TEAM SKINNY (June 08) A mid year New Beginning (Page 10)

found a fab new healthy recipe.

Cannellini & Sweet Potato Casserole

2 onions, chopped
450g sweet potatoes, chopped into chunks
2 leeks, sliced
2 red peppers, chopped
2 tins cannellini beans (300g) plus their liquid
1 400g tin peeled or chopped tomatoes with their liquid

Put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 15-20 min till the sweet potato is tender it looks as though there's not much liquid but as long as you cover the pan there's plenty

i'm eating it for the first time tomorrow with some sausages - yes richmond irish ceade! will report back  

Sappho,  Except for the onions, leeks, beans, tomatoes, red peppers and sweet potato it sounds great.

Now what sounds good is pork chops with about 1/8 inch slices of apples on top sprinkled with cinnamon. 

g-d you're hopeless!!!! i guess you'd like the sausages i'd have with it?!? 

Sausage?  I'm in!!!!

I can not believe Saph did some exercise.  Who is this really posting with Saph's name? 

definitely me! nothing like seeing your flabby hips in a gorgeous shirt to make you wanna get back on the weight loss wagon  

I think this is going to be your first race?  Am I right?

Anyway, my opinion is that you should pick a race for which you feel MOSTLY confident.  And, check the cut-off times.  You want to make sure that you will be able to finish within the cut-off times.  It is really stressful when you are not only racing your competitors but the clock. 

I guess, basically, pick a race that seems within your ability level and train like a demon for it - then on race day go as fast as you can, and hopefully you'll be stoked about your performance, which is exactly where you want to be. 

I think sprint distance are a lot of fun and not too hard especially for your first few times out. 

Very well said Josh and sorry about your friend.  There are many things in life to deal with to even imagine that we won't falter or even fail now and again.  Failure justs means you are trying.  For many if not all of us we are trying something we may never have thought we could accomplish.  It may be being skinny (lose weight) or being an athletic (Triathlete) or it may be that Triing just kind of balances the other parts of our lives and makes them just a bit better.  Life is like the facets of a diamond in that if any one part gets neglected it effects the shine on the whole.  In the many decades I have been around I have found that I don't always end up where I am going, but I always end up where I should be.  I do the best I can at whatever I do and be the best me I can be.  To many that may not be good enough,  but to the few that it is (my wife, kids) I have succeeded. 

My Team Skinny family is important to me and I wish you all successes in your attempts, but remember the attempts are just as important as the successes. 

Okay,  No more attempts at deep thought,  I will leave that up to Josh. 

hey hey peeps

i've properly climbed back on the weight loss wagon today! i've updated my weight loss ticker to vanish my old losses and add a new overall target of 139. this may be a bit low and i may stick at 143 but i don't know about anybody else but i was using the fact i'd lost over 10 pounds as an excuse to not make any effort.

make sense? have cooked some really healthy things for the next few weeks, and yes saling the bean and sweet potato stew was delicious!