I am joining the bandwagon officially by calling today McFatty Monday. Heir to Blair has done a great job to blog about her weight struggles and everything that she has been through this past year.  If you are not reading her blog you need to. 

Everything that I went through this past year my body took the brunt of it.  I gained 25-30 pounds due to all of the stress.  I have been on so many medicines. I have had to change doses to figure out what is going to be best for me.  I have been able to cut down most of them to smaller doses but if I eat one cupcake I feel like I gain 5 pounds.

Cameron and I are both determined to lose the weight.  I have gained before and lost. I have done diets before, but the best one that has worked out is counting calories. We have been doing it for 2 weeks and I have lost 8 pounds.  I have an awesome personal trainer Nicki, who I work out with 3 days a week.  The other days I am going to do cardio.

Along with exercise I am also eating right.  I have sticking to a 1200 calorie diet and a 1300-1400 on the days that I work out with Nicki.

Here is our menu for the week ( I promise these are all low calorie):

Sunday (one of Cameron's friends came over for dinner):
      Chicken Fajitas
      Beef Tacos
      Guacamole

Monday:
        Blueberry Pancake
        Sausage
        Eggs (Egg Beaters for me)

Tuesday:
        Honey Mustard Pork Chops
        Peas
        Corn on the Cob
        Salad
        Green Beans

Wednesday:
        Salad
        Chicken Lasagna

Once I try all of these recipes out I will post if they are worth making again.  Every Monday I will try and give you an update on how I am doing.

My short term goal is to be down 25 pounds by Mexico in  April.  Here's to McFatty Monday.