Sensational salad
I love eating food that is not only high in quality, but high in quantity! I’ve been adding salads to my dinners and it not only makes me feel like I ate a ton of food, it takes a long time to eat and …
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Guest Recipe from my brother-Spicy vegetable soup
My brother has his own blog about the diet/food struggle. Both of us have had success losing weight, and watched it creep up again. Starting again this year for both of us, and being more conscious of what we are eating, we share recipes and food …
Whole-Wheat Pancakes
I made pancakes this morning from a recipe I found in Clean Eating Magazine. If you haven’t seen this magazine yet, (I think the first edition was in December), it’s got great recipes, success stories and exercises in it. The pancakes turned out great, although …
Exercise!!!!
Exercise!!! Exercise is a funny thing. We all know that exercising can help our weight loss efforts go faster, but why is it so hard to get you’re a** in gear and do it!! That has always been my dilemma. Either I eat great, …
Taco Soup – or the soup that's sweeping the nation!
There are so many versions of this soup. I got the recipe a few years ago from my sister, she and I have tweaked it here and there. It’s very adaptable, so you can do a lot of things with it. The story starts there. …
Weigh-in Wednesday
I can’t believe it, another week has gone by! I am happy to say I am down another pound, so my total so far is 13 pounds!! Yeah!! The best part of that is that I still went out to dinner twice and had pizza …
My new favorite ice cream!
I saw this ice cream that was made into a milkshake on www.hungrygirl.com. I made the milkshake last night, but it was made with a lot of ice and it didn’t taste too great, BUT, this ice cream for 1/2 cup is only 100 calories …
Weigh-in Wednesday – Holy crap I lost 4.6 lbs. this week!!
Weight loss is such a weird thing! The last two weeks, I wrote down all my points, didn’t go crazy on the weekends, and I barely lost a thing! Then I go to my Weight Watchers meeting and the leader says “Great job, you’re down …
Muffin of the week! Coffee Cake Muffin
I love reading recipes, reading magazines and searching on-line looking for great ideas. I happened to come across a recipe from www.lowsodiumcooking.com for coffee cake muffins. How yummy does that sound? I adjusted the recipe a bit to make it less calories and fat …
A new favorite cereal!
I just saw this at the grocery store. I love The “Optimum Slim” cereal, but saw this one too. All of their cereals are whole grain, low in fat and high in fiber. For this cereal, 1 serving is 190 calories and 2.5 fat and …
Baked S'Mores
Today at my Weight Watchers Meeting, the leader was talking about how to give in to indulging once in a while. She said that the whole time she was losing 80 pounds on Weight Watchers, she and her friend after their Tuesday night meeting went …
How to make healthier banana chocolate chip muffins!
I’ve already mentioned that I have a thing about muffins. The one thing I am trying to create while losing weight is to make muffins that are way healthier, but still taste great. I improvised on a recipe I found on www.havecakewilltravel.com. (2020 Update – …
My version of Chicken Parmesan
This was my impromptu dinner idea. I cooked Whole Wheat angel hair pasta, I had a jar of Barilla garlic flavored tomato sauce, I had some chicken tenders in the freezer. I cooked the pasta, and set it aside. In a skillet I sprayed Pam …
Muffin of the Week
I love muffins! The only problem is that I would go by my local bakery every morning for an enormous muffin. I’m pretty sure they were in the 800 calorie range, not to mention baked with butter which has tons of fat. This led me …
Bring these Ball Park turkey hot dogs to your next bbq!
I have a bunch to share today! Today I had a totally deluxe lunch.These are Ball Park Turkey Bun length hot dogs. Each hot dog is only 45 calories. So this weekend, when you are either having a bbq for Memorial Day weekend, or going …
Weigh in Wednesday!
Every Wednesday is my Weight Watchers meeting, and I am happy to say I am down another pound, making my grand total 9 pounds so far! My goal for the coming week is to cut down (or out) the snacking over the weekend. I love …
My new favorite cereal/snack
Fiber One cereal found this at the store yesterday. I LOVE Golden Grahams cereal, and this tastes just like that except healthier! For a 1 CUP serving its only 180 calories, 3 fat and 9 grams of fiber. I brought it for my breakfast, I …
Weigh-in Wednesday!!
I lost 3 pounds this week! I have been on a journey with Weight Watchers. I started in July of 1999 at an all time high of 199.6! By April of 2000, I was at 130! I never in a million years would have thought …
My lunch dilemma!
We’ve all been there. You make a commitment to yourself that you are going to eat healthier, exercise more and really take control and try to lose weight. Then, life steps in and you are in a serious dilemma. This is exactly what happened to …
Southwest Bowl
I almost always bring my lunch to work. Or I should say food to work, because not only do I usually bring breakfast, but my snacks too. This morning, I didn’t really know what to make, so I just kind of threw things together that …
Big weekend breakfast idea
1 egg, 2 egg whites 5 ounces cooked potato 1 small orange 2 slices high fiber bread 1 tablespoon sugar free grape jelly This is what I call a totally deluxe Sunday morning breakfast! Sometimes the hardest part of losing weight is going crazy over …
Spaghetti & Meatballs
I hate it when you get home from work and look around to see what there is to make, and you fear that there is nothing good in your freezer/fridge/pantry. That’s the predicament I was in. It was late in the week and groceries from …