Egg Muggin’

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Weight watchers is going well, really well, so far. Down 8 pounds in my first week. I know it’s water weight, but it feels good none-the-less!

I wrote before about what my typical breakfast was like day-to-day. That has obviously changed. Carbs are so bad on WW. Protein and fiber are very good though, so I had to rethink my morning. This is where my egg muggie comes in. I love this idea!

Take a regular coffee mug and give it a squirt of non-stick spray. Stuff it with spinach you have chopped up. Microwave on high for 20 seconds. Give the spinach a stir and add 1/4 cup of egg whites and a wedge of light laughing cow cheese, and microwave for 40 seconds on high. Give another stir and microwave for another 40 seconds. Make sure the egg whites are solid, and then top the mug off with a bit of Newman’s Own Medium Pineapple Salsa. I also serve this with a side of fat free cottage cheese and pineapple.

This whole breakfast has a Points Plus value of only 3.5! It is delish and guaranteed to keep you full for hours!

I’m loving the way things have been going to far on WW. I feel so much better about myself already. I don’t feel bloated and sluggish. I feel leaner and am learning what starving, satisfied and full feel like. So far I am experiencing a world of good!

A Fresh Start

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Today is day one.
I have joined Weight Watchers.
I am dead set on not losing the quality of food and life I have been enjoying, but there has to be a healthier way to live.
I lost 60 pounds several years ago on Weight Watchers, but never reached my goal.
I am hopeful.
I am excited.
Wish me luck!!

Typical Breakfast of This Champion

During the work week I have my morning routine stream-lined.

Alarm goes off…snooze.

Alarm goes off again…snooze.

Alarm goes off again…curse and get up.

Shower, and make myself look pretty (although most days I simply aim to not scare the neighbors children).

Walk Emma.

Coffee.

Pack lunch.

More coffee.

Breakfast!

My breakfast has been the same since I began working at the hospital.  I needed to find a meal that would hold me over for the longest stretch of time.  I eat breakfast around 8:30 am, and don’t take my lunch until around 3:30 pm.  I needed a breakfast that would keep me energized and full so that I wouldn’t be sitting in the break room at noon stuffing saltines down my throat.  That’s when this simple meal came to be:

Kim’s Champion Breakfast

1/4 cup Old Fashion Oats

1/4 cup Light Soy Milk

1/4 cup water

Raisins

Mix all ingredients together in a microwave safe bowl.  Cook on high for 1 minute 30 seconds.  Stir and cook for another 30 seconds.

When the oatmeal is finished cooking I add a spoonful (or so) of plain soy yogurt, pumpkin puree and a few chocolate chips.  Along with the oatmeal I always like to have fruit of some sort.  Usually it’s a citrus fruit.  This week oranges happened to be on sale (8 pounds for $5…I have oranges coming out my ears), so oranges it is!  And the final piece, which I tend to think is most important, raw almonds.  I only have about 10 with my meal, but they are so filling!  Dr. Oz isn’t kidding when he says almonds are the key to staying fuller, longer!

So that is it!  Nothing fancy.  Nothing extravagant.

Simple.  Delicious.  Filling.

Now it’s time to go scare the neighborhood children…um…I mean, walk Emma!

 

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