Eating well doesn't have to be boring!
Last night Josh made an AWESOME chicken/veggie/rice spicy curry dish and i used some of the leftover veggies and rice and chicken to make this yummy lunch today! It was really quick since we buy the small tenderloin chicken pieces, all i have to do is throw it the pan and give it about 10min to cook through. They real key is portion control. Keep in mind we only had about 1/4 cup cooked rice per serving. I also find it helpful to use our small plates, not the large dinner plates. Less space to fill up!
Energy is back!
Maybe too much? I have had trouble falling asleep the past couple of nights due to my new found energy from eating lighter and I'm sure the evening walking as well. I guess I can't complain about that though, being a mother of three small kids i need all i can get!
Gotta give a shout out to the McDonald's Oatmeal and fruit bowl which i had for a snack yesterday. It is semi-healthy ;) and so yummy and filling. It is pretty high in calories for a snack, about 250 cals, and you can get it w/out the brown sugar and save yourself about 20 cals. But seeing as i am NOT calorie counting and my diet really fluctuates, I can justify it. For example, yesterday I had so few calories for breakfast, snack, and lunch I easily could get away with a high calorie snack in the afternoon, especially when i am going to need the energy. It's about the time in the day I am picking Ethan up from school, running errands while dragging 3 kids with me, getting home, starting dinner, doing chores, etc...
1/6/11
Bfast:
SMALL BOWL CHEERIOS
FEW BANANA PIECES
COFFEE
snack:
ORANGE
lunch:
SMALL PIECE CHICKEN
1/4C RICE,CORN
TINY BIT OF SHREDDED CHEESE
SALSA
snack:
STRING CHEESE
HANDFUL PRETZELS
DIET SODA
dinner:
CHICKEN/VEGGIE CURRY
activity:
30MIN FAST WALKING
I think your oatmeal snack is great! Very good for energy and 250 cal is nothing, especially with your small portioned other meals AND if you keep up with your walking! And it's good to have those calories at your busy time of day, b/c you probably BURN more doing your usual stuff becuase you have more energy to!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we're all getting a good start on the year with this health stuff. I read that first blog post of mine from last June...I'll write another post someday and post too. Mine will be different than yours and no time to write everyday - but I think between yours, katie's and mine - we'll have a lot of good topics to discuss and keep us motivated! I'm hitting the treadmill at the clubhouse tonight - my first run in over 2mos. Whoops!
yeah i definitely need help with keeping motivated so talking to you guys would help a lot!! Any tips from other people are great. I hardly think i'll be able to keep writing everyday, we'll see ;)
ReplyDeleteOatmeal is one of THEE best things you can put into your body...Quaker in that cylindrical container being the top of the tops. I SWORE up and down by that stuff in my half-marathon training for energy. I added the meats of sunflower seeds, peanut butter, and honey to it. MMM I would look forward to it every day!
ReplyDeleteYAY I'm super excited to keep each other motivated!! It's so easy to get back into bad habits and make excuses. Well now that the holidays and my birthday is officially over I have no more excuses!! Thanks ladies for gettin into this too :D
Haha! See, I agree but Josh and I disagree on this. He swears oatmeal is NOT a good snack for *weight loss* because it is loaded with carbs. He does not completely rule out carbs, but really limits them. He is obsessed with eating veggies, which i love too, but I have a limit. I can only eat so many raw, steamed or cooked veggies in one day. I NEED variety in my diet. I know that is one thing that is important for me to keep this going! ;)
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