Author: julesfarm@yahoo.com

I have several items listed in the post. Everything from 1 PPV to 5 PPV. I hope you find something new that you LOVE! Organic Low Sodium Vegetable Broth. So versatile! 1/4 – 1/2 Cup = 0 Points Use this in place of Beef broth or Chicken Broth. Use it in place of water for your taco meat. Sauce veggie in it! Cookie Butter Dangerous and Delicious! 1 T. = 2 PPV Eat on toast, waffles, pancakes, apples, pears, or tortilla! Eating right out of the jar, NOT RECOMMENDED! Sprouted Wheat Bread 1 slice = 1 PPV This bread is super dense and full of flavor. Love it! Makes the best toast and egg white sandwiches! Chicken Meatballs 4 Meatballs = 4 PPV Sure, you can eat these with pasta and sauce, but how about chopped up in you salad? Or on a low calorie wheat bun and make your […]

Ok, really probably just lazy. But for some reason that song got stuck in my head and it wouldn’t go away. It was an awesome Sunday doing a whole lotta nothin. Crockpot Oatmeal DOES heat up just fine! I was glad I had it for my Sunday morning breakfast……. I made a trip to Trader Joes on Saturday and picked up a few items I hadn’t tried. I had heard of Cookie Butter, but really didn’t know what it was. I’m still not sure I know what it is, but I do know it could be dangerous, and a little goes a long way! In WW world, 1 T. is 2 PPV. I really wanted to try it on my oatmeal, so I only added 1/2 T. and some strawberries. It was like Strawberry Shortcake Oatmeal! I loved it! Creamy and Sweet! I am loving my new frother too! My […]

Friday nights dinner was out, but it was on a quiet patio, we visited with a few friends, passed on the drinks, and we were home before 9:00 pm. We cuddled up on the couch to watch The Bachelorette (Men Tell All), and Mike was asleep before the first commercial. It was good to just chill. Before going to bed, I put together a quick and easy Crockpot Oatmeal Breakfast. Crockpot Oatmeal I DID make it to Bootcamp on Saturday morning and started off the day with a good workout! When I got home, I enjoyed and enormous bowl of oatmeal, topped with a Tablespoon of Better n Peanut Butter, and some sliced banana. I like my oatmeal sweet, so I also sprinkled some Truvia on top. 5 PPV. So creamy and Filling! Breakfast was delicious! I was home by myself and the crockpot was overflowing with oatmeal, so I […]

I found these at Price Chopper. 3 meatballs are 4 PPV. I chopped them up and added them to my salad. I will buy them again for sure to have with pasta and red sauce…. …….or on an 80 calorie hot dog bun with red sauce for a delicious meatball sandwich! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

Each new week for me (in Weight Watcher World) starts on Friday. This can sometimes make Wednesday and Thursday difficult, if Monday and Tuesday didn’t go so well. In theory, if Monday and Tuesday don’t go so well, one would think one would make the best of Wednesday and Thursday, so Friday at the scale goes well, and that makes your week end well, right? But on occasion, Wednesday and Thursday become “screw it” days, because you get to start fresh on Friday! Now, the latter is certainly not the recommended way of Weight Watcher living, or any other kind of living, for that matter. But in attending WW meetings on a regular basis, i have found that this can be an all too common practice. Today I ended my week of drinks and carbs, and got to start fresh. There is definitely a mental thing going on that says […]

This is a really old recipe. When I went in to revise it to SmartPoints, I lost the pictures. The horror! I need to make this soon and get a picture in here. Until then, think Hamburger Helper, but better. My mom always made that when I was a kid, and I loved it! This recipe reminds of that. “love the life you live, live the life you love”

I have been posting my weight each Friday as I weigh in. I know I get to babbling in some of my blogs, so sometimes the facts get lost and my jumbled thoughts in my brain dominate the blog. These are the facts from the last several weeks. Getting into the 160’s was a HUGE breakthrough. 5-11-12. 172.05-18-12. 171.85-25-12. 170.06-01-12. 168.06-08-12. 167.86-15-12. NWI6-22-12. 167.26-29-12. 170.87-06-12. 165.87-13-12. Skipped this meeting7-20-12. NWI Now, these are the facts, followed by the jumbled thoughts in my brain after I weighed in that day. 5-11-12. 172.0. (Ehhhh…..maintaining.) 5-18-12. 171.8. (Basically, I didn’t gain.) 5-25-12. 170.0. (shit, that’s almost 160 something!) 6-01-12. 168.0. (seriously? I WEIGH 160 SOMETHING!) 6-08-12. 167.8. (hey, it’s only two tenths, but I weigh less than I did last week!) 6-15-12. NWI. (I think I may have gained. I opted for the “No Weigh In” pass because I don’t want to see […]

I have been doing some sort of journaling since around age 10. I like to write down what I am doing, feeling, thinking, planning. I always have. I guess it started with my little red diary that actually had a lock and key. I remember writing really silly, private things in it…….”Dear God, When will I get boobies?”…….then locking it up! I am fairly certain I opened it up and read it to all my girlfriends. I wasn’t even very private at a young age. But if my brother would have found it, I would have DIED! So, I knew my secrets were safe inside my diary. I always liked to go back and read what I had written. I even remember at a young age reading something I had written a year ago, and being surprised at how fast time would go by. I really started to like reading […]

Tuesday was tough, but I got through it pretty well without a carb overload! After I blogged, and posted on purpose, so I wouldn’t eat anything else, I did have a VitaTop after watching my movie. Urg! It was Vitalicious…….just like the box says. Then, I felt like total, icky, heavy, nasty CRAP! My body actually hurt. I think the weekend and wedding celebrating wore me out. So, I took an Advil PM, so I could sleep, and went to bed. The alarm went off for Bootcamp at 5:30 am. I rolled over, hit snooze, and went back to sleep. The alarm went off again. I rolled over……….(are you ready for it?)………turned OFF the alarm……..(are you ready for it?)…….and went back to sleep for two more hours. I know. Loser. And not the weight losing kinda loser. Just loser. Here are the eats before 9:00 am on Wednesday! (the VitaTop […]

I took the Newlyweds to the airport at 4:30 am and my only stop was at Quik Trip for a coffee and a banana. I came home and made this….. Egg whites on an English Muffin with raspberry jam…… blueberries topped with yogurt and a dash of cinnamon. (6 PPV) After a ridiculously hot workout mowing and trimming the lawn, (yes, it is still green because we are obsessed with watering it) I made my self a WW Creamy Coconut Smoothie and added frozen pineapple and frozen strawberries! (2 PPV) It hit the spot! Lunch….. I was having a carb craving ALL day long! 1 C. of pasta, 1 T. light Country Crock, 1 T. Parmesan Cheese. (7 PPV) Snack (3 PPV) Later I had a handful of Sunflower Seeds….(1/4 C. = 5 PPV) Dinner……. Popcorn with Butter Spray and a little Cavender’s Greek Seasoning….(3 PPV) I had a day […]