Soup. I figure once a week we should have soup, it low calorie and blah! It reminds you that you are on a diet and should be thankful for the good food you have! This was no different. It was a sad day. It was fine, you may like it, but its no cioppino or Beef Stew that has been simmering all day. It's was a little depressing.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Thursday - Day 4
Soup. I figure once a week we should have soup, it low calorie and blah! It reminds you that you are on a diet and should be thankful for the good food you have! This was no different. It was a sad day. It was fine, you may like it, but its no cioppino or Beef Stew that has been simmering all day. It's was a little depressing.
Joey's Gaucamole!!!
I love or should I say loved Joey's Duo of Dips, unfortunately they have taken it off the menu. However, last time, I was in Joey's the waitress shared the gaucamole recipe with me. So I am gong to pass it along to you.4 Avacodoes
1/4 Serrano
1/4 Cilantrol
Olive Oil to Texture
So simple, yet so good!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday - Day 3
Tonight we watched the biggest loser and while watching the show I thought to myself, who has the energy to do what they do on the show. I mean come on! I weight a good 150+ pounds lighter than the woman on the show and I'm exhausted by the end of the day. Tonight's workout was back to the gym doing cardio, another 5 miles of running to angry chick music (okay its not all angry chick music). If you never have ran 5 miles on a treadmill you are in for a real experience, you don't pass any trees, dip down any hills or fight up hills, it's just you and the gym and two sweaty guys on each side of you (one being my husband) and there I am bopin my head to "Here I go again on my own" by Whitesnake. Its a real treat!
Life can sometimes punish you, even when you are being good. Have you ever heard of the Counter in Ballard? It's a burger joint and when you leave the gym in the evening and go out into the parking lot, all you smell is burgers. It hurts. At that moment you think, I can just pick up a burger and be done for the day. Instead we went home and made a healthly version!
Dinner tonight was Chicken Burgers. I would make these any day of the week. So good! The burgers were pretty simple; roast the poblano pepper and fry the onions, fry the burger and toast the buns and you are done. Instead of using regular buns I tried the new whole wheat 100 calorie buns, they were like crackers for burgers. I liked them! We added the rest of the arugula that we bought for the week and some leftover tomato. Yummy!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tuesday - Day 2
Back into the full swing of things. Woke up, had my Via coffee (Carmel Flavor) with my cereal (Dark Chocolate Almond Granola, by Organic Cascadian Farm)... yummy. Decided to skip the morning Butterfingers. Lunch I had the leftover Turkey Linguine and a late snack of hummus on flat bread. I worked a little bit later, which can usually prove a challenge for me when I get home between being hungry and just wanting to tune out, I can think of a thousand reasons why not to go to the gym. 
However, today was bound to be a good day, I got home threw on my workout clothes and went to the gym. Since Monday was a cardio day, today needed to be a weightlifting day. It was great, I doubled my weights on my Arnold Press and the side arm lifts. Totally proud of myself and tired, I went home to make dinner.
Dinner today again was simple and not very time consuming. I made Ellie Kreiger's Balsamic Chicken with Baby Spinach and it was done in a flash! Super easy, Ellie has you cook 4 minutes on each side. I think 4 minutes was a little much, I would recommend between 3-3 1/2. Remove the chicken from the pan and add spinach (we buy the organic, prewashed spinach which cuts down on prep time if you don't have to clean the spinach yourself), cook for 2 minutes. Once the spinach is cooked remove from the the pan and add the can of tomatoes, chicken broth and balsamic vinegar and warm to a simmer. Tada and you are done.
Both my husband and I agreed that next time we would like it with more spinach and the chicken could be cooked a little less. It was a good meal. I would make it again, it was simple and quick to make (about 15 minutes). It is low calorie meal, having only 353 calories, which also will make this meal very scale friendly!
Great alternative if you are thinking about running out and picking something up. This meal will be done cooking by the time you get home with the food (and your waist will thank you!).
Monday, January 3, 2011
Monday - Day 1
Waking up Monday morning's tend to be a little rough on me. It's the first day of the week and the alarm is going off at 5:45am. We all know the routine, wake up, go to work, come home, go the gym, come home, make dinner, shower, go to bed, rinse and repeat! It sounds so easy, but like I said Mondays are a little rough for me. I try to handle it with all the finesse that I can muster; today was no different. After work, went to the gym and ran 5 miles (roughly about 500 calories, that easily makes up for the mini butterfingers I had for breakfast). Felt awesome once completed, felt like death while running it. ;) It really wasn't that bad, it was tough and a nice reminder how out of shape I am.
Tonight for dinner, I made Roasted Shittakes and Pacific Cod. It was yummy and for those that care, the recipe is fully guilten-free and low-carb. The dressing was what made the fish delicious and how can you go wrong with shittakes? You just can't! I would highly recommend this dinner to anyone that wants a quick dinner. The shittakes roast for about 15 minutes, you then add the cod to the roasting pan and cook for 8 minutes (during that time you make a dressing) and its done. It was super easy and yummy.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Week 1 - Meal Planning
I like to plan my meals Monday through Thursday. I go to the grocery store on Sunday mornings after my morning walk around Green Lake with my coffee. This routine helps me focus on the upcoming week.Before I even go to the store, I already know what I am going to eat. I pick out my dinners before I go, create my meal plan with my grocery list. Below is what my meal plans look like, actually the one below is the one I am using for this weeks meal plan. I always make a grocery list, it helps me to stick to the plan (otherwise I end up with things that I might not want to bringing home...like desserts). I don't usually write out what my snacks are, I try to give myself a little wiggle room, this week our snacks include: pomegranate seeds, bananas, raspberries, humus and flat bread (just for a few ideas).
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Dinner: Creamy Broccoli-White Bean Soup
Friday
Most recipes make a serving for 4, few like the linguine with turkey sausage and peppers base their serving size at 6. If you are trying to loose weight it is important that you watch for the serving size. Because there is 2 of us in our household, its perfect. We are able to make a dinner for 4, we plate our two dinners and the other 2 servings are put directly in Tupperware for lunch the next day. Doing this really seems to help us, once we have cleaned our plates it prevents us from going back to the stove and grazing, which we are both guilty of.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Its a New Year, but the same old story....
I recently read in an article that, on average, people put on at least five pounds from Thanksgiving to New Years. My husband and I would be included in that average. Unfortunately for my him, when I fall off the wagon, so does he (since I do the majority of the cooking). And like me, he loves to eat.
It's a new year, so it is time for us the restart our engines and get rid of our bad habits. Here are my New Year Resolutions:
1. Back to the Gym
Cardio and lifting weights, you can't have one without the other. I have learned this the hard way. I always try to go for 3 days with cardio and 3 days of weight lifting, there are definitely weeks that I don't do that. No biggie, I just start again. The goal isn't to be perfect, but to keep moving.
2. Back to Eating Healthy
We love food, I mean LOVE. We eat pretty healthy when we eat at home, but the amount we eat is pretty impressive! The trick I have found is to meal plan and portion control.
Starting this week, we will be back at the gym and eating better. This is the year that we stay on top of it.
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