Team SummaTime- Join us?

Are you interested in losing 10-20 pounds this summer? If so, join our Team SummaTime group on Facebook, or simply follow along on this blog!

As some of you know, I lost 28 pounds in April/May and have maintained that loss! My Daughter lost 12 pounds! But I have more weight to lose and lots of people have been asking me how I did it and if I could help them. So I decided to create the Team SummaTime Challenge!

There are two ways to lose!

1. If you looking to lose more than 10 pounds, you will need purchase the h HCG spray (available HERE for $77.00 + s&h) and use meal/workout plan #1. To get to the "Order Now" button please follow the link and scroll all the way to the bottom. If you are using the HCG you will be losing more weight than someone using plan #2 without HCG. On average if followed correctly, you can lose up to 1 lb. per day. SAFELY! You saw me lose 28 pounds last APRIL/MAY and I feel great! Lots of energy and no hunger!

2. If you are looking to lose 10 pounds or less, you can follow along with us using meal/workout plan #2. You will not be losing as much and as fast as someone using the HCG spray, and your meal portions will be larger. But you will lose at least 10 pounds and feel amazing!

If you are unfamiliar with how the HCG diet works, please feel free to review HERE.

Here is a basic overview of what we will be doing during our 23 day challenge.

• Weekly meal plans and menu will be provided for you. 
• Exercise will only include walking 1 mile/5 days a week  (more or less if you want) and optional 5 minute workout daily (link to follow).
• A download-able chart will be available to track your progress.
• For questions and support you can join our Facebook group, or if you have a yahoo account you can comment here on the blog.
• A weekly download-able shopping list will be available.
• Occasional cooking tutorials will be available here and on the Team SummaTime facebook page.

If you are up for the Team SummaTime Challenge sign up on facebook or leave a comment below! We will be starting the challenge on August 15th so please order your HCG spray HERE as soon as possible!

If after the 23 days you wish to continue you will have enough HCG spray to do a 40 day diet.
Just re-use the menu's and shopping lists.


*Disclaimer- These are my own opinions based on my experience on the HCG diet. Your results are up to you. I take no responsibility for YOUR personal results.

Foodie Friday! South Beach Snack

Here is an easy snack perfect for the South Beach Diet and a hot afternoon!

Celery with goat cheese and a Virgin Mary!

This will fill you up and satisfy you all at the same time!
(See my cucumber goat cheese snack here.)

Enjoy!

I'm Linking up with

Miss "G's" Foodie Friday

To see more fun Foodie Friday posts click this link.

2 1/2 pounds are back...

I'm not sure is they are muscle or fat or water (cause I am not seeing my Doc weekly now) either way... Not too good especially since I have been adding carbs back into my life! Ok take a breath, don't panic its only 2 and a half pounds (Yeah... right now...) I have a plan:

This week:

• Back on South Beach Phase 1 (the strictest phase) No problem, its easy and I love the food!
• Back to T-Tapp everyday (went to every other day to give my muscles a rest, guess they rested too much!
• Aunt Flow just left too. Whew glad to see her gone... (That actually could be the whole gain problem, we'll see)
• I had been getting my outside carido swimming but I do't think its enough... I hate to say this... but either I get up at O-Dark Thirty and walk or get on the treadmill.   I mean that is why we bought it... for those summer daze when its 205 in the shade and too hot to walk out there. *Sigh*

Day 1
Breakfast:
6 oz V8
Han and cheese omelet with ham and cheese
Coffee
Morning snack: Large celery stalk with herbed goat cheese
Lunch: Large/ shredded parsley chicken & field green salad with seasme/ginger dressing
Afternoon Snack: Large celery stalk with herbed goat cheese
Dinner: Grilled steak and large homegrown sliced tomato and sweet onion salad with South Beach approved Ranch dressing.
No dessert today

Here's a little funny to start your week!

(I don't endorse or use Slimfast)

Enjoy your week I'll keep you posted!

~Rainey~

The Journey Continues...

 I'm still on my journey to getting fit and fabulous! I wasn't blogging about it for a week because I had three of my Grandkiddos at my house for a week, all under the age of 6! If you follow me on Facebook you know how busy  was! So this week I have been reintroducing carbs back into my life... With the Strict HCG diet (55 days) and the strict first 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet done I'm able to start to eat more things now... And carefully add carbs... as to now gain back those 28 pounds of fat that are now gone!

Here is my breakfast this morning:

Coffee and a slice of my homemade Zucchini Bread, pineapple chunks and a strawberry.

I have also been using this book... 

A self hypnosis (or meditation) CD before bed... 

Its amazing how differently I look at food now... 

nd how easily it is to KNOW when I am full and to stop eating!

The Author; Paul McKenna has an great outlook on life and living and I enjoy his voice as I drift off to sleep... My mind learning to apply these skills while I sleep. You can find the book by clicking on the Amazon link or at your public library...

I highly recommend checking it out!

Tonight I had homemade chicken and spinach cannelloni. Pasta really isn't on the South Beach Diet but when a neighbor brings you a few sheets of homemade pasta you say thank you very much and have it for dinner! 

I had that and a glass of white wine
on the patio and I was very happy.

South Beach Diet meals today...

These recipes are amazing... 

I am really loving the South Beach Diet. 

Mostly because I love to cook, also because it will be easy to turn eating like this into a way of life!

Yesterday we had:

Breakfast: 

Scrambled Eggs (2 egg whites and one yoke) and a slice of Canadian bacon and 4 oz of V8 juice.

 Lunch:

South Beach friendly broccoli/cheese soup and some crunchy radishes.

Dinner:

Soy/Ginger glazed grilled pork chops, steamed snow peas and cauliflower "rice".

Warning: Don't click on that pork chop photo if you are hungry!

I'm using this book right now... 
Its amazing and there some new recipes in it that I am going to try first.

Slight Detour...

On the way to the South Beach Diet... we took a little trip to Disneyland!

But that didn't mean we couldn't eat healthy and in fact made it a fun game to eat healthy at Disneyland! It was actually quite easy!

So we were able to eat healthy and get our walking in! 

Five miles a day at least!

So we are back home and I'm going to cook my way through the

The South Beach Diet Taste of Summer Cookbook

By Dr. Agaston MD

Join me for some fun and tasty recipes and photos.

My First Day on The South Beach Diet

Here is what we had today...
wow...
Its nice to have more calories and choices!
(Click on any photo to enlarge)

For breakfast:
Canadian Bacon/cheese and green onion eggs (2 eggs only one yoke)
& Mocktail Mary (V-8 and horseradish and celery, and fresh cracked pepper)
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For lunch:
Bison patty with confetti coleslaw and homegrown tomato
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For snack:
Cucumber/herbed goat cheese sandwiches - minus the bread.
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For dinner:
Steamed Halibut with sauteed squash ribbons.
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For dessert:

Chocolate Ricotta "Yuck"
(Yeah, we didn't like this at all! I think it was the texture. Someone said to get a different ricotta cheese and that makes a difference, but I think I'll pass altogether and skip dessert.)
No * 's

Its Official!

28 pounds in about 2 months...

I am finished with this round and moving onto South Beach Phase 1 for the next 4 weeks.
I am not going to try and maintain.
I am going to keep losing while
on a short break from Hcg & VLCD.

I start South Beach Phase 1 tomorrow morning.
Today for Lunch I had:

Broccoli, egg & cheese casserole



Dinner was:

Herbed chicken medallions with a light Dijon sauce
and steamed Broccoli



I'm back to Lemon water because I am trying to keep my body alkaline instead of acidic.

I had my Crystal light Pure on the patio



On to the Work-out!

Walking 2 miles a day



Doing the Wii Fit challenge with my daughter and her friends.



Plus I do T-Tapp three days a week.



I know it sounds like a lot but it really isn't...
I walk 1 mile in the morning and 1 mile in the evening after dinner...

I do T-Tapp in the morning to energize my day. (T-Tapp only takes 20 minutes)

Then at night I play a round of Wii golf (Tiger Woods PGA 10) with Hubby and do some fun Wii Fit Plus games instead of watching TV.
See?
Do-able!

Healthy recipes to lose weight

The last week and the last 5 pounds!

I'm going to make my goal of 30 pounds!

(I hope)

These last 5 pounds are hard to get off!

I have had some recipe requests.. so here they are:

Bison Chili ~ Serves two (Protocol serving size)

But you can double this recipe for more servings

7 oz ground bison

1 can fire Roasted diced tomatoes

1/2 Finely chopped onion

1/2 cup fresh cilantro

1 tablespoon cumin

1 TEAspoon garlic

1 TEAspoon chili powder (or to taste)

1/2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Brown bison slowly then add onion and cook till tender.

I take a emulsion blender and make the tomatoes smaller and smoother but still chunky.

Add tomatoes, cilantro and spices and simmer for at least 1/2 hour. Longer if you have the time or can stand it.

The other request I had was for French onion soup:

(Serves Two apx. 1 cup Protocol Diet portions) or double for more servings.

1 carton beef broth (not stock)

1 large sweet onion sliced or diced (Its easier to eat diced)

1 tab coconut oil (or olive if not on no oil diet)

1/2 Celery salt

1/2 tea Mrs Dash

1/2 tea Braggs

1-2 cloves of already roasted garlic

Heat oil and add onions and cook very slowly to caramelize.

Heat broth and spices and Braggs in separate pot.

Add roasted garlic to onions once caramelized and brown!

Add the onions and garlic to the broth and simmer 10 minutes.

For my carb eating friends and family...

Grilled Fish OR Fish Tacos

If you aren't eating carbs enjoy as is!

If you are eating carbs, steam corn tortillas and serve with

cabbage (red or green) and cilantro dressed in a little salsa verde.

Marinate fresh or frozen fish (chicken or beef too) in any marinade you like.

For a healthy marinade use:

1 cup water

2 TABLESPOONS of your favorite Mrs. Dash blend

1 Tab. Braggs (or soy sauce)

1 Tab. Balsamic Vinegar

marinate fish in HALF the marinade

Put the other half in a small sauce pan and reduce by half and use as a topping for meat or fish.

Discard marinade fish (or meat) was in.

Bring to a boil then a low slow simmer watching carefully not to burn.

It should look like this:

Enjoy all the recipes on this blog anytime!

Its clean eating and healthy.
I've linked up with
Miss "G"s
Foodie Friday fun
Click here to see LOTS of fabulous food!

~Really Rainey~

5 more pounds to go!

Lost: 24 and a half pounds

If found

DO NOT RETURN!


Last week of Protocol ticker!
I gotta make my goal!


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Yesterday for lunch I had:

French Onion soup





Makes two servings:
Put one in the fridge for another day.



Last night for dinner I had:
3.5 oz. of grilled halibut with a reduction sauce and roasted garlic "fauxtatoes"



Early in the day roast a head of garlic then refrigerate.



Marinate the fish in:
1 cup of water
4 tablespoons of Mrs. Dash
1 tablespoon Braggs
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Use 1/2 cup to marinade the fish:



and 1/2 cup in a small pan for your reduction sauce.
Bring it to a boil then reduce heat and let it high simmer, stirring and watching it.



Grill your fish:



The reduction sauce should look like this when done:



For the "Fauxtatoes:
1 head of cauliflower steamed or microwaved till VERY tender
Some "Butter Buds" of desired
and all of your roasted garlic
Steam (or microwave) cauliflower

Put steamed cauliflower in food processor and add garlic and "Butter Buds" if desired.
process till smooth. Warm in the microwave before serving.



Drizzle fish with reduction sauce and serve!



(The fish looks like pie! It was as good as pie too!)

Speaking of Pie...
For desert we had baked apple sauce...
But you can eat them chunky too like in a previous post.

2 apples (serves two)
1 package Truvia (or other allowed sweetener)
Cinnamon to taste or nutmeg or both
For chunky apples I peel them, for applesauce I leave the skin on.
Core slice and place in a baking dish with a little water, the cinnamon and Truvia.
Bake at 350 for about 20 to 25 minutes.
Serve chunky or put in the food processor and process till smooth.
A VERY good dessert!
When off protocol add a little
no sugar whipped cream.
(I'll post that recipe when I am off protocol. Stay tuned)





Process for applesauce:



Serve hot or cold!

Enjoy!