FOOD!

I enjoyed a couple of meals that I wanted to share with you. Lunch the other day was a big salad- lettuce, red cabbage, apples, carrots, topped with cottage cheese, raisins, and roasted sunflower seeds. When I use to OD at the Sizzler salad bar -adding the combo of cottage cheese, raisins and sunflower seeds was my favorite! Oh but I also drenched the salad in blue cheese dressing too! So this salad was MUCH healthier! :)

Lunch today was a wrap that I folded up and then realized that you cant see what is in it :( sorrry! Roasted chicken, fresh spinach and a smear of light cream cheese with green onions mixed in. To go with my wrap I had a bowl of veggies.

Dinner tonight was good! I put a portobello mushroom on the George Forman- cooked it until it was tender. In a pan I put sliced bell peppers and onions with a little PAM- cooked until soft. Then I put it all on a Orowheat/Arnolds Sandwich thin with a slice of reduced fat swiss cheese! YUM! The mushroom was bigger than the bun! haha!

I had a couple of small sweet potatoes that were in need of cooking so I threw them in the oven earlier and just mashed one up with a little Molly McButter as a side dish.


For the finale-DESSERT! I made this yesterday actually and brought it over to Sean's parents house. I was nervous bringing something that I had never made before but I liked it. I took it out of a Sunset magazine in the waiting room at the doctors office. hehe :) Oh and it's made by a local guy- Peter Zensius of San Franciso. They had readers send in recipes, Thanks Peter!

Apple Oven Cake
Serves 6
3 Tablespoons butter
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 sweet apple, such as fuji-peeled and sliced
3 large eggs
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup each flour and milk
1 Tablespoon each fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Melt butter in a 12-inch ovenproof frying pan over high heat. Add brown sugar and cinnamon, swirling to combine. Add apple and cook until just starting to soften, about 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a blender, whirl together eggs, salt, flour, adn milk. Pour egg mixture into pan and bake until puffed adn brown, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with lemon juice and powdered sugar.

Per Serving- 189 CAL, 9 FAT, 0.7 fiber=4

That is all from me! I hope everyone saw my last post and entered a comment for a chance to win a whole lotta soymilk! Go see! :) Have a great evening everyone!

BYE!

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I am feeling LOW

Low, as in my LOWEST weight! WI today brought be down 1.4 to 168 pounds! WOW! I feel good!

Had a good week with eating, but not much activity besides my physical therapy. I also did a little clothing shopping which is something that I like to do now. I hated going before...I dreaded it! Seriously I would feel sick when I had to get ONE pair of pants. I knew that I would be faced with all of the mirrors in the dressing rooms and worst of all nothing would fit me correctly and when I did find something it wasn't something that I liked- I just got it because it kinda fit. I actually like going to look around the stores these days. Some of the stores I've never been into...just walked by because I knew my fat ass would not fit in their clothes. lol Guess who's ass loves walking into those places now? :) Just wish I did this years ago (kicking myself in the ass!) :)

Hope everyone has a good day! I need to eat lunch and maybe go do some shopping!??! I have NO fall/winter clothes!

BYE! :)

Weekend Of Pictures!

I feel behind so in order to play catch-up here is a quick post!

Dinner at my Parent's house. Baked chicken, peas, and Italian style cauliflower. YUM to all of it! :)


Lunch on Sunday at a great Chinese restaurant (with pretty flowers on the table)



Sunday snack on the HOT deck...This week is cooler! YIPPEE!


Recipe for my snack- Tj's cream cheese stuffed won tons

10 THIN won ton wrappers (mine are CAL120/FAT1/FIBER7)
2 & 2/3 ounces cream cheese- 1/3 reduced fat (or use Fat Free!)
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped water chestnuts

Mix cream cheese, onions, water chestnuts in a small bowl. Lay out 10 wrappers on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon cheese mixture evenly among all 10 won tons-place in the center of wrapper. Have a bowl of water close by to dip finger in and wet 2 edges of the square. Fold over won ton and press with your fingers. Spray with PAM and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes- Keep an eye on these! Might need more time- They go from not ready to over done FAST! :)

Added to the WW recipe builder and 5 of these are 3 points. :) I served them with a bottled sweet and sour sauce. They are delicious!

Dinner on Sunday was a new one. I've been wanting to try the Morningstar Italian sausages (3 points!) and we loved them! I cut them in half to put on the grill but they are kinda crumbly so I think its best to leave them whole. Grilled up some bell peppers and onions and put them on 1/2 of a sandwich thin. We had a hash brown patty and some corn with it. I really liked this meal!

Dessert! I've been dreading the Holiday drinks from Starbucks! I love the Pumpkin spice latte and the gingerbread one too! Well with the HEAT yesterday I didnt want a hot latte but I did enjoy a LIGHT pumpkin spice frappuccino! GRANDE=2 POINTS! WHOOHOO! I loved it! Although for 2 of these we paid $8.70! We could have gone out for a beer for that amount! lol I enjoyed it and I know it's not a daily splurge just a nice treat! :)

The weekend went by FAST...so I am off to do my grocery shopping! Hope everyone has a great day! :) BYE!

Yes! We made it to FRIDAY!

Hi Everyone! I felt like this was a LONG week! Well we made it, TGIF! :)

I received good news from my Doctor that I am a candidate to try an injection in my back to see if it helps my pain! Yippeee If that works, then I can get the nerve burned-which might make me pain free for a while! I will try anything they are willing to throw at me so I am thrilled! :) So that was my good news this week but the bad news is that I have to wait until November 2nd for the appointment. Oh well... :)

Ok so I am being really on top of counting my points this week. BTW does everyone know about the new WW application for the iPhone? LOVE IT! I think I'm just an electronics geek so any new tool to help me that I can add to my iPhone makes me happy. hehe :) Anyway this new app is WAY better than the old WW mobile! I love everything about it...especially that you can access your favorites and recipes from it. Perfect!

Food...let's talk food. I did not cook much this week. We did enjoy some Morning Star Grillers Vegan burgers-with a side of baked home fries:

I also made a Bulgar Chili that I saw on a fellow bloggers site. JUST SWEET ENOUGH Thanks SO much! P.S. I made a few changes to the recipe ( just opened my pantry and didn't want to go to the store!) so here is my version:

Bulgar Chili

1 teaspoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
3 carrots-peeled, cut into small pieces
2 large cloves of garlic; chopped
2 bell peppers; diced
2 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
28 ounces water
1 11 ounce can corn
1 15 ounce can fat free refried beans
1 15 ounce can kidney beans; rinsed,drained
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup uncooked bulgar

Heat oil in a large pot. Add onions, carrot, and garlic. Saute until onions are translucent; approx.. 10 minutes. Add bell pepper, saute from 5 more minutes. Stir in the chili powder, cumin, and salt. Add crushed tomatoes, water, kidney beans, pumpkin, refried beans, corn, and bulgar. Make sure refried beans are stirred into mix thoroughly. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Added it all to the WW recipe builder- 8 generous 1 cup servings (1 plus a lil bit) =4 points

*you can make this HOT if you like- 1 medium seeded chopped jalapeno*

I also had to check the water level a few times- The bulgar absorbs a lot of the broth. This really was delicious! We loved it for dinner then I enjoyed it all over again for lunch today. YUM!

Tonight is an easy night for me. I have a couple of the Safeway brand Eating Right butternut squash raviolis in the freezer- might make those, not sure??!!

Hope everyone had a good OP week! have a good weekend! :)

BYE!

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Go check out Tricia's blog- fightfatphobia for a FABULOUS giveaway! She has many ways to enter-go see! :)

I am UP

Up in weight. I knew I would be. All of us ladies know and understand when we feel fat and bloated what that means....moving on...oh I gained 1.2 and for the first time I am not upset or mad at myself. I know I tracked, I know I ate well...and I know I will lose it. :)

Not feeling all that great today....I did manage to get dinner prepared before it got too hot in here. I think we were suppose to be around the 100 mark...NASTY! I was planning on making stuffed peppers and I forgot to get the brown rice so I decided on just turkey patties with some curry and gram masala spices. The turkey is ground breast. I normally buy lean ground turkey. I also added 1/4 cup egg beaters, 1 onion-diced, and used my chopper for mushrooms. I think these might be borderline too healthy for Sean, but I will make him try them. :) If he doesn't like them I will have plenty of leftovers for the week for myself! I added the rest of the sliced mushrooms to the baking sheet to cook up as well. It made 10 patties 1=2 points, 2=3, 3=6 (gotta love the WW recipe builder!)

They look kinda blah huh? lol

My go to veggie-fresh green beans. Steamed with 2 crushed garlic cloves. I could eat the whole bowl of these! Seriously I love them!

Boring dinner huh? I might make a salad to go with it as well. :) Why do I feel as though I am letting you all down? lol Oh well you can't be a master chef every day right? :) Off to water the poor plants outside...and make some new jewelry! Have a great evening everyone!
Bye! :)

Hungry Girl Inspired Dinner

Did everyone see the email from Hungry Girl with the Ring-My-Bella Mushroom Sandwich last week ? Well I have been craving that ever since! Before I hit the store to get my ingredients I had a class for the chronic pain management program that I completed last year. This is an alumni group that meets and I decided to go to it today. I guess it is a good thing...keeps me informed and on top of my treatment, but man, some of those people in the group are really not doing well. I can see how easy it can be to become addicted to pills or really get down and depressed. I left the meeting feeling better about my self and I know my situation could be worse. Really made me grateful for what I can do! I love a CAN DO attitude! :) Back to my fabulous sandwich! Well first I came home STARVING! It was 1:30pm and I ripped open the box of my emergency lunch. I cooked this Smart Ones up and put it on top of some sauteed spinach to bulk it up and add some veggies. YUM! Then I started to look at my lunch more closely and wondered how much crap they had to add to this cheese sauce to make it day glow orange??!! UGH!! LOL Hey it hit the spot in a hurry! AND it wasnt from a drive through window!! MAD PROPS TO ME! :)

Ok ok...the dinner...it's kinda like the big finale! I did not follow HG's directions...Here is what I did:

1 portobello mushroom(0)
1 sandwich thins (1)
1 slice reduced fat swiss cheese(2)
lettuce/tomato(0)
red onion(0)
1 tablespoon light/reduced fat mayo(1)
ICBINB Spray(0)
Garlic powder(0)
pepper/salt if ya want :)

First I cleaned the mushroom-removed gills-spray with butter spray,sprinkled with garlic powder. Added that to my George Forman grill along with sliced red onion. When that came off I topped with my swiss cheese to melt. Added everything else to the sandwich thin and ate it! YUM! I think the garlic powder with the ICBINB spray gave it a great taste!

Along with the sandwich I had some fresh local calico-corn! It was so good!


I already want to make this again soon! It was easy, delicious, and POINT FRIENDLY! :)


Hope everyone had a good Monday! :) BYE!

NEW STUFF SATURDAY

HI! HAPPY SATURDAY! I tried 2 new items today....lunch was 4 of these for 5 points. 8 come in the box-yes I could eat all 8 in the blink of an eye, but portion control is my middle name people!!lol They hit the crappy snack food craving that comes at me once a month so I will probably eat these again. I had some strawberries to go with my pizza-good combo, then I ate one of these!YUM! I loved it! 2 points worth of yummy yogurt goodness that tasted like it was a TREAT! They had a berry flavor and a chocolate raspberry. Must try those flavors SOON!

My Mom was craving Tacos so we had them for dinner-Turkey tacos- I used the 2 for 1 point Mission thin corn tortillas.
No I didnt just have TWO, I had FOUR! YUM! Fat free refried beans as a side and more fruit.

Super tired tonight. I think Im going to make some jewelry then go to bed early. We got a letter telling us that the power will be shut ( we dont know for how long) anywhere from 8:30am to 5:30 pm tomorrow. NICE! So tomorrow I need to wake up early to shower and get breakfast cooked just in case the power is off early. NICE! lol There is an Art & Wine Festival a few blocks away from us-we might take a walk down there to check it out. Should be a fun day no matter what we do. :) Hope everyone is having a fun weekend!! :)

BYE! :)

Happy Friday!

Hi! We all made it through the week! Wheeww! It is getting HOT here and if you don't know me very well, I hate the heat. :( Maybe I should say it hates me? lol I get RED and feel sick when I am over heated...and it does not take much to over heat me. lol So for the heat wave I had to think of a few meals that don't require much cooking. :)

Did well again today with my points...breakfast-oops forgot to snap a pic! I had a double fiber Orowheat muffin with 1 egg plus 1 egg white, 1 tablespoon light mayo egg salad. (4) Lunch I was unsure of, but ended up with tuna and crackers. I like those pouches of tuna in water. Funny that I don't like fish-but yet Im ok with tuna??!! lol I only eat tuna with crackers- Not just ANY crackers- Special K multigrain. You get 24 of these for 2 WW points. WHOOHOO! I added the white part only of one hard boiled egg, sweet pickle relish, diced celery, one tablespoon light mayo, and some pepper. An apple to finish off my lunch! Total 6 points

Dinner will be my made up Citrus Grilled Shrimp Salad! YUM! If you have a Trader Joes- ya gotta try this vinegar-

I added the juice of 1 orange, 1 teaspoon canola oil, 1/4 cup of the orange vinegar, a pinch of salt, and some pepper to make a salad dressing. In the salad we have 6 shrimp each ( I weighed it 6= 3.25 ounces=2 POINTS) Any lettuce you like ( I used a mix of butter/radicchio) Green onions, and cut up orange segments and tomatoes. I am going to sprinkle some sliced roasted-salted almonds on top as well. Take a peek at how good it looks!



I want to try to wait for Sean to come home but I'm not sure I can do it! lol I might have to eat alone! Oh because our dinner is so low in points I am making "garlic bread" with an Orowheat Sandwich Thin. Spray ICBINB, garlic powder and a little fresh pepper. YUM!

OH! This is my popcorn popper- it goes in the microwave with approx. 1/4 cup of kernels. NO OIL NEEDED! Each microwave varies but mine is 2 min 40 seconds and I have a nice bowl of popcorn! Ok so I make 2 of these and eat it all! :) Sometimes I use Kernals popcorn seasoning or I spray some olive oil on it and just top with salt. I got this plastic popper for the microwave at Target over in the appliance section. It was about $8 and I LOVE IT!

Just saw the news...heat wave will last until next weekend!!! UUGHH!! :( Thank God for Air Conditioning! Hope everyone has a great Friday evening and a wonderful weekend! BYE! :)

Work the system!

This is my daily points target. I worked it today! I ate a lot! I feel so satisfied with all of the food I ate today. It is now almost 7:30pm and honestly I could stop eating tonight. But I have a few more points to go! Wanna see/read how I enjoyed my points? Sure ya do! :)

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a cereal person. I don't know what got into me but here is what I had for breakfast:

Breakfast-3/4 cup Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal (1)
8 oz. Almond breeze (1)
Coffee w/ Fat Free 1/2 1/2 (1)

Mid-AM snack- 7 raw almonds (1)
1 WW string cheese (1)

Lunch- Pita pizza (same as last nights dinner) this time with only 1 oz. reduced fat mozzarella. ( next time I buy this cheese I will take a picture of the wrapper. I want to say it is 50 something calories an ounce??!! Safeway Lucerne brand- Very low cal yet creamy! ) Pizza total (4)

2 whole carrots- cut up (0)
1 nectarine (1)

Afternoon snack- 1 apple (1)

Dinner-salad w/ 2 tablespoons dressing (2)
tomatoes (0)
1 teaspoon crumbled blue cheese (1)
1 tablespoon sliced almonds (1)
(ate it and forgot to snap a pic!)

1 & 1/2 cups fresh spinach sautéed with garlic and 1 teaspoon olive oil (1)
3 potato and cheddar pierogies (baked) (3)

Anyone have a better way to make these? Believe it or not this was the first time I've ever ate them. lol The box has some ideas but I thought baked seemed the easy way out- but they were kinda crunchy. I liked the taste of them- but I just ate them plain. Kinda boring huh? HELP! lol

So we are at 19...and here I am.... I want popcorn ( I love popcorn! ) I have a microwave popper that is fabulous! Got it at Target and I almost want to go get another to put away because I puffy heart it THAT much! :) I have a oil spray mister thing that I have olive oil in- and I mist it over my popcorn and sprinkle it with salt. YUM! Now we know what 2 of those points will be going to tonight....the last point? Hummmm.... Vitatop? A piece of fruit? Feels good to have choices! :)

:) BYE!

Dinner pictures :)

As promised- Whole wheat pita pizzas with wedge salad YUM! Total for ALL of my dinner was 10 points. I love eating yummy stuff like this and not feeling the least bit guilty. :)


A couple of weeks ago I ordered a brag bag for my jewelry. I thought that it would be a great way to show people my designs as I went around town, to doctor appointments, and even my Weight Watcher meetings. Today was my first day out with it and I loaded it up with fresh goodies! Everyone loved the bag but I must say I was a bit shy about showing off my stuff. I need to be more comfortable doing so. I was the same way years ago with my ceramics as well. That is one reason I never fully became an artist, I'd starve! lol Here are a couple of pictures of the bag. I got to pick the colors, pockets-and there are so many more options to chose from. Who makes such GREAT bags you might be asking? Ashley over at www.aquinngt.etsy.com or www.quinnleydesigns.blogspot.com another way to order a bag of your choice- www.quinnleydesigns.com Go check her out! They can be used to show off photos too! These bags are very well made, have a great feel to them and you can make them WAY more fancy than what I picked. I just happen to like the basic style. I also love using Etsy to buy things from fellow artists and craftsman. :) Thanks so much Ashley!


Off to watch biggest Loser with 1 point worth of popcorn...seems wrong to eat when I watch that show. lol

Have a GREAT night everyone!
BYE! :)

Determination

I'm so focused I can smell it! lol Whatever that means...lol Weigh in today!!! Down .8 :) I weigh 168.2 :) TOTAL GONE: 63.8!!

I have a headache, and my back hurts so I am off to go lie down a few minutes. Pita pizza's for dinner- I will snap a few pics to share!

BYE! :)

I had a moment...

I don't know what came over me but I was making Sean a sandwich and I took one of the slices of bread, folded it in 1/2 and took a huge bite. This is bread that I do not eat. We seldom have food in the house that is not for me...well, because for one I will eat it (kinda like I just did) and because I control most of the food that is in the house. I do the shopping. After I gulped down the bite I took I turned around and THREW the piece of bread directly in the trash. I felt badly for swallowing that piece. The OLD fat girl had returned for a second. My eyes even teared up a bit because for me the control that I have over food these days is the only thing that is keeping me going strong. Food and I are BFF's, now more than ever, but I chose to eat differently now. Took the bread outta the garbage to show you my naughtiness and came over to the computer to confess my sins. :( At least it was 8 grain bread. lol

On Saturday for breakfast we had Fiber One pancake mix. I love that I can eat pancakes and still be OP! This time I mixed in one really ripe banana and topped with a less ripe one. YUM!

For a mid-day snack I baked some of the thin won ton wrappers that I bought last weekend. I cut them in 1/2 sprayed them with PAM and sprinkled a lil salt on them. Stats on the THIN won ton wrappers- for 10: CAL 120/ FAT 1/ FIBER 7=2 WW points WOW! We had them with salsa-yum!



Dinner was a dish that we tried for the first time a couple of weeks ago and loved. It really is delicious and tastes WAY worse for ya. From the Clean Eating Magazine- Eggplant Rounds-

2 eggplants -sliced into 3/4 inch rounds
Mozzarella Cheese (I used red. fat- 1 ounce for 2 eggplant rounds)
Marinara Sauce
3 egg whites-lightly beaten
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Italian seasonings
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
pepper
Parmesan cheese to top with

Mix spices into panko, then dip each round into egg whites, then toss into panko/spice mixture-making sure eggplant gets covered.

Oven at 425. Spray cookie sheet with PAM. Bake coated eggplant for 30 min-or until eggplant is soft; turning over 1/2 way through.

Remove from oven when finished, set broiler on. Top eggplant rounds with sauce and cheese. Broil until cheese melts.

I also made a lentil salad that was delicious! Trader Joe's has these packs of lentils in the refrigerated section-they say that they are seasoned, and you can serve them hot or cold. All I did was rinse them under some cold water-add them to a bowl with green onions, sliced hearts of palm, diced beets (also from Trader Joe's) and some canola oil & vinegar dressing to give it a kick. Lentils pack a nice little fiber punch! They are a great addition to a salad. Take a peek:



I spent Sunday out with my Parents. My Mom and I went shopping at a few stores, even went over to a cool antique mall that we like to check out on occasion. While we were out of course we needed to grab lunch. It is hard for me to eat at a fast food place...mostly because I start craving all of the greasy crap. I think my thighs have dreams about chili cheese fries on occasion...lol Anyway, we decided on KFC. I wanted to give their grilled chicken a try. I ordered one breast (peeled off the skin-never ate that anyway) my side of choice was the corn cob and baked beans. I threw away the biscuit that the guy put on my plate even though I said NO BISCUIT. lol The chicken was kinda blah. Dryish and not very flavorful. I was disappointed. My favortite place for chicken is El Pollo Loco. That is some tasty chicken!! YUM YUM YUM!

Sunday's dinner was chicken apple sausage with steamed string beans, and some veggies that I threw on the BBQ-zucchini, red bell peppers, and onions. I also got to eat one of the WW cookies and cream ice cream bars that I keep at my parents as dessert. Delicious! :)

I feel better about the bread incident now. lol I worked too hard to go back to my old bingeing days! Besides, I need to go Fall/Winter clothes shopping, and it is WAY more fun to shop now than it's ever been in my life! :) Whoo hoo!

BYE! :)