Joi de Vie

[cydkitty]

I have always taken such joy and pleasure in food. In preparing it in reading about it and of course eating it.

I don't want to lose that I could not stay on a plan that took that away from me. Fortunately on core I am able to fix and eat wonderful foods plus I have the added challenge of adapting foods to fit my food plan.

So my journal is dedicated to joy. The joy of cooking, joy of eating and just plain increasing Joy of Life

[katelight]

what a fantastic attitude. You will succeed when you have an attitude like that. I feel that core has been the most freeing food experience I have ever had. I have tried many new foods and recipes, and have never felt like I was on a diet. Good luck!!!!!

[cydkitty]

Thanks Kate, It looks like you have had great success, congratulations. I love core.


One of my favorite meals to eat as a kid was when we would have a sampling of cold cuts. devilled eggs, cheese and crackers, pickles, dips etc.

It was a Sunday night thing so this Sunday I have a plan. Devilled eggs, california dip made with ff sour cream and onion soup mix, with carrots and celery canadian bacon, pickles, and olives.

For me I find that if I can find core (or low point) ways of keeping the experience of certain foods I don't miss high calorie eatings.

[cydkitty]

Tonight for Dinner I modified one of my daughter's old time favorites

Core Cheeseburger Macaroni


1 half box whole Wheat macaroni
1 lb extra lean ground beef
5 slices ff kraft singles
dash Tabasco sauce
1 Tb ls A1 steak sauce
Tony Chacheres season salt to taste
chopped onions
4 tsp olive oil

brown ground beef in olive oil, add Tony's, onions, Tabasco and steak sauce.

Cook Macaroni. When cooked drain and add meat mixture then the cheese and stir until cheese melts.

makes at least 3-4 servings

Take a bite then exclaim "AND IT'S CORE"

I also had edamame and a green salad and a weight watchers fudge ice cream bar.

[cydkitty]

I am so glad it is Friday I can't see straight. This week has felt like it was 21 days long! I am short staffed at I need to hire 2 OTRs and 1 PT. Our hospital is a wonderful place to work but unfortunately our salaries are not competitive. It makes hiring good people hard. Once we get them they tend to stay because as I say it is a great place to work but when you offer several dollars/hour less than they could be making elsewhere getting staffed up is hard.

So I have been dreaming about work at night and it makes me feel like I am working 24/7. Bleh. SO what am I going to do about it.

Well first and foremost I am trying to hire, but I have decided that I need something fun to take my mind off of work a bit more.

This summer I took a cake decorating class (yes while on WW. Frosting doesn't tempt me so it was fine) and I really enjoyed it. I love to take classes.

In my life since college I have taken classes in belly dancing, Aikido, sign language, cake decorating, Salsa Dancing, Ballet, Pottery,sculling and probably a few more that I have forgotten

I think it is time to take another class...something fun. Hmmn What shall it be. UT offers informal not for credit classes in tons of fun stuff.

WW area to address.....I need to get better about getting all my fruits and veggies in EVERY day

[cydkitty]

This morning for breakfast I am having Breakfast potatos

Shred 2 potatos, half a zucchini, 3 green onions(chooped fine instead of shredded)
Season with season salt ( i use Tony Chachere)

cook in a skillet sprayed with non-stick. when almost done lift and pour in 2 tsp olive oil so they get a nice crisp layer.

Yum.

Breakfast - Breakfast potatos, Coffee with s/ carmel syrup and skim milk banana


Snack - 2 point granola bar

Lunch - Cilantro Chicken Bites (recipe below), edamame, Tangerine Diet Rite soda

Snack - Celery and onion dip(ff sour cream and onion soup mix)

Dinner - chicken with Quinoa

Dessert - SF/ FF chocolate pudding with frozen cherries and light cool whip




I modified this from a recipe in Gourmet Cooking mag 9(may 2005)and it is OMG delish they rolled the balls in corn starch and fried them I omitted the corn starch, added a tiny bit of raw oatmeal because it was soo soft and baked them

Here goes

1 lb ground chicken breast
1 egg
1 cup cilantro chopped
2-3 scallions finely chopped
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tsp salt

Mix all together form into hor doeurve sized balls and bake til done They were very soft so I added a small hand full of oatmeal

Dipping sauce (mix all together)

1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 teasp sesame oil
chopped cilantro

[cydkitty]

Today in my quest for bringing more fun to my life here is what I did.....

1) Made a necklace and earings

2) tried a new recipe (chicken cilantro bites)

3) hauled out my sewing machine and did some sewing (ok so it was mending instead of something creative it is a start)

4) watched an excellent movie 28 days

5) read an excellent book Family Tree by Sherri Tepper

[cydkitty]

Monday came too fast, I need another day.

Breakfast - Baked oatmeal and coffee with skin milk

Snack- Peach

Lunch 1 slice pizza, chicken leg quarter

snack Apple, half an Almond Joy

Dinner Chicken Cilantro bites, Green Beans

[simpsoncd75]

Hey there,

Thanks for visiting! Hope you're having a good week.

The spaghetti was ok - bland. I guess part of it is that I was expecting it to be more creamy (it's not at all) and more spicy (I like things on the hot side). I'm not sure how to "fix" it. I'm not an intuitive cook; so, it's really hard for me to know how to modify a recipie to make it the way I like.

Do you like EW mag? I'm debating subscribing. I might have to try a few other of the recipies to decide.

Have a great day!

[cydkitty]

Today was WI I was up by a pound. Blech

I need to count all the little things.

Breakfast- Baked oatmeal, skim latte, grapes

Lunch- Salad, Mexican chicken and tomato soup

Snack- 1 pt Mini Heath

Dinner- Pot roast, carrots , edamame salad

Dessert- SF/FF chocolate pudding over SF cherry jello with FF cool whip (black forest jello parfait)

1 pt gummy bears

I will pull some chicken out tonight to thaw for tomorrow's dinner, but I haven't yet figured out how to fix it.

[cydkitty]

Yesterday I was too tired to post so here is my yesterday eating (not so good, I gave blood and they don't let you leave until you have had one of their snacks)


Breakfast Non Fat Latte, baked oatmeal, Grapes

Snack 1 cp Orange Juice, 3 points of peanut butter crackers and 3 points of cheese crackers


Lunch Turkey Sandwich 1 point for bread 1 point for low fat chips

Dinner Left over pot roast and carrots

Points used 10

[cydkitty]

Breakfast Baked Oatmeal and nonfat latte

Lunch Chicken breast with marinara, turnip greens, brocolli

Dinner Brown rice sushi, edamame, watermellon

[cydkitty]

The weekends fly by so fast. I am not even going to count up my points for today because my DD and I went out for Dim Sum. Everything else I ate today was core though! ;D................and I wonder why I seem to be on a plateau LOL Oh well nothing we got was fried, and it was still a smaller binge than what I would have done if I were not on WW.

I didn't try any new exciting recipes this weekend.

But I did get a milk frother, and a new dishwasher (mine has been broken for about 6 months)

I have to figure out this frother thing because every time I start to froth even a tiny bit of milk it starts overflowing the glass then I pour half out and then it un froths while I am frothing one part of it. I also notice that it doesn't froth as well if I have coco powder in it first. I would like to get to where I can froth something to the consistency of whipped creme. I think I will ask for tips on one of the boards.

[cydkitty]

I walked into a big mess this morning at work. Apparently the weekend scheduling on my Ortho unit was less than wonderful. So we had 2 patient complaints, and 1 therapist complaint. Then I had my ortho PT call in sick, so it was a mad scramble to get it all covered. We did get it all covered and addressed the patient complaints so they were happy. Tomorrow I will deal with the PT complaint.

Good news on the work front,I have hired a couple od OTRs so I will be at full staff once they start. Woo Hoo!!!

B- Baked oatmeal made with pineapple, coffee with skim milk

L- pork chop, turnip greens, corn water

D- fried rice made with Brown rice, 94% ff ground beef, onions celery, green beans, soy sauce, and sesame oil
mineral water

no snacks or dessert yet.

[cydkitty]

weigh in was today. Up another .8 pounds. I kinda knew it because a skirt i could wear 2 weeks ago was snug again.

This week I will try to stay more firmly OP.

B- 2 pt WW bar and baked oatmeal (has 1 serving of fruit /slice) latte with skim milk

L- meat loaf and green beans French onion soup ( 1 veg)

s- 2 pt ww bar

s- celery and onion soup dip ( 2 stalks is that a whole veg serving)

D- chicken breast cooked with tomatillo sauce and dollop of yogurt
cucumber

dessert- WW smoothie


3 f/v

2 milks

need more water!!! need more Fruits and veggies

4 wpa