Becky, thanks. I am doing the non-tracking weight loss diet at the moment, which basically consists of not eating any unplanned snacks and trying to avoid taking seconds at dinner. The difference between maintenance and loss for me is basically those two things. I find it easier to avoid the snacks and seconds when I have tracked my calories exactly though, but I'm still finishing off these leftovers and such. It might be working -- 135.4 this morning which is lower. We'll see if I'm at 138 again on Monday though.
FWIW I did track my breakfast and lunch yesterday. Then I ate leftovers for dinner and have no clue what the calorie count was. Somehow we ended up with a ton of starchy carby leftovers and like nothing else.
I need to plan better next week. What happened was that I was making a wild rice pilaf Sunday night and underestimated how much cooked wild rice I'd get out of the dry amount, so I made way too much. Then I had planned to make this hominy spoonbread from cooking light to use up some leftover lf cream cheese, but didn't realize it made a whole 9x13 pan. Then I had planned to make a broccoli potato gratin (also cooking light) to use up leftover potatoes, but also didn't realize it made a 9x13 pan. So now we have huge amounts of potatoes, rice, and corn leftover. Sigh. At least the corn and potatoes have a little bit of protein from cheese and eggs?
Okay, end ramble about my failure to pick a good mix of recipes. This week I will actually pay attention to the yield in addition to the calories.