Hannah’s car had to make a trip to the repair shop yesterday morning, so I traded my over time Tuesday night and came to work late yesterday. The day definitely goes faster when you don’t to work until 11:15! š
We stopped and picked up bagels on the way home – at Great American Bagel you get 13 bagels for $7.95 on Wednedsay. Um, check out this one!
Somehow we got 15 bagels, not sure how that happened, but they freeze well. As I started putting them in the freezer bags, I could tell that some were way heavier than others, so I weighed all 15 bagels. Yep, call me crazy! The smallest bagel was 4.5 ounces (which is what I ate at 9 points) and there were two asiago cheese bagels that topped in at 8 ounces!
It helps to have a food scale – it’s the difference between eating a 9 point bagel and a 16 point bagel, which is huge! And since we are starting into that crazy holiday season, I thought I’d do a quick pre-holiday giveaway.
This scale can weigh up to 11 pounds (why that much, I have no idea!) and it has a “tare” button – which means you could add veggies to your bowl to find out the weight, hit the tare button and the scale goes back to zero so you can add the next ingredient.
I use my food scale on a daily basis, and realize when I don’t my “eye ball” 4 ounce portion is leaning more towards 7 ounces!
To enter: just leave a comment and tell me one goal you want to reach before the end of the year. I’ll pick a winner on Monday mornings post. Good luck!
I was fascinated with all your comments yesterday on the Paleo diet. So I’ve compromised and decided I am going to give the Paleo diet as close to 100% as I can for two full weeks. Two weeks with no grain, no dairy, and no alcohol. I will also be introducing strength training to the mix too – this all starts November 7th so wish me luck. Until then, I’ll be the woman with a bag of potato chips and box wine. š
I originally intended this dish to be my breakfast, but it looked more like a lunch to me.
Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Pepper
1 serving: 322 calories, 10 fat, 21 carbs, 3.8 fiber and 34 protein (8 WW points)
- 1/2 yellow pepper, precooked in the microwave
- 4 ounces raw chicken
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce (I had no sugar added marinara sauce)
- 1/2 cup baby spinach
- 1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
- 1 ounce fat free feta
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper to taste
In a skillet I put the chicken, sauce, spinach, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper and salt and pepper and simmered it for about 10 minutes until the chicken was cooked through.
I stuffed that mixture into the pepper, leaving room for an egg (the first egg didn’t have enough room and spilled out on my cookie sheet!). Sprinkle with feta cheese and bake at 350 for 15 minutes, or until the egg is done to your liking. Sophia, I know you’d bake this for just a few minutes because you love a runny egg!
Tony and I both ate late lunches so we weren’t really hungry for dinner. We ran a couple errands, got our flu shots and later in the evening I made us a cheese, sausage and cracker plate – definitely a non-Paleo diet dinner!
Alright – gotta scoot to work – have a great day! š
I want to drop 10 pounds by the end of the year! I know I can do it, but it isn’t easy!
I’ve lost 43 lbs this year through WW. My goal for the rest of the year is to maintain through the holidays and then finish up the last 15 after the first of the year.
I love toasted bagels! š
I just joined Curves, I just don’t exercise at home consistently, so hopefully this will help!!!
I want to commit to exercise at least three times a week. I’ll keep it simple, just get up and move!
My goal is to be doing a weight routine 3 days a week by the end of the year and to keep doing it.
Simply, my goal is just to maintain my current weight over the holidays. Losing weight over the next two months seems overwhelming.
I’m taking the bar exam in February and I would love to stay consistent with exercise because my stress levels will be going thru the roof.
Hi Biz! Well, my immediate goal is to get through this current work project–one of the hardest ones of my life–without being fatter and sick. I need to keep myself together even when my first priority is work right now.
I know I need to work on getting more sleep so I can recharge and refresh. And there is that research that shows that more sleep helps with weight loss …
I would LOVE that scale! I hate not knowing exact calories and amounts…
My goal: lose those few pounds I gained on vacation this month. š
My goal is to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year and to use the pool at my Y once a week.
I would love a food scale. I was doing WW with great results & then at the end of summer I had one bad week that turned into 2, then 3, etc. I now want to get back on track & lose some of the weight I put back on before the Holidays & the food scale would help tremendously!
My goal is to walk every day, no matter how long it is. I have peripheral artery disease and I am supposed to walk. The claudication in my calves really hurt a lot even after 5 min. of walking, so I sometimes end up doing a number of short walks. The claudication should improve in time with the walking and some pounds should come off, too.