"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you'd better be running." Author Unknown

Monday, July 27, 2009

A Walk in the Park

If only weight loss was just that, a walk in the park. I would have lost 5 lbs today... but its not and I lost 0 lbs today. Yep, nada...zip...zilch was lost this week. **sigh** Oh well.

I did have a great day on Sunday with the girls. I was tired of being in the house, so I grabbed the double stroller and headed to town to take the girls for a walk on the path around the park.


It was hot.... if you cant tell by the look on the girls faces!! So we loaded up on water and sunscreen.

Baby took this pic from the stroller with her own camera. Granny and Bill joined us on the walk too!! I tried to keep the pace fast, which was pretty hard because the path included lots of up and down hills.... I think next time I will go a little earlier and try to run this course. This time we stopped with just one go-round. I could have gone around again, but it was getting TOO hot. So we went home and ruined it all with a slice of this:

Berry Cobbler.... I made it with Splenda and soy milk, but it was still more calories then I needed!

Recipe:

1 stick of butter (or a couple of tablespoons of EVOO)
2 cups self rising flour
2 cups sugar (or 1 cup Splenda)
2 cups milk (or Soy Milk)
2 lbs fresh or frozen berries (or fruit of your choice)

Cover your pan or skillet with butter/oil. Pour batter into a pan (9 x 13 or iron skillet) and then place berries on top. Stick in a preheated oven at 350-375 for 30 minutes or until the edges get a golden brown color to them. Serve with whip cream or ice cream.

WARNING: not a 'diet' food. but definitely an easy dessert for a special occasion. YUMMO!!

.......and the reason I kicked ass this week, but didn't lose a pound! LOL. At least its Monday again!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a lovely day for a walk! I love picture perfect blue sky days! :)

And yes, that cobbler looks absolutley delish! :) I'll save the recipe for a planned treat day!

You're looking good sis!

Carlos said...

wow drooling over that dessert