:lol: Nope...your not the only one!;) Each slice has only 240 cals. I use the Libby's 28oz can that says, "Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix"...just add 2 eggs and 2/3 cup carnation milk....seriously the BEST pumpkin pie I've ever made!!! My 12 yr old daughter loves it as well. I make a new pie about every 3rd day!

1. Pumpkin is a vegetable
2. Pumpkin is healthy and loaded with beta carotene
3. Real sugar is not evil
4. You can find a way to fit any food into a healthy lifestyle in MODERATION.

:D

I believe my issue is the moderation part:dizzy:. I use a slight variation on the traditional Libby's recipe, but I usually only make it during fall, but it actually sounds very good for summer also. Hubby is a sweet pot pie person so having the whole pie to myself is too much. Pumpkin vs sweet potato is just something he and I can't agree on.

Don't tell Mom, but the past few years she's make a layered pumpkin praline pecan pie for our holiday's, its okay, but I prefer the traditonal pie, so her version is fairly resistable.

I find the NEED (after having it for lunch today), to share this MOST AWESOME recipe for filet of beef/beef tenderloin (aka filet mignon). I just buy the jumbo filet from Sams Club or Costco, trim the fat and marinade in this:

1/2 cup lower sodium soy sauce
1/2 cup honey
2 tbsp fresh chopped ginger
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup white or red cooking wine
2 tbsp black pepper
2 tbsp fresh chopped garlic
3 tbsp cornstarch
1 bay leaf

Combine all marinad ingredients in saucepan, mix well. Bring just to boiling point. Cool. Place beef in glass, enamel or stainless steel bowl. Pour cooled marinade over beef and cover. Allow to marinate overnight in fridge.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place meat in shallow baking pan, and pour entire bowl of marinade over it. Roast for 20 mins., reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook for another 15-20 mins (or until beef reaches desired doneness). Slice and serve with mashed potatoes & steamed veggies. YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!:D

If you prepare this for hubby or dinner guests, they will think you slaved over hot stove all day!:carrot:

I would eat pumpkin pie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but if I cooked a pumpkin pie I would actually eat it for all three on the same day, more than one slice at a time, and consume an entire pie in a day. :lol: For me, the only way to have my treats in moderation is to buy/make them in single servings! I actually got this cookbook called Small Batch Baking which is full of recipes that make single serve desserts, so if I'm craving chocolate chip cookies I can make 3 cookies, rather than 3 dozen cookies.

Tues 6/14
And again my sodium is through the freaking roof.

B: protein milk
S: prunes, trail mix granola bar
L: southwest chicken salad
S: 4 chocolate coated almonds
D: 2 hebrew national fat free hotdogs, macaroni & cheese, grapes
S: greek yogurt w/ honey, pineapple & cherries
50 cals of vitamins and supplements

Wed 15
B= almond milk {new to me} + vit
L= Panera's Fuji Apple salad
S= peach + cereal with almond milk
D= turkey sand with baked Doritos
S= cereal with 2% milk

No workout. I've been getting headaches every day this week but today's I couldn't shake or ignore. Nuts can sometimes cause migraines so I'm wondering if the almond milk is the cause of the headaches. But somehow I felt good enough to go yarn shopping; Michaels and Joanns both had sales!

Penguin, have you been drinking enough water? I always get a headache if I'm dehydrated. Alternatively, did you drink a lot of caffeine recently and then not the past few days? Caffeine withdrawal can give you a headache too.

Thursday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
L - leftover turkey/pasta stuff
S - banana, yogurt
D - leftover zucchini frittata, roasted asparagus, oatmeal w/raisins & ls jam, toast w/butter, spoon of PB
E - a little bit of stuff at PT this morning

Thursday's eats:

3 whole wheat cinnamon raisin pancakes, 2 turkey sausage links
1/8 slice pumpkin pie...YUM!:D
Sesame Chicken over bulgar wheat, green bean almondine
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
100 cal popcorn
1/4 cup fresh pinnapple
Cod & Shrimp alfredo over spinach quinoa, spinach
Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich
small navel orange

**TOM week for meh!**

Wed 6/15:

B: raisins, air popped popcorn
S: fiberful bar
L: panera 1/2 strawberry poppyseed chicken salad, cup of lemon orzo soup, 2 oz french bread
S: kashi protein & fiber bar @ 2:30, skinny cow dreamy clusters at 5:30
D: crock pot salsa chicken over brown rice, grapes
S: greek yogurt w/ honey, raisins, granola @ 9:30, air popped popcorn @ midnight
50 cals of vitamins and supplements

Okay, I got my workout in early today. I did 30min LB + Core and added on 3 miles of Leslie DVD

Paperclippy, yes on the water but no on the caffeine. Good suggestions though!

I have a few suspects in the daily headache thing. I'm trying to grow my hair out of a pixie and its hanging in my face so I've been wearing clips at my temples, and, secondly, I recently tried almond milk {which is good} but nuts can cause migranes so I wonder if that's contributing. Almost 30 years of migraines and I still haven't figured out what causes them in the first place. No almond milk today and I just took out the clips. Now that my hair's all sweaty and gross I did the worlds smallest french braid...we'll see how long that lasts :p

Thurs 16
B= protein shake, banana, vits
L= 2 slices pizza
S= grapes
D= salad, 1/2 turkey sand, baked Doritos
S= scoop strawberry ice cream
E= 30min LB + 3miles with Leslie 50min

Friday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
L - pasta w/blue cheese spinach tomato sauce (cooking light), garlic bread
S - iced chai
D - tuna sandwich, beer
E - none planned

Friday's eats!:

3 whole wheat cinnamon raisin pancakes, 2 turkey sausage links
Sesame chicken over brown rice, stir fry veggies
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
small navel orange
skinny cow ice cream sandwich
PIZZA NIGHT - 4 slices!!!:carrot:

**Gonna make some pumpkin raisin muffins & oatmeal raisin cookies today**

Exercise: Hair Braiding (doing my hair like Bo Derek in 10)....8 hours!

Thurs 6/16:

B: protein milk, coffee
S: non
L: grilled chicken salad
S: string cheese
D: gulf shrimp w/ andouille sausage & cheese grit cake, cheese plate appetizer, small amount of wheat bread & honey, giunness-like beer, pear tart w/ ginger cream fraiche
S: none
50 cals of vitamins and supplements

E: dumbbell circuit + ab work, stationary bike, yoga

Fri 17
B=protein shake with banana, vit and iron
L= ravioli in spa sauce, bread with butter
S= melon
D= 2 'corndogs' with mustard, homemade blue cheese and mustand pot salad
S= triple peanut butter ice cream
S=baked Doritos
E= 30min UB and 30min cardio