Learning How To Balance

Straight from the Hungry Girl website!   There's more to 200-calorie munching than plain old snack bars...  Zazzle up half a cup of  fat-free cottage cheese  with some no-calorie sweetener, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Top with a cored and cubed  medium-large apple , sprinkle with extra cinnamon, and enjoy! (Pssst... Click here for the full recipe ! ) Grab 4 ounces of  extra-lean turkey slices  and wrap it around 4  dill pickle spears . Crunchy, protein-packed, and you've got about 60 calories to spare! Fill a bowl with 2 cups of  strawberry slices , and top it off with a half-cup scoop of  fat-free vanilla ice cream . HUGE and DELICIOUS! Spread a wedge of  The Laughing Cow Light Swiss cheese  over 2 slices of  Wasa Light Rye Crispbread . Top with 2 oz.  lox-style smoked salmon and a few  cucumber slices . So good and only about 165 calories!

Healthy Habits for Life - meeting #3 went well. I'm down 1.4 lbs! Had a not-so-good week...bad over the weekend but kept my exercise up so that was good. Gotta keep walking and I need to add weights to my routine. Need to look into newer, more up-beat music. Last Week's Challenge: do MORE 3 x a week. Weekly Challenge: Try a new recipe! That'll be a piece of cake...hehehe, no pun intended! Weigh-in: 156.2 (7.28.09)

Healthy Habits for Life - meeting #2 went well. I'm down 3.4 lbs! (mom is down 2.? lbs!) Gotta step up the walking a little bit...small steps = success. If I change things a little at a time I think that will help my progress. Last Week's Challenge: No soft drinks Weekly Challenge: do MORE 3 x a week. Weigh-in: 157.6 (7.21.09)

A personal journey for Jenny: Healthy Habits For Life...our first meeting was this evening. We ended up with 70 members which is insane!! It was very encouraging... ready to make some changes... I hope I don't get too radical with this but I'm sure Dan will keep me in check. :) Starting weight: 161 lbs. (7.14.09)