MONDAY: Three Cheese Manicotti. TUESDAY: Enchilada Casser-Ole! WEDNESDAY: Chicken Breasts with Tomatoes and Olives. THURSDAY: Shrimp Sandwich Wrap with Curry Yogurt and Spinach. FRIDAY: Homemade pizza night! I don’t have our recipe (yet!), but here is a yummy, health(ier) version to try out! SATURDAY: leftovers! SUNDAY: Crockpot Easy Beef Stew. SNACKS: POM-Banana-Strawberry Smoothies! Skinny Chocolate [...]
Good morning! How was your Thanksgiving? Are you feeling stuffed and ready to settle back into your routine? Yes? These recipes will help you get rid of that post-Thanksgiving bloat {and get rid of some of those leftovers taking up space in your fridge}! MONDAY: Turkey soup! Instead of the half-and-half, try a lighter cream! [...]
SUNDAY: White Chicken Chili. Cooler weather and football calls for chili and sweatpants. MONDAY: Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin. TUESDAY: Easy Chicken-Mushroom Quesadillas. WEDNESDAY: Italian Vegetable Hoagies. THURSDAY: Spiced Chicken with Couscous Salad. FRIDAY: Margherita Pizza. SATURDAY: Salmon and grilled veggies. SNACKS: Low-Fat Pumpkin Chip Muffins, Apple Bites DESSERTS: Monkey Bars Grocery List Meat/Fish/Poultry 6 lbs boneless, [...]
This is an article from Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics), and is republished with her permission. Nancy coached Team Shrinking Jeans on sports nutrition when we trained for the San Diego RockNRoll 1/2 Marathon with Team in Training in 2010. How to lose weight is the number one reason [...]
So. I totally forgot that I was up for the post today. So I’m racking my brain trying to come up with an idea. Then I remembered that Roni (blogger extraordinaire and organizer of Fitbloggin’) did a post called The ABC’s of Me. Perfect! I’ll do an ABC’s of Weight Loss post. But crap. Now [...]
It’s True Confessions Tuesday. I’ve been a bad girl, a very bad girl. Let’s get started, shall we? This past weekend, my girlfriend Kim got married in Columbus, Ohio. Anthony and I attended the wedding by ourselves (translation: without kids). We partied like it was 1999 (translation: we drank). We ate like there was tomorrow [...]
It’s Tuesday. You know, that day of the week when we come clean and tell the world about our little slip-ups, as well as our victories! If you haven’t joined us for our True Confessions yet, why not? Try it! It feels sooooo good to get it all out there! Did you flub on exercising? [...]
As most of you know, the old adage, “eating for two” isn’t really what you should be doing. In fact, if you are pregnant with a single child you only need an average of 300 more calories per day. I learned, the hard way, with my second pregnancy that caving to every craving, and “eating [...]
At the Sisterhood, we’ve been reviewing and sharing tips from Weight Watchers new book: Eat! Move! Play! Here are some quick tips: EAT! Instead of: Grabbing fast food or take-out when you’re rushed and don’t have time to cook dinner, Try: Picking up a rotisserie chicken and cooking frozen veggies you’ve been keeping on hand. [...]
Hello there! Today is the day where we all confess our perfections and our imperfections, our victories and our slip-ups. Whatever it is, just let it all out and dust yourself off for a fresh start. WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! If you want to avoid hearing about my complete and total train-wreck, you may want to [...]
It’s summer and summer is FUN! Right? The kids are home from school and you’re probably pulling out all the stops with non-stop crafts, trips to the pool, and glorious harmony in your house . Right? Okay, let’s be serious for a minute. Summer can be hard especially if you have school age kids who [...]
Anyone else finding it difficult to keep up with the food journaling? Anyone, anyone? Talk to me folks. Spill the beans- what did you eat and drink today? Healthy? Not healthy? A little bit? A lot? I struggled yesterday with the journaling and even a bit today. I have been super busy with kids and guests [...]
1. I did my Shred before going out of town on Friday. 2. I packed my DVD and dumbbells. 3. Unfortunately, I did not unpack them once I got to the hotel. 4. Yup. Pretty much took the weekend off. 5. I’m okay with that. 6. I have been having horrible, terrible, sciatic nerve pain [...]
I’m on day 2 of religiously tracking my points and entering them into Weight Watchers online. And you wanna know what? It feels GREAT! So empowering and important. I knew that if I could get back on track, it wouldn’t be so hard. So how are you doing? Do you track points? Have you fallen [...]
I recently came across this article on WebMD when searching for ideas on healthy eating in children. Since I began dieting 3 years ago, I’ve made it a point to try and instill healthy eating habits and positive feelings for food in my children. This article touches on lots of the things I try to [...]
