Weight loss shakes have been added to a number of diet programs.  Leave it to the Jenny Craig’s of the world to see a marketing opportunity to make an extra buck.  Let’s be clear.  The problem is NOT the diet companies that make HUGE sums from promises of quick belly fat weight loss.  No, it’s us who so desperately want to lose weight and can’t seem to do it.  That’s the reason why weight loss surgery is gaining in popularity.  Some of us, no matter how much we diet, simply have bodies that are so efficient that everything we eat seems to get stored.

But the noise around the weight loss industry makes this difficult situation even worse.  Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry and despite what most companies say, they don’t really care if you lose weight, only that you keep paying them.  A good example are the Ensure(c) brand nutrition shake.  Anyone that has reached the point that sugery was done, needs to understand that protein is critical to health.

Good protein, such as Unjury(c) brand or Pro-Energy, can deliver usable protein at a much more affordable cost than most of what you can find at the supermarket or vitamin store.  The complaint from most people has always been taste.  Thing is, these 2 brands taste great.  So much so that you don’t even need to mix a weight loss shake but simply sprinkle the unflavored on other food you eat.  Believe me, you won’t even know it’s there.

Try it.

Graham Cracker Crust
- Graham Crackers
- 3Tbls I Can’t Believe Its Not Butter

Crush with butter, press into pie plate, and bake at 350 for 5 minutes.  Cool.

Bottom Layer
- 1 tub Sugar Free Cool Whip
- 1 pkg Fat Free Cream Cheese
- box Sugar Free White Chocolate Pudding
- 1 Tbls Vanilla

Mix with mixer until smooth.  Pour into pie shell. Refrigerate.

Top Layer
- 1 Tub Sugar Free Cool Whip
- 2 Cyrystal Light Lemonade Singles
- 1 Tbls Lemon Juice

Mix with mixer and pour on top of pie.  Add food coloring if desired.

Ingredients:
1 pound pork loin chops, (1/2″ thick)
1 small thinly sliced onion
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can (10.5 ounces) cream of chicken soup, fat free, whisked together with 1/4 cup water
8 ounces unsweetened applesauce

Directions:
In 10 inch square glass skillet arrange chops in corners. Layer with onion, pepper and salt. Top with soup. Microwave High, covered, 12 to 14 minutes (rotating 1/4 turn halfway through cooking if you microwave doesn’t have a turntable), or until pork chops are done or read 165°F on an internal meat thermometer. Rest, covered, 10 minutes. In 2 cup glass measure, heat applesauce for 30 seconds in microwave, stir and spoon hot onto casserole prior to serving.

Per Serving: 150 Calories; 16g Protein; 6g Fat (37.4% calories from fat); 9g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 31mg Cholesterol; 167mg Sodium.

2lb Pork Loin Roast
1 lg Sweet Onion
1 can 12-16oz sugar-free Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce

Place everything in slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours.

INGREDIANTS

1 Cup Joseph’s sugar/free chocolate walnut cookies crushed
SPRAY OIL

1 Pound of reduced fat cream cheese

1 Cup splenda (or your favorite sweetneer)

1/4 Cup reduced fat sour cream

2 Large eggs
1 Egg yoke

3 Ounces sugar free dark chocolate (valor or guylian)–If you can not find that particular type of chocolate, purchase any type as long as it is sugar free.

1 Teaspoon vanilla extract (watch the sugar content)

Raspberry sauce (recipe below)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Use a 8 inch spring form pan. Place the cookies in a food processor and pulse until a fine crumbs. Spray the bottom of the spring form pan with the spray oil, and also once you have the cookies done, spray a little on top of the cookies then bake. Cook for 10-12 minutes. until crust just starts to color. Cool on a rack while preparing the filling. Bat the cream cheese until smooth with an electric mixer. add the splenda,then everything else. Cook for exactly 30 minutes–the outside will be set however the middle will be very loose and barely set. As it cools, it wil set up perfectly. After you take the pan out of the oven, take a small knife and lossen the cake from the sides of the spring pan. Cook at least 2 hours.
RASPBERRY SAUCE

10 Ounces frozen raspberries or fresh.

1/4 cup splenda or more to taste

pinch salt

1 teaspoon lime juice

2 table spoons water

In a sauce pan, bring water, berries and splenda to a medium simmer. stirring occasionally until berries have softened. Transfer to a food processor or any other type of processor and blend until smooth. Then take and using a fine strainer, strain berries until consistence is to your liking. Cover and chill. This will harden as it cools.

NOTE: You can substitute any type of fruit sauce. You would make it the same way as listed above. The amount of cheese cake you can have is a 1/12 slice. Just take a large knife and cut cheese cake into 12 slices. The calories count is approx. 160.