The Pursuit of Healthiness

The Pursuit of Healthiness
Your Guide to Getting Healthy

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Recipe of the Week: Oatmeal Breakfast Cookie

I just started making these and personally I love them! They fill me up all the way to lunch!
Plus: there's no cholesterol!

Ingredients:
1 packet Quaker Lower Sugar Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal
1 tbsp dried cherries
8 whole almonds
1 tbsp walnuts
1 tsp sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add water and heat the oatmeal (try not to make it too diluted). Then mix the oatmeal with the cherries and walnuts. Chop the almonds in half and mix then in as well. Then separate the mixture in half and shape into two balls. Place them on a greased cookie sheet and sprinkle the sugar over the top and bake for twenty minutes.

Nutrition facts (two servings of one cookie):
Calories: 154
Fat: 6.2 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 131.1 mg
Potassium: 135.6 mg
Carbohydrate: 22.8 g
Fiber: 2.5 g
Sugar: 9.2 g
Protein: 3.7 g

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Tip #27: Get Back to What Works

I'll admit it: So far this year has not been kind me. I've gained a little weight back and my skinny jeans can tell. I've done a lot lately: TweetWhatYouEat, SparkPeople, just plain old keeping a log. All in all, they've helped somewhat, but not to the magnitude that Weight Watchers did. So I'm shelling out the cash and getting back on track.

I'm over one week into my re-diet and I have to say it feels pretty good. My skinny jeans are still complaining but I feel lighter. I'm exercising more than I used to with the kind of motivation that Weight Watchers brings me. On Sunday, I got on my stationary bike and pedaled at or above 12 mph until I reached 15 miles. My legs were sore, but in a good way, like I know I accomplished something. I've lost over two pounds already this week. I'm standing up straighter and not as concerned with hiding my weight gain under really baggy clothes.

I'm eating a lot more fruit (which has no point value on the PointsPlus program) and cutting back on my cravings, which often total more than I can have (like my personal favorite Skippy peanut butter). I will say that my body is a lot hungrier now, which means that I was definitely eating more than I should have before and my body isn't used to the healthy calorie amount I'm at now. I've been through this before, so its really no trouble. I know I'll get through that.

So for right now, my skinnies are left to the back of my closet, but I feel asured that I can lose the weight to button them up again.