Me: 240
Hubby: 230
I continue to feel looser in the jeans but I seemed to have plateau'd on my weight for a while. I'm really going to cut snackage as much as possible this week to try and figure out if the problem is in the snacking. I know I'm doing fine with meals but I do have a tendency to snack and I have an inkling that I'm not being as careful as I think I'm being.
I was so busy last week I didn't get around to posting my meal plan but things have mellowed out this week so I'm posting both. From last week, the Fettucini did not turn out very well. I think it was the whole wheat pasta that did it in. I'm starting to learn there are some things you can use whole wheat pasta for and some things you just can't. It tastes gross and leaves a worse aftertaste. But on a good note the Chili turned out fabulous!
...working on filling in the calories throughout the day so check back if you don't see calories...
March 13-19
Meals
Saturday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Grilled Ham& Cheese Sammiches(300) -- 300
Misc Leftovers -- Unknown
Sunday
Nutri-grain Bar(140), Toast & Butter(135) -- 275
Hot Dogs(130) w/chips(150) & salsa(35) -- 315
Ultimate Beef Chili(235) w/rolls(100) -- 335
Monday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/fruit(100) -- 330
Southwestern Corn & Black Bean Salad(410) w/rolls(100) -- 510
Tuesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
PB&J(200) w/Chips(150) & Salsa(35) -- 385
Roasted Red Peppers in Fettucini Alfredo w/rolls(100) --
Wednesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Leftover Chili(235) w/Mac&Cheese() --
Pork Chops w/Zucchini & Corn, Rolls(100) --
Thursday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Tuna Sammiches(200) w/chips(150) & pudding(80) --
Date Night Out -- Unknown
Friday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/chips(150) & applesauce(80) --
Breaded Salmon w/Asparagus & Rice --
March 20-26th
Saturday
Brunch: Omelet(75), Fruit(), Toast, Cereal, Yogurt, Juice --
Swiss Chicken w/Broccoli & Mandarin Oranges --
Sunday
Nutri-grain Bar(140), Toast & Butter(135) -- 275
PB&J w/Lipton Rice
Leftover Chicken Sub Sammiches w/Asparagus
Monday
Oatmeal(140) w/honey(44) & banana(110) -- 294
Sammich(230) w/chips(150) & applesauce(80)
Taco Salad w/jello fruit cups
Tuesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Tuna Sammich(200) w/Chips(150) -- 350
BLT Pasta
Wednesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/Chips(150) & Salsa(35) --
Beef & Veggie Kabobs w/Fruit Kabobs --
Thursday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Leftover Pasta w/Mandarin Oranges --
Pork Chops w/Mashed Potatoes, Gravy & Corn/Zucchini
Friday
Oatmeal(140) w/honey(44) & banana(110) -- 294
Grilled Ham & Cheese() w/Pears() --
Soup & crackers
Recipes
Friday, March 19, 2010
Cheat Days
It's important to have cheat days.
What's a cheat day? It's a day you decide to eat out or eat what you feel like eating. Eat what you've been craving for weeks. It's the day you can look forward to when you really want a peanut buster parfait from Dairy Queen. You say to yourself "Self, I can have a peanut buster parfait. But not today. My cheat day is next week and that's when I'll have a big, yummy, peanut buster parfait." It helps you mentally maintain your diet for the long term. When you're trying to really make diet a lifestyle instead of just a crash diet to loose weight and loose it now.
I've been learning that cheat days are quite important for your body too. It needs time to adjust and you will find that you will have legitimate cravings of the food your body has been used to for a long time but that you don't eat anymore because of your diet. You need to satisfy them to a certain degree to keep yourself steady on that path of loosing weight instead of your body holding onto it and going into 'survival' mode that you always hear about. You know, when you crash diet to loose a lot of weight but when the diet is over it just comes back and is worse than before because your body is preparing for the next time you'll starve it? Yeah, having cheat days helps you prevent that. Over time, your body will lose the craving for that peanut buster parfait and the food you eat on a regular basis will be quite enough for you. In fact, that parfait might but just a too much sugar once you've weaned your body off of eating those kinds of things regularly.
What's a cheat day? It's a day you decide to eat out or eat what you feel like eating. Eat what you've been craving for weeks. It's the day you can look forward to when you really want a peanut buster parfait from Dairy Queen. You say to yourself "Self, I can have a peanut buster parfait. But not today. My cheat day is next week and that's when I'll have a big, yummy, peanut buster parfait." It helps you mentally maintain your diet for the long term. When you're trying to really make diet a lifestyle instead of just a crash diet to loose weight and loose it now.
I've been learning that cheat days are quite important for your body too. It needs time to adjust and you will find that you will have legitimate cravings of the food your body has been used to for a long time but that you don't eat anymore because of your diet. You need to satisfy them to a certain degree to keep yourself steady on that path of loosing weight instead of your body holding onto it and going into 'survival' mode that you always hear about. You know, when you crash diet to loose a lot of weight but when the diet is over it just comes back and is worse than before because your body is preparing for the next time you'll starve it? Yeah, having cheat days helps you prevent that. Over time, your body will lose the craving for that peanut buster parfait and the food you eat on a regular basis will be quite enough for you. In fact, that parfait might but just a too much sugar once you've weaned your body off of eating those kinds of things regularly.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Shuffling!
There comes a time in everyone's week where you realize the best laid plans....are all worthless. Every week something happens that requires us to shuffle around which meals we're doing when or end up going out to eat instead of making our own dinner at home. It could be that I forgot to pull out the pork chops to thaw. Or I misjudged how long errands would take and don't have time to get the meal ready by a decent hour. Or we had to go somewhere and were gone longer than planned so we eat out instead. Something always happens. And you know what? It's okay.
Shuffling around meals is not the end of the world. But when you do it just make sure you're thinking about what foods need to be used sooner than other foods. For example, if you've got strawberries to go with a meal make sure you use them sooner rather than later as they have a tendency to go bad quicker than other fruits. Or if you got some meat on sale that says 'use by date' then make sure you either freeze it or use it before it expires and goes back. Keeping these things in mind as you do the shuffle will help you have less waste at the end of the week.
I also wanted to point out to anyone who might think I'm super awesome for sticking to this meal schedule....that I'm just as average as anyone else and have to change plans all the time!
Shuffling around meals is not the end of the world. But when you do it just make sure you're thinking about what foods need to be used sooner than other foods. For example, if you've got strawberries to go with a meal make sure you use them sooner rather than later as they have a tendency to go bad quicker than other fruits. Or if you got some meat on sale that says 'use by date' then make sure you either freeze it or use it before it expires and goes back. Keeping these things in mind as you do the shuffle will help you have less waste at the end of the week.
I also wanted to point out to anyone who might think I'm super awesome for sticking to this meal schedule....that I'm just as average as anyone else and have to change plans all the time!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Meal Plans March 6-12th
My Weigh in: 240
Hubby's Weigh In: 231
My hubby wants me to help him keep track of his weight too so you'll be seeing his up there with mine each week.
Matt and I have done the oven fried chicken before and it's DELICIOUS! If you ever get the hankering for some fried chicken THIS is the way to do it. When I first served it to Matt he couldn't tell there was no skin! Skin makes it tastier and juicier but also a lot fattier. By removing the skin and just by the way it's cooked he couldn't tell until I pointed it out. Chicken legs are on sale at Price Chopper so I definitely recommend this one this week.
Meals
Saturday
Pancakes(530), Fruit(100), Bacon(60) -- 690
Chicken Spinach Salad(250) w/Rolls(100), Brownies(75) -- 425
Sunday
Nutri-grain Bar(140), Toast & Butter(135) -- 275
Tuna Wraps(200) w/Chips(150) -- 350
Green Pizza(323) w/Apples(80) -- 403
Monday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/Applesauce(80) & Crackers(140) -- 450
Pork Chops(150), Coleslaw(120), Rolls(100), Brownies(75) -- 445
Tuesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
PB&J(200) w/Chips(150) & Salsa(35) -- 385
Mexcian Lasagna(340) w/Strawberries(50) -- 390
Wednesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Chili(190) Mac & Cheese(180) -- 370
Crab Cakes(163ea) w/fruit(100) -- 263
Thursday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Hot Dogs(130) w/chips(150) & salsa(35) -- 315
Hamburger Hash Browns(390) w/Pears(100) -- 490
Friday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/fruit(100) -- 330
Oven Fried Chicken(226) w/Green Beans(50) & Mashed Potatoes(270) -- 550
Recipes
Chicken Spinach Salad
1/2 bag of Spinach leaves
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1/4 cup of craisins and/or sunflower seeds
2 chicken breasts, cooked and sliced
1/2 cup raspberry vinaigrette
Toss everything together except chicken and dressing. Place chicken on top and drizzle dressing over.
Green Pizza
Eating Well Recipe
I modify this one slightly by using spinach instead of arugula, I add some crumbled turkey bacon for added flavor and I almost always make my own dough.
Pork Chops
There's no recipe for this one. Just a little salt and pepper then cook it on a non-stick skillet so you don't have to grease it with any butter or oil. Careful not to over-cook it or it will dry out!
Mexican Lasagna
Source: Woman's Day Magazine April 2009
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 cups copped onion
1 zucchini, diced
2 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 can diced tomatoes with chiles
1 can black beans, rinsed
1 can corn niblets, drained
1 can mild enchilada sauce
1/2 cup chopped cilantro or 1 tbl dried
5 flour tortillas
1 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Fat Free Sour Cream
Heat oven to 100 degrees. Coat a 3qt round baking dish with nonstick spray.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute 5 minutes. Add succhini and cumin and saute 5 minutes or until zucchini is crisp-tender. Stir in tomatos, beans, corn, and enchilada sauce; bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.
Put 1 tortilla in baking dish, top with 1 1/2 cups of mixture, sprinkle with 1/4 cup of cheese. Repeat layering 4 times.
Cover with foil and bake 20 to 25 minutes until bubbly around the edges and cheese is melted. Cool 5 minutes, cut into wedges and serve with sour cream garnish if desired.
Crab Cakes
Eating Well Recipe
Crab Cakes are good with or without a bun. The recipe doens't include a bun even though it calls them a 'burger'. We won't be trying this with a bun.
Hamburger Hash Browns
I made up this recipe according to what ingredients I currently had or would have when I was done shopping for other things we're having this week. So we'll see how it turns out!
3 cups frozen hash browns
1 cup cup fake eggs/egg whites
1/2-1lb ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
4 slices turkey bacon
salt
pepper
Cook hash browns 3 minutes less than package instructions. Meanwhile, cook ground beef with onions until no longer pink. Cook bacon according to package instructions and crumble. 3 minutes before hash browns are done, add eggs and gently mix. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 2 minutes then add ground beef and bacon Mix gently and cook until hash browns are done and eggs are not runny.
Oven Fried Chicken
Eating Well Recipe
This recipe is the bomb! Takes a little while if you have to remove the skin from the chicken yourself but well worth the effort!
Hubby's Weigh In: 231
My hubby wants me to help him keep track of his weight too so you'll be seeing his up there with mine each week.
Matt and I have done the oven fried chicken before and it's DELICIOUS! If you ever get the hankering for some fried chicken THIS is the way to do it. When I first served it to Matt he couldn't tell there was no skin! Skin makes it tastier and juicier but also a lot fattier. By removing the skin and just by the way it's cooked he couldn't tell until I pointed it out. Chicken legs are on sale at Price Chopper so I definitely recommend this one this week.
Meals
Saturday
Pancakes(530), Fruit(100), Bacon(60) -- 690
Chicken Spinach Salad(250) w/Rolls(100), Brownies(75) -- 425
Sunday
Nutri-grain Bar(140), Toast & Butter(135) -- 275
Tuna Wraps(200) w/Chips(150) -- 350
Green Pizza(323) w/Apples(80) -- 403
Monday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/Applesauce(80) & Crackers(140) -- 450
Pork Chops(150), Coleslaw(120), Rolls(100), Brownies(75) -- 445
Tuesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
PB&J(200) w/Chips(150) & Salsa(35) -- 385
Mexcian Lasagna(340) w/Strawberries(50) -- 390
Wednesday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Chili(190) Mac & Cheese(180) -- 370
Crab Cakes(163ea) w/fruit(100) -- 263
Thursday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Hot Dogs(130) w/chips(150) & salsa(35) -- 315
Hamburger Hash Browns(390) w/Pears(100) -- 490
Friday
Cereal(220) w/Toast & butter(135) -- 355
Sammich(230) w/fruit(100) -- 330
Oven Fried Chicken(226) w/Green Beans(50) & Mashed Potatoes(270) -- 550
Recipes
Chicken Spinach Salad
1/2 bag of Spinach leaves
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1/4 cup of craisins and/or sunflower seeds
2 chicken breasts, cooked and sliced
1/2 cup raspberry vinaigrette
Toss everything together except chicken and dressing. Place chicken on top and drizzle dressing over.
Green Pizza
Eating Well Recipe
I modify this one slightly by using spinach instead of arugula, I add some crumbled turkey bacon for added flavor and I almost always make my own dough.
Pork Chops
There's no recipe for this one. Just a little salt and pepper then cook it on a non-stick skillet so you don't have to grease it with any butter or oil. Careful not to over-cook it or it will dry out!
Mexican Lasagna
Source: Woman's Day Magazine April 2009
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 cups copped onion
1 zucchini, diced
2 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 can diced tomatoes with chiles
1 can black beans, rinsed
1 can corn niblets, drained
1 can mild enchilada sauce
1/2 cup chopped cilantro or 1 tbl dried
5 flour tortillas
1 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Fat Free Sour Cream
Heat oven to 100 degrees. Coat a 3qt round baking dish with nonstick spray.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute 5 minutes. Add succhini and cumin and saute 5 minutes or until zucchini is crisp-tender. Stir in tomatos, beans, corn, and enchilada sauce; bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.
Put 1 tortilla in baking dish, top with 1 1/2 cups of mixture, sprinkle with 1/4 cup of cheese. Repeat layering 4 times.
Cover with foil and bake 20 to 25 minutes until bubbly around the edges and cheese is melted. Cool 5 minutes, cut into wedges and serve with sour cream garnish if desired.
Crab Cakes
Eating Well Recipe
Crab Cakes are good with or without a bun. The recipe doens't include a bun even though it calls them a 'burger'. We won't be trying this with a bun.
Hamburger Hash Browns
I made up this recipe according to what ingredients I currently had or would have when I was done shopping for other things we're having this week. So we'll see how it turns out!
3 cups frozen hash browns
1 cup cup fake eggs/egg whites
1/2-1lb ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
4 slices turkey bacon
salt
pepper
Cook hash browns 3 minutes less than package instructions. Meanwhile, cook ground beef with onions until no longer pink. Cook bacon according to package instructions and crumble. 3 minutes before hash browns are done, add eggs and gently mix. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 2 minutes then add ground beef and bacon Mix gently and cook until hash browns are done and eggs are not runny.
Oven Fried Chicken
Eating Well Recipe
This recipe is the bomb! Takes a little while if you have to remove the skin from the chicken yourself but well worth the effort!
I Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
I promise I'm alive and still out here and still cooking and exercising. Feb was a disaster month with so much going on that I just couldn't keep up with it all. But March is looking better so I'll be posting meal plans as usual this evening or tomorrow morning.
My weighing in: 240
I had gained some weight on the cruise we took in Feb but it appears to be all gone again. Woot!
My weighing in: 240
I had gained some weight on the cruise we took in Feb but it appears to be all gone again. Woot!
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