Shrimp and Crab Gumbo

Friday September 23, 2016 Menu

I wanted breakfast and I wanted it to be something like breakfast, but not.  So what did I choose?  Yep as you can see a BLT sandwich.  Well of course I entered in those foods in my diary after I ate breakfast.  Oh my! Between the coffee and the BLT I already used 500 of my calories.  I really need to find a sugar blend that I like.  I don't like fake sugar and that Domino Stevia sugar blend was better than other fake sugars I have tried.  I was digging in the cabinet today looking for some spices and I found a Truvia sugar blend in the cabinet.  I will try that one in the morning.  In the mean time I have to watch my calories for the day.   I felt hungry before lunch and ate a GO Big yogurt.  I firmly believe that if we feel a little hungry to eat a bite of something.  For lunch I brought the leftover Lima bean soup.   Then around 3:30 I kept looking at a little bag of sugared popcorn.  Ugh....... I ate it of course.  My sister invited us over for supper.  Oh my am I going to ruin my diet?  Well when I got there she had hamburgers and shrimp and crab gumbo.   I sat down for a moment to figure out what I was going to do.  I got it!  I would eat the hamburger patty and eat the gumbo.  Oh was that seafood gumbo good.  Ok I got home and figured out my calories.  I finished the day with a total of 1293 calories for the day.  That put me under by 37 calories.  Looking at my daily diet, it could have been a really bad day.  I did good choosing the low calorie bean soup for lunch.  I did excellent not making a hamburger.  See if I had the hamburger I would have added cheese, mayonnaise and bread to it.  I am learning to make good choices.   But, lawd I can't wait till I am in the maintaining stage so I can have snacks guilt free.  lol  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