Work was so busy yesterday, that I barely had time to eat breakfast, let alone take a good picture of it. While I don’t like plain Greek yogurt, I love it when I add 1/8 of a cup of sugar free pancake syrup – sounds gross, but its good! On the side was a 1.5 ounce rye bread breakfast sammie – breakfast comes in at 9 Points Plus. I mean, its a really crappy picture!
Work was so busy, I didn’t get a bike ride in like I planned, but at least the day went by fast. I ate my lunch at my desk while working – a repeat from last week thanks to my deep freeze, although I think I may have reheated this soup a couple times before freezing it, and the chicken was kind of tough. Lunch comes in at 10 points plus.
I love Tastespotting, even though 85% percent of the pictures I submit come back rejected: “poor lighting,” “composition,” “not sharp,”and actually my favorite rejection: “not a compelling image subject.” But its a great way to get ideas! š I had Tony pull out some flank steak from the freezer. I typed in “flank steak” and found a picture for a grilled flank steak salad with red bell pepper honey vinaigrette. I knew I had all the ingredients at home already, so I was sold. The only differences was that I use jarred roasted red peppers, 1/4 cup of the jarred juice and reduced the olive oil to 1/8 of a cup – so its really a roasted red pepper sauce.
Roasted Red Pepper Honey Sauce
- makes 8, 1/4 cup servings for 2 PointsPlus
Ingredients
- One 12 oz. jar of roasted red peppers, drained (but reserve 1/4 cup of liquid)
- 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar (original recipe called for red wine vinegar, but I like apple cider vinegar better)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- pinch of salt
- 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
Throw everything but the olive oil in a food processor and puree until smooth.
I stole her idea and made a grilled flank steak salad – this was delicious! Baby spinach, 5 oz. of flank steak, 1/4 cup of vinaigrette, and roasted potatoes on the side. Holy cow, this sauce was delicious – you could taste the smokiness of the roasted red peppers, a touch of sweetness from the honey and it was really vinegary, which I love. Very umami sauce! It made a lot and Tony and Hannah won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole so I need to figure out what else to put it on. š
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I am stealing both Shelley and Helen’s idea of posting outfits. Both of them have way more fashion sense than I will ever possess. It’s just not my thing, but I have to say, after my size 14 pants literally fell off me last week, it was fun to shop for smaller pants. š
Everyone who knows me well knows that I am a thrift store, Goodwill, garage sale whore. I prided myself on being able to cloth my daughter when I was a single parent for about $20 a season by being a bargain hunter. I literally can’t remember when I’ve actually bought any clothing (other than underwear and bathing suits) in a retail store.
Sometimes its a total miss, but the other day it was a total hit. I found two pairs of pants and 8 tops for $42. The first outfit – a size 12, zipper on the side, gray slacks and black flowered top – this outfit actually was only $2 because they were each on a $1 rack. The shoes are Ann Taylor slip ons, bought for $4 (brand new!) on a previous Goodwill shop. So all together, a $6 outfit. š
And flashback to the beginning of last years 101 Days of Summer Challenge. As you can see in the above picture, I think I will be stuck with the farmers tan for the rest of my life!
I can see a bit of difference just 15 pounds lost makes! Although I am torn about weighing in the week. I tracked nothing over Memorial Day, didn’t get in all the exercise I wanted. I am definitely going, but I know mentally if I have a gain, it might get me down, and if I skip a week, I’ll have that much better results next week. Should I still weigh in?
And I got a ton of emails about threaded eyebrows vs. waxing. I have super sensitive skin, and when I’ve had them waxed, its as if someone punched me above my eyebrows, there is swelling and redness that lasts for days.
Threading hurts like a son of a bitch, but its over in literally 3-5 minutes. And this is how my eyebrows looked 24 hours later, hardly any redness. Let’s all pretend we don’t see my grey hair, shall we?
I wonder if I could have gotten a closer picture? Ha! Alright, off to make some banana muffins to take to work – have a great Friday! Gotta love short work weeks. š
Weigh in! You’ve worked out and its always a week that you think you did great, you didn’t do as well as you wanted and a week when you thought you didn’t do well that you lose a few! I bet you did great!!
That red pepper sauce looks amazing, you could put it on chicken, maybe add it to a soup or something to use the rest of it up. Maybe even with scrambled eggs!
You can totally see your weight loss. I’d go and weigh in, it holds you accountable. I get my eyebrows threaded too. I recently found a place for 4.00. I was paying 10, so 4 is a steal. I can now go every 2 weeks, although the place is in Long Beach where my aunt lives and its 60 miles away. I just plan my threading around trips to visit my aunt.
Definitely WI! Face the music as I say – you might actually be surprised & see it wasn’t all that bad. I thought for sure I’d have a couple lb gain this week, but it was only 0.8, which I faced & moved onto planning for a loss this week.
Love eye brow threading! I was waxed once & it burned me -ripped the skin right off! I looked hideous – worse than if I left a unibrow! š So now it’s threading & only threading for me!
What an awesome find on the outfit! I’m a clearance rack shopper and will only pay retail if I absolutely love the item and I have a coupon. Otherwise, I know it will go on sale soon enough!
Your eyes are lovely!
My vote is for weighing in. You’re doing great! This one week will not stop you to getting to goal weight.
Happy Friday and have a great weekend!
For me, 15 lbs makes a huge difference! You’re lookin’ good girlie! And that plate of food looks amazing!! You’ve got grill skillz š
You look fantastic. Great job. We are so proud of you!
I love that you posted your outfit! I can tell a big difference–you’ve shrunk a lot (sideways, not vertically, lol)! That is a great deal and so nice too! I’d love to see future outfits so keep it up!
Dang that burn is bad. eek! Hope it wasn’t too painful.
Love the outfit – so cute and such a deal. š
Enjoy the weekend.
I think I yelled OUCH out loud when I saw that pic of your RED arms! š
Between being puffy & crampy & a bad tracker this past week I dont wanna get on the scale, but I know it will help me…and the meeting too!! so I’m going….*sigh*
I say do what makes you comfortable, but also think that weighing in will make you accountable & if you did gain a bit, then you’ll be super motivated to get it off. Love bargain shopping. I’ve wanted to go for weeks, but I’ve put it off because anything I buy has to be packed to go to Asheville…blahhh! maybe I’ll just stop in today š
Hi Biz
You have not lost me! I am so busy with school ending soon and kids activities. You look fantastic and I can see that you are looking so toned up, good for you! I did have threading done and they do it right here at our mall. In a kiosk. In front of everyone. Weird to come out of a restaurant and there is someone getting their brows done. Dinner and threading!! Hope you have a great weekend! Robin
I say weigh in!
I’m also a goodwill and garage sale whore, I actually just got a few good things when I was in Ohio…I still need to the find the Goodwill here.
Oh my gosh the sunburn picture is a riot. I hate when that happens, must of hurt. Looking good!
I say weigh in, I bet you did better then expected.
Love the outfit Biz!!! I’m off for some thrift store clothing shopping today. My summer clothes from last year don’t fit, and I hope by next summer that I’ll be even smaller still, so thrift it is!!! Hope I find some good “finds”! Have a great Friday. PS: brows look great!!!
WEIGH IN! I skipped a meeting two Thursdays ago and because of that, I continued bad habits for the next week, leading to a nasty nasty gain at weigh in yesterday morning. You need the accountability and if you see a nasty number, it motivates you to kick its ass for your next weigh in.
And I’m giving you a Bravo sticker…you have to go to your meeting to find out why š
Your eyes are very purty by the way!
Love the outfit! You look great, even with the perpetual farmers tan!
I’ve never sumbitted to tastespotting, I stink at photography but I love looking at the stuff there!
Lookin’ great, Biz! Oh my gosh, that sunburn looks like it really hurt!
I remember the graduation sunburn, too. Can’t believe our kids graduated a year ago!!!
Great outfit and what a bargain! Have a great weekend!
I remember that sunburn – it was one bad mofo. No wonder you still have those burn lines!
That is one GREAT $6 outfit and totally something I would wear to work on a Friday. You are quite the bargain hunter my friend.
I love flank steak too, but I don’t get to have it as often as I’d like because it’s genrally $7.99/lb. and up around here — and very hard to find. Usually if I find it and it’s on sale I try to buy several.
I love the outfit and you look fantastic! Maybe you could go to your meeting but not weigh in? That way you still get the support and tips and can remain positive for next week. I didn’t want to get on the scale this morning after my free-for-all over Memorial Day (which I stretched into 4 days – ugh) even though I got back on track starting Tuesday. I *did* get on the scale and it wasn’t that bad. So maybe you’d be pleasantly surprised? And with that bit of indecisiveness, have a great weekend! š