Another year another attempt

But this one is going well. Before the holidays, I made a New Year's resolution that I would journal my food intake. That's the extent of the resolution. I haven't committed to any long range eating plan or anything.

By the end of Week 2, I was counting Weight Watcher points. By the middle of Week 3, I was staying within my range, more or less (I had no idea what I weighed).

On January 22 I went back to Weight Watchers to scope out this new Points Plus system and was thrilled to find out my weight was a lot lower than I'd expected.

The no-points-for-fruit change is wonderful. The new point system is opaque to the user, leaving the practitioner dependent on the little book or a purchased calculator. However, some clever person has reverse-engineered it and created a formula, which I've put in an Excel spreadsheet so that I can calculate points for things not in the little book (like the monkfish I had for dinner last night).

Speaking of monkfish, here's the monkfish stew I made -- two gargantuan portions at eight points per portion.

13 oz raw monkfish, cut in chunks
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
4 tsp olive oil
2 yellow squash
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1/2 of a huge onion
Pepper, Tabasco, oregano, cloves to taste (there was salt added to the canned tomatoes)

Cut the vegetables in chunks
In a baking dish, toss vegetables in olive oil
Add canned tomatoes and seasonings
Bake at 350F until vegetables are cooked
Add monkfish, bake another 10 min
Serve in huge bowls

Mmmmm... plan to do it again