Revolving Diet

Day 284.2 ~ 10/31/11

Looks like those Halloween Gremlins were out causing mischief and attacked my computer!!

I thought I was going to be back to normal this week....the computer issues I had previously came back with a vengence....I think we lost everything on our hard disc.  Hubby is checking it out - but now it looks as if my laptop or my work computer (in between actual work) will be my only contact to the internet world. 

Not a big surprise on meals today - tried to stick close to outline of diet.

Breakfast : 2 Scrambled eggs, ½ grapefruit, lemon zinger tea (no sweetner)

Lunch: ½ cup tuna packed in water mixed with mustard on low carb tortilla, with lettuce and ½ tomato slices, 1 cup baby carrots, bottle of water

Snack: 1 Chobani non fat yogurt

Dinner: 1 large stuffed cabbage, 1 cup steamed broccoli

Snack: One handful of dry roasted peanuts (approx ¼ cup)

It's Halloween...enjoy the night, the cute costumes on the Trick-or-Treaters and the last (do you believe it) last day of October!

Have a SPOOKY Night!!!

Thanksgiving BLITZ Countdown...24 Days (3 Weeks, 3 Days)

Day 283.2 ~ 10/30/11

After the "WAKE UP - it shouldn't be happening in October"  snow storm yesterday - I was in a baking mood.  Specifically PUMPKIN.

I LOVE Pumpkin. The flavor, the vegetable, etc...I used one recipe for breakfast - it's low fat and I made a quick and easy dessert to bring into work tomorrow.  (Recipes to follow)    

 After shoveling last night for over an hour, that Hot Cocoa with Baily's was a welcome warm me up.  It's not an everyday splurge (although, it should be) but it's pure deliciousness (chocolate) and relaxing (the liquor) properties had me sleeping like a baby last night!

Breakfast: Pumpkin Bread in a bowl (3 gram fat, 175 calories, 15% calories from fat),1 cup Orange Juice (0 grams fat, 54 calories, 0% calories from fat)

Lunch: Completely skipped.  Breakfast totally filled me up.

Snack: 1/4 cup Wasabi Soy Beans(4.5 grams fat, 130 calories, 31% calories from fat), 1 bottle Honest Tea 1/2 Lemonade, 1/2 ice tea (0 grams fat, 100 calories, 0% calories from fat)

Dinner: 2 homemade Stuffed cabbage (16  grams fat, 340 calories, 42% calories from fat). Fat and calories is a guess, I used (1) pound 93% ground beef, 1 medium head cabbage, 1/2 cup rice, onion, garlic, spices, tomato pureee and diced tomatoes. 

Pumpkin Bread in a Bowl (from Chocolate Covered Katie) http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/09/29/pumpkin-bread-in-a-bowl/

(can be gluten-free)

• 1/3 c canned pumpkin (or cooked pumpkin)
• 3/4 c nondairy milk
• 1 cup flake cereal (I like spelt flakes, but bran, corn, etc will work. Some people have even used oatmeal!)
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp salt
• sweetener (such as stevia, sugar, or even maple syrup)
• optional: chocolate chips, pecans

This was SO FILLING and surprisingly really tasty, just liek recipe says a "pudding"...I was not hungry again until about 3:30pm.  When you first put everything together, its really loose. But after about 10-15 minutes in the refrigerator all the flavors combine and it stiffens up.

The pumpkin version will have about 175 calories, 8 grams fiber, 7 grams protein, and 3 grams fat.

She also has a banana version (more calories, same fat content) http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2007/10/15/abc-another-breakfast-creation/

Now the dessert for work, Pumpkin Dump Cake.

Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe http://cookiesandcups.com/pumpkin-dump-cake/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cookiesandcups+%28cookies+and+cups%29

Ingredients

• 1 15 oz can Pumpkin Puree
• 1 10 oz can Evaporated Milk
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter melted
• 1 cup coarsely crushed graham crackers or pecans
• 1/2 cup toffee bits (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Spray a 9×13 baking pan lightly with cooking/baking spray
3. In a large bowl combine the pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs and pumpkin pie spice. Stir to combine.
4. Pour into your prepared pan.
5. Sprinkle your entire box of cake mix on top, followed by your nuts or graham crackers and toffee chips.
6. Pour your melted butter evenly on top.
7. Bake for 45-50 minutes until center is set and edges are lightly browned.

Quick notes

Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

 
So quick and easy, no blender needed AND It smells incredible....I'll let you know how it tastes tomorrow once people dig in at work.  This one I had to avoid today, being this recipe has (2) sticks of butter would surely throw off my FAT intake today!!!!  I was surprised this recipe wasn't from Paula Deen!

Here I am at the end of Stop The Insanity Diet.  It was an eye opener.  Things I thought were low fat (just by looking at the fat %) ended up being high in fat.  It's something to keep in mind for the future in picking out certain foods.  I did get frustrated during the week when I did think something was low fat and after calculating turned out to be high fat. I posted late every night out of frustration of not being sure if I was doing the calculations correctly, was I getting enough calories, was I getting too much fat. 

I would not do this diet again, unless I had some help.  That sounds weird but true.  Maybe I am looking too far into it but doing the additional calculations made me crazy.  I like cut and dry and with as much as I enjoyed her book and the way she looked at the Fat and Caloried breakdown - it just was too aggravating to me.

I hope your weekend went well and you are prepared for the Trick-or-Treaters tomorrow!

Have a wonderful night!!

 

Thanksgiving BLITZ Countdown...25 Days (3 Weeks, 4 Days)

Day 282.2 ~ 1/29/11

Quick update as I need to get outside and shovel.  The below pictures were about an hour ago - there is twice as much snow now!!  Here is where I am getting today's exercise!

Breakfast: English Muffin(1 gram fat, 120 calories, 8% calories from fat), 2  scrambled Egg Whites (.06 grams fat,  17 calories, .03 % calories from fat), 2 slices bacon (4.18 grams fat, 54 calories, 70% calories from fat)

Lunch: Progresso Penne Pasta Soup(2 grams fat, 160 calories, 11% calories from fat)

Snack: 1/4 cup Wasabi Soy Beans(4.5 grams fat, 130 calories, 31% calories from fat)

Dinner: 1 bag steamed broccoli, cauliflower , carrots (0  grams fat, 120 calories, 0% calories from fat), HomemadeTurkey Chili (1.5 grams fat, 130 calories, 10% calories from fat)

Snack:  Most likely will be a hot cocoa with some Baily's....after I finished shoveling!

If you are experiencing this craziness (SNOW IN OCTOBER...REALLY???!!??)

Keep warm and dry!!

 

Thanksgiving BLITZ Countdown...26 Days (3 Weeks, 5 Days)

Day 281.2 - 10/28/11

I've lost the 1.6 pounds I gained, after my Halloween candy splurge on the 25th.  I have since packed up most of the candy (gotta keep some in the off chance we have trick-or-treaters) and I am bringing some over to my Dad's tonight...he's tall and thin (go figure) he's also celiac and has followed a gluten free diet for last the last 10+ years, luckily for him he can still have most candy (and for me to get it out of the house)!

Breakfast:  Trader Joe's Steel Cut Oatmeal ( 2.5 grams fat,  150 calories, 15 % calories from fat, 1 cup (8oz) OJ (0 grams fat, 110 calories, 0% calories from fat)

Snack: 2 Hard Boiled eggs (only 1 yolk)(4.86 grams fat, 86 calories, 51% calories from fat) , 1 Lemon Zinger Tea

Lunch: 1 can Bumble Bee Tuna in water, drained and mixed with 2 teaspoons mustard (2 grams fat, 140 calories, 13% calories from fat)with lettuce & tomato on 2 slices Pepperidge Farm Light Style Oatmeal bread (0 grams fat, 90 calories, 0% calories from fat) and

Dinner:  No Idea....Going to Dad's for dinner.  Skipped one snack just in case. 

 If you haven't gotten your Halloween Costume together....here are some last minute ideas....

 

 

 

 

 

  

THIS LAST ONE COULD BE AN ADULT COSTUME TOO!

 I LOVE halloween....unfortunately, hubby is away and there no one else is having a party  :o( 

 Whatever you decide to go as for Halloween (or if you just stay home and hang out, like me...) ENJOY!!

 

 

Thanksgiving BLITZ Countdown...27 Days (3 Weeks, 6 Days)

Day 280.2 ~ 10/27/11

It's raining again (I know ....AGAIN) in NJ and I am skipping class tonight.  My second/spare/computer room is in dire need of being cleaned out and that is my goal tonight.  This week has been rough, between being busy at work and running around after work - I just needed a night to chill out and get something done.  Tomorrow I was invited to my Dad's for dinner and this weekend is full so tonight is the only night. 

This morning I tried to be a little more prepared, unfortunately I did not do the calculations until just now ....the peanut butter, the tomato sauce and the parmesan cheese fat calculations were a bit of a shock....I know now, what to skip during the next few days!  If I had made my own sauce (no oils added), I could have gotten away with it...as far as the peanut butter (for protein) and parmesan cheese (for taste/flavor) is usually a staple on a good portion of diets...who knew the fat would be so much of the total calories???

Breakfast: Organic Raw Multigrain Cereal (3 grams fat, 130 calories, 20% calories from fat), 1 cup Orange Juice (0 grams fat, 110 calories, 0% calories from fat)

Snack: 1 TJ's Chocolate yogurt (2 grams fat,  130 calories,14 % calories from fat) - (forgot to include in picture)

Lunch:1 can Progresso Garden Vegetable Soup (0 grams fat,  180  calories, 0% calories from fat) and 2 tablespoons Skippy Peanut Butter  (16 grams fat, 190 calories, 76% calories from fat), 1 tablespoon Welches 1/2 sugar grape jelly  (0 grams fat, 20 calories, 0% calories from fat),, 2 slices Pepperidge Farm Light Style Oatmeal bread (0 grams fat, 90 calories, 0% calories from fat) 

Snack: 3/4 cup Trader Joe's Crunchy Green Beans (4.5 grams fat, 130 calories, 31% calories from fat)

Dinner: 1 bag steamed mixed veggies (0  grams fat, 120 calories, 0% calories from fat), 2/3 cup Ronzoni Smart Choice Pasta (.5 grams fat, 170 calories, 3% calories from fat), 1/2 cup Sauce with Merlot wine in it (5 grams fat, 70 calories, 64% calories from fat), 2 teaspoons Parmesan cheese ( 1.5 grams fat, 20 calories, 68% calories from fat)

ALL Fat Gram numbers for the day: 32.5 grams fat, 1,360 calories, 22% calories from fat

One day closer to the weekend and to getting rid of the Halloween candy.  No matter how well you try to avoid it, it's there staring at you and taunting you to take some, they are small, no one will notice.....ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Candy and Sweets (cakes, pies, cookies, etc) are my krytonite!!!! 

Why isn't there a Super Hero Woman out there, that does everything, run a house, do all the errands and then stops injustices of the world, only to have a secret candy obsession that once she starts eating it her super powers fail and she's stuck sitting at the bottom of her closet with a shoe box of half eaten goodies and she knows she is no good in making the wrongs of the world right. 

 She knows she brings it upon herself but once the craving hits, all bets are off on if she will make it out of her house to do good. The weird thing is that, she uses candy in her crime fighting. The crimes she fights are rude kids, neglected animals and helping the elderly, more like paying it forward and not using harmful violence. One of her guns is filled with SPREE, the other with SMARTIES.  She has a licorice whip she uses to tie people up and uses lollipops as darts (the sticks work well this way).  Mini cakes are also used - especially those marshmallow snowballs - thrown at violators they just end up sticking to everything and prohibit violators from running away.  Emblazoned on her chest is "SS" for the Sweet Sleuth....her alias CCE (Closet Candy Eater)....Okay, my mind escaped for a bit there...see what happens when I miss exercise!!!!

Have a GREAT NIGHT!!!

 

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