Tiny Glow

Lemon Chicken and Kale With Pecans

Last night we created a fantastic home-made dinner sourced from two fairly simple recipes: lemon-marinated chicken and kale with pecans. The two dishes’ flavors paired together unexpectedly well, and both were recipes that even a novice in the kitchen like myself could put together. Win!
I was so excited about eating the dinner that I didn’t [...]

How Do You Find the Right Plan?

It’s not hip to admit it, but I crave structure and routine on some deep, primal level. A big part of me wants an authority figure to put my trust in. The problem is that inside this would-be follower is a very stubborn, itchy, restless brain that finds holes in almost everything, and something to [...]

Why Green Eggs Are Good for Me

These are the eggs I bought this weekend at the downtown farmer’s market:

You may not be able to tell from this photo, but the two eggs in the upper right corner are both a pale greenish-blue color. I love it!
When I buy chicken eggs that have been gathered by hand on a nearby farm after [...]

Tiny Glow, Small Changes

So after a rough week last week, I decided to be less regimented about certain aspects of my nutrition transformation. As most of you know, I lost my first 35 lbs by just sticking to a calorie budget and exercising regularly, without worrying about the nutritional content of my diet. However, more recently I’ve challenged [...]

Weekend Plans: Farmer’s Market and Still No Soda

I’m feeling quite a bit better today, although I’m still not sure what shape my Challenge is going to take on. I’m sticking to my plan to stay off the diet soda, because that’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I hate being dependent on that stuff! Today is Day 5 [...]

New Challenges Reignite Some Old Feelings

Yesterday was my first day off the Diet Dr Smack, and I missed it sorely—both physically and psychologically. Evidently I’d gotten used to thinking of my two 20-ounce bottles of diet soda per day as my work-day “treats” (the way candy used to be). So I had a bit of a pity party in my [...]

Protein Power!

I put out the call for suggestions on how to add more protein to my diet, and you guys answered! Below is a list of the excellent protein suggestions offered to me in the comments of my earlier post on this topic:

Eggs and egg whites (try them in a scramble or omelet with veggies)
Try a [...]

Cholesterol Woes

Remember how I was all excited to get my recent blood work results back, because I was just sure that by losing 20 lbs, I would have improved my numbers? Well, I got my results back Friday and . . . it didn’t happen. My cholesterol was actually up a few points from when a [...]

My Thanksgiving Plan

Last year, Thanksgiving was the beginning of the end. I had followed Weight Watchers successfully for several weeks at that point, lost a bit of weight, and was hoping to keep that up throughout the holidays. But then Thanksgiving happened; or rather, I happened to Thanksgiving. Fast-forward a few months, and I was right back [...]