UNSTOPPABLE and meatloaf

lady of leisure....mmmmmm.

     today was a day of leisure. or maybe somewhat of a depressed day. i find if there is nothing PLANNED, i tend to sit around and try to find things to occupy myself. some days it’s painting. those are great days. some days it’s baking. usually i bake bread on monday’s. but because of easter i made bread early, because of course i couldn’t show up to the party empty handed. i broke bread with family. but, it had to be MY sugar free bread. lol. today i watched the movie “unstoppable” first i might add, i watch EVERYTHING denzel washington is in. he doesn’t make bad movies. EVER. the dude who played the conductor wasn’t hard on the eyes either. blue eyed people always get to me. especially THAT blue. so i wondered~ as i practically bit off each of my newly placed store bought press on nails, could i do what was portrayed in this movie. risk life and limb to save others? hmmmmm. well. maybe not like THEY did.   but, let’s face it, i DID risk life and limb to save myself. of course, i’d do the same for my children and grandchild also. when, the big guys in cooperate were worried about their stocks and the cost of the loss of the train (yeah, i’m back to the movie).   i must say i'm glad my old place of employment had insurance that wasn't worried about THE COST OF THE SURGERY... well, maybe they'd figured out it'd be too expensive to pay for all of my co~morbities?  (who knows?)....
      i’m glad they thought that gastric bypass was a viable, plausible way for me to lose weight. yeah, some think it’s the “easy way out”, whatever, those of us who elected to have this surgery ~ we know different. and each day i have to decide whether i am going to follow the bariatric rules of protein first, low carb, lots of water, exercise (which i can‘t wait to REALLY do, post knee surgery), and vitamins and supplements. as i planned a new recipe tonite for my daughter and i ~ i know I AM UNSTOPPABLE! just like the movie. i’ll jump over the cars of trains, manually put on the brakes, keep in communication with the professionals, just to stay alive and save myself, and ultimately others too (if i’m around i can save lives, oooh let me count the ways.) back to the OTHER thing i did today.... here’s what i did to change up meatloaf to make it WLS friendly….hope you try and enjoy! xxoo~nicole

TURKEYLOAF w/P28 bread
preheat oven to 350 degrees
you’ll need 1 loaf pan sprayed with non~stick spray
1.5 lbs of ground turkey
3/4 cup milk ( i use HOOD calorie countdown)
1 large onion chopped small
1 egg
1 cup toasted P28 bread (i used the heals, this stuff ROCKS, 1 slice nets 14grams of PROTEIN)
mix the above in a bowl, use your hands, it’s more FUN! place into loaf pan.

now here’s the REAL DEVIATION… you know that great sweet glaze on meatloaf that we all LOVED as kids? that was brown sugar folks, which i avoid. so…..
mix in a bowl (not with your hands here, silly goose)
¼ cup ketchup
2 tablespoons mustard
2 tablespoons nature’s hollow imitation honey
1 tablespoon joseph’s maple syrup (this stuff is THE BOMB) i buy mine from amazon.
spread on top of your uncooked meatloaf.

bake one hour, ENJOY!

season they way you want, i choose to let “others” decide what they want….