In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[HockeyKat]

I'm jealous. And I really never thought I'd say that about Maine in the winter!

Just made a breakfast sandwich. Egg beaters, Light MultiGrain English Muffin, and (don't freak out on me, it's processed) Cheddar Bacon cheese. Yeah. Tastes like cheddar AND bacon. And it's 2pts. I had to try it. The whole thing was 4pts and it tasted real.

The thing is, I don't dig on breakfast food. I like a good sandwich when I'm hungover, but other than that, I don't eat eggs in the morning, or cheese or pancakes or french toast. Or bacon or sausage. Or cereal. Yuck. I like fruit and nice English muffin with peanut butter. Or a handful of almonds.

So. I suggest this for people who LIKE breakfast!

I LOVE breakfast food. LOVE. Cheddar bacon?? Where do you find this?

I make something like the above but with 110 cal Bagel Thins, egg beaters, and 40% reduced fat bacon (60 cals in 3 slices!).

On weekends, I eat a lot of egg-beater omelettes, hash browns, and blueberry pancakes made with HeartSmart Bisquick (140 cals in 3 pancakes), sometimes adding some crushed fiber cereal.


Nancy, my choices in shoe color were PINK, blue, or silver. If I could have found silver I would have gone with that, but after like 10 stores and only 1 other pair in my size (PINK), I settled with blue.

One other good thing, this shoe hunt got me close to a Trader Joe's, so I stocked up. We have three in this area but none are particularly close to me. They have cheap goat cheese, and I love their fiber cereal and some of their frozen meals.

E, Brrrr. Hope the run isn't too bad.


All we have today is rain. Got 2" yesterday. Thankfully, it washed away the remains of the snow. Tomorrow is 41 and sunny so I think I am going to do my 6 miles tomorrow. Is it 6?? Recovery week...

 

[SeptemberGirl]

It's cheese. Borden Cheese, Cheddar Bacon flavor. Tastes JUST like cheddar and bacon. 70 cals, 1.5 fat, 2pts WW. I was just browsing the fat free cheese and this little baby popped out. It's awesome if you like that breakfast sandwich thing. I mean, it tasted good. It's just not me.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Erika - ADORE The Who!

Nancy - Packy! Ha! Love that word!

Meg - I'm going to check out those books! They sound super fun.

 

[HockeyKat]

It's cheese. Borden Cheese, Cheddar Bacon flavor. Tastes JUST like cheddar and bacon. 70 cals, 1.5 fat, 2pts WW. I was just browsing the fat free cheese and this little baby popped out. It's awesome if you like that breakfast sandwich thing. I mean, it tasted good. It's just not me.

Thanks! I am going grocery shopping later so will look for it.


I also found some queso dip at Trader Joe's that is 15 cals per 2 tbsp. I put it on salsa chicken last night, mmm. They have a fat free black bean dip, as well.


I might treat myself to some fat free pringles and queso dip tomorrow, since no party for me. D has to work, and I am scorekeeping a hockey game. Exciting life we lead over here.

Meg, I wish I were closer, because I would TOTALLY come skate with y'all!!

 

[goofyfan-12]

Still hunting that illusive species. My arrow is ready.

EE - I am right there with you on the hunting trip. A few shots, but nothing to really report on yet.

Quiet day here for me. Worked out this morning (love me a good weight lifting session) and am getting ready to host dinner with some friends tonight. Nothing crazy.

Tomorrow is my 6 mile walk and I am hoping to do this outside. Hopefully, the weather will cooporate.

Kat - yeah on the new shoes. I am still shocked at how much I spent on my running shoes, but oh how I love them!!! They are yellow and white by the way. Not my first choice in color, but I wasn't buying them for fashion right?

Liz - I may have to check out that cheese. It sounds interesting and I do love me some bacon.

Meg - have fun skating tomorrow. We are doing a small party at my sister's with family and friends. I convinced her to make the dips with fat free greek yogurt instead of sour cream so I can eat them and count it as a milk serving in my diet (with veggies of course). Love that! Just need to stay away from the sausage bread I am making. I am planning a little splurge on some goat cheese and tomato bruschetta that I love! Nothing crazy. I also bring my knitting with me to keep my hands busy during the game. Can't eat if your hands are busy right?

Have a great day everyone!

 

[3DisneyKids]

4.8 miles done--and it was 8*! Eight frigging degrees. I am STILL thawing out even though I have been home for over an hour and had soup for lunch. Still have the chills! And I saw the forecast and there is little relief in sight. The highs are in the upper 20s, which can be pleasant, but when it is cloudy and/or windy with highs in the 20s, that is when it feels like, well....8!!

Tuesday looks to be the best day, so that is when I will do my longest run of this week. Thankfully, since this is a recovery week, that is only 6 miles.

Meg--your Super Bowl tradition sounds awesome! We'll get some ice time in tomorrow, too, but in the back yard! (We have one of those back yard rinks for the kids--and for Jeff. He plays, too. I used to, but not in a long time.)

We always have a little party just the 5 of us. None of us watch or care much about football, but we *have* to watch the Super Bowl so that (1) Jeff can have something to talk about at work on Monday -- he doesn't follow any professional sports so gets left out of conversations. He feels the least he can do is watch this one game every year. And (2) I have to watch it for the commercials. Since I teach both Media Behavior and Consumer Behavior, it is important for me to watch them as I always do a big lecture/project around the commercials. It's fun and the students love it. Their homework is to watch the game! But we have make-your-own-pizzas and other snacks and make it feel like a real party atmosphere. Kids get a kick out of it. This year we are rooting for the Saints because they are the underdogs.

If anyone wants my super easy, super yummy, and super healthy pizza dough recipe, just let me know! (Yes, of course I make my own!)

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hmm, we are making pizza, too, but we always have people over. SHOCKING, I know! Us? Only a few this year. The women keep saying it's a school night. Um, yeah, us, too. Just come for dinner! It's 5:30! Even my MIL is thinking about bailing, and you KNOW she expects us to be there until 9pm on school nights!

Nick makes his own pizza dough. Always. He's hardcore. But if you want to share your recipe, go for it! (You know he bakes, right? Like bread and stuff. Not pies. Thank God.)

Kat, I so wish I had Trader Joe's!

Paula. I'd like a dating story. Got one you can share? Sausage bread. Wow. I don't even like sausage but that sounds delicious.

Meg - what a cool tradition!

 

[HockeyKat]

E, wow. Hope you warm up soon. You are SO much more hard-core than I!! It's 36 and cloudy/flurries here and I am too much of a wus to go out.

YES, pizza dough recipe!!

Mmmm sausage bread.


I just made blueberry pancakes w/ 1/4 cup heartsmart bisquick, 1/4 cup crushed fiber cereal (I used Trader Joes but All-Bran would probably work), a sprinkle of blueberries, a dash (probably tsp) of egg beaters, and about 1/4 cup water added until the batter is the right consistency. Sugar-free, calorie-free syrup, and the total for 3 pancakes is 150 cals.

Paired with a spinach, artichoke, red onion, mushroom, garlic, and goat cheese omelette, and 1 cup frozen diced hashbrowns with some chopped onion added (all cooked, of course, pan-fried with cooking spray, salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste)... 350 cal "brunch". Yum.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Megan - skating sounds like so much fun! And nice to get a bit of exercise in before the temptation of all the "game day" foods that you may not normally eat.

Kat- Trader Joes. We do not have one close to us. Which just might be a good thing. They have some pretty evil trail mix that I absolutely adore.

Liz - CHEESE. That makes so much more sense to me now. I was trying to figure out just how to make cheese infused bacon. Hickory smoked I totally understand. But cheese had me stumped!

Packy. I think it's a New England thing.

E - Superbowl as homework. That's awsome. And really so completely appropriate. Such a sampling of commercials. Plus the Who. How could they go wrong?

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Liz - CHEESE. That makes so much more sense to me now. I was trying to figure out just how to make cheese infused bacon. Hickory smoked I totally understand. But cheese had me stumped!

Packy. I think it's a New England thing.

It's crazy how our brains read things, isn't it? I wrote "and (don't freak out on me, it's processed) Cheddar Bacon cheese". "Cheddar bacon" being the the adjectives of cheese. But seriously, why would anyone ever think things are cheddar bacon flavored? It's like pretzel dogs. Does. Not. Compute.

I need a picture of those.

But I would not put it past someone to figure out how to make bacon that has cheese in it. Nope. Look at the sh$t they put in hotdogs.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

OMG. I just Googled them. Wow.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

It's crazy how our brains read things, isn't it? I wrote "and (don't freak out on me, it's processed) Cheddar Bacon cheese". "Cheddar bacon" being the the adjectives of cheese. But seriously, why would anyone ever think things are cheddar bacon flavored? It's like pretzel dogs. Does. Not. Compute.

Totally crazy. Like I was reading it as "cheddar bacon", "cheese". Like it was a list.

OMG. I just Googled them. Wow.

great. You're going to make me look now. Just like the next time I go to the grocery store I'm going to look and see if they have that cheese!


cheap date tonight. We went out for dinner at our favorite local pizza place. I was totally ready to order pizza. Except when we got there the owner was so insanely happy to see us! He had ordered, just for me, WHOLE WHEAT PASTA! so, no pizza. Chicken parm instead. And <shhhh don't tell> wine. 2 glasses. Of course, they are "restaurant" glasses so they were reasonable. But still. It's been 2 full weeks since I had any wine at all. Those 2 glasses hit me right quick

 

[AKASnowWhite]

oh God. I did it. I googled pretzel dogs. Then I clicked on one of the pics and followed the link. This is what I got:

Auntie Anne's Jumbo Pretzel Dog
Auntie Anne’s sells snacks, not meals. But this concoction—a Nathan’s hot dog wrapped in a pretzel bun—contains almost half your daily upper limit of fat and sodium.

One Jumbo Pretzel Dog with butter: 610 calories; 29g fat, 13g saturated; 1,150mg sodium.

 

[HockeyKat]

Geez, on the pretzel dog. I am not much of a hot dog fan. I do like chicken/turkey sausage with stuff in it, though... like the habanero/monterey jack stuff I just got. I think it might get sliced and put into pasta tonight.


I just figured out the bacon/cheese/bacon thing!!! It's all my fault. I responded to Liz, cheddar bacon? I think that's where Nancy got the idea that it was cheddar infused bacon.

 

[poppinspal]

Sounds like you guys are all doing fun things this weekend. I'll just charter a private plane and be over to visit everyone tomorrow.

Kat- Its too bad we're not closer because we'd totally have to skate together. I don't think I'd give you the option.

Paula- I have young cousins so I usually try to keep busy playing with them which probably burns calories. They have yet to grasp that at 8 years old they are almost as tall as me and I can no longer carry them around on my back. Knitting would be so much easier on my body!

Erika- I'm so jealous! I've always wanted a rink in my yard. My old hockey coach owns a construction company and he built a sweet one where they have mini games. It's so neat.

Nancy- Packy is so a New England thing. My friends from other parts of the country always laugh when I say it. Oh and thanks for the stats on the pretzel dog, my friend and I always say we're going to try them because we see them in the malls all the time... now we will not ever seriously try them. Gross!

 

[adsrtw]

oh God. I did it. I googled pretzel dogs. Then I clicked on one of the pics and followed the link. This is what I got:

Auntie Anne's Jumbo Pretzel Dog
Auntie Anne’s sells snacks, not meals. But this concoction—a Nathan’s hot dog wrapped in a pretzel bun—contains almost half your daily upper limit of fat and sodium.

One Jumbo Pretzel Dog with butter: 610 calories; 29g fat, 13g saturated; 1,150mg sodium.

OMG! I'm getting cankles just reading that! Wow, that's 2 meals for me most of the time (calorie-wise).

Liz - I tried to find the cheese and couldn't. Man, that bites. I guess it's just like my quest for the Rum and Coke style Pepsi Jazz. Sigh.

Kat - I had a apple/artichoke/chicken sausage kinda deal the other night. Only 120 calories and low in fat too. Very yummy

E - which song will you be playing? Recipe for the dough please!!!

 

[lisaviolet]

Good morning!!!!
We are having a Super Bowl party tomorrow. I bought cute napkins and plates and a chip bowl shaped like a football.

Lisa - any package arrive for Jean?

Fun on the above. No on the Jean. But she's loving the mail box looking. She knows she has two people sending her someting - just no idea who.

I totally screwed her night. She has a favourite restaurant at the mountain. We go once in awhile. But in the summer. So I forget what winter brings to the mountain - ummmm people. We were both shocked. Three places no space except for reservations. A whole new marshmallow world. Gosh darn skiers. I guess that makes me old. Gosh darn snowboarders.

Speaking of which. LOVE THEM. Snowboard Cross - just sayin'. Slalom. Any friggin' race will do. Five days now people. FIVE DAYS!!!! DA da - dada da da - okay I give up you know my love - the one and only - the Olympics. Oh boy!

Okay back on point. I don't have any superbowl fun to share. Jean's strange like that. She doesn't like to be around people for the game. And she has tons of friends. But she is her best friend - she highly entertains herself. Once we were at WDW and they have tons of fun for Superbowl Sunday. Nope.

My arrow is ready.

Okay jealous. Yes I do realize I need to shut the eff up at this point.

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I love to hear what people are doing for the game tomorrow or their alternatives.

Well thanks for asking Megan. I'll be celebrating the end of football. And onto March Madness for Jean (she's my ex who I live with Megan/Jo). I do ADORE the NBA though. Just love bball. NCAA is hard because our coverage starts late - we don't see enough before the brackets are set.

EE - I am right there with you on the hunting trip. A few shots, but nothing to really report on yet.

But I want to hear about the few shots Paula! Don't make me beg you. Please don't. Smiling. Liz even asked.

I guess it's just like my quest for the Rum and Coke style Pepsi Jazz. Sigh.

Splain please.

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Okay, I'm going to make this short. Let's all pray for that to be true. Something's going on and I'm not on track at all. No drama - just some issues that I have let derail me - surprisingly. Like I've suddenly lost footing - quickly. I don't know if anyone ever experiences this - maybe I'll sound like a looney tune once again. But I'm finding myself sighing and not breathing properly kind of crap - sinking. So I've been in this for a couple of weeks. Managed to lose 1.2 for BL but it's really affecting my momentum regardless -things are off. And I can see a gain/gains if I don't get ahold of it. So I don't know what I need. Maybe just to state it. Who knows. Okay, done.

Erika - did you decide on the gym? Do you have to sign on for a year? Because I know you don't need a gym with your love of the outdoors come Spring plus how can we forget your summer husband's abode with the cabana boys. BUT if you do decide you adore this gym - just go for it with gusto. Forget price Erika. Let that go - totally. YOu work hard. You have the money. And you deserve it. Hand's down. Case closed.

 

[HockeyKat]

Kat - I had a apple/artichoke/chicken sausage kinda deal the other night. Only 120 calories and low in fat too. Very yummy

E - which song will you be playing? Recipe for the dough please!!!

Yup, they come in all sorts of flavors. 120 cals for most of them. I like the habanero and jack cheese, and the spinach and asiago. Not a fan of any fruit but lemon/lime in non-dessert food, though, so no apple for me.

Meg, maybe someday. Although you would likely laugh at me! I am sure I am nowhere near the skater you are.

E, I'm with EE. Dough recipe!!

Lisa, .

 

[lisaviolet]

OMG! I'm getting cankles just reading that! !

Stop that! That's not a funny word. It's my life. And in honour of such a memory of my lower half - let me obsess and post what I had a 99.9% genetic chance of getting.

Choice #1 (over seventy years of use as well - gosh 74 - whatever). And the picture doesn't even begin to do her legs justice.

Choice #2

Yeah look at that - all offspring HAD TO have won the leg lottery. NO, genetics - they can skip around all over town.

Okay, I've finished. Thanks for the trigger Amiee.

 

[lisaviolet]

Kat - my little night owl. Whatcha doing? I just finished watching the most boring episode of Property Virgins ever. I'm surprised the camera men didn't fall asleep.