weight off week 8

[cornerofmadness]

how did we get through 2 months of the year already? I've seen some success stories on my list today. I'm not one of them. Apparently my plateau is as long as Australia. Whee. How are you all doing.

I have to confess, I'm not an Oscar's person but I clicked on a link that promised an Oscar worthy body (which really I sort of thought that was insulting but whatever.) Anyhow it's a series of workout types from celebrity trainers and I looked them over and thought I'd share them here celebrity trainer work outs

A lot of them were fairly simply and requiring no real equipment. I mean you could substitute soup cans for arms weights in the triceps work out and I'm pretty sure even I could do the playing card one (okay I'll have to misuse tarot cards at the moment or see if I can find my fma set).

and my once weekly recipe. Got this one from the new weight watcher's book and it has to be one of the best new recipes I've tried in a long time.



Orzo with grilled eggplant and tomatoes

6 ounces orzo
1 small eggplant @ ¼ pound cut into ½ inch rounds
1 small red bell pepper, quartered lengthwise and seeded
1 large tomato seeded and chopped
½ cup crumbled fat-free feta
Pitted kalamata olives coarsely chipped
2 scallions sliced
¼ cup chopped snipped dill
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon black pepper.
1. Cook orzo according to package directions omitting salt if desired (feta and olives are salty), transfer to bowl.
2. grill vegetables (if it’s not grilling season, the heat the oven to 400 and roast the veggies)
3. cut eggplant and bell pepper into ½ inch pieces. Add to orzo with all remaining ingredients and toss to mix well
4. ¼ cup is serving size, 134 calories per serving. Points plus value 3 and you can substitute almost any of the veggies for ones you like.