A blog and some recipes from my friend Terry!

Doing it! Made breakfast for 3 kids and then we are off to saddle and tack up that horse and ride! Well I will be walking but will be out there doing it! Tonight Crab feed with good friends. This weight watcher thing is pretty cool. Lost 1 pound this week even after having an altercation with a pie which was more or less comforting after the niners gave a special early Christmas gift to the New York Giants. That took a lot out of me. I had such high hopes. I drank way too much did not eat my dinner and then announced to a house full of family" I am going to bed" I think everyone was in the same shape because I do not think anyone remembers.  Have a couple months before baseball season!  Have not been in the mood for yoga. Have been on my bike. Although one day I was unable to find my helmet at 6 am so I drove. It was hiding on the dining room table. .

The latest hook to get me to shop is the Nordstrom call to receive $50 off my next purchase if I meet with a personal shopper. This seems very dangerous! I did just get my statement and Christmas has had a huge impact on that statement! I rescheduled and will use some cash. I need bras as 2 combusted on me. A sort of pun. Not my usual thing but lets just say they let me down. That one was bad. OK I will stop.

About Weight Watchers. You get your daily points and a sort of bank for  when you go over. You can use a little every day or save them for altercations with pie. The hard part is that you need to know exactly how much you eat. So planning  is the key. Measuring is huge. I really still need a food scale. Like last night I made chicken but something went wrong and it was not edible so in a bit of hunger frustration and panic I dove into a bag of Doritos's. I decided to try and track them. Well they are on the list but I have not clue how many I ate. I counted it as 20 which was 9 points. So a 9 point Doritos dinner something punishable by death on Jenny is OK I think??? It is done and I had no alcohol so I think  all is well. Now Weight Watchers does give way too many points for booze. I think we need to lobby against it,  it is discrimination to the catholic dieter.  I have not had a glass of wine or anything since the game last week. That helps the dieting efforts a lot. For the record Patron with a float of Skinny Girl Margarita is GREAT. Little lime and it is perfection.! 

Christmas weight is off. I am one my way to new weight territory and I have a renewed motivation. I just need to get to the grocery store and plan and cook. Thanks Terry for the recipes!! I want to try the shrimp pasta Sunday dinner!

High fiber pasta cooked and drained.

Bfast sandwich:

Thomas English Whole Grain Light muffins (they are 100 cal and have 8 grms of fiber!)

1/2 C of egg whites

2 slices of low sodium ham

1 Slice of a tomato

1 wedge of laughing cow light

Mustard

avacado optional

I simply toast the english muffin and in a small bowl the size of the muffin I put egg whites, ham, tomato and cover with paper plate or napkin and cook for 2 min. Spread cheese on muffin, flip egg concoction on to muffin and put some mustard.

Go Lean Cereal

fresh or frozen berries

Non fat milk

Greek yogurt 0% fat

Berries

low sugar jam

Protein shake

Vanilla powder (mine is 80 cal from TJ's)

benefil fiber

1/2 banana

frozen strawberries or pineapple (any frozen fruit) Use it in place of ice.

no sugar added vanilla coconut milk (in carton)

Quesadilla

High fiber low carb tortilla (Mission brand)

scrambled egg whites or reg eggs

low sodium salsa

low fat cheese

non fat greek yogurt

avacado optional

Toasted English muffin

almond butter

Apple slices or Bananas

drizzle maple syrup

chopped nuts

Low fat tortilla chips

low sodium salsa

cottage cheese

Tortilla

chocolate chips (sparingly)

Just make like a quesadilla but it is dessert with like 12 grams of fiber and protein!

2 Alvarado (50 cal slice) flax Bread

lettuce

cooked turkey bacon

tomato slices

avacado\

1 laughing cow cheese wedge

Warm spinach salad

spinach

tomatoes

chopped hard boiled egg

cooked crubled turkey bacon

a little blue or goat cheese

warm the salad dressin in a small dish to boiling and pour over salad

The salad dressing I use is nonfat Balsamic dressing from TJ's.

Tuna salad

Canned white in water tuna

chopped celery

dill

chopped bread and butter pickles

chopped walnuts

a little dijon or aioli

lemon

sea salt and pepper

nonfat greek yogurt

do the same as above but omit the tuna,dill and pickles and add canned chicken and sliced grapes for chicken salad

In a large saute pan I place a small amount of chopped bacon or turkey bacon and saute (it is for flavor), add a pint of cherry tomatoes, sliced zucchini, chopped garlic, red pepper flakes and chicken broth or stock cook till tomatoes have all burst and reduce. Then add some, TJ's Roasted Red Pepper spread, frozen shrimp and add a bit more broth, salt/pepper and fresh basil. Cook until shrimp is done. You want it to be liquidy because this is your sauce but you want it to stand up to the pasta. Toss all together in a bowl add some fresh parm over the top.

I would make this for the President if he came to dinner, it is that good!

There is no oil, the shrimp is low in calories and high in protein, lots of fiber in the spaghetti, but keep your serving to 2oz. Tons of flavor! It is so good!

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