You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!!!

Sooooo, I haven't been on here forEVER and I know there are at least a couple of you that miss my posts (you sweet family, you!) ;) Anyway, I have some BIG news (obviously from the picture)...I am pregnant! This is my first child and I am super excited/scared/nervous/happy/etc. The reason for the title of this blog? We just decided one month to start trying. I told my not-so-sure husband, "It's not like I'm going to get pregnant the first time!"

Oops! Hehe, guess I was wrong!

My husband was well, shocked. He's getting better, but the first couple of days he walked around in a fog. I told him by making him a cute lil' Save The Date card and he just couldn't believe it...even after I showed him the test. Haha, poor guy! After we told his family, he seemed to accept it a little more. He has known for a few weeks now and has completely warmed up to the idea. Baby R. is all we seem to talk about anymore.

Anyway, I guess my whole Weight Watchers journey is on hold. I still need to eat healthy of course, so I can still talk about that, but I can no longer attend meetings. I was reading an online friend of mines blog http://hungrygirltalking.blogspot.com/ and I saw something she was doing that I kinda like. She just quickly mentions some things she likes that week that is low in WW points. I love that idea and want to adopt it for myself. So that is what I will do. My blog will be a bit different than it was before, but I am now a pregnant woman, and we are supposed to be unpredictable right? Haha! Oh wait, I already was!

Okay, so two months and counting! Seven months to go!
Love ya all!
Kat the Pregnant Woman :)

Things I'm diggin' this week:

Jell-O Vanilla Pudding Cups - I don't do sugar free and why would I? The regular version is only 2 point and oh so creamy and delish! I have always been a chocolate pudding gal, but for some reason vanilla has hit the spot lately.

Cheddar Chex 1oo Calorie Packs - mmmm, mmmm, mmmmmmm!!! These little packs of Chex mix hit the spot every time! And the best part is it's just Chex, the best part of the mix to me! Yum! 2 points is worth it to me! :)

Guest Blogger - My Mommy!

Okay, I have been gone for way too long. I can be kinda lazy like that, I will try to get better, I promise. I will blog something very soon, but for now, here is an awesome blog entry from my mama! This is very cute! Excuses...BE GONE! :)

Not Walking

Reasons not to walk on my treadmill:

It’s too boring

There’s no breeze

It’s too hot

It’s in the next room – I’ll do it after I finish with…



Reasons not to walk outside:

The sun’s too bright

It’s too dark

It’s too windy

It’s raining

It’s going to rain

It just rained – too many mud puddles

Can’t walk far enough in my neighborhood

Too much traffic

Concrete’s too hard on my knees

I’m afraid that dog will bite me

It’s too cold

It’s sleeting/snowing

It’s too hot

It’s too humid

It’s too hot and humid



Reasons not to walk in the mall:

Other than driving there – none!



Mall walkers are we! It’s not just for the retired and we can brag about all the time we spend walking. Not everyone needs to know it's in an air conditioned structure with plenty of distractions such as window shopping!

Wowzers, Woo-hoo, Alright!

Okay so here is the Monday Weigh-In Report. Drumroll please...

I LOST 3.4 lbs. this week!!!

I am thrilled!!! Okay, I just had to say that! Woo-hoo!

Lunch Ideas...I Got Nadda.

I am sitting here on my break trying to get my grocery list together for the week. I know what to make for dinner, I know what diet pop I want to buy, some snacks that sound good, but I have no earthly idea what to buy to pack in my lunches. Seriously, I am stuck! I am tired of the same thing and I need some new ideas. Only problem is I am so picky. There are so many things I don't like. I don't like the sandwich or bagel thins (I tried, I really did), I don't like tuna (ick, ick, ick!), yogurt, peppers of any kind, pretty much any frozen dinner, etc. You know, all the stuff that is good for you. So, my question to all you lovely people out there is what do you like to take for lunch? Help a sister out here! If you read my blog, but don't have an account to leave comments and you have a suggestion I would love to hear it! :) You can send me an email at KatConquersTheWorld@yahoo.com.

Oh, and those Progresso 0-1 point soups? Notsomuch...

Praying for a great week for us all,

Kat :)

Too Young to Be A Mall Walker?

(This pic. cracks me up! I had to use it.)


Oh my, I have so many titles for this blog in my head. There was Kat vs. the Mall, Kat Conquers the Mall, Too Young to Be A Mall Walker, Too Old to Care, Old People Have The Right Idea (okay, not a great one), etc.

So as you know, I like to walk. I started my walking career (haha) during the spring when the mornings were still nice and cool. Now however, the mornings (even starting at 7:30 am) are HOT and HUMID! We have been walking at Riverside, and although I love walking there, it is just too much right now. So my mom suggested the mall and I said sure. What a great idea!!! It's cool (air conditioning people! Woohoo!), you can window shop, and they even play music (although I usually just have my headphones in, but still). There are bathrooms and water fountains and lots of friendly people. Mall walkers are friendly. They are determined, but friendly. I have only been twice so far, but saw some of the same faces both times.

Yes, they are an older group of people (I told my mom I was the youngest there. She quickly told me she saw a little girl in a stroller, so I wasn't. Har har Mom...har har!), but I really don't care. True, I am not your typical age for a "mall walker", but that doesn't bother me in the slightest! When do I ever go with the status quo anyway?

So if you want to walk but you don't like the heat, check out your local mall and see when they open. Most open early for mall walkers. I think ours opens around 7:00 am, three hours before the stores open. I think it is a wonderful alternative to sweating your skin off! Don't you?


Love and kisses,
Kat the Mall Walker

Pop Tarts - Friend or Foe?

When I woke up today I had a craving for Pop Tarts. I wanted them. They were calling my name. They were IN my pantry. They haven't been there for awhile, but my darling husband asked me to get him some at the store so I did. I walked to the pantry, pulled them out of the box, opened the shiny silver package, placed them in the toaster oven, waited for them to get nice and golden and then ate every last bite. Why am I telling you this? Because I consumed NINE points in the process. Yikes! Was it worth it? Kind of, but I still wouldn't do that on a regular basis. Anyway, in the past I might have said, "Well, this day is ruined!" and then proceed to not count points for that day and possibly the rest of the week. Today however, I just planned around it. And you know what? I call that a victory. I may not get to eat what I want to today, but I will live. Instead of getting a foot long sub at Subway and eating half for dinner now and half later tonight at work, I just got a 6" and will take that to work. I had a very low point dinner to make up for the Pop Tarts. That, in my mind, is half the battle. I think I deserve this praise...GO ME! :) So yes, you can even have Pop Tarts if you plan for it or plan around them.

PS - No, I didn't have Hello Kitty Pop Tarts (how cute is that???), but I couldn't pass up putting that pic up when I found it.

Yippee, Woo-hoo, Yay, Eeeeee!!!

Look below for a yummy new product, but I just had to say...I BROKE OUT OF MY RUT!!! I lost 4.4 lbs. this last week. I am so happy! Now I just have to keep it up! Just had to share! :)

Mmmm mmmmm Good!!!

Okay, I love snacking as I have already said. I have about 15 minutes left to wait for my dinner to cook so I thought I would share something I found today that I lu-lu-LOVED! I have had Fiber One bars and they are good, I usually get the Oats & Chocolate. BUT today I found the yummiest one yet. They are Oats & Strawberries with Almonds. Oh my goodness, they are good!!! That strawberry flavor really comes out. And like their partner and crime, Oats & Chocolate, they are only 2 points! Woo-hoo! That's what I call Successful Snacking! Try them soon, they are delish! :)

I LOVE You People of Zio's!

Ummm, guys...guess what? I have some big news. Okay, so it's big news to me. You may be like, "Eh, I've already heard that." For those of you that haven't though, here goes...

ZIO'S HAS NUTRITIONAL INFO ON THEIR WEBSITE!!!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This is big news people! Most fast food restaurants provide nutritional information, but sit-down restaurants are so much harder to get that information from. Yes, there are those like Olive Garden and Chili's that do, but I have heard from more than one restaurant that they "cannot provide nutritional information because there are too many custom ways to prepare their entrees." What a bunch of hooey! We know it's because you don't want us to know what's actually in there because we might not want to eat it after all. Post the info for how it's prepared and let us worry about the rest.
Anyway, the reason this is such a big deal is because they haven't had their nutritional info up in the past and I love to eat there. My typical order is usually cheese pizza and a side Caesar salad. I've always assumed that was a ton of points, but it's really not that bad. According to their info a side Caesar salad is 5 points and the pepperoni pizza is 13 (they didn't have the info for plain cheese, which of course would be less). Usually I only eat half the pizza, so I am pretty psyched! Even counting the points for the pepperoni pizza (since I don't know how much it is without pepperoni) and doing half that, you are looking at 12 points for a meal out at Zio's! Of course you still have to watch your bread intake, but an entire loaf of their bread is 5 points, so that's still not bad if you have one or two small pieces.
Here's a shocker for you though. In the past I have been known to order Spaghetti and Meatballs. Weeeelll, Zio's Spaghetti and Meatballs has a whopping 1580 calories, 109 grams of fat, and 8 grams of fiber. All that fiber can't help that poor dish out. It has a total of 40 points!

(That thud you heard was me hitting the ground!)

Now mind you, I have never finished a bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs, but even if I ate half, that's still 20 points! Sheesh! So you can see why nutritional info is so important. I would have never dreamed that would contain so many points.
Okay, well that's it. Stop by http://zios.com/ and have a looksey for yourself. Have a good day and I might just see you at Zio's tonight! :)

I LOVE YOU MT. OLIVE!!!

As mentioned in my previous post today (that's right, today is another tw0-for-one day, woo-hoo!), Mt. Olive Sweet Pickles must shared with the world. I LOOOVE these sweet lil' packs of pickle goodness. They are only 74 (gasp!) calories or 1 WW point. So yummy! Run, don't walk (or rather drive) to your nearest store and pick some of these babies up.

Here is their cute little website where I got the pic: http://www.mtolivepickles.com/

"That's Picklicious!"

Hahaha, that's cracks me up!!!

Snack-Ack-Acking

I have a confession.


I LOVE food! (I feel ya Garfield)


Ya'll still with me?


Hello???

Oh, phew! I thought I might clear out the room with that confession. I do, I love food, I love to eat...mmm, mmm, mmmmmm! I mean, hello, I got this way somehow! And you know what, it's okay to love food, we are programed to love food, it's just how much we love it that matters. Obviously we should eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but what about that pesky little "S" word. You know the one (and no, I'm not a cuss-er). SNACK. I love to snack too. My problem in the past has always been snacking on the wrong things. Do I want to divulge what a normal snack in the past has been? No, I do not, but let me tell ya, it wasn't pretty.
Since I joined Weight Watchers though, I have learned a lot about healthy snacking. There are so many options out there that don't include reaching for that bag of chips and mindlessly munching. Can you have those coveted chips if you want? Sure, you can have whatever you want, but you will find as you go that sometimes it's just not worth it. We all have our food hang-ups, those things that call our name as we walk past. The best defense, don't, do not, I repeat DO NOT keep them in your house. If they are there, you will eat them. Case in point, I love sweet potato chips...love, love, LOVE them. I can sit down and do some of that mindless munching and realize half the bag is gone before I know it. Recently I brought some of those delicious chips into my home thinking I could control myself. Ummm...yeah, not such a great idea. Does that mean I will never again taste the goodness that is sweet potato chips? No, but like I said, it's just not worth it right now. And you know what, I don't really even think about them that much.
Successful snacking is all about finding the right foods and I hope to help you do that. There are so many options like the very successful 100 calorie packs (all about the portion control), fruits and veggies, baked chips, light cheeses, the list goes on and on. Today, for example, I woke up hungry and with a major case of the munchies. Today would have been a bad day to have tempting, high-calorie foods in my home. I searched, I scoured, I rummaged and I came up with a yummy snack that I enjoyed thoroughly. I had 8 saltine crackers, a pack of Mt. Olive mini sweet pickles (only 74 calories!!!), and a piece of Weight Watchers light string cheese. Total points spent = 4. Not bad, not bad.
So, what are some snacks that you like to have that are low in points/calories? I plan to start trying to post more Successful Snacks on here and I would looove your input.

PS - You can click on the picture to make it larger so you can actually read it. It's pretty cute! :)

WHERE HAVE I BEEN???

So boys and girls, have you missed me? I have missed yooou! I can't believe I have been gone for so long! A lot has happened too. Like there was some rain, some sickness (boo!), some more rain, some not-so-great eating habits, a car wreck (double boo!), and did I mention rain? N-E-way, as I said, I haven't been doing so great on my eating. I had to miss the meeting two weeks ago because of Memorial Day (pronounced Mee-more-eee-al...that's for you Jenn...hehe) and then last week the aforementioned sickness had me down so I had to miss that as well. Missing meetings = low motivation. I went tonight though DETERMINED to start fresh but wasn't going to weigh. At Weight Watchers, you have a "No Weigh-In Pass" that you can use if you, like me, have had a bad couple of weeks. When I got there though, those ladies that weigh you must have some voodoo magic going on because every time I say I'm not going to weigh, I break down and weigh. Yes, I give in to peer pressure (or voodoo magic weigh-in ladies one). So I closed my eyes and hopped on the scale and...

(the suspense is KILLING you, I know!)

...I gained.

Triple boo! I gained 1.6 pounds, but you know what, like I said earlier, I'm not going to let it bring me down.

"I am beautiful no matter what they say, words can't bring me down! I am beautiful in every single way, yes, words can't bring me down! So don't you bring me down todaaay!"

Sorry, that didn't really fit. I have just been watching Glee reruns on iTunes and all of the sudden pictured Mercedes singing (you GO girl!!!). Haha! Yes by the way, I do frequently burst into song. Moving on...

So, I am back, I promise (okay, I kinda promise) and I plan on writing something this week, I just don't know what yet. I don't have any new recipes to cook this week because I went to the store without a list (never a good idea) and have plain ol' Jane stuff to cook this week. I will think, think, think though and try to come up with something good. I kinda thought no one really read my little blog, but I got a message through my mom's Facebook page that said that a lot of people were enjoying Subway's breakfast sandwiches because of me (I need my commission check Subway. Are you listening?). That made me feel all warm and fuzzy! :) Anyway, I hope you all have a TERRIFIC week! I will leave you with a little saying our Weight Watchers leader gave us tonight about tracking your points. Of course this can apply to tracking calories or whatever. Basically, keep track of what you eat, it's one of the best weight loss tools out there.

If you bite it, write it.
If you snack it, track it.
If you nibble it, scribble it.
If you drink it, ink it.
Grab your pencil before your utensil!!!

How cute is that??? I just loved it and was glad to be able to share it with all of you!

Love, love, love,
Kat

Two For The Price of One!!!

I haven't blogged in so long (over a week!) that I posted two new entries. Soooo after you get done reading about these yummy crepes (mmmmm), keep scrolling down to read about my love of Rhapsody (sigh...).

Love,
Kat :)

Have Your Crepes and Eat Them Too!

I'm going to show you how you can have even something as yummy and sinfully delicious as this even on Weight Watchers. People call these things crepes. Chrissy and I call them French Pancakes. Joe calls them Enchilada Pancakes (hahah...really???). Whatever you call them, they are sooo good! Chrissy, my pal, makes them for me in the mornings sometimes and I love going over there for some chick chat and crepes. So, this recipe really comes from her (everyone say, "Thank you Chrissy!"). Anyway, after I started doing Weight Watchers she invited me over one morning for crepes and I was like, "Eeeek, I bet those are loaded with points!" I went and had her read me off the ingredients and plugged them into my handy-dandy recipe builder on http://www.weightwatchers.com/. You do have to have a subscription to eTools to use this. I was shocked that I could actually have them without ruining my points. So as always, I have taken the recipe and twisted it a little to shave off even more points. Here is my lightened up version of Chrissy's French Pancakes. I really didn't change much, but I got them down to THREE points a piece! Woo-hoo!!!

Chrissy's French Pancakes

Points per serving: 3

1 cup of flour

4 eggs

2 tbsp. sugar

1 1/2 cups milk (you can use 1% or 2% for this one, the points stay the same)

Okay, so the next part is pretty simple indeed. Mix all the ingredients! Wah-lah!

I usually let that sit in the fridge for about 20-30 minutes to get the ingredients all good and combined. While we are waiting, lets cut up some fruit for our side. Healthy and delicious!

Okay, now it's time to cook the crepes. Make sure your pan is nice and hot and sprayed with some cooking spray. I also opted for a couple of sprays of butter spray at the last second before I put in the batter for a little extra flavor. This is really where I cut most of the points, I took out the butter you would normally use and used the cooking and butter sprays instead.

When pouring the batter into the pan, you just want to make a very thin layer, these are very thin. They also cook very fast, no longer than about 30 seconds on each side. Of course every stove is different and depending on your heat level (mine was on pretty high). Just make sure you watch your crepe closely.


















When they are done, take them out of the pan and roll them up like so:

Yes, I am aware this is why my darling husband calls them Enchilada Pancakes. Haha! :)

I sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar and serve with warm syrup. Of course you can fill them with fruit or whatever, but I like them with just syrup. Here is the most important part. If you can handle it, use sugar-free. It tastes almost as good, but when you realize that a serving of regular syrup has 220 calories and sugar-free syrup has 20, it should be no contest. 1/4 cup of sugar-free syrup is a point free food! Yippee!!!

I love you Mrs. Buttersworth!

So, there you have it...yummy, easy, and surprisingly, not that high in points. Now the points value depends on how many crepes you are able to make. I was able to get 7 out of my batch which is one of the reasons they were only 3 points a piece. I made them a bit smaller and thinner, but I was able to have three instead of two...at least it made me feel like I was getting more! :)

My brilliant friend Jenn included the a pic of the Weight Watcher recipe builder in one of her posts, so I am going to do the same thing! Here you go:

Happy Eating!!! :)

Jammin', I Be Jammin'

I love music, as I have previously mentioned. I also love (we are talkin' serious love here) Rhapsody. I'm not really sure what I did without Rhapsody in my life. Rhapsody, you complete me!!! I am constantly in need of new music, and this feeds my addiction. :) Okay, so what is Rhapsody you ask? Rhapsody is an online music library that pretty much has every song you can ever think of. Yes, there are some exceptions (but they are pretty much the same people you can't buy from iTunes, i.e. Garth Brooks), but honestly they have just about everyone! From the super popular to the super obscure, they have it all. And you can listen to it over and over again (and over and over and over...I have worn out Glee Vol. 3). You can make as many playlists as you want so you can go directly to what you want to hear. Right now I have 33 playlists and I know that number will keep growing. There are several ways to listen, but I will tell you about the two I use. First of all if I am on my pretty red laptop, I can listen as I blog, surf the Internet, or waste my life away on Facebook (as my husband would say). But my absolute favorite feature and the reason I love it so, is I can listen to it on my iPhone (Eeeeeee!!!). How cool is that? And my super-duper wonderful husband has installed a way for me to listen to my iPhone in both of our cars, so now I can listen to Rhapsody in my car as well! And let me tell you, it sounds good! It doesn't sound like streaming music at all! I listen to Rhapsody at work (I am blessed to have a job that I can do that at) and when I am on my walks. Speaking of walking, yesterday I needed some inspiration to get through my walk (Oklahoma is RIDICULOUSLY humid right now) and so I typed "cardio" into the search engine, and wah-lah, music for cardio workouts appear! And it just gets better. Say you have an iPhone. Say you have dropped that iPhone on many occasions. Say this iPhone is now extremely temperamental and doesn't like to work on long journeys. Say this same iPhone will NOT work on the way to Dallas while your friend's iPhone is just fine. No Internet on the way to Dallas??? AHHHHH!!! Don't worry, Rhapsody has you covered. You can download as much as you want to your phone so you can listen in situations like that or you can even take Rhapsody on the plane with you, even in airplane mode. Awesome! No, that doesn't mean you own the songs and can rip them, you still have to use their app, but come on, how cool is that really? So, how much does it cost? Only $9.99 a month! I...just...love...it! So, if you are like me and you love music, this is for you. My siblings introduced it to me and I am just passing on the love. I promise, you will love it! :)

It's Weigh-In Day Already???

(AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH)

It's Monday...aka Weigh-In Day. Usually this makes me very happy. This week, notsomuch. I have had a bad week, and I mean a baaad week! My motivation has been low and I haven't really followed the plan. I know things won't be all good on the scale, but I also know that I am going to change that this week. "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life." (Quick, name that 80's TV show...this one is eeeasy) Answer below in case you really haven't seen it. Anywho, that is life, there are ups and downs and you deal with them as they come. That is also how you have a successful weight loss journey. Wouldn't it be great if we were successful 24/7? Unfortunately, that's not always how life goes. It's what we do after we have messed up that matters. Do we throw our hands in the air and just give up? Or do we learn from what we did and move on?

So, tonight I am going to face the music. Tonight I am going to start over. Tonight I am going to smile and realize it's just a bump in the road. Next week, I will be successful!

TV Triva Answer:

The Facts of Life

Who didn't love Mrs. Garrett, Blair and Tootie? :)

You're Like 20 Billion Reese's Cups In Two...

Best...song...lyric...ever! That is from a song called Chai Tea Latte by semi-new artist Angel Taylor. One thing that helps me on my weight loss journey is learning to distract myself from thinking of food. I have several ways of doing this including scrapbooking, reading, and of course listening to music. I love music and am always on the lookout for something new. Angel's debut CD Love Travels (released March 31, 2009, hence the semi-new part) is just awesome! She's a little Adele, Corine Bailey Rae and Colbie Caillat all mixed in one. My favorite song on the album is the earlier mentioned Chai Tea Latte. Her album has a coffeehouse type vibe that I am really into right now. Honestly, there isn't a song on her album I don't dig. iTunes has the album for only $7.99 or you could do like me and listen to it on Rhapsody (that's a whole 'nother blog altogether). If you like this style of music, you should really check it out.

New Computer Is A Comin'!!!

Okay, so about a week ago my computer said, "I've had enough! Sayonara! Adios! Au Revoir! Auf Wiedersehen! Arrivederci! Bye-bye!"...I think you get the picture. It gave up the ghost and I was not a bit too upset to see it go. We've had a good run, but lately it's been sooo cantankerous!!! It froze up all the time, did weird unexplainable things, and the cord had a short so that you had to hold your tongue a certain way, make sure your ankle was at a 36 degree angle (I'm not even sure if that's physically possible, it just sounded good!), and sing Mary Had a Little Lamb to get it to work. In other words, it was nearly impossible. So anyway, I talked the old man into getting me a new one and we sat out on the journey to find the computer of my dreams. I knew I wanted a Dell, or I was pretty sure anyway. It seems I always have to have my computer in at least a couple of times for repairs (sigh...) and Dell has a good warranty. One thing I did know for certain was under no circumstances did I want a laptop from my local super electronics store...we'll call it "Shmest Shmy" for anonymity sake. I have dealt with them for years now and am tired of them. I have had so much trouble with them, including them losing my laptop for about two months, that I decided never again! Well, my darling husband, a.k.a. Sir Saves A Lot, looked and looked online for the right computer. I wanted a pink one, I have never had a pink laptop before, mainly in case he had to use it (He doesn't want to be seen using a pink laptop, heck he doesn't want to use a pink laptop even if he's not seen. He's a man's man you know!), but now he has two computers to his name so I can get whatever color tickles my fancy. I found my beautiful pink laptop and was so excited, but he found pretty much the same laptop on Amazon for a lot cheaper. Bless his heart, at least he looked for a color and came up with Cherry Red (the only color it came in). As you can see, it really is pretty. And here's the best part, it will be here TOMORROW!!! My darling manly man paid extra for two day shipping because he's just cool like that and because he loves me so (awwwww!!!). I am about as impatient as you can get...im-pa-tient (and then some). I would have had to wait about three weeks for the pink one, so that sold me. I just checked and found the computer was in Oklahoma City (what did I do without online tracking I ask you?)!!! So, hopefully I will be back to my blogging ways soon. Yes, I have had access to computers the entire time my laptop has been down, but there is nothing quite like blogging from your very own computer. And hoo-boy, I can't wait to blog from my brand spankin' new Cherry Red laptop! It will make a difference, I just know it will! Eeeeeee!!!

Yummy Taco Soup (and it IS Yummy!)

Okay ladies (and maybe gentlemen...who knows?), I have a new recipe. I got this from my mom who got it from my sister-in-law, Renee'. It is SO good and super easy! Here we go!

Taco Soup

WW Points: 3 per 1 cup

1 lb. extra lean ground beef
3 cans diced tomatoes
1 can pinto beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn (I don't like corn in soup, so I used a can of black beans)
1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Dip Mix
1 packet of Taco Seasoning

This is ridiculously easy! First, brown your ground beef and drain. Then open all the cans, dump in a pot and add the ground beef. Cook until it starts to boil and then turn down the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes. That's it!

It tastes even better if you add some Baked Corn Chips and some shredded cheddar!

It makes way too much for two people, but we have plenty for leftovers! :) Of course, you can always freeze some too! Enjoy!

Hungry Girl = Thinner Me!

I love this website, http://www.hungry-girl.com/ !!! I love my daily email from her! I love that she figures things out for me so that I don't have to. I want to be like HG. She is my blog idol. Haha. She has reviews, recipes, eating out tips, etc. She also has a recipe swap where she takes a high calorie/high fat/high everything bad and makes it light. So very cool! Best of all, she is a Weight Watchers member and figures out the points on everything...I don't have to do the work. If you are a WW member and have not signed up for her email, you really should. It is of course free and has so much useful information. Even if you are not a member, her product reviews alone are worth it. I mean, who couldn't stand to eat a little healthier? (raises both hands!)