Southern Fried Catfish and Fried Pickles

Friday August 19, 2016

 

When I made my meal plan for the week I forgot that it was payday.  That means we go out to eat something special.  This type of eating out can go 2 ways.  1. eat what you want most of the day without going to crazy, as a cheat day or 2.  do some serious work on your meal plan to get it right.  I choose option 2 because I think Saturday or Sunday might be my cheat day.  In the My Fitness Pal I entered in what I normally order to eat from the Katfish Kitchen restaurant in Eola, Louisiana.  Which is a 3 piece catfish with either a baked potato or French fries and fried pickles for an appetizer.  I checked the calories for the fries and potato.  The potato won to reduce the fat intake.   My portion size will be only 1/2 of the potato.   Now to work hard on what to eat for breakfast and lunch.  I only have 501 calories for breakfast, lunch and snacks.  I picked oatmeal for breakfast.  I usually do 2 servings but will have to settle for 1.  I will graze on apples at both of my snack times.  Then I only had 200 calories approximately left for lunch.  I picked a protein meal bar.  Well things changed again. I purchased a Sam's Club

rotisserie chicken for my mom at 7am.  Well that was pure torture, it was hot, smelled amazing and was staring me in the face.  So I opted to eat a chicken leg and a little of the thigh for 3oz of chicken.  I weighed the chicken without the skin and bone.  Then I moved my oatmeal breakfast to lunch and decided not to eat the protein bar.  See I was only eating the protein bar because I needed more protein in my diet for the day.  Well I got my protein eating the chicken for breakfast.  I wasn't really hungry for a snack, but this one chocolate chip cookie I haven't eaten yet said "Eat me before I go bad." I gave in and skipped the apple grazing.  That chicken and oatmeal did a good job at satisfying my hunger.  I didn't have an afternoon snack either.  We went eat at 5:30, better to eat that fattening meal early.  I ate exactly what I budgeted and took the leftovers home.  Another day of great meals for a total of 1361 calories for the day.  Not bad for a meal eating out, only 31 calories over my budget.  I know, I know,  I could have been under 17 calories if I would have eaten the apple instead.  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