19th Aug 2010
I am about to go on the air on WONA and I’m very excited because Seth and I are going to start guiding people (if they choose) on what to eat each week to help them lose or maintain weight. I’m NOT a nutritionist and neither is Seth. This layout of meals is just a guide to help you get started.
Later today I’ll post a grocery list and an on-hand list so you can go to the grocery and be ready to begin.
And I like to shop and begin on Sunday, but if Saturday is your best day then start Saturday. There is some cooking involved and that’s why I suggest a weekend day to begin. But once you do your weekend prep there is very little cooking until the next week.
Stay tuned!
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5th Jun 2010
I don’t know who created the iPhone app that allows you to see what you’d look like if you gained 100 pounds, but it’s not funny. But the Today Show anchors seem to think is it. They would change their tune if this was real. Take a look at this link…
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/06/03/kathie-lee-and-hoda-gain-100-pounds-on-today-video/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl7|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvsquad.com%2F2010%2F06%2F03%2Fkathie-lee-and-hoda-gain-100-pounds-on-today-video%2F
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17th Dec 2009
Last week during my radio show, “Seth and Kitty Weighing In” (which is every Thursday morning at 8:00 am on WONA in Winona, MS with Seth Kent) I had a listener call in to see if I could convert a family peanut butter cookie recipe to a lower calorie version of the same thing. The original recipe was 118 calories per cookie so it was pretty high. These are 90 per cookie so almost saved 30 calories per cookie. And HERE IT IS! I call them CashNut Brown Sugar Cookies! Check out the pic above!
They have, per each cookie - 90 calories - 10.4 grams of fat (but that’s only 2g Saturated Fat) - 1.3g of fiber and 8.5 carbs. And this is how you make them:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees - then mix together -
1 Cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 Cup Splenda brown sugar blend
2 Medium eggs whites
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tesp baking soda
And you’ll need 12 whole cashews to top them for baking. 1/2 for each cookie..
Once everything is mixed well drop by spoon onto a nonstick baking sheet (Don’t use any cooking spray. I tried it on a few and they burnt on the bottom.) I got 24 cookies out of the recipe. After they are all on the sheet take a cashew half and press it down in the cookie. The original recipe for these cookies says they will melt down and become more cookie shaped but this recipe they didn’t do that so you’ll need to press them down slightly. Bake for 25 minutes but check after 20 to make sure they are not too done.
Then enjoy. In my mind 28 calories saved on a cookie means I can have 4 cookies instead of 3. I mean who in the heck eats one cookie?! They probably aren’t reading this blog because they more than likely don’t have food or weight issues…like I do.
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2nd Apr 2009
Okay - I’ve had to finally post something new and get the heck over my experience with Bobby Flay. (Even as wonderful as it was) Time marches on…
I thought I’d post a couple of tips that I use in case they mean anything to you.
Do you eat bran cereal in the morning? If you do then you know that it’s not eggs benedict. It’s bran cereal - good for you, but not always delicious. Here’s a tip. Try sprinkling some ground cinnamon on top and then add a packet of sugar substitute before you pour skim milk over it. The cinnamon makes a huge difference and so does the sweetener. Those two items take plain cereal and turn it into a delicious, more special breakfast.
And here’s another one. My new favorite milk shake is a half and half combination of frozen strawberries and frozen pineapple. Go to the Strawberry Milkshake (just click here) recipe and as you make it just use equal parts of frozen pineapple and frozen strawberries - and you’ll be set. If you have any, try also adding a teaspoon of Vanilla Extract. This is so wonderful and very different and a welcome change for me who sometimes gets in the rut of eating the same thing time and again.
No word on my air date for Grill It - but I’ll post that soon. I have also sent my friend and web master Jim my Portion Perfect demo on how to make your own PP Plate. So that’s coming SOON!
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12th Feb 2009
It uses 2 cups of whole wheat flour and I listed only 1
Whoops!
That’s what I get for getting in a hurry!
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5th Feb 2009
Hey - if you read this blog please go check out my video clip audition on the Food Network web site for Grill It With Bobby Flay (this title is an actual link to the site) and see what you think! I grilled Spicy Creole Shrimp, Grilled Spinach Salad and something I call Banana Slam which is grilled banana with grilled peaches and dates topped with honey and and splash (literally 1/2 teaspoon) of Brandy! YUM! Just click the link in this blog and it will take you there!! Thanks! FYI ALL of the recipes are now posted on the “recipe” section of the site - Thanks Jim!
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5th Jan 2009
…about a weight loss commercial I saw yesterday. Valerie Bertinelli is looking into a camera and crying because she says that she woke up on New Year’s Day not needing to make a resolution about her weight. She’s so overcome that she waves her hand at her face as if to try to stop crying but cannot.
I’m very glad for Valerie. It must be ten times as bad to have weight issues when you’re famous with every bite you eat scrutinized. But is she getting paid for that ad? Is this her job now, to sell the overweight community by crying and telling them she has a way that they (meaning all of us) will never have to think about food or weight issues again if they call Jenny?
If she didn’t wake up thinking about her weight on New Years day then I’m thrilled for her. Maybe she is one of the lucky ones who will not have to think about this everyday of her life. I woke up on New Year’s just like any other day - thinking that I hope I’m good to myself today. I sure want to be but make no promises any more. I am who I am - a RFP (recovering fat person). And I’m a RFP who cannot afford prepackaged food. I have to shop the grocery sales and cook for myself.
Valerie is an actress who lost weight and is now a spokesperson for a weight loss product. If this is how she makes her living then I can handle that. But crying into a camera, when she must know that millions cry every night thinking that they are failures at the weight loss game seems weird to me. And out of those millions who cry there are those who cannot afford Jenny Craig and therefore will feel even worse because they think Jenny holds the brass ring and they can’t afford to reach for it - so once again they are on the outside looking in.
It’s January and I get that the weight loss industry is in full swing. But think before you spend money on these plans. Maybe Jenny is right for you. Maybe it’s Weight Watchers or Nutra System OR maybe it’s buying a calorie book and making your own plan. But please don’t get caught up in somone else’s emotions caught on tape. Feel your own feelings about this. Think and take your time to decide what is best for you..
..so you have no mixed emotions - only strength to deal with your food demons. And if you don’t ever wake up free of the food demons, just know that you are not alone and you CAN deal with them. They are NOT stronger than you.
Happy New Year,
Kitty Stallings
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31st Dec 2008
Don’t worry..I’m not gonna talk about the election or the economy or any of those trivial things that occurred in 2008. No - I’m going to review the year in “Weight”.
2008 had everyone talking about how Kirsty Alley had gained her weight back, Valerie Bertinelli wrote a book about her weight loss (although I read it and that only comes at the end) and the Style Network raked in the dough with a show about an overweight woman named Ruby who is struggling with her weight. Just another year for the weight loss industry to capitalize on all of us again. They make BILLIONS on people just like me who thought for years there was a “cure” for this. And I must say that it astonished me, once I finally lost weight, to find out that I still had all the same urges that made me fat. I had some ridiculous notion that once I lost weight I was going to be “normal” and all those crazy things I think about food would go away. Well, that didn’t happen and I have come to grips with the fact that I will always have a part of me that is quite literally crazy about food.
I saw where Oprah is going to start all over again on Jan 5th with a new “Live Your Best Life” series and part of it is devoted to her weight gain. She always has the best and brightest come and share advice..but what she hasn’t understood yet is that none of these experts can cure her. We are all (all of us in the overweight community) looking for that elusive (nonexistent) CURE! And the sad fact is, there isn’t one. Ever. Period. Oprah will lose weight again and she’ll help millions do the same thing - and that’s a good thing, but until she and all she leads understand that once the camera is off and the show ends those food demons (I call mine Fat Kitty) will jump right back on her. They know where she lives and they know ALL of her weaknesses.
I wish you the best Oprah. I see in your face the same look I have shown on my on face for years. I want this to go away and not be the ‘thing’ that dominates my life. So far that hasn’t happened but accepting that has made it easier for me. I hope you see this too. I wish I could come cook for you for a month. I could change your life.
My recipes could help anyone. I DO eat right 90% of the time. And I eat fruits and veggies and baked fish and chicken.. BUT there are times that I WANT and NEED FRIED CHICKEN! I can’t explain it and refuse to feel guilty and bad about it ever again.
When Fat Kitty comes callin’ I just look up a favorite junk food recipe and go to town eatin’ on it. And I will NEVER be fat again. (I hope)
So 2008 was a great year for me. I didn’t gain weight and I ate like there was no tomorrow (at least 2-3 times a week). I wish I knew Kirsty Alley. I could help her. I wish I knew Oprah. She helps so many people in so many ways..I wish I could cook for her in her house for a month. She’d be changed forever and she’d never gain her weight back.
Who knows? Maybe 2009 is the year we’ll meet!
Happy New Year to everyone out there who struggles with this issue. We are all in this together; whether you’ve lost weight, just beginning to lose weight or if you cannot lose anything and/or choose to stay the way you are. You are all beautiful.
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2nd Dec 2008
for not gaining too much over the holiday…
I’m up 3 pounds and so need to pull back. I had a wonderful holiday and hope you did too. I’m still trying to figure out how much I can eat (since I lost weight - and I have such a skewed vision of what’s normal) and since the food I eat is so low in calories and sugar I dove right in this past weekend. I ate like a P.I.G. -pig (To quote Animal House)! Katie bar the door! is how I ate and I’ve been terrified to get on the scale - but last night, even though I had just eaten dinner, so not empty (my peeps in the overweight community know what I’m talking about here. I always weighed in the morning before I ate anything and after I had been to the bathroom so TOTALLY EMPTY) I got on the scale anyway. Up only 3! I weighed 128! So I thankfully got off the scale and almost cried. For the first time in a million diets going up and down and up and down - it looks like this one is the keeper! I’m really NOT going to be fat ever again.
Eating this way means more than I ever dreamed…I don’t believe in looking back, but I do wonder what my life would have been…. But today is the first day of the rest of my life - corny but so true.
And now it’s on to Christmas. I’ll be sure and make some of my mulled wine and no bake cheese cake and who knows what else? This is amazing. I’m really not going to gain it all back. I’m in shock…
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21st Nov 2008
The two sure do go together - especially for me right now. I always knew I was an emotional eater but lately with all the new responsibilities I have at work I’m glad I don’t bring more for lunch than I do because I’d be eatin’ it! NOW!
And, I love my job. I work for a great guy, but I’ve taken over the job of managing his building and wow is it stressful. I guess I’ll see if I can maintain my weight and do this too. Every time I turn around someone has a problem or something on the building is in a state of emergency. I simply don’t have the temperament for that kind of thing but I’m trying.
The economy has tanked so badly I should just shut up and be glad I have a job…especially since I work for a really nice guy (and he rarely reads my blog! so there’s no kiss up going on here - he really is great) and I’m nuts about his wife. Neil and I consider them good friends.
It would be far more stressful to be without a job and I know there are those of you out there that are - out of a job. Situations like that (stress related) make me feel like I’m out of control - maybe that’s what drives me to eat - two out of control things merging together - my life and my relationship with food. But remember - it is far worse to be stressed out and gaining weight. You’re just adding more stress to your life in so many ways. I have to talk to Fat Kitty a lot on days like this and you should talk to yourself too.
We can all make it through this very stressful time. We can! We’ve seen worse and lived through it; wars, 9/11 and the death of a family member. My sweet Momma (who passed away 4 years ago) used to say, “In one hundred years will it really matter?” The answer to most of life’s problems is “No.” The thing is, we need to believe that.
I’m trying to believe that right now as I wait for the A/C guy to call back to fix the air, the bug guy to call back because one of our suites has ants, our handy man to finish painting the upstairs hall - trying his best to make this older building look new, the sprinklers aren’t working and the ivy is dying - and the construction upstairs on one of the suits has probably ruined the hall carpet. YIKES! I already ate my lunch and I brought a banana, but am trying to wait and save it for later - NO I’M LYING - I WANT TO GO TO THE GAS STATION NEXT DOOR AND BUY 10 CANDY BARS AND EAT THEM ALL…
But I will not. (I hope.)
FYI - Just got calls from the bug guy and the AC guy. Whew! They can come today after all… Now where is that banana?
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