Friday August 19, 2016
When I made my meal plan for the week I forgot that it was payday. That means we go out to eat something special. This type of eating out can go 2 ways. 1. eat what you want most of the day without going to crazy, as a cheat day or 2. do some serious work on your meal plan to get it right. I choose option 2 because I think Saturday or Sunday might be my cheat day. In the My Fitness Pal I entered in what I normally order to eat from the Katfish Kitchen restaurant in Eola, Louisiana. Which is a 3 piece catfish with either a baked potato or French fries and fried pickles for an appetizer. I checked the calories for the fries and potato. The potato won to reduce the fat intake. My portion size will be only 1/2 of the potato. Now to work hard on what to eat for breakfast and lunch. I only have 501 calories for breakfast, lunch and snacks. I picked oatmeal for breakfast. I usually do 2 servings but will have to settle for 1. I will graze on apples at both of my snack times. Then I only had 200 calories approximately left for lunch. I picked a protein meal bar. Well things changed again. I purchased a Sam's Club
rotisserie chicken for my mom at 7am. Well that was pure torture, it was hot, smelled amazing and was staring me in the face. So I opted to eat a chicken leg and a little of the thigh for 3oz of chicken. I weighed the chicken without the skin and bone. Then I moved my oatmeal breakfast to lunch and decided not to eat the protein bar. See I was only eating the protein bar because I needed more protein in my diet for the day. Well I got my protein eating the chicken for breakfast. I wasn't really hungry for a snack, but this one chocolate chip cookie I haven't eaten yet said "Eat me before I go bad." I gave in and skipped the apple grazing. That chicken and oatmeal did a good job at satisfying my hunger. I didn't have an afternoon snack either. We went eat at 5:30, better to eat that fattening meal early. I ate exactly what I budgeted and took the leftovers home. Another day of great meals for a total of 1361 calories for the day. Not bad for a meal eating out, only 31 calories over my budget. I know, I know, I could have been under 17 calories if I would have eaten the apple instead. 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
