Dinner & treat

I made this for dinner as a pizza (in an 8" round pie tin).  Worked great since my mini muffin Pam is missing from our last move. :(

Very filling & healthy!

http://pinterest.com/pin/58546863878601542/

I checked & after dinner, I was still low for my calories (about 1100).  I am a believer in your body needing 1200 calories, so I broke out one of my splurges.

Yum!  If I eat a sweet, I pick quality over quantity, always.

Totals: 

Cals eaten: 1353

Cals burned: 445

I got a compliment at the gym from my instructor on my arms today.  She's awesome- makes it hard to hate her when she's instructing us, lol.  But her words meant a lot.  

Always remember:

We've been here about 6 weeks

Shakeology Berry Smoothif

Today:

- 1 scoop Greenberry from Shakeology

- 1 small banana

- 1 c almond milk (vanilla, unsweetened)

- 1 c strawberries (frozen)

- 1 ice cubes

- 1 t vanilla pudding powder

Cals: 333

Cheating & Dinner

My awesome friend sent me these today as an appreciation for our work together. I was so happy I almost cried.

I also had a Monday from hell (lending to how appreciative I was of such a gesture).  So, I totally cheated.  Sorta.  I didn't eat my apple & almonds but am still within range for me today.  I just choose sugar. & refined flour over wholesome today.  I just had 1.  A butterfly. :)

Then, dinner tonight is a yummy black bean & turkey chili. A family fave!

199 cals/cup.

Cals today:  1434

Cals burned: 391

Lets hope tomorrow is better.

My favorite protein shake

By far. I was having trouble getting the PB2 to blend but turned by Vitamix higher than  normal for a bit & fixed that problem!

In order I put them in the blender:

- small banana

 - 2 T PB2

- 2 scoops Aria vanilla protein powder

- 1 T raw honey (allergies)

- 15 ice cubes

- 1 c chocolate almond milk, unsweetened

Cals: 320

Yum!

Starting the week right!

After a very hectic weekend, I am starting this week out with as positive an outlook & plan as I can manage.

Breakfast is an egg sandwich as usual.

Meals are planned.  I downloaded a meal plan but used white stickers to cover the meals that wouldn't work for our family & added a few that would.

Focuses for the week:

- drink water

- apple/day

- clean eating as much as I can

Goal- 2 pounds weight loss.

Most excited that our gym reopens so my workout schedule will go back to normal!  Yay!!!

How about you?

A crazy day

So, yesterday simply didnt go as planned to the tune of ending with an overnight ER stay with one of our kids.

But, I tried to not let that be an excuse to make bad choices.

Breakfast- sandwich just like yesterday

Lunch- protein bar on the go between dr office & hospital.

Dinner- hubby brought Chipotle (nakes burrito bowl with pork, cheese & beans with chips). 

Who knows what today will bring.  I am hoping my own bed and a glass of wine before bed.

The good news is I weighed in yesterday morning & last week, surpassed my 2 lb goal- I lost 3!  Here's to another great week after we get home!

Turkey Meatloaf & Roasted Broccoli

Ok, this is another time I deserve props.  I had to eat my (admittedly small) serving of broccoli fast.  It was all I could do not to gag in front of the kids.  My husband likes broccoli & said it was delicious, as do all of the recipe reviewers. I'm just a big kid.

Turkey Meatloaf (adapted with no onion)

Recipe:

http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2011/09/turkey-meatloaf.html?m=1

Mashed sweet potato with butter, brown sugar & cinnamon (a little goes a long way!)

Roasted broccoli

Recipe: 

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=217248

Cals: 445

Totals:

Calories: 1,321

Burned: 475

Post Workout Frosty like Smoothie!

Yum!

Based on this pin:

http://pinterest.com/pin/58546863878616348/

Mine used chocolate almond milk & added honey & small banana.

Cals: 275

Breakfast!

It's so easy to let a holiday interfere with your goals.  But what will make you happy long term?  A hot dog or fitting back in to your per-baby clothes?

Breakfast:

Egg, cheddar (ultra thin slice) on Orowroot double fiber muffin

Coffee with Natural Bliss creamer

Cals: 295

Have a healthy day!!!

Lunch time!

Today, my breakfast took a lot of my calories (400 so on a 1200 day goal, that's 33%!).

I am glad I didn't stop for coffee after an awesome workout (although I did think about it).

Today, I actually had double the crackers & laughing cow shown here.  I was hungry ;)

Cals: 435

I am planning Chicken Bake for dinner & it has 291 cals/ serving.

Recipe here:

http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2011/11/chicken-bake.html?m=1

On the topic of exercise, I had a big accomplishment!  I was able to do a portion of our RIPPED workout for the first time since I started about a year ago.  Push up, brazillian kick, under the bridge.  I did the first 2 reps without going to my knees.  I am getting STRONG, not just skinny & it feels great!!!

Clean eating stuffed peppers

Ok, I need some replies & love for not only making this but also eating it!!!

Ok, so it wasn't 100% clean, but I had to try the cheese (it was WW Mexican blend). I should have just left it off because it didn't add anything flavor wise.  

Cals: 402

Used coconut oil as the spray for the pan.  Will definitely make these again!!!

Based off of this recipe but adjusted some (no squash, tomato paste instead of tomatoes, onion powder in place of onion). 

http://melaniemitro.blogspot.com/2011/08/eat-clean-stuffed-peppers.html?m=1

Totals for today:

Ate:  1373

Burned: 781

Peanut Butter Oatmeal

I'm not usually an oatmeal kinda girl but I thought I'd give this recipe a try!

I was pretty impressed by how much food it made.  This is a good point in comparing this versus a 350 cal fast food breakfast sandwich. No contest which will keep you full longer & is better fuel for your body, right???

- 1/2 c oats cooked in..

- 1 c unsweetened vanilla almond milk

- 1 Tbsp ground flax seed

- 1 tbsp raw honey

- 2 tbsp PB2

- 1 tsp cinnamon

Cals: 358

High protein dinner

I was originally planning on a 2 egg meal but upped to 3 because I was hungry. Didn't even grab one of the leftover slices of frozen pizza from the kids dinners. 

3 eggs

1 slice Ultra Thin Cheddar

3 ready to eat turkey sausage links

Cals: 375

Total for today:

Cals:1,414

Burned: 306

Apple & Almonds

It's snack time.  If you know me, you know how hard this is for me to do.  I have texture issues & a bad gag reflex to go along with it.  Here's to healthy changes!

Easy weekday lunch

Here's my lunch today!  Easy & yummy.

Roasted Red Pepper & tomato soup (Pacific Natural Foods), 1 cup

4 Ak Mak Crackers with 2 wedges laughing cow light Swiss (total)

Cals: 282

This was easy for this busy momma to throw together & would be highly portable for work too!

Go Raw Super Cookies

I found these at FredMeyer (aka Kroger) in Seattle.  Just tried them.  I like the crunch but the ginger taste is strong!  I think it's a great snack choice especially since 16 little cookies are 1, 160 cal serving!  Today, I ate 8 and a big 16oz glass of water.  It's going to be a hot one so drink up!

Breakfast

Morning came early.  Being on the west coast means I can be on a conference call at 6:30am before I've gotten out of my PJs.  That was today.  I meant to cook eggs but didn't have time once I got everyone (else) fed & dressed.  

So, after my coffee, I had a protein bar. They are yummy & available at Costco.  I'm sure there are some not so great things inside but I'm being honest here & it's got to be better than hitting a drive thru, right?

A word of caution with protein bars: they are calorie dense.  This one was about 280 calories which doesn't seem to bad but it is 21% of my daily caloric intake.  It's easy & convenient but you have to factor in the impact of the calories.