Free FitFlops!

But it will cost ya. eDress Me, who has beautiful dresses and plus size dresses ranging from pricey to reasonably priced is now carrying swimsuits! If you are buying, mostly bikini, some one piece, and not plus size swimwear, anyway, this free FitFlops offer might be good for you. It will be good until 3/29/10 and does not seem to apply to their cover-ups. Use the link at the bottom of this post to go straight to eDress Me’s swimsuits.

I had fitflops and I love them! Mine lasted about a year and 6 months. They come in many styles now and not just sandals. They are well worth the little they cost!

Below is the style I wore, and will buy again soon! Click on the Buy button their picture to read their reviews, or shop for them at Shoe Buy. First, note their discount code in this page’s right column!

FitFlop WalkStar (Women's) - Natural Every step you take in the FitFlop Walkstar helps tone and trim your legs. The Walkstar has a uniquely built multi-density midsole that activates muscles to help tone your thighs, your calves and your glutes. According to a study done at the University of Salford in Manchester, UK, the Fit Flop wearer's gait is very similar to that of a barefoot walker, but the added cushion provided by the EVA midsole helps reduce joint strain and absorb shock. In fact, several Walkstar wearers have already reported relief from back pain after a few days of wearing them. Available Colors: Black, Natural, Red, White/Blue.

Or take advantage of eDress Me’s free fitflop offer, but only if you planned to buy the kind of swimwear they sell. After all, the above fitflop sandals only cost $50, less with Shoe Buy’s discount, and free shipping. Swimwear at eDress Me starts at $60 for a bikini bottom.

The Small Stuff, a pre-Breakfast Snack

Or the little / big stuff. Breakfast, the first frontier in lots of our days. Such an important meal, many of us, I am told, can not even stomach.

Getting up early, as I call it, between 2 and 4AM and walking the dog after he eventually gets up is one thing. Going out into below freezing weather, before breakfast, turned out to be another…

When I say Breakfast, I am talking about something I can eat quietly, without doing anything to speak of in the kitchen, in the wee hours of the morning.

Isn’t that just the sort of thing most people need at some point during their day? A nutritious, sustaining, (as in, not hungry a half hour later), bite to eat.

I spent months trying to get this right.

What I got right is:

Below freezing, a corn, or bran, (these things, when store brought, tend to be fatty all on their own), with a smear of butter will get me through an hour walk. Maybe I’ll have another between 6 and 9AM too.

Above freezing, as store brought muffin needs no butter, but you are aware of how much fat it has, and if there is heart disease in your family, or perhaps because loosing more even more inches seems nice…

The search for the sustaining, easy snack for breakfast continues!

I hoped Full Bar would work, as it is described as filling. Without the meal to go with it, it does not. I bet it would with the meal though and you can try it cheaply. Just get one or two at the grocery store. Shop Rite has them! At least they do not have a lot of calories of saturated fat!

Then I tried, pecan sandies, cookies, the store brands and Keeblers. Lots of calories from fat, yet I did not gain inches.

But I felt this is not heart healthy so I tried

Ritz Crackerfuls, calories from fat, almost on a par with corn muffins….

So far, the Full Bars, Crackerfuls and of course the Pecan Sandies, all taste very nice!

But still….

Then, because it was on sale, I tried Stella Doro’s Almond Toast!

Great taste of course! A serving size is 2! The calories from fat, not so bad! 15 out of 100!!

I don’t diet but I do try to keep the fiber up and the fat down, that heart thing you know.

This week it’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Because I have not got to the store…
Peanut butter. Well I might just as well eat butter!

I wanted to make a peanut butter oatmeal cookie once, I added a cup of peanut butter, and did not reduce the shortening.

I got a lighter than air, nearly, pastry, which could perhaps support meringue, but certainly no part of a pie otherwise.

Anyone out there got any fast, and filling pre breakfast snack ideas??