Fish Tacos for Friday

  This week has been a mixed bag. I want to start off with my high/lows. Highs I cooked some good food, had some good work outs. I got my husband to walk on the beach with me, at night for the first time ever. He’s been promising me he would since before our very first date! It only lasted for 5 minutes, but it happened!Terrible picture of the moment: I managed...

The proof is in the pudding!

  I was at Wal-Mart the other day and they have the most amazing selection of Sugar Free, Fat Free Instant Pudding. Have you seen it? It’s like a Jell-O Mecca! I was so excited, I bought 5 different kinds as visions of pudding pops, pudding pudding and possibly even pudding pies popped into my head. All made healthy because I had a secret weapon at home! I rushed home with my goodies and immediately headed...

Ratatouille and Our Amazingness

  Last night for dinner I made another recipe from Better Homes and Garden’s Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy. It was super easy, and pretty tasty. I didn’t use the bread they suggested, instead I used just light wheat bread and it it into triangles. It’s 5 ww points per serving. For me, it was a perfect lunch portion today, but last night for dinner I was left a little hungry....

Plan-a-rana-ding-dong

  It’s Monday. You know what that means, a plan to tackle the next 5 days. A plan to keep my ass in check. A plan that I am relaying to you so that you will give me a swift kick in the butt if I happen to tweet that I an lounging around in a hammock being fed chocolates by Greek God replicas. I’m helping you, help me. After all, that’s what’s important here. Me. :)    Meal Plan! Monday – Crock...

Watch me cook up some time!

  This time of year, my every free moment is savored. I live for each one. It’s hard for me to sit down in front of a computer when that is what I do all day every very long summer day. However, this blog is important to me. You guys are important to me. I care about your stories, your comments, your blogs…all very much. I need to make time for this. This is why my Unlikely Success Story is exactly that. Without...

I don’t like excuses

  I don’t like excuses, but I seem to be full of them these days. I’m working my ass off at work, so I’m too tired to work out after work. I’ve had a rough week, I deserve to indulge in too much (insert sinful delight here). I have nothing good to blog about, so why bother. I’m EXHAUSTED. Mentally, physically and emotionally. Those are just some of my excuses that I’ve been using lately to be unaccountable....

Curried Eggplant with Tomatoes and Basil

  I have a summer cold. They are the worst. I am exhausted. I am constantly switching between insanely cold and insanely hot. I have had to work too. So I’m miserable. I did make an awesome dinner that I wanted to share. I got it out of an old Real Simple Magazine. It’s a recipe I’ve had forever, but hadn’t tried yet. Curried Eggplant with Tomatoes and Basil (4 servings, 6pts per serving) Ingredients 1 cup...

I’m a nerd and proud.

  Yesterday my friend Kelly and I had an Eclipse brunch. We are Twi-Nerds. For the first movie, my friend Katie and I went to the midnight premiere. For New Moon, Kelly joined us, we had a whole Twi-Night. We ate “Wolf Stew”, “Vampire Dip” and “Sparkle Cupcakes”, we had several cocktails and went to the midnight premiere of that as well. Here we are that night: Katie, Kelly and Me Katie moved to Orlando, and...