Chicken Taco Chili

Tonight is Taco Tuesday and my crockpot is on the kitchen cooking my Chicken Taco Chili to perfection!

Ingredients

• 1 bell pepper, chopped
  
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 package of frozen corn
  
• 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
  
• 1 can of tomato sauce
  
• 2 cans of diced tomatoes
• 1 can of black beans
• 1 can of kidney beans
  
• Packet of taco seasoning
  
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp oregano
• 3 chicken breasts
  

Instructions

Add all ingredients to your crockpot, laying the chicken breast on top of everything else. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours. 30 minutes before serving take the chicken breasts out and shred them. Mix back into the chili, and let cook for another 30 minutes. Serve with tortillas, cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole!

Serves 8, 5 points/serving (not including tortilla, cheese, and other add on's).

Daily goals

• I will eat a healthy breakfast (including a fruit!) before leaving the house every morning.
• I will take my daily vitamins.
• I will drink 60+ oz of water everyday.
• I will eat a vegetable at both lunch and dinner.
• I will only eat out once a week.
• I will try a new recipe once a week.
• I will be active 30 minutes 5 days a week.
  

Before

Today is the beginning of the rest of my life. I will begin a new journey that will guide me to become more healthy, more fit, more happy and THIN! My best friend has been on Weight Watchers for the past several months and has encouraged me to join her once all the wedding mayhem has stopped. Mark and I have been back from Paris for less than a week, and I've been looking forward to my first WW meeting for a long while. I am ready!

This is my 'Before' photo. It was taken the morning of my wedding, while I was getting my makeup done and my hair was setting in curls. I think it is a beautiful photo. The lighting is wonderful, I'm happy, I look pretty, and I look fat. It's that simple. This is me at my heaviest: 302 lbs. (Yes interwebs, I'm publicly announced my true weight! I refused to be ashamed!)

Something has clicked (finally!) inside me, allowing me to (finally!) accept that I NEED to lose weight. And this time it's for the right reason: I'm doing this for myself! I want to be able to go shopping at any store without frustration. I want to be able to walk up a hill or flight of stairs and not be winded. I want to be able to one day have kids and be able to play with them! I'm ready for life and I'm ready for this journey. Bring it!