From the category archives:

Low Point foods

Week Flying By

January 8, 2012

I have come to the conclusion it will be a while before I am posting every day and probably longer before I can keep up with all the blogs that I love. I weighed in on Saturday and lost 4.2 pounds.  It’s amazing what happens when you actually pay some attention to detail. This week’s [...]

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Garden Time

May 9, 2010

I never posted yesterday so I will post food logs for both today   I lost 2.6 this week which rocks, only down side is I lost a point but that’s okay as I am thinking of following the simply filling technique for WeightWatchers, lean proteins, whole grains, veggies, fruit, 2 servings of healthy oils [...]

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Punchy!

May 7, 2010

I am so punchy today, I think it’s because my body was expecting a long long run and instead got a short long run so I was still full of energy. I started the morning a bit slow, sleeping in a bit with the dogs.  I finally got out for my run and my long [...]

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Baked Garlicky Lemon Shrimp

May 3, 2010

Baked Shrimp with a Garlicky Lemon Sauce 3 points per serving Ingredients 1 pound peeled and deveined shrimp 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 Tbsp light butter, melted zest of 2 lemons (the ones you juice, just zest first!) 1/2 tsp black pepper (You can use 1 tsp lemon pepper instead of the pepper and lemon [...]

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Recipe of the Week 1/16/10

January 24, 2010

Farro Soup with Kale and Cannellini (adapted from Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way) Ingredients 1 cup farro picked over and rinsed (or kamut) 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, diced 2 medium carrots, diced 2 stalks celery, diced 4 garlic gloves, minced 1 cup dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight in ample water [...]

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A Quarter of a cow oh my!

August 3, 2009

So today I decided to buy a big chunk of cow as in almost a quarter of a cow. I went to http://eatwild.com/ which linked to local grass fed beef providers. So given how much better grass fed is for us I decided to invest in some beef so I don’t have to run all [...]

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Happy Food News

August 3, 2009

The makers of my favourite low calorie butter alternative have decided to remove ALL partially hydrogenated oils from their tubbed butterery spreads by this time next year. “After an extensive three-year research and development effort, Unilever has begun removing the partially hydrogenated vegetable oil from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!®, Brummel & Brown®, Shedd’s [...]

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One Point Happy foods

July 8, 2009

My new favourite one point food are Oroweat Sandwich Thins. Whole grain, no icky high fructose corn syrup garbage, a bit bigger in circumference than a hamburger bun but much much thinner. Honestly when you have a hamburger its not about the bun anyways so what a great way to save some calories. Nutrition Facts100 [...]

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