September/October weight loss challenge

[Susan Otcenas]

I had a great food day yesterday, the first one in a long time. What I mean by great is, I stayed completely on track with WW, but even more important, I never felt hungry or deprived.

Thought I'd share a new recipe I made last night. I plugged it into the WW calculator and came up with 18 points for the total recipe, 5 points per serving when divided into 4 servings. Served with a side of steamed broccoli and fresh tomatoes with salt from my garden (both are "free" points), it was a hearty, satisfying meal.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...nt-Kuku-233536

Note to WW points counters: I OMITTED the 2T butter that they direct you to use to coat the baking dish. Instead, I used about a teaspoon of olive oil, brushed on with a silicon pastry brush. Nothing stuck to the pan.

Other recipe notes:
I increased the baking time by about 10 minutes.
I used a 9.5inch rectangular glass baking dish, because I don't have 9.5 inch round deep dish pie dish.
I used fresh ground pepper, probably a bit more than the recipe calls for.
I ignored all the reviewers comments about modifying the recipe by adding spices or doubling this or that. I thought it came out well, and looked beautiful (It puffed up and browned a bit at the top, just as I expected)

Enjoy!

Susan

[limewave]

Oh dang. I'm up 3 pounds after our camping trip

[ny biker]

Oh dang. I'm up 3 pounds after our camping trip

I haven't gone anywhere since last week and I'm up 2 lbs. I think I'm dealing with a lot of "noise" related to hormones and water retention. Very annoying.

[GLC1968]

Susan - that sounds good and it's totally paleo. I think I'll try it this week! Thanks for sharing.

edited to say that it's not 'totally' paleo since cheese is generally a no-no...but the aged hard cheeses are usually acceptable in small quantities, so I'm OK with it.

[Veronica]

Oh no - you've gone Paleo!

I had to stop reading nerfitness forums because I got tired of papelo this and paleo that.

Veronica

PS If it works for you - that's great!

[GLC1968]

Oh no - you've gone Paleo!

I had to stop reading nerfitness forums because I got tired of papelo this and paleo that.

Veronica

PS If it works for you - that's great!

Yeah, I'm more than a little tired of the connection between paleo and crossfit myself.

I started this to drop some bloat for the end of a summer weight loss challenge, but I've stuck with it (over 4 weeks now) because I really like how I feel when eating this way. And I'm having a blast exploring new foods and new combinations, too!!

My next two challenges are to 1) learn to like avocado and 2) to learn to like egg yolks.

[azfiddle]

My husband lost weight (he didn't really need to) and was hungry all the time following the paleo diet for athletes, which allowed for more carbs before/during/after exercise. He has given it up and come back to a more balanced approach...

I would be miserable on that program