Revolving Diet

Day 198.2 ~ 8/6/11

I am not feeling anything different from these Diet DOTS.  I do not feel more energized and I do not feel my appetite being suppressed.  Granted it's only Day 2, there are only enough in the pack I bought for just about 3 Days - you would think if they made the pack for a shorter time frame they feel that these things work.  Personally, it's the water 1/2 hour to 45 minutes before the meal that I feel is filling me up.  I do not think the tablets are doing anything.  One more day to go (I had bought 2 packs so that I had enough for he entire day.....it was a dollar, not a big investment).

Diet DOTS taken with water 1/2 hour before eating each meal with 1 bottle of water.

Breakfast: Latte, 2 scrambled eggs, 3 slices bacon, 1 slice plain WW toast

Snack:  3 pieces of red licorice

Lunch: Greek Salad; mixed lettuces, non fat feta cheese, red onion, green olives, greek vinegrette dressing, BIG ice tea

Snack: 20 white grapes

Dinner: Chicken Cheeseburger Quiche (I had a leftover piece in infrezer from the FAT to Skinny Diet), BIG ice tea, 1/2 cup natural applesauce

With no kickboxing for the next 2-3 three weeks I need some assistance.  What music gets you going?? I am going to start walkng after work with one of my kickboxing buddies to fill the between the next session.

I had been using a Sony Walkman (with my own mixed tapes) then I moved up to a Sony portable CD Player so that I could listen to audio books and now my husband just gave me his old IPOD...I started loading a few songs that could assist me in movin' and sweating: Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen) and Baby Got Back (Sir Mix Alot) for obvious reasons, Rockaria (ELO), Hey Ya' (Outkast), Get the Party Started (Pink), S & M (Rhianna), Push it (Salt & Pepa), Badonkadonk (Trace Adkins) just because the song cracks me up, Yes You Can (Jewel), Machinehead (Bush), Hemorrage-In my Hands (Fuel), lLove me Dead (Ludo), F*ck You (CeeLo), Pretty much all Meatloaf & Goo Goo Dolls (I have a MAJOR crush on Johnny Rzeznick)...So what do you have??!!

Have a SPLENDIFERIOUS night!!

ALWAYS......make your words and actions count!

January Bizarre Food Holidays

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!

Whatever you celebrate.......ENJOY!!!

 

·         Prune Breakfast Month--January 1-31

·         National Hot Tea Month--January 1-31

·         National Soup Month--January 1-30

·         Bean Day--January 6

·         Hot & Spicy Food International Day--January 16

·         National Popcorn Day--January 19

·         National Butter Crunch Day--January 20

·         National Blonde Brownie Day--January 22

·         National Pie Day--January 23

·         National Corn Chip Day--January 29

·         National Popcorn Day--January 31 (so popular....it's celebrated twice)

 

Starting the New Year off right with a recipe that is a dessert and healthy!!!

No-Cholesterol, Low-Fat Pie Crust

An awesome pie starts with the crust. Fat free pie crusts just don't cut it, but this low-fat, zero-cholesterol recipe is delicious, and healthy !!

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup white flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 3 Tbsp skim milk

Instructions

Mix flour and salt in one bowl, oil and milk in another. Combine dry and wet ingredients. Beat with a fork until clumps form. Use lightly-floured hands to press into a ball, and flatten out into a 5-6 inch diameter pancake. Roll out between sheets of wax paper, to desired thickness (at least 12-inch diameter). Peel off top sheet of paper, flip into 9-inch pie plate, peel off second sheet. Press dough into pie plate, trim edges, and pinch or flute.

If making a double-crust pie, double the recipe and set aside half the dough before rolling. Brush egg whites over top crust to give it a nice glowing flaky texture.

Easy No Sugar (Splenda) Apple Pie Filling

Ingredients

• 5 apples, sliced
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 3/4 cup Splenda
• 1 Tbsp flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 F. Toss ingredients together, layer in pie crust. Roll out top crust, place over filling, trim and flute. Poke top of pie with fork or slice with sharp knife. Bake 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 F, continue baking 30 minutes or until crust turns golden and apples are soft and tender.

Any Size Popcorn and Soft Drink for $1. (Not a FREEBIE, but a Deal!)

Any Size Popcorn and Soft Drink for $1

 

Valid through July 25

Haven't seen the latest box office blockbuster? This Sunday, July 25, AMC Lowes is giving movie fans a break at the concession stand. You can buy any size fountain drink and popcorn for just one dollar each. Just click on the "claim coupon" button, enter your information and print your individual coupons for soda and popcorn, which can be used together, but not with any other offers. The coupons are valid for one moviegoer only, so if you're going with a group, make sure to pass this deal on to them before you meet up. AMC Glendale 12, AMC Olde Town 14, and all Canadian locations are not participating in this offer. Now sit back, enjoy the show and know you got a great deal!

Day 136 - Just Venting....

Looking at the picture below is heartbreaking.  It’s like reliving the terrible events of the Exxon Valdez.  There have been increased reports of boycotting BP and I am all for it but I have to ask a few other another questions.

 

 

 

When these large drilling rigs were put in, aren’t they supposed to have back-up plans on how to resolve issues in a “Worse case Scenario”?  How can you create something that is taking from the planet natural resources and not have a plan in place to combat a disaster in a timely manner?

 

BP is not the only company that has these large platform drilling rigs out there.  You have to wonder, are other companies offering ideas?  It seems that they would be, which is scary that among all these companies, not one of them has a plan in place if it were to happen to their own drilling rig.  You would think that if one of these other companies did have an idea that would work, they would be out there with it (along with patting themselves on the back)….but you haven’t heard it.  You haven’t heard (i.e.,) Exxon saying “if you do this…..it will fix the problem – this is our contingency plan if it were happening on one of our drilling rigs”.  Are these other companies just sitting  by to see what works for BP, then they will use it???

 

Why does a disaster have to happen before a solution is thought of?

 

In almost every company I have worked for, if you have an idea, you need to show not only how to make it work, what the benefits are and what is the back-up plan if it doesn’t work.  Shouldn’t a large company that is making millions of dollars off the consumer have the same criteria in place? 

 

This disaster affects so much wildlife, ocean life, individuals that  make their livelihood from the water – who is picking up the pieces not just immediately but in the long term???

June ~ Bizarre Food Holidays

Donut Day – 1^st Weekend of June

National Dairy Month – June 1 -30

National Ice Tea Month – June 1-30

Turkey Lover’s Month -  June 1-30

National Fresh Fruit & Veggies Month -  June 1-30

National Papaya Month – June 1-30

National Rocky Road Day – June 2

National Applesauce Cake Day – June 6

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day – June 7

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day – June 13

Eat Your Veggies Day – June 17

National Ice Cream Soda Day – June 20

National Éclair Day – June 22

National Chocolate Pudding day – June 26

 

Celebrate in FULL FORCE ~ Whatever you celebrate!!

What is good for you?

Sometimes when a person sits down and really thinks about the reasons of why you want to lose weight or how you got to the point of needing to lose weight there may not be a specific reason.  Everyone eats.  It’s not a new concept.  Just some of us eat more than others, some of us prefer a different food diet and we all process foods differently.

When I was growing up my sister loved mashed potatoes (still does) but I could watch her make and eat a pot of mashed potatoes (made with milk and butter) and not gain an ounce as a matter of fact she wore a size zero until she had her first child.  I on the other hand gained weight just watching her eat mashed potatoes (not literally) but seriously that’s how fast I seem to gain weight. Then after having her first child she lost all the weight.  After her second child she was not that fortunate.  Her body has changed and in that change it’s not that easy for her to lose the weight.

Watching what you eat and increasing the foods that are geared towards diets can also slow the weight loss down.  For example some people can eat salads all day long and have no ill effect while others can’t process all that greenery creating an uncomfortable situation of irritable bowels, gas and/or increase in acid reflux.  I have found while doing the different diets that the diets that contain carbohydrates at night seem to slow down my weight loss and I feel more bloated in morning through a good portion of the next day.

Finding what works for you is trial and error.  As you read through my blog entries and through the different diet components you can get an idea for yourself what may or may not work for you.  Rotating the different diets has given me more of an insight to how my body works.  I can not tell you specifically what will work for you but if you stop and really pay attention to your body you will find what makes it tick.

For a day eat how you normally eat but after each meal jot down how you feel. 

1)     Are you full?

2)     Do you feel bloated?

3)     After 20 minutes are you looking for something else?

The next day….start slowly.  Make one small change at each meal.

For Example:  Let’s say you eat a sandwich everyday.  On that sandwich you usually have a Kaiser hard roll.  Give yourself a day of changing or cutting one item out.  On this one day switch from the hard roll and use low calorie bread.   At the end of the meal ask yourself did that one small change make a difference.  Ask yourself the three questions above.   If you still feel satisfied you know having the Kaiser Roll (3-1/2” diameter size) is 167 calories and the low calorie bread is 90 calories for two slices, you just saved yourself 77 calories and it’s probably a change you could get used to.

The next step would be noticing how your body is reacting to the things you substituted for the day.  At the end of the day do you feel the same way you felt the previous day eating the way you normally do – or – do you notice a little bit of a change….it may take a couple of days doing this.

Overall what I am saying is it doesn’t take a major life change to figure out what works for you. It takes time.  Nothing happens overnight.

Being heavy or thin – Does it resolve anything in your life?   NO.  Being you defines you.  Treating yourself right and extending how you want to be treated to others is how you will be treated in return.