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Well I have been busy and down and my leg is injured so I'm not walking, but I'm still eating light and I have lost 10 lb all together.
 
The name of this Turkish dish translates to ‘the priest (imam) fainted’, the legend being that it is so delicious the village imam fainted from shock when he first tasted it.


Imam Bayildi ​


2 small eggplants

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium onion or ½ of a large one, coarsely chopped

1 large tomato, coarsely chopped

1 teaspoon granulated garlic

1 large green bell pepper

1 6-ounce can of tomato paste

2 tablespoons dried parsley (purists use fresh, but I’m lazy)

Split eggplants lengthwise. Scoop out the insides of the split pieces with a grapefruit knife, leaving a quarter-inch-thick shell. Heavily salt the empty shells and drain them upside-down in the sink for 1 hour. You can also salt the pulp and let it sit for an hour, after which you would rinse it and squeeze out the bitter brown juice, but this is optional.

Fry the eggplant pulp, onions, garlic, bell pepper, tomato, and tomato paste in the olive oil until the onions are soft.

Rinse the shells and pat dry. Fill each with pulp mixture. Place in a Corningware dish with ½ inch of water, cover, and bake at 350° for 1 hour.
 
Wasabi and Panko-Crusted Pork with Gingered Soy Sauce

2/3 panko (Japanese bread crumbs, 1 Lg egg white slightly beaten, 4 4oz pork loin chops, 1 t peanut oil, cooking spray, 1/8 t salt, 1 T bottled fresh ginger, 1/3 c fat free chicken broth, 2 T sake, 2 T soy sauce, 2 t sugar, 1 t wasabi paste, 1/3 c green onions sliced thin

dredge chops in egg white and then panko, spray pan and heat oil, add chops and cook 4 min each side on med-hi, sprinle with salt, reducte heat to medium and add ginger stirring constantly for 30 seconds, combine remaining ingredients and stir well with wisk, add mixture to pan and stir to loosen browned bits, stir until heated through and spoon over pork

215 cal, 6.8 fat, 24.5 pro, 10.8 carbs

I served this over whole wheat couscous it soaked up the sause well
I also added a couple of dashed of sesame oil
 
Thanks for the wonderful recipes!
I'm new here, but I saw this and would like to be involved.
I started dieting last year in April 2006. Since then I've lost 43 pounds altogether.
I do those things:
1) Weight lifting helps! It builds muscles which increases your metabolism, which means you burn more calories while sitting down!
2) I quit drinking soda pops. I used to drink 6-8 12oz cans everyday (Yikes!) So that's about 900 - 1200 calories a day I'm saving!
3) I drink water, water, and water all day long. I also love Propel! Those tall bottles (23.7 oz) only have 25-30 calories in it.
4) Put salt in food (it's good to do, as long as blood pressure doesn't go up. Otherwise, it would be better to lighten up on salt! Salt prevents your body from retaining water)
5) walks are great
6) Weekends are diet-free days. I don't worry about calories. I just eat till I feel full. These days are good for treats that I crave sometimes - like icecream and cookies.
There were some weeks / months that I didn't loose any pounds (Nov. and Dec. I gained back a few pounds from all the feasting). But I kept reminding myself that it will be worth it in the long run and tried to look to the future. Two pounds lost in a year is better than gaining a few pounds!

My goal is to reach 45 total pounds lost by July 15th.
 
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