Chocolate Cake

Thursday August 18, 2016 Menu

This day I knew I was going to be eating heavy so for breakfast I had 1 scrambled egg.  I had a regional staff meeting in Monroe and had no idea what the menu was for lunch.  I had made a homemade chocolate cake from scratch to bring for the meeting.  It was something I have been wanting and figured if I shared I wouldn't be tempted to have to eat it all.  Because as you all know so far I hate for food to go to waste.   I entered in all my ingredients and determined if large slices were served that it would be cut into 12 pieces.  One slice of this 12 piece cake was 480 calories!  When lunch time came we had BBQ West delivered.  It was BBQ chicken, brisket, coleslaw, baked beans, potato salad and Texas garlic toast.  I didn't take a picture of my meal because my bosses were there and I didn't want them to see. lol  Also,  I was not able to determine ahead of time what I was going to eat and how much of it.  So this is an instance of how you can either under estimate or over estimate  your meal.  I choose one chicken thigh.  One small serving of brisket.  I had a Styrofoam plate that had the 3 divider in it.  I put like 1 level tablespoon of baked beans and potato salad into one section of the divider.  Then I finished it off with 1 garlic toast bread in the other divider and one serving of my chocolate cake.  I had estimated my lunch menu to be about 800-900 calories with the desert.  Well when it was all said and done I had 1,100 calories for lunch.  I probably would have been OK if I wouldn't have had the bread and chocolate cake.  I knew I shouldn't have it but I under estimated my calories for the main meal.  For supper I had half of a baked potato and had some southern white sausage gravy on top.   My friends and I had an emergency and didn't get to exercise.   But we did get 3 hours of working exercise later in the evening.  I really enjoyed being able to share my homemade chocolate cake and not have any leftovers to be tempted with later.  With under estimating my lunch menu I went over my calories by 280 calories for a total of 1615 calories for the day.  On a positive note I put only one hour my working exercise in my food diary and the results said I should have been OK with my overage.  For my weight loss I would still like to keep my calories at the 1330 total with or without exercise.   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

Lyla's 13th Birthday BBQ Chicken & Sausage Cheat Day

Sunday August 21, 2016 Menu

Today is my daughters 13th birthday.  So I went all out on my cheat day.  For breakfast I had some banana bread with my coffee.  Then for lunch I made a grand meal of BBQ chicken and sausage, with garlic bread.  I also made a caprese salad.   The caprese salad was a combination of eggplant, tomato, fresh motzerella cheese, basil with a non dairy homemade pesto.  The oil mixture I used was a marinated homemade concoction of olive oil, garlic, and rosemary.  I use this quite often in my recipes to lightly oil my pan.  You ought to try it.

For the main dish I had BBQ leg quarters, some Savois sausage and garlic bread.  The chicken got a light coating of Pig Stand BBQ sauce.  I am sure on the My Fitness Pal I over estimated that.  Here in the south we love our BBQ.  My BBQ is to die for.  I would recommend that BBQ be placed on that cheat day if you will be doing the garlic bread, sausage, rice dressing and potato salad, which are the usual staples at this sort of meal.  But as  you see in the picture down below of my lunch plate I did not over do my portions.  For my desert we had a chocolate chip cookie, Klondie bar and washed it all down with one glass of coffee. I was a little hungry for supper and I ate 1 leftover chicken leg.

 

As you see for my cheat day I ate what I wanted but did not go over board on my servings.  I saved a few calories by eating very light for supper.  I had a great cheat day meals for a total of 1768 calories for the day.  That is 438 calories over my budget.   Remember this cheat meal could have been a lot worse if I would have went back for seconds or even eaten heavier for breakfast and supper.   So enjoy your cheat day and don't over do it too bad.  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