Woah. Today was not a good food day for me. It wasn't even a planned bad day. It was a bad day because I didn't plan. I wasn't going to post about it but since I am not going to meeting I felt like I needed to talk about it somewhere.
I had a doctors appointment this morning. So I started off well with some life cereal and a cup of milk. My doctors appointment took longer than expected so it is now 11ish and I am supposed to be at another appointment at noon and the drive is over an hour away. I wish I had had the foresight to pack a sandwich or something but no my super ravished stomach (and brain) decided to stop and wendys for not 1 but 2 junior cheese burgers. To top all that off I had a diet coke float. Ack! Stop the insanity.
I promptly came home and looked up all the point info: 23
Glad I came to my senses at dinner time.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
6:45am
Yes I woke up at 6:45. I have no idea why but I wasn't even remotely tired anymore so I decided to go ahead and get up. This actually gave me plenty of time to plan out some healthy meals for the week and to get my grocery list ready.
I am only planning 3 dinners. Mat works some nights so usually 3 together is about what we manage. After I cook them I will let you know how they turn out.
Meal 1:
This is a Rachel Ray recipe I saw on tv.
Grilled Chicken Cutlet Parmigiana served with spinach and romaine salad and some whole wheat garlic bread
Meal 2:
Chili Mac from Cooking Light with some fruit
I already ran the recipe through the recipe builder and it estimates 6 points per serving if you have 6 servings. The points do not include extras such as cheese.
If you would like me to email you the PDF version from the recipe builder just let me know! According to the recipe builder this is also a Core recipe if that pertains to anyone.
Meal 3: Chicken Scarpiella
I found this recipe in my Family Circle this month. If you use the Al Fresco brand sausages this comes to 7 points per serving (4 servings total)
Picture from parents.com
I can't wait to try these out this week!
I am only planning 3 dinners. Mat works some nights so usually 3 together is about what we manage. After I cook them I will let you know how they turn out.
Meal 1:
This is a Rachel Ray recipe I saw on tv.
Grilled Chicken Cutlet Parmigiana served with spinach and romaine salad and some whole wheat garlic bread
Meal 2:
Chili Mac from Cooking Light with some fruit
I already ran the recipe through the recipe builder and it estimates 6 points per serving if you have 6 servings. The points do not include extras such as cheese.
If you would like me to email you the PDF version from the recipe builder just let me know! According to the recipe builder this is also a Core recipe if that pertains to anyone.
Meal 3: Chicken Scarpiella
I found this recipe in my Family Circle this month. If you use the Al Fresco brand sausages this comes to 7 points per serving (4 servings total)
Picture from parents.com
I can't wait to try these out this week!
Friday, February 22, 2008
eating out
We all know how hard it is to eat out well. I had a HOA meeting tonight at McAlisters. Before I went I checked out the nutrition info on their website. My usual fav, the club sandwich, is a whopping 1200 calories and 69 grams of fat. (29 points!) Just hard to imagine a sandwich packing so much! So needless to say I found another dinner option tonight.
I found this week I am really having to make myself fill in my points tracker at night. After dinner I kept telling myself, "oh im sure I ate within my points" and I think we all know where that leads.
I really hope next week to get back with meal planning and picture taking. Mat and I haven't been to the store in a while and our fridge currently houses beer, diet coke, yogurt and cheese.
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail”
I found this week I am really having to make myself fill in my points tracker at night. After dinner I kept telling myself, "oh im sure I ate within my points" and I think we all know where that leads.
I really hope next week to get back with meal planning and picture taking. Mat and I haven't been to the store in a while and our fridge currently houses beer, diet coke, yogurt and cheese.
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail”
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
ice cream!
I totally passed on getting ice cream today. I was with a group of people from work and they all stopped to get it. I just said "no thanks, I'm still full from lunch"
wow. what's come over me!
wow. what's come over me!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
FEED ME!
Wow this week I feel like I cannot stop wanting to eat. It's that time of the month and I just want to eat and eat. It's not like I'm out eating fast food and candy but I do feel the constant need to snack.
We are also bummed about the whole TTOTM thing from a TTC aspect as well. I am currently looking into getting a ClearBlue Fertility Monitor.
The scale currently says I'm 1 pound up from my sunday weigh in but I am not sure how much of that is TTOTM stuff. I really really realllllly am trying to focus on making better choices. I am trying to view my counting points and better food choices as an overall life change than a "diet". I've dieted before. I'm still fat. I needed to see it as something differently.
For example I am off work today and had to help Mat with getting his car to the shop. I stopped as his restaurant (Buffalo Wild Wings) to eat lunch with him.
I love the wraps there but thought how could I make it a little better for me. I asked him to make me one that was mostly lettuce and pico (both freebies) 4oz of grilled chicken, a tbsp or so of both bbq sauce and cheese. I still guesstimated all that at around 10 points but overall I was still happy I could eat out with my husband and not stuff 3000 calories in my face.
Going to try a new recipe for dinner. Chicken Florentine I'll let you guys know how it goes!
We are also bummed about the whole TTOTM thing from a TTC aspect as well. I am currently looking into getting a ClearBlue Fertility Monitor.
The scale currently says I'm 1 pound up from my sunday weigh in but I am not sure how much of that is TTOTM stuff. I really really realllllly am trying to focus on making better choices. I am trying to view my counting points and better food choices as an overall life change than a "diet". I've dieted before. I'm still fat. I needed to see it as something differently.
For example I am off work today and had to help Mat with getting his car to the shop. I stopped as his restaurant (Buffalo Wild Wings) to eat lunch with him.
I love the wraps there but thought how could I make it a little better for me. I asked him to make me one that was mostly lettuce and pico (both freebies) 4oz of grilled chicken, a tbsp or so of both bbq sauce and cheese. I still guesstimated all that at around 10 points but overall I was still happy I could eat out with my husband and not stuff 3000 calories in my face.
Going to try a new recipe for dinner. Chicken Florentine I'll let you guys know how it goes!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Spanish Rice with Beef
ok guys here is one of the recipes I promised you! Hopefully I can find my camera charger this weekend and I will be able to add pictures of everything.
Spanish Rice with Beef is a recipe from my childhood. My mother had joined a church based diet called First Place and it was from their cookbook. I really had forgotten how much I enjoyed it until I made it again.
Full Recipe found here: Spanish Rice with Beef
How I followed the recipe:
I used extra lean ground beef and cooked that with the onion. I actually had forgotten to buy the bell pepper this week at the store so I left it out. I couldn't taste a difference but if you like bell peppers than add it!
The recipe calls for 2 cans of stewed tomatoes. Just to give it more flavor for one of the cans I used Mexican Stewed Tomatoes and one can regular. I suppose next time I might use both cans of Mexican Tomatoes but I was worried about it being too strong. Stewed tomatoes are still whole (well the ones I got anyway) to break them up a bit after you take the lid of the can you can take a sharp knife and just cut in the can a few times. The first time I made this dish as an adult I noticed it looked different than I had remembered as a kid. I called my mom and she told me she had always pureed the tomatoes in the food processor first because as kids my brother and I would not eat chunks of tomatoes. So if you have a picky eater this may help. ( Kristi? :) hehe. )
Next is the rice. I was trying to be more healthy and used brown rice. After a half hour as the recipe states I still had almost raw crunchy rice. I let it go another half hour and it was still a little crunchy. So if you would like to use the more healthful brown rice I suggest either precooking it some or just know you are going to cook this dish for like a hour and a half. According the the points tracker on the WW website they are both the same number of points. So next time I will probably use regular rice and get my fiber dosage elsewhere.
The rest of the recipe is herbs and seasonings. I did add some salt and pepper to my beef and onions as they cook. You should always season well as you go as opposed to waiting until the end. I used cayenne for the "red peppers" it mentions. I just use the Rachel Ray method and "eyeball" my seasoning amounts and I tend to go a little heavy since Mat likes things really seasoned.
Since one of my main focuses right now is making sure my portion sizes are correct I actually measured how many cups this made. I got 6 cups cooked. Per the recipe builder each cup is 6 points. I like is served with a little light sour cream. YUM.
Wow that was a lot of explanation for an easy dish.I'm betting this even could be converted to a crock pot receipe...hmm something to think about!
Spanish Rice with Beef is a recipe from my childhood. My mother had joined a church based diet called First Place and it was from their cookbook. I really had forgotten how much I enjoyed it until I made it again.
Full Recipe found here: Spanish Rice with Beef
How I followed the recipe:
I used extra lean ground beef and cooked that with the onion. I actually had forgotten to buy the bell pepper this week at the store so I left it out. I couldn't taste a difference but if you like bell peppers than add it!
The recipe calls for 2 cans of stewed tomatoes. Just to give it more flavor for one of the cans I used Mexican Stewed Tomatoes and one can regular. I suppose next time I might use both cans of Mexican Tomatoes but I was worried about it being too strong. Stewed tomatoes are still whole (well the ones I got anyway) to break them up a bit after you take the lid of the can you can take a sharp knife and just cut in the can a few times. The first time I made this dish as an adult I noticed it looked different than I had remembered as a kid. I called my mom and she told me she had always pureed the tomatoes in the food processor first because as kids my brother and I would not eat chunks of tomatoes. So if you have a picky eater this may help. ( Kristi? :) hehe. )
Next is the rice. I was trying to be more healthy and used brown rice. After a half hour as the recipe states I still had almost raw crunchy rice. I let it go another half hour and it was still a little crunchy. So if you would like to use the more healthful brown rice I suggest either precooking it some or just know you are going to cook this dish for like a hour and a half. According the the points tracker on the WW website they are both the same number of points. So next time I will probably use regular rice and get my fiber dosage elsewhere.
The rest of the recipe is herbs and seasonings. I did add some salt and pepper to my beef and onions as they cook. You should always season well as you go as opposed to waiting until the end. I used cayenne for the "red peppers" it mentions. I just use the Rachel Ray method and "eyeball" my seasoning amounts and I tend to go a little heavy since Mat likes things really seasoned.
Since one of my main focuses right now is making sure my portion sizes are correct I actually measured how many cups this made. I got 6 cups cooked. Per the recipe builder each cup is 6 points. I like is served with a little light sour cream. YUM.
Wow that was a lot of explanation for an easy dish.I'm betting this even could be converted to a crock pot receipe...hmm something to think about!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Friday Evening Relections...har.
Wow have I been hungry this week. It has been an adjustment for me counting points. Not really that I have been eating badly this week but just the amount of food has been hard. But it is what it is, hopefully I will adjust and learn. I can already see I need to add more veggies in my day. I hadn't realized how little veg I was actually eating until I saw it in print (well on screen...ha) So my goal for next week will be to include at least 1 veggie and fruit serving with lunch. I really love the new ww online. They have vastly improved it from years ago when I tried it previously. Im not a paper and pen journal kind of girl so its perfect for me.
I still have some recipe reviews to write up for you for this week so I will get to that this evening!
PS - I am not usually a pudding eater. Sugar free pudding and jello don't seem to work for me but this week Mat bought some Jello Sugar Free Dulce Le Leche Pudding. It is fantastic!!! 1 point per serving! It was in the dairy section at the store. I tried it find it on the Kraft website but they don't seem to have it listed yet.
I still have some recipe reviews to write up for you for this week so I will get to that this evening!
PS - I am not usually a pudding eater. Sugar free pudding and jello don't seem to work for me but this week Mat bought some Jello Sugar Free Dulce Le Leche Pudding. It is fantastic!!! 1 point per serving! It was in the dairy section at the store. I tried it find it on the Kraft website but they don't seem to have it listed yet.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Yowza!
So the Red Robin Whiskey River burger has 29 points in it. OUCH!
Guess I'll be having water and sugar free jello for dinner.
ha.
Damn it was tasty though.
Guess I'll be having water and sugar free jello for dinner.
ha.
Damn it was tasty though.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Quick and Easy Pork Chop Skillet
I found this recipe through Amber. I knew it was a dish I was not going to get Mat to eat so I decided to make it a night when I was dining alone. For some reason I am really surprised I enjoyed it so much. I actually think if I took out the pieces of pear Mat would enjoy the chops and the sauce.
(photo from the Kraft Website)
I used boneless chops. About 4 oz each and no big surprise but I doubled the onion. I couldn't find pear halves in juice so I used pear slices in juice. For those that do WW according to the recipe builder a serving is 5 points. I served it with Uncle Ben's Ready Whole Grain Medley Brown and Wild Rice.
Tasty Tasty!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Menu Planning
In a quest to eat more nutritious food I decided to plan ahead this weeks menu, go ahead and go to the store and have on hand what I need to make a good meal. This way we are much less likely just to grab some fast food because everything else seems like too much work.
As I try the recipes during the week I will go into more detail on them.
Monday - Melanie Only – Pork Chop Skillet
Tuesday - Mat Off - Spanish Rice with Beef, Salad
Wednesday – Onion Pork Loin, Cheesy Rice, sautéed zucchini
Thursday – Sweet Vidalia Chicken Salad with spinach, apples
Friday - Baked Turkey and Jack Cheese Chimichangas, Mexican Rice, veggie
Saturday - Mat Closes - leftovers from last night
Sunday - Eat Out, Mat Off
I'll keep you updated as my week goes.
As I try the recipes during the week I will go into more detail on them.
Monday - Melanie Only – Pork Chop Skillet
Tuesday - Mat Off - Spanish Rice with Beef, Salad
Wednesday – Onion Pork Loin, Cheesy Rice, sautéed zucchini
Thursday – Sweet Vidalia Chicken Salad with spinach, apples
Friday - Baked Turkey and Jack Cheese Chimichangas, Mexican Rice, veggie
Saturday - Mat Closes - leftovers from last night
Sunday - Eat Out, Mat Off
I'll keep you updated as my week goes.
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