Steven Musumeche

Architectural Drawings for Our New Home

steven — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:53:32 +0000

We are finally finished designing our new home in Lafayette, LA. We hired an architect (Longo Architecture) to design the home, which took about 5 months from start to finish. As of today, we are closing on the construction loan …

Watermelon Smoothie Recipe

steven — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:48:54 +0000

This is a great summer smoothie when the seedless watermelons start appearing in stores. It’s only 105 calories and very addicting. Ingredients 1 cup diced seedless watermelon (here are instructions on how to cut it up) 1/4 cup non-fat vanilla …

How I Lost 30lbs By Having Fun & Eating Food I Enjoy

steven — Sat, 28 May 2011 22:02:53 +0000

Today, I hit a new milestone – 30 pounds lost since I started the process of getting healthier 117 days ago. I’ve also left the BMI zone of “obese” (hopefully forever) and now I am only “overweight” (I’ve graduated from …

I’m writing this from 35,000 feet

steven — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:13:32 +0000

Thanks to Gogo in-flight Internet I am posting this from an airplane on the way to Vegas. It was $10 bucks for wifi access for the entire flight and it is FAST. This is the future. I bet we’ll have …

Baba ghanoush, a healthy and delicious snack

steven — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:54:20 +0000

Here’s another recipe that’s low calorie and high in fiber and most importantly, tastes good. It’s made primarily from roasted eggplants. If you think you don’t like eggplant, think again. Something magic happens after you roast them and they just …

I’m going to Las Vegas, what should I do?

steven — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:38:50 +0000

I’m going to Las Vegas with my wife next week for a 4 day vacation. We don’t really have anything planned yet. For those of you who have been there, what should we do? We aren’t really into gambling so …

At long last, I finally hit the 20 pound mark

steven — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:29:06 +0000

It feels like I’ve been sitting at a 18-19 pound loss forever. But finally, I crossed the 20 pound mark today when I weighed in at 192.6. You can see from the graph below that my weight loss has slowed …

Homemade Blueberry Oatmeal with Maple Syrup

steven — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:46:49 +0000

Over the last few months as I’ve been watching my calories, I’ve started to learn to look for foods that are low in calories and high in “density” (my word for it). These foods make you feel full for a …

Deciding To Lose Weight

steven — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:43:38 +0000

I’ve tried various methods throughout my life in an attempt to lose weight. Most of them worked and would have continued to work had I stuck with them. There’s just one problem… I love food. Good food. Not fast food …

New Blog

steven — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Well, I finally decided to start a blog so that I can share with the world my witty insights, recipes, weight loss journey, and other stuff. Yes, I know blogs went out of style in 2006.