My day with food

Well, today was my count my calories and see where I stand day. I have been in a plateau for 2 months and was starting to wonder if I was screwing it up somehow. Mind you, I workout almost everyday, so those of you that see what I eat and think, "that's a lot!", it's really ok'd by my nut. I am also 7 months out, so I can eat a bit more than those really early out.

So, today went like this so far (and quite well I might add):

B: SF Cinnamon Dolce Vanilla Click/Body Fortress Latte
sn: Skipped by accident
L: Mini Pizza
sn: 1 cup beef stew and 1 mini corn muffin
S: Italian Chicken and veggies
sn: TBD, but I am thinking it's been a few weeks since I last had a SF Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (the protein kind), so probably one of those.

So, my supper was tasty and quick. I must say, I bought these frozen pre-grilled chicken breasts...



...and they are AWESOME! So easy to work with when you are just so hungry you may make a mistake and eat something BAD! All I did for this lovely supper was top one breast with 2 tbsp pasta sauce and a pinch mozzarella cheese. Nuke for 2 minutes and VOILA! Instant chicken Parmesan (minus the breading). While waiting for my veggies to cook, I also threw one in some Tupperware and topped it with 2 tbsp chicken gravy.
For my veggies, I took 3 small potatoes, a bunch of green onions and one zucchini, chopped them all up and sauteed in 2 tbsp olive oil for about 15 minutes until the potatoes were done. I added a little salt and pepper for flavoring and now I have a side for my dinner, a side for tomorrows lunch and yet one more side for tomorrows dinner or the next days lunch.


The finished products:


Planning ahead is so much easier than coming up with something at the last minute before I have to leave for work, so I try to do this type of thing every night. Take care all of you, I am going to sleep like a baby because I kicked my own you know what at the gym today! Yee ha!

Lil Pouch Taste Test

Well, I said it was coming and here it is. Another Trader Joe's Taste Test! I bought these on my last trip after seeing their protein content and calories. They have 220 calories and 13 grams fat and 13 grams of protein. Now, don't freak about the fat content because I am going to tell you, after nuking this sucker, there was a small pool of yellow fat on the bottom of the plate and this product did not make me dump. But, please, eat at your own risk. I have a very easy going pouch! LOL

So, here they are:





They are Turkey Muffins. A small ground turkey patty layered with spinach and mashed potatoes. If you want, you can scrape off the potatoes, they were good, but I know some don't like to do carbs. I can have carbs and am encouraged to by my Nut. Verdict, I thought it was tasty. I had it with a side of TJ's roasted corn. It was a lovely lunch. They come 4 to a pack and are 4oz each. Just the right size!

That's all for this taste test! Ciao!

Yummy Saturday Morning!

You can't beat french toast in my book. Carbs, protein and pure yummy-ness!

I normally have mine with just some sf maple syrup, but I personally think that stuff tastes kinda funkay! In other words, BLECH! So, this morning, while thinking about this blog, I said to myself, GET CREATIVE! It's the only way to enjoy food after surgery. That and finding great WLS recipes on blogs and other sites. So, here's what I came up with and oh Boy, was it absolutely delicious!

Lisa's Swanky Strawberry French Toast

1 egg
2 slices bread (your choice, I used white-it's what my honey likes, and not a trigger food for me)
tsp butter
Dash cinnamon
3 tbsp Homemade Strawberry Topping (see recipe below)
3 tbsp Strawberry Greek Yogurt (I used Chobani)

Whisk egg and cinnamon until well beaten. Dunk bread into egg mixture and cook on griddle in the butter until golden brown on both sides.

Once cooked, top with the yogurt and strawberry topping. I also hit it with a squirt of whippage (whipped cream). I can eat one and a half slices, I gave the other half to my Honey to go with his 6 slices (wow, I can't believe I used to eat that much, too!). Of course, he's a man and doesn't gain like I did.



Here's a picture of the yogurt if you want to look for it:



Homemade Strawberry Topping

5 frozen strawberries
2 tbsp SF Strawberry Torani Syrup
dash of Corn Starch (to thicken-optional)

Microwave strawberries for one minute. Mash up and add syrup and corn starch. Pour over your breakfast of choice!



I will be back later with the rest of my day! Ciao!

TGIF!!!

Oh, thank goodness it's the weekend! I need a break! I have a Silpada Party to attend tonight and then chill tomorrow and Sunday.

So, today, I had a couple of nice meals... Though I am sure you can see I am pretty regimented in my eating, as we have to be after surgery!

B: SF Cinnamon Dolce Vanilla Click Latte

sn: Blueberry Ciobani with Cheerios

L: Ham and cheese on a Arnold Round with Mustard; pickles on the side.



sn: BBQ Soy Crisps and Trader Joe's Three Layer Hummus (sadly this was the last of my Hummus.) :(

S: Frozen Shrimp steamed with a tsp Butter and topped with Garlic Powder. 4 oz Mac n cheese, the Kraft kind and no I am not happy with myself. I made a crap grab, you know, waited too long to eat and got so hungry I grabbed what I could that was really quick. I had some leftover. Urgh! Moving on, nothing I can do about it now besides plan better for my next meal. Sigh.



Oh, that pool of yellow the shrimp is swimming in is water that the butter mixed with, not all butter. I enjoy taste, but I am NOT insane! lol.



So, I am planning on having my last snack of the day at the party tonight. I am hoping for some nice cheese, possibly fruit... I don't know what to expect. We'll have to see and I will update you. Ciao!

Update...

So, to round out my day, I am having a really tasty Chicken Burger that I purchased during my excursion to Trader Joes last week.

Here are the facts, AHEM:

Cals: 150
Fat: 6
Sugar: 0
Protein: 19!!!! In ONE patty!

Here they are:



I broiled it (I would grill it, but we have a lot of snow on the ground here...). It had a lot of yummy Lime flavor, which you can see, I didn't expect because I automatically doctored my bun with mustard and ketchup. I had it on a whole wheat Arnold Round.



I paired it with these yummy cucumbers and tomatoes, which I put a smidgen of Lite French Dressing on.



I broiled two of the four burgers, so I already have lunch tomorrow. I think tomorrow I will have it without a bun, maybe topped with some salsa!!! Hmmm, we'll see...

Evening snack update to follow... Cheers!

Edited to add snack:

So, I couldn't decide, salty or sweet... A constant dilema for me! LOL

I came up with a plan.... Tee hee

I have some no sugar added Ice cream, peanut butter and the rest of that sugar cookie thing my FMIL made for us last night... Here's what I came up with!



I put a few small pieces of the sugar cookie on the bottom, then 2.6 oz of the ice cream (I can't wait to get an ice cream maker, I want to make protein ice crem instad... ahem, moving on) and then 1 tbsp melted peanut butter. Really, really satisfying!

Good Morning!

I hope everyone has a nice day today. We are expecting another lovely snow storm this evening. Joy. More driving in the snow. Sigh.

Anyhow, I have pics!!!! I made my usual Protein Vanilla Latte this morning, only this one has a kick! A really nummy one:

SF Cinnamon Dolce Click Vanilla Latte

1 scoop Click- Vanilla Latte Flavor
1 scoop Vanilla Body Fortress Protein
4 oz Milk (I used 1%)
8 oz Boiling H2O
2 tbsp Starbucks SF Cinnamon Dolce Syrup



Mix the dry ingredients with the milk until a paste forms. Slowly add in the h2o. Then mix in the SF Cinnamon Dolce syrup. YUMMY!!! I see this SF Cinnamon Dolce stuff on Eggface's blog a lot, so when I was at Starbucks this past weekend, I asked the barrista about their syrups and was happily suprised that they carry 4 sf syrups in the store for purchase, including Cinnamon Dolce, Caramel, Vanilla and Hazelnut. I am sure that around the holidays if I ask, they could order the Holiday Flavors in SF.... I will have to test this theory.

Also, I took pics of my already planned meals for today that I mentioned yesterday, so here it is and I hope you all have a wonderful day! Keep warm if you're up North like me! Baby, it's cold outside!

Ah, the camera war....

So, I set up everything this morning! I took pis of my am protein drink, my lunch and two snacks. Mind you, I am out of the house at 6:30am, so I blog at night. WELL, my DF used the camera to take pix of his ebay stuff and erased my pics! I am so sad.... They were pretty. I also had pix of the chili I made the other day. WAAAH. Ok, I am over it. So, what I ate today:

B: Click Mocha/Body Fortress Hot protein drink. NOM!

Sn: Ciobani and 1/2 cup Cheerios

L: Frozen grilled chicken topped with tomato sauce and a of smidgen cheese with roasted summer squash. YUM!

Sn: 1.5 oz cheddar cheese and 6 triscuits

Supper: Shrimp Paella (at DF parents house-his Mom is an AWESOME cook, and extremely accommodating!) and green beans

Snack: DF's mom made a sugar free (LOVE HER!) giant sugar cookie thingy. It was really crumbly and was made with walnuts, walnut oil, whole wheat flour and splenda. I had one slice and a half cup of my Low Sugar Ice cream.

So, I had a delicious day! I hope you all did also.

Tomorrow, I will have my hot protein drink again to start the day. I packed a Ciobani and Cheerios again for a snack, left over Chinese-all protein (chicken terriaki, beef terriaki, chicken from chicken chow mein) and for my pm snack Soy crisps with three layer hummus from Trader Joes. The Chinese food was all little pieces. DF wanted to go to the Chinese buffet on Sunday night. I have to say, I am a TROOPER for making that work. Instead of wasting money on the buffet, I got the weighed buffet for take out and ate what I could while there, taking the rest home for lunches and spent less that I would have had I gotten the regular buffet. I stuck to the high protein items: Beef with Broccoli, Chicken chow mein, Beef terriaki and chicken terriaki. Don't get me wrong, this is NOT a regular thing for me. As a matter of fact, I haven't had Chinese since before my surgery. But, this is an example of making something work! It also got Dave's craving for Chinese buffet out as well. I SURVIVED! Tee hee.

Any comments???? I welcome them, good or bad... :)