25# !!!!!!!!!!

So a month and a half and I've lost 25#!   I've started eating some SAD food on the weekends, but just a little. I'm still trying to stick pretty close to the whole foods and non processed, non animal foods!

236.5

211.5#

And my GOAL is 145  so I have a ways to go, but determined and feeling good about progress so far! :)

Vegan Taco's!

Wow, I haven't blogged for a while.  Tonight for supper, we had tacos, I made Ground Beef style vegan meat, fried it, crumbled it seasoned it with taco seasoning, added kidney beans.  I baked my shells in the oven till crispy, then piled on lettuce, avocado, onions and salsa! 

Delish! 

So how have I been doing? Have I cheated?

I've had a couple veggie subs from subway, on whole wheat of course, with mustard, oil and vinager, salt and pepper.   One night my hubby got a frosty from Wendy's, I ate 4 bites, that was enough!   He got a raspberry cheesecake cookie from subway, I took one bite and about gagged...it tasted like lard!  I had  1/2 of a breakfast wrap from Taco bell this morning, gave the rest to hubby, it just didn't taste very good.  Now, I did also have 4 of the cream cheese filled cinnamon puffs from taco bell and those were delish!  :(    But I do think it was good for me to try a few things again, it showed me that they really aren't THAT good and that the food I'd been eating and still am is so much more WHOLE and filling!    So I'm back on it and going strong!!! 

I've lost 21# and feeling great!  Got a couple new outfits tonight at my fav store!  Ross Dress for Less.   I feel great in them, feelin' thin!  :D

Pineapple Carrot Cake

1 C. Raisins

1 C. Dates

1 C. water

Put fruit in food processor, chop medium fine.  put in sauce pan add water and boil 3 minutes.  Add 1/2 C. applesauce, stir and cool.

In a mixing bowl, blend date mixture with the following:

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Milled Flax mixture (2 tbsp milled flax seed mixed with 6 tbsp HOT water, stir till egg white consistancy)

Mix well and add:

1 C. Crushed pineapple

1 C. grated fresh or dried unsweetened coconut

1/2 c. chopped carrots

1 C. chopped nuts

2 C. Barley flour

Pour into sprayed oblong pan. (I use my Pampered Chef 9x13 cassarole dish and don't spray it...it's seasoned)   Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.  When cool, top with Pineapple Topping

Pineapple Topping

1 1/2 c. pineapple chunks

1 c. dried pitted dates

1/4# extra firm tofu

place in blender and blend till smooth.  Spread on cooled cake.

Refrigerate cake for longer shelf life!

I just made this today and it's delish!  It's a recipe from my Aunt, that we use to make when I was at home.  It called for butter....I used applesauce....and eggs and I used the milled flax mixture!  It turned out as good as with the butter and eggs.  Just way healthier!