Simply Filling/Core - Menus for January 25, 2005

11 Months to Christmas!

Breakfast: Oatmeal made with skim and 1/2 cup homemade oatmeal cooked in

Lunch: Whole can of Progresso Lentil Soup

Snack: Chocolate Banana smoothie (Swiss Miss packet, banana, 1 cup skim, 2 ice cubes)

Dinner: Core Chile with sirloin (undrained :o ), Core cornbread and a little Smart Balance (count points)

Dessert: Not sure yet. Might be popcorn if patio door installation is stressful!

B: malt o meal with banana, skim milk and Splenda (breakfast of champions!)
L: leftover pork chop with sauteed apples and sauerkraut (mmm!)
S: clementine, maybe a diet soda
D: hamburgers (sans bun), oven fries, some veggie

Angela

Here's what's going down.....

Breakfast:
1 packet plain instant oatmeal
decaf w/lite cream

Lunch:
Garden minestrone soup (can I eat the whole 19 oz can??)
yogurt
apple

Snack:
banana
green tea

Dinner:
so didn't use the ground beef last night? need to do something with it?
Maybe meatballs or a meat sauce wveggies over whole wheat pasta
tossed salad w/olive oil dressing

Snack:
decaf w/cream (1)
popcorn if required!

That should do it???

Froufie

Thanks a lot for that Christmas reminder, Vickie! You guys probably don't know it, but I'm an internet shopper extraordinaire. I've already bought Christmas 2005 for my mom, my MIL, all the nieces and nephews, both of my SIL's birthdays, and both Mother's Day gifts. :lol:

Okay here's my food for today:

B: egg cooked in Pam, glass of milk
Sn: banana
L: baked potato (adding olive oil) with FF sour cream and FF cheese
Sn: (if needed) pineapple or maybe popcorn
D: leftover roasted chicken, corn, and a big ol' salad with Kraft Free 1000 Island

Kathy, I thought I was an advanced shopper. I like to internet shop also. I'm a BIG QVC shopper. But Girl, you put me to shame! I don't have one Christmas present purchased yet for next year.

:lol: Vickie, I shop every day. And every day there are boxes arriving. And every day my DH says "STOP IT!" and every day I say "but it's all for gifts" (well except for the stuff I buy for myself) ... but when it's 75-90% off, it's a shame not to buy it and put it up!

Hi There... I'm new to this, I've been reading the forums for a couple weeks and have been on core now for 3 weeks.. my next weigh in is on Thursday! Not really looking forward to it! Anyway, I was wondering Vickie, how do you make core cornbread? I love trying new, EASY recipes that my skinny fiance would even like :) Thanks so much, I can't wait to get to know you all!

Well, hello Bride to Be! I'll go find that recipe and get back to you! I LOVE to cook and look for recipes. I have two that are yummy. I'll give you both.

Welcome, and come chat with us on the Core support board. We love company!

Here's one of the cornbread receipes. This one is drier like traditional cornbread. I used 1/2 cup of Splenda. This went real good with Core chili. My fussy Hubby liked it with a little Smart Balance on it.

CORE CORNBREAD

1 1/2 c. yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tps. salt
1/3 c. Splenda {up to 1/2 cup if you like it sweet}
1c. fat free yogurt
1/2 c fat free sour cream
1 tbs. oil
2 eggs

Mix dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix liquid ingredients in a small bowl. Gently fold the wet into the dry. Pour into a 9" deep dish pie plate or a 9" square pan that has been sprayed with Pam.

Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until the edges are a golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cut into 8 wedges.
Flex Points: 8 servings @ 2P each

*HINT: an idea for something different would be to omit one egg & stir in a small can of chopped green chiles.

B: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (1/2 Tbl. PB & 1/2 Tbl. Simply Fruit Strawberry on 2 slices of Sara Lee Delightful Wheat) - 3
Skim milk

S: 18 grapes

L: Chicken meatloaf (or poultry loaf?)
Roasted green beans
Brown rice
Grapes

S: Oatmeal bake w/apple & raisins
Tea

D: Maybe steamed shrimp & cocktail sauce and salad and some kind of carb. Weight training and cardio tonight, so acticipate lots o'hunger.

Here's the other which takes a little more time but is VERY yummy and uses your healthy oils.

Core Sweet Corn Cakes

1 1/2 cups corn meal
1 cup plain FF yogurt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1/3 cup frozen corn, thawed
1/2 cup Splenda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons good oil (this would be your good oil for the day if you made 6 cakes and ate 2 cakes)

Mix yogurt, water and egg together in bowl; add in cornmeal, Splenda, salt and baking powder and stir together until batter is moist.

Let batter stand for 15-20 minutes. Quickly fold in corn. Heat frying pan over medium heat and warm canola/olive oil. Add batter in spoonfuls. Cakes should be about 2-3 inches around. Let first side cook until tops look dry around the edges; turn and cook the other side. Makes 6-8 cakes.

Next time, I think I will add a bit more corn.

Enjoy! Hubby liked these too.

Piggy backing on Vickie's CORE Cornbread recipe, I add a can of drained whole kernel corn and seeded jalapenos and make in muffin pan w/muffin liners for individual servings. So good, I think someone else adds FF cheese.

Welcome, Bride! :wave:

Hi and welcome to Bride - glad to have you here!

Thanks Vickie for the cornbread recipes! I was wondering what to do with that yellow stuff! (I did make some cornbread hot cereal for breakfast the other day - remember having that as a child!).

Just wondering - do those recipes come out pretty sweet? I think I might prefer the cornbread more "savory"....so can I omit the splenda and add other stuff?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Frouf

Froufy: Adding only 1/4 c of Splenda and chilies or peppers achieve the savory need. Adding spices and/or ff cheese is supposed to be good. With CORE I'm finding how fun it is to experient with different flavors, spices, herbs, etc. Hope this is helpful!

Torrey

welcome to the bride to be....don't be too scared of your weigh in you will be surprised! i am sure

b: oatmeal with applesauce, coffee
S: boiled egg
L: Yogurt smoothie, gr/red/yellow peppers, carrots
S: All bran bar (points)
Supper: not sure yet.....Chiro appt after work.......hubby will cook ?!?!?!
Snack: Orange

not feeling particularly hungry today which should make up for yesterday!

B scrambled egg
lite ww toast
skim milk

L salad w/ chicken
green beans
water

sn popcorn
diet soda

D roast beef :eek:
baked potato
carrots
water

Going to try to not eat a lot for dinner since WI is tomorrow morning. Anyone pig out after WI??? :dizzy:

Are you doing core or flex? Hope you got one more dairy in and your "good oils" (unless it's been used somewhere in there?) I think drinking A LOT of water the day before weigh in really helps. :wizard:

As for pigging :ink: out after weigh in? So far I have been unable to do so?? (too guilty??) But I do weigh in on Saturday morning and I find that over the weekend I tend to have an extra nibble or two and my eating is not as "regular", nor is my water consumption...but I try to get back on track Monday am!! :ziplip:

Good luck w/tomorrow's weigh in :crossed: - let us know how you made out!

Frouf

Going to try to not eat a lot for dinner since WI is tomorrow morning. Anyone pig out after WI??? :dizzy:[/QUOTE]


My answer is...YES!

Thanks for the recipes and the encouragement! I can't wait to make the muffins... yum! Are there any kinds of food I should eat/avoid the day of my weigh-in? My mom told me to try eating a grapefruit the morning of (because my meeting is at night) and it will probably clean my system out pretty good. This is so much more difficult for me because my fiance is so skinny and he eats everything in sight. I've never stuck to a diet for this long before so it feels awesome. I def. have taken advantage of the tape measure that I got at my first meeting, and although I've only dropped 3 lbs so far, I've lost about 6-7 inches total, so it keeps me going! The wedding is in May.. so only a few short months till I wear the dress and the bathing suit on the honeymoon... I've been overweight all my life and I've never stuck to something this long so far.. it feels great! I wish the weather would get a little warmer (it's about averaging 10 degrees here) so I could get outside and do some walking! Anyway, thanks again! Glad to see everyone's success so far... it makes me feel... normal :smug:

Bride, my Leader always told us not to eat anything salty the night before because you'll retain water.

I hardly ever cheat the night of a weigh in but once in a great while I will. I figure I'm just delaying the misery so I try not to.

I agree w/Vickie - stay away from salty and processed foods before weigh in - also drink a lot of water the day before weigh in.

Do you weigh in in the morning or evening? If at night you might want to stop water consumption early enuf so that it has left your body!!! :o

But we should also remember not to OBSESS so much about the scale and numbers. You yourself have already noted that the scale is not the only measure of success - inches lost are great - as is simply STICKING TO IT and feeling better! ;)

Good luck! :goodluck:

Froufie

I agree with the salty foods before weigh - in, avoid them. today is my day to drink drink drink the water...weigh in is tomorrow night and i usually don't eat before i go but come home and eat....and yes, i have been known to have something that is totally not on CORE ........... oh dear!

10 degrees there.........what a heat wave you are having. i walk every day.........the coldest i went out it was -23 C which is -14 F....just bundle up, enjoy the crunching of the snow if you have snow, a cold walk leaves you feeling invigorated! go for it!! after the first 10 minutes you won't complain of the cold because your body heat takes over...........