Louisiana Gumbo 391 Calories

Louisiana Gumbo 391 Calories

Here in Louisiana chicken and sausage gumbo is a staple item.  Especially in the winter time.  But in my house it's an all year dish.  We make a roux with flour and butter (equal parts), a couple of diced up onions, one pound of Cajun sausage, 6 chicken thighs and little bit of browning and seasoning sauce to make the juice brown with 10 cups of water.  Season to taste.  This recipe should make 10 full bowl servings (1 3/4 cups) at 391 calories.  If you do rice don't have more than 1/4 cup.  A have a little less gumbo in your bowl.  Keep your calories right around 400.  A crucial part of everyone's diet is will power.  Second is portion control with good choices.  Third is physical exercise.

It's how southern women diet!
Happy Eating
Angell

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

Shrimp Gumbo & Pan Grilled Catfish

Saturday September 10, 2016 Menu

I wanted to finish cutting grass so I fixed me a egg and smoked sausage breakfast.  I worked out side all the way to lunch.  For lunch I had some catfish we didn't finish cooking,  I pan grilled it and topped it with some of the leftover crawfish etouffee.  Ohhh yummy.  Just the fish is only 216 calories for a large catfish fillet.  Add some of my oven roasted veggies at 1/2 cup for only 50 calories and you have yourself a very low calorie meal.  But I had some awesome crawfish etoufee instead.  lol   I had an afternoon coffee.  My meals went pretty well today.  My sister called and they had made an awesome shrimp gumbo.  I ate about 2 cups of gumbo and only put 1/3 cup of rice.  Remember keep it light.  You don't need shrimp rice and gravy from eating to much rice.  That gumbo was way under 300 calories.  The southern seafood gumbo's are lower in calories compared to traditional chicken and sausage.  The chicken we cook with the skin on and the sausage has some calories.  When making a chicken and sausage gumbo we usually skim the grease off the top before plating up our food.  With a seafood gumbo there is really no need to do that.   When my day ended I finally got to tally up my calories in the My Fitness Pal diary.  I had a whole lot of calories left.  I treated myself to some ice cream and chocolate syrup.  What an end to the day.  I finished the day with a total of 1125 calories for the day.   That is 205 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 & Mushroom Gravy with Pudding Pie

Tuesday August 30, 2016 Menu

When I was cleaning out the freezer this weekend I found a piece of sausage and garlic bread.  I decided that would be good for breakfast.  My mom didn't think so.  But oh well she didn't have to eat it. lol  During work I was inspecting some tank installations and I was feeling a little hungry and ate just half of my protein bar till I could figure out what I was eating the rest of the day.  I realized I forgot to bring my lunch.  But I had saved some of that delicious eggplant lasagna and ate a small serving of that.  I entered in all my meals in My Fitness Pal so far.  I had almost 600 calories left for the day.  I had a plan to eat a slice of that chocolate pudding pie my mom made Sunday.  We are having a busy week still helping out a friend.  My mom has chosen to cook crock pot dinners.  She had bought various meets on sale a while back.  She got a gallon Ziploc bag and premade some dinners and put in the freezer.  So all you have to do is take it out of the freezer and start cooking away!  Today's meal she cooked chicken with a homemade mushroom gravy.  It was hardly anything in it and it was just delish.  I had room for my pie.  How great that was.  I was able to save a few calories on the cool whip by doing the sugar free version.  There are some things I can do low fat and diet.  Only because you really can't tell the difference.  I finished with a total of 1297 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

Plexus 96 Fruit Smoothie & Leftover's

Monday August 29, 2016 Menu

My day started with my daughter making a fruit smoothie and not liking it.  So of course I doctored it up, added some protein powder to it and drank it most of the morning.  This day was a leftover kind of day.  I have some leftovers at work and home to eat.  But I am not sure what I will choose.  So I entered in my calories for the smoothie.  I didn't eat a snack because I sipped on the smoothie until 10,  I decided to eat the other stuffed bell pepper I had at work.  When I entered the calories for lunch I only had only a little over 300 calories left. I tried to do without a snack but that smoothie never filled me up that morning.  So I gave in and ate a slice of cheese.  I had a very busy afternoon and only made it in time to do a little weight training.   My less than 300 calories left dictated what I would choose for supper.  I had cleaned the freezer out this past weekend and I found what looked like leftover gumbo.  I ate a chicken thigh, I found some shrimp floating in it and got 4 of them, a little sausage, a little juice, 1/4 cup of rice and called it a day.  I did good with my calories for the day.  But that smoothie was not very filling.  I finished with a total of 1288 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