A lot of my personal friends and family have been following my weight loss and dieting progress on Facebook. And, I'm proud and humbled to say that I am motivating a lot of people to start working out, being healthy and happy! :) I love it! And that is why I do it. It motivates ME to motivate YOU. Ultimately, my goal is to do anything I can to make people live happier lives. It's a pay-it-forward thing totally.
So to get right to it (because Survivor is coming on and I do NOT miss that) here is how/what I have been feeding my family for the past 16 weeks or so.
First things first, every single Sunday I sit down and come up with 7 dinners for the upcoming week. From Monday-Sunday. I then put together the grocery list for that week and Sunday evening involves going to buy all of the groceries for the upcoming week. This is awesome because it allows me to have complete control over EXACTLY what we are eating, and what money I am spending! I always know what's for dinner, no food gets wasted around here (and therefore money isn't wasted either) AND if we don't have a bunch of junk sitting around here, then it's not here to eat!
To give you an idea, here is my list of dinners for this week:
Monday - Cheesy Bacon Potato Soup. I make this homemade and a huge bowl only has around 350 calories. It's so good you would never believe it is that low in calories. I'll email the recipe if anyone wants it. This also makes enough that we have it for lunch the next day.
1 large bowl = ~350 calories
Tuesday - Turkey Ham and Green Beans. I buy a half turkey ham, stick it in the crockpot all day and by dinner it's so soft you can break it up with a fork. VERY low calories. The green beans are from a can, low sodium ones, then I fry them up in some extra virgin olive oil - very healthy for you! I have this with 35 calorie bread and my calorie free/fat free Parkay spray butter (everyone thinks this must taste nasty, you're SO WRONG, it's AMAZING tastes just like butter).
2 medium slices ham, green beans, 2 slices buttered bread = ~450 calories
Wednesday - Stir Fry. Now we go out to eat once a week for dinner. We chose tonight! We went to BD's Mongolian BBQ. It's a stir-fry place and it's AMAAAAZING and so low in fat/cals. I had a huge bowl of mahi-mahi (the best fish you could ever eat), chicken, black beans, onions, green and red peppers, cilantro, mushrooms, tomato, all grilled in black bean asian sauce. Top with a little bit of cheese and a side salad. My entire meal was about 450 calories (and too much money). But this stir-fry can be totally made at home and I make it ALL the time in extra virgin olive oil.
BD's stir fry bowl = ~450 calories
Thursday - Smothered Chicken & Salad. I either grill out or stove grill (in extra virgin olive oil) chicken breasts. I am big of herbs and seasoning, so I usually grill mine in cilantro or basil. I also grill (in the same pan with the chicken) red onions, mushrooms and green peppers. Once it's all done, put the chicken on the plate, top it with the grilled veggies, then on top of all that I add some pinches of fat free mozzarella, fat free cheddar (shredded cheeses) then top THAT off with turkey bacon bits! You can buy turkey bacon pieces not in the salad dressings isle. They are AMAZING! That's why it's smothered chicken - you literally smother it with all kinds of good stuff. Serve with a side salad.
large smothered chicken breast and side salad = ~450 calories
Friday - Chili! This is Braylon's favorite. My chili is so easy. I fry 1lb ground turkey with red onions in some extra virgin olive oil, add in a can of tomato juice, chili beans, kidney beans, chili seasoning, red pepper, basil and DONE. You can have a HUGE bowl and the calories/fat is SO low.
1 huge bowl chili = ~350 calories
Saturday - We have left-over Chili!
Sunday - Grilled Flat Iron Steak and Mushrooms. I buy these flat iron steaks from Kroger. They're about 10 bucks for a big one and we all 3 split it (and it's PLENTY). I put it right on the grill, flavored with worcestershire sauce and montreal steak seasoning. KEep the lid shut when grilling - it drips more fat out of your meats and makes the MUCH more tender. I also wrap whole mushrooms up in tenfoil, pour on a little bit of my Parkey spray butter, wrap the tenfoil all up and stick it right on the grill. It steams them and flavors them in the butter. OMG AMAZING. We die over these. I serve this with a side salad and sometimes I will slice me a tomato, salt and pepper it and eat that too.
4 oz. portion steak, mushrooms and salad = ~420 calories
For our breakfasts we always have either cereal, cereal bars, or sometimes I will make scrambled eggs and toast so I buy those things as needed every week.
For our lunches we have either lunch meat sandwishes or lean cuisines. Bray has lunchables a lot too. I also buy veggie burgers in the frozen foods section and I LOVE those with some guacaomle on them and a slice of cheese and tomato - YUM. A lot of times we have dinner left-overs for our lunches too.
We snack too: JAmes and Bray eat a lot of nuts and peanut butter. I eat a lot of fruits as snacks. I honestly do not snack a whole lot though, only when I'm really having cravings.
DRINK A TON OF WATER PEOPLE. Most of the time that we have hunger pains, it's actually just thirst! Water flushes fat too and is great for our skin. You can actually work out LONGER if you're well hydrated.
Ok, I'm well into missing Survivor, so I'm signing off for now. More to come. I did not proof read this so I'm sure there are typos everywhere.
Stay true to yourselves! YOU CAN BE HAPPY! :)
Teshia
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