@ patchymama....I didn't care for avocado for a long time...then someone had a crochet night and made snacks and she had a very easy to make guacamole that was so fragrant I had to try it and I loved it. Avocado and just a little bit of each of the next ingredients: lime juice from fresh, chopped cilantro, red pepper flakes, chopped garlic, red onion and tomato. Not sure if that would whet your whistle by the "other" ingredients, but its a good recipe that by the "add ins" lessons the per serving calories and fat inherent in avocado. Did it sound tempting at all?
Since Thursday I have been eating less and my tracker shows that. I'm counting calories and tracking both that and points.
Today's menu was:
late breakfast:
2 hard boiled eggs and 3 slices reduced calorie 7 grain bread with 1 pat of butter. Large hot tea with milk (1 full point for 1/4 cup of fat free milk!!!) 9 points total
(then we went food shopping)
snack:
handful of grapes on way home from food shopping 0 points
late afternoon lunch (cuz dinner was going to be late too and I had to eat something light:
strawberries 1 cup, nonfat greek yogurt 1/4 cup (1p), kashi 7 whole grain puffs 1/4 cup and 1/8 cup bran buds (the kashi gave me zero points for the amount, so by using the "amount" feature on the website, I decided on 1 point total for the cereal by - total snacks: 2 points
late dinner: (The whole day was on delay it seemed)
4 Celentano cheese ravioli 6 points
Canned tomatoes, jarred marina sauce, with added garlic, onions and lean drained ground beef, my serving size just under a cup - 6 points - I painstakingly figured out how much of this I ate based on the amount of each ingredient to come up with the points
2 teaspoons Kraft parmesan cheese 1 point, and worth every bit!
24 points for the day, didn't have enough dairy or oil or veg for that matter, but it is what it is. I meant to make broccoli but I didn't get to it, and I had planned an evening tea, but it didn't happen.
Today was difficult budgeting my time, and that's reflected in the menu. The eggs were already cooked in the fridge so that was easy. The grapes were just handy, but I didn't sit there with the bag in my lap and go crazy. Family wanted ravioli, so I went with it.
And there it is. Tomorrow will be better as I'll have a salad for lunch and I bought President fat free feta to try. I've been eating greek salad for lunch a lot, and the light feta seems like a good idea. I can't remember if it has less sodium too. Anyhow, the weekdays are easier than the weekends, so I'm looking forward to the week and seeing how my modified plan unfolds.
(still its ok I tracked it)
I can have avacado I just don't like it. I think more cashews/macadamia nuts I think. Also, coconut oil when cooking. I eat a lot of my veggies raw and I think I'd do better cooking them with oil!
I didn't realize the sausages were 4 points each lol.
