Shhh!!!

It's secret time!

I don't fit in with the preschool mom crowd. I feel so out of place among those women. I am the fat one. I am the poor one. The moms are all different shapes, sizes and ages but I am by far the largest mom. I hate that! They all seem comfortable in their own skin too which just makes me more self conscious. I'd love to be one of those moms that looks good no matter what she wears. You know what I mean, she looks great in jeans and a tshirt and somehow manages to make sweats look good. What the heck? As far as I know they all own their own homes, they drive nice cars. Me? I rent a tiny tiny apartment and my van is forever breaking down. I know that those are material things and shouldn't matter but sometimes, just sometimes, I long to have those things. I know that sounds snobby,maybe it's just that I am tired of things being so hard!

Great Find

For Christmas my partner got one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Presto-04830-PowerPop-Microwave-Multi-Popper/dp/B00005IBXK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1231506845&sr=8-1

Again, we were skeptical but are now oh so in love with it. Pour in 1/3 cup of popcorn kernels and in under 3 minutes in the microwave you have air popped popcorn (about 8 cups!). Air popped popcorn is a great healthy snack and yummy!

Check it out!

You're going to think it's crazy

I found a really yummy recipe but if you are anything like me you are going to read it and think it sounds crazy. I was skeptical, very much so. While browsing Hungry Girl I saw mention of making brownies or cake with diet soda. I couldn't find the recipe anywhere on that site so I Googled it and found many variations. Off to the store I went.

Here it is people;
1 brownie mix
1 can of diet soda (we had diet Dr. Pepper on hand)

Mix and bake according to directions on box.

The batter was fizzy and the end product looked funny but they are delicious!!! I am totally impressed. Substituting the diet soda for eggs and oil eliminates most of the naughtiness associated with brownies and they still taste great!! I made a square pan of brownies and cut it into 16 small squares. Each brownie has 125 calories and .625 grams of fat!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!

There are many variations to this recipe. You can use any cake mix as well and various flavors of soda will give great flavor combos. A great frosting trick I read was to use fat free Cool Whip and Sugar Free Fat Free pudding mix for a tasty topping.

Dessert!! Hooray!!

Have you eaten any of these??

http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=the_11_worst_foods_of_2008

Link

A friend forwarded me an email the other day and I have since signed up to get my own. If you are looking for some healthy eating tips/recipes you should check it out!
http://www.hungry-girl.com/

Today's newsletter had a great minty shake recipe that was healthy! Yesterday I learned that Fiber One came out with frosted shredded wheat cereal, woohoo! my favorite!

OUCH!

I hurt my back. I have no idea how, it just started hurting out of the blue yesterday afternoon. I had to babysit, as well as, watch my own kids so I took some Tylenol and dealt with it. It felt better last night, sore but not excruciating, so I went for my nightly walk. I had company and walked a little slower than I would have normally and I felt fine. In the middle of the night I awoke to PAIN! Searing, burning, OMG I can't move pain. It still hurts today. Tylenol dulls the roar but doesn't make it completely better. I really just want to know what I did. I'm scared this will slow down the weight loss as I can't possibly get a good work out in if I am hurting. Sigh. It's always something huh?

The good news is that the scale has been moving again and I am now past the half way mark. It's a good thing too b/c I was losing hope. I was doing everything I was supposed to and nothing was happening, it made me want to eat cake :)

Progress

Another pound bites the dust!!! Yay!