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     I'm back!  I haven't died or done anything drastic, I've just been away from blogging because my iPad is old and freezes up a lot.  Thanks to my son and daughter-in-law, I have a brand new laptop-a 2-in-1 actually.  It's taking some, (okay, a lot of) getting used to. It was a very merry Christmas for my family, I hope your was too.
     I haven't given up my quest for good health and weight loss.  In fact, I've stepped up my exercising.  Walking is my favorite outdoor exercise, especially hiking in the woods.  I live a half mile from a beautiful park that has several hiking trails. Bad weather forces me to walk on the treadmill. Either way, I walk at least one mile daily, rain, snow, sleet or sunshine.  Today will be my 217th consecutive day.  I begin my exercising with either five minutes of planking or a half hour of yoga.  When I was in high school, I watched Lilias, Yoga and You on PBS, I fell in love with Hatha yoga and did it along with Lilias every chance I got. This morning I got curious and checked YouTube-and yay! it's there! I thoroughly enjoyed a half hour of blissfully yoga-ing.  After yoga, (or planking), I workout a specific body area for about 10-15 minutes, I do a different area each day. I take a rest day from that every Saturday.  It's the only exercising that I don't do everyday.  I then do a Streaks Workout; download the app to your smartphone, it's great!  The app has several exercises, you can choose to either do a 6, 12, 18 or 30 minute session.  I either do 6 or 12, however, I don't finish it in those time limits, but that's okay. Each day the app will randomly select exercises for you and keep track of how many and the time it takes you to do them.  

That's enough chatter. It's recipe time. This is so good!


Jamaican Pork Stir Fry
makes 4 servings

1 T cooking oil
1 16 ounce package frozen sweet pepper and onion stir fry veggies
12 ounces pork strips (I cut strips of boneless pork chops)
2-3 tsp Jamaican jerk seasoning
1/2 c bottled plum sauce
soy sauce (optional)
peanuts (optional)
2 c hot cooked rice or pasta

In a wok or large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.  Add frozen veggies, cook and stir for about 5-7 minutes, or until veggies are crisp-tender.  Remove vegetables from pan.

Toss pork with jerk seasoning and add to pan.  Add a little more oil if necessary.  Cook and stir for 2 to 5 minutes until pork is no longer pink.

I didn't put peanuts in mine and used brown rice.  It totals about 338 calories per serving.

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Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.








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