Day Sixty-eight

Back on Track!

Honey Nut Cheerios/nonfat milk
b-bque chicken pizza
lowfat oatmeal/butterscotch cookies
Spinach/Ricotta stuffed Chicken Breast with Creamy Chicken Rice

Day Sixty-seven

Boy... was I naughty today!

Strawberry Oatmeal
KFC - 3 original strips with Bque dipping sauce and side salad/fat free catalina
Taco Bell - Steak Fresco Burrito Supreme w/Mexian Rice
totinos pizza rolls
Honey Nut Cheerios/nonfat milk
breyers cookie dough icecream sandwich

Taking the diet soda cake one step further...

after making the 'better than velvet cake' the other day, my mind started filling with ideas of taking the simple 9x13 cake and tackling different combinations.  This is my second attempt and I think it turned out nicely...

• 1 chocolate cake mix (dry only)
• 1 package butterscotch sugar free instant pudding
• 1 can pepsi one
• 4 cups sugar free vanilla pudding (snack pack)
• 1 package fresh  raspberries

mix cake, pudding, and pepsi... bake according to package.  Chill pudding and spread 2 cups on each layer of cake...  top each layer with raspberries...

Day Sixty-six

Honeynut cheerios/nonfat milk
Leftover lasagna
Leftover enchiladas
WW Icecream sandwich
4 chocolate twizzlers

Day Sixty-five

Honey Nut cheerios/nonfat milk
Smart Ones cheesy quesadillas
leftover lasagna
chicken enchiladas
Breyers cookie dough ice cream sandwich

Chicken Enchiladas.... Stuffed after this meal.

Fantastic meal... with the recommended serving of 2 enchiladas you'll be very satisfied.  A little sour cream on the side was all I added to this one.  There is a suggestion of rice on the side, but if you do... don't eat 2... you'll be sick full then.  It's 3 hours later and I am STILL feeling a full belly.

Sauce

• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 heaping Tbsp chipotle chilis in adobo sauce
• 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 3/4 cup fat free chicken broth
• salt and pepper

Enchiladas

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 3/4 lb shredded chicken
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• salt
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/3 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 8 whole wheat flour tortillas
• 1 cup non-fat shredded cheddar cheese
• cooking spray

Spray Medium sauce pan and saute garlic.  Add chilis, chili powder, cumin, broth, tomato sauce, salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes, set aside.

Preheat oven to 400.

Heat oil in medium skillet - medium high heat.  Saute onion and garlic until soft.  Add chicken, salt, cumin, oregano, chili powder, tomato sauce, broth and cook 5 minutes. remove from heat.

Spray 9x13 baking dish.  put 1/3 cup chix mix into each tortilla and roll.  Place in dish seam side down and top with sauce and cheese.  Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.  Tope with lowfat sour cream (extra points) or scallions and enjoy.

4 points each enchilada... 2 is a really good sized serving and will need no side dish...

Day Sixty-four

Special K yogurt/berries/nonfat milk
taco salad - baked chips, chicken taco meat, tomatoes, salsa, reduced fat cheese, nonfat sourcream
banana
leftover lasagna
WW key lime pie yogurt
better than red velvet cake
Honeynut cheerios/nonfat milk

Day Sixty-three

Special K yogurt w/berries/Nonfat Milk
Coffee with Creamer
Banana
Leftover shrimp creole with brown/wild rice
lasagna with garlic bread
WW ice cream sandwich
bad midnight snack day... :( cake and middle of the night cereal

8 point good old-fashioned Beef Lasagna

Not Veggie, no noodle subs, not a lot of veggies, AND it uses good old fashioned ground beef.  This was a tasty lasagna recipe that I lightened up where I could...

• 1 lb. 90% Ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 tsp seasoning salt
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 3 packets splenda
• 2 - 15oz cans tomato sauce
• 6 oz can tomato paste
• 5.5 can mushrooms, drained
• 3 cups water
• 14 oz fat free shredded mozarella
• 3/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
• 3/4 cup light ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan
• 15 lasagna noodle (dreamfields)

In large pan brown beef with onion and seasonings. 
Stir in tomato sauce, paste, mushrooms, and water.
Simmer 10-15 minutes... the mixture should be thin.
In separate bowl, mix together cottage, ricota, and parmesan cheeses set aside

In 9x13 pan layer 1/3 noodles, 1/3 cheese mixture, 1/3 beef sauce, and 1/3 shredded mozarella.  Continue with 2 more layers until pan is full.

Cover and bake for 70 minutes.  Let stand for 10 minutes and then cut into 10 equal pieces.

8 points each

Week 9 Weigh In

Got up this morning to a back that is less achy but still pinching.  Happy Monday, ugh...  BUT after stepping on the scale I cheered up a bit.  227!!! That's almost 3 pounds this week!  Plus I've reached a total loss of 20.2 pounds!  Yay!  Twenty is a big milestone!  Plus I'm almost to my second goal of 10%... 4 more pounds!

wohoo!

Day Sixty-two

slept in
late lunch/early dinner
Arby's angus 3 cheese sandwich and curly fries with low sugar lemonade
piece of better than velvet cake
breyers cookie dough Ice-cream sandwich

Hoping I didn't make a mistake

I didn't go to the pool today as planned and I hope that doesn't start the downward spiral of exercise avoidance...  I had planned to go, but Chris asked if I wanted to run to Oshkosh this afternoon.  We hadn't spent much of the weekend together so I thought it would be nice and thought at least I would still be walking around and moving.

I tell ya... whether or not I got the 'normal' amount of activity in, I feel beat!  absolutely pooped!  I got a couple injections in my lower back on Friday to help remedy some pain that I've been having and they seem to be working, but a couple of hours ago my back said flat out it was done!!!  So it may have been a good thing that I didn't go.

Either way I just really wanted to get it down that I 'skipped' today and I wanted to be held accountable that I won't be making it a habit.

Day Sixty and Sixty-one

Day Sixty-one

special K with nonfat milk
spaghetti noodles and reduced sugar ketchup with hot dog
1/4 personal pizza (yummy) leftover shrimp creole with rice...
'better than red velvet cake'
bowl special K berries with nonfat milk

Day Sixty

Coffee with creamer; Strawberries and Cream oatmeal with 1/4 cup nonfat milk
KFC original strips and mexican rice with diet dew
Shrimp Creole with brown and wild rice
Breyers cookie dough ice-cream sandwich
Special K with Nonfat milk