Bobby Flay's Shrimp and Grits

October 24, 2016 MENU

My Monday meals I had planned were just spot on.  For breakfast I ate a couple of sausage links with toast.  For lunch I had some leftover baked chicken wings.  Then I had 2 reasonable snacks.  I had defrosted some shrimp that needed to be cooked.  I was going to grill them with some veggies.  Well when I got home my mother had made Bobby Flay's shrimp and grits.  Instead of using the recommended bacon to cook we used some real bacon bits to save on the cooking time.  The recipe also asked for bacon grease to cook the shrimp in.  Well we had that covered too.  When we do cook bacon we save the grease in the fridge to season some foods with. At this point we have plenty because I haven't used any recently.  Oh if you ever want to try shrimp and grits this recipe was a winner.   We saved around 65 calories per serving using the bacon bits.  But, when I did the My Fitness Pal recipe I had no idea that this dish was that fattening.  The bowl you see in the photo was 560 calories. Oh my.  I finished the day with a total of 1473 calories for the day.  I was over by 143 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

Sea Best Shrimp

October 22, 2016 MENU 

My Saturday was a very busy day.  I missed breakfast doing a job at a local festival.  I had my eyes on this food booth that was selling fried fish and shrimp.  I'm like I really want some fried shrimp.  Well I made my order and paid for my meal.  Then he went to cook it and grabbed a bag of pre-breaded shrimp labeled Sea Best shrimp.  Ugh I wanted some homemade shrimp.  Too late now.  It was very delicious but not as good as the real fresh kind.  Then almost immediately my fingers swelled up from the excess salt.  My meal came with french fries.  But I did not eat them.  I brought them home for my daughter to eat.  I was eating light for my lunch on purpose.  I was going to a evening party with my mom for her choir group.  We ate BBQ chicken, bacon wrapped green beans, olive garden style salad and a deviled egg.  Oh there were many other options I didn't choose, like potato salad, nuts, celery with pimento cheese or cream cheese to just name a few.  I did get me one half of a mini pecan pie for desert.  I was soooooo tempted to go back for the other half of pie.  I did some great self control.  With skipping breakfast and eating a semi light lunch.  I finished the day with a total of 1035 calories for the day.  I was under by 295 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

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 Steak Chicken Fajita's

Tuesday September 20, 2016 Menu

Well this day was not so good.  I started off great having just a slice of bread with one breakfast sausage on it.  Then I went to work and meet with a store owner to review records at Shipley Donuts.  Well of course he tortured me with a donuts and I ate one.  Then by the time I finished a friend was driving through from Shreveport and wanted to eat out for lunch.  Well I  thought I was eating light picking the combination fajita's.  That meal was estimated to be almost 800 calories.  We didn't eat the chips and dip. Ugh......  I pretty much didn't have any calories left for supper.  I sure wish I had my bean soup with me.  I brought it to work for a leftover meal.  Ugh.... So I ate a quarter of a potato and a slice of the leftover meatloaf.  I didn't have time to exercise too.  Ugh.... I finished the day with a total of 1571calories for the day.  I was over 361 calories or more.  There was a couple of things I just didn't get to enter like the beans.    Well I guess this is my treat/cheat 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

 

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