March 22, 2012

As I was watching Biggest Loser the other night eating cheese and crackers I realized how ironic it was. (and maybe a glass of wine 😀 ).  There I was sitting on my comfy couch cheering these people on, marveling over how fast they can run on the treadmill now just after 11 weeks, and I was doing exactly what got the contestants on that show in...

Knowing I was going out to lunch yesterday with my bosses, to keep the birthday calories to  a minimum, I had another breakfast parfait.  Did you know that 1 tsp. of brown sugar has zero points?  I sauteed apples and banans in 1 tsp. of brown sugar sprayed with Pam, then layered my Honey Chobani (4) with the apples and bananas (0) with 1/3 cup...

Wow, thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday!  Every time I heard my blackberry ding with another comment, it made me smile. 😀 Hannah had school yesterday, but she got up early and made me breakfast.  She said she went to four different stores the day before to try to find me a jalapeno cheese bagel, but couldn’t find one.  She settled on making me...

How the fuck did we get to be 44 years old?  Sorry Mom and MIL for the foul language, but that age seems a bit surreal to me.  That means we are middle aged.  But how can that be when I still feel like I am 29? 😀 I am posting some pictures many of you have seen before, but new readers may not have seen. ...

As Tony and I were eating dinner last night, we both remarked that we should eat corned beef more often.  OMG, super tender.  All I did was pour one light beer in my crock pot, added the seasoning packet that came with the brisket, put chopped carrots and potatoes on the bottom then laid that glorious piece of meat on top – put the top...

I have to make this quick because some thunder storms are headed our way and I don’t like to have our computer on when its lightening and thundering! This weeks WI  . . . I gained .8.  But I will take it – I am sure I ate my weight in cheese at yappy hour this week, and I ate a lot of salty things...

I totally forgot to post this recipe yesterday!  While this bread isn’t as stellar as the artisan bread, this was still a good loaf of bread – and the fact that you just throw 5 ingredients together, mix with a spoon and an hour and 15 minutes later you have fresh bread?  Awesome!  I found the recipe here, but I am rewriting it in ounces...

It so feels like summer and its not even Easter yet!  For breakfast I broke my parfait run and had a potato, spinach hash with toast and sliced apples.  Breakfast comes in at 9 points. When it was time for my run, I checked weather.com and it said “feels like 77 degrees.”  What??!!  I have to tell you though, after my 8 mile bike ride...

These warm temps in our neck of the woods is making me want to bring out my outdoor furniture and gazebo already.  But, it being Chicagoland, I know mother nature has her way of toying with us with summer like temperatures in March, only to snow in April. I am starting to be like blogger Kath Eats who has oatmeal nearly every single day of...

My store had Chobani 5/$5 dollars, so get used to more yogurt parfaits!  This one was strawberry banana with honey chobani – although I realized this flavor is 4 points instead of 3, but even with the 1/4 cup of granola, this giant glass is only 7 WW points. One of the secretaries is out a few days this week, so my morning was pretty...