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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next month is the year anniversary of dukan for me and I am overjoyed by how much I love life! I love it all! The ups, the downs, the sideways because somehow I have learned that it is all equally important and keeps balance in my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel like I'm just learning who I am for the first time and I realized that I can now say something I never quite understood when others would say it:</span><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With unconditional love that is. I have always liked who I am, my dorky, over the top, silly self. But there were days I would look in the mirror and be so dang hard on myself. Why would I treat others better than myself? Why would I say some of the nastiest things about my body?</span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I realized that no matter where I am in my journey, I love me. Deeply. Fully. Truly. And that makes the ride SOOO much more enjoyable. I can't stop smiling. :) </span></div><div align="left"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh! P.S. I made a video yesterday that is up on youtube. I'll post it below. Muah! <3</span> </div><div align="left"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as of two days ago I officially signed up for the Dr. Oz Transformation Nation Million Dollar You challenge! And I am OVER THE MOON excited! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a little (a lot) late into the game, seeing how there are only FOUR more days to sign up, but better late than never right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the link below to find out more information about it! Just because there are only four days left doesnt mean YOU shouldn't sign up! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Im really excited to jumpstart my weight loss again and rep the Dukan Diet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since my grandma got sick, I haven't been able to put my best foot forward in my weight loss journey, and since she passed away last month I feel as if I am now able to refocus. I know that's what she would want me to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I joined a gym with my papa who is also doing the challenge, and it's a great bonding thing for us to do! Our workouts have been great so far and he is down a ton of weight! I'm so proud! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well...I'm off to do some pilates and clean and such...I'll talk to yall later!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peace and love! :) </span><br />
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</span>Brittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-25277983506853956342012-02-09T16:10:00.000-08:002012-02-09T16:10:26.380-08:00Food Menu for today!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Had a tonnnnn of food today! Trying to up my breakfasts so I'm not as hungry during the day. It seems that I was still hungry today, even with the big breakfast!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Today I had:</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Breakfast- 2 egg omelet, bacon slice, and oat bran 'grits'. With a large cup of chai tea latte. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><br />
Lunch - Ground turkey with ff sour cream on two of Sonia's 'pita chips' yumm!<br />
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Dinner - hamburger and greek yogurt.<br />
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Holy moly am I stuffed! </span></span><br />
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I'm slowly starting to feel slim. I still have a ways to go but still..<br />
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-BCherryBrittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-63255563880645171682012-02-02T08:18:00.001-08:002012-04-06T06:48:09.885-07:00Dukan diet and Slip ups :(<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As some of you know, last week my family was hit with a big tragedy, not only did my grandma pass away, but the day after my aunt passed as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lost my footing...I went to bad foods for 5 days! EEEKKK! not cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's the video of how I got back on track and WHY I got back on track.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my grandma passed away yesterday...what an emotional time. Yesterday my eating went to the trash. I didn't really eat during the day but my dinner was BAD. VERY BAD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dukan no no's indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I didn't beat myself up about it. I just woke up and got back on track. I know my grandma would want me to be as healthy as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just got my 30 minute run in, which made me feel a lot better. But I have to remind myself to eat every few hours or else I just..don't. I'm just now eating breakfast...it's 1:50pm. Oy! No bueno. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This ones for you grandma! Love you! <3 <3</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a goof ball. I am a bad dancer. I love dancing. I love cooking. I'm a bad chef sometimes. I never give up on love. I love fairy tales (and I still believe in happily ever afters). I sometimes hate working out. I sometimes love working out. I eat clean. I am very into natural remedies. I love my family. I love myself. I am an actress. I am a writer. I am a director. I love to color. I love pandas. I think laughter is addicting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A good friend of mine posted a photo that said 'I'm not fat, I have fat' which was pretty cool...and made me think deeply of my weight loss journey. For a long time<b><u><i> I was fat</i></u></b>. In my mind at least. And it stuck to me, the fat was controlling more of my life than I would want it to, and that wasn't okay. But I allowed it to happen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then one day I had enough. And the fat was lost. And I realized that I wasn't the fat-it was just something that stuck to me due to my own insecurities. My own doubts about myself. It worked as a safety blanket that turned out not to be so safe. I was being suffocated. I had scary moments when I would just black out. Pass out in random places due to having too much weight on my body. And not to mention the emotional baggage I was carrying around. Oy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a mask that I wore, and I was finally ready to take it off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess that's why losing weight worked for me this time. The shackles that I had enslaved myself to had finally been broken. Never to be pieced back together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meditation has helped me a lot. Finding myself. Eating clean, and exercise really help with the energy levels, and I have learned that 'inner-cise' (the work one does on yourself aka meditation) is just as important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We get to write our own stories. And just remember--if someone is speaking negative of you remind yourself that it ISNT you're story that they are telling. It is their own. It is just showing their own insecurities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember-your story has nothing to do with anyone but yourself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm finding out new things about myself each and every day and it's so thrilling to me! I'm falling in love with who I am and who I'm becoming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They didn't even notice that the noodles were made with egg whites instead of pasta noodles..shhhh, I'm not gonna tell them! lol <3 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT! I do have a new video post for you guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is my top five reasons why you should give Dukan a chance and how life changing it can be! Just a heads up Reason #3 got all weird for some reason :( But mainly its talking about how time is going to go pass no matter what, and the main thing that you have to think about is how do you want to feel when that time passes? :) The video is posted at the way bottom of this! You can check out my other youtube videos at </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/bcherryhealth">http://www.youtube.com/bcherryhealth</a> If you would hit 'Like' if you liked watching that would be outstanding! :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check her out if you want to be pushed! At the same time it is so much fun! Her site is pretty awesome too, she has some great recipes *even if you aren't doing dukan, and there are a ton of recipes that can be dukanized* and her workouts are intense! There is also some great information on the site that you can walk away with! She's very into clean eating which I LOVE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are your goals for the new year? I want to get to a size 8 or 6...that was my goal for last year but we found out that my grandma has cancer, and life went on hold for a long period of time (that's also why I haven't had time to deal with the changing of my passwords and such. So much emotional issues!) Stress built up fast, and the last thing my body wanted to do was lose weight. I wasn't sleeping enough, I wasn't eating enough. And I was just put on pause for quite awhile. Which is interesting because I still stuck with dukan. Those are the foods that gave me comfort, and I think it was just in my mind to eat what I was now used to. Weird.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... Although sometimes french fries still mock me. Is it weird that I just want a celebration meal with only french fries? Clearly...I haven't gotten over all of my old temptations yet haha oh well! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I reckon that's why I didn't reach that goal yet, I am currently at a size 10 though, so I'm pretty sure I'll reach that goal! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have recently become kind of a health freak and am always wondering what companies are putting into things, chemical wise. Not just with food, but everything! From hair care, to skin care, etc. I just want to be an overall healthier person in my life and I find studying up on this stuff is quite interesting! *And sometimes gross...haha!*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would love to hear from you guys and see how you all are doing! Have you started Dukan yet? Still thinking about it? How long have you been at it? What's your favorite workout? I'm always looking for cool new ways to mix up my workouts and such! Anywho! That's all for now!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And doing great, I have officially lost 63 lbs! WOOHOO! On the 13th, it will be my 7 month anniversary with dukan. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It made me feel comfortable that I had the slip up but knew how to get back on track...this is a life journey for me and I love that I know the basics and how to jumpstart Dukan again after slip-ups.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slip-ups aren't the end of us, life happens, sometimes you are put into situations where you have no choice but to choose things that aren't on dukan...but the true test comes when you are pushed to get back to dukan. Can you do it? Of course!! Will you do it? That's up to you I suppose :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday we were out all afternoon so I had a salad from a restaurant. It was quite yummy! And salsa works as a great dressing - I haven't stepped on the scale yet but ya know what, family time and seeing my brother perform on stage made it all worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you all have been doing great-I have too! Feeling great. Sorry for the lack of posts...my computer died. And then my back-up computer didnt work :( so much of a backup! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh well. BUT! I have stuck to dukan and these pass two weeks I have lost 7 lbs! And on Oct13th I hit my 5th month anniversary with Dukan! A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey all! I started video blogs (Vlogs!) And I hope you enjoy them! My goal with them are to answer questions for ya via video :) I think it could be a lot of fun! So send me your questions and I'll help as much as possible! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of now I have three videos up on youtube, and a lot more to come! I'll just attach the three here for now! YAY!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The video below is a tip about how to get your workouts in...and how important it is to push yourself! You can do it! :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The video below is about the struggle of trying to explain why you can't have that piece of pizza or why your diet is 'taking so long' and why you cant 'have a cheat day' have any of you experienced these questions from others? You're not alone! :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't posted in forever!! SORRY FRIENDS!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So maybe that changed things up? My size 12 jeans are getting too big...but heck I'm not complaining :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yesterday I did it-I lost over 50 lbs! WOOHOO! And I'm still going strong planning on hitting my true weight come december. Man...it feels good. We recently went shopping and I got a size 12 pair of jeans...from a size 20 in May of this year! WOW!</span><br />
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12 fresh jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise, stems and seeds removed<br />
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-BCherryBrittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-34767127232011809202011-09-09T10:45:00.000-07:002011-09-09T11:46:47.222-07:00Friday Recipe of the Day! Cinnamon Crepes!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Friends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought it would be kind of fun to do a Friday 'Tip of the Day' Or 'Recipe of the Day' post each week! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's recipe of the day is:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Cinnamon Crepes!</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial;">It's a great thing for this cool weather that we are getting, and the cinnamon instantly reminds me of autumn :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Crepe Recipe:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 TBS oat bran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon ground ginger </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 sweetener packets. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 TBS yogurt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 1: Preheat oven to 375. Mix all the dry ingredients together and then add in the egg and yogurt and mix it together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 2: Spray a cake pan with a little cooking spray and pour in the crepe mixture. Lightly shake the pan back and forth and sideways to spread out the mixture. Toss in the oven for 5 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 3: Pull out of the oven, sprinkle half of a sweetener packet on the top of the crepe. Set the sweetener to the side. Then toss the pan under the broiler for a minute or two (so it's gets crispy, watch closely!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 4: Pull out the crepe and flip it over. Sprinkle the remaining sweetener packet on that side of the crepe. Toss back into the oven for about a minute. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 5: Pull out the crepe. Toss it on a plate and put it into the freezer for 2 minutes to cool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Filling Recipe:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/4 cup Greek Yogurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon ground ginger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 packets of sweetener</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoons of your favorite sf jello powder (strawberry is my favorite, add more if you want more flavoring)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 strawberry (optional. It has been stated that you are allowed a strawberry during cruise phase) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step 1: Mix all of those items together. Place in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>LASTLY!</em></span></strong> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take out the crepe, and fill it with 3/4 of the filling. fold it shut. Then place the rest of the filling on top! For an extra yum-sprinkle a lil cinnamon on top! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YUMM!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-BCherry</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry it's been awhile, I've been busy busy with deadlines and everything coming up! But now those are done for awhile! I can finally breathe...thankfully!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I started my two-a-days workouts. It feels good! Knowing that I can run for 45 minutes (somewhat tired) feels great! I am turning into the me I knew I could be!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So happy news! Since I started dukan back on the 13th of May, I have lost over 40 lbs and went from a size 20 to a size 12! CRAZY! I'm going for a size 4-6 by the end of this year. I know I can do it, which makes this quite exciting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weight loss slowed for awhile-and I think it goes to things such as a lot of stress, not enough sleep, and not enough working out. I had been sooo tired until now. I have new energy again! I've been getting more sleep, and taking my vitamins which help a lot! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How are you all doing? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Missed you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-BCherry</span>Brittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-38131138468431936942011-08-26T16:54:00.000-07:002011-08-26T16:55:49.221-07:00Update in pics!So for awhile I wasn't really losing weight and was kind of down on myself, but reminded myself that it was a process. And I need to trust the process! <br />
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Anywho...I was going through old pics of me and found a NASTY GROSS picture! I thought for a moment to delete it...but then I decided I can use it as a reminder to never go back there. So I took pictures to try to motivate myself, boy did it work! Ugh I can't believe I'm posting these pics but, here goes!<br />
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The yellow pic is the one that I almost hit delete to. Sigh. Never again! :)<br />
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40 lbs down.<br />
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Can yall tell a difference? :)Brittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-5494090366384491022011-08-25T08:24:00.000-07:002011-08-25T08:24:49.660-07:00Yummyyyy foods! Burger and 'fries' :)<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out my dinner last night! A yummy juicy hamburger with seasoned tofu fries on the side...a yummy dip would be good with the fries! I used a sugar-free ketchup! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this morning I was graced with a .8 loss! WOOHOO! I LOVE THIS!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How are you guys doing? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-BCherry</span> Brittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507293470362590596.post-10082968360487006132011-08-19T20:32:00.000-07:002011-08-19T20:32:56.181-07:00True Weight Met!...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay not for me. BUT! My mom reached hers yesterday! And the date Dr. Dukan predicted for her was today! So here is her before and after picture! SHE LOOKS AMAZING! I'm so proud of her and inspired by her drive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is after having EIGHT kids! She's so amazing, and my hero.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u><em>I'm definitely her biggest fan.</em></u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love ya'll!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-BCherry</span> Brittainy Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441791035132270085noreply@blogger.com4