Biff!

Tomorrow is the final day of our Hot for the Holidays competition! It's been a great 11 weeks.

Don't peeter out and die. You still need to blog by tomorrow if you want to take home any prize $$.

Full disclosure . . . I biffed the group challenge this week. I have been feeling totally guilty about asking all of you to do it and then failing at it myself. So, accept my apologies to those of you who have suffered through. You'll definitely get more points than me and probably lose more weight, so really you should still thank me. :-)

I have to say though, everyday I would think, today I'm gonna do it. So all afternoon I'd stick with it, only having fruit and veggies for snacks, maybe the occasional few almonds. And then dinner would come and I'd cave. Usually I have more discipline than this . . . but apparently I need a bit of a break. I just had to confess.

I have done awesome with my personal veggie challenge to have at least 60 calories a day come from veggies though. I made a yummy egg frittata with spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, and asparagus and have enjoyed that for lunch the last couple days. I have eaten big salads with dinner a couple of nights, and steamed up some green beans. I bought a bunch of peppers, snap peas, celery and carrots and have snacked on those with hummus or alone. I love veggies! Sorry for those of you that struggle with them. They are so low calorie and filling, not to mention full of a rainbow of vitamins and nutrients! Keep trying new ones or making them new ways and maybe you'll get the taste for them and discover their deliciousness.