Ubee Thanks hun...This is getting harder now for me to lose the weight...But I'm going to figure the rest out as I go...at least I had a loss this week and not a gain!! The broccoli salad I found a few different recipes and then made up my own style. After I made the salad and put it into MFP if I had the serving I should have eaten as a main course it would have had 42g of carbs in it!! Holy cow I was a little peeved so I ended up making it as a side so I'm eating 1 cup of that with a side of chicken breast for lunch this week. This is what's in it:
5 Cups Chopped Broccoli Florets
1/2 Cup Diced Red Onion
1 Cup Shredded Carrots
3 Cups Broccoli Slaw
10 Slices Uncured Turkey Bacon (Low Sodium Kind)
1 5 oz Container of No Sugar Added Dried Cranberries
1 1/2 Cups Plain Greek Yogurt
3 TBSP Red Wine Vinegar
3 tsp Coconut Sugar
1/2 Cup Raw Sunflower Seeds
That recipe above makes 9, 1 cup servings. It's 161 cals, 6.3g fat, 23.8 carbs and 6.4 protien....I normally wouldn't eat a salad that has that high of carbs but I'm cutting carbs everywhere else this week to help keep them low...I had no idea that would have so many carbs in it but hey you live and learn. It's really good and a cup of that with about 5 oz of chicken breast fills me up.
MissToni Great job on being dedicated and going to the gym!! You're rockin this girly!!! Hope you have a great week!
Betsy After an hour of driving around to find a parking place we coughed up the money to go to the state park and got our walk in. We even went on the trails but it ended quickly once we were hitting the trails because we saw a snake and I got unbelievably freaked out lol...We were wearing our flip flops in there so I was too scared the thing would reach out and bite me...Once we can finally afford our pass we'll be wearing our boots in or a good pair of shoes. Is your broccoli salad any lower carb than mine? I love the one I just made but gosh the carbs were really outrageous and I hate that I made it now but am going to eat it so it doesn't go to waste....DH won't eat it so someone has to lol...Hope your day was swell
Today was so crazy and hectic at work I didn't get to drink near as much water as I would like. I am happy to announce however, that my sodium intake is much lower than in the last week so hopefully that makes up for something. I'm trying to get more calories in this week and see where that takes me. So far I've eaten 752 calories which isn't bad since I haven't eaten dinner yet, taken in 32g fat, 57g carb and 73g protein. I need to figure out a way to get more protein in me and work on the fat count a bit more. My sodium for the day so far is only 895mg.
I still don't know if I'm going to have to make the trek to WV so I guess I'm going to try and work out every day this week in case we have to leave on Friday to go up there. I'm not sure how much working out I'll be able to do while I'm there so I need to stock pile it some just in case. Kinda sucks but I gotta do it. I'm luckily getting off on Friday at 12pm so if we do have to go up there I won't be driving too late at night. DH and I will already have our stuff packed the night before and just go up there. If not, I'll be staying inside all weekend...This weekend is bike fest down here (harley week was last weekend) and this is when it gets really crazy and raunchy out here....I can't stand the traffic and the attitudes of people who say they are "taking over our city"....So DH and I won't be going to the farmer's market because it's in the middle of down town and will be sure to have everything we need for the weekend by Thursday.
I'm late getting home from work today so I need to pick it up and get my exercise going. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their day!