Southern Biscuit and White Gravy 410 calories

Southern Biscuit and White Gravy 410 calories

Southern biscuits and white gravy is a must in my family.  These delicious biscuits do not come in a can.  Here in the south many people know how to make these delicious southern biscuits from scratch, or you can purchase them in the freezer section.   One brand I purchase is called Mary B's Biscuits.   One of these biscuits is 190 calories.  If you make the southern living recipe of white gravy,  1/2 cup is 220 calories.  Now you can vary this recipe anyway you like it.  You can eat half the biscuit and gravy, try a different biscuit with lower calories or you can serve yourself less than 1/2 cup of white gravy.  But, if you make it the way you see it in the photo, it would be 410 calories.  That is one biscuit split in half with 1/2 cup serving of white gravy.  You would not get anything to drink with it except a zero calorie serving of water.  lol  Yes when you eat each meal the calories should be right at 400 calories or less so you only get water to dink with this.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power.  Second is portion control with good choices.  Third is physical exercise.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating

Angell

Traditional Italian Sunday Gravy

 October 23, 2016 MENU

This Sunday was my cheat day.  If you noticed I did cheat but I didn't go overboard.  We have new owners in town at the donut shop.  I wanted to give them a try.  I had half a dozen of donut holes and one powdered sugar glazed one.  Conclusion, hole were good and powdered sugar one did not wow me.  I had a lighter lunch with a chicken taco.  It was basically a soft corn tortellini, chicken and cheese.  We baked it in the oven.  Now were things went downhill for my cheat day is I had an Italian spaghetti sauce dish called Sunday gravy.  It is basically a 3 meat spaghetti sauce.   I put chicken legs, Italian sausage and beef short ribs in it.  Oh la la la la it was delicious.  I even put some of my fresh basil.  Then I got some desert before bed.  Yep a good ole sugar cone with ice cream.  oh yea.  I finished the day with a total of 1836 calories for the day.  I was over by 506 calories.   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

Biscuits and Southern Sausage White Gravy

Thursday September 22, 2016 Menu

 

My mother made us a wonderful breakfast.  Homemade biscuits and made some from scratch sausage white gravy.  Ooh la la la la.  I really could have hurt myself eating this.  But I only got 1 3" biscuit, spit it in half and put just 1/4 cup of gravy on top.  I also decided to get some mini moo's creamers to save 5 calories on my morning coffee.  I have been looking for the Domino Stevia blend to replace my sugar.  In case you missed that one, I went to a family members house that had it and it tasted just like sugar.  Can't find it at Wal-Mart nor Albertsons.   But at least I will be saving 5 calories for now.  Some days those few extra saved calories count.  I was a little hungry before lunch and I had a yogurt drink for a snack.  Then for lunch I finished up the leftover baked potato and meatloaf.  I went exercise for 40 minutes doing cardio.  For supper my mom surprised me with a fresh pot of baby Lima bean soup.  This is so tasty and so low calorie.  It was only 121 calories for the whole bowl.  I had so many extra calories left that I got me a slice of the leftover cool whip cake.  I finished the day with a total of 1031 calories for the day.  That put me under by 299 calories.  I am trying to stay real low because I gained 2 pounds from eating out and going over this week.   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

Smoked Sausage & Egg Breakfast

Wednesday September 7, 2016 Menu

 

One of our favorite southern breakfast meals is smoked sausage and eggs.  You cut the sausage in chunks and brown on all sides.  Scramble 1 or 2 eggs and stir in the skillet with the sausage till the eggs are done.  It is sooooooooo good.  Well that is what I had this morning.  I put those ingredients in the My Fitness Pal.  Amazingly it was not that high in calories.  It was only 250 calories and a lot of food.  So much that I was not hungry for a snack.  I knew that lunch was my leftover crock pot chicken and had already entered that in my food diary.  The unknown was supper.   I went to exercise at the hospital.  I done 20 minutes of cardio and the rest of my hour doing weight training.  I have been doing the same weight and reps for quite some time.  I increased everything by 1.  Oh how just that one made my muscles work extra hard.   My sister invited us over for rice and gravy.  I portioned me about 3oz of beef, 1/3 cup of rice and 1/3 cup of red beans.  I still felt a little hungry and got a second 1/3 cup of red beans.  I really wish that birthday cake would disappear,  I hate for it to go to waste and i got a half of a half serving lol.  Ugh the will power is weak for chocolate.  That is why I don't buy any junk food.  If it's there I feel obligated to eat it.  Like the time I was hungry for a Little Debbie swiss roll.   I purchased a box from the Dollar Store and ate one package out of the box.  The rest of the box was supposed to spread out through many weeks.  Well the next day I said "oh I can eat just one more", then the next day the same thing etc....  Well by the end of the first week the box was empty.  Now if I crave a swiss roll I just get $.52 out of my wallet and go to the convenient store and just get one.  Then I don't have a box to eat, just the one.  It satisfies my cravings very well.   Maybe that is what you need to do too.  I finished the day with a total of 1305 calories for the day.   That is under my calorie goal.   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

Crock Pot Chicken Rice & Gravy

Tuesday September 6, 2016 Menu

My day started off great, I knew what was for breakfast and lunch.  I entered those meals in the My Fitness Pal.  I had plenty of calories left for the day.  For breakfast I tried this oatmeal with flax seed.  I have to say it held me pretty well.  I was not hungry for a morning snack.  If you are like me and really don't like oatmeal use milk instead of the water to make it.  It tastes sooo much better.  I had my leftover fish for lunch.  I was not sure what was for supper.  I did my 45 minutes of cardio when I got home from work.  My mom had made a crock pot chicken gravy, rice and some steamed broccoli and cauliflower.  I can say it was amazing.  She said it only consisted of chicken, mushrooms, bell peppers and onions.  Amazingly I still had almost 200 calories to spare.  So I treated myself to leftover cake for desert.   Only 1/2 a serving of cake.  I finished the day with a total of 1338 calories for the day.   That is over by 8 calories.    I have to say that is pretty darn good.  I got comfort food of rice and gravy and desert!  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

Beef Roast Rice & Gravy with Baked Vegetables

Sunday August 28, 2016 Menu

Well Sunday was another busy day.   Saturday night I had put a roast in the crock pot for lunch.  I also had a head of cauliflower and squash in the fridge that needed to be eaten.   I had also decided for supper I would eat my leftover deer sloppy joes.  Then while looking in the fridge I noticed my daughter did not eat the sausage I BBQ the other day and thought that would be a good choice for breakfast.   I entered in my known breakfast, lunch and supper into the My Fitness Pal. I was looking pretty good with the calories.  I also had one slice of chocolate cake I had came home with from my meeting Thursday so I entered in that too.  At that time I had only 32 calories left in my day.  Crock pot meal was easy.  I just pour all of the ingredients in the pot and turned it on low all night.  I diced up the cauliflower, squash and some bell peppers.  I lightly coated them in my olive oil mixture and baked for 20 minutes and lightly sprinkled with pepper.  You can do salt too. But I kind of forgot. I was OK with that because the roast ingredients had a lot of salt already. I didn't even salt the rice when I cooked it.  I was gone for about 8 hours doing various things around Bunkie.  Between church and youth group I was a little hungry.  I snacked on 6 Dorito chips.  The Dorito chips put me over my calories by 32 calories for a total of 1362 calories for the day.   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

Beef Potato Carrot Rice & Gravy

Tuesday August 23, 2016 Menu

When I went to bed last night I realized that my daughter had some left over donut twists from Sunday.  As you have heard me say before I hate to waste leftovers.  With that said, I ate one for breakfast with my coffee.  At work we had done a few business assessments.  I brought me a protein bar for a snack.  I was only a little hungry so I ate half.  We made it back to the office in time to eat one of my leftover lasagna's instead of eating out.  My left over meals were just delish.  Once home I did my 45 minutes of cardio.  For supper my mom made homemade chopped steak, potato, carrot rice and gravy.  I had a great day for meals for a total of 1098 calories for the day.  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