Poundage

Let's face it. I need to drop some major pounds. I gained 35 pounds in the last 9 months (add that to the 35 I already needed to lose!)....no there is no baby to be birthed from that weight gain. Rachel lost all kinds of weight when she and Bud were separated, and I gained it all. Stress does different things to different people. I eat when I am stressed. I eat really high carb, sugary, ooey, gooey kind of bad stuff! Over the last month I have changed my eating habits and have dropped 8 pounds. That is not bad, but now it is time to ramp it up with some workouts. I HATE TO WORK OUT!!!! It messes up my schedule...do I workout in the morning? In the afternoon? When will I shower? I am a morning shower person....if I workout in the afternoon I will have to shower twice. Maybe I will change my showers to night time and do a wipe down after my late afternoon workout.....too much to figure out. I decided to just wing it. Today I did my workout at 11 and it is now 2:15 in the afternoon and I am still in my workout clothes and still unshowered! That will not work. It will be a work in progress. I did a 2 mile aerobic walk today. That was TOUGH! In this excerpt I am doing workout #2....it is FAST!



My mom gave me a great dessert recipe. It is very low carb, low calorie, and low fat. How much better can that be? You need
1 small package sugar free orange jello
1 small package sugar free/fat free instant vanilla pudding
8 oz Cool Whip
11 oz. Mandarin oranges drained and rinsed

Dissolve jello in 1 cup boiling water. Set aside til cooled. Add the instant pudding and stir with a wisk.
Fold in the cool whip and Mandarin oranges. Put in an 8x8 pan and chill for 2 hours. OMGosh it tastes like a Dreamcicle, only better. I bet it would be good frozen too.
I made a double batch using strawberry jello and fresh cut up strawberries. It fit nicely in a 9x13" pan. It slices beautifully! (I like the orange better) I better hit the showers if I plan on getting dressed at all today!!!!

Sue's Pull Apart Bread Recipe

My new favorite bread recipe. WE LOVED IT!!!!Savory Pull-Apart Rolls (one pound recipe)
3/4 cup milk
1 large egg
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon basil or thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast

Pull all ingredients in breadmaker in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Run machine on dough cycle. (Or combine bread ingredients in the usual way (I put all dry ingredients, including yeast, in mixing bowl and mix them together, then add wet ingredients one at a time, leaving heated milk or water till last. I used the hottest water from the tap or microwave milk for 2 minutes, then drizzle water in and mix...the yeast will rise well every time.)

If bread maker is used, first rising is already done at the end of the dough cycle, follow directions in the next paragraph. If not, allow dough to rise until at least doubled. Punch down and now move on to next paragraph.

Pull small balls off of dough, about the size of a golf ball, roll them in melted butter (about 3 tablespoons, melted) and place them in the bottom of a greased (I use cooking spray) bundt or ring pan. Do this until all dough is used up, first filling bottom of pan and then piling them on top of the bottom row. Allow to rise 20-30 minutes, until at least doubled, then bake in a 375 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool just for a minute or two on a wire rack, then invert onto a plate and remove the pan.

(I did not have a ring pan so I used an 8x8 square baking pan. Also, I added garlic powder to the melted butter to make it a garlic style bread since it was spaghetti night.)

Thanks Sue!!!!!