<p>Greenery,
In your recipe above, you can substitute sugar with Honey. Honey is lots of calories, but I stopped using sugar completely, I use honey instead in everything, it seems not affecting weight or anything else. I always buy 2 huge containers, since they disapper so quickly. Somebody mentioned that it is not the best quality at Costco, well it is certainly the cheapest, so I am buying it there along with the most of my food.</p>
<p>Another alternative to honey is agave syrup. It is sweeter than honey and table sugar, so less is needed, saving calories. It also has a lower glycemic index than sugar and most brands available are organic and considered “raw.” The taste is very pleasant and neutral - I use it in cooking to replace corn syrup, honey or maple syrup.</p>
<p>Goumetmom - I am another agave user. I really love it in tea. It truly takes just a drop. I also love it in greek yogurt. A little agave in plain yogurt with some cinnamon - hmmm.</p>
<p>^ I will check out agave and do price comparison. I have my plain yougurt with honey and powder chocolate (baking chocolate has only 15 cal in tablespoon, not mistake, not teaspoon, I was pleasantly surprized and add it to tea / coffee, cannot have as much as I would love, because of my huge unfortunate sensitivity to cofeine).</p>
<p>If you like to order a salad as a healthier option when you eat out, beware:</p>
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<p>The top honors go to CPK’s Waldorf Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing - a whopping 1,570 calories!</p>
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<p>Oh great! My D occasionally treats me to a meal at CPK…and this is what I always order. I didn’t realize it was so unhealthy! My only consolation is that I order the half size. Next time, I think I’ll stick with the margherita pizza.</p>
<p>CPK’s food is not for dieters, for sure! In our state CPK prints calorie content on the menus, and the numbers are mind-boggling! The dish with the lowest calories, as I recall, was their arugula with chicken salad (800 or so?). In sharp contrast, my favorite Nordy’s lime and cilantro chicken salad has only 350 calories and costs about $10 for a dinner-sized portion![url=<a href=“http://shop.nordstrom.com/C/6018379/0~2377475~6018379#restaurants_classic_cafe]Nordstrom”>http://shop.nordstrom.com/C/6018379/0~2377475~6018379#restaurants_classic_cafe]Nordstrom</a> Restaurants - Nordstrom<a href=“click%20on%20%5BI%5DNutritional%20Guide%5B/I%5D”>/url</a></p>
<p>GUESS WHAT? I did go shopping for new pair of jeans this morning. I picked out 4 pair in a size smaller than my old size. THEY WERE ALL TOO BIG! I was really excited about that. So I had to go down another size.</p>
<p>And I got a new hair cut this morning, also. A style that I have never/ever had before. And I like it.</p>
<p>It is a nice little boost. I believe my weight has stayed the same this week. I will know for sure in the morning. Ate 3 meals out last weekend and just can’t get my body to lose this week. But next week will probably be better.</p>
<p>Good to go eddieodessa! I’m too hope for a better week next week. However, did pretty good this week…cannot complain. </p>
<p>I’m more conscious about weight when I go shopping… so I told my H that I need to shop more often because it help me to lose weight! He laughed…</p>
<p>I would like for more restaurants to post fat & calories in their menus. Fast food should always provide the customer with this information. I have noticed that Applebee’s, Taco Bell (Fresco Menu) and McDonald have a display with literature about fat, calories…</p>
<p>I battled the iPod nazi to a draw in today’s workout. He kicked my butt in the exercise circuits, but I kicked his butt in the interval workout on the exercise bike, crankiing up the resistance a little bit and turning my fastest speed ever during the 10th and final all-out segment. </p>
<p>Then, I turned off his Canadian techno music in favor of some good Dwight Yoakam rockabilly for the five minute cool down.</p>
<p>Good week. Three iPod nazi workouts and a mile walk on one of the rest days.</p>
<p>Since I am getting four wisdom teeth out on Monday, does anyone here think I should just pig out this weekend?</p>
<p>Just kidding.</p>
<p>wnp, ouch - best of luck to you with your dental surgery!</p>
<p>idad, I admire your positive attitude! Two nanoseconds of Canadian techno would have made me smash my iPod to pieces!</p>
<p>H and I went for our usual run tonight, and we both were able to chit-chat without running out of breath. We were surprised that we finished the run in our best time!</p>
<p>On another note, a few days ago I had to dress officially for a meeting. To my (pleasant? unpleasant?) surprise, the size 6 Boss Black pants which I bought in December needed a belt! Now I feel positive that the little black dress which I ordered this week will fit! :D</p>
<p>Eddie, congrats on the two size jump in jean size! And BB, congrats to you on your size 6 pants needing a belt. </p>
<p>I ate off-program last night – S1 home for spring break and we had a little celebration. My weight bounced up three pounds this morning but I’m pretty sure it will come right back down. I figure a splurge every once in awhile keeps my metabolism guessing.</p>
<p>I’m still doing my 5k at 4.8 mph but it is getting easier and may be ready to increase the pace next week.</p>
<p>No weight loss this week.</p>
<p>Week 9 - 21 pounds lost. </p>
<p>Yea!</p>
<p>You are all awesome.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, you especially are doing great. You took on a huge challenge with the iPod Nazi, and you’re wearing him down, bit by bit, day by day. I predict that by June 1, you’ll discard the Nazi in favor of some home-grown programs that will put Mr. Nazi to shame.</p>
<p>Every time you do something, it gets easier for the next time.</p>
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<p>I dunno. I have three months of iPod nazi workouts, three per week. I repeated Week One and I suspect there will be more points along the way where he’s going a little fast for me.</p>
<p>I’ve glanced ahead and his stuff gets “brutal” down the road. I think there’s little or not chance that it won’t be challenging enough. Plus, it all scales up with heavier dumbbells and a faster pace.</p>
<p>I may have to ultimately replace this old exercise bike for the interval training.</p>
<p>What’s CPK? I gone over every fast food restaurant or chain that I know–I’m not coming up with anything.</p>
<p>Bromfield, it is a publically traded company - a chain of restaurants mostly found on the West Coast. [CPKI:</a> Summary for California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.- Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CPKI]CPKI:”>224098 (CPKI) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance)</p>
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<p>If you have not eaten there, you have not lost much :)</p>
<p>No running for us tomorrow - we are going to be busy installing our new greenhouse!</p>
<p>Interesteddad, I didn’t realize it had different workouts; I thought you were doing the same thing over and over. Reminds me of the infomercials I see on TV about something called P90X. Or PX90. Or something. I know someone who did that routine – it’s 90 days of workouts, which you follow on DVD – who was quite satisfied. I guess you get out of it what you put into it, and you’re going to get a lot out of it!!</p>
<p>It has three months of workouts that get very demanding as they go along – with more difficult exercises for longer periods with less rest. I’m suspect that I will be doing each week twice and taking six months to get to the end. I’m realistic. I’ll just take it one week at a time.</p>
<p>This week will move to the next step – increasing to three repetitions from two for the same basic exercises, plus somewhat more demanding interval workouts.</p>