Planning for Tuesday, January 30

  • I did well on Monday (well, it's not even 6:30pm Monday here yet, but I don't plan on eating anything else calorically-dense tonight), so time to plan for Tuesday!

    I skipped my oatmeal on Monday and had turkey burgers w/bacon and cheese on wheat buns for dinner instead of the orange chicken. I LOVE the orange chicken, so I made a batch of it anyway and split it into 4 containers to bring for lunches for the rest of the week--that way, I can have it 4 times instead of just 1 night

    And so, Tuesday's plan:
    • Kashi Heart to Heart cereal w/banana and skim milk
    • sandwich - ham, turkey, provolone, and soy mayo on whole grain bread
    • Lean Cuisine - chicken pecan (with rice and snap peas)
    • orange chicken and broccoli (homemade)
    • Healthy Choice meal - classic chicken bbq
    That's less than 1500 calories total (1471 per Fitday), so I might add a snack after dinner (some soy crisps or sugar-free pudding or something).
  • Brekky
    egg on toast

    Snack
    chicken bites, grapes, goat's cheese

    GYM - chest presses, abs, squats and calf raises

    Lunch
    turkey sandwich

    Snack
    BfL apple pie

    Kickboxing

    Dinner
    cc pancakes
  • b- light french toast(ww bread dipped in egg&milk, fried in my t-fal pan, topped w/ splenda and ED smith no sugar added maple syrup MMMM)
    S-ff puddin
    L-Salad, turkey sandwich w/ mayo
    S-banana
    D-chicken done in the crockpot,potato, veg's
    S-100 cal bag of popcorn
    Water-3.5 L
    Exercize- not feeling too great, feel dizzy so may not go on bike today i will see how i feel later,and def not walking today, its like -20 brrrrrrrrrr
  • B-weight control maple and brown sugar oatmeal
    S-cashews
    L-clam chowder
    D-mango/coconut tilapia
    E-4 mile walk

    Yesterday was pretty good eating wise. I'm finally starting to get an appetite back so thats good.
  • I did great yesterday till Karden made me get ice cream Okay he didn't MAKE me but he took me there as a suprise and was so upset when I wouldnt get any, cuz he was trying to do something nice (we never go out) so I had a small one... but still 600 cals! I know one thing wont kill me; but there has been a few things lately - and next week is gonna be SOOOOOO bad

    anyway on to today

    B- yogurt; scrambled egg whites; english muffin with light cream cheese; coffee with 0 cal syrup

    I am going to pack:
    half a can of tuna mixed with a small amount of mayo and hot pepper relish; 2-3 crispbreads; 3 pickles; miso soup; raisin bran bar; thinsations; and the last yogurt (prob wont eat it all)

    D- not sure

    I will drink at least 4 liters of water (only got 3 in yeserday )

    and I just finished 75min on my bike
  • Another day, another entry...

    B: 1/2c steel cut oats w. 1/4c egg whites, w. frozen rasberries and blueberries= 250cal

    S: 1 med banana and 1 of my homemade oatmeal cookie= 125cal

    L: meeting dad @pf changs.. I will order the buddha feast which is steemed vegies w. steemed chicken. no sauce (I'll use a little soy sauce) w. 1/2c brown rice= 400cal

    S: 1/3c ff cottage cheese mixed w. 2T ff yogurt= 80cal

    D: leftover chilli= 200cal

    S: 1/3c ff yogurt w. frozen strawberries= 100cal

    Wk: Teach yoga class tonight
  • Jilly, the marinated baked chicken breast you turned me onto came out GREAT! Could you please post a few of your recipes? Maybe for the orange chicken and tell me which marinades you're using as lots of them are very high in calories. I finally found a barbeque marinade that wasn't too bad, but the others were very fattening. Let me know which brands you're using if you have time.
  • Quote: Jilly, the marinated baked chicken breast you turned me onto came out GREAT! Could you please post a few of your recipes? Maybe for the orange chicken and tell me which marinades you're using as lots of them are very high in calories. I finally found a barbeque marinade that wasn't too bad, but the others were very fattening. Let me know which brands you're using if you have time.
    Here's for the orange chicken:
    I don't really measure things, so I will try to be as specific as possible. I did measure some ingredients yesterday to try for a more accurate calorie count, so let's see if I can remember correctly:
    • 1 package (mine was about 1.33 pounds, I think) of boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks (I use 99% lean tenderloins--easier to cut into small pieces)
    • Marinate and cook in the following mixture (I cook it in a wok so I can add the broccoli all to the same pan):
      • 3-4 T soy sauce (I use reduced-sodium)
      • 1/2 cup orange juice
      • 1-2 white cooking wine
      • 2 t ground ginger
      • 2 shakes crushed red pepper
      • garlic and/or onion powder to taste
      • 3 T honey
    • Once the chicken is cooked, add 1 jar sugar-free (or no sugar added?) orange marmalade. Cook and stir until the marmalade mixes with the rest of the sauce and the chicken is cooked.
    • Add 2 small bags of frozen broccoli florets and cook to desired crispness.
    I made this last night and split it into 4 containers for lunch for the next 4 days. The chicken and all sauce ingredients come to about 260 calories per serving (when using the above amounts for 4 servings--I didn't worry about the number of calories in the broccoli).

    As for other marinades, I just use whatever sounds good. The beauty of marinating rather than baking in a sauce is that most of the marinade stays in the bag (or whatever container you used to marinate the meat). I just use Ken's or whatever is on sale. I don't worry much about actual fat grams since I typically have very very little fat in my diet anyway,so I'm not too worried about how many grams come from a few tablespoons of marinade.

    I did find a bbq sauce at Whole Foods yesterday that is only 25 calories for 2 Tablespoons and is all organic, which is nice--it's usually hard to find things that are both organic AND low-cal. I had some on my turkey burgers last night, and it tasted fine to me.
  • B~egg whites scrambled with Morning Star Farms crumbles, lf cheese and rolled in a ww tortilla
    S~apple
    L~salad with chicken
    S~6 Triscuits with laughing cow cheese
    S~tangelo (if needed)
    D~Italian vegetable pie with green beans
  • Thanks for the recipe Jill, I'll have to get those ingredients and report back. With the wine, did you mean 1-2 tblspoons or cups?

    I just got back from a short trip, so getting back OP:

    whole grain roll w/ butter
    subway sandwich: dbl turkey w/ cheese, veggies, vinegar
    chinese food: steamed chicken breast, steamed mixed veggies, steamed brown rice, then fried by me at home using 1 tablespoon oil
    Kashi hot cereal w/ 2 tblspoons walnuts
    FF yogurt

    total is 1600 calories
  • Quote: Thanks for the recipe Jill, I'll have to get those ingredients and report back. With the wine, did you mean 1-2 tblspoons or cups?
    Oh, ya know, 1-2 of whatever measuring devide you happen to pull out of your cabinet

    I meant Tablespoons...sorry