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! 😀
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. 😀
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! 😀
My goal is to lose 10 pounds every month, I just tried my low carb diet and hoping for positive results.
I’m pregnant so my goal is to keep gestational diabetes away! had it last time and so far haven’t had it this time
I am hoping between 10-15 lbs by the end of the year, then get some more motivation and keep going next year!! = )
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Whoa!!!! That is huge variation in the bagels. I use my food scale a lit too…probably not as much as i shoulf, but at least several times a week. I love the Franzia photo…too funny!!
My goal is to lose atleast 10 pounds, I would even take 5! Lol
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I should try Paleo with you. I already get sick when eating wheat and had to cut that out. It couldn’t hurt to try cutting out more grains. I’ll read up on it!
I’d love to lose 10 lbs by the end of this year!
My goal for the end of the year is to NOT GAIN over the holidays. Totally doable, with a little willpower!
The Paleo diet sounds very interesting. Good luck.
I am 5 pounds from my Weight Watcher goal, so that has to be it!!
Great American Bagel has some of the most delicious bagels and spreads. I love their strawberry cream cheese!
I read daily from Saskatchewan, Canada. My goal is to lose this last 25 lbs… I seem to lose 5 gain 5… it’s a horrible yo-yo. Love the recipes keep em coming!
my goal by the new year is get back on the WW wagon! I think a food scale will help 😉
I don’t normally love bagels but that looks so good!
I could use a new scale! Mine only goes to three pounds and when I need to know the weight on a huge batch of applesauce, that’s not high enough. A goal I want to reach before the end of the year is having a completely clean house. Good luck with the Paleo diet!
I want to be down 25 pounds on January 1st!
My goal is to see the 150s on the scale. It’s been 9 years. Wow, that’s the first time I’ve figured out how long ago. That’s a little depressing and very motivating.
My goal is to keep losing and hopefully reach my first 5% by the end of the year.
I plan to track my food at least 5 days a week. I also have a goal to figure out what exercise I can enjoy in the cold dark months.
Oh my GAWD I am drooling over that egg on that pepper! Pure genius! And cheese and pickles rock my socks off!
I want to change up my routine. I am too stuck on doing the same thing day after day.
I want to be 120 by the new year! That’s 2 months to lose 10 pounds. I can do that, right?
I seriously need to have more dinner that involve simple ingredients like cheese and crackers!
My goal is to make my 10% goal before Thanksgiving. My weight has plateaued and I am three pounds away. Maybe a nice, nifty scale would help me meet that goal! Good luck on the Paleo diet. You have a LOT of determination. Go get it!