Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A new recipe

Parmesan Pork Tenderloin

1# pork tenderloin
3 T seasoned bread crumbs
1 T grated Parmesan cheese
1 t salt
1/8 t pepper
cooking oil spray
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced

Cut tenderloin crosswise into 8 slices, approximately 1" thick. Place each slice on its cut surface and flatten with heel of hand to 1/2" thickness. Combine crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper; dredge pork slices to coat. Heat large non-stick skillet coated with cooking oil spray over medium heat. Add pork, onion and garlic and saute 8-10 minutes, turning pork once and stirring vegetables occasionally.

Serving size is TWO slices = 4 points (180 calories, 5g fat, 26g protein, 860mg sodium, 75mg cholesterol, 7g carbohydrate, 0g fiber)

LOVE it! Very easy to fix and absolutely delicious.

Tomorrow is my weigh-in. I'm very excited to see what it will be.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Reasons

I've got a lot of stuff going on right now so instead of pigging out, I am going to remind myself all the reasons I want to lose weight.

1. health
2. appearance
3. to feel better
4. I won't get winded tying my shoes
5. to wear prettier clothes
6. live longer
7. apply for Survivor
8. ???

That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to post any reasons you have for losing weight.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Here we go...

I'm totally new to this, but jumping in with both feet. I'm using this blog to track my journey of losing weight. I am sure there will be good and bad, but I'm going to post it all. I would enjoy any comments about your experiences with weight loss or any other words of encouragement. I am doing Weight Watchers Online (no meetings). I will post how much weight I've lost, but won't be posting how much I weigh...yet. Maybe down the line I won't feel bad about saying how much I used to weigh, but right now I can't do it.

So far I have lost 9#s in 3 weeks and am looking forward to another 90#s. My goal date is January 1, 2010. It sounds like a long time, but it comes out to 5#s per month (1.5#s per week), which is a safe goal. I am told that slow, steady weight loss is more likely to stay off so this is my goal.