"Erstwhile Apple Pie"

Here's the recipe:

To get started, you need:

2 cups water
1/4 c. golden raisins/cherries
2 T unsalted butter
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 cup old-fashioned (5 minute) oats
1 sweet and crunchy apple

Bring water to a boil. Add raisin/cherry mixture, butter and PPS. Boil until raisins/cherries are plumped up. Dump in the oats and boil for 5 minutes. Stir frequently so it doesn't stick. After 5 minutes, remove from heat.

While oats are resting, slice the apple extremely thinly. Like so thin you could read through the slices. In a bowl, layer the apples and oatmeal (three layers of oatmeal should do it) and then arrange slices of apple on top.

Eat while still warm.

I haven't figured out how many WW points this is, but it's a nice alternative to pastry and it's actually GOOD for you. I suppose you could forego the butter if you really had to, but it makes it nice. I think that this recipe would actually serve two people, but I was HUNGRY. I hadn't eaten in almost 24 hours, so you can imagine.

I'm mellllllllllting....

Otherwise known as the weekly Weight Watchers update.

This time I don't have any nifty pictures. Sorry. My eczema is flaring up - thanks to my gallbladder - so I'm not going to be taking any pictures (of me) until this thing is dealt with. Also thanks to my gallbladder, I'm down to about 1 meal a day. Which is good(?) for weight loss, but sucky for me and my energy levels. Most days I just lay around the castle... Flabby, fat and lazy...

If you can name the movie that came from you get bonus points.

Anyhoo, last I posted about this it was 9/12/07. Week 8. I lost .2 pounds, so that put me at 9.2 lost total. The next week (which is to say last week or Week 9) I lost 2 pounds to put me at 11.2 pounds lost total to date. Tomorrow is Week 10. Apparently weight loss takes 1-2 weeks to show up, so if that's the case, I should have lost a lot by tomorrow. I'm shooting for 15 pounds lost total. That's only 3.8 more and I've done that in a week before. Not like I'm stressing about it...

And how much does a gallbladder w/stones weigh anyway? That sucker is going DOWN next Tuesday.

Take THAT! Darth Gall

The Incredible Shrinking Empress

First of all, it's been requested that I post a photo of my new coiffure. I believe that the photos included within this post should suffice.

9 weeks ago, it was suggested that I "reduce" as my health was beginning to suffer. I henceforth joined Weight Watchers - the royally endorsed weight control program. While I've enjoyed myself immensely, I have been remiss in not chronicling my endeavors. Therefore, I give you the following:

07/26/07 Week 1: First Meeting. No loss.
08/02/07 Week 2: -1.2
08/09/07 Week 3: -3.6
08/16/07 Week 4: -1.4
08/23/07 Week 5: +0.8
08/30/07 Week 6: -3.8

Photo taken 9/2/07
Note lack of definable waist and tummy larger than bewbies

09/06/07 Week 7: +0.2

Photo taken 9/9/07
Notice the waist is more defined and SMALLER than bewbies

09/12/07 Week 8: ???
Photo taken 9-12-07
Notice defined waist, smaller arms and smaller upper arms & abdominal area

For a grand total of 9.0 pounds lost. This is Week 8 and tonight is my meeting and weigh in. I will say that I've lost a half size in my shoes and at least 2 dress sizes on my posterior. I've lost 1-2 shirt sizes as well.

And now for the scariest part, the extreme "before" picture taken March of 2007:



Is it the same person? Can it be? Stay tuned for the next installment of [ominous theme song] The Incredible Shrinking Empress!