Pork With Garlic Mashed Potatoes & White Chocolate Bread Pudding

Wednesday September 14, 2016 Menu

I had a meeting at work today and I just know we are going to eat out.  For breakfast I had a little lonely egg.  Of course the meeting lasted extra long and I had to have something to eat.  All I could find was this little brownie.  Ugh that little brownie was 146 calories and I only ate half, a 2x2 inch piece.  Dang if I ate the whole thing it would have been almost 300 calories.  Watch out for those little snacks.  For lunch we went to the Word of Mouth Café.  I got the plate lunch of pulled pork.  I split my plate with a little friend.  I gave her half my pork, potatoes and green beans you see in the photo.  I gave her all of my corn.  Of course it comes with white chocolate bread pudding and I ate all of it.  I really didn't have time to enter my food diary, but late that evening I figured out that half was still 678 calories! OMG.  The bread pudding was almost 400 calories! I went and did weight lifting and 3 hours of cleaning.  For supper I ate the other half of my leftover Sunday dinner.  I did not eat the sweet potato nor the cole slaw.  I just knew that the lunch meal was over.  I had a quarter cup of ice cream just because it was sitting on the counter.  My darn mom.   I finished the day with a total of 1411 calories for the day.  I was 201 calories over my goal.   Like I keep saying it is hard to eat out and stay on track.  This week will be exceptionally hard, because I will be eating out again Thursday, Friday and possibly Saturday.   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

Women's Church Dinner Baked Potato

Tuesday September 13, 2016 Menu

For breakfast I choose a light meal.  One egg over easy with one slice of bacon.  For a snack I brought an apple to work.  I grazed on it most of the morning.  For lunch I had the last of my leftover crawfish ettoufee and catfish.  Then of course someone at work just had to bring a cake to the office.  I tried really hard to not eat it.  I felt tortured just to have it.  So I cut a very small sliver just to get a taste.  When I got home I did 20 minutes of cardio.  I sat down to see in the My Fitness Pal diary how my calories were going.  I still had about 600 calories left for my evening meal.  We had a women's dinner at the church.  They served us a HUGE baked potato, see photo.  You had almost every topping available, including chili.  But I kept it simple.  I put butter, sour cream and cheese.  I skipped the desert's.  The potato was so large I knew I shouldn't eat the whole thing.  I ate half.  WOW later I found out that just half was right at 400 calories.  So if I had the whole potato I would have went over and if I had a desert I really would have went over.  Remember that just because it's there we don't have to eat it all.  I finished the day with a total of 1297 calories for the day.  I was 35 under my calorie goal.    Another great 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

Monday Leftovers

Monday September 12, 2016 Menu

If you haven't noticed just about every Monday is a left over kind of day.  So basically I sat at my computer that morning and figured out what leftovers I had and put those calculations in the My Fitness Pal.  I ended up settling on finishing up my daughters pizza for breakfast.  Then for lunch, crawfish ettoufee and fish.  I had a bunch of extra calories and after lunch I just wanted something sweet so for a snack.   I had a mini serving of a rice crispy treat.  For supper I had a big bowl of baby Lima bean soup, with a slice of cornbread.  I finished the day with a total of 1298 calories for the day.  Wow, I was 32 under my calorie goal.    Another great 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

 

A Leftover Kind of Day

Thursday September 1, 2016 Menu

We are still having a busy kind of week.  That's deems this day as a leftover kind of day.  The only way to do the calorie crunch is to choose which leftovers to eat.  For breakfast I ate one of those new Jimmy Dean stuffed hash browns.  I am glad I only bought one box.  It wasn't all I thought it would be.  But on another note it was filling.  I brought me a few crackers to snack on while working out in the field. Then for lunch I had some of Tuesday's leftover crockpot mushroom chicken.  My mom portioned the plate.  It was way too much food. I took a little of the chicken, 1/2 cup of rice and the 1/2 cup of green beans.  I entered in my calories and I still had over 600 calories left for the day.  I picked the yogurt drink as a snack.  I entered in all my ingredients in the My Fitness Pal to see how many calories I had left.  I went and did my 45 minutes of cardio after finishing an event with a friend.  When it came time for supper I picked the food that I would get the most fulfillment, the leftover crockpot pork pasta won!  I had over 100 calories left for the day.  I couldn't decide if I wanted a cup of ice cream or some candy.  Well according the My Fitness Pal the Ice cream was over 200 calories and the 2 mini Reece's was only 88.  I choose wisely and ate the mini Reece's.  I finished with a total of 1280 calories for the day.   If I would have chosen the ice cream I would have gone over my 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