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.