January 25, 2011

Another boring day in the life of Rachel :) lol pretty much done nothing all day, had dinner in the crock pot early, just lazed around. I've felt very 'munchie' today so I have had a couple extra things (like the peanut butter crackers and the almond roca...) that I shouldn't have, but our dinner was so low calorie that my all-day total is still pretty good! Plus we took a 3 mile walk to the shopette and back. My legs were still a little sore from our walk yesterday so by the end of 3 miles walking very fast my legs felt like they were gonna fall off! Still felt good to get out and do something though, and I'm gonna start walking with Tara when Chad is at work, it always motivates me more to have somebody waiting on me. I'm too good at talking myself out of it when I'm going by myself! I'm hoping in the next 2 days to have a big announcement about this weight loss journey! I definitely need to get some 'work out' type clothes to go walking in because I've realized that I literally have NOTHING except one pair of pants that might have fit 4 years ago... I'm so proud of myself for staying so motivated (I know it's only been a week and a half... that's about a week longer than I've ever stuck to it before). I can't wait to see the numbers on the scale keep dropping and have the 'inconvenience' of having to buy smaller clothes because mine don't fit anymore. Tomorrow is another day, and another 3 mile walk is planned, BRING IT ON!

breakfast
3 fat free, sugar free, banana what muffins-198 calories
1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt-55 calories
1 cup green grapes-104 calories

 breakfast total
357 calories

snack
caramel corn rice cake-50 calories

lunch
Healthy choice cafe steamers cajun style chicken and shrimp (my favorite one so far!)-260 calories
1 almond roca candy-66 calories

lunch total
326 calories

snack
caramel corn rice cake-50 calories
4 peanut butter crackers- 105 calories

dinner
1.5 cups meatless chili-218 calories
1/4 cup 2% shredded cheddar cheese-80 calories

dinner total-298

dessert
fiber one bar-140 calories

today's total-1326 calories




Fat Free, low calorie banana wheat muffins :)
3 medium bananas
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
34 cup splenda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 tbs egg beaters all-whites
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

mash banana and mix in egg white, add dry ingredients and mix until blended. put in muffin pan(makes 12) and bake at 365 for 15-20 minutes.

only 66 calories each, zero fat, and 1.6 grams of fiber per muffin :) They're not too shabby! Not as good as a big fatty muffin, but I really like them!

Meatless Chili
1 packet McCormick's slow cooker chili seasoning mix
2 8oz cans tomato sauce (I used no salt added)
2 15oz cans diced tomatoes not drained(I prefer petite diced)(also no salt added)
2 15oz cans red kidney beans drained (got reduced sodium)
1 package Smart Ground vegetable protein crumbles

Mix everything but the protein crumbles in the crock pot. Put in crock pot on low for 8 hours. 6 hours through, add the protein crumbles, cook an additional 2 hours. Do not open or stir except at the 6 hour mark. Yields 11 cups of chili, each cup is 145 calories.

These are the protein crumbles I used. I believe boca and morning star also make something similar! The chili was DELICIOUS and Chad was already halfway through his bowl when I said something about it being meatless (though I had already told him a couple times..... men don't listen) and he goes "wait, there's no meat in here? What are the chunks?" lol and then said it tastes just like meat. I couldn't tell either. I got 2 cups planning to eat all of it but could only eat a cup and a half! It was super filling and very low calorie/high protein :)