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25 April 2018

Chrysalis’ Hand Built Crunchy Omelet!

Hey all!

It's my first food entry! Yay!

I call this my "hand built" crunchy omelet because I use my hands to coat the spinach and the almond slivers! Kitchie, I know, hehe! :o)

This is my favorite omelet because it is pretty much a party in yer mouth! If you are like me, then you have certain food texture preferences. Sometimes I need crunchy food, sometimes I want soft food. This tasty, protein-packed omelet gives you the best of both, in my opinion (of course, I am biased!).

Aside from the crunchy goodness (which comes from the roasted spinach and almonds), every bite delivers a burst of flavor from the fresh tomato, and a tiny bite of heat from the pepper jack cheese, as well.

It's the perfect meal for my taste buds and it puts me in a damn great mood, too!

Follow the instructions below exactly to the letter.

There is one instruction in particular that makes this a fun meal to cook with your significant other! ;o) I like to add these little nuances, as I believe cooking and eating should always be a super enjoyable/sensual experience!

My apologies in advance for not providing the nutrition information...I will try to do so in a future post.

In other news, I also had a scale victory today!

210.4 on the scale! Down from those dreadful 4 lbs. I gained in the past several weeks! I am now heading in the right direction, thankfully. *sigh*

Thank you all so very much for your treasured encouragement and support.

Mad Love,

Chrysalis ❤︎


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Omelet Ingredients:

2 Eggland’s Best Grade AA Eggs
1.5 cup (lightly packed, uncooked**) Fresh Express Baby Spinach
1/4 cup Diamond of California Slivered Almonds
1/4 cup diced Del Campo Classic Tomato (fresh)
1/2 serving (approx. 1/8 cup) Sargento Whole Milk Mozzarella Natural Cheese (finely shredded)
1/2 serving (approx. 1/8 cup) Kroger Mild Cheddar Cheese (finely shredded)
1 slice Sargento Natural Cheese - Pepper Jack

Preparation Ingredients:

A couple sprays of Pam Butter Spray
2 tbs. coconut oil (1 for coating the spinach, 1 for cooking the omelet)
1 tsp. honey
A few sprinkles of Mrs. Dash, Table Blend
Dash of salt

Optional Side Items:

1/2 cup of OJ
1/2 cup of 2% milk
1 Sun Pacific Navel Orange

** Lightly packed, uncooked spinach instructions:

Place the leaves in a 1 cup volume measuring cup. Lightly press the leaves down to create a nice density to fill the measuring cup. Repeat with a .5 cup measuring cup. This method also works for a 2 cup measuring cup.


How to Build the Omelet!

Tools:

Clean hands!
Omelet pan
1 sq. foot of aluminum foil
Measuring cups, spoons
2 small glass bowls or plates (1 for coconut oil, 1 for honey)
Whisk
Large, slatted spatula


Preparation and Cooking Instructions:

Coat aluminum foil lightly with a couple sprays of Pam Butter Spray.

Put 1 tablespoon of coconut oil into omelet pan (optional, of course).

Grab the other tablespoon of coconut oil from one of the glass bowls and warm it in your hands.

Coat individual spinach leaves with oiled hands and place in a single layer onto aluminum foil.

Wash hands thoroughly.

Place almonds into bowl with honey.

Coat almonds with honey (I use my hands here, too!)

It may be easier for you, if you wish, to use another dash of coconut oil on your hands here before you coat the almonds! Jessayin'!).

Grab all the sticky slivered almonds and sprinkle onto spinach working them off your hands (rub hands together in a back and forth motion until all slivers are off).

Feed your honey bunny any leftover nuts that are stuck to your hands (or eat them yourself! Hehe!). If you've used coconut oil before this step, then the almonds should fall easily onto the spinach.

Wash hands thoroughly.

Sprinkle Mrs. Dash over spinach and nuts (if you wish!).

Place spinach and nuts into oven (or toaster oven).

Broil until crispy, approximately 5 minutes or so.

Whisk eggs with approximately 1 tbs. water.

Cook omelet using your personal method, adding cheese to your preference (inside and on top).

Add tomatoes, spinach, nuts according to personal taste.

Plate the omelet, and then add a dash of salt. That last, tiny dash of salt is what pulls every single delicious flavor of this meal beautifully together!

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Eating time: 30 magical seconds! Hehe! Just kidding…..not really. ;o)


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25 April 2018

Weigh-in: 210.4 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 60.4 lb Diet followed reasonably well
   (3 comments) losing 7.0 lb a week

21 April 2018

A Special Thank You to the FS Community!

Dear You,

I am beyond touched at the amazing beauty and support that I see here. As a recent newbie, it warms my soul to be a part of a community where I can be free to give support and receive support on a topic that is still so damned taboo in the world today.

Thanks to everyone who has supported my journal entries and left sweet, positive, encouraging comments! Also, thanks to those who've honored me with a follow.

The truth is, I don't get this kind of support IRL. I live in a very image conscious town, Las Vegas (..*ahem* yeah, we'll talk about being chubby in Vegas at a later date!). So, it's nice to log in here when I need that extra pick me up. The accountability is astounding and inspiring. The success stories, wow! The pictures of all the delicious, healthy food are always so helpful. I'm gonna have to steal some of the ideas I've seen here until I eventually get around to posting my own.

I will start logging my food intake this weekend, after I sit down and begin a healthy food plan for a weight loss life-style. Once I lose weight, it will just become my healthy eating life-style, I guess, right? Funny how planning things out creates a seemless transition.

I'm embarrassed to admit that since I joined here, I've gained 4.4 lbs.

Gulp!

I've been super careless with food this past week! Choosing to eat without consequence. I won't bore you with the excuses, heh, of which I am sure I can drum up myriad.

But, all that scale told me today is that it's damn time to step it the heck up!!

YES!!

Thank you again, folks. I am blessed to be here and grateful to YOU.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xo

Chrysalis

21 April 2018

Weigh-in: 214.4 lb lost so far: 0 lb still to go: 64.4 lb Diet followed poorly
   add comment gaining 3.1 lb a week

17 April 2018

Are You Living the Life You're Supposed to be Living?

Yeah. This question came up today in a work conference.

Methinks someone was trying to be a little too deep for the context of the meeting, but that's neither here nor there.

I think it's an interesting question when it comes to self-image or self-perception issues.

How do we see ourselves as compared to how others see us?

Someone once told me that the reason he cheated on his wife incessantly was because she was fat.

Then he proceeded to inform me (without missing a beat): "What's worse is that she doesn't even KNOW she's fat."

WTF?

The message I took from that extraordinarily insensitive comment was that his wife was a woman who felt good about herself, even after she'd put on some pounds. She went from being a commercial model to gaining over a hundred pounds in the span of at least 10 years.

She was a woman who was secure within herself, even at a higher weight, and I think that's pretty cool. I can't fathom as to her journey or her thinking processes, but I can relate to her, all these years later.

When I began gaining weight, it crept up...slowly. And I've been busy living my life, so I didn't pay much attention, or I ignored it. Sure, I bought the new sizes each year. I stopped admiring my figure in the mornings just out of the shower...hell, I even stopped looking at my body altogether! I drifted into an overweight lifestyle, merrily living my life as usual, never missing out on anything.

This isn't my full story, of course, but you get the point here.

"I didn't even know I was {getting} fat..." as Don would probably say about me these days.

And, it's kinda true.

I never let my weight bring me down, choosing instead to quietly accept myself, love myself at any size.

But there is that question...AM I living the life I am supposed to be living (at my size)? What are my limitations? How does my weight hinder me? Am I living up to my fullest potential?

These are the questions I ponder as I sit and contemplate the uneasy, averted glances from male passersby at this busy Starbucks I am in at the moment. You know the ones I'm talking about. The "barely there" acknowledgements that shift away within seconds...glances that used to linger, sometimes hungrily (no pun intended!).

I don't turn heads anymore. But, you know what? I'm cool with that. I know I'm overweight. But it's MY problem to deal with, yeah?

Have a beautiful evening, all. ❤︎

xo

Chrysalis

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