Today's post is in honor of a friend's birthday. She asked me find a dessert to make, as my present to her. But the problem is I could not find one, I FOUND TWO!!! So I decided to make both (aren't I a great friend?!?!)They were both good-- but the one was great (personally m
y favorite out of everything I made). It is the Chunky & Nutty Frozen PB Cups. Each serving is 78 calories, 2 grams fat, 2.5 grams sugars, 2 grams protein, and 11.5 grams carbs.
It was a very simple recipe from Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 by Lisa Lillien (copyright 2009--- http://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Girl-Under-Recipes-Calories/dp/0312556179/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248916985&sr=8-1). You take one sugar free, fat free chocolate instant pudding mix and mix 1/4 cup of warm water until smooth and thickened. Then in a different bowl mix 1 tablespoon of Cool Whip with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and add to pudding mixture. Add in 1/4 cup of nuts (any kind work-- I used sunflower seeds personally). Add the rest of the tub of Cool Whip (8 ounce container) to the pudding mixture. After done mixing put in 12 cup muffin pan with baking cups. Freeze for one hour and eat.
I highly recommend this recipe-- it tastes delicious and is amazing. I used a different size muffin tin so mine are actually 2 for every serving.
The second recipe was good but too simple for me-- PB-nana Poppers. You just mix PB and Cool Whip and put between bananas. Too simple for me-- I like a challenge.
This morning I shocked myself-- I got on the scale and it was back to where it was last Monday-- 231.8 pounds (I thought it would take a few days to get back to that). Now I am starting to get into the high hopes area of 220s- hahaha. I have definitely stepped up my exercising and I think that is some of the reason.
I also did some reflecting and realized that I got through these movements of losing weight and then gaining a few pounds back before dropping drastically and starting it all over again. I think I am currently in the dropping drastically and will after 2 weeks or so gain some back before doing it again. Realizing this might help me not stress so much about the gains (which I know in my brain are normal but still BUG ME!!!).
I wish losing weight were easier-- but I was reading something tonight. You do not gain the weight overnight so why should you expect to lose it overnight. This is definitely something to be aware of-- it has taken me 7 months to lose 40 pounds. UGH-- why can't this be easier.
Here is my closing recommendation for you-- find a friend or a group of friends and create a weight loss group. I could not do this without my group of friends-- Susan, Jess, Laura, Kortni and Amy-- they might not realize they are my group but they are. They offer words of advice and encouragement and are always there (through the gains and loses). It helps, trust me!!
Yum! Yum! I think I will try out your FAVORITE recipe tonight! Is it the consistency of ice cream after frozen? Just wondering if you eat with a spoon or with your fingers. I bet Willie would enjoy the banana one. Same ration of pb/cool whip as the frozen concoction?
ReplyDeleteI've read in several places that one of the biggest differences between thin and overweight people, is often when an overweight person steps on the scale and sees they have gained 5 pounds, they give up and keep gaining...but a thin person will see that gain and just think "oh I better get back on track" and immediately cut back a little and lose those 5 pounds. Like Jillian says...you don't fix a flat tire by slashing the other 3 tires!
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