Richard's Krazy Cajun Sausage PoBoy

Friday October 14, 2016 MENU

I am sooooooo behind with my blog.  I have been a busy beaver and hardly getting on the internet.  Let me tell you It has been a hard week with my meals.  For breakfast on Friday I ate some yummy oatmeal.  I am using the oatmeal as kind of an internal flush.  You know after a few weeks you feel the benefits.  It's also good for your cholesterol.  I was hungry for a snack and ate my pea salad that I had leftover from the other day.  The only leftover's in my work fridge was gumbo.  I ate a nice warm bowl.  At this point I was doing real good.   I decided around 4:00pm I would finish off those Pringle chips.  In case you missed that one a real serving size is 9 chips.  That was not very satisfying.  So as long as I am in the loose weight stage I will not buy those again.  I actually found that goldfish crackers gives me that crunchy satisfying feeling I need from chips.  So I will be eating those instead.  I haven't looked, but it might even be healthier option too.  I will let you know when I check that out.  I didn't have much time for exercise when I got home from work.  I did go for 30 minutes to do at least some weight training.  For supper I had a sausage poboy at a friends house with a little andoullie sausage breakfast link to taste.  Then later I was tortured with some raisinette's.  Oh I love me some chocolate covered raisins.  So  yea I got me a little handful and made them hide the container so I wouldn't eat anymore.  I finished the day with a total of 1370 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 40.   My meal choices could have been worse.  I could have had more portions.  My friend cooked french fries, I didn't get any of that.  I restrained myself very well.  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

 

Milky Way Candy

Thursday October 13, 2016 MENU

For today's meal I really had no idea what I was going to eat.  I opted for some oatmeal for breakfast.  For lunch I meet with my mom.  We got a link of sausage and some chicken nuggets.  I ate 2 nuggets since I knew my boudin would be around 500 calories.  I just really wanted to taste chicken nuggets and get rid of any cravings I may have for them.  After lunch I was thirsty for something other than water.  I had a cup of coffee with a snack from a fun size Milky Way (Halloween candy size).  I always tell anyone who is dieting.  Don't stay away from things you love.  Eat it, in moderation that is.  See I could go to the store and get a Milky Way bar for 264 calories or I can have a snack size for only 80.  Eat it slower and you will get your candy kick without all the calories. The picture is some examples of the snack size candies.  They also have them in mini sizes. Just remember will power to say no to eating more.   For supper I ate my leftover spaghetti.   I finished the day with a total of 1182 calories for the day.  I was under my calories by 148.   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

Cheese Grit's and Grilled Hot Dog

Tuesday October 11, 2016 MENU

For breakfast I made some homemade grits.  Or I attempted to.  I put the grits on to boil and my mom came behind me and put cheese in it.  Well I had budgeted a cup and a half of grits for breakfast.  Now with the addition of cheese I cut my portion to 1 cup of cheese grits.  So this is a case where you have to take into consideration what ingredients are put in the item to decide on a portion size.  I had a small snack between breakfast and lunch.  When lunch time came I ate the BBQ sausage and the half of my pork steak from the other day.  I had weighed it all before I left home to get my portion weight.   I went and did my 20 minutes of cardio and 40 min weight training when I got home.  My mother had all the items out for supper when I got home.  She wanted grilled hot dogs.  So she had this fancy Hawaiian bread and all the fixings out for the hot dogs and was cooking some hash browns.   I grilled the hot dogs and out of all the fixings I choose just mayonnaise.  I skipped on the cheese and everything else.  Next time I eat this kind of bun for my hot dog I will split the bun and only eat half with each hot dog link.  That evening I wanted something yummy as a snack and I got a snack size of a Butterfinger candy.   I finished the day with a total of 1137 calories for the day.  I was under by 193 calories.   So I really could have had 2 hot dogs with the one Hawaiian bun.  Oh well maybe next time.  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

Frozen Milk

Tuesday October 11, 2016 MENU

For breakfast I had oatmeal with some of my coworkers skim milk.  I hate skim milk but in my oatmeal I can't tell the difference.  I put some of the milk in the containers I purchased.  See the milk expired on the 8th and was never opened.   We had to either drink it all, throw it away or put in the freezer while it was still good.  So we put it in the freezer.  We placed it in the 1/2 cup portion containers.  Now if your like me and don't like skim milk to drink but can use it in other things like the oatmeal and stuff like that, get a 1/2 gallon and put it in 1/2 cup portions and freeze it.  Hey it works!  For work I had worked away from the office and got offered a do-nut again.  This time I only ate one.  For lunch I ate my daughter's leftover chicken sandwich.  We had went to Wendy's on Saturday, it was a buy one get one free coupon.  I didn't want it to go to waste so I ate it.  To save on calories I did not eat anything else with it.   It turned out not be that bad in calories.  But, the fat was a little higher since it was fried.  For supper I ate really early, like 4:30 pm early.  I had spaghetti with a homemade yeast roll.  Ugh I was supposed to try my pesto in the spaghetti.  Maybe next time.  I saw that I had some calories left and I had an evening snack since I felt like I was starving.  I could have done a lighter snack but I really need to stock my pantry.  I saw this poor pitiful looking mini moon pie that just needed to be eaten.  So yea I gobbled it up.  I finished the day with a total of 1401 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 71.   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

Basil Pesto Pasta

Monday October 10, 2016 MENU

  

For breakfast I finished up the leftover pizza.  Yep pizza for breakfast again.  I sure hope my daughter doesn't get another pizza anytime soon.  I am so tired of pepperoni Pizza.  I had a snack of yogurt.  Then I ate my leftover rice and gravy from the other day.  I had grand plans on what I was going to eat for supper.   So I grazed on a couple of goldfish crackers for my evening snack.  I went work out for an hour.  When I got home my daughter had cooked a whole pot of elbow noodles.  That's it just noodles.  Well I guess it's pasta for dinner.  So I went outside and got 1 1/2 cup of fresh basil and made a fresh pesto to put on top.   I only got a cup of pasta and still felt a little hungry.  I warmed me up a small piece of leftover BBQ sausage and pork to go with it.   I finished the day with a total of 1399 calories for the day.  I was over my calories by 69.   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

 

Weekend Off

 October 8-9, 2016 MENU

Well I took the weekend off.  I didn't log my food in my diary until Sunday night.  Saturday was a cheat day.  I had 2 birthday parties to attend.  I started my day working around the house at 7am and I finished my day getting home at 11pm.  I was very active all day.  According to the Fitbit tracker I had done 13,000 steps.  For breakfast and lunch I had done pretty good.  My mom bought this turkey ham and I tasted a little bit of it.  You know it wasn't bad.  It didn't taste as salty as regular ham.  I started the party train at 1pm.  I had a small piece of cake at one party and a cupcake at the other.  Then at each party I tasted a little of everything.  Like, one I had a half cup of jambalaya, one chicken wing and 2 meatballs.  The other party I only had 3 meatballs.   Then late that evening I just couldn't help myself.  The kids wanted to go to Wendy's for a chocolate frosty.  Well I got me one.  You know I could have done a Jr. frosty for 105 calories, but it was my cheat day.  I got the usual medium frosty that weighed in at a whopping 460 calories.  WHAT!!!   Ok so in the future if it is not a cheat day, Jr. frosty it is lol.  I finished Saturday with a total of 1888 calories for the day.  That was way over my calories by 558.   It was my cheat day.  Things could have been much worse.  I could of had bigger servings at each.  I did pretty good.  Sunday I tried to eat light.  For breakfast we squished some biscuits on a pan and made like a pizza with the turkey ham, cheese, mushrooms and sauted onions.  Lunch I wanted to BBQ pork and sausage.  I was going to steam some cauliflower to go with it.  Well my mom got in on the cooking action and made a white gravy to go on top of the cauliflower.  She also made a pea salad with cheese and mayo.  Ugh....  Then my great aunt came for coffee.  I drank a cup with her.  Between the coffee, cauliflower gravy and the pea salad it added 189 calories to my menu.  See I knew what was for supper and was trying to keep the calories down.  Supper was a hot dog at youth group with chili on top and a slice of cake.  Well I ended the day with 1508 calories.  That was over 178 calories.  Well if I could have sustained from the sauce on my cauliflower, the peas salad my mom made and the afternoon coffee I would have been under.  Oh well I already consumed it all.  By the time I calculated all my meals for it was late Sunday night.  I have had a busy few day's and wrote this blog a few day's late.  I have to tell you even though I went over my calories my weight stayed at 199 because I was very active.  So if you do see yourself eating more than needed get your mojo going and get active.  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

Grilled Tuna Steak With Eggplant Fries

Friday October 7, 2016 MENU

I started my Friday eating leftover pizza.  Which was very filling.  For lunch I ate my leftover biscuit with the chicken pot pie filling placed on top.  I did my food diary and found that my calories were just a little higher than I liked.  When it came time for a snack I grazed on some grapes.  After work I went did my 20 minute cardio and weight training the rest of the hour.  For supper I defrosted some grilled tuna steak and my mom had diced up an eggplant from the garden that we fried up like french fries.  Now I could have eaten a lot less fat by not frying the eggplant.  But, I live in Louisiana and I just didn't want to have it any other way.  Now I can say that the tuna steak is a great meat option.  A whole tuna steak from the Daily Chef products average 4oz each.  That tuna steak was seasoned with Montreal steak seasoning and grilled on a Sam's mini grill.  It weighed in at a whopping 120 calories and 1 fat.  There are not many meat options with that few calories for that much meat.  If you had beef roast that same 4oz would be 210 calories and 12 fats.  If you like meat and you are needing to drop calories and fat try you some tuna steak.  Just remember season and cook it just like a beef steak.  These steaks I cooked on a high flame, 3 minutes per side.  Yep in 6 minutes I was done cooking.  I finished the day with a total of 1172 calories for the day.  I was under my calories by 158.   I say that is pretty good after eating pizza for breakfast and a biscuit with pot pie mix on top that weighed in at 849 calories combined.  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