Random Recipe: Sweet Banana Breakfast
As you may be aware, I have put myself in training mode for *The Wedding* (as it has affectionately been deemed) and would like to look a little better in the photos... and the dress... on the honeymoon night... you know, stuff like that. I'm not going hard core or anything (only water, only meat, only soup, only grapefruit, etc.) because that is setting oneself up for total failure.
My "plan" consists basically of keeping my calories at my "maintenance" rate and then exercising to burn additionals. This creates a deficit of about 350 calories a day. Translated into pounds, that means I'll be losing about a pound every 10 days (3500 calories = 1 pound). The wedding is in mid-October. Today is April 27th. That means (*crunch numbers* *crunch numbers*) I'll be 14 pounds lighter by my wedding date, give or take. (Want to know your maintenance level? Go to calorie king.com. Under"tools", click "weight maintenance calories" and fill out the appropriate fields. Tah-dah!)
Did I lose anyone?
Well, then skip the first two paragraphs. Let me start over: For those of you who are trying to shed a few pounds to look better in summer clothes, I have a sweet little breakfast recipe too good not to share. I just invented this one morning and I keep going back to it. It's yuuuummy. But a caveat: it's not for the faint of heart. If you like sweets, this is the breakfast for you.
Grab yourself some low calorie, high fiber wheat bread ("Nature's Own Double Fiber" or "Nature's Own Lite Wheat" are favorites), two largish bananas, some Lite Cool Whip, sugar free pancake syrup, salt and ground cinnamon.
Toast the bread. While the bread is still warm, slice the bananas over the top of it. Drown in 1/4 cup of the syrup. Sprinkle with a teeny bit of salt (to replace the butter taste we love but can't always afford) and about a teaspoon of cinnamon. Top with two dollops of Lite Cool Whip.
Beautiful. And at roughly 370 calories, you will be too.
My "plan" consists basically of keeping my calories at my "maintenance" rate and then exercising to burn additionals. This creates a deficit of about 350 calories a day. Translated into pounds, that means I'll be losing about a pound every 10 days (3500 calories = 1 pound). The wedding is in mid-October. Today is April 27th. That means (*crunch numbers* *crunch numbers*) I'll be 14 pounds lighter by my wedding date, give or take. (Want to know your maintenance level? Go to calorie king.com. Under"tools", click "weight maintenance calories" and fill out the appropriate fields. Tah-dah!)
Did I lose anyone?
Well, then skip the first two paragraphs. Let me start over: For those of you who are trying to shed a few pounds to look better in summer clothes, I have a sweet little breakfast recipe too good not to share. I just invented this one morning and I keep going back to it. It's yuuuummy. But a caveat: it's not for the faint of heart. If you like sweets, this is the breakfast for you.
Grab yourself some low calorie, high fiber wheat bread ("Nature's Own Double Fiber" or "Nature's Own Lite Wheat" are favorites), two largish bananas, some Lite Cool Whip, sugar free pancake syrup, salt and ground cinnamon.
Toast the bread. While the bread is still warm, slice the bananas over the top of it. Drown in 1/4 cup of the syrup. Sprinkle with a teeny bit of salt (to replace the butter taste we love but can't always afford) and about a teaspoon of cinnamon. Top with two dollops of Lite Cool Whip.
Beautiful. And at roughly 370 calories, you will be too.
3 Comments:
WG -- Neil Diamond and now this? What're you doing to me? Are you pure evil?! ;-)
On the Jackson thing, a query: How do we know what color those kiddos are? I don't think I've ever seen their faces. I've only seen them in their beekeeper get-ups.
I lost 70 lbs in 7 months last year and have maintained it for over 12 months by adopting a food combining diet. It isn't really a diet, more a change in eating habits. Separate protein/fat intake from carb intake. You do not have to watch calories, just eat the right foods at the right time. I actually eat more than I did before starting the new eating plan. Do an internet search or see the books by Suzanne Somers.
Good luck!
T,
Correct-a-mundo, the kids ARE in their beekeeper get-ups (love that)most of the time, but you can still see the blonde hair and pale ivory faces seeping through. WHITE, WHITE, WHITE. Most kids of even slightly ethnic parentage have waaaay different hair and more of an olive complexion -- at least! And if it was one child, maybe. But BOTH? Sheesh. And what's up with the third kid being called "blanket"? Yeah, I know he "explained" that and all, but *Eww*. I know this whole Jacko thing is sick and twisted and a terrible attempt at a freak show... which is why I can't look away. Hey, you've got AI, I've got... whatever I've got. ; )
VP,
Thanks for the heads up. I too have done my time with dieting. I started actively losing in 1996, with a total loss of 100 pounds, give or take. The results came about in a very hum-drum way -- diet and exercise. B-O-R-I-N-G. I've tried Atkins, etc., but the thing that has always worked for me is calories in vs. calories out. Like a charm every time. I've more or less maintained my weight since 2003, with about a 10 pound flux. My BMI is excellent, but being an Amazon (5'9") I am a bit more comfortable as a size 7 than a 9, so I'm paring off some poundage for *THE WEDDING*. Glad to know someone else is in the trenches with me. Take care.
WG
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