non-diet weightloss?.... and giveaway winner!

According to various studies...the average American gains

2 pounds each year.  (yikes!).  But there is some research in The

Journal of Nutrition that...just maybe, there is a way to help

prevent this...even possible there is a way to encourage weightLOSS

(get this...) without dieting.  Is it a new PILL?...nope.  Or some

kind of SURGERY? ...nope.  The secret: 

Researchers at Brigham Young University, Utah...

followed the eating habits of 252 middle-aged women for

nearly two years and found that those who increased their fiber

intake generally LOST weight.  Women who decreased the fiber

in their diets....GAINED weight.

With the research in mind the scientists came up with this

weight-loss formula:

~Boosting fiber by 8 grams for every 1,000 calories consumed

resulted in losing about 4.5 pounds over the course study

*this held true whether a woman was eating 3 0r 25 grams of

fiber at the start of the study

What do YOU think??

I'm going to make an effort to try to include MORE fiber

in my foods this coming week

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"Power" Cookies...High Fiber/High Protein

Ingredients

• 4 cups rolled oats
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

 --Preheat oven to 325 degrees
--Grease cookie sheet
--Grind oats in a blender until resembles coarse flour
--In a medium bowl, mash beans to a smooth paste.  Stir in white sugar, brown sugar
       and vanilla until well blended 
--Combine the ground oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; blend into
       the bean mixture (paste)
--Stir in the dates, coconut, raisins, and walnuts.
--Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto  prepared baking sheets  
--Bake for 10-15 minutes in the preheated oven until golden

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This is a great book and it is the

Giveaway

....for the GOAL SETTING Challenge.

The Winner for the

Goal Setting Challenge

(challenge was given HERE)

BARB 

You can visit her in Blogland HERE   

Barb posted a comment about setting goal for the following week.

"On My Weigh" 4.14.12 and

She came back a week later and posted her goal progress.

This was the challenge...to comment about a goal one

week and to check back in after a week and let us all know

the progress that was made.   So, THANK YOU to Barb and

all of you who are leaving comments and inspiring us to

set more goals, work harder to be healthier!

I will do more challenges...ever so often.  Check-in  on

Saturdays and see what could be "cookin" =)

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 ~~~ Ruby's Report ~~~

Treadmill - 6 days...but, I was kind a "dragon" this week. I only did one day

              of 3 miles.   It seems that if I watch TV series (the weekly ones).  I walk

              faster and longer, than, if I am reading and writing stuff on my laptop

              while walking.  I guess my brain just can't concentrate the completely

              doing two things at once =P

Food -  I did "OK" with food choices this week.  I must say that I probably ate

             too many peanuts and too much butter on my (homemade) bread.  I

             didn't really eat "junk" foods tho.

Weight(loss)? - sad to say...I went up .8 this week....I gotta be more diligent with

            calorie intake this coming week.  And I am going to try to eat more grams

             of fiber.

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How are things going?  Have YOU checked off any goals that

you've reached this past week?  Starting here...now...you can

set (even one small one) a goal.  Write it down...and,

CHECK IT OFF next week.  =)

We LUV reading your comments!  YOU inspire

us ALL!!