Wholly Wheat !

 Since we are now in PHASE 2 of the SOUTH BEACH DIET,

we can have a little bread...

whole wheat

multigrain.......

I made BISCUITS this morning with the whole wheat flour...

and.....since we can have a little fruit now, I bought this APRICOT SIMPLY FRUIT.

Now, I know it has natural sugar from the fruit but I decided
that it HAS to be more healthy than other jellies and jams....
am I right?
ANYWAY, a level teaspoon on a whole wheat biscuit
       IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND.

If I ate TWO biscuits and had 2 teaspoons of SIMPLY FRUIT,
every. single. morning
it would, indeed, make a difference in a weight loss, I guess,
but a little bit every now and then is bound to be ok.

******  I want to add here that I've gone down one size in my pants....but the most AWESOME thing is that MR. SWEET has lost a little over 25 lbs.
 We are SOOO happy and proud and thankful.
It sure will do his heart good to be a little thinner.

 I looked for CRACKED WHOLE WHEAT but I suppose 

I will need to pick that up at a health food store.

I've really noticed that all the LOW FAT, SUGAR FREE
foods are more expensive than regular foods.

I guess it's the extra process they have to take to make them fat/sugar free that requires them to "up the price".

Even the sugar free ice cream is more expensive....but we love the fat/sugar free frozen yogurt. ONLY OCCASIONALLY, tho.
We try to leave off the luscious toppings as shown it the above photo....that's where a lot of calories come in, I would imaging....and, SHOOT....that's the best part. I don't care WHAT happens to the Earth....I ALWAYS get a couple of bright red cherries and a sprinkle of walnuts.....:) ♥

The whole wheat flour is heavier, as you know....more dense than white flour

so the biscuits weren't light and fluffy

but they surely weren't bad.
I know I have whined and wined about this heavy, strong flour, but really,
it isn't as bad as I make it out to be.

In fact, we love the taste of the biscuits....light or not.
(playing in PhotoScape with the above pic.)
I've learned that we like the whole wheat BREADS...
not so much for the sweets, other than the Chocolate cake I made this week.
UPDATE...I have just been informed that if I use
whole wheat PASTRY flour, I might like it more.
I am pretty sure I WILL like it more since the first thought I had was....
PIE  CRUST....
O MY

WHOLE WHEAT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
2 1/4 c. whole wheat flour 2 tbsp. bran 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 c. butter *** (I used Brummel and Brown Yogurt...not too good,.....but...it's a biscuit.:( 3/4 c. buttermilk Mix dry ingredients. Cut in butter. Add buttermilk and mix lightly. Roll out 3/4 inch thick. Cut biscuits and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees.

We ate just one biscuit this morning instead of me eating two

and Mr. Sweet having 3 or 4.

Cutting back on the amount of food is a huge part of losing weight....DUH !!

Watching WHAT you are eating is DARN HARD....but, ya gotta do it....

and doing a lot of walking will help, too.
We're too olden to do heavy exercise but walking is wonderful...
and we love it....in good weather.....not too hot....not too cold....JUST RIGHT. :)

Mr. Sweet and I walk on this track at the park...
1 mile every single day.

If you are dieting or simply watching your weight,
I want to CHEER  you on and wish 

GOOD GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

It can be time consuming, just thinking of WHAT to make for meals

as well as preparing them.....

GOOD GRIEF, it seems I am either in the kitchen or the grocery store 

ALL THE TIME .
I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day and picked up a
Milky Way candy bar, just to check the calories in it.

....OVER 300 calories in a small, delicious, luscious, Divine,
too. die. for., caramel, chocolate, delightful, what*dreams*are*made*of......

OOPS..... SORRY.....I forgot what I was going to write ......whew....
I musta had a Senior Craving Sweet Chocolate moment.......

ANYway......
It's the BUTTERMILK that makes a biscuit soooo good.

WELL......that and being baked in a CAST IRON SKILLET. 

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