1 Lb Ground Turkey
- 2 T Butter (I refuse to give up butter regardless of any diet, some things are not worth the sacrifice)
- 1 Egg
- 1 Roasted Red Pepper, chopped
- 4 Pepperoncini, chopped
- 1/3 cup Feta Cheese
- 1 T Smoked Paprika
- Salt and Pepper to taste.
- Baby Spinach
- 1/2 of a cucumber, chopped
- 1/2 cup of Plain Greek Yogurt
- 2T Dill
Mix all the ingredients together and form into 4 same size burgers. Place burgers on a plate and let them set in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat, once melted cook burgers in pan, only flipping them once. While your burgers are cooking, toast your buns, and make your Med. Sauce. For Sauce combine cucumber, yogurt and dill and mix together well. Put sauce on both sides of the bun, add your burger to the bottom and top with Spinach instead of lettuce. Enjoy! I found them to be absolutely delicious!! Feel free to play with your flavors a bit by switching out for or adding sun-dried tomatoes and green olives.