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Category: Calorie Counting

Recipe: Dijon Shrimp
[ 4 ] 01/15/2012

Recipe: Dijon Shrimp

I’m a huge fan of seafood, especially shrimp.  It’s one of my favorite types of seafood to cook at home because it’s quick, easy, and is a great fit with my Weight Watchers food plan. I recently came across this recipe for Dijon Shrimp.  Unfortunately, I don’t remember exactly where I found it, but it’s [...]

It’s The Most Wonderful, But Busy Time of Year
[ 1 ] 12/18/2011

It’s The Most Wonderful, But Busy Time of Year

I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am meeting myself coming and going lately. We go to school through December 21 and that doesn’t give me much time before Christmas to get a lot done. I’ve been trying to not let cooking right go by the wayside. I have found that at [...]

Food Friday: Different Ways to Cook Chicken Sausage
[ 5 ] 07/16/2010

Food Friday: Different Ways to Cook Chicken Sausage

Have you ever tried chicken sausage? It’s fantastic. I never even knew it existed until I began the journey into calorie-counting and I found it as an ingredient for something on Spark People. Its whereabouts in the grocery store perplexed me so I wandered around looking for it and found it above the breakfast sausage [...]

Shrinking Days of Summer: Weigh-in #5! Good Morning, Scale!
[ 34 ] 06/30/2010

Shrinking Days of Summer: Weigh-in #5! Good Morning, Scale!

Good morning, everyone! How was your week this week? Did you stick it to that scale? Did it give you the business this morning? Go ahead, weigh in, post about it and leave your link in the comments! Or you can just weigh in below. Either way, tell us what happened this week! And seriously, tell [...]

Food Friday: Portion Distortion
[ 14 ] 06/04/2010

Food Friday: Portion Distortion

(Psst! Welcome to our new Fridays. We’re now alternating Focus on Fitness and Food Friday! Okay, carry on…) For me, and I’d bet for a lot of you out there, weight loss success or failure is directly linked to portion control. Yes, exercise is most definitely important and necessary, and also the KINDS of foods [...]

Recipes: Confetti Couscous
[ 4 ] 04/18/2010

Recipes: Confetti Couscous

A very healthy and fun sidedish for my family and one of our favorites is one I found on the Food Network before I was married. It is still a staple today, I love it so much. It’s the Confetti Couscous. Now, I’ve linked to the original recipe, but I’ll give you my version of [...]

The Monday Project: Healthy is as Healthy Does!
[ 9 ] 04/12/2010

The Monday Project: Healthy is as Healthy Does!

  We all know that we have tremendous influence on other people and their lives, and when we get healthier, other people want to be healthy too. It’s like a very healthy food flu, only the side-effects are feeling fantastic, feeling full on healthy choices and having a ton of energy and nice skin. And if [...]

Recipes: Christie O’s Vegetarian Chili
[ 4 ] 04/11/2010

Recipes: Christie O’s Vegetarian Chili

I think my children might be vegetarian and it’s of no work on my part, not that there’s anything wrong with it of course. But I’m as carnivorous as they come (big fan of the warm red center. BIG FAN.) But when I make a meatless dinner as opposed to a meatFUL dinner, I get [...]

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Clementine Creamsicle Smoothie
[ 0 ] 03/26/2010

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Clementine Creamsicle Smoothie

Welcome to today’s Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour! What’s the Sisterhood Bash? Go check it out – we’re raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and there are MANY chances to win fabulous prizes…and cash. Yes, cash. This recipe is brought to you by Tiffany S, one of our members of Team Shrinking Jeans.  I [...]

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Mellow Melon Margarita
[ 2 ] 03/25/2010

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Mellow Melon Margarita

Welcome to today’s Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour! What’s the Sisterhood Bash? Go check it out – we’re raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and there are MANY chances to win fabulous prizes…and cash. Yes, cash. I have to admit, I’m kind of a freak about watermelon. Which, as far as obsessions go, is [...]

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Appetizer Meatballs
[ 0 ] 03/24/2010

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Appetizer Meatballs

Welcome to today’s Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour! What’s the Sisterhood Bash? Go check it out – we’re raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and there are MANY chances to win fabulous prizes…and cash. Yes, cash. Anyone else love meatballs as much as I do?  Especially when the meatballs are covered in a yummy [...]

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Hungry Girl Rockin’ Restaurant Spinach Dip
[ 2 ] 03/23/2010

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Hungry Girl Rockin’ Restaurant Spinach Dip

Welcome to today’s Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour! What’s the Sisterhood Bash? Go check it out – we’re raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and there are MANY chances to win fabulous prizes…and cash. Yes, cash. So every day, we are sharing some awesome recipes with you guys and today, we’re making Hungry Girl [...]

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Luck o’ the Irish
[ 10 ] 03/17/2010

Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour: Luck o’ the Irish

Welcome to today’s Sisterhood Bash Happy Hour! What’s the Sisterhood Bash? Go check it out – we’re raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and there are MANY chances to win fabulous prizes…and cash. Yes, cash. So, it’s hump day – Wednesday – I am so glad we’re halfway through the week. AND IT’S [...]

The Monday Project: Catching Up
[ 9 ] 03/08/2010

The Monday Project: Catching Up

We’ve been playing along with the Monday Project since the first week of January here at the Sisterhood and that means we are in WEEK 10 of Monday Projects! Wow!! We’ve had a lot of awesomeness come out of them, too, with some pretty memorable projects and a lot of soul-searching along the way. There was [...]

The Saturday Review (and Giveaway): Weight Watchers Snack Cakes *UPDATED*
[ 30 ] 03/06/2010

The Saturday Review (and Giveaway): Weight Watchers Snack Cakes *UPDATED*

*UPDATED! Check the comments for winners!* A few weeks ago, Weight Watchers got in touch with the Sisterhood, wanting us to give their new and improved snack cakes a try. Um, okay. Twist my arm. Snack cakes? Yeah, I’m got a bit of a sweet tooth. Guilty. Weight Watchers has recently reworked their creme filled [...]