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debbieos
on 9/21/09 2:52 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: keep your mind nimble

Keep Your Mind Nimble with These 5 Foods

By RealAge

Keep Your Mind Nimble with These 5 Foods

  • Not a fan of crossword puzzles? Can't get the hang of sudoku? Don't worry. There's another way you can sharpen your brain: Revise your grocery list.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, RealAge expert and host of a new national TV show -- The Dr. Oz Show -- recommends adding five important foods to your supermarket tab to help spark a brain boost.

Key Nutritional Knockouts
Eat 'em every day for better brain functioning and overall health.

  • Blueberries: Compounds in the bright berries may help shield against harmful processes tied to Alzheimer's disease and premature brain aging.
  • Eggs: This breakfast favorite is loaded with selenium -- a mineral that could help make your brain years younger.
  • Mustard: What makes mustard so amazing? Turmeric. Getting just 17 milligrams of it a day -- about a teaspoon of mustard -- can help activate genes that control the cleanup of cellular waste in your brain.
  • Salmon: This pink fish is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, including the type thought to have the most antiaging effects on the brain. A DHA supplement is another way to get your omega-3s.
  • Kale: Getting at least three servings a day of dark, leafy greens high in carotenoids and flavonoids can slow mental decline associated with aging.
This is the time to be healthy in '09...
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debbieos
on 9/17/09 4:09 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: Hugs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

Here's one for you!

debbie
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debbieos
on 9/17/09 3:19 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: Just One Peanut Butter Choco Chunk Cookie

Just One Peanut Butter Choco Chunk Cookie

Pinkie had posted about her troubles with the pb cookies...how they are a favorite of hers but she can't trust herself with the whole batch. I suggested - and wrote out - a mini recipe of the original (halfway as a joke!) so that she could have a couple cookies...savor every crumb...and not be tempted by a plateful.

The mini version WILL work...it's a real recipe. I didn't realize that so many people would think it's a fabulous idea...and that people also didn't realize that it's an actual recipe. Since it doesn't have flour or other 'cookie-type' ingredients it does seem like a joke.

This is actually one of our most legal desserts, without all the unnecessary extra carbs that often come with treats.

1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 tablespoon Splenda or Nature Sweet Crystals
1 teaspoon egg substitute
one drop vanilla extract
1 teaspoon Valor dark chocolate chunks


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine peanut butter, Nature Sweet, egg, and vanilla in a small bowl. Drop dough by 1/2 tablespoons onto ungreased or parchment lined baking sheet. Crisscross with a fork dipped in splenda. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set. Allow to cool for a couple minutes on baking sheet and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

You can add chocolate chunks, extra peanuts, unsweetened coconut...anything, really. Or do as Pinkie does...make the cookies very thin and spread sugar free jam on the bottoms so that you can sandwich them together. (OR...the possibilities are endless!...make an indentation and put 1/4 teaspoon sugar free jam in the well before baking.)





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debbieos
on 9/17/09 3:18 am, edited 9/17/09 3:41 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: 30 Second Cookie!!!
  I have been making the 30 second cookie lately.   One teaspoon of butter or margarine in a coffee cup that has been sprayed with PAM.    Heat in microwave about 10 seconds until it melts.    Stir in one scoop of protein powder, I added just a little bit of water to mix it well and microwave for 30 seconds.    Lean Dessert seems to make the most moist cookie.  

From Mary Catherine at Bariatriceating.com
Pretty good, I used Lean Dessert Protein Powder - Fresh Cinnamon 
Enjoy, Debbie




Enjoy Debbie
This is the time to be healthy in '09...
Debbie O'Neill
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debbieos
on 9/17/09 2:47 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: Hello Out there!
I know our time is precious. But please take a couple of minutes weekly to check out our group site.

Let us know how you are doing.  Or something new you discovered.  You never know, you might just end up helping someone with an issue that their having.

Remember what you put out into the world, the world gives back.

Hugs to all!

Debbie
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debbieos
on 9/4/09 2:10 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: RE: 5K Walk for Breast Cancer at Tanger Outlets
Thanks Maryellen, hopefully next time.
Deb
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Maryellen R.
on 9/3/09 11:42 am - Sayville, NY
Topic: RE: 5K Walk for Breast Cancer at Tanger Outlets
 Hi Deb,

I was hoping to join you on this day but I have a 50th wedding anniversary in NJ at noon.

Keep us posted for the next one.

Maryellen
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org

"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed".  Faith Thomas

visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/

debbieos
on 9/2/09 6:34 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: ORANGE CHIFFON PIE
ORANGE CHIFFON PIE

Crumb crust:

1 pkg. Murray’s shortbread cookies, crushed OR 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs
1/4 cup almond flour
4 tablespoons melted butter

Filling:
3/4 cup cold water
One 4-serving size pkg. sugar free orange jello powder
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons Splenda Granular
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange zest
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup mandarin oranges, chopped and drained very well

Soften gelatin in cold water for 15 minutes or until dissolved. Meanwhile preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl combine the cookie crumbs, almond flour, and butter. Pat into a pie plate and bake for 15 minutes, or until just turning golden and is set. Cool completely.

In a saucepan whisk the egg yolks with the 1/2 cup Splenda and salt. Cook over over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in the orange zest and the softened gelatin. Cool.   When mixture begins to set, stir in the chopped mandarin oranges. Set aside.
*** (If you don’t like the thought of using raw egg whites, the powdered meringue would work, also. Or go in a different direction and use whipped cream.)
In a large bowl whip the egg whites and remaining 3 tablespoons Splenda until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into orange mixture and pour into prepared and cooled crust. Chill until firm. Makes 8 servings.

(If you don’t want to use the egg whites…beat 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream with the 3 tablespoons Splenda and fold that into the orange mixture. This will significantly change the stats, though.)

Per Serving: 189 Cal; 6 g Protein; 12 g Tot Fat; 16 g Carb; 1 g Fiber; 7 g Sugar; 138 mg Sodium

With whipped cream instead of egg whites:
Per Serving: 257 Calories ; 4 g Protein; 20 g Tot Fat; 16 g Carb; 1 g Fiber; 8 g Sugar; 151 mg Sodium
    This is the time to be healthy in '09....
This recipe is from Linda farnsworth, Bariatric Eating
This is the time to be healthy in '09...
Debbie O'Neill
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debbieos
on 8/27/09 11:24 am - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: Hello
Hello,
Is anyone out there? 
This is the time to be healthy in '09...
Debbie O'Neill
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debbieos
on 8/22/09 4:33 pm - Sound Beach, NY
Topic: Bariatric TV, watch it episode 42 food porn
http://www.bariatrictv.com/

Check out this weeks episode.  I enjoy watching them and even learn a little something!
This week they also make the 35 second chocolate cake. yum.

Enjoy!  If you like the recipe you can get it at beforeandafterhelp.com  Linda Farnsworth is the Food Director at BariatricEating.com 

Enjoy the show!

Debbie
This is the time to be healthy in '09...
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