Well Hello, Lover.

That's what I said to my dinner tonight when I put it on a plate.  Yum to the 10th power.  Seriously.  You must, must, MUST try this recipe.  I found it over on Gina's Skinny Weight Watchers blog.  The woman is a genius. 

Introducing Bananas Fosters Topped Overnight French Toast.

Get in my BELLY!!!

Only 8 points plus a serving, and the serving was really generous.  

Bonus?  The hubby and the kids loved it as well.  It's definitely going in the dinner rotation.

I Haz A Yummy

So since we are back to monitoring calorie intake again, I've needed to get creative with the recipes. Dinner is my biggest challenge, so I thought I'd share a totally YUM thing I found. Now as a disclaimer, I'm not fond of squash AT ALL, but this doesn't even taste like a veggie.

Behold the spaghetti squash.

Totally not as scary as it appears...

You take one of these bad boys and cut it in half. Put it face down on a cookie sheet with a little bit of water in the bottom of a pan. Bake it at 400 degrees for an hour. Once it is finished, the "spaghetti" will come right out if you scrape it with a fork.

Not even a little gross!!!

Put the squash on a plate and top with your favorite marinara recipe. Voila! Super low calorie meal that is excellent for you. Try it asap. You can thank me later. Or better yet, thank sister FGS. She's the one who shared this recipe with me. Thanks sis!!!

Pre-loading Your Data Tables

It's no secret that I'm a nerd, is it? Maybe it is. I know Muffin Top and I really need to do some kind of "introductory" post at some point since we never really did that. Maybe next week? That way you guys could get to know us a little better. When we started this blog, we really just needed a place to document our insanity, not really realizing that one day we'd have readers. So be on the lookout for a little info next week.

Back to the original point of this post; I'm a total, card-carrying nerd! A tech nerd, that is. [Don't worry, I don't spend weekends locked away with World of Warcraft]. MT and I both work as software developers, so we spend a lot of time behind the computer screen reading blogs coding. I was reading a blog post by Bitchcakes the other day about pre-tracking your food intake, and suddenly that made so much sense to me. I had a total light bulb moment! I actually said out loud, "It's like pre-loading your data tables!!!"

YES!  THIS!!!

See, when you run a program [stay with me here, I'm getting my geek on], a lot of the time you need to pre-load your data tables. Basically, you need to get all the information you'll need to run said program ready ahead of time. So when you need a value, it's already there for you. It leaves less room for error, and it makes your program run more effectively.

HOLY SHIT, I need to pre-track my food!! I always have a general idea of what I'm going to eat for the day, but a lot of times it changes, or I just don't really know WHAT to eat. What would happen if I planned my food out before I was actually ready to eat it? Would I do better if I had a more regimented approach to my food journal? I don't know, but I'm about to find out.

Next week I'm going to give this a try. I need to do less flying by the seat of my pants, and take a more structured approach. NO clue if it will work or backfire, but logically, it should help me stay on track. [If only everything worked out logically, right?] It's something new and different, and I really could stand to mix it up a bit. Also, I'm hoping this will give me more opportunity to get in healthy, non-processed food. Surely if I have more time to plan, I can plan for better food.

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled programming. I'll do my best to reel in the inner nerd now.