Where am I now?

As mentioned before, I have been in an accountability group since the beginning of June. I have been drinking Shakeology daily and following the Insanity calendar with my workouts. Granted, I haven't been perfect with my workouts or my food. I have pushed workouts to my rest day or I've done 2 workouts the next day so that I could get some extra sleep, lift weights with my husband, or do other physical things with my family. Some times I HATE having to wake up to do my workout. When this happens, I remind myself that the only person suffering is me! It's me versus the old me. With this being said, I decided to compile some before and current pictures.  Please keep in mind that I am NOT done with Insanity or the accountability group yet. I still have 11 workouts to do. One of which I am going to do when I am done with my post .

I started by posting this picture on my Facebook not expecting much of a response. Man was I surprised! Every time I opened Facebook I had MANY notifications and messages pertaining to the picture. It really hit the spot with many of my Facebook friends. I was getting requests to post more comparisons, so I did.

I am SO excited to see my results after finishing Insanity! I am LOVING what I am seeing! It's an indescribably feeling when someone reaches out to you to tell you that because of you they are starting to change their life for the better. I actually cried when someone did this to me! It feels awesome to inspire people!

What are you doing today to make you into the best you possible?

Comments and emails, as always, are welcome.

Kate

pezzysplace at gmail dot com

Pin Win or Fail #1

I was searching Pinterest high and low for pins to help use up zucchini. I got a massive one at the public market last weekend. Along with that, my zucchinis in my garden are almost ready! YAY!
I found a pin for Cinnamon Zucchini Coffee Cake and I thought " hey, why not give it a try". Man am I ever glad that I did!
I followed the directions from the link about exactly as they are written except for 3/4 of my sugar was really stevia. The cake just got out of the oven and it smells heavenly. I couldn't resist so I dug in and it was DELICIOUS! I wasn't too sold on the idea of zucchini tasting like apples, but it is TRUE! I'm so thankful I found this recipe!
Quick, go try it & let me know what you think.

This picture doesn't do it justice.  You will have to make it for yourself to see how great it is!

This pin is definitely a WIN!

As always, comments & emails are welcome. Let me know how you like it!

Kate

Easy Turkey Chili

      I recently have crafted a turkey chili recipe. I had no real idea what I was doing. I marched into Wegman's knowing that I needed ground turkey, tomatoes (the recipe I was going to use called for stewing tomatoes), black beans with chili seasoning and corn. I found the ground turkey with no problem. The trouble came when I went to look for the stewing tomatoes I couldn't find them originally, and when I did end up finding them SUGAR was the second ingredient. NO THANK YOU! I took a venture down the aisle a few steps and found these

I was beyond pleased to find no sugar added! 

I settled for some black beans because again I had no idea what I was doing now that I decided I wasn't going to use the recipe I originally was going to use. It wasn't until I walked down the taco aisle and saw this

`Yes I realize this has added sugar, but because of how low on the ingredients it was I decided to let it slide. I put the beans I originally had back and put these beans in my cart. 

I found no salt added corn to add to my chili as well (without a problem)

When I got home I couldn't resist starting to make the chili. I began by browning the turkey

While the turkey was browning I opened up the cans of corn, tomatoes and beans and dumped them into a pot.It should be noted that I drained the corn, but not the beans & tomatoes.

Once the turkey was browned I added that into the mix

and mixed all the ingredients together

Now I just covered the pot and let it simmer for 15- 20 minutes.

The tomatoes cook down and it becomes less liquid-y 

Spoon it into a bowl and enjoy (even add cheese if you wish).

This is so delicious, quick & easy !! 

ENJOY

Let me know if you tried this recipe out & how you enjoyed it.

As always, comments & emails are always welcome.

Kate