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
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