Grilled Flank Steak & Creole Cushaw

Saturday August 20, 2016 Menu

I am a firm believer in leftovers.  So I prepared my meal plan to have my other half of my potato from yesterday and the leftover fried pickles.  I then added in my ingredients for my supper menu of grilled flank steak and creole cushaw.  Oh I also added my coffee.  I can't do without my coffee.  To figure out my servings for the creole cushaw (green winter squash), I entered all the ingredients in My Fitness Pal as the recipe stated.  Then I figured out how may servings I would like to get out of it.  In my case 3 pounds of cushaw (12 cups) will make a 14" black skillet full of creole cushaw.

I would make a minimum of 6 servings out of it.  I could do smaller ones and make it 8, but I'm not.  Then I divided each ingredient by 6 that's how I figured it out.  Ok so with my coffee, leftover lunch and my supper I have 42 calories left.  What? Ok I haven't entered my snack or breakfast.  Ok, I reworked my menu like this.  I put my potato for breakfast, kept my pickles for lunch and added 1/2 banana for a snack.  That will work.  Even though I didn't get much to eat for my morning and mid day meals, my supper was worth every calorie.  In the evening I went do my 1 hour of exercise since I missed Friday, which included 20 minutes of cardio and the rest of the time weight training. Another day of great meals for a total of 1343 calories for the day.  Only 13 calories over my budget.  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