The Elusive Bikini: Boredom & Stress Stink

My Favorite Sweet Potatoe Fries I never knew sweet potatoes could be so good. I love them! For the sweet potato fries, just cut up 1 sweet potato into fry slices. Toss them in a bowl with 2 Tbs of olive oil and any time of seasoning you like to use to your tastes. I like to use a steak seasoning when making the fries. When the fries are evening coated, spread them out on a cookie sheet and bake at 450 for 15 minutes! Apple Pie Yogurt I ran across this recipe on one of my Mediterranean recipe websites and love it! All you need is half of an apple, greek yogurt, and some cinnamon. Cut the apple into bite size pieces and microwave them in a bowl for 60 seconds (or until soft). Add a 1/2 cup of greek yogurt to the apples. Sprinkle cinnamon on top, stir and enjoy! Greek yogurt taste more bitter than the yogurt Americans are used to eating, so if you need to, you can add a little bit of sugar. Easy Grapefruit Avacado Slaw I've used this receipe in several ways. It is very good served over fish and chicken. Or, you can eat it alone with crackers, tortilla chips, or pita wedges. If you want to spice it up, just add a half a jalapeno. Ingredients 1 Grapefruit peeled with the grapefruit separated from the membrane and separated into small bite size pieces 1 Avacado cut into bite size pieces Diced red onion to taste Chopped cilantro to taste Directions Mix all ingredients together, eat, and enjoy! Yummy Mediterranean Pizza Ingredients 1 Wholewheat pizza crust 2 Tbs Olive oil 1 Clove garlic, diced 1/4 C tomato sauce 1 Roma tomato, sliced 1 Portobello mushroom top, sliced 1/4 C Kalamata olives, sliced 1/4 C Red onion, sliced 1 C Feta cheese Directions Sautee' the portobello mushroom in olive oil and garlic. Evenly spread the tomato sauce over the pizza crust and then arrange veggies on the crust. Sprinkle the feta over the veggies. Bake at 450 for 11 minutes. For an extra kick, you can add fresh basil leaves to the mix.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Boredom & Stress Stink

Boredom is never a good thing for me. When I get bored my imagination has nothing else to do but to stress and worry over things I should not be stressing or worrying about. Another bad boredom side effect? I eat. I have mentioned that I am a stress eater, so boredom turns into stress, stress turns into eating, and eating turns into additional unwanted pounds.

So, where am I going with this? Last night I was talking to Jason and at 4:58 my time, (which would be 5:58 his time) he's falling asleep and can barely stay awake. So, being the nice and undemanding wife that I am (he might suggest otherwise) I kindly suggested that he call it an early night and go to bed. So, at roughly 5:00 p.m. I found myself with nothing to do. I decided to decrompress and watch a little TV and it was oh so fabulous. The distraction lasted long enough to keep me from stressing out and getting bored and doing some bad snacking.

Onto the weigh in last night. I really had no idea what to expect beings I hadn't worked out at all. However, eating right definitely has its perks. Since last Wednesday, I have lost 1.4 lbs. Woohoo!!! So, now I just need to schedule in some workout time into the schedule, work on getting more sleep and drinking more water, and do as much as possible from getting stressed and bored!

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