Category Archives: Pork

Spicy Thai Pork with Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Spicy Thai Pork with Peanut Sauce, Uncategorized August 31, 2011 Comments: 29

I saw Lori’s blog post where she had pumpkin oats and I was a tad bit jealous because my local store had a sign where the pumpkin should be that said “coming soon!”  I hope we don’t have a pumpkin shortage this year.  Otherwise how will I make my pumpkin scones with spicy glaze I’ve been craving once the weather starts to cool?

So I looked to see what I had, and remembered that I had peaches from the farmers market that needed to be eaten – soon!  OMG, these were so good – just slightly tart – I had 3/4 cup oats to 1 cup water, then added 1 tsp. of honey and 2 tablespoons of granola on top – pure summer/fall comfort in a bowl. :D   Breakfast comes in at 9 points.

Work was super busy, so busy that it was 12:30 before I realized I hadn’t gone on my lunch workout.  Shelley commented recently that she didn’t realize the ups and downs I go through being diabetic.  She’s right – I don’t talk about it too much because a: I don’t want people to look at my blog and say “she can eat three tacos and she’s diabetic, so I can too!”

What works for me probably only works for me – it’s not as cut and dry.  I have to time my lunch/workouts from when I ate breakfast, etc.  Luckily since my breakfast was high in carbs, my blood sugar was 250 before working out.  While some diabetics would freak out about that, I loved that number.  It was overcast and 70 degrees when I went out at lunch.  I knew I could push myself on my 5k a bit more because the weather was cooperating.

I knew almost immediately that I started out too fast – I have that problem, and I know that it takes me a good 10 or 15 minutes to get in the running “groove.”  So I slowed down a bit, walked for about 10 seconds, then kept running.  Had I not had to reject a song on Pandora at my half-way point, I would never have known that I ran the first 1.5 miles in 16 minutes!

I knew I could break my PR.  So I just kept my head up, my feet moving to the beat of a fast tempo song and before I knew it, I had crossed my “finish” line and when I looked down at my watch, could not believe I ran my 5k in 32:07!!  Woot!  Some of you already know that because I couldn’t help not post something on facebook (something I vowed I would never use, but am slowly learning to love it!)

After I read Kelly’s blog post about how she feels like a runner, I couldn’t agree more.  I never thought I would enjoy running, just think how fast I’ll be once I drop these damn 30 pounds. :D

When I got back to my desk I was really ready for lunch – I think it was almost 1:45 by the time I ate.  I made a spicy thai pork dish that I copied from here.

Thai Pork & Peanut Sauce

Adapted from a cooking light recipe

Ingredients

2 pounds lean pork loin
2 large sweet red peppers
1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (more if you like it spicier)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup peanut butter
Chopped green onion, for garnish
Chopped dry roasted peanuts, for garnish
Lime wedges, for garnish

Directions

Coat crock pot with cooking spray.

Put pork, bell peppers, teriyaki sauce, vinegar, red pepper flakes, and garlic in crockpot. Cover and cook on low until pork is fork tender, 6-8 hours (or on high for 3-4 hours).

Remove pork and coarsely chop. Add the peanut butter to the liquid in crockpot, stir well to dissolve.  The only thing I did differently was puree the red pepper peanut butter mixture to make a smooth sauce, then I added 2 tablespoons of thai chili paste to kick it up – leave out if you don’t want it too spicy.

Return pork to sauce, stir to coat meat evenly. Serve with rice, garnishing with green onion, peanuts and lime wedges.

I actually served mine over a cup of mashed sweet potatoes with steamed broccoli – this whole gorgeous spicy plate comes in at 10 points.

I emailed my brother and sister and said “I am eating mashed sweet potatoes and am liking them!”  I told them I spiced them up with some thai chili sauce.  My brother then sent this picture which made me almost pee in my pants.  It’s because my sister said that mashed sweet potatoes was like baby food. :D

That baby’s face just kills me!

So Tony, while feeling better, still doesn’t have much of an appetite, so for dinner I made him buttered egg noodles.  So what would I possibly eat?  Yep – pizza!

i had half of the pizza dough leftover from my fig and goat cheese pizza.  I then realized that this pizza dough recipe is perfect for 2 people to make their own individual pizzas - half of the dough is 6 points, then just build it from there.

Pizza Dough for Two

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp. yeast
  • 1 tsp. salt (may seem like a lot, but it works)

Just mix together with a wooden spoon, pour onto lightly floured counter and knead it for about 2 minutes.  Divide in half and each person can put whatever toppings on they want.  I went with a bacon and broccoli pizza.  My pizza all together comes in at 11 points.

It was delicious.  Tony just looked over at me and shook his head – seriously he would be fine with having pizza just once a month.  Where did I go wrong with him? :D   I know Helen’s husband is probably like “WTF?!”  He could have pizza every night like me and never get sick of it. :D

I was reading Leslie’s post yesterday about how a lot of us didn’t reach our summer goals as we thought we would.   It got me thinking because from the start of my vacation and about 10 days afterwards (about 15 days) I didn’t count points, I felt like I ate like a pig, I was really feeling down on myself.  But when I weighed in at WW on Saturday, turns out I lost .2.

It’s so easy to revert back to negative thinking and think “I can’t do it.”  Pushing myself on my run yesterday only proves that if you push yourself, maybe even just a little bit more than the day before, we can reach our goals.  My switch is back on people – look out! :D

Stats for Tuesday

  • 33 points (after eating 4 points of crack pop chips while watching t.v.)
  • 45 minute walk/run – 32:07 5k PR
  • average blood sugar 134

I am headed to my Mom’s house tonight – she’s having out patient surgery tomorrow and I am her designated driver and caretaker. :D   See you tonight Momma!

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Potato Crusted Goat Cheese Quiche and Clean Eating’s Pulled Pork (kinda!)

Clean Eatings Pulled Pork with Apple Cider Dressing, Uncategorized April 13, 2011 Comments: 38

I was reading Nicole’s blog the other day and she made a potato crusted quiche.  What?!  You know I am the queen of crustless quiche.  Without a crust I can add more cheese. :D   Her question of the day was what is your favorite quiche.  Hands down mine is spinach and goat cheese.  The biggest problem with ordering quiche in a restaurant?  The damn onions!

So I stole her idea of the potato crust, modified it to fit my points for the day, and came up with this recipe.  It makes two servings.  I made it in a glass loaf pan for 2 servings (like I do when I make 2 servings of lasagna).  Each serving is 8 points.

Potato Crusted Goat Cheese Quiche

  • 1 cup egg beaters
  • 1/2 cup liquid egg whites
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 2 cups fresh baby spinach
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 ounce goat cheese
  • 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper

For the potato crust:

  • 1 cup shredded potato (about 1 medium/large potato)
  • 1 tablepoon flour
  • 1 tablespoon egg white
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix together the potato, flour, egg white, salt and pepper. (Now I think next time I’ll squeeze out the water in the shredded potatoes).  Press in the bottom of your loaf pan that’s been sprayed with Pam.  Blind bake for 20 minutes.

Mix together the egg beaters, egg white, milk, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper.  Set aside.  Heat a large non-stick skillet with the oil and add the garlic – just when the garlic starts to brown, add the baby spinach and cook a couple minutes, just until wilted.

Remove potato crust from oven.  Pour the wilted garlic spinach over the top, then top with the egg mixture and sprinkle the goat cheese evenly over the top.  Bake for 30-35 more minutes.

On the side I had mixed greens and diced apple (0 points) mixed with 1 tablespoon of Annie’s light goddess dressing.  So this giant plate of food was only 8 points! :D

My friend and I walked again today at lunch – its supposed to rain later in the week, so we are taking full advantage.  We were hangry when we got back!  Lunch was easy to put together.  I am only putting the recipe for the slaw up – because you could sub in any meat and it depends on what type of bread you make – but this is loosely based off of Clean Eating’s pulled Pork Sandwich with Apple Cider Vinegar and Toasted Mustard Seed Dressing (which is not online yet, but on page 72 of the April/May 2011 issue – see if your library carries it and just make a copy!)

Apple Cider Vinegar and Toasted Mustard Seed Dressing

  • makes 3 servings – 2 PointsPlus Each
  • 1.5 cups packaged broccoli slaw
  • 1 tsp. mustard seeds
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil

In a non-stick pan, toast the mustard seeds until they just about brown – about 5 minutes.  Remove to a bowl.  Add the vinegar and oil and mix well.  Toss with the broccoli slaw – each serving is 1/2 a cup.

So my sandwich was 2 point slice of bread, 2 points (3/4 ounces) provolone cheese, 3 oz. leftover pork tenderloin, chopped, 1/2 cup of the broccoli slaw and a drizzle of mustard bbq sauce.   The bbq sauce I use is from 17th Street Barbecue in Murphreysboro, Illinois.  Bon Appetit crowned them #1 in ribs a couple years ago, and since the barbecue sauce is mustard based, I ordered some online and fell in love.  My MIL even got me an autographed copy of their book as a gift! :D

and it's only 5 calories a tablepoon!

Lunch comes in at 11 points, including the chips and pineapple (so the sandwich is 9 points).

the toasted mustard seeds made this dressing :D

I have Mara to thank for the inspiration for last nights dinner.  I love making chicken kabobs – it just screams summer to me.  I stole her idea – thanks Mara!

Grecian Chicken Kabobs:

  • 4 servings – 5 WW Points Each (just for the chicken)
  • 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into bite size ipces
  • 4 lemons
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons (yes, Tablespoons – I double checked!) dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil.

Juce and zest the four lemons into a bowl.  Mix in the oregano, olive oil and minced garlic.  Add the chicken and stir to coat – minimum of 30 minutes, but not more than 2 hours because she says that the lemon juice will start to “cook” the chicken.  While the chicken marinates, soak the 4 wooden skewers.  Grill or broil about 4-6 minutes a side.  Thread the chicken with veggies of choice – I chose zucchini.  With the pita bread and tzatziki sauce, dinner comes in at 9 points.

stats for Tuesday:

  • 35 points (including wine)
  • 32 flex points remaining
  • 17 activity points earned
  • average blood sugar 122

Question of the Day:  What are you having for lunch?  Happy Wednesday!

You know that Tony is starting to feel a tiny bit better when . . .

Spicy Pork Stew with Zucchini, Uncategorized March 10, 2011 Comments: 37

He did this to me. . . I turned my back to the stove for a minute, I thought he was getting water at the sink, then next thing I do is turn around and see this . . .  and jump!

You would think I would just throw the damn thing out, but I seriously forget about it!

Now breakfast yesterday may seem weird, but trust me, its delicious.  6 ounces of baked potato that I fried in a teaspoon of olive oil.  I topped it with a fried egg (its under there!) with 1/2 ounce mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup of my homemade marinara – this whole delicious bowl is only 8 points! :D

the fresh basil on top was nice too :D

I’ve talked in the past about how I have to tweak my insulin intake in order to work out at lunch.  I typically have to take 1/2 the amount of insulin at breakfast, so that before I work out, my blood sugar is between 200 and 220.  Yesterday I was at 227 – perfect!

I decided to run TWO MILES without stopping yesterday – I did a 5 minute warm up, reset the clock and just ran.  I did adjust the mph a few times up or down, but I never stopped. :D   I did two miles in 26:58 – or about a 12:30 mph pace – not bad!  I cooled down so my total treadmill time was 40 minutes.

I remember Ali from Biggest Loser was always asked how she had such toned arms, and she said every day she did the rowing machine for 20 minutes – 10 minutes overhand and 10 minutes underhand.  I decided I would try to do 5 minutes each way for a total of 10 minutes.  Nope!  It’s fricken hard!  I ended up doing 5 minutes and then finished with 5 minutes of abs on the balance ball. :D

But, since I pushed it really hard, I realized as I was heading up the elevator to my office, that my blood sugar was low.  REALLY LOW.  I can always tell because I start to see white spots in my vision and the sweat starts.   When I got to my desk I checked my blood sugar – it was 40!

While my first instinct was to go to the front reception desk to eat tiny snickers, I knew I had fruit in my lunch bag – I quickly eat this and was feeling much better.

I never realized this about myself before, but whenever I eat a fruit salad, I eat each fruit separately - same for this dish

I am the queen of shopping off of my stores weekly sale flyer.  One thing that I noticed that I have never gotten before is boneless pork stew meat.  It was only $2.69 a pound!  I did a quick search on tastespotting, and found this dish, which was my inspiration for my lunch.  It’s not exactly the same recipe, but holy cow is this a flavorful dish!

Since I am not sure I can actually call it a true Carne Adodava as the original recipe, I am simply calling this:

Spicy Pork Stew with Zucchini and Brown Rice

  • please note that the actual calories and point values will not match because the recipe builder includes the TOTAL nutrition, even for the free stuff like peppers
  • This makes 4 servings (4 ounces of pork per serving, the sauce and veggies are 0 points) 280 calories, 12.5 fat, 6.8 carbs, 1.7 fiber and 33 protein: 4 PointsPlus

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 1 pound lean pork stew meat, trimmed of all visible fat
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 red pepper, sliced
  • 1 green pepper, sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 ounces New Mexican red chile powder*
  • 5 cups water
  • 2 large zucchini, diced

In a stock pot, heat oil over medium heat.  When hot, add pork pieces until brown (1/3 of a batch at a time) until browned all over.  Pork should sizzle when it touches the pot, if it doesn’t, remove it and wait for the oil to heat up.  Transfer all of the pork to a separate bowl.

Add garlic and salt to the pot, cooking for 1 minute.  Add flour and cook for 3 minutes.  Add red and green peppers, the chile powder*, and 4 cups of water.  Simmer for 30 minutes until the peppers are tender.

Using a stick blender, puree until smooth.  Add pork back in – add an additional cup of water if desired, I left it at 4 cups because I wanted a thicker sauce.  Cook for an additional 45 minutes, until the pork is fork tender.   Turn off heat and add the zucchini.  Let cool.

After I trimmed off all the fat, I used 1 pound of the meat, and the dog got the rest in his bowl – he was a happy camper!

Here is where the ** comes in.  I couldn’t find didn’t look hard enough for the New Mexican dried red chile powder.  What I did find was this:

when I read "for orange" I thought this might not be too spicy and I was right - just a hint of citrus - yum!

I had cooked brown rice in the refrigerator, so added 1/2 cup of rice to my dish to soak up all this wonderful sauce – next time I might even add broccoli and carrots to bulk it up.  This was so satisfying – something about a high protein lunch just keeps me full for hours. :D

the pork was so tender :D

So Tony still didn’t have much of an appetite for dinner, so I made him some noodles with chicken broth – no veggies or chicken.  :(

So dinner was all me since Hannah had school and then hung out with friends.  Ever since we saw Bobby Flay do a throw down of lasagna, I’ve been thinking about it.  Although in the version we saw, they breaded and deep fried the zucchini for the pasta layers.  I used naked zucchini – and I will tell you this – I never missed the lasagna noodles.  Since the other half of this is going to be for my lunch tomorrow – you’ll have to come back tomorrow for the recipe.

I’ll just tell you this – half of the casserole – this giant serving is only 7 points!

Stats for Wednesday:

  • 34 points (including 6 for wine)
  • 40 minute treadmill, which included a 2 mile run at 26:58
  • 5 minute row machine
  • 5 minute abs on the ball
  • average blood sugar – on the low side – 85

Another quick note – I have been a food journal person for the longest time, either in a book or now online at eTools.  I pulled out my journals for 2007 when I was using calories and carbs to manage my diabetes.  I weighed 150 pounds at the time (which I thought was a lot – ha!)

notice the blood sugar numbers on the bottom right - back then I was happy with anything around 200 - and sometimes I still had readings in the 300s!

Then I picked out two consecutive days to see where the points came in at:

Not bad! 29 points and 1303 calories.

The next day:

Wow - 29 points again!

But WTF?  I ate 553 more calories the second day than the first day.  What was the difference?  On the second day I had 8 servings of fruit and vegetables and twice the amount of fiber – the PointsPlus program finally makes sense to me – I couldn’t figure out how the calories didn’t count, but it the quality of the points that matter most.

Do you journal your food – if so, paper or computer?

I am off to take a walk before work, not sure I’ll be able to work out during the day today because of my work schedule – can I just say its sad that its March 10 and it’s 34 degrees but with the windchill it feels like 20? :(

Skinny Creamed Spinach Stuffed Pork Chops

Skinny Creamed Spinach Stuffed Pork Chops, Uncategorized March 9, 2011 Comments: 29

I had totally forgotten that I had tried to make baked paczki (“poonch-kee”) two years ago, until I saw that post got 100 hits yesterday!  They were just okay, but I may have to try them again next year. :D

Since I didn’t do anything traditional for fat Tuesday, I had to drool over my friend Jacky’s shrimp etouffee – holy cow does it look delicious – I’ve never made it before but now its on the top of my list of things to make – thanks for posting the recipe Jacky (and check out her blog – she just got a new layout and it is so clean and nice – love it!).

For breakfast I had one of my 4 point bagels with 1/2 cup egg beaters, baby spinach, deli ham and cheese – there was too much egg to fit on the mini-bagel so it kinda spilled over – 7 Points.  Marisa made the bagels too – except she made hers whole wheat – you can check out how good they turned out here.

I decided to switch it up at the gym and I did the Stair Master for 32 minutes – for a total of 1.75 miles and 92 flights.  I am still trying to increase my speed on the treadmill, so I decided to see how fast I could run a mile . . . without stopping.  I ended up running it in 11:23!  I want to sign up for a 5k in June, with my goal of beating my PR at an official race of 39:00 minutes – I have my work cut out for me. :D

Back at the office I had a Thai noodle bowl.  I followed a recipe, but it was awful, so I had to do some quick changes to make it taste good.  Have you ever used fish sauce before?  Wow, that is some strong stuff!  So I don’t have a recipe yet because this is still a work in progress – but my co-workers that I brought it too loved it, and I did too.  I sauteed the zucchini in szechwan sauce so it had a nice kick – this whole bowl is 9 PointsPlus.

And I had a cup of cantaloupe on the side – this one was so sweet. :D

So Tony is still not feeling that great.  It seems like he goes two steps forward and one step back, which apparently his surgeon thinks is normal.  It’s just sad that I can’t make him feel any better.  He only ate half a roast beef sandwich before he started to feel sick.  So needless to say, he had no appetite for dinner. :(

I had defrosted pork chops so I decided to make creamed spinach stuffed pork chops for one.  Before I met Tony I never even had creamed spinach before – holy cow is it delicious!  My version turned out so great – I think the stuffing and the sauce made this dish.

Skinny Creamed Spinach Stuffed Pork Chops

  • 7 PointsPlus  (291 calories, 6.5 fat, 10.4 carbs, 0 fiber and 38 protein)

Ingredients:

  • 1 5 oz. pork chop
  • 3/4 cup baby spinach
  • 2 tablespoons fat free half and half
  • 1 tablespoon shaved Parmesan cheese
  • 1/8 cup beef broth
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley

Directions:

  • Heat a non-stick pan over medium-high heat.  Slice the pork chop in the middle, but do not cut all the way through.
  • Put the spinach, half and half and Parmesan in the skillet and cook until the half and half starts to bubble and the cheese melts.
  • Stuff the pork chop.  Season both sides with salt and pepper.  Cook over medium-high heat (I used 1/2 teaspoon oil) for a minute on each side.  Then cover and cook 3 minutes per side.  Remove and let it rest – put a small piece of foil over the top.
  • In the same pan add the beef broth, orange juice, Dijon mustard, lemon, lemon zest and dried parsley.  Cook, stirring to get all the bits on the bottom of the pan, for about 4 minutes until it’s reduced a bit.  Pour over pork chop and eat.

looks like such a lonely pork chop

I am not even going to say what I think that looks like :D

resting with my naked baked potato - I poured the sauce over my potato too - no butter required

heaven on a plate

I cannot describe how delicious this pork chop was.  It was perfectly cooked, and the sauce was nice and tangy – I actually put 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard in the sauce, which almost was a bit too much, which is why I reduced the amount to 1 teaspoon in the recipe above.  This one is definitely a keeper!

Stats for Tuesday:

  • 33 points (26 for food and 6 for wine :D )
  • 32 minutes Stair Master
  • 11:23 mile
  • 5 minute cool down

It’s another overcast, rainy day in Chicago – but the only thing that makes me happy about that is hopefully by today the last of our dirty, ugly snow will finally melt!

Have a great day!

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili and Lightened Bolognese

Lightened Bolognese, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili, Uncategorized January 11, 2011 Comments: 39

I was all set to go to the gym yesterday morning.  Bathing suit laid out, gym bag packed, granola bar in purse.  The only problem?  I woke up an hour and fifteen minutes later than I intended!   My alarm did go off at six, but my “just one more minute” turned into a lot more.  But not to worry, I decided to make today a rest day and I’ll just work out on Wednesday. :D

I had my old camera with me today – it isn’t until I download my pictures that I realize how much I LOVE my new camera!  I am sure you can tell which pictures were taken with Old Blue and my Nikon!

Breakfast was a breakfast burrito and a Vanilla Chobani – 8 points.

Tony had an appointment near my office and picked me up for lunch.  We were the first customers, so even after driving to the restaurant, eating and getting back to my office, I was only gone 40 minutes!  I knew I was getting a salad ahead of time, but do you know what was on their special menu?  Giardienera sliders with pepper jack cheese and tater tots!  My mouth is watering just typing that sentence!

But I stuck to my plan – and maybe had 3 of Tony’s tots!  I got the julienne salad, brought my own Paul Newman’s dressing – lunch comes in at 9 points.

It's mostly iceburg lettuce too :(

What I originally had on my lunch menu today (but will never pass up lunch with Tony!) is Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili.  I adapted this recipe from an Eating Well recipe.  I’ve been putting my recipes into eTools, then copying them and pasting them here.  The only problem is that there are scripts that keep trying to run when I paste them here that drive me insane – I think I wrote the same paragraph 5 times in yesterday’s post but the script kept stopping it and when I would hit save, I’d lose all the pictures and words.

So I am going back to making printer friendly versions on Google Docs.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili (recipe and printer friendly version here)

I forgot to tell you that two of my co-workers are doing WW and I am making them soup all week, and get this – they are paying me to do it!  Their contribution to Soup Week here on My Bizzy Kitchen paid for 1/3 of my groceries for the week!

My one co-worker said “I love sweet potatoes and this is going on my dinner menu next week – best chili ever and two snaps around the world!”  My other co-worker was under the weather, but upon reading such a rave review, ate it and loved it and gave me two thumbs up!  I was nice and gave my chili to my boss – she is a Lean Cuisine junky so she loved it too :D

I loved how I had my Nikon lens cap on the cutting board!

I don't even like sweet potatoes, but I loved this.

The original recipe didn’t call for a canned chipotle pepper, but the first taste was a tad too sweet for me, but once I added the pepper, it was the perfect balance of sweet and heat.  First soup of the week = success!  On tap tomorrow. . . chicken and spinach soup with pesto.  :D

I randomly get sent Cuisine at Home, and most times there are just a couple recipes that I would like to try.  The cover picture stopped me in my tracks.  Again, I bizzified the recipe, removing the damn onions, and using regular Italian sausage instead of turkey Italian sausage.

Lightened Bolognese (recipe and printer friendly version here)

 

here was the cover picture

and my plate on a bed of baby spinach – 1 cup chopped baby spinach, 1 cup cooked pasta, 3/4 cup sauce and a slice of garlic bread – 14 PointsPlus.

I was skeptical about using ground turkey breast instead of beef, but since I added the Italian sausage it still had a meaty taste.  Yum!

Stats for Monday:

  • 31 points (only 12 flex points left – too much wine over the weekend!)
  • no exercise – rest day
  • average blood sugar: 98 :D

Do you guys remember these things?

The package says it grows 600%!  It’s been in water since Saturday – can’t wait to see how big it gets!  (and yes, I am like a five year old at times!)

And today . . . I am off to the gym!  Have a great day :D

p.s.  Check out Nicole’s post about Weight Watchers new Program. Anyone who has questions about this program should read this post – she’s a registered dietitian and breaks down the program so its easy to understand.  Thanks Nicole! :D

p.s.s.  Don’t forget to submit your healthy recipes for a chance to win one of two AUTOGRAPHED copies of Rocco DiSpirito’s new cookbook – Now Eat This!  You have until Friday, January 14 to enter. :D

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