Weight No More

This one is an eye opener...

You know all those commercials talking about "High Fructose Corn Syrup"

is just "another kind of sugar"...

and Sugar is Sugar...right? WRONG!!

I'm Back!

Hello Ladies,

I know I haven't been back in quite some time. I went to help a good friend with her new blog Beauty O'holic (which you can find by clicking on the name) and hopefully a new company....shhhh. It's still in the works.

I am back to talk about food and helping you succeed in eating what you want while maintaining the weight you want. If you are on a diet, I have many motivational quotes to help you stay focused.

Now that I am back, here are a few things to help us get started:

• Weight loss is more about DESIRE than will power. List all your reasons for wanted to lose weight...add more reasons as you think of them. Make reading your list the first thing you do in the morning.

• There will be some weeks that your progress doesn't show on the scale (ugh, don't you hate that), so in addition to our weekly weigh in, find other ways to determine how well you are doing:

• Record your measurements, even if you only measure your waist (the most important measurement as far as health is concerned - just ask Dr. Oz). Check the measurement(s) against after 4 and 8 weeks.
• Find a piece of clothing that doesn't fit as well as you'd like (or at all) and use it as a guide. This week you might not be able to zip or button. Check again after 4 and 8 weeks.

• Make sure you are getting protein with each meal. This could be from lean meat, fish, skinless poultry, low fat or fat free dairy, beans and nuts (watch the fat content with nuts).
• Protein helps keep your blood sugar stable so you don't have the mid-afternoon blood sugar crash that sends people racing to the vending machine.

Hope

June Bug

I found this amazing quick drink recipe,

and it tastes amazing!

I got it off of www.bhg.com.

This is

June Bug!

www.bhg.com

It makes 4 servings.

It only takes about 5 minutes to make.

What You'll Need:

Ginger Ale

Grenadine

Orange Juice

Orange Sherbet

How To:

1. Blend together 3 cups of ginger ale, 4 tbsp grenadine, 4 tbsp orange juice, and 3 scoops of sherbet (The aroma is delightful).
2. Pour into ice-filled cocktail glasses (doesn't matter honestly).

***Optional: To make a version with alcohol, add white rum.***

The nutritional facts are found on the link.

I have already figured out the Points Plus value for those who are WeightWatchers (as I am as well).

5 points per serving. (Not bad, if I do say so myself).

Hope you enjoy a delicious June Bug while sitting out by the pool this summer!

See you next time,

Hope Jennings

Happy Baking!