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Happy Sunday!
As a small token of appreciation for supporting this little old blog of ours, we are giving away a Cozyna Air Fryer! You’ll find all the details at the end of the post.
Click here for More Weight Watcher AIR FRYER Recipes!
But first, here’s a collection of Weight Watchers friendly articles and recipes for you. I call these posts, Slimming Bites from Other Sites and it’s been almost a year since my last last one. Crazy but true.
Slimming Bites: Links to Helpful Articles & Recipes for Weight Watchers
The internet is such a wealth of helpful information and delicious recipes for Weight Watchers and others pursuing sensible weight loss and healthy balanced living.
I love sharing my favorite discoveries with you here.
Enjoy!
‘Diet’ products can make you fat, study shows – If you’ve questioned why sugar is so expensive on Weight Watchers SmartPoints Program, you’ll want to read this.
Researchers found that rats fed a diet high in sugar but low in fat — meant to imitate many popular diet foods — increased body fat mass when compared to rats fed a balanced rodent diet.
The high-sugar diet induced a host of other problems, including liver damage and brain inflammation. (ScienceDaily)
10 Reasons I Love Weight Watchers — Alexis, a Weight Watchers Ambassador who has lost 115 pounds and kept it off over the past 2+ years, talks about the advantages of Weight Watchers over other weight loss programs.
As a fellow WW and active lifetime member, I agree with every one of her points. (Organize Yourself Skinny)
Cheesy Italian Cauliflower Bake — A Weight Watchers friendly, gluten-free, low carb alternative to baked pasta with just SmarPoints from Alisha – I can’t wait to try. (Meal Planning Mommies)
Healthy Greek Nachos — Like Kristen, I can see these becoming a staple in our house this summer as the weather is heating up and I naturally turn to recipes that are more fresh and light. Make them vegetarian by skipping the chicken and using either hummus or chickpeas instead. (Slender Kitchen)
Weight Watchers Friendly Vegan Snacks — A collection of snack recipes for those who want to try to keep animal products out of their diet. (Snack-Girl)
All About Air Fryers — If you love the taste of fried food but not excess calories and fat, this appliance delivers. Here are five reason an air fryer is worth the hype and four recipes to try. (Hungry Girl)
Now onto the Giveaway…
AIR FRYER GIVEAWAY DETAILS…
We are giving away the Cozyna Air Fryer (Original 3.2L), recommended by Hungry Girl who said…
If you love the taste of fried food but not excess calories and fat, this appliance delivers. Here at Hungryland, we’ve gotten pretty good at re-creating fried food sans guilt with our own “faux-fry” oven method. But I’ve gotta say, the recipes we tried in our air fryer came out even crispier. It gets better: We tried them with and without a small amount of oil (per the air fryer instructions) and found that NO added oil is needed to achieve that crispy finish.
It’s NOT a uni-tasker. I’d hesitate to recommend splurging on a kitchen gadget that can only do one thing. So I was pretty happy to learn that our air fryer can also bake, grill, and roast. I’m talking meatballs, steak… even muffins and cake! The manual includes a comprehensive chart with foods, temps, and times, which I LOVE.
It’s a time saver! My oven takes around 10 minutes to pre-heat, but an air fryer takes only about 3 minutes. Plus, some recipes cook WAY faster in an air fryer… My butternut squash fries were air-fryer ready in just 12 minutes, versus the 35 minutes they take in the oven!
Clean-up is a breeze. No messy pans or oily skillets. You can toss the fryer pan and the basket right into the dishwasher when you’re done with ’em.
The built-in timer has an auto switch-off feature to keep the absent-minded chef in check. Have you ever gotten distracted while something was in the oven and returned to burnt food? Our air fryer’s self-timer turns off the unit when time is up!
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GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED
The winner is Bev who said, “Forgiveness!!!! I call WW the program of Mercy and Grace. I learned to forgive myself. If I mess up a day WW is forgiving and I get right back on track and don’t feel like I have to give up for one slip up. I have never lost this much weight and keeping it off because I found Grace with WW.”
Congratulations, Bev! Please contact support@simple-nourished-living.com to claim your prize.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the air fryer giveaway by sharing your weight loss “ahas” in the comments. I loved reading what you had to say and picked up tons of tips.
This was so much fun, we’ll do another giveaway soon.
TO ENTER
To enter this giveaway, just answer the following question below, in the Comments section of this post:
What has been your biggest lesson or “aha” on your weight loss journey thus far?
For me, it has been the importance of portion control.
THE RULES
One entry per person, please.
Winners will be announced next Sunday morning. Be sure to check back to see if you won.
Have a Wonderful Week and Good Luck!
Love yourself in the here and now. Don’t let the number on the scale or the tightness/looseness of the waistband determine how you feel about you. Like life, loosing pounds and inches is a journey to be embraced with determination and a smile. ?
I would love to have an air fryer. Please pick me.
I think portion control is the biggest part. Also my daughter is on WW with me and we both seem to keep each other on track by cooking meals together and only cooking enough to have 1 serving meal avoids overeating and temptation to have second servings.
I find I do better when we eat home. I know what the ingredients are, can measure/weigh my food. Even when I eat half portions at restaurants, still do not do well.
I have a couple of big Aha moments during my journey of continual weight loss.
First I need to remember to believe that I can lose the weight and keep it off. Weight watchers does that with me,
Second I need to have a partner, that inspires me and that I can inspire. My daughter is my inspiration. Not only is she my partner in weight loss she is my mentor and biggest fan for success.
Maybe you do not need a partner but after all the weight i have lost and regained. I needed a person that would hold me accountable. She is my rock.
The new program has really opened my eyes to how much sugar is added to food. Since I started the Smart points program, I am eating more fruit than I did before and less cheese, which I still miss, but I am also losing weight faster than the old program.
My “aha” moment in my weight loss is realizing that I still have to do some type of activity/exercise. Cutting portions and watching my diet is not enough at my age. I have worked in a job for the last 6 years where I sit more than I ever have before in my career. I have purchased a stand-up desk and it is helping me get off my seat, and keeps me more motivated during the day. I’m feeling much better and it’s helping my weight loss!!!
For my journey it was portion control. Now that I’ve been on this journey I have found that the portions I now eat are lots and I don’t need those big servings I use to eat.
I have been on this new WW journey for 7 weeks now. I came from a family where everyone had to finish what was on there plate and you could have as much as you wanted of anything you wanted at dinner. Put these two mindsets together and you have a recipe for an over eater and someone who eats even if they are full. So I’m finding that WW is retaining my brain to make conscience / better choices and to add portion control to my life. Portion control has been the biggest factor. Because I have eaten healthy before but just way too much. I bought a WW scale and now I measure and weight all my servings. What an eye opener this has been! I realize where I was totally wrecking any progress in the past and have cleaned up these areas and I’m already one pants size smaller.
edited version. sorry for the typos in the first one:
I have been on this new WW journey for 7 weeks now. I came from a family where everyone had to finish what was on their plate and you could have as much as you wanted of anything you wanted at dinner. Put these two mindsets together and you have a recipe for an over eater and someone who eats even if they are full. So I’m finding that WW is retraining my brain to make conscience / better choices and to add portion control to my life. Portion control has been the biggest factor. Because I have eaten healthy before, but just way too much. I bought a WW scale and now I measure and weight all my servings. What an eye opener this has been! I realize now why it was so hard to lose weight. I’m already one pants size smaller.
Hi – Eat to Live rather than Live to Eat is a hard thing to grasp, but I try to find joy elsewhere – reading a book, a new hair doo-dad, a half hour sitting on the porch, watching people and nature. It is not easy and it never will be. Accept it! Thanks for the great recipes!