Fab Five Favs

Another month down. Wow summer is here! I can't believe it.

Here are this month's Fab Five Favs:

1) Plain Greek Yogurt

 I bought the plain flavor by mistake last month. I thought it was Vanilla but when I took a spoonful, I about spit it out because I thought it was sour cream. Then I had an idea! I love sour cream and dips so I thought if I could replace the sour cream in most of my recipes with this stuff it would be much better. 2 tablespoons of regular sour cream has about 60 calories in it but if you replace it with 2 tablespoons of low fat plain Greek Yogurt it's only about 15 calories! Also the Greek yogurt has protein in it along with the good bacteria. You can also use Greek yogurt to replace mayonnaise. I made a coleslaw recipe the other day without mayo but used yogurt (hubby can't stand mayo) and he loved the coleslaw!


2) Kirkland Sliced Fruit-dried

These are really good when you want a quick snack and not a lot of calories. The apple cinnamon ones are so good. I really don't care for the dried banana chips/strawberry one but D eats those for me. I haven't tried putting them in my oatmeal like they suggest but I think it would be good.

3) Caloriecount.com 

I have been trying really hard this last week to keep track of everything I put in my mouth. I have no idea where I got "off track" but apparently my body felt that when I worked out like crazy I could eat more and more and more. I am just hungry all the time or maybe I was just eating to eat...who knows? But I do love food, it just doesn't love me. Anyways now that I have started keeping an online journal of what I am eating it makes me more aware of things and that I need to focus on which is better snacks. And if I have to log the calories then it makes me think twice before I reach for that impulse item. I now stop to think "do I really want to waste my calorie allotment on that?" I think this site is available via an App but I don't have a Smart Phone...I have a Stupid Phone so I have to log onto the computer several times a day, instead.


4) Aveeno Tinted Moisturizer

This stuff is great because I don't really like to wear a lot of make-up. But yet I don't want to look like death when I am at the gym or out shopping. Yes I wear make-up (sort of) to the gym....besides it's really a lotion. My face doesn't sweat so it's not like it drips off  and half the time when I go to the gym it's before I go do many other things. I like that this lotion  has SPF 30 in it too. Most of my other make-ups would only have about 15 so this one gives much better protection from those harmful rays.


5)  Aquasphere Kaimen Swim Goggles

I cannot thank my brother enough for telling me about these! This last year I have gone through at least 5 or 6 pairs of goggles and hated every single one. I just got to the point in my last race that I had to decide "do I wear the ones that leak or do I wear the ones that give me a headache?" And those were the better of the 6 pairs! Swim goggles just don't fit my face until I discovered these. I asked my brother (Mr. Ironman) and apparently both he and Mrs. Ironman wear these. Now I see why! These are so incredibly comfortable and they don't give me a headache maybe because they do not press on my sinuses.  I wore these for about an hour in the water today and never once had to take them off to adjust or clear the water out. They don't leak and they don't fog up. Worth every penny!