Saturday, March 31, 2007
Pan Sauteed Grouper with Broccoli Pesto
To lighten up the pesto, I'm planning to use some chicken soup supplement in place of the olive oil. I'll still use maybe 1/4 teaspoon of oil with the broccoli, herbs, garlic, lemon, etc.
For my Lemon Smashed Potato, I plan to incorporate some of the yummy lemon drink supplement, garlic and herbs into one cooked potato.
If I get a chance I'll post the results on how it tasted.
Do you want to know my secret to creating diet-friendly meals that pop with flavor?
My secret is to keep a well-stocked pantry of different Winner's Weightloss supplements that I can sprinkle into meal preparation. These supplements are a huge help in creating interesting, tasty meals that pop with great flavor.
Nothing Tastes As Good As Thin Feels
I have heard this saying several times over the years, but today is the first time that I have heard my own inner voice murmur those words.
While I am still a long way from being considered 'thin', I am nearing the 60 pound mark which is making me feel so much thinner than I was before embarking on this adventure.
Slipping into a pair of old khacki shorts this morning, that I have not been able to wear in at least five years and discovering that they are now two sizes too big for me, certainly made these last five months well worth everything it takes to lose over fifty pounds.
This diet really works! After being on just about every fad diet, it is so exciting to finally find the one weight loss program that can help me to lose the fat.
Kudos to Ruth and Lori at Winner's Weightloss in Tallahassee, Florida for helping me to get my life back! As far as weight loss centers go... Winner's Weightloss ROCKS!!
Luscious Lemon and Apple Breakfast Treat
My taste buds are dancing with joy after breakfasting on this luscious lemon-kissed meal. In most cases it would take an hour plus and hundreds of calories to get a treat that tasted this yummy. Yet in my kitchen, it took no more than two minutes to assemble and cook.
Luscious Lemon and Apple Breakfast Treat
From The Kitchen of Kathi Dameron
You'll need:
1 piece 40 calorie honey wheat bread, torn into small bit size pieces
1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons Winner's Weight Loss Lemon Supplement
1 Tablespoon fresh apple, diced
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 drop pure vanilla extract
1 packet splenda, equal or stevia
Dusting of cinnamon (afterwards)
Directions:
1. Spray individual glass souffle cup with pam non-stick spray.
2. Tear bread in bite size pieces and add to souffle cup.
3. Add egg and mix well. Add all other ingredients and mix well.
4. Microwave for approximately 1 min. 25 seconds or until fluffy.
5. Invert on breakfast plate and dust with additional cinnamon.
For more recipes ... scroll through the pages of this blog.
Have a recipe? Please feel free to share it with all of us on this blog.
Happy Dieting! Looking forward to seeing "less" of you at the next cooking class.
Tell your friends to stop by too for ideas and let's see how many combined pounds we can lose in Tallahassee this year!
Look like Heaven in 2007!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Kathi Dameron's Cooking Class Menu For March 29, 2007
"Tell them it is a surprise!" I responded.
But while tomorrow's cooking class is fresh on my mind I realized I probably ought to post the menu on this blog, before my life detours in a zillion different directions.
The class is going to start out with a jolt of frozen cappuccino. What could be more refreshing on a warm Tallahassee day than a frosty, whipped blend of Frozen Cappuccino Blast?
Surprise!! We are going to add a blast of fudge-like brownie into an icy brew of java and cappuccino or chocolate supplement. Yum! Keep in mind the addition of a diced Winner's Weight Loss candy bar is not something you should do everyday... but tomorrow is not everyday. So I say let's make it special! Think Dairy Queen Blast and you have the general idea for the first food in Thursday's cooking
class line up.
From there we are going to make use of the microwave for a super simple one-bowl breakfast souffle. With one egg, one piece of forty-calorie bread, a drop of vanilla extract, a dash of supplement and a dusting of cinnamon and sweet and low I'll show you my two minute breakfast. Now of course this is just one variation. This easy treat can be made savory or sweet, depending on your taste preferences and availability of ingredients.
The third food is the lunch that I eat most days- a mixed green salad with fruit and a wildberry vinaigrette. This dressing in my opinion is far better than the Sweet and Jazzy dressing that I use to make when I owned Canopy Rose Catering. Plus it is not loaded with sugar and oil!
We'll finish up with an exotic tea-marinated chicken breast that I'll turn into a trendy chicken sate appetizer.
There you have it the Winner's Weight Loss Cooking Class menu for Thursday, March 29, 2007.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Finding Time For Creative Exercise In The Garden
Like yesterday for example... my exercise involved getting into the garden and doing some spring maintenance. With all the work my garden needs this season, I should be able to burn up lots of calories.
So my plan today is to take my mid-afternoon break outside scrubbing down the mailbox, bird baths, garden statuary and yard markers.
I've Lost 54 Pounds
Long before I embarked on the diet, I had been trying to unravel the mystery of how it was that food, especially sugar cravings, had become so entangled in my interior being.
As I became more aware of my patterns, I spotted triggers in my life that drove me to crave sugar.
While I don't begin to have the answers for anyone else, I understand what is making the difference for me. My secret is the transforming work of a higher power. With the hand of God, none of what I've been able to accomplish could have happened. God's orchestration is everywhere in this fabulous journey of weight loss.
Timing is everything. For some mysterious reason, after fifteen years of being obese, the timing is right for me to lose the weight. I suspect that if I had lost the weight before God had the chance to do a bunch of inner work with me, things would have been far more tangled up inside me.
I pray that my years of obesity have not caused irreversible health problems in my body. How tragic that so many of the health problems in today's world could be avoided by simply following a diet that is based on the good natural foods God gave to us.
It is often said that you don't have something because you don't ask, or that when you do, you ask with the wrong motives. How true this can be about weight loss.
For me this weight loss is not so much about looking hot, as it is about becoming the best possible version of who God created me to be. It is also about being a good steward of this one miraculous body that will travel with me during the remainder of my stay on planet earth. It is my job to do my part to take care of it and not abuse it.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Next Cooking Class
Naturally these classes focus on low-fat, heart-healthy cuisine that pops with flavor.
If you can't come to the class, but want the recipes send me a request at askkathidameron@aol.com
Springing With Joy
What a great way to spring into the warm weather season. And springing is a good way to describe exactly how I am feeling these days!
Now, of course I'm still as big as a football player, but God-willing by tailgate season next fall, my weight won't be any where close to a football ball players weight any longer.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Grapefruit Sorbet
This is a real fluke! Last week when everything went haywire over here, my commercial refrigerator turned into a freezer. The temperature dropped from 40 degrees down to 20 degrees below zero. Everything turned rock solid!
I really thought I would have to toss everything out.
But I discovered if I kept the grapefruit and tangerines in the freezer and nuke them as I wanted one, they tasted fine. In fact, the iced taste added an extra bit of pizzazz to the partially thawed fruit. Imagine the taste of a grapefruit sorbet without any added sugar or other other ingredients.
This former food professional is still learning kitchen secrets. Sort of like getting a Free Diet tip!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
I'm Back
Did you miss me? I sure missed being able to post on my blogs.
I had about a week where everything simply went haywire over here! Kudos to Heath for pitching in and posting when I couldn't!
There is a story about my diet coming out in the next issue of Tallahassee Discoveries Magazine.
I'll probably go ahead and post it here, but try to pick up a copy of the magazine.
Sandy has tweaked distribution a bit. Starting with this issue, she will be direct mailing an extra 4,000 copies to certain Northeast Tallahassee neighborhoods. I hope that will give her advertisers more bang for their buck!
Ok... back to my diet. Some days my stress hopped off the charts. But the good news is I didn't turn to sugar! You know I think I'm licking this emotional eating disorder!
On my last weigh-in I was down 49 pounds!
Hopefully, my postings will get back on a consistent schedule now.
I'll be doing another cooking class in March. If you want more details call Ruth over at Winner's Weight Loss. The number is 850-671-3200
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tramadol Amount
Question: Can you take too much tramadol?
Answer: You want to be very careful how much tramadol you take. Generally it should be taken every 4 to 6 hours, too much can easily result in serious side effects. Always perform your due diligence prior to taking a new medication. Be proactive and know the facts.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Shooting Food Videos
Back then, my vision had been to create entertaining videos for the old Canopy Rose website. But we were always too busy to shoot videos.
For nearly seven years, the equipment sat stowed away on a shelf in the closet. Occasionally, I'd pull it out and attempt to play videographer.
After last night's cooking class at Winner's Weight Loss in Tallahassee, Florida - I got to thinking that I should set my camera on a tripod in my culinary studio and experiment with creating some cooking episodes.
Who knows! Maybe sometime in the future I'll share a couple of them on here... after I can figure out how to use the technology to effectively express the visions that dance across my imagination.
Anyway, I wanted to share this video I just found on youtube. I liked it. I thought it was pretty good. They used the Windows Movie Maker program to make the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQkBP5nioY
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Cooking Class Menu From February 6, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
Solutions Better Than Frustration
Answer: There is a company on the Internet called acsindustrial.com that provides a solution for repairing all sorts of cable lines. Their website lists all of their different services.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Dieting Is Like A Competitive Game of Ice Hockey
A competitive spirit is at work with the scale, attempting to block me from achieving another ten pound goal.
For some reason, my weight-loss always seems to hover as I near each ten pound mark.
I'll be so close to getting another ten pound certificate to post on my board and so confident that I'll achieve the goal at the next weigh-in, but then it takes up to two weeks to break it. Then once again the weight starts dropping with ease, until I hit the next 10 pound plateau.
Perhaps I need to get more proactive and engage in more of the proven strategies to outsmart the ten pound goalies.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Score Points with Super Bowl Kebabs
One great solution: You can level the playing field and score big points by offering a heart-healthy balance. While traditional Super Bowl Cuisine has a reputation for clogging arteries, a party platter like the one being described in this blog offers a more conscientious option.
I'm thinking of something that is festive and fun, threaded on a stick or artistically arranged on a do-it-yourself platter and actually is perfect fare for Super Bowl parties.
Imagine an edible collage of fresh, colorful chunk-sized ingredients. Perhaps Florida seafood, beef tenderloin, mesquite grilled chicken strips, fresh seasonal garden fresh fruits and veggies.
Whether served hot off the grill or ice cold, Kebabs with a luscious dipping sauce are a tried and true party food.
The best part... they are super easy to prepare.
Simply pick up a package of wooden skewers at the grocery store. They are usually sold near the fresh fish case. Then indulge your friends in some of their favorite ingredients that can be threaded on a stick.
To save time just prep (and cook if necessary) the ingredients and arrange in an attractive design on a platter or greenery lined basket. Serve with sticks so everyone can create their own favorite combination.
For more great tasting diet ideas, don't miss Kathi Dameron's upcoming cooking class at Winner's Weight Loss in Tallahassee, Florida. Space is limited so reserve your spot today by sending an e-mail to askkathidameron@aol.com or calling Lori at 850-297-2500
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Mixed Greens with Grilled Chicken and Diced Apple
This salad is so good. Most days I prepare some variation of it for lunch.
If you can get the organic baby herb salad greens in a bag- do it. The intensely flavored herbs kick up the flavors to an even greater degree of culinary intrigue.
My Recipe for Mixed Greens With Grilled Chicken & Diced Apple
1. Layer a plate or bowl with plenty of mixed greens. I usually use a combination of spring greens, fresh herbs, spinach, red and white cabbage.
2. Nuke a mesquite grilled chicken breast. ( I buy mine at Sam's Wholesale Club and in my microwave they are cooked in 2 minutes and ready to slice and dice.) Srinkle on greens.
3. Wash, slice and dice a red delicious apple. Sprinkle on greens.
4. Stir up a bit of citrus vinaigrette. My diet version is made with 1 teaspoon olive oil or canola oil, a big splash of a favorite gourmet flavored vinegar, fresh minced garlic, a big splash of fresh squeezed Florida grapefruit, orange, lemon, or lime. Sometimes I add a splash of a fruity Winner's Weight Loss supplement like Mixed Berry, and a pinch of salt-free and msg-free seasoning. I always like to dip one of the greens into the dressing to taste the flavor, and then adjust the vinaigrette if necessary. Then I drizzle it all over the greens.
This is a wonderful, feel-good lunch. The best part is you won't even feel like your dieting! This is certainly a salad you could serve to company and not feel the least bit guilty that you are serving your diet cuisine.
Of course, you don't have to use apple. I like to change my fruit from time to time. Strawberries are lovely in this recipe as is grapefruit, orange or just about any seasonal garden fresh produce.
Also, the protein doesn't have to be Grilled Chicken. Iced Shrimp, salmon or tuna would also make a fine salad that will leave your tastebuds humming with joy.
For more ideas, don't miss my upcoming cooking class at Winner's Weight Loss. Space is limited, but there are still seats available. Call Lori at 850-297-2500 or send Kathi an e-mail at askkathidameron@aol.com to make a reservation.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
I'm At The Quarter Mark
The progress of course feels slow, yet steady.
But ah, my clothes tell a different story. Being able to slip into outfits that I had not been able to wear for several years, feels absolutely wonderful. Everything is baggy! I love it! But I don't plan on buying any clothes until every extra pound is off.
Thoughts of a November '07 wardrobe shopping excursion dance across my imagination. I have not worn a size 5 or 7 since 1989. I'm so jazzed that I'm on the road to recovery from this horrible, life-robbing disease of obesity.
So far I've lost about 40 pounds.
Listen if I can do this, anyone can do this! It is about stepping away from the denial, assuming 100% responsibility for our bodies, and desiring inner healing that is an inheritance to all who are willing to ask, believe and accept the gift.
We are only deceiving ourselves if we think we can live our best possible life wrapped in fat.
For me, in some ways I found safety by being overweight. Fat was my upside down way of protecting my heart from being shattered. But in the illuminating light of truth, that reasoning has some major black holes.
With divine guidance, I've been able to fill those black holes with God's love and therefore, food holds absolutely no claim over my heart.
But Winners Weight Loss is helping me, too. Before I started the program at Winner's, I couldn't lose the weight. I wasn't eating very much. I just was eating the wrong things. Winner's has put me on the right track where the weight is coming off in a safe way.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Weight Loss Tips From Jon M. Stout
By Jon Stout
Today, doctors are calling obesity our number one health concern in the United States. Today, about 30% of the adult population in this country is considered obese. In addition, 16% of children between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight. Though it has gained a tremendous amount of attention in the past few years, the problem is still on the rise.
One of this country’s national health objectives is to reduce the incidence of obesity to less than 15% of the adult population by the year 2010. And, while there is a lot of talk about the problem, many people don’t seem to truly understand the steps they need to take to get their weight under control.
Most of us understand that in order to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume. However, many people attempt to reach this goal by seriously restricting their calorie intake. This type of dieting generally fails for two reasons.
First of all, when you begin to significantly reduce the number of calories you consume, your body goes into starvation mode. When in starvation mode, your body works very hard to hold onto the fat that you have, decreasing the number of calories you’re burning. This means that your body is adjusting itself to the reduced number of calories you’re consuming.
Secondly, starvation diets are not realistic. We simply cannot live on such restrictive plans for any significant length of time. So, we begin to feel deprived, and before you know it, we’ve given up on dieting.
Doctors believe that just after a starvation diet, our bodies will quickly accumulate fat when we begin to eat again, as though trying to make up for the famine it just endured. So, often, just a few weeks after ending a diet, we find that we’re fatter than before. We feel defeated and as though losing weight is simply not possible.
However, losing weight is possible if you approach the situation correctly. There are two important pieces to the weight loss puzzle. The first is adjusting your diet.
Adjusting your diet doesn’t mean eating so little that you’re hungry nearly all the time. Adjusting your diet for permanent weight loss means replacing your high fat, high calorie foods with those that are healthier and contain fewer calories. By eating the right foods, you can easily eat enough to feel satisfied, but still lose weight. Avoiding hunger will help you stick to your diet long enough to see serious results.
Take a look at the way you’re eating. Get rid of the hydrogenated fats like butter and replace them with healthy ones like olive oil. Eat mostly chicken and fish – making red meats an occasional meal rather than a regular one. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and make your breads and cereals only from whole grains. Avoid processed foods. If you can make these substitutions, you should lose weight automatically.
The second part of the weight loss equation is speeding up your metabolism. You can make a significant difference in the number of calories you burn each day, making weight loss and weight maintenance far easier.
The fastest and easiest way to speed up your metabolism is to exercise. Aim for 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week. Walking is a great exercise that anyone can do. In addition, try to make your life more active in general. Take the stairs instead of the elevator and walk wherever you can.
Be sure to get in some resistance training, as well. Muscle, even when resting, burns more calories than fat, so adding some additional muscle is extremely beneficial. You don’t need to aim to be a body builder; just 20 minutes of strength training 3 times a week is enough to build some additional muscle. Strength training will also help shape your body, making your weight loss results more noticeable.
It is also beneficial to use foods to your advantage when it comes to speeding up your metabolism. For example, eat those foods that require lots of energy to digest, like raw fruits and vegetables. Many raw vegetables actually require more calories to digest than they contain!
In addition, try adding some tea to your diet. Tea has been shown to speed up the metabolism and help oxidize fat. It may also have the ability to inhibit the absorption of dietary fat into the body.
One research study, conducted at Maastricht University in The Netherlands, looked at tea’s ability to increase thermogenesis, burning fat and speeding up the metabolism. Many studies have shown that caffeine helps speed weight loss, but tea seems to have more potential than other beverages with caffeine.
Tea’s catechins, a potent form of anti-oxidant, seem to work in conjunction with the caffeine in tea to burn fat and speed up metabolism. The study in the Netherlands came to this conclusion, along with concluding that other substances often used to speed metabolism, like caffeine with ephedra, simply are not safe enough to be recommended as a weight loss supplement.
For those prone to being overweight, keeping the scale in check is a lifelong project. But, armed with the right tools, including a sensible diet, regular exercise and helpers like tea, maintaining a normal weight for the long term is entirely possible.
Jon M. Stout is the Chairman of the Golden Moon Tea Company. Golden Moon Tea carefully selects the finest rare and orthodox teas, which are processed slowly and handcrafted with extreme care. At their website, you can learn more about their current tea offerings, including their exceptional green tea, white tea, black tea, oolong tea (also known as wu-long and wu long tea) and chai. Visit goldenmoontea.com for all details concerning the Golden Moon Tea Company's fine line of teas.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jon_Stout
http://EzineArticles.com/?Weight-Loss-Tips&id=422633
Green Tea Weight-Loss Strategy
More Evidence That Tea Helps with Weight Loss
By Jon Stout
Every little bit of help is useful when you’re trying to lose weight or keep your weight stable as you get older. Diet and exercise are still the most important components of weight loss and maintenance, but studies are showing that tea, particularly green tea, may be able to provide some assistance in losing weight and keeping it off.
For centuries, Asians have used green tea for health. In addition to Asian cultures having a much lower incidence of serious diseases such as cancer and heart disease, they also are far less likely to be overweight.
Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. While there are several different types of tea, all true tea comes from this plant. The differences occur from how the tea is processed. Green tea is not fermented during processing, but black tea, which is the most common outside Asia does go through a fermentation process.
Tea leaves naturally contain catechins, which belong to the flavan-3-ol class of flavonoids, which are anti-oxidants. EGCG is one of the catechins contained in tea, and is one of the most powerful anti-oxidants around.
Each day, as we convert food to energy, we create free radicals in our body. These free radicals can damage our cells and our DNA if we don’t combat them. It is believed that unchecked free radicals contribute to the development of many diseases, including cancer. In addition, they speed up the aging process and contribute to clogged arteries and other health problems.
Anti-oxidants are powerful at combating free radicals and are linked with preventing cancer, as well as with decreasing your risk of stroke and heart disease. and with lowering your cholesterol. For this reason, drinking green tea is a simple and effective way to slow down the aging process and prevent disease. But, in addition to being a way to protect your health, drinking tea seems to also be a way to help keep you slim.
There has been a fairly significant amount of research on tea and its ability to help control your waistline. Tea seems to work on two levels. The first is that it appears to speed up the metabolism, so you use more calories each day. However, it also seems to inhibit fat absorption, so that less of the fat in your diet becomes fat on your body.
Tea has two ingredients that seem to help it work its magic. The first is caffeine, which is known to help speed up the metabolism. However, tea seems to work better than other caffeinated beverages because of those powerful anti-oxidants we were talking about earlier. The anti-oxidants, also known as catechins, are the key to helping inhibit the absorption of fat and keep the metabolism moving for hours. One research study that evaluated the benefits of tea on weight loss was conducted by the Osaka University of Foreign Studies. This study was conducted on just under 200 healthy men and women between the ages of 20 and 65. The subjects were divided into three groups; the control group, low dose group and high dose group.
The study lasted for 12 weeks. During the study period, the control group was fed 3 bottles of placebo drink. The low dose group consumed 2 bottles of a drink containing tea catechins and one bottle of placebo drink and the high dose group consumed 3 bottles of the tea catechin drink.
At the end of the twelve week study, those subjects in the low dose and high dose group showed a significant decrease in body fat compared with the control group. Both body weight and BMI were reduced in these two groups. In addition, abdominal fat was significantly reduced.
This reduction in body fat around the abdominal area is significant. Fat around the midsection is the fat that is most dangerous to our health. Abdominal fat is the type that is most likely to be an indicator of heart disease. Reducing your waist size, and the fat around your midsection is the most important weight to lose in order to protect your health.
Another interesting result of this study was that the subjects who had slightly elevated cholesterol levels also experienced a reduction in LDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is the “bad cholesterol”. When too much of this type of cholesterol circulates in the blood, it oxidizes into plaque that clogs the arteries. This causes the arteries to narrow, increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke.
When you combine this information with other studies that have shown a positive relationship between the amount of tea consumed in a day and the amount of overall body fat, it certainly suggests that drinking tea can be an effective way to lose weight and keep it off.
We all know that it’s critical to eat well and get regular exercise in order to maintain our health and keep our weight in check. However, understanding how simple things like drinking tea can provide assistance can make this challenge a little easier and faster.
Jon M. Stout is the Chairman of the Golden Moon Tea Company. Golden Moon Tea carefully selects the finest rare and orthodox teas, which are processed slowly and handcrafted with extreme care. At their website, you can learn more about their current tea offerings, including their exceptional green tea, white tea, black tea, oolong tea (also known as wu-long and wu long tea) and chai.
Visit goldenmoontea.com for all details concerning the Golden Moon Tea Company's fine line of teas.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jon_Stouthttp://EzineArticles.com/?More-Evidence-That-Tea-Helps-with-Weight-Loss&id=422636