I am STARVING today! I ate oatmeal for breakfast and I'm now eating my mid-morning snack: 1/2 cup Gardetto's snack mix. This is the recommended serving size on the bag. There are 150 calories in 1/2 cup. I will add to the snack mix a cup of hot tea. This seems to stop the suppress the appetite and has little to no calories depending on the flavor.
Yesterday I started C25K, Week 2. I made it through the entire workout but my right hamstring started acting up during the cool down walk. Here's hoping it heals quickly so I can continue with the program tomorrow. I also think it's time to retire my running shoes and go buy a pair that work!
My ultimate goal for this weight loss diet is to lose 2 lbs a week. For once in my life, I'm excited to step on the scale on Sunday to see how this week's plan worked.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
New Recipe- Shelley's Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
I tried this recipe the other night and LOVED IT! My husband loved it so much that he's been eating the leftovers for lunch the last two days.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 16 oz fat free sour cream
- 1 can fat free cream of chicken soup
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro (1/2 tbsp dried)
- 2 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken breast
- 1 can Mexican rotel
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 16 corn tortillas
- 8 oz shredded pepper jack and colby cheese blend
- 1 can diced green chiles
Directions:
In a saucepan, mix together sour cream, soup and cilantro. Heat through and set aside.
Combine the chicken, rotel, onions and green chiles in a pan sprayed with cooking spray. Heat until onions are transparent.
Warm the tortillas until flexible. Then, fill each with about 2 tbsp of the chicken mixture and 1 tbsp of the cheese. Roll tortilla up and place seam side down in a baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
Pour over the sour cream sauce and top with the remaining cheese.
Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until heated through.
Makes 8 servings of 2 enchiladas each. Calories per serving: 392.1
Suggestions or changes to recipe:
I used the canned chicken since I already had it in my pantry. I just shredded it using a fork.
Make sure you heat the corn tortillas up enough or they will break when you try to roll them.
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This recipe was quick, simple, very easy to make and DELICIOUS!
Exercise-Week 1
Before I even decided to count calories, I had started a running program called Couch 2 5K. I had ran before during my time in the Army but that was because I had to :)
When I decided to focus on losing weight, I restarted the program to coincide with my new eating habits. Week 1 of the C25K program consists of:
5 min brisk walk to warm up then alternate the following for 20 minutes
Jog for 60 seconds
Walk for 90 seconds
Then you finish it with a 5 min cool-down. Don't forget to stretch before and after!!
This is not the right exercise for everyone. YOU have to find what your comfortable doing and what your body is ready for. My friend did Zumba on her Wii 3 times a week. Right now, I enjoy the running program and look forward to the next week when I move up to jogging for 90 seconds and walking for 120! In 9 weeks, the program prepares you to run 5k or 3.2 miles.
I can't wait for next week's weigh-in to see if the weight loss continues.
When I decided to focus on losing weight, I restarted the program to coincide with my new eating habits. Week 1 of the C25K program consists of:
5 min brisk walk to warm up then alternate the following for 20 minutes
Jog for 60 seconds
Walk for 90 seconds
Then you finish it with a 5 min cool-down. Don't forget to stretch before and after!!
This is not the right exercise for everyone. YOU have to find what your comfortable doing and what your body is ready for. My friend did Zumba on her Wii 3 times a week. Right now, I enjoy the running program and look forward to the next week when I move up to jogging for 90 seconds and walking for 120! In 9 weeks, the program prepares you to run 5k or 3.2 miles.
I can't wait for next week's weigh-in to see if the weight loss continues.
Week 1
As I stated in the first post, I started counting calories last week. Last Sunday, I not only decided to count calories, I also decided to give up Coca-Cola. I was an avid coke drinker, usually consuming 4-5 cans a day. Now don't think you have to give up your favorite soft drink, just make sure you include it in your calorie intake amount for the day.
After some research on calorie intake and exercising, I came to the conclusion that I should not consume more than 1700 calories a day. I never recorded what I ate before this diet but if I had to guess, I would say I consumed somewhere near 2500 calories a day. This is even a low guess because on some days, I'm sure it was a lot higher than 2500 calories!
I went to the store and bought SmartOnes for my lunches. They have some really good choices and the ones I picked out are all under 400 calories. I also bought apples and string cheese (snacks).
I will not lie, this first week was killer. I thought at times I was going to eat my arm; I was so hungry but I stuck to it- and I'm glad I did. When I stepped on the scale last night, I had lost 6lbs!!
This may be a long post but here was a typical day for me:
8:15 am SmartOne breakfast (usually about 260 calories)
10:00-10:30 am Apple or String cheese for snack (about 80 calories)
12:10pm SmartOne lunch (290-350 calories)
2:00pm string cheese snack (80 calories)
6:30 pm Dinner
The times would vary of course depending on how busy I got in the office but I tried to at least stick to 3 meals a day and 2 snacks in between. I don't think I ever really hit 1700 calories since deciding that was my limit.
My first concern when I decided to count calories was how would I determine how many calories was in my dinner since I was preparing it myself out of several ingredients. It isn't that hard as long as you read the labels for each ingredient. As long as you give yourself a little wiggle room on the calories, feel free to "guess" on how many you consumed...remember be honest with yourself about it though. For example, the first night of my new diet, my husband cooked spaghetti and garlic toast. I looked at the spaghetti package and decided how much I could have based on the serving size listed. I then looked at the sauce itself and added that to my calories from the spaghetti. I stayed within the serving size listed on the packages so it wasn't that hard to determine my calorie count. For the bread-well I just guessed. I would have normally eaten 2 or 3 pieces of the garlic bread but I only had one that night.
Remember it isn't just about calories but about portion control as well. I've learned to not go back for seconds just because it's there.
After some research on calorie intake and exercising, I came to the conclusion that I should not consume more than 1700 calories a day. I never recorded what I ate before this diet but if I had to guess, I would say I consumed somewhere near 2500 calories a day. This is even a low guess because on some days, I'm sure it was a lot higher than 2500 calories!
I went to the store and bought SmartOnes for my lunches. They have some really good choices and the ones I picked out are all under 400 calories. I also bought apples and string cheese (snacks).
I will not lie, this first week was killer. I thought at times I was going to eat my arm; I was so hungry but I stuck to it- and I'm glad I did. When I stepped on the scale last night, I had lost 6lbs!!
This may be a long post but here was a typical day for me:
8:15 am SmartOne breakfast (usually about 260 calories)
10:00-10:30 am Apple or String cheese for snack (about 80 calories)
12:10pm SmartOne lunch (290-350 calories)
2:00pm string cheese snack (80 calories)
6:30 pm Dinner
The times would vary of course depending on how busy I got in the office but I tried to at least stick to 3 meals a day and 2 snacks in between. I don't think I ever really hit 1700 calories since deciding that was my limit.
My first concern when I decided to count calories was how would I determine how many calories was in my dinner since I was preparing it myself out of several ingredients. It isn't that hard as long as you read the labels for each ingredient. As long as you give yourself a little wiggle room on the calories, feel free to "guess" on how many you consumed...remember be honest with yourself about it though. For example, the first night of my new diet, my husband cooked spaghetti and garlic toast. I looked at the spaghetti package and decided how much I could have based on the serving size listed. I then looked at the sauce itself and added that to my calories from the spaghetti. I stayed within the serving size listed on the packages so it wasn't that hard to determine my calorie count. For the bread-well I just guessed. I would have normally eaten 2 or 3 pieces of the garlic bread but I only had one that night.
Remember it isn't just about calories but about portion control as well. I've learned to not go back for seconds just because it's there.
My First Post
I decided a week ago that enough was enough. I was no longer happy with my current weight. Actually, I had not been happy with my current weight for awhile but finally decided I had to do something about it.
I had a friend recently lose approximately 30lbs by reducing her calorie intake and exercising 3 times a week. It looked so easy for her that I decided I would give it a try.
If you are reading this blog and thinking "well, I'm not good at counting calories", you are not alone. I too felt I could not count calories because it was too much of an inconvenience. I WAS WRONG! I didn't realize just how many calories I was eating in one day. Once I picked up my favorite chocolate (kit kat) and read the package, I threw it back down. Over 300 calories in those 4 little chocolate sticks!!! Are you kidding me?!?!
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I had a friend recently lose approximately 30lbs by reducing her calorie intake and exercising 3 times a week. It looked so easy for her that I decided I would give it a try.
If you are reading this blog and thinking "well, I'm not good at counting calories", you are not alone. I too felt I could not count calories because it was too much of an inconvenience. I WAS WRONG! I didn't realize just how many calories I was eating in one day. Once I picked up my favorite chocolate (kit kat) and read the package, I threw it back down. Over 300 calories in those 4 little chocolate sticks!!! Are you kidding me?!?!
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