More Recipes for weight loss because we had our Holiday Party!

good morning! sitting here with my chai tea which I absolutely adore. Oh, I forgot to write down the oven temp for the Salmon which should be 375'. There now that's off my mind. I realized that I hadn't included that shortly after I left my blog the other day but of course I had no time to get back here.

I work quite a bit, in the food and beverage industry, so Im not able to get here as often as I like. I aspire to be here at least once a day! I promise.

Last night we had our "Holiday Party" after the fact? We are tooooo busy to do any celebrating before Jan. with all the parties we are hosting for the members. It was hilarious, went better than I thought it would. We had the usual employee event food-chicken fingers (yuck), onion rings (soggy), quesadillas (no filling whatsoever, tasteless and soggy), chili made by the Gen. Mgr himself (too tomatoey, not enough spice) pizza (fair), cheese plate, veg plate and leftover ice cream from the Ohio State/LSU game party last week! Yep, suffice to say that I and my fiance and another couple went out to dinner after Ha!

We kareokeeed, that was fun for awhile. We talked about everyone else that was there! That was fun too! Found out a few new secrets and drank for free. What a night. I have the day off today and am feeling guilty about the amount of food and drink I consumed. Calories in, weight on! So here goes another recipe:

KICK YOUR METABOLISM INTO GEAR!

Your morning meal is very important, it says everything about your metabolism for the day.
Try to stay with a protein and a low carb count.

For Breakfast try this:

Your drink of choice, tea (iced or hot), coffee, water or a diet drink. No calories here.

• Two pieces of toast with peanut butter (no butter or jelly just yet, we could go there later in the day). Peanut butter is about 35 cal. per tsp. You could forget the p'nut butter and use butter instead if you like- also 35 cal. per pat. But you will definately need the eggs at that point.

Bread slices are about 85 cal. each. You could try the light varieties and have a few more slices if you choose (40-50 cal. each slice). Im shooting for a 350 cal b'fast.

• 2 eggs-anyway you like them! 70 cal. each. Yes, you can use the whole egg. If you want to cut the calorie count you can use just the egg whites. 63 Calories for the yolk and 16 for the white. Use a pan spray to cook them in for the cal. count-or use a pat of butter (35 cal) or a tsp of olive oil (35 cal.)

The main idea is to keep the calorie count to a minimum and eat a protein first thing in the morning!

Play around with the numbers and stay below 400 calories. Then you can use the rest of your calories for lunch and dinner. 1200-1500 calories for an active female and 1500-1800 for an active male. Take away 300 calories in each instance for inactivity.

If you are in a hurry I would eat the peanut butter toasts and coffee and run! Note your heart rate! Your metabolism is in gear! Your day is set....

Thanks for listening, Dulce Dreamz