I had heard about this dried peanut mix that you combine with water, but was very skeptical - until I stopped by The Diet Shop in Ronkonkoma on my way home from church today.
If peanut butter is your thing, I have to tell you, when this stuff is mixed it has the taste and consistency of real peanut butter - all for a mere 1 point for two tablespoons.
You can also stir it into yogurt - I tried it with a raspberry yogurt today, great taste!
In fact there is a bunch of recipes using it on the manufacturer's website -
www.bellplantation.com
Check it out!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
BY THE WAY
Did I say lately that I love doing my Saturday morning WW groups? We have a load of terrific members that I look forward to catching up with each week.
We also have a great team of support staff. They were worked off their feet today and just got on with it, working thorouighly and without complaint. There are not many work places where you arrive at 7.00am, leave at 1.50pm and don't get a break in any shape or form, but that's what we all do on Saturday mornings.
So I want to give a shout out to Nicky, Barbara, Vicki and Andrea. They did an incredible job today.
Teamwork is a wonderful thing. None of us is as good as all of us!
We also have a great team of support staff. They were worked off their feet today and just got on with it, working thorouighly and without complaint. There are not many work places where you arrive at 7.00am, leave at 1.50pm and don't get a break in any shape or form, but that's what we all do on Saturday mornings.
So I want to give a shout out to Nicky, Barbara, Vicki and Andrea. They did an incredible job today.
Teamwork is a wonderful thing. None of us is as good as all of us!
WEIGHT LOSS MOMENTUM
They say nothing succeeds like success and when it comes to weight loss, that has to be right. Once it's coming off, that in itself becomes a huge incentive to keep going and drop more.
It was another crazy morning at WW, with a bunch of new registrations and by far the biggest overall attendance since I took on the Saturday groups in Selden last September. Among the 275 people who weighed-in today there were a whole lot of major losers.
I love the successes achieved by the commitment demonstrated at the start of the year and really hope we can harness that and maintain the momentum.
We all know the program works, but staying on program is the real challenge. One good week can lead to the weight loss that will start things rolling and help you stay focused.
Let this be that week!
It was another crazy morning at WW, with a bunch of new registrations and by far the biggest overall attendance since I took on the Saturday groups in Selden last September. Among the 275 people who weighed-in today there were a whole lot of major losers.
I love the successes achieved by the commitment demonstrated at the start of the year and really hope we can harness that and maintain the momentum.
We all know the program works, but staying on program is the real challenge. One good week can lead to the weight loss that will start things rolling and help you stay focused.
Let this be that week!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
GOOD FOOD STORE
Throughout the course of my weight loss journey, that started almost three years ago, I have received considerable help from the store right next door to the Selden WW Center. Pro-Portions is a great source of hot meals, ice cream and snacks that are all healthy, but I must confess I have three favorites -
1. Their ice cream. At two points for a large fat free/sugar free cone, it's not even an extravagence. I used to buy their mudslide sundaes in bulk (they're four points) and eat one nightly for an end of day treat, but I have eased off on them a bit lately (maybe you can even tire of ice cream?).
2. Their muffins are very satisfying. For three points, they provide a really substantial breakfast or an evening snack. Best nuked and warm.
3. I enjoy cooking and am pretty good at it, but whenever my wife is away I tend to head for Pro-Portions to eat one of their quiches for dinner. You get a huge slice and a good salad for only four points - so you still have enough points for a mudslide!
Add to that the fact that they're the friendliest folks around and it's always worth a trip next door.
1. Their ice cream. At two points for a large fat free/sugar free cone, it's not even an extravagence. I used to buy their mudslide sundaes in bulk (they're four points) and eat one nightly for an end of day treat, but I have eased off on them a bit lately (maybe you can even tire of ice cream?).
2. Their muffins are very satisfying. For three points, they provide a really substantial breakfast or an evening snack. Best nuked and warm.
3. I enjoy cooking and am pretty good at it, but whenever my wife is away I tend to head for Pro-Portions to eat one of their quiches for dinner. You get a huge slice and a good salad for only four points - so you still have enough points for a mudslide!
Add to that the fact that they're the friendliest folks around and it's always worth a trip next door.
Monday, January 7, 2008
NEW FOODS
I got an email on Saturday from a new member of one of my Saturday WW groups, asking if I knew where she could buy polenta - not the dry stuff you mix yourself, but the prepared version you buy refrigerated in a roll.
I replied that I didn't know where she could find it, but I would investigate.
What I didn't tell her at that point was I had never heard of polenta in my life and had to google it to discover what the heck she was talking about. If I interpreted what I read correctly, polenta is an Italian version of grits, made from cornmeal, which may explain why I had never encountered it - I don't eat grits!
However ...
While picking up a few things at our local Best Yet supermarket yesterday, I spotted some rolls of yellow stuff in the deli section and decided to investigate. You guessed, voila! Glorious polenta, which I looked at, read the nutritional value label and then promptly put back in the display case.
No Offense to my Italian frfiends, but some things are just not part of my cultural heritage!!!!
Oh, and I emailed our new member to let her know where she could stock up and enjoy!
I replied that I didn't know where she could find it, but I would investigate.
What I didn't tell her at that point was I had never heard of polenta in my life and had to google it to discover what the heck she was talking about. If I interpreted what I read correctly, polenta is an Italian version of grits, made from cornmeal, which may explain why I had never encountered it - I don't eat grits!
However ...
While picking up a few things at our local Best Yet supermarket yesterday, I spotted some rolls of yellow stuff in the deli section and decided to investigate. You guessed, voila! Glorious polenta, which I looked at, read the nutritional value label and then promptly put back in the display case.
No Offense to my Italian frfiends, but some things are just not part of my cultural heritage!!!!
Oh, and I emailed our new member to let her know where she could stock up and enjoy!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
NEW BEGINNINGS
Wow, that was some morning at WW today. It was non-stop from the time I arrived at 7.00am to the moment I locked the center's door at 1.50pm - the busiest Saturday in months.
Now I know it's easy for observers to be cynical and talk trash about new year resolutions that are never worked through, et, etc, but I appreciate the commitment of every one of around 230 people who came through our doors this morning. My goal is to keep them encouraged and motivated so that the changes they are looking for become a reality.
As a friend of mine puts it -
Now I know it's easy for observers to be cynical and talk trash about new year resolutions that are never worked through, et, etc, but I appreciate the commitment of every one of around 230 people who came through our doors this morning. My goal is to keep them encouraged and motivated so that the changes they are looking for become a reality.
As a friend of mine puts it -
2008 - Lose Weight & Look Great!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
SOME SOUND ADVICE
Being a Biggest Loser groupie, I was looking forward to NBC's lastest offering last night - The Biggest Loser, Couples - and it looks like the series will not disappoint.
There was one piece of very basic nutritional advice that was thrown out during the two hour season opener - Never drink your calories.
That's sound advice.
If you use too many calories (points for WW types) on liquids. you may well be sipping something you enjoy, but it will not satisfy your stomach's demands for food. So it's good sense to eat the nutrition your body needs, but while drinking the liquids that are essential, make those calorie free.
There was one piece of very basic nutritional advice that was thrown out during the two hour season opener - Never drink your calories.
That's sound advice.
If you use too many calories (points for WW types) on liquids. you may well be sipping something you enjoy, but it will not satisfy your stomach's demands for food. So it's good sense to eat the nutrition your body needs, but while drinking the liquids that are essential, make those calorie free.
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