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Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts

A Conversation Between Writers - Dieting



Seems like forever since we last swapped emails. The word "BUSY" is too tame for what my life is.
I've taken on a time-consuming chore of dieting. I didn't believe it was possible to lose as much as 1-2 lbs a week, but I started and I have now lost 13 lbs, in 10 days!
Any way, because I'm so experienced with what I can and cannot eat on the diet, it’s not too bad coming up with meals. I’m happy with the results so far. Just dreading that plateau.
Since I have any books coming out, I don't have promo stuff to worry so much about, so I quit a few group blogs. I didn’t have much to say and they didn’t get a lot of traffic.
Well I'm off to go get another couple hundred words written on one of my WIP.
What's new with you? ~ Brenda Williamson


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I'm jealous - 13 pounds in 10 days! The weather took a turn for the worse. I’d like to start back walking. That will help me. I swear walking is like a magic bullet for me. When I walk, every day, and keep an eye on calories, I lose. I don't have any plans to go back to Weight Watchers any time soon. I no sooner got all the point values firmly in mind and they changed the program. Pi$$ed me off.

Busy has been my watchword, too. I’ve been working on my genealogy. The search has been fun, but I'm ready to step back for a bit. It gave me something good to switch on and off with writing, but I have to get my current WIP finished. I only worked on it in fits and spurts while I completed other stories. Time to get serious about it.

Saturday there is a “party” online. I'm going to pop in and out and post a few excerpts. Naturally, it's also the day I planned to take a trip to Baltimore and play around.


Time to get back to the wip. Great to hear from you. There's echoes in my office :) ~ KC Kendricks

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E is for Eggplant Parmesan



Welcome to my Food Recipe themed 2014 Blogging from A to Z Challenge


I have two things I just love, love, love to do, write books and cook. Stop by everyday to see my favorites recipes and a glimpse of one of my books.


E is for Eggplant Parmesan

Ingredients:

1 large eggplant, peeled & sliced into 1/4 inch slices
2 large eggs
2 cups dry Italian seasoned bread crumbs
Oil for frying.
1 jar marinara sauce

Dip eggplant slices into egg and then bread crumbs and fry both sides until golden brown. Dry on paper towels. Serve with marinara sauce and any pasta.

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Nutra Bullet

So I went shopping this week and came home with a Nutra Bullet (ie blender). I already had a Ninja-something-or-other, but I became obsessed with the info commercials spiel.

It sounded like an easy way to lose weight. Something not easily done when my day is spent sitting in front of a computer from 6 am to 10 pm.

The blender pulverizes vegetables and fruits into a smoothie and you just drink. Great plan, not such great results.

DO NOT let anyone fool you into believing these things taste great, good or even okay. Veggies and fruit wasn't meant to be drunk.

I experimented with a dozen of their recipes, all in one day. Nothing came close to being liked.

On to the good news.

The machine DOES pulverize everything very well. I couldn't believe how well it turned raw carrots into a slush.

So while the machine went back into the box and into the closet, I'm thinking it will be perfect to whip veggies for soups.

HCG Update



You've probably been wondering how goes my HCG diet. Well, we went on a hiatus from the project and I managed to gain 5 lbs back. Okay, so I'm weak....I binged on chocolate donuts more days than I want to think of. However, we're all back on the plan as of the 21st and I've lost 3 lbs. By the weekend I should be beyond my weight gain and on the downhill side again.

My HCG Diet Update

We've all heard of the plateaus...well, though of us that perpetually diet and study up on every angle of the game do. I hit mine. It's day 28 and I've only shed 2 pounds this week. Ack! I'm hoping this is just a phase, becuase I was really liking the pound a day thing. Total loss in the 27 days is 18 lbs (I weigh in the morning so I don't count today yet).

Today I experimented with a healthy snack.
I searched the internet for ideas and making veggie chips gave me an idea to make tomato ones. This was a process I would have liked to do on a cooler day as the oven on made my kitchen too hot (especially since it's in the mid 80's, and yes, I'm in the south USA where the weather changes with the wind).

Tomato Chips

1 - 14ounce can crushed tomatoes
2 Tablespoons pizza seasoning

Combine the 2. Then in a nonstick flat bottomed pan (I used a flat roasting pan) pour puree and  spread thin.
In a 200 degree(F) oven, bake for about 2 hours or until all dried and crisp. Let cool. Break into pieces and enjoy.

My HCG Diet Update

I've been on the HCG diet for 18 days now and I have lost 16 lbs. Not quite a pound a day as anticipated, but still not a bad showing for rapid weight loss. I know, some of you are not of the opinion that rapid is good, but if I don't do rapid, I don't do, so this is my best option. For others it may be better to do slow. There's no saying that a quick loss means I'll gain it all back. For as quick as this works in a 40 day plan, I can do this any time I have a weight gain.

I had some questions privately emailed to me and here's what I told her.

Q: Do you feel hungry all the time?
A: No. Sometimes at night, while lying in bed, I'll have some of those hunger pangs (after all my last meal was hours earlier), but drinking some water takes them away and before long I'm asleep.

Q: How do you manage to get through a day with other people eating around you?
A: I have a unique situation. I work at home, and all my family went on the diet together, so even when we're around each other, none of us are eating unless it's our mealtime.

Q: Do you feel tired all the time?
A: Not all the time. The first week was the hardest, but then those periods of lethargy went away and now I actually less tired than before the diet. I think the HCG has something in it that helps.

Until my next update, happy eating :-)

Brenda

HCG Diet

If you know me, then you know I'm a dieter. I pride myself in saying I'll try anything to loose weight... Well almost anything. But lets stick to the basics.

If someone comes up with a gimmick I can follow or an over-the-counter medication I can take, I'm there. Yes, I know, the real truth behind success is will power. Let me say, I have none when it comes to food. I'm far from being a picky eater and I love my starches and sweets. So, what's a fat girl to do?

At some point I decided if I couldn't lose the pounds, then I needed to keep myself in check. There starts my escalade through the maze of diet schemes. I'd lose some weight, keep it off for a while, but it would come back (yo-yo effect). However, this does keep me from continuously growing. I'm not looking to be on The Biggest Loser.

My new try is taking the off-the-shelf drug, HCG. A relative pointed it out, saying he knew a guy at work that lost a good bit of weight using it. Naturally, my interest was piqued. I backed up my shopping cart and began reading the box, the pamphlet inside and the side of the bottle (it's liquid drops).

Without much hesitation, believing the spiel on the label, we each purchased the HCG. Our futher conversations about dieting on basically about 500 calories a day led us to needing a support system, so we got other family members in on the plan. I'm a pretty good cook, handy with minimal ingredients, so I was designated the meal planner.

Now everyday, I plan out our 2 skimpy rations of meat, veggies and fruit. It's early in the game, but I've already dropped a couple pounds. However, we're all anxious to see if we shed the average of 1-2 pounds a day over a 40 day timeframe.
I'll keep you updated.

MrRib

Have you ever heard mention of something and suddenly, wherever you go it keeps popping up? I saw on TV the McRib mentioned. It's returning to McDonald's until, like mid November. Everyone is gaga over the thing. I dropped by twitter to leave a little tweet about it, and lo and behold, I wasn't the first.




I love the McRib, so I investigated the calorie count.


Calories 500
Total Fat 26g 40%
Carbohydrates 44g 15%
Protein 22g
Sodium 980mg 41%
Wow! Good thing this is a limted time only indulgence. If I had this year round, I'd be rounded than I already am.
 
What's your fastfood favorite?

Potato Soup


12 medium potatoes, cubed
3 celery ribs, chopped
1 large onion, chopped

Place in 5 quart pot, add enough water to cover vegetables. Cook until potatoes are tender.

Add to potatoes-
12 ounces evaporated milk
1 cup milk

Mix together, then add to potatoes -
2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup milk

Add -
1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
2 Tablespoons Lawry's Season salt
1/4 cup dry parsly flakes

Stir and cook on medium low heat until thickened.

Optional Add -

Diced ham, corn beef, smoked sausage for a meaty potato soup.

or Add additional vegetables for a Cream of Vegetable soup.

Walk & Talk

Are you always on the phone? Use that time to get in some exercise. While talking, start walking. And the best walk is one that takes you up and down. Any stairs will do. They can be long or short. Even one or two will work, Though it might make you dizzy turning around a lot. Just be sure not to trip and fall!

Exercise Without Exercising

I'm not big on exercising. Don't get me wrong. I'd like to, if only there was time. But as a writer on a budget, time is literally money, so exercise seems a luxury I cannot afford. However, there are ways in which to passively exercise.

When I go shopping, I tend to utilize the parking farthest from the door, making my walk longer into the store. They say there's no better exercise for a middle-aged woman than to walk everyday. If only I could afford to shop that often.

But what if the parking lot is small, a couple rows in front of a strip mall. Then the best plan is to park closest to the store and walk the whole way around the parking area until you have come full circle back to your car and the entrance of the store.