Frozen Peaches, Strawberries & Blueberries…Diet Tip!

I always have bags of unsweetened fruit in the freezer.  When eat it, I just spread it out an a paper plate and eat it piece by piece, frozen!  It is delicious and low calorie. Fruit is packed full of nutrients and makes a wonderful snack, it also takes the edge off the sweet tooth!
Strawberries: 76 calories a cup, Peaches: 61 calories a cup and Blueberries, 81 calories a cup.

Steamed Rice…A Kitchen Staple...

I try and eat gluten free.  My only breach is the breadcrumbs I use on fish or chicken when making my oven breaded Talapia or Chicken.  I do not have a medical reason for avoiding gluten, however, after reading "Wheat Belly", I decided it was better to go without it.  The 'Wheat Belly' diet promises you will lose all of your weight by simply eliminating gluten.  For myself and other people I know, that was not enough to knock off the weight.  I do think the book is brilliant and chock full of actual medical data.  However, I did not experience the magic weight loss from eliminating gluten- even when I did it completely at length.

I use rice in my diet on a regular basis.  I prefer a rice steamer and use chicken bullion water to steam it in.  I store the rice in the refrigerator and use it for, Spanish Rice, Rice Pilaf and Fried Rice.  Steamed rice is very useful. It is drier than boiled rice, it does not stick together and holds extensively as a staple for carbohydrates in the refrigerator.

Parmesan Tilapia or Chicken Breast … EASY recipe...

This is my GO TO recipe when I have a taste for breaded fish or chicken. I keep the fat down by using a Misto Sprayer of Olive Oil with either. If you want less fat,  eliminate the Parmesan Cheese all together. It is delicious without it!  I only use the lemon zest on the fish, I have not tried it on the chicken yet. I do rinse all chicken with lemon before cooking to freshen it.  I like recipes that are simple, quick and can use multiple ingredients items. This fits the bill!

The Little Engine That Could, Loses Weight!

"I think I can, I think I can, I really think I can. 

And I can do most anything if I just think I can!" 

Positive thinking is a habit of which can be learned.  Do you talk to yourself in a destructive manner every time you make and error or eat a potato chip? This habit will destroy anyones dreams.  

Through your "30 Days To Start A Diet"  you need to be particularly careful of this habit and start to break it.  I have never seen anyone succeed on a diet by beating themselves up at every flaw. Or succeed at  anything,  for that matter.   How can you take care of someone you are always criticizing?  You cannot think, that when your weight is gone, you will be happy. Until then, you do not deserve it.  You just hooked another train to your already tired little engine. 

Olympic Skaters think much differently than you do.  They have fallen hundreds of thousands of times. They get up, and try again.  They win or they learn. That is how they make their way to the podium. One day at a time.

Shanghai Chicken Or Shrimp- Easy Stir-Fry... Recipe

This is my Go-To recipe for quick stir-fries.  If using a very large wok, you may have room to push veggies a side instead of removing to cook meats.  The oil is 2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons over a pound and ½ of food…if that is too much, reduce and add water to the wok in its place if needed. Best if you use oil as noted. Tip:  Invest in a digital second timer for stir-fries!  

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail… Recipe

Delicious, Low Fat, Low Calorie…... Super Simple!

Scale Is Not Budging!….What Am I Doing Wrong?

Well, you may want to put your scale in a sunny place, water it weekly and soon, it will start to blossom!  Or, maybe putting on a wig and stepping on it backwards…maybe it will not recognize you.

But the best way to deal with this is understand it WILL happen. Weight goes up, down and sideways in any given day. This is a FACT of the human body…that is a FACT not FAT!

It you record a early morning weight and then have breakfast with liquids, you can go back to the scale, and it has gone up!

I really only care about the weight in the Big Picture.  I weigh myself when I want, but I do not let it tamper with my head! 

I am IN week 7 and have lost 10 pounds.  I will update at the completion of week 8!