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21 Feb, 2010

Hea!thy Choice: The New TV Dinner

Posted by: delitaagain In: New Me

These are the two dinners I ate tonight. Both are Healthy Choice.
Do they look like their pictures? Sorry about the lack of light.
First, Beef Tips Portobello, showing 18 grams protein, 5 grams fiber, 270 calories. On the back we see also, 7 grams of fat and 34 grams of carbohydrate (14 sugar). Sodium is 600 [...]

19 Feb, 2010

Mmmm…. SOUP!

Posted by: delitaagain In: New Me

Last night late, I came home hungry and the plan was one of my favorites: Split Pea & Potato Soup!Only, I didn’t have anything for protein.
So, I started cooking in Joy-the-MH (motorhome, used for living not recreating) in the dark, just didn’t bother to start up my lights. Half way through, I noticed among all [...]

18 Feb, 2010

BMI - In Pictures!

Posted by: delitaagain In: Motivation

This is a re-post from December 2008, based on a great post on body image by Gracie789 on Fat to Fabulous. The post is: Miss Perceptions.
Be sure to click also to see pictures of *real people*  with height, weight and BMI measure.
BMI is a wake-up call for many but has fallen from grace as a marker. Mainly, [...]

17 Feb, 2010

What About Today?

Posted by: delitaagain In: New Me

Today my focus is today. =)
May sound too simple, but I’ve learned a few things about myself and how my thinking can side-track me, especially if I get to mucking around in the past or projecting out into the future.
Chicken Lentil Rice Stew today, made about 4AM this morning. After which I slept until noonish. [...]

16 Feb, 2010

R-E-S-P-E-C-T and S-E-N-S-E: Slow Weight Loss

Posted by: delitaagain In: New Me

I was reading kaplods blog: Starting Over, Take 1,847 and found this post: Gaining respect for slow weight loss.
Wow. She touched on so many things that make sense to me, many of which I have thought about through the years.
My top weight was in July 2004. I haven’t weighed in months, but the *clothes fit* [...]



  • tjnorth: I spent some time with my sister this summer and she lost about 100 pounds (she won't really say) three years ago by eating the good stuff (veggies,
  • brseay: Wow, what incredible pictures! So good to see you pop up here. Many of the regulars have disappeared so it's nice to see a friendly face. My ch
  • shoecrazy: Hi Delita! Well, I have soo many challenges... But, I had a trainer who said "you can't out run a bad diet" so my challenge is my keeping my food unde