Tuesday - December 18, 2007

Today I made a delicious english muffin breakfast sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese for only 280 calories.

For lunch I ate at Bellacino's and had a turkey light sub and a side salad for a total of 600 calories.

For dinner I'm going to eat a turkey sandwich for 170 calories and have a little bit of Orville popcorn for 50 calories.

This will bring me to 1100 calories for the day.

Yippee!

Monday - December 17, 2007

Today was pretty good. I had a taco salad without the shell (430 cal.) from Taco Bell for lunch.

 

For supper I made sloppy joes out of ground turkey (520 cal.), green beans (20 cal.), and corn (80 cal.). It was delicious!

 

Total calories for today are 1050 calories. Delicious!

Sunday - December 16, 2007

Today I had chinese food.

I didn't get to drink my shake because I forgot since I was working on the snow.

From the chinese place I had an order of beef in black bean sauce (530 cal.), part of an order of rice (300 cal.), a bite of an eggroll (75 cal. since I don't know), and a bite of a crag rangoon (75 cal. since I don't know).

That's a total count of 980 calories for the day.

Saturday - December 15, 2007

Today was my first day on my new program. I feel like I did a pretty good job.

For breakfast I had two eggs (140 cal.) and a piece of dry diet toast (35 cal.).

For supper tonight I had some pork sirloin (346 cal.), turnip greens (60 cal.), mashed potatoes (140 cal.), corn (120 cal.), and green beans (40 cal.). Yummy!

I still have to eat my soy chips, some "hot cocoa," and also have a couple bags of popcorn (50 cal.) to snack on for later.

With all this stuff I have eaten and the stuff I have to eat I'm only at 991 calories.

Awesome, huh?!?

****UPDATE****
I forgot to eat my 100 cal. chips today.

New Program from Dr. Soudah

My doctor set me up on a new program today. My total daily calories will remain the same (1350 calories) but the make-up will be different.

 

Now I will be eating two 500 calorie meals, one snack of soy protein chips (100 cal.), and drinking one protein shake (250 cal.) each day.

 

I think this is going to be a little bit more of a challenge for me since I'll be eating two meals a day, but at the same time I think it might be easier since I'll be able to eat two small meals each day. 

 

Keep me in your prayers as I attempt this second program. I don't go back to the doctor until January. That's four weeks on this to see how I do.

 

Let me know your thoughts!

12 Week Success!!!!

Today I went to the doctor and found out my new weight loss total.

 

I lost another 5 pounds.

 

That's a total of 47 pounds in 12 weeks!

 

AWESOME!!

Friday - December 14, 2007

Today was good. I had Noodles & Company again. It was great!

 

I had Japanese pan noodles with shrimp (690 cal.) and a packet of soy chips (100 cal.) my doctor gave me.

 

Total for today was 790 calories.

 

Feeling pretty good!

Thursday - December 13, 2007

Today was a good day. I had a Lean Cuisine chicken fettecine (250 cal.) for lunch and for supper I found this pizza at Schnuck's that was 870 calories total so I ate a third of it for 290 calories.

 

That's a total of 549 calories for today.

Confession

I have not been drinking all my shakes and eating my bars. This week's weather has put me in a situation where I am so tired and sleepy that I forget to eat bar and drink my shakes.

Wednesday - December 12, 2007

Today was good.

I had caldo de pollo (285 cal.), which is a mexican soup made with chicken, veggies, and a little bit of rice, and two tortillas (160 cal.) for lunch.

 

For supper I had my leftover soup plus a little bit of taco soup (75 cal.), a tortilla (80 cal.), and the leftover "toppings" (75 cal.).

 

That's a total of 675 calories today. A little over but not too bad.

Tuesday - December 11, 2007

So far today so good. Yummy! I took some of my leftovers and made me up some "toppings" for breakfast.

I was starving when I woke up this morning and since I knew I was in for some taco soup, Lord willing, tonight I knew I had to eat light so I can enjoy the soup later. So this is what I did.

I took some white onion and some carrot and diced them up very tiny. To this I added some minced garlic and freshly ground salt and pepper. I put this in a skillet with a teaspoon of olive oil and sautéed it until it was tender. Then I took the leftover steak I had last night with the little bit of mushrooms it had and sliced it up very thin and diced it and added it to the veggie mixture. I cooked this down until everything was just tender and succulent. I added it up and this entire mixture whole would be around 300 calories, so I divided it into about 10 pieces of 30 calories to make my "toppings." I got an egg (70 cal.) and fried it with salt and pepper in the leftover oil from my "toppings." Then I took a small tortilla (80 cal.) and browned it in the skillet. I plated the tortilla with egg on top and covered it with some "toppings" and a small teaspoon of salsa. Total this part of the day was only 215 calories. That leaves me able to eat my taco soup like I cannot wait to do!

I'll update this post later with my total daily calorie intake.

***UPDATE***

I had taco soup (375 cal.) and a tortilla (80 cal.).

This makes my total for the day 645 calories.

Weekly Summary for December 1-7, 2007

Here is a break down of my daily calories and weekly average for daily caloric intake.

1-Dec 1350
2-Dec 1400
3-Dec 1350
4-Dec 1334
5-Dec 1415
6-Dec 1163
7-Dec 1235
Avg Daily 1321

Average of 1321 calories per day! I cannot believe that I did that well with a snow week!

Monday - December 10, 2007

Today was special all the way around. :)

I got to hear my baby's heartbeat for the very first time today. It was awesome! On the way over I ate some Orville popcorn (50 cal.) so I wouldn't be too weak since I hadn't eaten anything all day. I only drank one shake today too, so I'm a little low on that side of things.

Not only was the baby's heartbeat awesome but I went someplace I never thought I'd go eat tonight.

Oh how wonderful it was. I'm pretty proud of what I ate too. I had a 10 oz. skirt steak of which I only ate half, so that's a 5 oz. skirt steak (312 cal.), a bit of mushrooms in a gravy (30 cal.), some corn succotash (80 cal.), two rings of their "onion rings" (80 cal.), and broccoli (50 cal.). My total calories for today were 602 calories. Not that bad for going into a restaurant famous for large portions and DELICIOUS cheesecakes!

Yummy!

Now Sarah on the other hand was bad. ;) She ate a delicious meal that she loves from there called Crusted Chicken Romano and a slice of pumpkin cheese cake.

Can you believe she'd eat this? Oh God, it looked so good. :)

Sunday - December 9, 2007

Today was good. I had a new thing of Orville popcorn (20 cal.) that was buttery salt and cracked pepper flavored. It was good. I didn't get to bed until 6:00 a.m. from last night's snow, so I didn't make it to church. On the way home, Sarah picked us up Ruby Tuesday's to eat. I had a baked potato (180 cal.) and a bowl of their white bean chicken chili (223). It was really good. During the snow event we had today I ate 4 slices of deli turkey (60 cal.). Total calories for the day was lower than what it should have been. I only ate 483 calories.

Saturday - December 8, 2007

Today was profitable but very hard.

It was my work Christmas party and they catered a delicious meal! It looked and smelled so very, very good.

I did eat very small amounts of the food I put on the plate, but I don’t know even how close I would be to start guessing at the calories, so I’m just going to put down 550 calories for today. I might have gone over and I might have been under. Either way doesn’t matter right now. I’m just happy I cut the small piece of chicken parmesan in half and didn’t eat all the food I put on the plate. I did eat some beef tips, noodles, veggies, salad, and shrimp.

I didn't eat my bar or drink one of my shakes today.

Friday - December 7, 2007

Today was a pretty good day.

I had a bag of Orville’s popcorn (30 cal.) for lunch and then went to Bandana’s for supper. I had the turkey platter consisting of turkey breast (240 cal.) with a plain baked potato (130 cal.) and green beans (35 cal.) for a total of 435 calories for the day.

Thursday - December 6, 2007

It's snowing in St. Louis. Well, maybe it's more like sleet and an amalgamation of other wintery mixes. :)

Due to my job being located at a company that does snow removal, this is an exciting time. The problem with today is that the company provides tons of free food for it's employees during the snow events. We have tons of fun and tons of food.

I am going to try and be strong but I don't know so keep me in your prayers. :)

So far I've had a Subway Club sandwhich (388 cal.) and Subway apples (35 cal.).

I've convienced them to get me some healthy food instead of making me eat all the junk food, so hopefully I'll do all right tonight.

I'm working on a bag of carrots and celery (60 cal. total) and have a bowl of low fat chicken noodle soup (100 cal.) and a smoked turkey sandwich (230 cal.) from St. Louis Bread heading my way.

I also have my low calorie Orville popcorn (30 cal.) to help get me through the night plus all my shakes and the bar left from today.

I even got them to buy me a caffenine free Diet Coke 12-pack so I'd have something to drink. Cool, huh? I'll let you know what the damage is later. I am sure I will go over. Let's just hope not too much.

I have eaten 843 calories thus far and I'm going to stop and just eat on my bar and my shakes now. It was really hard resisting the temptation tonight, but I succeeded even though I went 293 calories over.

Wednesday - December 5, 2007

Today was a long day. I had to sit in the hospital waiting room with one of my employees. He hurt himself and had to get stitches. Because of this I was not able to eat my lunch at all.

 

One good thing was that I had a delicious supper! We went to Olive Garden.

 

They have a "low fare" meal called Linguine alla Marinara (550 cal.) that is pretty good. I had a bit of salad (35 cal.) with their low-fat Italian dressing (30 cal.). My total calories for the day were 615 calories.

 

Not that bad, huh? :)

Tuesday - December 4, 2007

Today I had Bob Evan's. It was really good and low calorie.

I had the potato-crusted flounder for 254 calories, a small baked potato for 130 calories, and some mixed veggies for 50 calories. That's 434 so far for the day. 116 more calories to go.

Monday - December 3, 2007

Today I ate Panda Express for lunch. I had mixed veggies, kung pao chicken, mushroom chicken, and vegetable spring rolls for only 440 calories.

That leaves me with 90 to go.

Yippee! Maybe I'll eat some popcorn tonight to do the rest of my calories.

Sunday - December 2, 2007

Today was my sister-in-law Jennifer's birthday and she wanted to go to TGI Friday's for lunch.

 

I was a little cautious about this but soon had my burden lifted when I read the menu and noticed they had a few healthy choices on the menu. The marked the "Low Fat" but had a footnote mentioning that they were 500 calories.

 

So, I ate the garlic chicken primavera (500 cal.) and instead of eating a slice of German chocolate cake like everyone else I had a 100 calorie pack of tapioca pudding.

 

I totaled 600 calories today. Over by 50 on a celebration day like a birthday is not that bad if you ask me.

Saturday - December 1, 2007

Today I ate at Noodles & Company. I had a small portion of the Indonesian peanut sauté (330 cal.) with shrimp as my protein (60 cal.) and I finished off Sarah's house marinara to wrap up the rest of my calories. That made up my 550 for the day.

 

Also, I forgot to eat my bar, so what little I might have gone over I was able to salvage with the deficit from the bar.

Friday - November 30, 2007

Today I ate a bowl of garden vegetable soup (90 cal.) and a piece of whole grain bread (130 cal.) from St. Louis Bread Company for lunch. Later, I meet Sarah at Noodles & Company and had a small portion of the house marinara on penne noodles (340 cal.).

Total calories for today were 560 calories.

Due to my having the cold, I forgot to eat my bar and one of my shakes. So, I need to modify my weekly report for this week.

Rebecca's Homemade Taco Soup

Here’s another one for you.

Rebecca’s Homemade Taco Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb. of Ground Turkey (85/15)

2 cans (14.5 oz) of black beans

2 cans (11 oz.) of white shoepeg corn

1 packet of McCormick’s taco seasoning

1 packet of Hidden Valley ranch seasoning (dry)

2 cans of tomato sauce (16 ounces total)

16 ounces of water

Salt

Black pepper

Garlic powder

I changed Rebecca’s recipe and use ground turkey. She uses ground beef and it tastes great.

Directions: Brown ground turkey in non-stick skillet and season with salt and black pepper. While turkey is browning open all the canned food and add to a pot and put on low heat. Drain the little amount of fat in the skillet and pour turkey into the pot with the canned food items. Add water and bring to a boil. Stir in taco seasoning and ranch seasoning and allow to simmer for at least 30 minutes before eating. The longer it simmers the better it will taste.

This pot will make 8 servings. Serving size is 1 cup (Calories: 300 / Carbs: 30).

Garnish with cheese and crackers for extra flavor (extra calories too). Or use less water and fill a 6” flour tortilla with small amount and garnish with cheese, sour cream, and salsa for a special treat (of course the calories too).

Let me know if this doesn’t make any sense.

Adam's Award Winning Turkey Chili

Here’s a recipe for your cookbook.

Adam’s Award Winning Turkey Chili

Ingredients:

1 lb. of Ground Turkey (85/15)

1 small yellow onion

2 cans of Mexican chili beans

1 packet of McCormick’s chili seasoning

4 cans of tomato sauce (32 ounces total)

16 ounces of water

Salt

Black pepper

Garlic powder

Directions: Brown ground turkey in non-stick skillet and season with salt and black pepper. While turkey is browning, dice the onion and open all the canned food. Drain the little amount of fat in the skillet. Add diced onions to ground turkey and season with garlic powder. Cook until onions are tender. While cooking onions begin to pour canned food into a pot and put on low heat. When onions are done, pour the onion and turkey into the pot with the canned food items. Add water and bring to a boil. Stir in chili seasoning and allow chili to simmer for at least 30 minutes before eating. The longer it simmers the better it will taste.

This pot will make 8 servings. Serving size is 1 cup (Calories: 250 / Carbs: 20).

Garnish with cheese and crackers for extra flavor (extra calories too).

Let me know if this doesn’t make any sense.