Getting in my healthy oils (which is a WW guideline no matter what program you follow) is very difficult for me. Mainly because I've never had a good idea about the best way to go about it. Well, a friend just shared this (Babs, you rock!) and I'm putting it here so that I'll always have quick access to it. Hope this helps someone else out there in the interwebs. LOL
1) Cook with it, Alot of recipes start off with oil in the skillet
2) Mix up a marinade for meats and/or veggies
3) Mix it with meat sauces, or most sauces
4) Sautee with it.
5) Drizzle over pasta
6) Drizzle over popcorn
7) Drizzle over veggies
8) Drizzle over pizza
9) Drizzle over corn on the cob
10) Drizzle some over fat free cheese(it helps melt better)
11) Mix up some salad dressing (like olive oil and balsamic vinegar)
12) Rub it on poultry or fish before baking it
13) Rub it on meats for the spices and/or rubs have something to stick to
14) Rub some on a baked potato
15) Grill sandwiches
16) Stry Fry veggies
17) Coat some homemade baked fries
18) Makes garlic toast, (oil and garlic on bread toast)
19) Add some to soups
20) Add some to smoothies
21) Mix 2 tsps olive oil to fat-free salad dressing
22) Add to anything that is fat-free. instead of the fat, you're replacing it with healthy oils
23) Roast veggies with oil
24) Mix conola oil to oatmeal, yogurt, smoothies, soups
25) put some in salsa
26) If you eat frozen dinners, drizzle some over it.
27) make some Herb or Spice Infused Oil, (for dipping or cooking)
28) Mix in some Butter Buds or Molly McButter, You'll have butter flavored oils.
29) mix some in the new PB2 peanut butter flour that alot are trying. (you're replacing the fat with healthy oils)
30) Freeze some olive oil in a small container, put it in the coldest part of your fridge, and then use it as a soft spread
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Tuesday Plan
Breakfast was pumpkin oatmeal -- totally Core & SO yummy!!!! Lunch will be similar to yesterday. For dinner I have taco soup in the crockpot. I'm excited because the leftovers will give me lunches for the rest of the week. Yay!
I also plan to work out tonight, not sure if I'll do DDR on the playstation or if I'll do a Walk Away the Pounds video or what. But I'll do something.
Come back tomorrow for today's recap. :-)
I also plan to work out tonight, not sure if I'll do DDR on the playstation or if I'll do a Walk Away the Pounds video or what. But I'll do something.
Come back tomorrow for today's recap. :-)
Monday Recap
Bfast:
Smoothie made with WW smoothie packet & 1 cup NF milk* (2 dairy)
Egg, scrambled*
2 pcs of delightful wheat toast (1 wpa)
Lunch:
1 packet tuna packed in water*
Fruit salad* (2 fruit)
Steamed corn* (1 veg)
Air popped popcorn*
Sn: Canned chicken/veg soup* (I was still hungry from lunch -- 1st day OP jitters, I think)
Dinner:
Rotisserie chicken*
Veggies (broc, carrots, cauliflower)* (2 veg)
Snack:
More popcorn*
Cheese curds (6 wpa) - (dairy)
So, 7 wpa's used & 28 remaining for the week.
Smoothie made with WW smoothie packet & 1 cup NF milk* (2 dairy)
Egg, scrambled*
2 pcs of delightful wheat toast (1 wpa)
Lunch:
1 packet tuna packed in water*
Fruit salad* (2 fruit)
Steamed corn* (1 veg)
Air popped popcorn*
Sn: Canned chicken/veg soup* (I was still hungry from lunch -- 1st day OP jitters, I think)
Dinner:
Rotisserie chicken*
Veggies (broc, carrots, cauliflower)* (2 veg)
Snack:
More popcorn*
Cheese curds (6 wpa) - (dairy)
So, 7 wpa's used & 28 remaining for the week.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Hiatus Over
So, here I am. I've decided to put on my big girl panties and stop making excuses. My last post, one month ago, was typed up right after I had some pretty serious hurts and I just had to go inside myself for a while. I made my blog private and just didn't talk much to anyone about anything weight loss related. We can call that one big pity party. Newsflash: Pity Party OVER.
I spent 9 hours in the car yesterday. Half the time I was driving, but the other half I was plotting and planning. Here is what I figured out:
From today, there are 25 weeks in 2009. I can lose 2 pounds a week (average) and be at 184.5. That is my plan. My actual goal is to lose 50.5 pounds before 12/31/2009. In order to reach that goal, I am going to shuffle from one WW program to the next, switching every Monday. Monday will also be my WI day. This week I am following Core. Next Monday I will switch to Winning Points (which will allow me to bank points all week to splurge at Jonathan's birthday party on 7/25). The next Monday I will switch to Momentum, because I have out of town guests and it will give me the most freedom. Then, back to Core. And so on and so forth. I have a typed out Word document on my laptop at home which details what program I will be following for each of the next 25 weeks. There is a daily summary block for each day where I will note whether or not I journaled that day (or, for core, whether I tracked my points for non-core foods), as well as a block for each of the good health guidelines WW recommends. I will print out each week's summary sheet on Sunday evening & hang it on my fridge, so that I can look at it and fill it out each day as the week goes on. My summary sheet for each week also has a place where I can track my exercise --- I have a goal of 3x/week.
I didn't have my start weight yesterday, since I weighed this morning to get started. Tonight I will make my "pounds to lose" chart and hang it up in my bedroom, so that I can mark off my pounds as I lose them.
As I mentioned, the plan of the week that I started today is Core. So far, this is the Core day I've had/am planning:
Breakfast: (* - core food)
Weight watcher chocolate smoothie made w/skim* (2 dairy)
1 egg, scrambled* (1 protein)
2 slices delightful wheat toast (1 WPA used)
Lunch:
Tuna packed in water*
Fruit salad*
Corn, steamed*
Snack:
Air popped popcorn*
Dinner:
Chicken breast sauteed in EVOO*
Steamed broccoli with lemon juice*
Salad with FF dressing*
I spent 9 hours in the car yesterday. Half the time I was driving, but the other half I was plotting and planning. Here is what I figured out:
From today, there are 25 weeks in 2009. I can lose 2 pounds a week (average) and be at 184.5. That is my plan. My actual goal is to lose 50.5 pounds before 12/31/2009. In order to reach that goal, I am going to shuffle from one WW program to the next, switching every Monday. Monday will also be my WI day. This week I am following Core. Next Monday I will switch to Winning Points (which will allow me to bank points all week to splurge at Jonathan's birthday party on 7/25). The next Monday I will switch to Momentum, because I have out of town guests and it will give me the most freedom. Then, back to Core. And so on and so forth. I have a typed out Word document on my laptop at home which details what program I will be following for each of the next 25 weeks. There is a daily summary block for each day where I will note whether or not I journaled that day (or, for core, whether I tracked my points for non-core foods), as well as a block for each of the good health guidelines WW recommends. I will print out each week's summary sheet on Sunday evening & hang it on my fridge, so that I can look at it and fill it out each day as the week goes on. My summary sheet for each week also has a place where I can track my exercise --- I have a goal of 3x/week.
I didn't have my start weight yesterday, since I weighed this morning to get started. Tonight I will make my "pounds to lose" chart and hang it up in my bedroom, so that I can mark off my pounds as I lose them.
As I mentioned, the plan of the week that I started today is Core. So far, this is the Core day I've had/am planning:
Breakfast: (* - core food)
Weight watcher chocolate smoothie made w/skim* (2 dairy)
1 egg, scrambled* (1 protein)
2 slices delightful wheat toast (1 WPA used)
Lunch:
Tuna packed in water*
Fruit salad*
Corn, steamed*
Snack:
Air popped popcorn*
Dinner:
Chicken breast sauteed in EVOO*
Steamed broccoli with lemon juice*
Salad with FF dressing*
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Life
So, I've not been blogging much. Numerous reasons, none of which I'll bother going into on here. I started this blog thinking that it would help me... but I'm such a private person that I just don't know what to say 50% of the time. Strange, but true.
Anyway, right now we are at a tumultuous time in our household. My hubby is getting moved to a different shift at work and it means we are going to have to rework our entire day-to-day schedule to accommodate him. He'll be working 4:30pm to 1am Sat-Wed, with Thurs/Fri off. So I'll see him 2 evenings & 2 half-days a week, then not at all the other 3 days. Booooo. And I'll have dinner/bath/bedtime all to myself. I'm trying to look on the bright side and think of how much easier it will be for me to be OP with this scenario. I will be able to switch back to a more Core/Slim-4-Life type diet for a big chunk of my week. And I'll have a couple of hours to myself after the kids go to bed when I can work out. Right now, I'm not really OP at all -- I'm just trying to power through the stress and upheaval and prepare for what is coming. But I plan to be back OP for real on Monday.
That said... I'm not sure whether I'm going to keep this blog public anymore. Something was said to me recently that made me think hard on what I say about my attempts to lose weight... and I kind of just want to keep my weight loss journey to myself for a while. I don't really want to blog about it or talk about it or anything -- I need to do it for myself, with myself, by myself.
So if this blog suddenly disappears -- it's not you, it's me. And if it stays but is silent... well now you know why. LOL
Anyway, right now we are at a tumultuous time in our household. My hubby is getting moved to a different shift at work and it means we are going to have to rework our entire day-to-day schedule to accommodate him. He'll be working 4:30pm to 1am Sat-Wed, with Thurs/Fri off. So I'll see him 2 evenings & 2 half-days a week, then not at all the other 3 days. Booooo. And I'll have dinner/bath/bedtime all to myself. I'm trying to look on the bright side and think of how much easier it will be for me to be OP with this scenario. I will be able to switch back to a more Core/Slim-4-Life type diet for a big chunk of my week. And I'll have a couple of hours to myself after the kids go to bed when I can work out. Right now, I'm not really OP at all -- I'm just trying to power through the stress and upheaval and prepare for what is coming. But I plan to be back OP for real on Monday.
That said... I'm not sure whether I'm going to keep this blog public anymore. Something was said to me recently that made me think hard on what I say about my attempts to lose weight... and I kind of just want to keep my weight loss journey to myself for a while. I don't really want to blog about it or talk about it or anything -- I need to do it for myself, with myself, by myself.
So if this blog suddenly disappears -- it's not you, it's me. And if it stays but is silent... well now you know why. LOL
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
WI Report
Sorry I was MIA last week. Work went to hell in a handbasket early in the week, then I was out of town visiting one of my closest friends and her brand new baby from Wed-Sat. Then the holiday weekend was upon me. And yesterday was an all new level of stress at work. Blah blah blah.
Anyway, last week's WI had me back down the 2 pounds I had gained the week before. That was a relief. Today's WI had me down another half a pound. I don't think it is "real" -- I think it has more to do with the fact that I didn't eat much of anything yesterday and then was sick all during the night. But, hey, I'll take it. I have been on plan half-heartedly during all this stress. I know that isn't good enough, but it is the best I can manage right now. I'm going to TRY TRY TRY to keep focused this week. I don't see an end to this stress in sight, so it won't do me any good to allow myself to be off "just until the stress ends".... I could end up back at 235.5 or higher. And I don't want that.
To end on a positive note, I've been back OP since 4/8/2009 and I'm down 11 pounds as of today. I would have liked to be out of the 220's... hopefully I can manage that in June! For now, I'm happy to be under 225 before June!
Anyway, last week's WI had me back down the 2 pounds I had gained the week before. That was a relief. Today's WI had me down another half a pound. I don't think it is "real" -- I think it has more to do with the fact that I didn't eat much of anything yesterday and then was sick all during the night. But, hey, I'll take it. I have been on plan half-heartedly during all this stress. I know that isn't good enough, but it is the best I can manage right now. I'm going to TRY TRY TRY to keep focused this week. I don't see an end to this stress in sight, so it won't do me any good to allow myself to be off "just until the stress ends".... I could end up back at 235.5 or higher. And I don't want that.
To end on a positive note, I've been back OP since 4/8/2009 and I'm down 11 pounds as of today. I would have liked to be out of the 220's... hopefully I can manage that in June! For now, I'm happy to be under 225 before June!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Aloha!
Hi everyone. Sorry that "a day or so" took me like 5 days. I meant to get in here sooner but I just have too much going on this month. It is non-stop busy in my world.
Anyway, the weight loss efforts are moving along. I did a lot of eating out this weekend but I made good choices and journalled all my food and I am very proud of how it all turned out. Hopefully the scale reflects all the good choices when I weigh Wed am. :-)
Anyway, the weight loss efforts are moving along. I did a lot of eating out this weekend but I made good choices and journalled all my food and I am very proud of how it all turned out. Hopefully the scale reflects all the good choices when I weigh Wed am. :-)
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