WW Weekly Recipe RoundUp & Meal Plan (11/2/19)

Welcome to my Weight Watchers Friendly Weekly Recipe and Link Roundup

Encouragement and inspiration are critical whenever you're trying to change your habits. This is especially true when the habits involve eating better, losing weight and creating a healthy balanced lifestyle.

Sticking with the slow and steady sensible balanced approach to lasting change can seem dull and out of step when everywhere you look people seem to be swinging between overindulgent excess and extreme deprivation based diets.

My mission is to provide you with a constant supply of motivating articles and Easy Healthy WW friendly recipes to encourage your pursuit of a happy, healthy, balanced life.

Here's what I've got for you this week...

WW Weekly Topic: Don't Fall for These Common Exercise Myths

Replace common exercise myths - like I need to join a gym, I don't have time, It costs too much - with 10 Truths About Exercise that will help you get moving!

On Simple-Nourished-Living This Week

2-Ingredient WW Pineapple Angel Food Cake - One of the most popular recipes here on Simple Nourished Living, recently republished with new photos and a video.

WW Friendly 2-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake

Instant Pot Quinoa - If you’re too busy and don’t have time to watch over Stovetop Quinoa, you can make perfect quinoa easily and effortlessly in the InstantPot Pressure Cooker. Each and every time with no mess, no fuss, no boiling over!

Denice S. Success Story - In the past 3 years she has lost over 200 pounds while completely re-making her life. I love her advice to embrace your mistakes and show up even if it hurts.

This Week Previous Years

• WW Freestyle Friendly Casseroles (2018)
• Air Fryer Turkey Bacon (2017)
• Healthy Crunchy Tuna Salad for Two (2016)
• Easy Peasy Slow Cooker Pot Roast (2015)

Five Most Popular Posts This Week

• My New WW 2020 Program Changes Rumors & Social Buzz
• 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Mini Muffins
• Olive Garden Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli
• Slim & Healthy Ground Beef Enchilada Casserole
• 100 WW Friendly CrockPot Recipes

Meal Planning: On My Menu Next Week

After years of trial and error, I discovered that mapping out a rough outline of meals for the coming week is one of the most important things I can do for an easier, less stressful, more successful week.

Meal Planning makes staying on track with my healthy eating/weight management goals so MUCH EASIER. Once I have a plan I shop and do a meal prep on the weekend saving time and money all week long.

WW Friendly Corn Chowder

This Week's Meal Plan Suggestions:

• Corn Chowder, Salad, Crusty Bread
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lentil Chili
• Curried Shrimp with Cilantro, Lime & Garlic, Rice & Peas
• WW Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Carrots
• Baked Sweet Potato Stuffed with Leftover Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lentil Chili and salad

Tired of trying to decide what to cook?

If you are struggling with meal planning here are 3 great meal planning resources to help:

• My Month of Meal Month of Meal Plans eBook
• My WW Friend Kristen's Slender Kitchen Meal Planning Made Easy Program
• My WW friend Alisha's 12 Week eCookbook and Meal Planner and Table for Two Meal Planner and eCookbook

Weekly Weight Loss Devotional

I love devotionals. I've been reading them daily for years and recently felt the call to begin sharing a weekly devotional specific to weight loss with you here.

Photo Credit: Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Reading the same devotional over and over every day for at least a week, until I have it committed to memory is powerful. The positive words soak into every part of my being refreshing me and giving me strength.

This week's topic: Perspective

Easy Healthy WW Friendly Recipes & Links I Bookmarked Week:

This Guide to Peace for Anyone with A Crazy Mixed Up Mind is just what my overactive, overcritical mind needed to read this week.

Caramel Apple Slow Cooker Dump Cake - If a gooey caramel apple pie and a rich spice cake jumped into a slow cooker together you'd end up with a dessert like this, but thanks to Hungry Girl, the results are much lower in calories than that craziness would be.

If you want an easy vegetarian meal for meal prep, lunch, or dinner these easy Teriyaki Veggie Brown Rice Bowls are easy to make, full of flavor, and packed with healthy ingredients.

Easy Chicken & Bean Enchiladas (img courtesy EmilyBites.com)

These easy 5-ingredient Chicken and Bean Enchiladas are a simple, filling and healthy weeknight dinner that will be a hit with the whole family.

Have a wonderful weekend!

*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

More WW Weekly Recipes and Round-Ups

• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: November 2, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: October 26, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: October 19, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: October 12, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: October 5, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: September 28, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: September 21, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: September 14, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: January 26, 2019
• WW Recipes and Helpful Links: February 3, 2018

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