Steady wins the race

You've seen the ads...

Loose 25 pounds before Easter, loose 4 dress sizes in 2 weeks....

Well I hope you know this is not true. It might work for a while but next thin you know you can't fit in the pants you bought 2 weeks ago.

I KNOW! I HAVE THOSE SUPER CUTE CAPRIS I BOUHT LAST YEAR AND I NEVER WORE!!!

WHOA! That feels good!

You know why it doesn't work?

I'll tell you why! BECAUSE LIFE HAPPENS!!! And even if I'm almost never hungry on the Dr. Oz 2 weeks thingy diet....At one point we all need other foods than chicken breast and baby spinach!!!

This week I made chili with lean ground beef, no cheese, no sour cream...but I added 1/4 avocado on our bowls. And green onions of course!
..
in this case the key is PORTION CONTROL!!! I ate 1/2 cup with the 1/4 avocado and 1/2 of a pickle and was fine with it until I took another helping! Yikes! I did not feel good AT ALL!

I am used to think that a chili portion is a BOWL FULL well not anymore...

I do eat food I love but not every week. Splurge days are a must!

                                                    Bob and Boubou agree! One must splurge
                                                    to keep mental health balanced!

                                                    Boubou loves the sun but hates to get his
                                                    paws wet!

                                                     Bob is a real Quebec winter cat.

                      So my weight sliming friends, I wish you patience and good health and
                      hang in there!
                      Steady wins the race :)

Keeps on giving

Now if you've tried the Dr. Oz thing, by now I'm sure you're pretty sick of chicken,turkey and fish....

I was! And I saw Dan sneek me a couple of evil looks come dinner time!!!

Well I decided to add shrimp to the rotation. Shrimp is low in calories and is reat in salads or with that 1/2 cup brown rice.....

Thank god I had a big bag in my freezer ! Shrimp is something I only buy on sale; like half off or $5.00 off.

And even if it is not on the list I added spaghetti squash...If you've been on a diet....you know the spaghetti squash! Low in calories, low in taste, but pretty filling.

That vegetable broth of his? I found it too expensive, so it was better for a while to buy the Campbell's salt free vegetable broth, but to us it tastes too much of onions! So I got into the habit
of keeping onion butts and parsley stems and cabbage leaves in a zipper bag in the freezer for the next batch of broth....Yummy!

We usually drink it with a small can of V-8. A nice snack in a busy day.

But what I really wanted to share with you today is this beautiful amaryllis we have in our living room.

I got it at the grocery store in mid-December. It had started to shoot one tiny tim stem.
So I saved it and since I turned the pot everyday it eventually got straight and gave us 2 flowers.

A couple of weeks later, I first thought that it was the leaves coming out, but surprise! 2 new stems.

And with 4 flowers each! They are so lovely! They bring me joy in this cold February afternoon.


For supper tonight stirfry with siratachi noodles (wonder no calorie noodles)

Try This for a change!

So if you've read yesterday's post and are looking to try something different....

Now I spotted this recipe in my favorite local newspaper (The Montreal Gazette), turns out it is from the Moosewood Cafe in NY state.

It is delicious even if I had to adapt it to the new food regimen!

Confetti Kale Salad 

Now this alls for carrots which you can't eat on the Dr. Oz 2 week program, so I replaced them with

orange peppers (or red, even yellow, you just need a burst of color!)

Be sure to make it the night before to let the flavours mingle and make friends!

I hope you find this as delicious as I did!

Sleep well :)

Here goes !

Here I was late December, early January, bloated, feeling disgusted with myself and scared of getting high blood pressure and diabetes...

Let's face it; I was back at the same weight I was in 2009 after gaining 30 pounds. I had lost my job the year before and was letting loose with my emotionnal eating.

I managed to loose the weight with a lot of veggies and protein shakes and soups....But I was feeling so dry inside.

I keep most of the weight off for 1 year and then it started to creep back up.

I  did the plan this spring but for some reason, I found it teadious, I didn't like most of the recipes...

and SURPRISE! More weightht back!

I did enjoy my seasonnal faves a lot! BRING ON THE COOKIES!!!

But I was due for a reality check.

On Jan 2nd 2014 I was watching Dr. Oz and there was a feature on a 2 weeks weight loss regimen to kick start things.

Here's the link Dr Oz rapid 2 weeks weight loss . The bad side: You probably won't loose as fast as the ladies on the show...one had lost 17 pounds in 2 weeks.

Good side: I am never hungry! Really!

And I discovered that I might be gluten intolerant. Now I followed the 2 weeks plan scrupulosly, but since then I allow some other things; like I tried a piece of french bread and I flt sick all night.

And I usually eat less protein at night.

So after a month I lost 8 pounds which I find fantastic!

And I am NOT hungry!!!

Well time to pack my super nice lunch :)