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| Recent Journal Entry ArchiveMarch 21, 2010, 10:03 am Had Fun, But Glad To Be Back! | We got back from our vacation on Thursday, but the vacation is truly over today. I look forward to returning to work tomorrow and get myself back on schedule. We brought back food from NM such as biscochitos (anise cookies), pine nuts, and my brother bought me a dozen tamales, and of course with that goes the chile colorado (red chile sauce). Those three foods alone can really mess up the clean green eating. I have spent all weekend finding similar foods to record or finding recipes. My uncle sent me home with two pumpkins from his garden. I made ... |
continue reading 7 comments March 12, 2010, 3:03 pm It Was A Successful Pi(e) Day! | Don thank you! This gal did not want all the pies to land on my thighs! Ha!
I allowed myself some pie - remember this program teaches you how to balance and not deprive yourself. Meanwhile there are some folks who are specific diets and they have stayed away - they did not want to be anywhere near temptation!
I was empowered to make good choices. I reduced the caloric intake for breakfast by 40 calories, then for lunch I had a high protein, high fiber and low cal meal, I had a one inch wide slice of cheesecake, and a ... |
continue reading 3 comments March 12, 2010, 9:19 am PI = 3.14159265 | PI is a mathematical constant whose value is the ration of any circle's circumference to its diameter in Euclidean space; this is the same value as the ration of a circle's area to the square of it radius.
My boss decided to have Pie Day today in celebration of 3/14/10, since 3/14 lands on Sunday, so she has deemed today, Pre-PI (Pie) Day here in my department. With a staff of approximately sixty people, you can imagine how many pies were brought in today. We have apple, cherry, prune, banana cream, banana split, peach, cheesecake, chocolate silk, as if that was ... |
continue reading 15 comments March 11, 2010, 4:02 pm Alli136 | Hi Alli,
I am curious to know how you are feeling with all the response and suggestions you have gotten since you opened your logs? Did you find any of the response to helpful? I really hope you did. Please let us know. ... |
continue reading March 11, 2010, 1:14 pm Another NSV Here! | Disappointed and happy - why?
I finally broke down and bought two pair of new jeans from Old Navy, I got two size 14's. Because it has always been whatever size I wore in dress slacks I would the next size up in jeans. So I am wearing size 12 dress slacks, and I bought size 14 jeans for my vacation. I washed them, wore one pair last week, only to realize after a couple of hours of wearing them, they went saggy in the butt (remember - I have no butt), but anyways the girls here wanted to know why ... |
continue reading 3 comments March 11, 2010, 9:15 am TRIPLE CHOCOLATE PIZOOKIE! | Triple Chocolate Pizookie made with Ghiradelli
From BJ's Brewhouse.
A rich chocolate cookie made with chunks of Ghiradelli chocholate. Topped with two scoops of double chocolate ice cream with Ghiradelli chocolate chips and a Ghiradelli Square dark chocolate.
Yum! That is what I had last night at my daughter's 20th birthday dinner. Thank goodness my husband volunteered to help me eat it! I did not eat the ice cream with the exception of what melted onto the cookie. It was devine! ... |
continue reading 6 comments March 10, 2010, 11:57 am Ay Yai Yai! | I am going on vacation to New Mexico from 3/13 through 3/18 (3/19 the latest). I AM IN TROUBLE! We do not eat like this everyday, thank goodness! Although, my husband would love it if I cooked all these foods all the time! My tia (aunt) is making Attitude Pie (Prune Pie), my mom is making fresh tortillas with various meat and cheese to eat on the way. Traveling with my mom and aunt would be like traveling with Lucy and Ethel. We will be in Albuq, Sante Fe, Las Vegas, Pecos, Bernal, SanYsidro, San Pablo and lord knows where ... |
continue reading 15 comments March 10, 2010, 10:15 am Pass me the butter, please! | I am not sure about truth of all this is, but it was emailed to me, I thought it was interesting so I am passing it along.
Pass The Butter - Please - This is interesting!
Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to ... |
continue reading 10 comments March 9, 2010, 1:45 pm
updated Mar 9, 2010, 2:27 pm Echiladas Con Chile Colorado | Yield: 1 pound
Temperature: Medium
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
2 or more cups of the the Chile Colorado
1-2 tbls olive oil
1 small onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced
a little salt and pepper
1 pound of ground beef, turkey or pork
1 cup of shredded cheese
1 cup of fresh chopped lettuce
1 cup of fresh chopped tomatoes
1 cup of oil for frying tortillas
10 corn tortillas
The amount of toppings you use for each enchilada is a personal preference, the measurements above are estimated.
1. You should have enchilada sauce prepared and hot or on low simmer while cooking the meat.
1. Saute the onions until translucent then add minced garlic and ... |
continue reading 6 comments March 9, 2010, 11:58 am Chile Colorado (Basic Red Chile Sauce) | We use this sauce for our Stacked Enchiladas (that recipe will follow - I have to go to lunch)
Chile Colorado (Basic Red Chile Sauce)
Yield: 2 cups
Temperature: Medium, Low
Freezes Well
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
2 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 - 3/4 cup Red Chile Powder
2 cups chicken or beef broth
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic
Oregano (optional ½ tsp)
Cumin (optional ½ tsp)
1.Heat shortening in a medium saucepan on medium heat. Stir in flour and cook, I like to cook until the flour turns light brown.
2.Add chile powder and cook for an additional minute.
3.Gradually add the broth and stir, making ... |
continue reading 4 comments March 8, 2010, 8:15 pm Life has been busy OR | I have been busy with life! Woohoo! Things have been moving pretty fast pace lately...it is great that I can keep up with most of it. Every day is a great day! I love my job, love my family, and simply loving life! I have even decided to take my mom and aunt on vacation to New Mexico. These two are a hoot together. They are like having Lucy and Ethel around. My brother found out I was taking them and decided to join in on the trip because he says he needs a good laugh. My mom and aunt ... |
continue reading 14 comments March 2, 2010, 10:58 am Better Than A Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookie! | I am in love with my mid-morning snack! I had two tbls spoons of Naturally More Peanut Butter mixed with a half cup of Heart to Heart Toasted Honey Oats from Kashi and it was totally yum and 100% satisfying! Totally better than eating six of those Girl Scout peanut butter cookies! ... |
continue reading 4 comments February 25, 2010, 4:47 pm Searching For A Latin Rice Recipe | A couple of years ago we had a new restaurant open up in Henderson and unfortunately they did not make a go of it. Their food was a mix of various latin foods melded together. When I had asked them what ethnic background inspired their food the most, they said that it was not any one culture that dominated their cooking and for that reason they called their food latin cuisine.
Their white rice was delicious and very flavorful. It was white rice with some black beans and corn (it was not a lot of beans and corn, it was ... |
continue reading 16 comments February 19, 2010, 4:27 pm Pot Luck, Schmott Luck - I used the rules | to the best of my ability. Here is how it went.
1) I brought a fresh fruit tray
2) I ate my snacks before hand
3) Oops! I was not a bag lady today.
4) The desert was homemade - Flan! (oh and ginger snaps, and just because they are extremely thin, does not mean I should have eight of them!
5) I ate a total of 1200 calories for lunch, I believe I have 220 calories left to stay in the maintenance.
6) I ate slowly
7) I ate real food
8) I recorded it all on NM as soon lunch was over. Oh yes, I did ... |
continue reading 4 comments February 17, 2010, 8:45 pm I Went To PiYo and | Ay yai yai! I have a feeling I will have some sore muscles tomorrow! Yikes!
With yoga, I went in with a mild headache and came out headache free, with PiYo I went in without a headache and came out with one! But a bottle of water and a couple of moltrin should take the headache away.
It is quite challenging to be with your daughter who is still extremely flexible and then theres mom! She said she wouldn't laugh if it weren't for the faces I would make at her when I found something a bit challenging! Our bodies ... |
continue reading 2 comments February 17, 2010, 12:01 pm I Want Another | PB&J sandwich! It was soooooo goooood, from the first bite, I told myself to eat it slow and savor it. I ate it slow and savored it! I want another one! I am not hungry - I just love peanut butter and I love the new peanut butter I found.
It is Naturally More peanut butter, it is made with roated peanuts, wheat germ, flax seed, cane sugar, egg whites, honey and flaxseed oil. This is all good, right? I accompanied it with blueberry spread on a sandwich thin. Yum!
Now on to my zucchini sticks! ... |
continue reading 15 comments February 17, 2010, 10:13 am Compliments - Happy Days! | I had just gone over to the warehouse to inquire about one of our orders. So one of the guys laughed and said, "The thinner you get the taller you are!" I laughed, I thanked him for the thin compliment. So another guy, I had not see before says, "You do not look like a person that would have needed to lose weight?" Another compliment, I thanked him. I volunteered my weight loss information, I said, "I lost thirty pounds in one years time." The first guy says, "Yeah, she never looked like she was really heavy, she just was ... |
continue reading 8 comments February 16, 2010, 4:52 pm Las Vegas, NV (Clark County) | When I first started with the school district in 1988, we were at approximately 100,000 students. Last years school enrollment was 311,240 students.
All these figures are based on last years school year. June 2008 thru July 2009.
Clark County School District
210 Elementary Schools (90 year-round, 120 nine-month)
59 Middle Schools
45 High Schools
25 Alternative Schools
8 Special Schools
Our district employs
18,168 Licensed personnel
12,013 Support staff
1,337 Administrators
143 School police
4,152 Substitute teachers
2,798 Other temporary/substitute employees ... |
continue reading 2 comments February 16, 2010, 2:17 pm Say Something Nice or Positive About Yourself | Let's get Griz going here.
Respond to this post by writing something nice and positive about yourself.
I love that I am healthy.
I love the energy I have. ... |
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February 15, 2010, 1:22 pm Steel Cut Oatmeal & Egg Whites | For lunch today I made Steel Cut oatmeal with the egg whites... I loved it! To be truthful, it did not change the the flavor, but now it has the added protein!
This is my recipe
1 c. steel cut oats
4 c. water
1/2 c skim milk
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
4 egg whites
Cook all the ingredients above with the exception of the egg whites for 30 minutes on simmer, egg whites should be added at the end. I added the egg whites when the oatmeal was done cooking. There is enough heat to cook the eggs through. When adding the eggs, stir ... |
continue reading 10 comments February 13, 2010, 9:17 pm 22 Years & Still Going Strong! |
 Today Mark and I celebrate our 22nd anniversary. We have lived in the same home for 21 years, we were both born and raised in Henderson. We graduated from the same high school. I was not crazy about him in high school. Actually he did not know I even existed in high school. We had mutual friends and often would run in to each other. He asked me out on four occasions and I turned him down on three of them. I finally went out with him and we had a blast!
I am thankful everyday to have him in ... |
continue reading 37 comments February 12, 2010, 11:52 am KarynD | Ok I looked the menu over last night at America. It is a toss up for me on the following two dishes.
Crab Cake Sandwich or Cabo Wabo Chicken Salad (I like how this one sounds!)
12 more days - woohoo! ... |
continue reading 2 comments February 12, 2010, 10:06 am Has anyone ever PiYo'd? | I am excited to start this class, unfortunately I have to wait until Wednesday, February 17th, because it is only offered on Wednesday at 7pm.
PiYo is Pilates and Yoga combined. ... |
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February 12, 2010, 8:11 am When You Look In The Mirror | What do you love about yourself? I am going off of Kel's TGIF. Say something positive about yourself.
I look in the mirror
I love my smile
I love my hourglass shape
I love that I look healthy
Your turn. ... |
continue reading 10 comments February 11, 2010, 9:30 am Sock Rules | Is there such a thing? I was told many moons ago that your socks match either your shoes or your pants. That they should be an extenstion of the shoes or the pants.
So to this day I have sock issues. When I see someone wearing white socks and they have black shoes and black jeans on - it totally drives me insane! Or when someone chooses to wear a color of sock that matches their top, for example, a pink top, pink socks and brown shoes and pants. It just drives me coo coo! People I work with would ... |
continue reading 34 comments February 10, 2010, 4:40 pm NM Flogging of Love Needed for Fitness18! | Please help me in sending positive messages out to Fitness18.
She has struggled with logging her food during this past month. She has not made the best choices and she is embarrassed. Can we give her some love. Let her know that she is not alone in her journey. It is truly a learning process. She is always so positive and upbeat. I think she is being extremely hard on herself. Can you all help the girl out? ... |
continue reading 6 comments February 10, 2010, 11:42 am !!!!Fitness18!!!! | February 3rd has past, where is your new picture? ... |
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February 10, 2010, 8:20 am **SIGH** | I have boobs, but I have no butt!
**SIGH** ... |
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February 9, 2010, 7:42 pm DonMoon | Thank you again for the call to Tandy's Leather Company. My son met with Dee today and he is hopeful to hear from her in the near future. Even if she does not call for him, he felt good about the interview and it was great practice for him. ... |
continue reading 1 comment February 9, 2010, 5:55 am Belts |
 My son cracked me last night. He says, "Look mom", with his shirt lifted and I am staring at his 6 pack abs and I respond, "Awesome 6 pack!" He says, "No, I am not showing you my abs. I am showing you - no belt!" My son is 17 and has wears a size 28 waist, but he has always had to wear his pants with a belt. (I remember when I was 28 waist!). But anyways most of us get excited when we have to a wear belt to hold our pants up through our weight loss. He ... |
continue reading 16 comments February 8, 2010, 10:57 am The "Then" Me and the "Now" Me | Then
I successfully lost 30 pounds in a years time with walking being my exercise. Of that 30 I gained 5 it back over the holidays, and I have not lost those extra five pounds yet. Currently my weight is 178, I want to reach 165, which is 13 lbs. Early in my NM journey I struggled with fatigue, my mind and body fought with each other. I mentally knew I needed to exercise along with healthier eating, but my body protested the exercise everyday. But I still went out and did the exercise. I was diagnosed with clinical depression and ... |
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