Four Foods on Friday tomorrow (#43)

August 21st, 2008

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This week Val has Olympic fever and her questions reflect that. It reflects my current lifestyle changes too. (Down 45 pounds since mid-March!) There’s still time to swing by Val’s place and participate in Fours Foods on Friday, don’t be shy!

#1. What do you drink to rehydrate in the heat or after working out?
Cold water tastes the best. I’ll stick my big 55oz water bottle in the freezer for 3 hours and then crack up the ice so it stays cold for hours.

#2. What do you eat to help boost or create energy?
I’ve recently discovered Kashi’s Mountain Medley granola mix that has rolled oats, almonds, dried cranberries and some other stuff with a touch of honey and instead of eating it as a cereal, I eat it as a snack to stave off hunger. (They say there’s coconut flakes but I don’t taste them and I HATE coconut flakes!) I am SO glad I took advantage of their free sample offer when I saw it otherwise I never would’ve spent the money to try it on my own so if you ever see a sample ad for a healthier product, order it! You’ve got nothing to lose!

#3. What’s the healthiest snack you eat?
See above but also I keep cut up veggies on hand. My go to snack though is usually a small bowl of cereal but I’m really not a snacker so it’s not as big an issue for me as it is for some. (This is why it’s hard for me to implement the whole 5-6 small meals concept)

#4. Share a recipe or instructions for your ideal three course meal.
Oh, I suppose this should be healthy? LOL I tried my wheat flatbread pizza as an appetizer last weekend and it was FABULOUS and will become a staple. To lighten it up from the marscapone cheese I would use a fat free ricotta with herbs and roasted garlic spread on a wheat pita and sprinkled with a little asiago cheese. (Full of protein and whole grain with a little fat for good measure) Lean boneless, skinless chicken breast with lemon and fresh rosemary. herbed red skin potatoes and snow peas. For dessert, sugar free banana cream pudding with fresh bananas and light Cool Whip. Great. Now I’m hungry!

Comments

7 Comments so far

clair on August 23, 2008 4:00 am
Wow, that’s an amazing weight loss, ‘grats! I like the sound of that granola mix - rolled oats, almonds, cranberries, all my faves
valmg on August 23, 2008 8:59 pm
Congrats on losing 45 pounds! That is awesome. Care to share your methods?
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Pele on August 23, 2008 11:27 pm
So far we’re just using the method eat when you’re truly hungry, chew slowly and stop when you even think you’re full. Can’t count how many times we’ve eaten WAY past our full signal. Basically portion control, no dieting. Not only has it shaved off some pounds but it’s kept some money in our pockets as we never order large anything anymore and since buying the foodsaver, leftovers are our friends. Exercise so far is 30 minutes per day, 4 days per week but when we get back from Maui and Big Island we’ll be upping that to 45 minutes. I’m really bad about water continuously throughout the day so I’ll be working on that as well.
skeet on August 25, 2008 12:44 am
The pizza recipe sound wonderful. I’ll try that. Not that I’m going to convert to full-time helathy eating, but this I could do!
Karen on August 25, 2008 9:49 pm
Sounds like I need to head to the store for some Kashi! That must be new. I never heard of it before. Thanks.
Charla on August 26, 2008 6:58 pm
Congratulations on losing 45 lbs. That’s awesome! That granola sounds really good to me. Wish I had some right now!