BBQ Pulled Pork, Buen Provecho!

I made some BBQ pulled pork last night for dinner. I originally wanted to make it in the crockpot but didn't want to wait 6 hours so I baked it instead.

Simple! The pork shoulder was pre-seasoned and only took 3 hours and twenty minutes to make. I browned the pork shoulder for about 5 minutes on each side (full circle) and popped it in the oven at 350F.

The pork was tender, lean, and thankfully not smothered in sauce. It was a dry BBQ seasoning but I added 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce with my serving.

4 oz of pork: 4 WW points
1/4 cup of BBQ sauce: 1 point

I also served it with Alexia Sweet potato fries, baked : 4 WW points for 32 fries, 1/2 cup of Green Giant veggies: 1 WW point, 2 slices of Sara Lee Delightful Wheat Bread (45 calories per slice): 2 WW points.

WW total points of: 12 points

I portioned out my daily points to have lighter meals for breakfast and lunch.

Overall, good meal, simple, satisfying and relatively inexpensive.

Fish Tacos! Buen Provecho!

I love to cook, especially on weekends.  Last night I made my version of fish tacos for two. 

I started off with making pico de gallo.  I actually wanted to make guacamole but the avocados weren't ready. 

Pico de Gallo:

• 1/2 tomato
• 1/4 of an avocado, diced
• 1/8 cup of red onions
• fresh lime juice
• sprinkle of salt
• 1/4 cup of Goya Medium Salsa Verde

Personally, I LOVED this mix!!!  Tangy and spicy.

Next, I sauteed 3 fillets of tilapia in a large flat skillet.

• Sprayed skillet with Pam
• Squeezed fresh lime juice
• Lemon Pepper seasoning
• Salt

Tilapia doesn't need much spices.  Too much will overwhelm the fish flavor.

While the fish was cooking I chopped up the fixins.

• tomato
• romaine lettuce
• cut limes in half
• sauteed onions (cooked with the fish)
• And pulled out Laughing Cow Wedge..love this stuff and I add it to pretty much ANYTHING.  Its  mix taste of sour cream and cheese...minus the calories and fat.

I like to chop up the fish on the skillet.



I brought it all together with the following,  weight watchers points listed for 1 serving.   

• 3 Mission Carb Balance small flour tortillas: 4 WW Points
• 6 oz of tilapia: 4 WW points
• 1 Laughing Cow Wedge: 1 WW point
• 1/2 cup of Goya Casero Refried Black Beans: 4 WW points
• 1/2 of the pico de gallo: 1 WW points, this is for the 1/8 of a medium avocado
• WW points total: 14   You can easily modify the meal by removing the beans or a taco to reduce WW points.

Buen Provecho!

Shakeology; Tropical Strawberry

I've learned that chocolate shakeology is not my favorite. I definitely can't drink it with just water. My hubby however LOVES it! He was drinking two scoops even!! I will give it a try again and try new recipes...the colder the shake the better it taste.

Now, Tropical Strawberry I like!!! So very happy that it's vegan and not as heavy as the chocolate flavor. I have not tried it with just water but have with 2% milk and light Silk Soy milk.

Here's one of my mixtures; 1 scoop of Tropical Strawberry, 1/3 cup of pineapples in its own juice, ice and 10 oz of Light Silk Soy milk. Pretty tasty.

Weight Watchers point: 5 <--- works for me!!

Tropical has a heavy banana flavor to me but I love bananas. I'm going to try mixing it with orange juice next time.

The shakes do have a slight gritty after taste but not as much compared to other 'shakes'.

My goal is to replace one meal daily with Shakeology. Perhaps alternate every other day breakfast or dinner.

Full belly, happy heart.

I love a stocked fridge and pantry!! I love having choices and trying out new recipes. I guarantee the content of my fridge has changed drastically in the past two years. Whole milk has been replaced with 2% and occasionally Silk Light, yogurt replaced with strawberry Greek yogurt, cheese with laughing cow and whole eggs and egg whites sit side by side.

My Fridge

I love food but I don't love being overweight. I guess it's true, "nothing taste as good as skinny feels". Replace skinny with fit and healthy and that quote totally applies to me.

My weight loss journey has been Lon but I've never been fully committed to the lifestyle change/improvement. I've gotten better and I'm down 1.8 pounds this week!

I'm ecstatic, I've finally started losing an tracking everyday! The weight watchers app definitely has helped me more than the journal. I'm a visual person so the weight loss graphs puts things in perspective for me.

I've learned, like others I gain the most weight in the summer. Who wants to gain wait in the summer? Aren't we wearing less clothes?!! Summer comes early in Texas....I need to jump on it!!

Houston Rodeo Season!!

It's here, funnel cake, fried oreos, and meat on a stick are all here! I love this time of year, love driving home and seeing the carnival lights. I don't however like the traffic or smell of manure. I digress...

Hubby and I went to the cook off last night and we had a blast! Ate a BBQ pulled pork sandwich, a caramel apple for dessert (yum), and played a few games. Overall, an expensive night but worth it. Can't wait to go see John Legend next week!

Every pound counts!

I'm still here, a pound lighter and happy considering the week I've had. 19 more pounds till I reach WW normal weight range for my height. 24 more pounds till I reach my overall goal.

I've ordered the new shakeology flavor; tropical strawberry. Hopefully this will please my palette. And hopefully I'll get over my cold soon to start working out! It's been too long!

Here's to a healthy weekend....

A-Ma-Zing!

My hubby and I never celebrate Valentines Day on the 14th. It's too expected, over crowded, and very commercialized, so we celebrate the weekend after or a day before. This year we celebrated it on the 13th. We both took off from work and enjoyed our day together.

My day started with waking up to a lovely bouquet of lilies and red roses. They smell divine <3

We had lunch a Fogo De Chao. I don't think I can look at another piece of red meat for a good long while. Afterwards we went to the movies to see Safe House. Long movie but good and the best part was the empty theater!

Unfortunately, I felt a migraine coming on. Never good. We went to the mall, I got an outfit for this weekend and some make up. Decided to go back to Bare Minerals after trying Dior cream foundation. After an hour at he mall I knew my body has enough....and we had to cut our day short.

Thank God I'm feeling a bit better... Thank you hubby for such an A-Ma-Zing day! Our day <3

Art for sale!

I love this lil guy...to the moon and back.

His 3rd birthday is in 3 months and I think I know what to get him. Paint easel and supplies. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, his big sister is a great 'artist' too. I can't want till make an art wall for the kids.

Weight loss update...pebbles

Well, it's been a while! Seen a few new movies and lost a couple more pounds.

I've been regularly attending my WW meetings but it's the beginning of the new year and not a lot of empty seats. I like our leader but the crowd is older. I've been hoping to make a new walking friend but no luck yet. I myself haven't been working out. I know I know but yesterday I cleaned for hours. If I work up a swear I count it. My hubby smiled at that idea.... He would count it as activity points or brownie points if it were him!

I still want to run a 5k this year... I need to pick a date and start doing it....

Here's to less pebbles in my jar!