Work It Wednesday

Hey Lovely Treasures,

Today I just want to share a little about my fitness journey.  Most of my life I have been a skinny girl.  I have been through many stages of my life.  Weight was just not something I struggled with and then suddenly (not because of my age or anything) my weight just kept increasing and increasing. Although I wasn't comfortable with the weight gain, I just didn't care enough to do anything about it. Over the past 4 1/2 years of being happily married, I gained about 27 pounds. YIKES!!!!!!

I finally decided that it was time to do something about it. My clothes just didn't fit me anymore and I was just out of my element. I started, maybe the end of July beginning of August, to make changes in my eating habits and I started to work out and joined a group for encouragement and coaching along the way PLUS prayer. I drink Shakeology and work out to the Slim in 6 videos.

I have to confess I could be doing much better and eating a lot cleaner and probably even working out more BUT I have come along way and I have now lost 7 pounds and I am so motivated to keep going on this journey.  My goal for September is to drop another 10 pounds and then in October drop another 10 pounds. 

I am trying to pick up on the cooking my own meals and planning my meals but I am not there yet to be honest. I do cook a little more than before but again I could be doing more.

If you are interested in recipes, you can check out my posts, on Cooking with Mrs. Aguila:  Tuna Salad and  Veggie Stir Fry with Shrimp.

I also have been brave and have been taking sweaty pics for accountability so here you go...

I also did some Keek's of me working out.
(If you don't know what a Keek is, it is 36 second video's you share on a social media platform.  Follow me there www.keek.com/mrsaguila09)
Ok so here's the vids, don't make fun of me, I still have 20 more pounds to lose, please and thank you =)

Sep 2, 2013 | #Slimin6 #workoutvideo On A Mission. Need these videos to keep me motivated. #SeptemberGoal #drop10morepounds by MrsAguila09 on Keek.com

Sep 2, 2013 | #workout #resistanceband #gotoit #slimin6 #SeptemberDay2 #fitness #journey we can do i👍🍅🍆🍇🍈🍊🍌🍍🍎🍏🍑🍒 by MrsAguila09 on Keek.com

Well there you have it...I'd love for you to share your fitness tips, healthy recipes and/or your fitness journey.

Cooking with Mrs. Aguila

Hello Lovely Treasures,

I am doing a recipe post! Say what?? Mrs. Aguila blogging about a recipe AND cooking? Oh me, Oh my!!
Well let's do this! I actually got this recipe from my friend on Facebook, Tracey Scott. She shared a photo and it looked so delicious that I asked her for the recipe and she was sweet enough to comment with the recipe right away.
So here it is. Tracey is calling this dish, The Ultimate Veggie Stir Fry and best of all she mentioned it was "lite and fit".  Winning with this recipe.

Recipe: ingredients.
2 zucchini, 1 bunch of asparagus, 1/2 green pepper, 3 small sweet red/yellow peppers, 1/2 jalapeño with seeds, 1/4 onion, 2 cloves of garlic. Salt your shrimp slightly

1.  Slice all veggies and put in hot pan with 2 Tbsps. olive oil.
2.  Garlic first then peppers and onions. Let cook down 2 min.
3.  Add zucchini and asparagus.
4.  Add salt and garlic pepper and cover 4 min.
5.  Add shrimp (if electric stove turn off heat).
6.  Add a 1/4 cup of water cover until shrimp turns pink.


Photos courtesy of Mr. Aguila and his Lumia 1020 phone.



So I didn't have any of the veggies on hand so I had to go to the market and buy all the ingredients.
The photos depict each step as I went along so you could get a visual to help you along.

My tips: 
*Make sure to slightly salt the shrimp (My dish came out a bit on the bland side) I did add some seasoning to it but I think it needed a little more.
*Make sure not to leave out the jalapeno (Especially if you are like me and like spicy food) For whatever reason, I totally forgot to slice up my jalapeno which would've given this that nice kick.
*Make sure to only put 1/4 cup water. (I assumed it was to little bit and added a little more) It had a lot of liquid and that could be, partly why the flavor was bland.

Overall, I really liked this recipe and so did Mr. Aguila and best of all it is lite and fit which is what I am looking for right now.  Besides a lot of slicing veggies, this recipe is pretty simple.  I have a lot of the veggies left over so I am going to attempt to make this one more time and make sure to follow my tips or stick to the recipe step by step.

I numbered the steps for you for an easier follow so leave me a comment and let me know if you have tried, will try, would like to try this recipe?

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