Lesson learned

Ok...I was bad.  I admit it.  I bought one of those yummy bags of dried bread (like bagel chips) from our local bread store. SO good.  I tell ya...the GOOD bread type stuff. You know?  They are very well known and I missed bread SO much...and I thought the hard little bite size pieces would be OK if I added a little garlic spread. OH to die for yumminess!!!

Well...let me tell you...at almost 8 months out post op from RNY (july 20, 2011) BIG STINKIN' mistake.  Yup...one little handful of those babies landed me in the bathroom immediately after I ate them.  Saying HELLO to the porcelain goddess.  Not fun.  Runny nose...eyes...saliva...ok...you get the idea.

So, Lent you say? yup...what do I give  up? CARBS! ALL of them. Ok...the white kind that still call my name with a vengeance!

On a more depressing note....we looked at another house today.  WANT IT SO BAD!  However, we also learned a few things today.
#1.  We're poor!! what? really? I guess I never realized it! ha!  I mean...in MY book, I have less than $8500 in debt, AND Own my cars....PLUS credit scores of 798 and 783.  BUT....we're poor. HA HA HA
#2.  We have to sell this house before we can even THINK about another one. Boo!  Which means we will probably bring the price down to the absolute BOTTOM line. another boo.
#3.  God throws things in my path to test me.  For what? I'm still not sure, but I do know I'm learning to be more frugal...and thankful for what I DO have.  I mean, I have a small but nice house, and can pay my bills...AND be a stay at home mom!!

So...I also got to visit w/ a new losers bench sister today (two actually!)!!!!  Was very exciting!  They both had RNY w/ my surgeon Dr. Featherstone.  AWESOME!!! I won't name any names yet...but I'm very excited to be a part of their journeys!

Today I weigh in at 153.3 lbs.  I am happy in a size 10 jeans...and large or med. top.  I LOVE my Slimpression tank tops...they hold it in baby!  I bought two for the price of one!

Ok peeps....no carbs.  AND, I will count my blessings here in this little house....one, two, three....oh, those are the little stinkers and Mr. Eye Candy.  Life is good.

Leftovers? Let's make SOUP

Well, I bought some Porkribs on sale the other day and cooked them allllllllll day in the crock pot w/ just water and a package of onion soup mix. OH YEAH they were great!  I also made my fennel hot veggie dish to go with it. Perfect.  However, I had a lot of left over pork...so, today I made soup! Of course I knew when I bought the porkribs that there would be leftovers, so I planned ahead and purchased some cabbage, carrots, and celery too while I was at the store.

Oh my it turned out sooooo good!  I filled my huge pot 1/4 of the way w/ water, and chopped the carrots and started them into the boil first. (they take longer to cook through)

In large pot:
fill 1/4 (or more) way w/ water - turn on high heat and bring to boil
While waiting for water to boil add in:
chopped carrots, celery, onion, garlic, cabbage (whole head)
Add in:  2 tbsp Ham Soup Starter (or if you have chicken stock you can add that instead but you may need to add more salt)
Let simmer until cooked
Add in left over meats and juices if you have them (I just left all in the crock pot and dumped it into the pot)

Pepper, basil, sprinkle of celery seed or dill weed adds flavor too! I added all. :)

AWESOME flavor!! EASY to make.  Took maybe 20 min. to chop everything up and get it boiling.

Enjoy!

Stuffed Peppers...make it yummy

Ok, Hookers, this is a recipe I tried out...and sort of tweeked to add in some things I wanted!
here is the link to EggFaces recipe:
 http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2010/09/philly-cheesesteak-stuffed-peppers.html

I have to give Michelle all the credit...she's amazing when it comes to creating awesome food!!!

Here is the pic of mine:

Totally the best I've made I swear!  It is SO easy!!!  Time to create? About 20 min. Time to bake? about 30 min! FAB dinner in less than an hour.

4 Large Green Peppers (wash and cut off tops, remove seeds/innards) Set aside in baking dish

Saute in large skillet:
Onions, garlic, mushrooms, chopped deli Roast Beef (or you can use hamburger!), celery, garlic salt, pepper.  If you want a  little heat you can throw in some Hot Pepper Flake!
Soften one pkg of Cream Cheese, and mix into ingredients after sauteed.
2 tbsp of Whorchestershire sauce (or I just splash it in there 'til I think there's enough! ha)

Place ingredients into Peppers, Top w/ jar of Ragu (or no name brand sauce like me)
Bake for 30 min at 400
At the last 5 min, add any cheese topping you like! I had Chedder this time!  Moz would be great too!

ENJOY! Mr. Eye Candy did! Melt in your mouth goodness!!!

Some people do rice and mix in before baking - but I don't eat rice anymore and this is just as good w/o it!