Rec: Hungry Girl
I like catching the Dr. Oz show when I can. So many good tips about weight loss and health! Earlier this week, he had Hungry Girl on. She's lost a couple hundred pounds by eating more food. Wacky but true! A bunch of others have lost a lot of weight with her help, too.
Turns out it's not as wacky as it sounds. Things like taking a frozen meal with 300 or so calories and mixing it into a giant bowl of veggies, so you're getting four or five times the amount of food for basically the same calories.
Her daily newsletter (subscribe here) is really, really useful. Recipes, suggestions on new foods to try, etc. I've only been subscribed to it a couple days now and I already have a bunch of tips and things to try. (If only I could make time to get to the supermarket and shop!)
I'd like to try the foil packet chicken from today's newsletter, but it calls for fresh thyme and fresh basil. When they're even in the supermarket, fresh herbs cost $5 a packet, and I use them once and then they go bad and I toss them out. I have the space, I wonder if I could actually grow some potted herbs myself? Ponder ponder ponder. This could be interesting.
(And I have to laugh at myself. I never before thought about growing my own herbs. Is this a reflection of current RP? Thistle's joy at growing his own herb garden leaking over into RL? I think it's more a happy coincidence. Still, the idea of planning this out, buying benches or tables to set pots on, is making me oddly happy. Or maybe it's the idea of being able to cook food that tastes good!)
Turns out it's not as wacky as it sounds. Things like taking a frozen meal with 300 or so calories and mixing it into a giant bowl of veggies, so you're getting four or five times the amount of food for basically the same calories.
Her daily newsletter (subscribe here) is really, really useful. Recipes, suggestions on new foods to try, etc. I've only been subscribed to it a couple days now and I already have a bunch of tips and things to try. (If only I could make time to get to the supermarket and shop!)
I'd like to try the foil packet chicken from today's newsletter, but it calls for fresh thyme and fresh basil. When they're even in the supermarket, fresh herbs cost $5 a packet, and I use them once and then they go bad and I toss them out. I have the space, I wonder if I could actually grow some potted herbs myself? Ponder ponder ponder. This could be interesting.
(And I have to laugh at myself. I never before thought about growing my own herbs. Is this a reflection of current RP? Thistle's joy at growing his own herb garden leaking over into RL? I think it's more a happy coincidence. Still, the idea of planning this out, buying benches or tables to set pots on, is making me oddly happy. Or maybe it's the idea of being able to cook food that tastes good!)