Morning all :)

It's "National Sweater Day" at work, a campaign by the WWF to raise awareness about energy conservation and the thermostats will be set 2 degrees lower. FFS, I wear a sweater/blazer EVERY day (and yes all summer) because I'm always cold! Fun times. A couple of errands to run after work, assorted house stuff when I get home, lather-rinse-repeat. ;)

8.5 years post-op

- coffee with cream x 3 over the day -

B - vanilla Premier protein shake

S - plain Greek yogurt stirred with homemade SF cranberries, 1/8 cup of "energy blend" (edamame, almonds, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries) - this is quickly becoming a favourite morning snack

L - 1/2 wrap (chicken, feta, lettuce, red onion, tomato, cucumber, tzatziki to stick it together), a couple of grapes

S - other 1/2 of the wrap

D - 4 oz chicken, lemon-basil green beans & mushrooms

S - not sure yet

It's a cold one out there - keep warm!

K. :)

Good morning everyone!

Karen, sneak a space heater under your desk...

Today's menu is...

B- Oatmeal, cinnamon and ground flax, flat white coffee

Snack-Premier Protein Shake

L-Cottage cheese and diced tomatoes

Snack-Greek Yogurt

D-Chicken breast and tomatoes

Snack- Greek Yogurt

Cal-720, Carbs-46, Fat-13, Protein-109, Sugar-12, Chol-121

Not a bad idea lol

Well, it took 3 hours of searching but I finally found a couple of tops and pants that I like and that fit me properly.  The tops are both cowl neck sweaters from value village 9 dollars and 12 dollars.  The cowl neck means they will no be too low in the front, which is great. The 12 dollar one is Marino wool, really warm and cozy. Dress Pants were 5 and 7 dollars.  So happy to have some new clothing that fits and that I like.  I cleaned out my closet this weekend and realized almost all of it no longer fits. Next on my list is a winter coat, mine is 3x and I now wear large or xl. 

B - premier protein shake, xl decaf coffee 

s - plain greek yogurt, half protein bar

l - tilapia bean kale tomato stew

s - 2 cheese strings....later half protein bar

d - sf grape koolaid, more tilapia stew

s - herbal tea, handful pumpkin seeds

all vits and water

I'm curious about your tilapia bean kale tomato stew. I have googled it to find a recipe...looking forward to trying this!

Funny you should ask, this stew is experimental so there is no recipe.  At first I did use a recipe for tilapia with kale with light cream cheese added to the kale.  But it was too strong tasting so I cut up the fish and added a couple of cans of white kidney beans, a can of tomatoes, some black pepper and garlic powder, and some Italian seasoning.  Let it stew on med low heat for half an hour. Tastes  even better  reheated after a day in the fridge. Freezes well too.

I have a really good low fat fish stew that I make and alter it a bit each time to suit what I have in the house.  Sometimes I just use fish and other times I use a mix of seafood.  I start with the same base then add in whatever veggies I have on hand and what seafood I have in the house.  I will check the recipe forum to see if I posted it there or not and if it's not there, I will type it up and post it later as I am just getting ready to go out.

Thanks, ladies! I'm not a huge fish fan but now that I've tried tilapia, it's better than the fishy tasting fish. :) (A girl can only eat so much tuna!)

I posted mine on the recipe forum.  You can use all tilapia or any other fish in it that you like or can use a mix of seafoods.  I often throw in baby spinach or kale if I have it on hand along with the rest of the base recipe.  It calls for olive oil to saute the veggies but most of the time I don't even bother, just throw the veggies in with some broth so the only fat comes from the fish, which we all know is low fat, when you use white fish.

Thanks, I am going to try this.  Does it freeze well?