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There’s nothing like a little minor surgery and a new job to shake things up at home and throw off your weight loss efforts and blogging schedule. Surgery I had the surgery on my right knee on November 29 and spent the following weekend recovering from a pain killer and anesthesia hangover. Morphine isn’t as [...]
Even though you’re trying to lose weight – and all your friends know it – you’ve probably been invited to a cookie swap party. You know, a party where each participant brings cookies to swap with friends along with a copy of the cookie recipe. I was invited to two cookie exchanges this month, and [...]
Well, it’s been more than a month since I re-injured my knee and been off my weight loss, diet and exercise routine. Parties, get together with friends, and holidays didn’t help. (Yes, I’ve gained back some of the weight I lost.) But I go under the knife – well, the orthoscope – tomorrow. Then it’s [...]
With only a couple weeks to Thanksgiving, you probably have turkey on your mind – and in your refrigerator. So how about trying an Extreme Fat Smash turkey dish to stay on your diet and to keep losing weight this holiday season? Cook up these Turkey Tacos using either ground turkey meat or the equivalent [...]
I love eggplant and was excited to see this recipe when I was going through the Celebrity Fit Club recipe list. I was intrigued that you cooked the eggplant in the oven, then peeled and diced it up. This was similar to how the squash was done in the Weight Watcher’s Curry-Apple Butternut Squash Salad. [...]
This is a recipe that you need a lot of lead time for as it takes over 45 minutes to cook. However, it was worth it – not only was the dish yummy but it was very satisfying (must be all that protein). If you’re doing Weight Watchers, this recipe has only 3 POINTS because [...]
SNAFU – Situation Normal All F*cked Up. I’ve injured myself once again, the third time since I’ve started the Extreme Fat Smash Diet. What is wrong with me? Another boo-boo I had thought I was nearly healed from July’s knee injury, so I ventured out to a light aerobics and stretching class with my mom’s [...]
Well, it’s Wednesday and I usually post on Sunday with my weekly weigh in. As you can see, I’ve done everything I can to delay reporting in. I didn’t have a good week, and now I wish I had one of those Weight Watcher’s "free passes" where they let you skip a week’s weigh in. [...]
(For more Five Things/Ways advice articles, click here.) Some of these may seem obvious if you like to cook. Sadly, many people don’t and they rely on instant food or take out (probably why they gained all that weight!) Relearning how to eat and cook is part of successful weight loss. So before you start [...]
I finally got a chance to try the Fat Smash Frittata that I’ve been promising to blog about for a couple of weeks. It showed up as a breakfast dish last Sunday when I searched for egg dishes, even though I’d only seen it as a dinner option before. I had hoped to pick it [...]
The song, or should I say, the scale remains the same…more or less. Since this is beyond frustrating, let’s look at some other numbers – waist, belly, hips and bodyfat percentage. That should get me motivated…I hope. My bodyfat percentage in Week 1: Using measurements of a 33.5 inches waist and weight of 159 pounds [...]
When I received the McCormick Cooking with Flavor: Spice Up Your Everday Favorites cookbook courtesy of Janine Gordon Associates, I thought it was a lovely beginner cookbook full of great pictures and easy recipes. It would be perfect for a newlywed or a college student – anyone starting to cook for themselves or others for [...]
Sorry not to update this weekend. Since I was hosting the Carnival of Recipes, I wanted to give that post a few days in the top spot before updating you all. Well, I was having a really great week and weighed in at about 150 on Saturday morning. Then the rest of the weekend was [...]
My favorite Celebrity Fit Club Marine drill sergeant is touring around the country in the coming months to promote his new book Harvey Walden’s No Excuses! Fitness Workout. It will be released September 18 from Rodale Press. Harvey’s one lean mean fighting machine. Here’s the book description: The U.S. Marine drill instructor who has inspired [...]
Do you have a favorite brand of fat free yogurt? I’ve been buying Horizon’s Organic Fat Free yogurt at Costco. My family is a big fan of their low fat blended yogurts. It’s the closest thing to full fat European-style yogurt that we’ve found here in the States. I could do a Five Things/Way post [...]
151. Do I really need to discuss my weight loss this week? I went up a couple of pounds last week due to the back injury and going out of town for Labor Day. Then I promptly lost it after going back to eating properly and working out on the stationary bike. Same old crap. [...]
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