The Brat Fights the Fat

After receiving a couple of requests, here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
4 large baking potatoes
1 garlic bulb (unless you really really like garlic, I'd probably use half a bulb next time)
1/2 c. low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 c. nonfat sour cream
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
Paprika

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425F
2. Pierce potatoes several times with a fork; place on a baking sheet. Wrap the garlic in foil and place along side the potatoes. Bake until potatoes are tender and the garlic is browned and softened, 50 - 60 minutes. Let cool until comfortable to handle, about 15 minutes.
3. Halve the potatoes lenghtwise; scoop the pulp into a large bowl, leaving the skins intact. Cut the garlic bulb in half and squeeze out the pulp and add to the potato. Add the broth, sour cream and pepper; stir and mash to the desired texture. Spoon the stuffing back into the potato skins, sprinkle wiht the cheese and paprika.
4. Return the potatoes to the baking sheet and bake until heated through and lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Nutritional Info per serving (1/2 potato):

153 Calories, 1 g Total Fat, 1 g Saturated Fat, 2 mg Cholesterol, 73 mg Sodium, 31 g Total Carbohydrat, 3 g Dietary Fibre, 5 g Protein, 73 mg Calcium

Serving provides: 1 bread

Points per serving: 3 pts

Nothing much going on. Nothing inspiring to say. Looking forward to going home at the end of the day. Oh, I forgot... WI was today and I stayed the same. woohoo. I thought I'd be up for sure. Definitely need to get my butt in gear if I'm going to make my summer goal.

Menu so far:
B
Donut (4) <--- Not my fault, someone brought them in and it would have been rude to refuse
OJ (1)
L (leftovers from last night, yum!)
asparagus (0)
Steak (2.5) <--- just a little piece (the piggy last night (me) ate too much of it last night so there wasn't much left)
WW Garlic Twice Baked Potato (3)
D

Water 1L/2L
AP 0

Okay, back on track today. Resisted the pizza at lunch and had chicken noodle soup instead. Going to try the WW recipe for twice baked garlic potatoes. It sounds wonderful and I hope it tastes great. We're combining that with some lean steak and asparagus. I let you know how it goes. I'm hoping if I good today, tomorrow's WI won't be too bad.

Update:
The baked potatoes were very very very garlicky, but they were good. I think next time I make it I'll use about half the garlic.

Menu so far
B
Rice cakes (2)
OJ (2)
L
Chicken Noodle Soup (3)
Bun w/ Margarine (3)
D
Steak (5)
1/2 Baked Potato (3)
Asparagus (0)

Water 1.5/2L

Well, I've officially used being sick as an excuse to be a total idiot in terms of food. I ate bad things all weekend long. My offenses include 2 slurpees, 2 small bags of Ariba chips, 1 whole small double pepperoni pizza, KD and way too much ginger ale. I've been so good about making better choices for the last three weeks and then poof, something inside me snapped and I didn't care about points and calories, I just wanted to eat crap. The sad thing is, most of the food made me feel sick and wasn't that good anyway. Oh well, hopefully I won't gain too much at WI on Tuesday.

On a positive note, I'm not abadoning my weightloss attempt and just sent my husband to the store with a list of things to make good healthy recipes from the WW coookbook. The other positive, being sick last week, I hardly ate much early in the week and I'm still within my flexpoints for the week. Go figure. (Of course, I might have missed a few things since some of it is just a blur of eating).

Finally read up on bronchitis and turns out I'll probably have this cough for another 2 weeks. At least, other than the cough, I'm feeling much better. I'm going to try to do my fat burning pilates DVD tonight. I hope I can do it without wheezing and coughing too much.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Now, I'm one of those people that believes that we've overused antibiotics and they should only be prescribed if it is a confirmed bacterial infection, however when used appropriately they are the best thing!! Turns out I have bronchitis and a bad throat infection. I'm still coughing, but at least I can swallow now.

I'm finding it harder to stay on track this week. Craving not just bad foods but my old bad habits too. I just wanted to curl up with a can of pepsi and a bag of chips and eat them until they're gone. And a big bowl of pasta with cream sauce and bacon and ... well you get the idea.

I just have to keep chanting... nothing tastes as good as being healthy and looking good, right?


Hint: If you have a bad cough and a sore throat... don't watch a comedy. Ouch!!

I thought I'd be feeling better by today, but this is one nasty bug. Woke up in the middle of the night (thank you so much DH!!) and couldn't get back to sleep because every time I would lay down the world would spin. First time that's ever happened without drinking too much. It was a weird experience. Once again had to drag my sorry butt to work. Very happy to report that my pants are loose today despite my 1 lb gain on the scale. Of course, I couldn't be one of those lucky people who lose ten pounds when they're sick. Oh well, I'm looking forward to feeling better so that I can get back on track. Who ever though I would miss exercising?!? I'm pretty sure I'll be taking tomorrow off to rest and have hopes that I'll feel better soon. Thanks for listening to my whining!

Now if you're looking for some inspiration on your weight loss journey, check out Carmen's Blog (Cyber Fatty Link). She writes some beautiful poetry that describes what we've all felt.

Why is it that men turn into idiots when they get sick? My husband sat on the couch for an hour in pain, whimpering. He ignored all of my suggestions (what would I know, considering I was where he is yesterday). Finally I force feed him some medicine and put an ice pack on his head and he's shocked when he starts feeling better. What an idiot. It's almost like he'd rather have the attention from being sick than do something to make himself feel better.

Well, actually dragged myself to work this morning. Everyone I see is giving my a wide berth, which I'm taking to mean I look about as good as I feel. Ginger Ale is my new best friend as it seems to actually calm my throat and cough. Cuts down on my fog horn impression and only 2 pts per can. Completely forgot to weigh in this morning, which sucks because I was actually curious to see what would win... the bad week of eating out or the sick weekend of hardly eating. Anyone want to take bets? I'll WI tomorrow so stay tuned for the results.

I also wanted to thank those of you that leave comments, even if it's just a couple of words, it makes me feel less alone in my quest. Thank you!!

Menu so far:
B
Ginger Ale (2)
Cold Medicine
Crackers - to make the cold medicine go down (2)
L
Ginger Ale (2)
D
Ginger Ale (2)
Cold Medicine
Crackers - to make the cold medicine go down (2)
Pasta with ground beef and tomatoes (6)

Yesterday was not a fun day. My DS got hit with DD's cold and I don't want to sound sexist, but man, why is it that guys turn to mush when they get sick? The poor guy was so pathetic and whined and cried for hours. He finally threw up all over his bed at 9 pm and then fell asleep. I'm hoping he feels better when he wakes up. My nanny called in sick (same bug as the rest of us) and I feel like h*ll, so I called in sick too. I'd probably be better off at work 'cause I still have to get my work done (serious deadlines that are not negotiable), but now I have to do it while caring for a bunch of sick and whinny people (including me in the list). I'm hopeful that everyone will be feeling better soon.
Okay enough of my whining!

Think if I live on crackers and OJ today, I may actually be down for my WI tomorrow morning?

Updated:
Well, I think I actually worked more hours at home than I would have at work, but I made all my deadlines and I'm in pretty good shape for tomorrow. My DD spent almost the whole day on my lap, which made typing a bit challenging. But I'm so relieved that both kids seem to be feeling better, I almost didn't mind being sick myself (almost!!).

I've been trying not to drink any cola, but discovered that carbonated pop actually soothes my tortured throat. Oh well, one pop is still a long way from the three to four a day I was doing before and tomorrow's another day... EEK! I just realized tomorrow is WI. Wish me luck!!

Well, here's my first attempt at Blogging... don't know if anyone will ever read it, but it'll probably do me good to write it.

A brief introduction...

I'm a working mom. I've been married to DH for 5 1/2 years and have a DS who turned four on Friday and a DD who is 21 months. I'm trying to lose 52 pounds before the summer (when I plan to have breast reduction surgery). I've joined WW and have lost 10 lbs so far.

This last week hasn't been as good as my first two weeks. I've been craving bad foods, work has been crazy and I haven't been doing any exercise.

My DS was supposed to have his birthday party today, but DD has a nasty cold and all she wants to do is hang off me. We had to cancel the party and I feel really bad for DS.

Looks like DD has shared her cold, which means next week will not be fun. Oh well, I will try to stay on track and stay positive.

Thanks for reading.