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Oops – Sugar free, not points free

November 5, 2009

The weather’s getting cooler in my neck of the woods and one of the things I love to have, especially while curled up on the couch, is a cozy cup of hot chocolate. In fact, I’ve been having lots of this drink lately, and not counting the points because, well, I just wasn’t. Usually I [...]

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Mid-week Mental Meanderings

October 28, 2009

I love Twitter and Facebook because it gives me a chance to blurt out whatever it is I’m thinking about at that very moment. Great for my ADD. Lousy for blog writing. So, since I like alliteration (the writer in me) I came up with this title to tell y’all what’s on my mind. Got [...]

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Break away from boring breakfasts

October 23, 2009

I love my Quaker Oats old-fashioned oatmeal. I love it so much, I have had it every day, just about, for the last year or more. I usually vary it with different nuts or dried cranberries or raisins, but always a small banana and 1/2 cup of fat-free milk. Can we say, “boring”? Not to [...]

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I’ve had some stress. 1.8 pounds worth of it.

September 16, 2009

Um, yeah. Up 1.8 pounds this week. Ok, that’s fine. I’ll deal. I missed my regular meeting and weigh in on Labor Day Monday because it was closed, so I  haven’t weighed in for two weeks. Considering everything that’s going on in my life, I’m happy that’s all I gained. I’ve had a lot of [...]

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Why I love the scale

September 14, 2009

I haven’t owned a set of scales at home in at least a twenty years. I refused to have them because I didn’t want to know what I weighed. I wanted to gauge my body by how my clothes fit, plus I wanted to bury my head in the sand and not care how much [...]

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A funny thing happened on the way to Nordstrom’s

September 13, 2009

Today I felt what the absence of self-consciousness feels like. While my mom napped (she’s at a skilled nursing facility rehabilitating from back surgery), I took a walk in downtown Bellevue. I figured I’d try to get some exercise in any way I could. My first goal was just to walk to Subway to get [...]

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Claire’s Test Kitchen: Filling Creamy Tomato Soup

September 8, 2009

I found this recipe in Prevention magazine and since I absolutely love creamy tomato soup – especially with grilled cheese sandwiches – I had to give it a try. It’s super low in points and very filling because instead of heavy cream you use white beans to thicken the soup. Interesting concept. You get thickness, [...]

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Autumn is more than changing colors on leaves

September 8, 2009

My daughters are grown so I don’t have the back-to-school deal going on, but I still feel the change in the air that comes with September, back to school preparations, and the change in weather. It seems to me that I’m much more aware of the change in season this year than I have in [...]

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Claire’s Test Kitchen – Comfort Food Mac & Cheese

September 1, 2009

This recipe comes from the newest Weight Watcher’s cookbook, Comfort Classics, on page 108. The original recipe makes 4 servings at 6 points per serving. I made some substitutions and halved the recipe, but the points per serving was probably still 5-6 points. It said prep time was 10  minutes and cook/broil time 15 minutes, [...]

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Claire’s Test Kitchen – Roasted Red Pepper Dip

August 31, 2009

This recipe came to me with my Weight Watcher’s membership card this month – just in time for a potluck that I was going to. At the potluck there are always chips (Fritos, Kettle Chips) and full-fat sour cream-based dips. I usually arrive to these functions early to help out, and consequently it’s easy for [...]

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