Well folks, are you ready for the big announcement? This morning I weighed exactly 150! Five more pounds to go, and I'll be at my goal. Cliff has finally started knocking off a little weight himself now. He's 225.
Oh, and I bought myself three pairs of sizeTEN shorts. It's a funny thing about that, though. I've weighed less than 145 before, and never got under a size 12. The folks that market clothes seem to have changed the sizes over the years, probably because we women feel better if we're in a smaller size. I know I've always worn Lee jeans rather than Levis because a 12 in Lees is equal to a 14 in Levis. Not now, though. I'm a Levis woman, except for horseback riding; then it's Wranglers.
Here's one of mine and Cliff's favorite quick and easy recipes. I buy the no-salt-added black beans, but so far I haven't found Ro-tel tomatoes with no salt.
SPICY BLACK BEANS AND RICE
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil or cooking oil
1 15-ounce can black beans, drained (and rinsed, if they're the salt-added kind)
1 14-ounce can Mexican-style stewed tomatoes
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 cups hot cooked brown or long-grain rice
1/4 cup chopped onion (optional)
1. In a medium saucepan cook the 1/2 cup onion and garlic in hot oil till tender but not brown. Carefully stir in beans, undrained tomatoes, and ground red pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
2. To serve, mound rice on plate; make a well in each mound. Spoon the black bean mixture into wells. If desired, sprinkle with the 1/4 cup chopped onion. Makes 4 servings.
280 calories, 8 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 cholesterol, 620 sodium (less if you use no-salt beans), 47 g carbo., 7 g fiber, 11 g protein. 12% iron
This is from a 1996 Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook. I've said it before, but it bears repeating: all the more recent editions of Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks have lots of low-fat recipes, and list nutrients.
My knock-knees, which are the main reason my knees are bad, sure do show up when I wear shorts, but at least I'm comfortable.
4 comments:
WooHoo! WTG, Donna! (and Cliff doesn't look silly in shorts....lol....he just needs to wear them more often to tan his legs...)
You guys look great!
~Amy
Congrats on the weight only 5 more lbs to go!!!!
Terrie
WTG!!!
I agaree I think they are making the sizes bigger.
your both looking just great.... I agree with you about the clothes ~ the sizes seem to have changed through out the years..... I never remember seeing a size 2 for instance.... smallest I saw in the years back seems to have been a 7. I never did wear a 7 though did you? so far I have lost 12#s and am on my way.... It seems to be going slower now but its still coming off.... Sandra
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