Last Breakfast of 2010

Good Afternoon! I love having days off during the week. I love week day talk shows, sleeping in and making delicious breakfasts. My go to breakfast for any day off is usually eggs in the form of omelets, egg sandwiches or on top of sweet potatoes. Today I had eggs, but no cheese or vegetables to add a little flavor to them so I decided on something else. I was going to make oatmeal but I didn’t have banana and oatmeal without bananas doesn’t happen in my world. I decided on an Oatmeal Pancake. I never make pancakes, in fact I am pretty sure this is the first time I have ever made them. I just don’t really like them, but I had read in a magazine about oatmeal pancakes and how they are a healthy way to start the day so I decided to try it out.

I couldn’t remember which magazine it was… I have about 30 in my apartment right now, so I headed straight to google and ran into my usual problem, no recipes for just ONE pancake! Finally I remembered seeing this on Katheats before so I headed over there for a very easy recipe for one serving. The changes I made were I used 1/2 cup oats, 2 egg whites (about a half cup) and pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon. I also added 1/4 cup of peanut flour mixed with water and sea salt on top.

This breakfast was 6 points+

Oatmeal (1/2 cup uncooked) 4 points+

Egg whites 1 points+

Apple 0 points+

Peanut flour 1 points+

I attended my first meeting yesterday. I officially joined on Tuesday, but didn’t have time to make it to a meeting until yesterday. The good news is I am only 3 pounds more than my lowest weight in May, and I have only 24 pounds to go before goal.  I know I can reach this and keep it off in 2011. I made a huge list of things I want to accomplish in 2011 and I am feeling very motivated and excited.

Tonight I am heading to a friends house, and of course bringing “my” dip. What are you up to? I wish you all a very happy 2011!!!

Weight Watchers Take 2

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I had an awesome time being home in Maine and just hanging out with my family. I got some great gifts and it was nice just to relax. Boston was hit with a huge snow storm so luckily I had yesterday off too, and when I came back this morning I treated myself to a nice Christmas present. I joined weight watchers again! I am very excited for multiple reasons. One is that weight watchers revamped their plan and I am anxious to try it out. One of the reasons that I gave it up months ago is because once I lost over 40 pounds, I felt like I wasn’t allowed to eat much food anymore! Sure, the smaller you are the less calories you need, but I had hit a major plateau and felt like I was probably eating too little to fuel my body. Since then I have done a great job maintaining which is half the battle. I’m only about 5 pounds more than my lowest weight watchers weight so I know that I can keep weight off. After quite a few months at this weight I am just sick of it. I’m very proud of all of the progress I have made, but the truth is I’m still a good 25 pounds higher than I should be and I’m ready to make the commitment to get there. I just have to be accountable and make smarter choices and I know weight watchers can help me do that.

I was reading a spark people newsletter today and came across a great weight loss tip.  It says that when starting a weight loss plan you shouldn’t try and change all of your bad habits right away but instead focus on a few. I have been losing weight and getting healthier for over a year now and I have a lot of things down but need to work on others. Two areas I am focusing on for my first month on plan are going to be portion control and strength training.

Also, you may remember my post of the Flat Belly Diet? While I liked the principles and everything it just wasn’t for me. I never actually followed the diet, but tried to eat more health fats for a little while. I knew I had success with weight watchers before so I knew this would be the best plan for me, I love the flexibility of it.

Guess what I got for Christmas?!

 

A mini food processor! it’s been in my apartment for less than 48 hours and I’ve already made hummus and banana soft serve… separately of course! I love it and I know I am going to get so much use out of it. I have a blender and a magic bullet, but this thing is amazing! Did you get any fun foodie gifts for Christmas?