A New Attitude
Thank you all so very much for the outpouring of support on my last post. I have no words…really…just thank you for all your amazingness 
My new “quitting’” attitude gave me a lift this morning. I felt ready to tackle the gym again, although I have been doing yoga for a few days and really enjoy it! Mish at Eating Journey referred me to www.yogadownload.com and I took advantage of the free Yoga for Weight Loss video. It was awesome! I love how strong I feel when I’m done. I’ll definitely be incorporating more of this into my workout routine.
Before heading to the gym, I had a quick breakfast – Chocolate Cranberry Chia Muffin Tops with PB2…
At the gym, I hit the Arc Trainer for 40 minutes with a resistance of 20 and my strides were 135 – 150. A nice, schweaty workout.
I came home to a hot cup of french press in my Meanest Mom in the World cup 
I worked on some blog stuff for a while, then ran a bunch of errands including a stop at the supermarket with the crazies. Everyone was in a mad rush to gather their food items for the impending snow!
Despite the cold, I was craving summer food – seafood and salad. I heated up some mini crabcakes that my Mom had passed along from her freezer stash and served them over a salad of mixed greens, shredded carrots and a splash of good balsamic vinegar …
Surprisingly, I didn’t want for too much of a snack later, so I just nibbled on a Chocolate Cranberry Biscotti Bite while watching little daughter and a friend put on a play. There was “no flash photography” allowed during the show, so here’s my picture from the other day 
I’ve had a few requests for this recipe. It was sent to me along with the Hershey’s chocolate samples. I couldn’t find it on the website, but I guess it’s okay to pass along to you all…
Chocolate Dried Cranberry Biscotti
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons tofu
1/4 cup plus 3 tbsp. all purpose flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup plus 1 tsp. sugar (reserved)
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. Hershey’s Cocoa, unsweetened
1 ounce Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate, roughly chopped
2 tbsp. dried cranberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Process tofu in a food processor until smooth, about 30 seconds. Add flours, sugar, baking powder, olive oil and cocoa. Process until smooth, another 30 seconds. Add chocolate and cranberries and pulse processor on and off about 5 times until they are mixed in.
Romove the dough and roll into a ball. Then roll into a log with a 1 inch diameter. Pour reserved tsp. sugar onto a plate and roll log in the sugar until coated. Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cook for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven, let cool for 5 minutes and slice into 1/2 inch thick slices. (Should make about 15 cookies)
Return the slices to the baking sheet and place in the oven. Turn the oven off and let biscotti dry about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Info(per cookie): Calories: 64, total fat: 3 grams, cholesterol: 0mg., sodium: 2 mg., total carbohydrates : 10 gr., fiber: 1 gr., protein: 1 gr., calcium: 24mg.
*just a note: I only got 10 small cookies, hence my naming them “bites”. I also think you could sub out the tofu for something else like yogurt, if you didn’t have the tofu on hand.
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Dinner was a family affair. Translation: We all ate the same thing! Well, kinda. It was soup and panini night. I went with our Progresso stash for the soup…
I mixed the two together to make enough for all 4 of us. I always add some baby spinach to mine for color and freshness…
The paninis were really “grilled cheese” for the husband and daughters. I got a little more creative with mine: turkey, baby spinach, red onion and wasabi mustard on Dave’s Killer Bread…
I really like the flavor of the bread, but it is fairly “POINTy”. Two slices will cost you 5 POINTS or 260 calories and 6 grams of fat. It’s very seedy, so that probably accounts for a lot of the cost. Good for you stuff, though
To end the night, I cranked out some moves for the Legs Do It Challenge. Walking lunges are brutal and I look like I’ve been drinking cuz I am falling over half the time while doing them! Comedy
Total – 23 POINTS
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Have a great day, everyone!
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17 comments
Sounds like you had a good day. As far as the points go, I think as long as you’re making healthy decisions, something higher in points is a-okay. We get it in our heads that high points (or calories) = bad, but that’s not always true. There are lots of low-point processed foods out there, but that doesn’t mean you should eat them
Have a great day!
The sandwich looks sooooo good!
Stay safe and warm today, sunshine!
we’re getting snow today too!! but i didn’t rush off the grocery store…i guess we’re going to starve! :p lol
Oh and kudos to you on all your workouts!!
I love how you love PB2 and the arc trainer
A girl after my own heart. I’m also very glad you’re “quitting” the whole beating yourself up thing. It’s so counterproductive and you’re such a lovely and kind person. I’m glad you can treat yourself with the same love you treat others (even if you’re the meanest mom in the world 
LOL)
YD is the best thing ever. That weightloss one is awesome. I did the hour one once and was dripping in sweat.
I bought a yoga for dummies DVD, okay don’t laugh, it is pretty good for a beginner. I had no idea I would be so sore the next day after doing the exercises. It is much more of a work out than I could have imagined.
Good eats as usual. That bread looks amazing.
That’s a cool recipe. Saving that one. 64 calories for a biscotti? Good deal.
Yeah! Glad to see you happy and doing awesome!
Love the biscotti bites. Need to make those.
we all will have bad week! just like weight watchers says we need to plan for days we go over points, we need to plan for weeks we go over points. get back on at your next meal, you don’t have to wait until the next day! we just need to plan for slip ups, because they will happen!
I think taking the guilt out will make it easier to choose better. I always eat worse when I feel crappy about my choices, it’s like “I’ve already screwed up the points for the day so why not just go a little further”. Cinnamon all bran bites really help me, because they are packaged in a little bag that is 1 point, and it takes away the desire to snack on chips or pretzels.
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Your dinner is absolutely wonderful looking! The panini you made is so restaurant gourmet-ish it’s making me drool. You’re right though, Dave’s killer bread is a little weighty, but it’s filling and delicious….i think it’s totally worth it!
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Hey Marisa,
I have been making paninis on the oroweat sandwich thins turned inside out. It is SO good. They are only 1 point, or so I hear (I don’t do WW). Anyway they get really flat and crispy and they are just so yummy. I use the whole wheat ones. If you try it, let me know how you like it!
Keep up the good work!
As always – wonderful food pics! Reading your blog always makes me hungry, lol!
I hope you’re feeling better…
I’ll have to check out yogadownload!!
And I just bought a panini press – I’m so ready to start experimenting with it!!
That panini looks so good!!