Holiday Diet

Ok guys and gals. I know it's hard to do my kind of diet. But I tell you once you learn what to eat and how to portion your foods you can loose or even maintain your weight. I went though Thanksgiving and Christmas and haven't gained but one pound. That is even splurging on Christmas. I ate so much that day it was ridiculous. But I have indeed made a positive lifestyle change. Just remember baby steps.  Tackle one habit and the pick the next to work on. It's attainable. Here is to 2017. I have a minimum of 12 more pounds to go. We can do it!

A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eatting

Angell

Taco Soup

Friday December 16, 2016

 I am still doing great on my dieting.  I only lost 1 pound in the past week.  It is still good because I am still eating healthy.   On that note a real easy low calorie food is the Weight Watchers taco soup.  You pour a can of this, a can of that and some taco seasoning with ground meat.  In 30 minutes its ready to eat.  Now where this soup can go wrong is if you add too many fixings to it.  Say away from adding cheese, chips and sour cream.  It tastes wonderful just on it's own.  A whole cup is only 239 calories.  If you have the time you could make it a little less calories by using a leaner ground meat or use fresh dried beans instead of canned ones.  The only issue I have with the canned vegetables is that it has way to much salt in it.  This one cup serving has 470mg of salt.  So try you some today.  It is very filling soup with lots and lots of protein.  

A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eatting

Angell

Onion Bacon Egg Cheese Omelet

Monday December 12, 2016

Ok here is another calorie saving meal.  Your probably wondering why I worry about these small calorie savings. Well when  your trying to loose weight every calorie counts.  It also allows you to eat a little more for the next meal and you won't be so hungry for the day.  Like I said last time when I cook bacon I always cook an extra slice just because I have to slave over the stove top to cook one slice of bacon.  Yea who wants to cook 1 slice of bacon?  Well for breakfast I wanted an omelet for breakfast.  I diced up a quarter of an onion and a teaspoon of bacon bits in skillet till the onions where how I liked them.  Then I fixed my eggs mixture and slow cooked it in a skillet (see link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkQF4sNjXk ) .  I would have normally put 2 slices of bacon when cooking this dish.  Using the precooked bacon bits I saved 80 calories.  I could have save some more if I would have used a low calorie cheese also.   That was 80 calories I was able to save.  Your ought to try it.  No difference than using regular bacon.  It's actually better.  I have been doing good on my new eating plan.  I lost another pound Yay! 

A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.
It's how southern women diet!
Happy Eating
Angell

Real Crumbled Bacon Bits

December 7, 2016

I have been working on my weight loss again for about a week. I found out that though my experiment last month that I could maintain, but I still have more to loose. I have been measuring and weighing my foods. Then entering it into my food app. I am proud to say I have lost another pound.  Now I am at 196 and have 5 more pounds to loose for my trip and 11 more to go for my first target weight. You know what? It's going to happen sooner than you know.  Here is a little foodie tip. Get the real precooked bacon bits for substitutes in your meal planning. I love to eat homemade grits with bacon. One slice of bacon sometimes 2 is what I will eat with it. That is 55 calories per slice. Well if I substitute with the bacon bits I get 25 calories of bacon instead. I'm not tempted to eat as much bacon. Because you know if your cooking bacon you might as well cook a couple extra pieces. My bacon and grits is only 234 calories instead of 319. That is calories saved for another meal!

A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Throwing The Diet Out The Window

December 5, 2016

 It has been exactly one month since I have written in my blog and my food diary.  I have been doing a personal experiment to see if I really learned from this life changing eating experience.  I called this experiment throwing the diet out the window.  What did I want to accomplish?  My goal was to maintain my weight without all that measuring and weighing.  I wanted to know if I did memorize the good and bad foods.  I wanted to know if I really could measure 1/3 or 1/4 cup of rice, etc... Below are some items I had taken pictures of that I ate on my maintenance.  Baked chicken, veggies, brown rice shrimp veggies and egg and smoke sausage breakfast was among the few things I ate.  I did keep up my exercise regimen.  I just didn't weigh myself during this time.  What did I learn?  Well on 11/28/2016 I got on the scale for the first time in a month.  When I began this experiment I weighed 197 lbs.  My current scale reading I weighed 197 lbs.  That is AWESOME!!!!!! I didn't gain any weight.  I actually did maintain.  I learned that I did learn how to eat right.  So here I am today, I am beginning my food diary again only to loose some more weight.  I do know that it is realistic for me to be able to maintain my weight after all this is done.  My scout goal is to be 191 to be able to attend the National Jamboree.  My personal goal is 185.  I have only 12 more pounds to go.  Then I will make an appointment for the nurse at the hospital to do a personal BMI based on my body structure.  At that moment I will maybe make myself a new goal.  185 is where I want to be at this moment.  On another note, I have went through all of my wardrobe.  I have officially gotten rid of all my 4x, 3x and 2x shirts.  Also gone are my 18 and 16 sized jeans.  I have had a few friends give me some hand me downs and I have hit some really cool sales to make me a new wardrobe.  I didn't have many things to wear after I took out all of those clothes I shrunk out of.  But that is a good thing, because I am never going that big ever again.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Cracker Barrel Restaurant

 November 3, 2016 MENU

 Keeping up with this food diary on blogger is appearing to be a daunting task.  I will be posting some shorter blogs to explain what may be wrong or right in my diet.  Which brings me to this visit to Cracker Barrel Restaurant with my mother.  I choose what I thought was the best option for me.  They brought you cornbread and biscuits.  Well I pick cornbread.  Wrong pick, it had 110 more calories than the biscuit and wow it was 300 calories with the butter. UGH.........  For the meal I picked a sweet potato, hamburger steak plain and fried apples to eat as desert.  The sweet potato came with brown sugar and cinnamon. Not to mention I needed butter on that.  So I put the potato in a to go box.  I ate just the hamburger steak and fried apples.  I still ended up eating 800 calories! OMG seriously.  So what I thought was not that fattening, was.  I should have skipped on the cornbread.  But I can't take it back.  We all just need to stay away from the restaurants.  But I know sometimes it hard to do.  My next post will also explain what has been happening with my diet.  Stay tuned!

Museum Training

October 27, 2016 MENU

My day started with me heading to Natchitoches to the Magnolia Plantation for a museum training.  I didn't get to eat breakfast.  When we got there they had coffee and little muffin cake slice things. lol  I got a slice of the blueberry one.  Then at lunch time we had club sandwich with spinach on it, potato salad and a dill pickle.  For desert I had 1 chocolate chip cookie.  There was hardly cell service so I had to wing my food diary.  I just knew I was over by now.  But when I got home and entered everything in I had enough calories to eat some leftover baked chicken and mixed vegetables.  I forgot to take a picture of my meal's.   I finished the day with a total of 1305 calories for the day.  I was under by 25 calories. If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

 

Perfectly Portioned Leftovers

October 26, 2016 MENU

I was not worried about my meals today.  My mom cooked some biscuits and made a white gravy to put on top.  That was all fine and dandy.  I have so many pre-portioned meal options available in my freezer that I just choose what I was hungry for at that particular meal and made it fit my calorie regimen.  Then I get to work and someone brought donuts.  Well I did very good and waited to eat just 1 for a snack later in the day and balanced my meal options to fit.  I finished the day with a total of 1318 calories for the day.  I was under by 12 calories.   Oh and don't forget to get some exercise in.  If you live or work in the Pineville area lets go walking together.  I go walking almost 5 days a week near my work at lunch time.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Southern Style Nuts

October 25, 2016 MENU

This whole day revolved around what leftovers I would eat and how much of it.  I entered in my lunch options, then the supper options and I choose what to eat for breakfast on what calories I had left.  So oatmeal won! lol  But everyone should have some oatmeal in their diet.  I was doing great.  Until bedtime that was.  I wanted a snack.  Was not sure if I wanted salty or sweet.  My mom bought some of these southern style nuts from Sam's.  As I ate this very tiny portion quarter of a cup of mixed stuff I tried each item slowly to make it appear to be more than it was.  I am not sure I would use this mixed nuts/stuff as a future snack.  I would rather it be just almonds, pecans or cashew's.  I was disappointed on how many peanuts were in this mix.    I finished the day with a total of 1419 calories for the day.  I was over by 89 calories.   I  haven't been blogging about my exercise, but I have been exercising every day faithfully.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Bobby Flay's Shrimp and Grits

October 24, 2016 MENU

My Monday meals I had planned were just spot on.  For breakfast I ate a couple of sausage links with toast.  For lunch I had some leftover baked chicken wings.  Then I had 2 reasonable snacks.  I had defrosted some shrimp that needed to be cooked.  I was going to grill them with some veggies.  Well when I got home my mother had made Bobby Flay's shrimp and grits.  Instead of using the recommended bacon to cook we used some real bacon bits to save on the cooking time.  The recipe also asked for bacon grease to cook the shrimp in.  Well we had that covered too.  When we do cook bacon we save the grease in the fridge to season some foods with. At this point we have plenty because I haven't used any recently.  Oh if you ever want to try shrimp and grits this recipe was a winner.   We saved around 65 calories per serving using the bacon bits.  But, when I did the My Fitness Pal recipe I had no idea that this dish was that fattening.  The bowl you see in the photo was 560 calories. Oh my.  I finished the day with a total of 1473 calories for the day.  I was over by 143 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Traditional Italian Sunday Gravy

 October 23, 2016 MENU

This Sunday was my cheat day.  If you noticed I did cheat but I didn't go overboard.  We have new owners in town at the donut shop.  I wanted to give them a try.  I had half a dozen of donut holes and one powdered sugar glazed one.  Conclusion, hole were good and powdered sugar one did not wow me.  I had a lighter lunch with a chicken taco.  It was basically a soft corn tortellini, chicken and cheese.  We baked it in the oven.  Now were things went downhill for my cheat day is I had an Italian spaghetti sauce dish called Sunday gravy.  It is basically a 3 meat spaghetti sauce.   I put chicken legs, Italian sausage and beef short ribs in it.  Oh la la la la it was delicious.  I even put some of my fresh basil.  Then I got some desert before bed.  Yep a good ole sugar cone with ice cream.  oh yea.  I finished the day with a total of 1836 calories for the day.  I was over by 506 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Sea Best Shrimp

October 22, 2016 MENU 

My Saturday was a very busy day.  I missed breakfast doing a job at a local festival.  I had my eyes on this food booth that was selling fried fish and shrimp.  I'm like I really want some fried shrimp.  Well I made my order and paid for my meal.  Then he went to cook it and grabbed a bag of pre-breaded shrimp labeled Sea Best shrimp.  Ugh I wanted some homemade shrimp.  Too late now.  It was very delicious but not as good as the real fresh kind.  Then almost immediately my fingers swelled up from the excess salt.  My meal came with french fries.  But I did not eat them.  I brought them home for my daughter to eat.  I was eating light for my lunch on purpose.  I was going to a evening party with my mom for her choir group.  We ate BBQ chicken, bacon wrapped green beans, olive garden style salad and a deviled egg.  Oh there were many other options I didn't choose, like potato salad, nuts, celery with pimento cheese or cream cheese to just name a few.  I did get me one half of a mini pecan pie for desert.  I was soooooo tempted to go back for the other half of pie.  I did some great self control.  With skipping breakfast and eating a semi light lunch.  I finished the day with a total of 1035 calories for the day.  I was under by 295 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Raisin Bran Cereal

October 21, 2016 MENU

I started my breakfast knowing I would go eat lunch with my mom.  I picked a filling breakfast of cook grits.  Then for lunch I had Sam's Club supreme pizza.  Before I decided what I was going to eat, I went on the My Fitness Pal app see what was the best choice.  I know my choices are a meat pizza, supreme pizza and a polish dog.  Well the polish dog was the most calories and the least was the supreme pizza.  That is how I choose my lunch meal.  In the afternoon I was hungry for some junk food.  I choose to eat a Go Big yogurt instead of some junk.  Supper time I really  just wanted to eat some raisin bran cereal.  I don't know why but that has been a craving that I just needed to have.  I had a side of mixed nuts to go with it.  I finished the day with a total of 1349 calories for the day.  I was over by 19 calories.   Yay me, that was awesome.  My meal calories could have been a lot worse.  I really did want that polish dog in the beginning.  I also could have had some junk food instead of  yogurt.  I feel I did some great self control.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

 

Seafood Platter With Sweet Potato Waffles

October 20, 2016 MENU

For breakfast I ate some leftover cheese grits.  Just because I didn't want to waste them.  I was going to go home early to work on a few things for my evening event and had a light meal planned.  When I got home my mom had purchased a piece of fried chicken and boiled a potato to make bake potatoes.  Well I cut my potato in half and went to put on the butter and then the sour cream.  The sour cream was spoiled.  So I took my other half of the potato and made a buttered potato instead.  lol  Make do I say.  My event started at 3 pm for me so I brought me a cheese cake bar as a snack.  I had planned on eating when the presentation started around 7.  I needed something to eat before then.  Well last year they served finger foods.  Later in the event all I saw flying around the room was cake.  I was really hungry by 8 pm so I ate a piece of cake.  Oh the sinfulness of having to resort to eating that cake.  I knew I was going over on my calories.  I had my mom with me and by the time the event ended it was 10pm.  She was starving, so we went eat at Roxy's.  We looked at the menu and nothing spoke to us like the seafood platter.  We opted to split the plate.  I wanted the fried oysters and she wanted the fried shrimp and fish.  I took my oysters and a few sweet potato fries to complete my plate.  Look at what was still left in the platter!  My mom didn't event finish half of it and we took a full plate home with us.  This plate was HUGE!  So in reality 3 people could make a meal off this plate of food. Looking at my calories now I did a great job with my last meal under the circumstances.  I really could have done a lot worse.  I could have eaten some of the fish, shrimp or more fries.  I was full and ready for bed at that point.  I could have waited to eat when I got  home buy my mom felt she couldn't wait.  I finished the day with a total of 1714 calories for the day.  I was over by 384 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Sam's Parmesan Encrusted Tilapia

October 19, 2016 MENU 

Most of these meals were great low calorie meals.  Breakfast I had an egg over easy with a piece of toast.  I ate a snack of goldfish crackers before lunch when I felt a little hungry.  For lunch I picked from my many leftovers and choose BBQ pork steak.   Now at this point I have done all of my food diary and I was doing real good.  But I wasn't that hungry.  I dug in the freezer for a quick meal and found these Parmesan crusted tilapia I had purchased at Sam's.    If your looking for a quick and delicious low calorie meal you need to purchase a bag of these.  One fish is plenty with some healthy sides.  Each piece averages 4oz of meat.  The piece I ate today was 4.5oz and was only 250 calories.  You bake it and it comforts you like your eating fried fish without all the calories.  I finished the day with a total of 1054 calories for the day.  I was under by 276 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Spoiled Meal Plan

October 18, 2016 MENU 

I guess we are on an egg kick.  For breakfast I had toast and sausage sandwich.  Simple and quick fulfilling breakfast.  I thought, lol.  For lunch I heated up a link of boudin.  Oh I love some boudin.  Well that link of boudin was 743 calories and a glass of milk.  WHAT!!!! That was a lot of calories.   I was planning on eating tuna steaks and baked veggies.  So I thought.  Till I ended up with company.  My daughter had her cheer 8th grade awards at the football game.  Her family came.  Tuna turned into corn dogs and the baked veggies.  Well the tuna was 120 calories and the corn dog with mayo of course was 310 calories.  If I would have had the tuna I would have been perfect on the calories.  I finished the day with a total of 1560 calories for the day.  I was over by 230 calories.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Egg In A Basket Breakfast

October 17, 2016 MENU

 

My Monday breakfast started with eggs and toast.  But I didn't want just eggs and toast.  So what did I fix.  Egg in a basket breakfast.  It is one of my kids favorite things.  You get a glass and cut out a hole in the middle of the bread.  Then butter the bread like you would for toast. Then put in the skillet and crack an egg in the middle.  Valois.. you got egg in a basket.   My morning time I wanted a snack so I finished up my pea salad.  Lunch was the leftover turkey ham, biscuit breakfast.  At this point I was doing real good on my calories.  I decided to have an afternoon snack of a few strawberries.  While I went to exercise I had my daughter bake some chicken wings and we had buffalo wings.  I finished it with a glass of milk to cool the spice.  But I love spice.  I check my calories again and I was doing wonderful.  Before bed I treated myself to 2 mini Halloween pieces of candy.  I finished the day with a total of 1108 calories for the day.  I was under my calories by 222.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Weekend Work Pancakes Steak and Breakfast Burrito

October 15-16, 2016 MENU

 
October is a very busy month for me.  For the weekend I winged it with what I have been learning about eating within my calories.   I didn't log my food in my diary until Monday.  Except Saturday I was so hungry for pancakes.  I made 1 cup of mix and me and my mom split it.  I had my generous helping of butter and syrup.  I learned on Monday that it was a whopping 733 calories I ate just for breakfast.  OMG..  I knew it was a lot but did not expect it that high.  I went help at the church doing a sewing project.  They had subway sandwiches and fried chicken with chips, desert and drinks.  I Picked one piece of fried chicken and skipped the rest.  Now at this point I knew I was probably over my calories.  For supper I rummaged through the fridge and found 2 hot dogs that needed to be eaten.  Do I make a hot dog or just eat the hot dog without the bread and stuff.  Well I picked to just eat the meat.  I finished Saturday with a total of 1448 calories for the day.  That was over my calories by 118.   Wow I did great.  So if I would have had the fixings with lunch and had a real hot dog with the bun and stuff I would have been way way over.  Do that was awesome.  On Sunday I was hungry for a homemade breakfast burrito.  I forgot to eat the wheat tortillas I had, carb smart wheat ones.  For lunch instead of eating out at a restaurant I bought us steaks to grill at home.  That is always a good treat.  But just to let you know.  I buy the rib eye steaks from Sam's.  They usually come 3 to a pack.  I actually stick the steaks in the freezer for half an hour to firm up.  Then I take and electric knife and slice them longways in half (see photo).  I end up with 6 steaks.  So I cooked 3 and I have 3 for another day.  That one steak not cut in half would be an enormous amount of calories.  I weighed my steak at 8oz I knew that would be a lot of calories.  I had made baked squash, cauliflower and garlic cloves to go with it.  For supper I ate more vegetables with a cup of milk and called it a day.  Amazingly my daily calories were only 1174 for the day.  I was UNDER by 156 calories.  I think I can do this.  I can regulate my diet for a lifetime.  I might still do the my fitness pal to make sure I stay on track.   I will probably change the diary to how to eat healthy for a lifetime and how to portion for dieting.  I will see when I get there.   Even though I went over my calories one day I was very active.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Richard's Krazy Cajun Sausage PoBoy

Friday October 14, 2016 MENU

I am sooooooo behind with my blog.  I have been a busy beaver and hardly getting on the internet.  Let me tell you It has been a hard week with my meals.  For breakfast on Friday I ate some yummy oatmeal.  I am using the oatmeal as kind of an internal flush.  You know after a few weeks you feel the benefits.  It's also good for your cholesterol.  I was hungry for a snack and ate my pea salad that I had leftover from the other day.  The only leftover's in my work fridge was gumbo.  I ate a nice warm bowl.  At this point I was doing real good.   I decided around 4:00pm I would finish off those Pringle chips.  In case you missed that one a real serving size is 9 chips.  That was not very satisfying.  So as long as I am in the loose weight stage I will not buy those again.  I actually found that goldfish crackers gives me that crunchy satisfying feeling I need from chips.  So I will be eating those instead.  I haven't looked, but it might even be healthier option too.  I will let you know when I check that out.  I didn't have much time for exercise when I got home from work.  I did go for 30 minutes to do at least some weight training.  For supper I had a sausage poboy at a friends house with a little andoullie sausage breakfast link to taste.  Then later I was tortured with some raisinette's.  Oh I love me some chocolate covered raisins.  So  yea I got me a little handful and made them hide the container so I wouldn't eat anymore.  I finished the day with a total of 1370 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 40.   My meal choices could have been worse.  I could have had more portions.  My friend cooked french fries, I didn't get any of that.  I restrained myself very well.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

 

Milky Way Candy

Thursday October 13, 2016 MENU

For today's meal I really had no idea what I was going to eat.  I opted for some oatmeal for breakfast.  For lunch I meet with my mom.  We got a link of sausage and some chicken nuggets.  I ate 2 nuggets since I knew my boudin would be around 500 calories.  I just really wanted to taste chicken nuggets and get rid of any cravings I may have for them.  After lunch I was thirsty for something other than water.  I had a cup of coffee with a snack from a fun size Milky Way (Halloween candy size).  I always tell anyone who is dieting.  Don't stay away from things you love.  Eat it, in moderation that is.  See I could go to the store and get a Milky Way bar for 264 calories or I can have a snack size for only 80.  Eat it slower and you will get your candy kick without all the calories. The picture is some examples of the snack size candies.  They also have them in mini sizes. Just remember will power to say no to eating more.   For supper I ate my leftover spaghetti.   I finished the day with a total of 1182 calories for the day.  I was under my calories by 148.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Cheese Grit's and Grilled Hot Dog

Tuesday October 11, 2016 MENU

For breakfast I made some homemade grits.  Or I attempted to.  I put the grits on to boil and my mom came behind me and put cheese in it.  Well I had budgeted a cup and a half of grits for breakfast.  Now with the addition of cheese I cut my portion to 1 cup of cheese grits.  So this is a case where you have to take into consideration what ingredients are put in the item to decide on a portion size.  I had a small snack between breakfast and lunch.  When lunch time came I ate the BBQ sausage and the half of my pork steak from the other day.  I had weighed it all before I left home to get my portion weight.   I went and did my 20 minutes of cardio and 40 min weight training when I got home.  My mother had all the items out for supper when I got home.  She wanted grilled hot dogs.  So she had this fancy Hawaiian bread and all the fixings out for the hot dogs and was cooking some hash browns.   I grilled the hot dogs and out of all the fixings I choose just mayonnaise.  I skipped on the cheese and everything else.  Next time I eat this kind of bun for my hot dog I will split the bun and only eat half with each hot dog link.  That evening I wanted something yummy as a snack and I got a snack size of a Butterfinger candy.   I finished the day with a total of 1137 calories for the day.  I was under by 193 calories.   So I really could have had 2 hot dogs with the one Hawaiian bun.  Oh well maybe next time.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Frozen Milk

Tuesday October 11, 2016 MENU

For breakfast I had oatmeal with some of my coworkers skim milk.  I hate skim milk but in my oatmeal I can't tell the difference.  I put some of the milk in the containers I purchased.  See the milk expired on the 8th and was never opened.   We had to either drink it all, throw it away or put in the freezer while it was still good.  So we put it in the freezer.  We placed it in the 1/2 cup portion containers.  Now if your like me and don't like skim milk to drink but can use it in other things like the oatmeal and stuff like that, get a 1/2 gallon and put it in 1/2 cup portions and freeze it.  Hey it works!  For work I had worked away from the office and got offered a do-nut again.  This time I only ate one.  For lunch I ate my daughter's leftover chicken sandwich.  We had went to Wendy's on Saturday, it was a buy one get one free coupon.  I didn't want it to go to waste so I ate it.  To save on calories I did not eat anything else with it.   It turned out not be that bad in calories.  But, the fat was a little higher since it was fried.  For supper I ate really early, like 4:30 pm early.  I had spaghetti with a homemade yeast roll.  Ugh I was supposed to try my pesto in the spaghetti.  Maybe next time.  I saw that I had some calories left and I had an evening snack since I felt like I was starving.  I could have done a lighter snack but I really need to stock my pantry.  I saw this poor pitiful looking mini moon pie that just needed to be eaten.  So yea I gobbled it up.  I finished the day with a total of 1401 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 71.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Basil Pesto Pasta

Monday October 10, 2016 MENU

  

For breakfast I finished up the leftover pizza.  Yep pizza for breakfast again.  I sure hope my daughter doesn't get another pizza anytime soon.  I am so tired of pepperoni Pizza.  I had a snack of yogurt.  Then I ate my leftover rice and gravy from the other day.  I had grand plans on what I was going to eat for supper.   So I grazed on a couple of goldfish crackers for my evening snack.  I went work out for an hour.  When I got home my daughter had cooked a whole pot of elbow noodles.  That's it just noodles.  Well I guess it's pasta for dinner.  So I went outside and got 1 1/2 cup of fresh basil and made a fresh pesto to put on top.   I only got a cup of pasta and still felt a little hungry.  I warmed me up a small piece of leftover BBQ sausage and pork to go with it.   I finished the day with a total of 1399 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 69.   If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell