Tuesday, April 07, 2009

So much to talk about!

Let's start with food! There was a women's event at church last weekend (which was awesome!) and I volunteered to bake a dessert and a breakfast item. Since Dan and I have been counting calories (see below) I have not done much baking and I miss it. Even if I bake low calorie foods I overeat, so I try not to bake for just us. Anyway, when the opportunity came up to bake something and let other people eat it, I jumped at the chance! Tyler, of course, was my little helper.


Here he is sifting the batter for the muffins (I don't have a sifter, so I use a fork!) I left out the nuts, used mini-chocolate chips instead, and didn't sprinkle the sugar on top (I tried with my practice batch and it didn't turn out right).


The finished product, yum! How could you go wrong with chocolate in the morning? Tyler says, "Put down the camera, I want to eat them!"



Here is the dessert I made. It is a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Torte. It is one of my favorite Pampered Chef recipes. The chocolate layers are brownies, the middle is marshmallows with a peanut butter sauce, and then chopped up peanut butter cups on top with melted peanut butter drizzled over it. If you want the recipe, then host a cooking show! =)




On Sunday we had some yucky weather come through that left wet snow behind. Apparently one squirrel was starving and decided to feed off of our bird feeder. The feeder is actually squirrel proofed but that part doesn't work anymore so I guess it's a free for all for the neighborhood squirrels. I did enjoy how he hung upside-down to eat. Tyler though it was pretty funny too.


I wasn't sure if I was going to post this or not because it feels like bragging, but I'm proud of myself and I want to share. =) I participated in a Biggest Loser contest with some friends and won! It was 12 weeks long and on every Monday we weighed in and the person in charge calculated our total percentage of weight lost and kept track of it week to week. At my final weigh in I lost a total of 22 pounds. I have never done anything like that before. I didn't even know I could lose weight! If you want to know what my secret formula was, it was counting calories and exercising. I know, who woulda thought?! I don't think I realized how different I looked until I went shopping for new clothes. It's been awhile since I've had so much fun shopping. I also want to mention that Dan has been doing this along with me (not part of the contest though) and has lost quite a bit of weight too.

Here is a before picture from last October. When I did my first weigh in for the contest, I was 10 pounds heavier than I am in this picture.

My after picture, taken yesterday.

5 comments:

Lissa said...

WOW Megan!!! You did awesome!!! :) Good for you!

Tabitha said...

Great job Megan! And don't worry, that is not bragging-I love hearing weight loss success stories! You look great!

Tiffany said...

Pea! You look great!! Congrats!!!
P.S. That chocolate PB thing looks fabulous too.

The Simms Family said...

Way to go Megan! I'm envious because I'm gaining weight! I guess its for a good reason though. :) You look MAHHHVELOUS! I use a wisk to sift. I think it gets more air into what you're sifting.

Anonymous said...

You look fantastic Megan! I'm very proud of you.

Barb