We spent our weekend adventuring and swimming. It was a blast. SO sad that the weekend is over! 
Check out a few of my photos.
On top of Niles Channel.
The infamous bat tower in Sugarloaf.
Just dropping in!
A secret spot!
Abandoned skydiving building.
Sammy’s Creek.
Found some coconut bootie.
At the end of Blimp Road.
My old treehouse in Cudjoe!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Back to the grind!
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Tagged adventures, florida, florida keys, gracegothealthy, healthy, healthy living, life, ocean, photo, photography, pictures, water, weekend
I have overcooked shrimp for a long time. I thought that they were supposed to taste like little rubber tires! I guess I finally learned how to cook them properly a year or so ago. I will let you in on my little secret.
Living in the Florida Keys I have a ton of fresh shrimp available to me. If you live near the water, OR you live near a nice seafood market you can trust I highly suggest picking up some fresh shrimp. How do you know it’s fresh? It will smell clean with a hint of the ocean. If it smells like bleach or off, do not buy it! You can always ask your fish monger to smell the product. I know it sounds weird but I have been burned by a lot of seafood markets. You get home to find you have rotten shrimp. NOT COOL. If you can’t buy fresh shrimp, buy wild frozen shrimp. Any wild shrimp will do.
Prepping shrimp is easy. If you are using frozen make sure you thaw it out completely before using.
Now you have shelled and deveined shrimp. All ready to cook.
In a large saute pan add 1 tbsp of coconut oil. You could use extra virgin olive oil, but it burns at a high temperature. Coconut oil gives the shrimp a lovely light taste.
Warm the coconut oil over a 5/6 medium heat pan.
While the oil is heating up, season shrimp. I just use sea salt and pepper.
Now you are ready! Add shrimp carefully to the hot pan.
Now this part is important. You only want to cook the shrimp 2-3 minutes on each side. TIME it.
After 2-3 minutes, carefully flip shrimp over so the other side can cook for another 2-3 minutes. Pull from heat immediately.
Serve on a bed of pasta, a salad or eat them plain. They are fantastic. Plump, juicy, and cooked perfectly. If you want to jazz it up add cilantro or lime after it’s cooked!
I promise once you cook them like this you will never overcook another shrimp again!
Enjoy!
Posted in eats, healthy eating, healthy living, Recipes, Seafood, Tips
Tagged diet, dieting, florida, florida keys, gracegothealthy, healthy living, preparing seafood, Recipes, Seafood, Shrimp, weight loss
My goal for this week was to lose 4 pounds.
Drum Roll—–
I lost 3.8 pounds. I will totally take that! This makes a total weight loss for May 9.2 pounds!
Yes! I also tallied up my miles this month. I am at 78.7! Not bad since my goal for the entire month was 120. I am well on my way.
This week I will be upping my calories to 1300-1400. My goal for week 3 in May is 4 pounds!
I am so excited. I am back in my health groove for sure!!
Thanks for reading!!
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Tagged dieting, healthy living, inspiration, motivation, weight loss
Here is what is in my share today- This share is called the “Full”.
Extra-
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Tagged csa, diet, Fruit, gracegothealthy, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, organic, Produce, share, vegetables, weightloss
Another weekend on track! I did have a few shots of vodka with fresh coconut water on Saturday night but I tracked everything. I did not have one splurge meal!
We took a lot of walks, relaxed, and I got totally spoiled for Mother’s day. I am a pet mommy! I got new sheets, a candle, a sleeping mask, a measuring cup, two new awesome smoothie cups, lip gloss, a new pillow, a super sweet card, breakfast in bed, AND I didn’t have to do any chores 
I still have a few days before my weigh in for the second week of May. I am hoping for a 4 lb loss. Fingers crossed. I started adding in more strength training this time so that is making me happy. Just a few sessions and I can already see/feel a difference in my arms etc.
The weather is super warm here in the Keys. Pretty soon it will be swimming and snorkeling in the canal for 4 hours every single day. I love summertime here. I get the most glowing tan
I am planning on starting the 30 day shred again for June + getting my 60 minute swims in. For the rest of May I will continue with my own strength training plans and a ton of walking.
Sorry I haven’t had a ton of new recipes up, but I have been tracking all of my food over on my facebook account. Make sure you like me if you have not already!
http://www.facebook.com/Gracegothealthy?ref=hl
I hope everyone is planning on having a healthy and wonderful week. Stay in control and be proud of even your smallest accomplishments.
I will see you guys soon!
XOXO-
G
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Tagged florida keys, gracegothealthy, healthy, healthy living, inspiration, life, update, weekend
My latest mantra. KEEP GOING. I have stopped, turned around, crept, and sped down my road of health for years. I have gained and lost probably 200 pounds over the course of my 30 years of life. I have come so close to reaching my goals only to let them crash and burn right in front of my eyes. What if instead we choose to continue. We choose to accept our past. We choose to put one foot in front of the other. We choose to simply “keep going”.
I will let you know. Will you keep going? No matter what?
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Tagged diet, dieting, dream, health, healthy lifestyle, hope, inspiration, journey, mantra, weight loss
Today was my first week of May official weigh-in. I have been peaking at the numbers so I wasn’t totally surprised, but I lost 5.4 pounds this week!
What have I been doing? Check out my facebook page for all of my meals for the entire week.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.356078914493309.1073741828.136717916429411&type=3
As far as for fitness I have just been keeping active. I have done at least 10,000 steps all week. It really all boils down to determination. I have had temptations but I have simply said NO!
Week 1 of May in Miles= 41.5 Heck yeah!
I am aiming for a 4 pound weight loss for my next weigh-in. I plan on doing the same routine this week. Posting all my food, no carbs at night, tons of walking, and tons of water. Stay tuned!
Here are my eats for the day-
Messy oats. Rolled oats, vanilla chobani, and cinnamon for breakfast.
Mediterranean Tuna pasta salad. With spinach, mini farfalle, tuna, red onion, roasted red pepper, mozzarella, olives, and lemon for lunch.
Strawberry protein Ice cream. Plus 1 bag of 100 calorie almonds for snack.
Turkey meatloaf stuffed with veggies for dinner. –This was before it was cooked.
Thanks for stopping by my blog friends. Have you done anything awesome yet this month? I wanna know about it!
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Tagged dieting, eats, food, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, inspiration, life, Pounds, weight loss
