My Slimming Secret For This Holiday Season
“...glittering rubies, drawn into a smooth round purse. Inside the leathery skin, clusters of gently faceted capsules packed in a honeycomb arrangement are guarded by a cottony, bitter pith. The opened pomegranate, with its blood-red juice and its dark seeds spilling from ivory bindings, has been a vibrant emblem of fertility and resurrection for millennia.”
~Jonathon Hayes
It's pomegranate season and their juicy, ruby-red seeds are my diet secret. After putting on some menopausal poundage, I've lost some weight, but the holiday season is upon us with treats and temptations galore. What's a gal or guy to to? Instead of munching on the usual snacks, try pomegranate seeds. They are sweet and tart, loaded with vitamin C, anti-oxidants and fiber. The contents of one whole pomegranate are only about 100 calories. If you've never opened one of these jewel boxes of fruit, you're in for a treat. It's work prying the seeds from the membrane, but I like to think of it as a meditation in action with yummy rewards. For more info go to the delicious http://www.pomegranate.org
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Do pomegranate martinis count?
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Only if you don't add vodka
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Now I am fully convinced to try the wonderful pomegranate. M back on slow cooker soups, salads and fruits after a short foray into the tasty wicked.
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What tasty wicked? I surprised you haven't tried pom. Perfect for you.
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I had an entire pumpkin pie for starters. Plus lemon meringue and apple, and lots of mashed, sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy. More of that (minus the pie and ice cream) later this weekend, finishing last weekend's feast at home.
I usually eat 90 percent plants, but Thanksgiving to New Year's. Not. Too scared to even weigh myself, but today is a great running day.
I am spending way too much time day and night working on my WIPs.
I will make myself leave the computer today at 4 to go running before the holiday lighting ceremony tonight with daughter, and taking photos for story tomorrow.
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I love apples, citrus (no grapefruit), pineapple, bananas, pears, lettuce, celery, cucumber, cooked tomatoes, onion, garlic, carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes, artichokes, cabbage, broccoli, asparagus, sometimes cauliflower.
So not really a ton. But I can eat plants as 90 percent of my diet. And then I lose the fat/sweet tooth, which I always regain during the Thanksgiving New Year period.
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You're making me hungry
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