Week 5 Weigh In Results

Saturday was my weigh-in for week 5 and things are still going well, although not quite as well as I had hoped.  Originally I had wanted to lose 3.5 lbs to make an even 25 lbs lost.  Well, I came close.  I am now down an additional 2.6 lbs (of almost all fat)!  Thats a total of 24.1 lbs lost!  Ill take that any day.  Thats nearly 19% of my total gone already.  Only ~103 lbs to go!

This week I have to work on getting more exercise.  Especially with all of the nice weather weve been having.  Maybe more dog walks or some hiking trails.  Hopefully I can recover from Daylight Savings Time.  That kind of killed me last week and still is today (I woke up at 6:30am because it was so bright in our room and had to go back to sleep with a throw blanket draped over my face).

Yesterday was particularly exciting food-wise.  I made corned beef & cabbage in my crock pot.  Unfortunately the roast I bought came with no seasoning packet so I had to make homemade picking spice & I used a tea ball to add it in to the crock pot so the roast wouldnt have cloves stuck all over it. 

Heres the recipe I found online (I doctored using small amounts of ground seasonings where no whole ones were available):

PICKLING SPICE

Makes.About 3/4 cup
Preparation time.10 minutes

Required
2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
3 inches cinnamon sticks
2 tablespoon dill seeds
1 tablespoon hot red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon mustard seeds, any color
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon celery seeds
4 bay leaves
1 tablespoon thyme
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons whole allspice berries

Optional
1 tablespoon mace
1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds (or 1 tablespoon pods)
1 tablespoon juniper berries
2 star anise pods

Do this
Put the cinnamon sticks and peppercorns in a plastic bag and smash them with a meat tenderizer or a hammer. Crumble the bay leaves into flakes about 1/8" size. Mix all the ingredients together and store in a tight jar.

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