Mozzarella sticks- use egg roll wrappers and string cheese. Baked not fried :) Bake at 350 for 15-20min. You can also use refried beans and salsa and make them Mexican style! These egg roll wrappers are so versatile!!! What else can we put in them?

Indoor Grilled Salmon Skewers! Cut raw salmon into cubes and alternate salmon with cherry tomatoes, yellow peppers, and onions on wooden skewers. Marinate for 20 min in 1TB ketchup, garlic, cayenne pepper, and salt. Put top rack in the oven (6" from the top). Broil for 3 minutes then turn and broil for additional 3 minutes.

Breakfast muffins. Pour egg into a greased cupcake pan, then add toppings like - mushrooms, veggies, and meat, turkey. Bake them in the oven at 375-degrees for 30 minutes and let them cool. Pop them into plastic bags so that you can grab them easily in the morning.

The steps of weight loss
DENIAL
Usually I could come up with dozens of reason why I Couldn't lose weight “I’m big boned, it's genetic,” “my mother, father and grandparents were all over weight and struggled most of their lives with health issues associated with obesity.” I, too suffered with health issues like high cholesterol, sleep apnea, acid reflux, and high blood pressure.
and don’t talk to me about slow metabolism.
Slow metabolism leading to obesity and weight gain is about as rare as leprosy. Don't we always get our thyroid gland checked to make sure we don't have a thyroid problem and we are always a little disappointed when the results reveal our thyroid glands are working just fine. My personal favorite denial is, “I just love food.” That's what I told myself, “I just love to eat.” Well, who doesn't? There is almost always a reason we are overeating. I know that there are many reasons we are trying to soothe ourselves with food. Stress, sorrow, anger, disappointments even good times and celebrations can cause overeating. The most ironic celebration is when we actually reach our healthy weight and celebrate by going out to dinner. We think that whatever
is wrong in our lives might be fixed by overeating. Its our go to remedy. I remember a story where a little boy skinned his knee and was crying. after cleaning and bandaging
the wound, his mother gave him two cookies and told the boy that the cookies would make it better. after a little while the boy said the cookies didn't work. He hadn’t eaten
the cookies; he had placed them on his knee over the bandage. Even that little boy knew that food wasn’t the answer.
I know that there are circumstances for many of us that an occasional binge is just going to happen.
I have had three major binges and many small ones since I reached my goal weight. That is a definite success for me because most days before I started to lose weight
were binge days.
Denial can last for years and years. It did with me. It doesn’t have to with you.

ALERT*** Just got this alert from a friend. Check your shampoo bottle label. I don't know why I didn't figure this out sooner!! When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body and (duh!!!) printed very clearly on the shampoo label is...this warning...FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY!! NO wonder I have been gaining weight!! Well, I have gotten rid of the shampoo and I am going to start using Dawn dish soap instead. The label reads: DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. Problem solved!! Pass this on to friends that need a laugh

I have a pair of gray jeans that I am just waiting to get into. I leave them hanging right on my closet door so I see them every day. They remind me to eat sensibly and get some exercise. It is the only way I can get into those jeans. AND I mean to by spring!!!! How about you? Do you have something special you want to be able to wear by spring? What is it?

"Begin to live as though your prayers have already been answered" - Anthony Robbins
I was thinking about this quote and when I looked back at the last 2 years, I realized many of my prayers have been answered but I wasn't taking the time to enjoy them. Never being satisfied, even for a moment, at an accomplishment. I just don't think we give ourselves enough credit for just getting thru the day sometimes, let alone recognizing the strides we have made moving ourselves forward. Just for today, give ourself a little credit for trying our best! AND as a precautionary thought, if you pray for riches, don't live like that prayer has been answered lolol