Yay! I am 1.5 lbs down! That makes me really happy because I’ve been stupidly obsessing for the past few nights. I NEED TO STOP OBSESSING! I can do that! Today I went to the gym for an hour. I’ve decided that I won’t be too hard on myself about the gym. I’ve been reading other people’s blogs and people get mad at their selves when they only go to the gym for an hour or two a day and I only go an hour a day about 6 times a week. But I always do at least 800 calories of cardio so I should be proud of myself. An hour a day is fine for me right now I think.

I went to the grocery store AGAIN. I have been going everyday. I really should save money because I’m out of minutes on my phone, out of gas in my car, and need to get a birthday present for someone. I guess this is better than going out to eat all the time! I made some more pizza with the trader joe’s whole wheat dough. It was so good. And I had 3 other people to share it with so it worked out great! I also had some snow peas dipped in hummus which was delicious. I bought some ingredients for two recipes. I got them on the SB diet message boards. I’m excited to try them!

Warm “Brownie”
makes 1 serving

In a small custard dish add:

1 Tbs nut butter (almond is the best and I use 2 tsp to 1T, not more)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
3 Tbs NF dry milk
1 pkt splenda

Mix till very crumbly, put in microwave for 20 seconds (15 if you have a very strong microwave). Add:

2 tsps splenda sweetened pancake syrup

Mix really, really well. Mooshing and stirring till it’s very dark and creamy. You want all the milk powder dissolved and mixed in. Nuke 20 (15) seconds more. Stir again. If it is still dry add 1 tsp more syrup (depends on the amount of nut butter you use, you want it a little stiff, just not dry). Mix well if you added more syrup, then flatten in the dish. Serve with a tiny spoon.

ALSO I’m going to have this for breakfast tomorrow. I hear it is great!

BIG Breakfast Cookie
Ingredients for 1 BIG Cookie:

1/3 cup cups oatmeal
1 Tb raisins (I omitted and added 1 Tbls coconut for 1 point. Would be good without too.)
1 Tb flour (equivalent to 0 points)
1/3 cups fat-free dry milk
1/4 cup applesauce (no-sugar added)
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tb Splenda or other no-calorie sweetener

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with Pam. Mix all ingredients together and spoon a large mound on cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 min, until golden brown on edges.

Sounds good to me! I love trying easy recipes out!!

Michelle - I’m glad you decided to try out the SBD! If you need any support or have any questions about it feel free to ask! Let me know how you like it!