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One of my favorite dinners is healthy homemade pizza! Usually I use low fat canadian bacon, but I found something new: textured vegetable protein sausage! http://www.seeveggiesdifferently.com/product_detail.aspx?family=366&id=343 Years ago, I worked at a chain pizza place & I loved the sausage pizza. If you read the fine print on the menu, the sausage was TVP and I've looked for it off and on but never found exactly what I wanted. Well, I found it (from Morningstar Farms) and it's fai… Continue

Yay!!! I have good news - I lost 3 pounds. This is a huge amount for me in a week!! For the month of May, I lost 6.5 pounds, which is also higher than my typical monthly loss of 4.5 pounds. However, for the last TWO months, my overall loss is 6.5 pounds...and over the last THREE months, my total loss is 7.0 pounds. So my recent success in May is after a two-month plateau. I DIDN'T GIVE UP!! And finally had success!! Last night, I went out for Mexican food and did fine counting out 12 chips… Continue

I browsed this book, "Eat This, Not That" at my sister's and it's full of fun facts about fast food. There are side by side comparison, with pictures and nutrition info. It's a good resource. Another resource for fast food and chain restaurants is the list at dottie's weight loss zone: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html Hungrygirl.com has a lot of recommendations, too. Be Prepared is more than just a Scout motto! For any fast food chain or restaurant you frequent, choose your meals AHEAD o… Continue

Memorial Day weekend -- and suddenly, summer is here! I've got a busy summer scheduled, who doesn't? It was an equally busy summer of 2007 that packed on weight for me! I found some old records. In January of 2007, I began a weight loss plan at 244 pounds. At the end of January, I had lost 8 pounds -sounds good. Well, I was working two part-time jobs from January to August, forgot my plan and my health, and found my weight creep up to 263 pounds on August 11th! That can't happen again!! No wa… Continue

One of my other favorite bloggers, Pasta Queen, wrote a book about losing half her weight (190+ pounds). I just finished it yesterday! The book is a personal memoir - there's no diet tips, food journals, or anything else. It's just her experience of losing weight over two years. Even though it's not a "diet" book per se, you still understand that the main reason she succeeded was her attitude that she would succeed, and that she didn't overly restrict her eating. Plus she had the accountabilit… Continue