Miracle Berry Fruit Tablets

Candice here. Got my video up that I had mentioned before! I posted this on my page The Multi Mom, and I wanted to share it here, too.


These little miracle tablets are totally awesome and would help a great deal with weight loss, if you're willing to pay quite the cost for them. (Mine cost $13.95 for 10 tablets on Amazon!) By a stroke of luck (a "miracle"! lol) I was able to get my hands on some miracle fruit tablets, made from miracle berry pulp. The miracle berry does something (I don't know what) to your tastebuds, and makes it so that anything sour or bitter that you eat tastes sweeter. They eliminate the need for sugar (after you dissolve a tablet on your tongue, they make all foods taste sweeter for a while), so you wouldn't need to use any sugar to make foods taste better, like lemons, limes, grapefruit, tea, coffee... I've seen videos where even hot peppers taste milder, and things like mustard, pickles, and vinegar have new and interesting flavors. Not only is it healthy to try, but it's fun, too! Here, I'm eating a grapefruit, but I've already tried a lemon and lime since making this video. AWESOME!!!

Links I mentioned in the video:
Wish List for Weight Loss: http://thehealthykitten.blogspot.com/p/candices-wish-list.html
Wish List for The Multi Mom Page: http://themultimom.blogspot.com/p/wish-list.html

Turn sour into sweet?

Candice here again  :-)  I recently bought some "miracle berry fruit tablets", which is basically miracle berry pulp in a pill form. Have you heard of these before? They are awesome! Tonight I'm going to see if I can eat a whole grapefruit without having to load it down with sugar like I usually do. Can you imagine the health benefits of this if it'll work? I'll be able to eat grapefruits all the time without all that sugar! Drink tea without sugar! I'll just suck on a tablet and be like - sugar? What's sugar? Who needs it? Not this woman! lol


I just made it through a lemon (and it was so freaking good!) so I have high hopes for the grapefruit. I especially can't wait to try the lime, since I heard they taste even sweeter than the lemons do. Wish me luck! lol   I bought 4 grapefruits, so I'll definitely be making a video about it soon. I just wish they weren't so expensive... but if you want to help me out on my weight loss journey and make it easier for me to give up sugar (since these tablets make EVERYTHING taste sweet!), I have them on my "wish list". You can either find it in the tabs at the top of the page, or you can click on the link below. Talk to you all later! Love yas!


Candice's Wish List

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast-

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- pasta

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner-

Total Dinner =cal

Snack-

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- green shake 126 cal for one cup

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

Exercise for the Day

Wii-

Jackie's Food/Exercise Diary 2/1/2012

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast- Special K strawberry cereal, banana

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- 100cal tortilla with ham cheese and light mayo

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner- pasta

Total Dinner =cal

Snack- icecream

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- green shake 126 cal for one cup

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

Exercise for the Day

Walk 2.3 miles

Bods chairotica class 9:30-10:30

Walked the mall 2 times

Jackie's Food/Exercise Diary 1/31/2012

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast- Special K cereal, banana

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- broccoli chicken mac and cheese

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner- Mini turky meatloaf and mashed sweet potatoes.

Total Dinner =cal

Snack- Spicy Nacho Popcorn 180cal for half a bag.

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- 110cal low fat ice cream sandwich

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

Exercise for the Day

Just Dance on the Wii - 46min

Challenge 1/30/2012

Lauren's Challenge: " I've seen how you (Jackie) have been indicating that you are struggling lately. For starters, I want you to go back and read the goodbye letter you wrote. Then I challenge you to create a reward system for your progress. I never did journaling during my journey, BUT I struggled getting the motivation to workout (deployed hubby, with an infant and a full time job was exhausting). My reward system was that I wasn't allowed to shower until I worked out. If I did this 5 days a week, I allotted myself 1 meal to contain a "splurge" item (not the whole meal, just one portion of it). Maybe you can find something that will work like that for you.". 

  I read my goodby letter and all my inspiration board items over again...

 Now rewards...

If I do 4 workouts a week I get the choice to have my rum that weekend (as a splurge) or I get to have the weekend off from cleaning... if I don't do my workouts then I HAVE TO clean house during the weekend (including much over do organizing of places like the garage).

If I complete all my workouts for the month then I get to indulge in a spa night in (do my nails and stuff like that).

If I stick to my diet post and calorie count for the week I get to go out (window shopping or borrow the car for the day) on the weekend and don't have to post my weekend meals (although I will keep my eating habits reasonable during the weekend)... if I miss any weekday diet post then I HAVE to follow my diet posting to a T on the weekend.

If I loose 10lbs I get to make myself a low calorie but yummy dessert for my last "snack" of the day (so something within my calorie budget but that takes more effort to make than my usual snacks).

 If I loose a dress size I get to sell my old clothing and buy a new set with the funds from my "yard sale" along with make/have a dessert (of reasonable portions) or drink (yay for rum).

Proof of all activitys is journaling so if I do not post what my activitys are then I miss out on any rewards.

Jackie's Food/Exercise Diary 1/30/2012

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast- chocolate Special K cereal, banana, and key lime pie light yogurt.

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread with light mayo

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner- 475cal broccoli mac and cheese with mashed sweet potatoes

Total Dinner =cal

Snack- Spicy Nacho Popcorn 180cal for half a bag.

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- 110cal low fat ice cream sandwich

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

Exercise for the Day

Just Dance on the Wii -

Weight and more...

 

 Hey! It's Jackie!

Ok first of all my first weigh in of the year (witch is far to late in coming... I should have done this at lease a couple times if not more since last weigh in) is... *drum roll*....

255.5lbs, That is 27.5lbs total lost since I started my diet.

I posted it on facebook first though (cause I'm impatient like that) so most of you probably know it already. As I said on facebook, I really was nervous about this weigh in since I really lost track food wise over the holidays and avoided the scale. That plus missing class a couple weeks from being sick &/or having the boys for the week kinda made me stick my head back in the "I'm not looking" scaredy cat mentality. Sooo... Resolution for this year... well not really resolution since those rarely are acted on. More like a promise to myself... "Get back on track so you can figure this stuff out and not worry yourself!". I'm glad to see a loss but I seriously feel I have slowed down my momentum this holiday witch is why I need move on and get things going.

 Now I have had a challenge sitting around and I am going to do it ... 

Lauren's Challenge: " I've seen how you (Jackie) have been indicating that you are struggling lately. For starters, I want you to go back and read the goodbye letter you wrote. Then I challenge you to create a reward system for your progress. I never did journaling during my journey, BUT I struggled getting the motivation to workout (deployed hubby, with an infant and a full time job was exhausting). My reward system was that I wasn't allowed to shower until I worked out. If I did this 5 days a week, I alotted myself 1 meal to contain a "splurge" item (not the whole meal, just one portion of it). Maybe you can find something that will work like that for you.". 

I'm just trying to figure out what my rewards are for my reward system since they have to be simple/cheep things (since I'm jobless and poor LOL) and for the sake of simplicity. I like the ones Lauren has but I feel I need to find something that will work for me soooo... I'm thinking about it. 

I am going to read my goodbuy letter and all my inspiration board items over again. I need it.

 

Oh and while I'm at it... been looking at the healthy/diet/food blogs (some are non diet some are)  I follow and all I can say is YUM! Theirs like 3 things I want to try rite now.

Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti (witch I think I can keep reasonably low cal depending on what toppings I get and how much and/or can just be a treat) by saucy.

Skinny Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Scones by Gina at skinnytaste

Healthy Frappuccinos by Katie at chocolate coverd katie

 

Self reflection and flaws...

"You have to know your flaws before you can find your strength. If you know your flaws you can fix them or leave them as a mark of character."- TigeressKitten's Twitter Account.

I don't do much with twitter, mostly cause I'm ignorant about it but also cause I lead a boring life... same reason I don't post often on my fashion blog. Why post about wearing jeans and a tank top while cleaning, sitting at the computer, or filling out applications for the 6th day in a row? So when I post on twitter it's mostly just me trying to be upbeat and posting something inspiring. Partially for myself to remind me to love myself as part of my affirmation to keep myself out of depression that I use to have when I was a teen (I know, some of you who knew me back in the day are saying "Depression? what depression?" I hid it well). Anyways sometimes its just a thought in the heat of the moment witch is why their usually spaced out by weeks of nothing. But today I went on and saw that I gained a few followers after my post about how "feeling sexy isn't about what size you are but how confident you feel." and In my surprise and to be honest shock that I went up by about 6-10 followers (and only about 3 of them where spammers) and my shock that Fredericks twitter retweeted me I was thinking about well... my struggles with my blog, my difficulty in taking picts, the ever present push to try to get my meaning though in words when.... ok, lets face it the more passionate I am the more my writing turns to crap sometimes (my spelling takes a hike to but I suspect that's cause I have a mild form of dyslexia added to my absentmindedness and a I don't give a F if you don't like it response), I have verbal diarrhea of the keyboard, especially when I'm angry. I'm a vocal and visual story teller not a writer... and even my artistic efforts are often... well lets say I'm decent but no one is going to be buying my work anytime soon *sigh* as much as that disappoints me *glares at my craft jewelry page that still hasn't sold anything*. Anyways when I thought about that all and thought about all the other struggles in my life like weight and things like that I realized a couple things.

"Self reflection, Inner strength, and self love are the hallmarks of a woman whose life will always improve."- TigeressKitten's Twitter Account.

"You have to know your flaws before you can find your strength. If you know your flaws you can fix them or leave them as a mark of character."- TigeressKitten's Twitter Account.

My life may not change for the best over night. I may always be poor and struggling with a low income job instead of my choice of careers but I do know my flaws, have known them quite a while since I self reflect often and for a while I chose to ignore the wrong ones but now I have self love and the inner strength to back it up and that has changed me. It has made me be able to see my flaws in a whole new way and I find that some like my absentmindedness, goofy/silliness, my wildness on the dance floor, my bookworm ways, my loudness, and my desire to be the purple haired girl driving a vespa mooter scooter are a part of me and aren't likely to change without destroying a part of what makes me me. While others like my weight issues have to be dealt with not because of looks cause I'm hot no matter the size but because I need a strong foundation for my life and that includes a healthy active body. So I'm improving the flaws and leaving the odd marks and cracks that give me character and my life improvement. Well I don't know what the future may hold but the improvements I enjoy the most has been my membership at bods and also the improvement in what my body is capable of doing.

And if your wondering... The strength comes from knowing yourself and loving yourself flaws and all. Its also in knowing the difference between character building flaws and flaws that should be worked on.

By the way... if anyone knows how to get spammers off your twitter followers let me know. I freeking hate them. I always feel like I have to go though and count how many real followers I have (a hard thing to do since I have some legit business that actually follow me for some odd reason but since some of the business I don't know well its hard to tell some times) and I would rather have my numbers reflect the real thing. I hate seeing it go up only to realize its a spammer.

Jackie's 12/1/2011 Food Diary

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast-  Eggo whole wheat waffles (2) 170cal, syrup 20cal

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- Skinny Potato Gratin 160cal

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner- Rice with Tuna

Total Dinner =cal

Snack- Fig Newtons

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- Fig Newtons

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

Trying to get back in the swing of things... so here we go...

Jackie's Top Ten Health Reminders List

With the Holiday Season I wanted to post something to remind us all why we still need to remember health an to treat yourself well.

Top Ten Health Reminders List

1) Do something you love! If you find something you enjoy to do then it won't be such a struggle to do it.

2) You Deserve It!

3) Sometimes its not about how you look in the mirror or how sociaty sees you but how good your body feels and what your capable of doing.

4) A healthy life opens doors to more life opertunitys, things you didn't do before because you where not physically capable now become things you do on a regular basis.

5) You can't be their for everyone if your not their for yourself, You avoid taking care of yourself because everyone else comes first and you will neglect yourself to the point where you aren't capable of taking care of anyone!

6) Their is freedom in taking control of your body and its needs instead of letting your body control your life.

7) Satisfaction... you can find it in being healthy much more than you can in over eating or sitting on your butt.

8) Love yourself.

9) Theirs nothing shameful about a body that was given to you/created by god/goddess/the universe/life.

10) It shows when you respect your body and yourself.

Happy Holidays!

Exercise for the week of 11/27/11-12/3/27

Chairotica class @ Bods

6mile walk (2 miles to bank, 2 miles back home, then 2 miles to Bods)

Jackies weigh in 11/15/2011

Current weight 260lbs, am starting to try to wear heels to my exersize class.

Total weight loss since beginning of weight loss journey? 23lbs.

My sparkly shoes from Old Navy that I wear in chairotica class.

Weight for 11/15/2011

Theirs No Excuse!

I haven't been posting much except for a comment now and then on facebook on going to my chairotica class that I go to and love and also comments on my current weight and when I rent just dance for the wii. I know... horrible blogger not keeping you all in the loop. I have no excuse other than Ive been kinda free wheeling the diet thing and really need to get back on track... actually more like I need to ramp it up. I still try to eat well with only one cheat day although this weekend was more like a cheat weekend (went out with the girls aka my exmanagers/friends to see a local band and I had several drinks that I danced off then the next day I had cici's pizza and ate to much after having helped a little with clean up of  our house mates rental property he is selling... so I haven't  been good this weekend at all) so I really need to put in the work this week to even it out and keep up with the weight loss. I also need to ramp up my exercise in preparation for the holidays. I do not want to limit my holiday yummys/goodies to much so I have to account for the extra calories by working harder than just once or twice a week for an hour. As for everything else? Well the part time job is ok, waiting for my first paycheck but since I work only one or two days a week I doubt I will get much done/paid for with it. In reality I need a full time job so I can afford to ramp up my membership at bods and do all the things I want like have a bike to ride and fix the messed up tooth I have (missing cap fell out 3yrs ago & I don't have money or dental to fix it). I know, I keep saying it... but I don't know... Its like a lot of things in my life, mabey if I keep saying its going to happen and hope for the best maybe the universe will give me a helping hand??? One can hope. Anyways I have the candles lit today screened in windows open, I got 6 pumpkin pies to cook (none of witch I will eat... I munch out on pumpkin seeds, the pie is just not to waste the pumpkin and also for the enjoyment of giving them to my friends), music station on the tv, cleaning to do, and laundry to finish. I'm dreaming of enjoying all the new herbs we placed in the garden to replace ones that died or that we just wanted and we also got a key lime plant and a lemon plant so I'm dreaming of a future full of healthy yummyness. Kinda disappointed we didn't find onions to grow this weekend though. I was looking forward to an onion harvest so I can make a onion soup.

I hope you all have a good day and try to see your health/life with clarity like I'm attempting. 

Knowing my issues (thoughtlessness in food and body health management) might not bring me pride but it sure dose allow me to move forward in life knowing I might know how to better improve myself despite the every now and then fall back to old habits.

got this from facebook... do not know the original owner.

I forgive myself for allowing my old self peek back into my life and I shut the door in that lazy Bitches face LOL!

( Please excuse the language! I suspect I will have to do this several times... the forgiving myself and closing the door on the old me so a little foul language seems appropriate emphasis to this statement.)

I think I have made piece with the part of me that brought me to this point. I no longer blame that scared girl who hid behind her books and forgetfulness/thoughtlessness in order to hide form the sad/bad things in her life. I forgive her for allowing her body to go in an effort to be unnoticeable. And I forgive her for not refocusing on health even after she stopped wanting to be invisible and became the bold woman I am today.

Theirs no room in my life for self hate, and I hope theirs no room in your life for it either...

Forgive YOURSELF!

You deserve it more than any other person in your life you may have forgiven.

Jackie's exercise 10/14/2011

Morning-  1:14min just dance 3 on wii

Jackie's Exercise 10/1/2011-10/11/2011

 10/1/2011- I wish I had a pedometer, one of my b-day gifts was a night out at universals Halloween Horror Nights and we walked all over the park. So I have no idea how much walking I did that day but it combined with all the cooking and cleaning I did that day plus my lack of sleep made me exhausted by the time we where done... extremely happy to have had such a good time but EXHAUSTED!

 10/4/2011- Chairotica at Bods (don't remember if I walked or not. I think I did since the only time I missed walking was once when it was raining... actually now that I think about it I did walk and then I had to call Bill our housemate to pick me up cause it was getting dark and I didn't want to chance walking in the dark so thats 2.4mile walk since it was only the one way with actually is what I normally do so no biggie).

10/9/2011-  1:50min of Just Dance 3 on the wii

10/11/2011-  6pm Chairotica at Bods, going to walk to class (2.4 miles).


This is a lot more walking than I have done in the past I believe but I don't think my weight is going to go down (we will have to see when I do tonight's class and go weigh in at Publix) since my birthday party had tons of left overs that we ate over the corse of the week (some of witch was not low fat versions) so... I'm hoping that at lease I have maintained my weight with all the extra activity I have done.

Jackie's Exercise (forgot to post...)

 It's come to my attention that I've been using the facebook to post my exercise for the day and forgot to post in here sooo....

9/27/2011- did the chairotica at Bods then did my 2 mile walk home. weighed myself at the grocery store on my way home and theirs no change this time (not surprised), now to cool off and take a shower... I'm a mess!

9/22/2011- chairotica,  Holy Sh... I flipped myself on a chair! *still giggling although my legs feel like jello*, all thanks to Bods. Seriously... I'm surprised, my balance has been off for the last couple years cause of my weight. And if you don't know what I'm talking about... well maybe eventually I will post a pict. Weight today... 271lbs! I would have taken a pict with my cell phone of the scale but my phone is dying. That's 2lbs down since last weigh in making my total so far 12lbs! No walk (it was an evening class so it was dark).

not sure what days I did this but it was within the last couple weeks- wii zumba 40min, wii dance 40min.

If you recognize what your reading its because this was posted to the facebook page. I'm going to start writing post its to remind me to post on the blog also LOL! I might have missed a post.. but basically that's it. Once a week is Bods, hopefully I will get a job and be able to afford a membership fee that's more than once a week. Till then this is what I got. I do need to ramp up my home work outs though *groans* I really dislike the boring home workouts :(  unless its wii dance games, those are fun.

 

So Excited!

Its official... I took chairotica class and was able to do this thing where you kinda lay over the top/back of the folding chair while holding the seat and you go head down and legs in the air! I wish I had a pict! Makes me want to buy a folding chair to practice though... especially parts like getting up on the chair and standing on it... I'm still struggling getting up and down off the floor.

Also lost 2 more pounds despite my lack of diary posting... just by eating portion sizes and making good decisions. Although I do need to get back to diary postings for my diet its reassuring that I lost even just 2lbs without the diary (and while the time of day for my weigh in was different my habit was the same... drink same amount of water while at class at bods and having ate early enough before bods to not throw up while exercising LOL and weigh myself at the same grocery store I go to and same scale. Although today's walk before bods was canceled since it was raining and its an evening class and I don't want to walk home in the dark.)... It means I will be able to keep up even after I loose the lbs and slow down on counting and just eat reasonable for my weight. I'm so excited... as time goes by and I lose a couple pound here and a couple pound their my amount I have to loose gets more and more reasonable and I feel better. Slowly my confidence in what I'm capable of doing is coming back. I honestly have to say I'm in love with exercise! Well... maybe not all exercise, theirs still lots at home that I don't do (crunches are a pain and its hard to do stuff that bores you) but things like wii dance games or classes at bods or even walking to bods on a nice day are great! My only wish now is for more opportunity to do the things I DO like!

Oh Shi... ummm... I forgot to turn in my red box rental of wii zumba, guess I have it for another day! Opps!

Jackie's 916/2011 Food Diary

Goal

Breakfast = 300 calories

Lunch = 300 calories

Dinner = 300 calories

Two snacks = 300 calories (aka 150 calories per snack)

1200Cal Total

Actual 

Breakfast- Special K cerial

Total Breakfast = cal

Lunch- waffle with cream cheese

 Total Lunch =cal

Dinner- pan grilled pork with rice and mix vegg

Total Dinner =cal

Snack- pumpkin seeds

Total First Snack = cal

Snack- special k crackers

Total Second Snack = cal

cal +cal + cal + cal+ cal = cal

Total For Day = cal

To be honest my only excuse for not crunching numbers today after having a cheat day the other day is that I feel like crap today (please excuse my language). Basically my spotting is back in a major way or I got my period. Either way I'm exhausted and feel asleep for half of the day. Its like having the flu, one moment you feel fine the next your about ready to fall asleep where you are. I just hope I feel a bit better this coming up week or my efforts at Bods for my one day a week might end up lack luster. Witch would piss me off since I've put so much effort my first few days to at lease make an effort to try all the moves I'm somewhat even close to physically able to doing (and some I cant even). Plus I don't want to end up gaining any just cause I feel crappy... I want the numbers going DOWN! The sooner I'm at a healthy weight the sooner this spotting stops. And I get to a healthy weight and its STILL happening I'm going back to the same clinic and calling bull shit on that gyno!

Good news is that even though I didn't write down numbers I did keep my serving sizes reasonable so if I did do numbers I would probably end up somewhat close.

Oh, and my food choices this week might end up looking a bit odd (like having the waffles with cream cheese for lunch instead of breakfast or snack), we are a bit low on grocerys and aren't shopping till next weekend as far as I know so that means I will only have whatever is in our pantry... and I'm purty sure I've eaten though most of the healthy items (and a couple of them might be getting old like the grapes).

Goals...

Something I realized during my exercise class I took the other day at Bods...


Goals I really want to reach


Gain back my flexibility.


Gain back my balance.


Gain back my fluidity of motion.


Be able to get up off the ground with ease.


Be able to do the splits.


Be able to do a high kick of some sort.


Be able to jump higher.


Be able to do a back bend without falling while trying to get in position.

Get legs over the back of the metal folding chair at chairotica class without falling out my seat.

Be able to get ON the seat (stand on the seat) in chairotica without hopping like a bunny... smooth motion!

Be able to do a flip or cartwheel of some sort.

Have more control over my body in general.
 

And have activity (like exercise) be a day to day automatic part of my life instead of something I feel I have to make myself do cause while  I have been enjoying what I have been doing, its been a conscious effort and I want it to be as automatic as breathing for me since I don't want to be the inactive unhealthy me ever again. 

Jackie's Weigh In