Peanut Butter & Jelly Vi-Shake

I made these for my niece & I for breakfast this morning. I used PB2 powder instead of peanut butter & a little extra jelly. She said it was the best shake she's ever had, I hope you enjoy it too!

Visalus Oatmeal

I haven't tried this, but I love oatmeal so I have a feeling this is in my near future.....

Visalus Oatmeal This is oatmeal with all the nutrients, vitamin, Protein and everything else found in the VI Shake . 

8oz. of Milk, could be soymilk, 2% milk, or Silk milk
2 scoop of shake mix
1 tsp of vanilla

(Mix everything in your Blender) then add
1/2 cup of Quick 1 minute Oatmeal
Put it in the microwave for one minute, then stir, and add one more minute. Stir before serving.
Add 1tsp of cinnamon powder on the top.....

It is a great way to start your day in a healthy way! It is great for the HEART because It helps reduce cholesterol.

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BIG NEWS!!!

All this hard work is paying off!!!! Not only am I down 77 lbs now (3 more until my next goal guys!), after 15 years, yes, 15 I am no longer diabetic!!!! WOO-HOO! Happy dance!

77 lbs, 23 more to go to main goal!!

The bummer is I still have to take the metformin meds, and, probably forever because I've always been hypoglycemic, aka pre-diabetic (or so I'm told). The metformin will help keep my sugar from getting too low, not just too high. 

On other news, in spite of quitting a jar a  week peanut butter habit, giving up croissants, & walking 2 miles a day, my cholesterol is up. Apparently this runs in my family. Luckily it's not bad enough to need meds, just monitoring. And, so maybe they didn't decrease the diabetes meds like I was hoping, but at least they didn't add any more on to my already giant list!

ViSalus Vi-Shape Competitor Comparison

I found this very interesting... I hope you will too...

xoxo chele :)

Vi Shape No Bake Energy Cookies

Andrea just sent me a picture of the no bake energy cookies she made with her Vi Shape Shake sample, she said they are delish! 
".I just made the no bake energy cookies...I used the recipe you posted & added a little.....Oatmeal, Crunchy Peanut Butter, Coconut, Honey, Ground Flax Seed, Vi-Shape Sweet Cream Powder, & Cranberries....So Delish!!!! Thank you!! :) xo"

No Bake Energy Bites

2 scoops Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake Mix by Visalus

1 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)

1/3 cup honey

1 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup ground flaxseed

1 tsp vanilla

I haven't made these myself yet, but I trust my friend Andrea's opinion. I've got a serious peanut butter addiction that gets out of control, and I mean a jar a week out of control! So, I don't tempt myself with even keeping it in the house! Otherwise, they would have been made by now, for sure! Hmmm, I could get 1/2 a cup of almond butter from Fresh Market, and make them, something to think about!!

Baby steps

Losing weight is a learning lesson. Most of the time it's 2 steps forward, one step back. Don't focus on your over all goal. Visalus teaches us to set a 90 day challenge overall goal. For me, my current goal is to get to a size 12 before October 10.
I take it further though. Baby steps. I don't look at the scale and think oh I want to lose 50 lbs. That is a MAJOR goal, and it will take a long time to get there, and when you set a goal that big, you keep seeing that big number and get discouraged because the scale isn't moving fast enough. Break it up! For example, set your goal in 10 lb increments and starting at the 9, not the 0. What I mean is instead of shooting for 160, shoot for 159, then you are down another decimal bracket. If you shoot for 160, great but you are still in the 160s. Shoot for 159 & wow, you are in the 150s!!!!
I said earlier that most of the time it's 2 steps forward & one step back. For me, it's a pure struggle. I will be down 2 lbs one day & the next day I can be back up 5-7 lbs, and for no particular reason! Then, I have to work my way slowly back down. Heck yeah, it's frustrating! But, I figure, hey if I got there I can do it again, right?
As far as working out, DON'T OVERDO IT. I think I told you already I have AS (ankylosing spondylitis). I have learned to take any exercise in minute increments. By this I mean baby steps too. I started walking my dog. Usually we go a few houses down & then back home. So, I started adding a house on, walking one house further. Before I knew it I could do half a block easily, with little pain. Next, I stretched it to a full block, and when I could manage that, I added another 1/2 block on. Every few days, as I got used to each distance I'd add a little more on until I could walk to the beach & back, 1.7 miles round trip!
Then, I got a little cocky. I went to Walmart Super Center & walked all around there, next to Fresh Market, finally, I came home and took my little dog on a 2.8 mile walk. Yeah, I over did it. And, I spent the next 3 days barely able to move, sick as if I had a terrible flu. 2 steps forward, one step back.
Now, I started walking again. A half mile round trip first time, 48 the next time. The latest was .75. I can honestly say my hips & lower back aren't too please with me, Tomorrow, depending on how bad the AS is I will walk either 1/2 a mile or .75, I'll take the baby step back if I have to. After all, I'm still moving!