For breakfast, I tend to stick with the same foods. I will take a whole wheat tortilla & fill it with low-fat cheese, hot sauce & 3 egg whites (250 calories). I also make Marlene's "Pancake's", which are 270 calories with my SF syrup. (I'll post the recipe at the bottom of this post). I like these when I need something sweet in the morning. Another thing I will have is a Fage Greek Yogurt with a little stevia & vanilla in it, plus 2 slices of 100% whole wheat toast with fruit spread on it. I'm sort of stuck on these 3 breakfasts right now but it's working for me so I'll keep it for another week or so, alternating them & then look for something else so I don't get too bored.
Lunch was harder before we could have WW bread & tortillas (We can now have 2 slices of 100% whole wheat bread a day & we can also have 2 WW or corn tortillas. We are supposed to have 2 grains a day & no more then 3). One thing I made last week was chicken salad (shredded chicken, reduced fat mayo, apple & raisins.) It was really good but lots of calories (350 calories for 1 small sandwich) so I am trying to figure out a way to keep the taste but lower the calories. I do some leftovers for lunches too. I made healthy tacos last week (extra lean ground turkey with taco seasoning, corn tortillas that I made into "shells" in the over, lettuce, cheese, sour cream & sauce. It was about 350 calories for 2 tacos & 1/2 c FF refried beans). Having that the next day was yummy!
I also grab lunch when I am out & about. I have favorite meals at certain places & I stick to them. I like grilled chicken & green beans at KFC, grilled chicken & pinto beans at El Pollo Loco, a baked potato with reduced fat sour cream & a side salad with Light Ranch at Wendy's, a 1/2 Chicken cobb with 1/2 c vegetable soup at Panera's (My new absolute favorite & at 35o calories total, it is sooooo good!)
Dinners are harder because we have to get Daniel from work at 6pm & if I don't have something already prepared, we end up grabbing fast food a lot. Last night, I made the healthy tacos again. I plan on making Raspberry Balsamic Chicken tonight, probably with a baked sweet potato & fresh green beans. One of our favorite meals is Spaghetti Squash Casserole. It sounds weird at first but it smells just like lasagna as its cooking & is all veggies, minus the cheese on top :) I also like to do lean steaks & veggies, lean pork chops, fish like tilapia or salmon & I've also gotten LF turkey sausages & sauteed those with some Pam & red and green peppers.
I don't snack during the day at all anymore. That's HUGE for me because I used to always be eating. I save enough calories (I like to save about 200) for a snack around 9pm. Nighttime used to always be my heaviest snacking time. Kids were in bed, TV was on & Tara was eating. I give myself those calories so that I don't end up starving then & grabbing cookies or candy. Now, I will eat a Healthy Choice fudge bar (80 calories), a brown rice cake with 1T cream cheese & 1 T fruit spread (about 160 calories depending on what I put on it), sometimes I will have a Fage yogurt or a Cascade Fresh yogurt. The truth is, I don't feel deprived. This has been easier for me then when I did Weight Watchers. I don't know what it is (gotta be God though because how else could I do this???) but the weight is falling off me (28 pounds in 7 weeks) and that is VERY unusual for me.
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Marlene's Pancakes
4 egg whites
1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1/2 cup uncooked rolled oats
cinnamon (I usually use pumpkin pie spice instead)
1/4 tsp.. vanilla approximate
1/4 tsp. almond flavoring approximate (I don't use this)
Blend in blender all the above ingredients. Cook as you would any other pancake in a non-stick pan. I top with 1/4 c. SF syrup that I heat in the microwave. I have heard of other people making it more like a crepe or putting crushed nuts & fruit on top.
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