{"id":2859,"date":"2010-06-16T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2010-06-16T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T16:18:41","slug":"easy-dinner-and-a-twitter-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=2859","title":{"rendered":"Easy Dinner and a Twitter Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on my own last night for dinner because Michael had eaten lunch at almost 3pm. I decided to have leftovers. I reheated some quinoa and chickpeas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I steamed carrots and cauliflower and used the last of my Goddess Dressing! Apparently I need to be buying it in bulk because I eat it so much!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I also made a Bagel Thin with cream cheese. Dinner was filling. We watched “True Blood” and relaxed. Then Michael brought out the M&M’s….!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>God help me!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A serving size of M&M’s are 1\/4 cup for 210 calories. I got out my measuring cup and scooped out a serving.<\/p>\n

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1\/4 Cup<\/p><\/div>\n

At first it doesn’t look like very much in the serving.<\/p>\n

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Serving Size<\/p><\/div>\n

Serving sizes usually disappoint. But I remind myself that a taste of something is better than NOTHING and it’s definitely better than overeating like I used to.<\/p>\n

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Dessert<\/p><\/div>\n

I had a small glass of non-fat milk to go with my dessert. The best combo!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I sat in front of the TV watching “True Blood” and “Lie to Me”, munching on my M&M’s…total mindless eating. And then I realized that I’d had enough dessert. Shocker! Those are words that rarely cross my lips. I decided to put the leftover M&M’s back in the bag! I am pretty proud of myself for not just eating them all!<\/p>\n

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Leftovers<\/p><\/div>\n

I just read an interesting article about Pirate’s Booty <\/a>and how the label is wrong. It supposedly contains 3x the amount of fat than what the label says! Does this shock you? Had you heard about this? I hate that we can’t trust labels. As a strict label reader, I want REAL information. Another reason why I’ve switched to real food. This just reinforces that.<\/p>\n

Did you participate in last night’s Twitter #fitblog chat? There were some good, thought-provoking questions. For example:<\/p>\n

Q2:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> There are a lot of \u201cfit blogs\u201d out there. How do you set your blog apart from others?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I felt like my blog was different partly because I’ve already lost my weight. Yes I have about 7 pounds to lose (again) to get back to my goal weight but before I started my blog, I was already in maintenance mode. I also think I show people that Maintenance Mode can be fun! Exercise can be fun. Being healthy doesn’t have to be a drag with the minutiae of point\/calorie counting\/restricting etc.<\/p>\n

Q3:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Let\u2019s talk about measuring success. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your last post? Why?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This question made me think about my posts in different terms. I feel like every single post cannot be a “10” and trying to make every post a 10 puts a lot of pressure on ourselves. Who needs that?<\/p>\n

Something else I thought was interesting is which posts get comments. It’s usually NOT the post that I think will be the most popular. It always makes me scratch my head in curiosity what is popular.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Brag time! If you have a blog, share with us what your favorite post has been lately? What are you particularly proud of?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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