WW Rambling

It's humbling to be an Inspiration to someone else - But using WW people do ask what my secret is - let me tell you - it's not a secret - I follow the plan. I never give up. I gain and then I lose and then I gain and then I lose, but in the last three years from the weight I started on day one to the weight I am today, I've lost 126 lbs. I feel so much better.  I'm happier.  I'll never quit going to WW.  I'm a Lifetime member and it will always be part of my life. 

My friend's daughter, (actually she is my friend too) just joined WW and she asked for my input - this is what I sent her:

Take pictures for before and after shots

Track every bite, lick, taste

Measure and/or weigh all foods

Zero point foods are not free - when you look a food up it has a recommended serving size

Whatever foods are important to you, find a way to have them. I wanted a glass or two of wine every night with dinner. So, I did. Then my sister came for a visit and I saw how much food she was eating. Cut back on wine lol. I also pretrack a nightly snack.

I'm a volume eater - so when I look for snacks I want the ones that have a high number per serving.

Everyone is different - that's why WW works. My coach can eat tons of watermelon. I gain if I eat too much fruit. I can eat tons of peppers though.

Prepping my food is the key for me. I have 

A 11 x 16 Rubbermaid container that I line with paper towels, fill with salad (do not cut tomatoes just use small grape tomatoes). Top with paper towels and close it. Store in refrigerator. Enough salad for 8 -10 large servings.

Use a good olive oil - don't get rid of oils all together your body needs good fats

I'm really good at replacing items in a recipe to make it lower in points - let me know if you need help with any.

Before I go to a restaurant I look up their menu online and if it is a chain I look it up in the apt too. Then I make a plan. I put the items in the tracker. Go to the restaurant and always ask for dressing on the side (or I ask for lemon wedges instead of dressing) baked instead of fried, etc. Then afterwards I use the option to make the entry a meal. I name it  (begin with number 1 to keep all meals at the top - then the name of the restaurant to keep all the meals from each restaurant together then describe well. Then I have choices already figured out on a moment's notice. 

Groceries - mostly Meijer

We eat salmon a lot - we get the one with Crab Stuffing and put TJ Chili Lime seasoning on it

Fage FF Greek Yogurt - best consistency

       Use it for parfaits, sauces, 2 ingredient dough

Laughing Cow Cheese

        In place of cream cheese - on sandwiches, 

        in sauces, in scrambled eggs, in dips

G. Hughes products

         Ketchup, BBQ sauce, marinades, sweet chili

         sauce - salad dressing but I haven't found it

Ka-ME Hokkien stir fry noodles 

          Only found at one Meijers, but I love them.

           2 packets - I use one for the two of us

Walden Farms salad dressing

           Either you hate them or love them, but... 0 pts

           and you can add them to yogurt with Laughing

           Cow Cheese and spices to make dip. I like

            The Honey Mustard on my salad

All the fruits and vegetables you can buy

            I peel, cut & roast 6 pounds carrots each week

            Roast corn right in the husks (Pinterest Sides)

            Then  store in refr right in husks & microwave

Snacks

             Nabisco Corn Thins

             Popcorners Flex BBQ protein crisps

             Snyder Gluten Free Pretzel Sticks

              Popcorners Spicy Queso

              ActII popcorn

Amazon

              Devotion Angel Food Protein powder

                     I add this to whatever I'm baking

               Jordan's skinny coffee foam

                      Sugar free salted Caramel

Trader Joes:

Black Bean and corn enchilada frozen

Cibatta rolls - worth every damn point

Chicken wantons frozen - add to stir fry or soup

Everything but the bagel EBTB spice

Chili Lime seasoning

Olive Oil with attached spout

Krinkle cut squash to make fries

WW Zoom

Go to Google play or Apple Store
Download Zoom
Go to

 go to 888-3-florine.com

Usually an announcement comes up, x out of that and click on active member.

Fill out the member information
When you click on birthdate it gives you a calendar - click on 2020 and scroll to choose your year - can't tell you how stupid I was the first time.

Click on Michigan schedule

It lists drop ins to just go to a building to weigh in, in person to go to a building for a live class or virtual to go to a Zoom class. My friends even have gone to Hawaii classes! Open your Zoom app and Click on anyone that fits your time. If you don't find the leader interesting find a different one the next time.

Let me know which one you choose and I'll go too!

Yummy Cupcakes - 2 pts!

These are delicious - I do use Devotion Angel Food Protein powder. You can leave it out of the recipes, but I think it makes them better tasting and more nutritional. I freeze them and microwave one for my nightly snack with 0 pt ReddiWhip.

I go through a large 2 lb container each month, but they aren't showing that on Amazon at the moment. Here is a single serving one (click on picture to go to the link).

I make cherry chocolate or strawberry rhubarb but you can switch out for different fruits.

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Inspiration in the Midst of a Crisis

I have never felt such a compulsion to write. I can't do the research fast enough. I am truly surprised.

I thought "Enough Kindness to Fill an Empty Heart" was going to be my last book. I had a long period of writer's block and just didn't feel inspired.

One day last week I stepped into the hot water and had to put my hands on the back of the shower to steady myself.  I didn't hear words, but just knew God was asking me why I had quit writing.

At the same time I was overwhelmed with concern for the thousands of family members forced to stay away from the hospital while losing loved ones to Covid-19.

Images flew through my mind of the doctors and nurses, on the national news, coming out of work looking shell-shocked. Many not able to go home to their families for fear of passing on the virus.

I knew right then what my story line was for my next book, "The Wake."

Here is the first draft of the prologue:

Dahlia took a deep breath and slowly let it out as she looked out over the Great Lake called Huron.

Although alone on the beach, she was not lonely, for she felt close to God. The warm breeze coming in over the water was a welcome respite from the oppressive heat of the past few days. As her skin cooled to a perfect temperature she felt her body relax to the gentle rhythm of the waves.

The sun, still hidden below the horizon, had turned the clouds into a majestic pallette of black, purple and orange with rays of brilliant white shafts starting to break through.

As the tip of the sun became visible, tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. She raised her arms and cried out to the heavens, "Oh Glorious One, thank you for the beauty and calm with which you have surrounded me. I am filled with awe and gratefulness for your gifts."

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I ask you to pray for inspiration to continue.

Barb Green's Banana Bread

This is a game changer! Eating this every morning. Lost 4.6 in three weeks. I add a scoop of protein powder. I also bake it for 45 minutes.