Things I Heart Giveaway

Every Sunday in the month of February (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th) a new SUPER COOL Eggface Giveaway will begin. The prizes are some of my absolute favorite weight loss surgery must haves. Things I heart. I hope you'll heart them too.

This week's I Heart Giveaway Prize: A HUGE 30 count variety pack of Celebrate Vitamin's ENS - Multivitamin, Calcium, & Protein Shakes - 10 single serve packs of each flavor Chocolate Milk, Vanilla Cake Batter, and Strawberry and a 20 oz. Blender Bottle Shaker in Valentine Pink

Celebrate Vitamin's ENS (Essential Nutrient System) shake is a one of a kind way to get your multivitamin, calcium, fiber AND protein all in one. Each shake contains a high potency multivitamin, 500 mg of calcium citrate, 4 g of fiber, and 25 g of whey isolate protein in each serving. An awesome option for just after surgery.

My blender bottle shaker goes with me on every post weight loss surgery travel trip. I place the shaker in my carry-on bag. When I'm on the plane, I just ask for a bottle of water or milk, empty my pre-measured snack sized baggies of protein (or perfect portioned packs like the ENS packets above) and shake shake shake. On road trips I always know I will have a great protein source in case good choices are scarce.


I love these ENS shakes. I used them just the other day to make a Neapolitan flavored batch of my Frozen Protein Drops. A quick and easy, weight loss surgery friendly frozen protein snack...


Shelly's Frozen Protein Yogurt (or Pudding) Drops

1/2 cup Greek Yogurt (or Sugar Free Pudding)
3-4 Tablespoons (to taste) of any Protein Powder

Mix together till well combined.

Line a baking sheet with wax paper and drop tablespoons of the mixture (yields about 25 drops) or fill an ice cube tray or if you are channeling Martha Stewart like I apparently was that day you can fill a candy mold (find molds at craft stores like Michael's, Hobby Lobby or Jo-Ann's) and make super cute shapes.

Freeze till solid about 2 hours. Store in the freezer (up to a week or so) and pop a few in your mouth whenever you want a frozen protein treat or add to smoothies for an extra protein boost instead of ice. These little suckers are crazy good.


How to Enter: Like both Celebrate Vitamins and The World According to Eggface on Facebook. Come back here and LEAVE A COMMENT (include a name and an email addy) on this blog posting. Scroll down to # of comments to leave yours.

Contest periods ends: Sunday, February 12th, midnight (Pacific time)

Monday, February 13th I'll draw a name using a random number generator and announce the winner here on the blog! I will also email the winner at the address posted. You'll have one week (7 days) to respond to my email or another winner will be chosen. Remember winners MUST be a Facebook friend of both the pages above. One ENTRY per person. Blog comments are moderated so there may be a slight delay (up to a few hours) in seeing your comment/entry post. Giveaway is open to anyone in the United States (48 contiguous, Alaska & Hawaii.)

***Want extra chances to win?*** Do anything listed below and leave me a comment letting me know what you did! For up to four more entries per person!!

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P.S. Can't wait to find out if you are a winner to get yourself some Celebrate ENS shakes: Here's a link for more info or to order.

Friday Five

A weekly round-up of tidbits, tips, ideas, news articles, random cool things...

1. The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) & Obesity Prevention, Policy & Management are hosting a FREE webinar series. These online events will occur approximately every six weeks throughout 2012 & 2013 with a variety of topics, speakers, and panels discussing obesity related topics, the first of which will occur this coming Tuesday, February 7th. 8 PM Eastern time. Check out this link to register for the series. It's free but they give you an access link to log into the event. I'm registered!

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." ~Malcolm S. Forbes

2. Please take a moment to sign, support & circulate the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)'s petition requesting Facebook honor its own terms of use by taking down awful hate speech sites directed at persons afflicted with obesity.

Help stop bullying and hate. Thank you for signing and for sharing it with friends.

3. Some articles I read this week that were worth checking out:

The Most Inspiring Weight-Loss Blogs - Don't miss #3 ;)
10 Reasons for Childhood Obesity Slideshow
Cornell Study Links Childhood Stress to Adulthood Obesity
Allergan halts Lap-Band sales to 1-800-GET-THIN clinics
Woman’s Journey to a Stunning 500 Pound Weight Loss

4. Heads up: If you are looking for medical ID jewelry be sure to check out Lauren's Hope. Right now they have a great sale on many of their heart themed pieces. This beachy themed prettiness is on my wish list.

5. It's February, you know what that means... Singles Awareness Day! Kissy face lovers call it Valentine's Day, whatever.

In an effort to take my attention from being single and Cupid's really crappy aim I will be doing a TON of AWESOME GIVEAWAYS!! Be sure to check back on Sunday when the FUN begins!

Shape Magazine

Thanks SHAPE Magazine (and Charlotte Andersen) I am so honored to be included. Congratulations to everyone in their effort to get healthy! We're in this TOGETHER, FOREVER.

Just 'cause I got the monkey off my back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

The World According to Eggface - The Most Inspiring Weight-Loss Blogs - Shape Magazine - Page 3

Leftovers transformed

Repurposing: Transforming leftovers into something equally as yummy. The goal is for them to taste and look so completely different you don't realize you are having leftovers.

This is a must have skill post weight loss surgery since eating out usually results in lots of food coming home.

My world lately has been filled with words like construction, drywall, dehumidifiers, lots of check writing and sweaty workmen, Hmmm OK so not all bad ;) It's not quite over but I'm feeling like I'll be able to get back to my regularly scheduled programming soon. We've been eating on the fly in between water being turned off and on. Friday night after everyone was gone we went to the local Greek restaurant for dinner. I ordered the chicken souvlaki & gyros platter. It came with the typical choice of rice, fries or a salad. I don't do fries or rice post weight loss surgery so I opted for the salad with the dressing on the side. I ate most of the chicken and salad and brought home the gyros and a couple of pieces of chicken which made Saturday's lunch and dinner super easy.

Lunch... Portable Greek 7 Layer Salads. These were delicious. I assembled them in the early AM and then later in the day we were able to just grab one when we wanted.

Shelly's Portable Greek 7 Layer Salad

Ingredients (listed from bottom to top)
Cucumber, chopped
Tomato, chopped
a dollop of Hummus
Leftover Greek Chicken or Gyros Meat, chopped
a dollop of Shelly's Greek High Protein Dip
a couple of Kalamata and Greek Green Olives, chopped
a crumble of Feta Cheese
Optional: plastic cups and plastic wrap

Assemble the layers in regular big bowl or I made portable plastic cup versions and covered with plastic wrap to take outside and escape the noise of the workmen.

They would be great to take on a picnic or to work this way.

Shelly's Greek High Protein Dip

6 Greek Green Olives, pitted
1/2 cup Greek Yogurt (I use 2%, plain)
2-3 Tablespoons Feta Cheese, crumbled
Kosher Salt to taste
a few twists of Black Pepper

Whiz olives in a mini food processor till minced but not pureed. Mix into remaining ingredients. Great for dipping meats or veggies. Cucumber slices, yum!

If you are a major olive lover like me this is a great way to get a lot of olive taste without all the fat and calories that can add up when there is a bowl full of olives around.

Dinner... Still had some leftover Gyros Meat to use up and a Tupperware with about a 1/4 cup of leftover Creamed Spinach (Bird's Eye Steamfresh Bag)

Repurposed they became a couple of delicious tortilla pizzas like this...

Shelly's Leftover Gyros Tortilla Pizza - Mission Carb Balance Whole Wheat Fajita Size Tortilla, a dollop of leftover Creamed Spinach, Leftover Gyros meat, Red Onion, a few crumbles of Feta Cheese and Greek Seasoning. Spray baking sheet with non-stick spray (or a drop of olive oil.) Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

More leftover transformations.